"Is this Eunuch Chen? How did he end up like this?"
The Northern Guardian Prince couldn't help but ask when he saw the bloodstains all over the ground and Eunuch Chen, who had lost all his limbs.
Zhuang Zhou dismissed the Imperial Physician and recounted the events in detail to the Northern Guardian Prince.
The prince's already dark face turned even darker, like the bottom of a pot!
"Outrageous! I've risked my life for the Grand Yong Dynasty, and this is how the royal family repays me? Sending my eight-year-old child for a political marriage! How could they come up with such a ridiculous idea?"
The Northern Guardian Prince roared, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets!
"Husband, please calm down. Eunuch Chen and the others have already been punished. This matter concerns the future of our Northern Guardian Prince's Manor, and we need to plan carefully," Su Qingfei soothed.
"Plan carefully? If we keep enduring, someone will soon be riding over our heads! Someone, hang Eunuch Chen at the city gate! Let those with ill intentions towards our Northern Guardian Prince's Manor see the consequences of insulting us! Deploy three thousand personal guards to the capital, claiming that our manor has been framed by villains and that we are stationing troops in the capital for self-protection!"
The Northern Guardian Prince was a decisive and ruthless man!
He had always been the one to bully others, never the one to be bullied!
Although it wasn't the right time to completely break with the Sovereign of Grand Yong, he had to show that the Northern Guardian Prince's Manor was not to be trifled with.
You want to seize the foundation of my manor?
Then I'll kill your people! Stab a knife right into your heart!
"Father, you're brilliant!"
Zhuang Zhou flattered, not too heavily.
Returning to life, he intended to live boldly and enjoy it!
If he were to live a life of humiliation and oppression, what would be the point of being reborn at eight?
***
Half an hour later.
In the Imperial Study of the Grand Yong Dynasty's palace.
"Something terrible has happened! Something terrible!"
Liu Jin, the Sovereign's personal chief eunuch, rushed in, panting heavily, "The Northern Guardian Prince's Manor has rebelled! The prince's heir, Zhuang Zhou, revived the prince, and Eunuch Chen was dismembered and hung at the city gate! The two accompanying young eunuchs were also beaten to death, their bodies mutilated! The Northern Guardian Prince has deployed three thousand personal guards to the capital, claiming it's for self-protection! Your Majesty, you must seek justice for us!"
Eunuch Chen was Liu Jin's godson.
Eunuch Chen's actions were secretly guided by Liu Jin, intending to curry favor with His Majesty.
Who would have thought the Northern Guardian Prince would be revived by Zhuang Zhou!
With the prince's temperament, the Sovereign of Grand Yong wouldn't dare to act, but Liu Jin couldn't be so sure!
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The Sovereign of Grand Yong showed no surprise.
Being in a high position, he had long mastered the art of concealing his emotions.
The Sovereign was tall, thin, pale, and had a sinister gaze.
Even draped in a dragon robe, shining brightly, he couldn't hide the cold aura emanating from his bones!
"I... I'll go back and question that shaman about why he failed!"
Liu Jin replied, trembling.
"Mm, if he can't give a satisfactory explanation, kill that Southern Barbarian shaman! My Bloodfiend Pool still lacks the blood of some strong individuals!"
The Sovereign nodded slightly.
"The Northern Guardian Prince waking up is indeed troublesome! We must also investigate what method the prince's heir used to cleanse the curse from him! I thought he was too young, and sending him to the wilderness to fend for himself would leave the manor without an heir, then we could deal with the prince! But he turned out to be a little troublemaker, disrupting my plans!"
"What about the prince's heir's arranged marriage with the barbarians?"
Liu Jin inquired.
"Releasing a tiger back to the mountain will lead to endless troubles! Since he's so clever, we can't let him go! If he were to connect the Northern Guardian Prince with the wilderness, wouldn't I become the one who destroyed the Grand Yong Dynasty?"
The Sovereign said coldly.
"Isn't the Northern Heaven Academy about to enroll students? Send Zhuang Zhou there for training!"
The Sovereign's deep purple eyelids drooped, and a chilling intent lowered the surrounding temperature by ten degrees!
Liu Jin shivered and said, "The Northern Heaven Academy gathers all sorts of demons and monsters, where fights and killings are not forbidden. The student mortality rate is as high as eighty percent each year! The Northern Guardian Prince only has this one heir; I'm afraid he won't agree!"
"Won't agree? This is an Imperial Edict, not a negotiation! Liu Jin, handle this matter! I don't want to hear any news about Zhuang Zhou other than his death!"
The Sovereign's voice fell.
Liu Jin bowed and withdrew!
A sly smile appeared on his lips.
The prince's heir was finished!
***
The next day.
Liu Jin personally brought the Imperial Edict to the Northern Guardian Prince's Manor to announce it.
"By the mandate of heaven, the emperor decrees: The prince's heir, Zhuang Zhou, is exceptionally talented and diligent, having saved the Northern Guardian Prince's life and preserved a great general for our Grand Yong Dynasty. I am very pleased. Thus, I grant the prince's heir, Zhuang Zhou, a quota for the Northern Heaven Academy's admission examination. He is to set off immediately to study at the academy. When you return after completing your studies, it will be time to serve the Grand Yong Dynasty. Do not disappoint my expectations!"
"Heir, receive the edict!"
In front of Zhuang Zhou, the Northern Guardian Prince and his wife were kneeling.
"What? His Majesty wants Zhou'er to go to the Northern Heaven Academy, where it's full of demons and monsters, and all sorts of rogues. Even some eleven or twelve-year-old geniuses face great danger there, walking on thin ice. If my son goes there, isn't it a death sentence?"
Su Qingfei suddenly raised her head, wanting to resist the edict.
The Northern Guardian Prince also slowly stood up, his killing intent condensed.
The Sovereign of Grand Yong was pressing step by step. Just after the marriage alliance was canceled, now this new trouble arose!
This was pushing the Northern Guardian Prince's Manor to rebel!
Liu Jin's smile froze.
At the critical moment.
Zhuang Zhou held his father back, shaking his head slightly.
Now was not the time to rebel!
And where did the Sovereign want him to go?
The Northern Heaven Academy?
In his memories before rebirth, the golden era of the Ling Tian Realm began, and this opportunity existed in the Northern Heaven Academy!
The old man in the Scripture Repository was an old monster who had been cultivating for eight hundred years, the pinnacle of combat power in this era!
The Skyborne Treasury was also in the Northern Heaven Academy. If he could seize these opportunities, wouldn't he be able to ascend to the heavens in one step and gain immense fortune?
Zhuang Zhou's face was heavy, pretending to compromise, but inside, he almost laughed out loud.
Sovereign of Grand Yong, you thought you were sending me to my death, but instead, you're delivering immense resources to my doorstep!
"I, Zhuang Zhou, accept the edict, and thank Your Majesty for the great favor!"
Zhuang Zhou respectfully took the edict from Chief Eunuch Liu Jin.
Liu Jin urged with satisfaction, "The Northern Heaven Academy starts in three days. The journey is long, and His Majesty hopes the heir will set off soon to avoid missing the start date!"
Sovereign of Grand Yong, you're too much.
The Northern Guardian Prince saw Zhuang Zhou's aggrieved expression and felt overwhelming hatred!
He secretly vowed that one day, he would pull the Sovereign of Grand Yong off the throne and show him that the Grand Yong Dynasty was not his playground!
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