Chapter 176 - Return To Capital City

The days passed quietly.

Nan Luo was originally worried that his accidental misspoke would end up badly. However, Long Qian Xing didn't act any different to them after that. He would appear occasionally and accompanied them.

Just like now...

Looking at the young man, who was looking inside from the window, he felt that he really wanted to punch Long Qian Xing.

"We'll arrive soon in the Capital City." Long Qian Xing's eyes landed on the Go board that Feng Ao Kuai and Nan Hua was playing. "You might want to keep it away."

"Is there anything important that happened in the Capital City lately?" Feng Ao Kuai asked as he put his last piece and started counting. Seeing that he was losing again, he felt a bit miserable.

"The gate is a bit crowded."

Feng Ao Kuai furrowed his eyebrows and moved to the window. He peered his head outside and looked at the gate in front of him. Seeing the people who were staying there, he felt a sense of unease.

Nan Hua looked at Long Qian Xing as she felt a sense of coldness from him. "Do you know who they are, Brother Long?"

"Prime Minister Bei."

The moment the name was said, the temperature dropped to the chilling point. Feng Ao Si was staying inside the carriage too, so he could listen. Upon hearing the name, his eyebrows furrowed because his father had warned him to be very careful of this prime minister.

Feng Ao Kuai knew more than his brother, thus his eyes were so cold. If looks could kill, Feng Ao Kuai might have killed that prime minister.

Only Nan Luo was clueless.

Nan Hua lowered her gaze as a glint flashed by her eyes. She knew very well why Long Qian Xing hated Prime Minister Bei so much. This prime minister was the one who held the highest power in Fei Yang Kingdom.

If not because of the palace's system, he might have long schemed to obtain the throne.e Minister Bei had served ever since Emperor Huan's Reign.

Prime Minister Bei was a middle aged man and looked slightly plump. However, the word authority could be seen from him. Not to mention, his mere presence caused quite the pressure to the people around him.

His long moustache and beard was one of the few traits that people always remembered his image to be.

Despite his smile, no one dared to relax around him.

"There's no need to be so formal." Prime Minister Bei laughed. His dark eyes were scanning the group before his eyes landed on Long Qian Xing, who came forward.

"Long Qian Xing from Long Family greets Prime Minister Bei."

"Young Commander Long, right?" Prime Minister Bei smiled and the gaze deepened. "It's quite the surprise to see you return with Great General Nan."

Great General Nan.

Old Master Nan flinched slightly when he heard the greetings. He could no longer be called as great general because of his injury, so many people usually called him only as general.

However, the implication of the man who said it was clear.

Long Qian Xing was calm. "There's an emergency and our troops end up meeting each other. It must be fate that allowed us to be near the incident and clear up the mess, so we choose to travel together."

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Note:

In case the explanation is a bit difficult above.

Emperor Huan -> Yang Zhou's grandfather

Emperor Xuan -> Yang Zhou's father (the emperor for around 5 years and also at the start of the story)

Emperor Yang Zhou -> this is the current Emperor in the story, Long Qian Xing's study partner.

Since Yang Zhou is not formally an Emperor yet (he's not of age yet since he's only 17 years old), he still didn't have any new title and I use his name to refer to him.