Legend of the Fighter (2)
Chpater... 17: Playing the Word
"How dare you come back?! Arrest the third prince!" Emperor Shao said to his soldiers.
Shao Mingrui directly mobbed dozens of people with spears pointed at him.
"How could a great empire like the Shao Empire decide on punishment without listening to testimony. Not everything white is clean, maybe there's someone here who's behind the attack, but he just kept watching."
All eyes looked at Zhou Fan who was standing beside the third prince. They asked who this young man was, why was it so daring to even question the emperor's decision.
But for some people Zhou Fan's face was certainly not foreign, because the young man had appeared before everyone while fighting on behalf of Shao Mingrui.
"It's not a matter you can interfere with, it's best that a subordinate like you should be quiet and standing in a corner." The first prince said cynically.
But that word made Zhou Fan laugh. "The one who accuses someone is usually the one who does."
The first prince's face reddened in anger, he was anxious to kill Zhou Fan with his own hands.
All that was in the hall was consumed by the young man's words. Now the first prince is in bad sight of everyone, because since then the first prince continues to roar if the third prince is the culprit.
"Your Majesty, he is an outsider, unworthy of meeting." The first prince was of course worried that if everything he had done was exposed, he frantically wanted to drive Zhou Fan out.
Not even Emperor Shao said, Shao Mingrui first opened his voice. "He is my brother-Shao Mingrui, he has the right to follow wherever I go."
The first prince instantly fell silent, while Shao Ziyu was just quietly enjoying a very pleasant debate.
"In addition, for the charges you directed at me, I brought someone who might want to greet the first prince." Shao Mingrui glanced back, right with that a man came with his hands tied in chains.
"He's the City Lord of Xue, he wants to say something to His Majesty." Zhou Fan smiled faintly, he then removed the chain and brought the man before Emperor Shao.
"What do you want to say, tell me plainly." Zhou Fan glanced at the man.
Crashes...
The man had not yet opened his mouth, the first prince had slashed his head.
Gludak...
Everyone was wide-eyed about what the first prince was doing, they stared at Emperor Shao's eldest son with a somewhat strange look.
"This city lord said that if the third sister was the culprit, maybe the real one was the real culprit. I've eaten his sweet words, I'm sorry third sister." The first prince approached Shao Mingrui and embraced tightly.
Ow...
Everyone believed in the first prince's words, making the man smile triumphantly.
Zhou Fan walked over, approaching the man's head which was still covered in cloth.
"Ah... Looks like I'm wrong to bring people in, he's not the city lord." Zhou Fan opened the cloth and showed the old man's head to everyone.
Gao Bin's!
The first prince rounded his eyes when he saw the face of the head he had slashed, it was Gao Bin his confidant.
Bruck...
The first prince directly pushed Zhou Fan's body to take Gao Bin's head from the young man's hand.
Gao Bin was his right hand, the old man had served him for a long time, but his life was now gone, and it was all because of the wild boy before him.
"You killed him!" The first prince roared furiously, pointing at Zhou Fan with his sword.
"Why did you catch Gao Bin? If you don't catch him, he won't get killed anyway." The first prince kept railing at Zhou Fan, but the young man seemed unconcerned.
"I saw him at the residence of City Lord Xue, who would have thought that he wasn't City Lord Xue." Zhou Fan shrugged both of his shoulders, making the first prince even more furious.
"That's Enough! Stop that!!" Emperor Shao kicked the handle of the chair while standing up.
"This is a misunderstanding, the third prince is innocent. I will order people to capture City Lord Xue. For Kasim Gao's matter, this was also an accident. This matter is over, I want the fallen princes cremated as soon as possible."
Emperor Shao then left the hall, he glanced at Zhou Fan with a dislike look.
One by one everything in the hall left their place, leaving Shao Mingrui, Zhou Fan and also the first prince.
"I'll remember all this." The first prince waltzed away after erasing his fake expression.
Although Gao Bin has served you for decades, all of that is comparable to the release of the charges against him. To him a subordinate is nothing more than a person who can be pulverized.
Zhou Fan clucked in annoyance, not expecting the emperor to even help the first prince to get out of trouble. It was obvious that the emperor wanted the first prince to ascend the throne.
But the young man was quite satisfied to see the first prince's expression look bad, even though he knew the feelings of loss shown were all fake.
For him who was able to kill his own brother for the sake of the throne, it was impossible to care for a subordinate, especially if given that it was only a eunuch.
Shao Mingrui also realized that his father was siding with the first prince, because from childhood the first prince was the pride of his father.
"You take it easy, I'll help you get to the throne, even if I know it's going to be very difficult." Zhou Fan tried to comfort Shao Mingrui.
Yet Shao Mingrui knew what the young man really meant. So he just shook his head. "You damn it, you said as if you care about me but all you care about is that ninth level crystal beast."
Zhou Fan chuckled, it was true what Shao Mingrui said, all he cared about was indeed the ninth level crystal beast inside the palace warehouse. But the previous words were also very true.
The relationship between the two was getting better, Shao Mingrui did not consider Zhou Fan to be a subordinate or colleague, but rather a brother-in-arms.
They returned to Shao Mingrui's residence, once opening the door that looked like a woman standing in slight surprise.
"You're back?"
Shao Mingrui snorted, he entered without caring about the woman.
The clueless Zhou Fan simply kept silent with a astonished face.
"She is my wife, Cheng Liyu." Shao Mingrui said without taking his eyes off the road ahead.
Zhou Fan frowned, wife? Why does she feel their relationship is a little complicated.
"She wanted to marry the first prince, but the emperor instead triggered a marriage decree in my name. Maybe he's too happy to hear the news if I don't come back, so he seems disappointed when he sees me fine." Shao Mingrui sighed with a resigned face.
Zhou Fan did not understand, why did Shao Mingrui not break this marriage relationship if indeed he was unhappy. It looked like he was torturing himself.
"You might think I'm so stupid. Why didn't I break this relationship? If I could, I would, but it would end badly on the Shao Empire, the Cheng Family is the Great General's family."
Zhou Fan was just silent, he naturally knew how complicated the problems related to the empire and the noble families were.
Maybe some people think how good it is to be a noble, or a prince. But if they knew what they really were - princes and nobles, they would definitely undo the intention.
"That looks good, isn't necessarily better."