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It had been a long time since Liu Lao had seen Mu Rong Xiu. He was so excited that he was crying. After consoling him for a moment, Murong Xiu asked him to continue guarding the vicinity of the Ming Lun Mountain and to do his utmost to engage in a tug-of-war with the Northern Yue army. After that, he only brought a thousand personal guards and Tang Ao back to the capital.

In the palace, Young Lord Xi Li was discussing the war with Prime Minister Gongsun when he heard the news. When he heard the word "Regent", his face turned pale with fright. Gongsun Xianfeng calmed his young master's emotions and went to see Murong Xiu with him.

Mu Rong Xiu looked calmly at the bowing Gongsun Jianguo and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work recently."

Gongsun quickly said, "I don't dare to."

Mu Rong Xiu ignored him and told the young master, "Nephew, I'm back. Don't you remember me?"

The young master fearfully said, "As long as uncle is back safely. "That day, uncle suddenly disappeared, and nephew was scared out of his wits. I thought uncle …"

"I'm still alive and well. Would you be disappointed?" Mu Rong Xiu suddenly said. He changed his tone and said, "Uncle, you've come back this time to arrange the marriage."

"..." "Uncle is joking. Right now, the war between the North and the West is very serious. Nephew, how can you think about personal matters …" The young master couldn't figure out what Murong Xiu was thinking.

"How can the king's marriage be considered a private matter?" Murong Xiu smiled and said, "Uncle has already chosen for you. How about we choose the youngest daughter of Gongsun Haoyue?"

Gongsun didn't know how to respond. The thoughts he had towards the young master previously were indeed filled with the selfish desire to make his daughter the empress. However, Mu Rong Xiu's words made him feel a bit strange.

"Why, won't you?" Seeing that the young master was silent, Murong Xiu asked.

The young master didn't know how to respond to Murong Xiu, who had come back to propose marriage to him, so he could only stare at Gongsun Xinghe.

Therefore, Murong Xiu also turned to the Prime Minister. "What do you think, Minister?"

Gongsun Jianwu bowed and said respectfully, "In that case, this old man's daughter has gotten the better of me …"

"So this is the agreement?" A devilish smile suddenly appeared on Murong Xiu's face.

This smile made Gongsun's heart skip a beat. He didn't know if he should say it or not.

"This King will take it as your consent. Great!" Tonight, this king will gift you all a great gift! "The Prime Minister, please accept this!" Mu Rong Xiu's smile intensified.

Prime Minister Gongsun could only instinctively salute and express his gratitude before sending the Regent off with a hearty laugh.

After Murong Xiu left, the young master anxiously asked Gongsun Chen, "Prime Minister, can you guess what exactly this Murong Xiu means?"

Gong Sun stroked his long beard and shook his head. "I really can't presume about what he's thinking …"

The young master's face was filled with disappointment, but there was nothing he could do. He felt that the day was coming when he would be completely at the mercy of the Regent …

It was night. Gongsun Jianyun, who had been looking forward to the big gift from Murong Xiu, hadn't thought that the big gift he had been anticipating would be a bloody big gift.

Mu Rong Xiu didn't show up at all, but Tang Ao, who was wearing a mask, brought 200 people with him and started the massacre from the entrance. They didn't even let the cats and dogs that were kept in the Prime Minister's residence go.

When the young master had received the news and rushed from the palace to the Prime Minister's palace, he only saw the huge palace littered with corpses. The air was filled with the thick smell of blood and the stench of corpses. "The young master could not bear the provocation and vomited.

It was unknown when Mu Rong Xiu had appeared, but he whispered in his ear like a ghost, "The girl who could have been your empress is here."

The young master reflexively looked over and saw a lifeless female corpse. He rolled his eyes and fainted.

The next day, the young master woke up from the palace, and the miserable state of the Prime Minister's Estate was always on the horizon.

When one of the court ladies saw his sullen and absent-minded appearance, she suggested, "Master, why don't you go out for a walk and relax your mind?"

The young lord thought this was a good suggestion and let the man recommend some good places.

The man went close to the young master's ear and whispered, "I heard that some women from the East Peak have come to the Ten Thousand Flowers House recently. "Didn't the king like the little sister of the king? Why not go to the Ten Thousand Flowers House and have a look? It's also good to talk to those girls."

After all, the fear of the Regent and the miserable scene at the Prime Minister's residence made him feel uneasy. He felt that perhaps the Daoist was in a lively place and could temporarily forget his troubles when he saw the beautiful lady Dongping dance.

Thus, he let the servant lead the way, bringing him all the way to the Ten Thousand Flowers House.

When the bawd of Ten Thousand Flowers House saw a well-dressed teenager, she immediately called for several girls to accompany him as if she was offering a treasure.

The young master looked at this and touched that, and felt that it was indeed the best to forget trouble in this warm country. Thus, he played with these women for a day and was reluctant to go in the evening. He simply gave the old procuress a lot of gold and stayed at the Ten Thousand Flowers House.

That night, the ladies of the Ten Thousand Flowers House accompanied him, especially that girl called Yun Ji. She looked very pretty, and although she was somewhat cold, her voice was especially pleasant to hear and she sounded especially coquettish. In the heart of the young masters, the girls of Dongping should speak in this way, and should make people's hearts go numb from listening to it.

The next day, someone from the palace sneaked into the Ten Thousand Flowers House to look for the young lord. He called the young lord back to the palace to discuss political matters, and the young lord had no choice but to leave. However, in the afternoon, his heart started to itch, so he changed into casual clothes and headed straight to the Ten Thousand Flowers House.

He couldn't wait to get the old procuress to call all the girls who accompanied him yesterday, and he even mentioned Miss Yunji. The old procuress laughed very happily and accepted a large piece of gold and a Night Pearl from him, satisfying his request.

Thus, for the next few days, the young master stayed in the Ten Thousand Flowers House. He found that if he stayed in a place like the Ten Thousand Flowers House at night, he would not see what he saw as the tragic scene of the Prime Minister's house, and the fear of the Regent would disappear from his mind. The fear of the destruction of the country from the west had also disappeared in the scent of this gentle and soft country. However, once he left this place, the fear and dread would immediately occupy his heart, making it difficult for him to concentrate on doing anything. Thus, gradually, he no longer returned to the palace in the daytime to discuss matters. Instead, he lingered around the Ten Thousand Flowers House day and night, reveling in the success of his day and night.

The young master spent his days and nights at the Ten Thousand Flowers House, not caring about politics at all. This made the officials of the imperial court become even more dissatisfied.

However, when they recalled that there was a Regent in the West Li Country, a country with a strong people and a strong country, even if they were to be directly killed by the North Yue into the capital city, they would still feel very uncomfortable killing them, unlike the current situation where the war was completely dominated by the North.

Xili had already lost half of his territory. At this time, from their point of view, the king should be like the king of the Northern Yue, leading the army and rousing their morale. However, their king began to linger around the brothel, causing these stubborn officials to feel extremely depressed.

As for those who had always supported the young master and the prime minister, those who were originally furious at the tragedy at the Prime Minister's residence, who had joined forces to oppose the regent's entry into the court, now completely ignored this debt. This debt fell into the hands of the regent, Murong Xiu, and they were truly afraid that the regent, Murong Xiu, who had returned to the capital, would do the same thing to them.

On the other hand, the young master whom they longed for began to fail to learn. He went from a night to a brothel and became a day to a night. Because of the war, the treasury was gradually emptied. The young lord was simply sending his official silver to the commoners like this. If this went on, the military salaries on the frontlines would be taken away by the young lord to be pampered.

The civil and military officials in the Western Li Dynasty felt that someone had to stop this phenomenon. Right now, only the Regent, Murong Xiu, could do that.

Therefore, on this day, a few old officials came to Mu Rong Xiu's mansion and respectfully invited the regent back to the court.

Naturally, Murong Xiu wouldn't agree immediately. Whether it was the execution of the entire family of the prime minister, or the luring of the young master of the brothel, he had planned it all beforehand. He believed that it was impossible for these crafty people to not realize that it was his plan. From their point of view, the situation had already reached a point where they couldn't wait to beg him like this. If they were sincere, these people would come and beg him again after he declined. This way, he would be able to return to the imperial court in good faith, and things would be much more convenient for him in the future.

These old officials saw that Murong Xiu had repeatedly delayed them, so they had no choice but to leave the Mansion.

For the first time, the die-hards and revolutionaries of the West Li Dynasty had no objection to the same thing. They gathered together and discussed for a while. This time, the old officials brought a few reformers to pay a visit to Murong Xiu.

Seeing that the time was almost right, there was no point in refusing anymore. He shook his sleeves and said, "Then I'll just have to reluctantly accept it. It's just that, if the king still has some scruples towards me …"

"We will definitely stand by your side, Your Highness …" "Yes," the old man and the innovators replied respectfully.

Just like that, Murong Xiu returned to the Western Kingdom and became a true Regent. This kind of full authority was something that only Murong Xiu had when the young lord was very young. As the young lord slowly grew up, he began to gradually cede power to the young lord, letting him learn how to handle the affairs of state. However, the young master's subsequent performance greatly disappointed Murong Xiu.

Originally, Murong Xiu had only wanted to try out this plan with the brothel. Even though he had asked Feng Lingxue for a 12 Mei Ji at the price of the stone-throwing cart, he hadn't fully expected that this matter would succeed. After all, he hadn't expected that the person Feng Lingxue had sent to him was the ice-cold Yun Ji he had seen before.

Although Yun Ji had taken the initiative to accept this mission, Murong Xiu wasn't too optimistic about Yun Ji's allure. However, he didn't expect that this young master's willpower was so weak. He was just scaring him because of the tragic state he was in, causing him to be scared out of his wits.

Originally, Mu Rong Xiu had thought about using an iron chain to tie onto his shoulder blades to restrict his movements. He felt that this child was quite cruel and that he might become someone important in the future. In the end, it seemed like this idea was come from that greedy prime minister and not just this kid. Murong Xiu had always been supporting the young master. He'd always felt that this child would not be able to become a tyrant, which was why he'd stopped him from acting. Who would've thought that this would become a knot in their hearts?

Right now, the culprit who caused his death was already dead, and the young master who helped to destroy the country was now a cripple. The imperial court was united in the sky, and Murong Xiu had a feeling that something was wrong. There was still hope to the west. He wanted to let this country continue to grow stronger. He wanted to drive the North Vietnam out of their territory. He didn't believe that he was inferior to that Helian.