Chapter 70

70 Dragon Pavilion (III)

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHY ARE YOU STOPPING ME FROM GOING INSIDE? DIDN’T I ALREADY TELL YOU THAT THE GIRL INSIDE IS MY ‘DAUGHTER’?” Yang Luoyang stood in front of the chamber of Zheng Liang and scowled at the guards who were stopping him from going inside.

Yang Ning is her daughter after all. How can they stop him from meeting her?

He was at the royal court when he heard the maids whispering that Zheng Liang had brought an unconscious girl, who is supposed to be the Future Crown Princess of the Empire to the palace while carrying her in his arms.

Even though they did not mention Yang Ning’s name, isn’t it obvious who is going to be the future Crown Princess of the Empire?

When he asked someone to look into the matter, he discovered that the Crown Prince had an encounter with the Wild Bear who had killed numerous innocent people at the brothel, near the lakeside and something had happened there.

Although he couldn’t find out what had happened at the brothel, he figured out that Zheng Liang and Yang Ning must be together at the brothel since he was the one who carried her to his Pavilion rather than taking her to the Yang Household.

He was outraged at the fact that Yang Ning was at the brothel house. She is the eldest daughter of the Yang Household and soon going to be the Crown Princess. With what thought did she go to the brothel in the broad daylight?

If the rumors about this news were to be spread across the capital, not only Yang Ning will be shamed for her disgraceful behavior as a noble lady, but he will also lose his prestige at the royal court as well.

If His Majesty finds out about this incident, he might even nullify the marriage alliance between the two families as well.

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No! He cannot let that happen.

He will not let this idiotic girl’s scandalous actions cause any harm to him and his plan to become the most powerful man in the capital.

“STOP BLOCKING MY WAY AND LET ME GO INSIDE. DO YOU NOT KNOW WHO AM I? DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE THE CONSEQUENCES OF STOPPING ME LIKE THIS?” Yang Luoyang hollered at the guards who did not open the door for him even after finding out that he is Yang Ning’s father.

He even tried to threaten them but the guards remained composed and indifferent with their attitude. They did not say anything since they knew that their words would have no effect on this man and continued to guard the chamber without uttering a single word.

Yang Luoyang was getting frustrated by the resolute attitude of the guards and was turning red in anger. ” YOU’RE MAKING THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF YOUR LIVES. I WILL PROVE TO YOU WHAT I CAN DO AND WILL MAKE YOU SUFFER IN JAIL FOR YOUR IMPUDENT BEHAVIOR. YOU WILL SUFFER UNTIL YOUR-”

“Are you saying that you are going to punish the guards who are guarding my chamber?”

Yang Luoyang was losing his temper and couldn’t believe that these guards had the audacity to disregard his warnings and not do as he says. However, he froze when someone interrupted him and confronted him with his cold and indifferent words.

He didn’t need to turn around to find out to whom the voice belonged as he could recognize this voice very well.

He pursed his trembling lips to control his raging emotions and turned around to greet the Crown Prince, ” Greetings to His Highness. I am glad that I found you here. I wanted to meet you and discuss a few things with you.”

Zheng Liang stood there indifferently while staring at Yang Luoyang and a mocking smirk appeared on his face to see him switching his attitude towards him. He changed his attitude faster than a chameleon changes its color.

‘Hah! As expected of the cunning Minister Yang.’

While Yang Luoyang was trying to get away from his brusque and disrespectful behavior toward the guards earlier, Zheng Liang will not let him do that.

“Minister Yang, you did not answer my question. Were you saying that you will punish ‘my guards’ just because they did not give in to your unreasonable request and followed your orders?” His voice turned colder and his words sharp and direct as a knife.

“Yes?” Yang Luoyang was caught off guard by the sudden confrontation with Zheng Liang and couldn’t help but frown at his cold and disrespectful attitude towards him.

He is not only the Finance Minister at the Royal palace but also the father of the Future Crown Princess and the Empress. Even though Zheng Liang is the Crown Prince, does he not know how to mind his attitude in front of the elders?

Moreover, he has been acting disrespectful toward him since he returned from the southern border. Does he not know that the current Empress favors him and will always choose Yang Luoyang over the Crown Prince? Because it was he who helped her to gain the favor of His Majesty and become the Empress.

That was the reason why His Majesty agreed to Yang Luoyang’s request for this marriage alliance between the two families and agreed to the engagement of Yang Ning and Zheng Liang. Since he is a trustworthy man and the current Empress also favors him, His Majesty didn’t doubt his intentions and believed that it would be the best decision for Zheng Liang and the Empire as well.

Despite knowing all of this, how can this brat Crown Prince disregard his position and treat him disrespectfully as if he is beneath him?

While Yang Luoyang was fuming in anger, Zheng Liang walked toward him while clasping his hands behind his back and stopping in front of him. He looked coldly into his eyes and said, ” Minister Yang, Let me remind you about something.”

” These guards are ‘my people’. I will never tolerate anyone who dares to mess with my people. No one can punish them or order them to do anything, other than me. So refrain from making such empty threats next time.”

” I will not tolerate such rude behavior towards my people while standing at the dragon pavilion.” He warned him while confronting him eye to eye.

Just because Yang Luoyang has the support of the Current Empress and knows the way to bewitch His Majesty, he will not let him go away with his crude attitude anymore.

Since he was not in the capital all these years, Yang Luoyang was doing whatever he wanted and was abusing his position as the Head Finance Minister in the royal court. However, now he has returned to the capital, and will not let him abuse his powers anymore and will fix the impurities of the system that he has formed in the past years while conspiring with the Current Empress.

She might be the Empress but he is the Crown Prince who will take over the throne in the future. If she thinks that things will remain the same forever, then she is highly mistaking him and his skills.

Yang Luoyang gritted his teeth and bit his tongue to prevent himself from snapping at him. This is not the time to ruin the relationship between them. Yang Ning needed to marry the Crown Prince for his plan to start and be successful.

While he was trying to control his temper, Zheng Liang’s next words caught him off guard once again. ” Minister Yang, will you now tell me what you were doing standing in front of my chamber like this?”

” Also, what gave you the right to demand that my guards let you go inside? Do you think that it’s a place where anyone can go in and out easily? Huh?”

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