The middle aged man’s name is Tian Hai Cheng Wu. He became the head of the Tian Hai Family twenty years ago after his father, Tian Hai You Guo, passed away. Under his lead, the Family of Tian Hai grew prosperous and powerful. Sometimes people would even forget that he was the nephew of the Divine Queen.
It’s high praise for him to achieve such a thing under the ruling of the Divine Queen.
“The old generation is powerful. Even I dare not disturb them…….Sheng Xue’s actions were too naive. You are his uncle but you didn’t do anything to stop him. Did you want to see how much blood would bleed out of the capital?”
Xu Shi Ji walked towards the chair in front of him and sat down. He glanced over of the wall expressionlessly and said, “The Bishop will compensate for these lives.”
Xue Xing Chuan controls the Forbidden Army of Zhou Dynasty. As a trusted subordinate of Divine Queen, he became responsible for the safety of the capital after he was switched in from the frontline. It would be impossible to gather so much people in front of the Department of Education without his consent.
“What compensation? Are you saying that he will be kicked out of the Department of Education? You all are fools. If the relationship between the Bishop and the Pope worsen, the Bishop position will become stronger. Why? Because only the Bishop can compete with the Pope in terms of history. Therefore my aunt…..needs him.”
Tian Hai Cheng Wu said, “Whoever my aunt favors, he or she will be famous such as Xu You Rong and Mo Yu. Whoever my aunt trusts, they will be prosperous like you and Xue Xing Chuan. But none of them compare to need……because needing is unique; it represents a mutual relationship.”
“Don’t ever try to aggravate that sleeping fox in the Department of Education again.”
He stared at Xu Shi Ji and said, “I watched Mei Li Sha for several dozen years, and I still can’t figure him out…….How could a young man like Sheng Xue be his opponent?”
Xu Shi Ji was silent for a moment. Then he said, “So we shouldn’t do anything?”
Tian Hai Cheng Wu knew what Xu Shi Ji was worrying about. He glanced at Xu Shi Ji and said, “The marriage vow is already known to the world. These little tricks will be useless after you use them too frequently. Furthermore, they will only make matters worse because if the situation gets messy, it will be hard to clean up afterwards.”
Xu Shi Ji wrinkled his eyebrow slightly and remained silent.
“I still don’t understand, it’s been months since that youngster arrived at the capital. Why didn’t you kill him from the beginning? Why did you wait until the Ivy Festival where he took out the marriage vow? This isn’t your style of doing business.”
Tian Hai Cheng Wu looked at him and said irritatedly.
Xu Shi Ji hardly ever saw such emotion from Tian Hai Cheng Wu’s face. He knew that he was angry.
The Tian Hai Family always had a good relationship with the southerners. It may seem as if the family was trying to follow Zhou Dynasty’s policy of bounding the north and south, but any wise person knew what the head of Tian Hai Family really wanted – the support of the southerners. This would be a key factor to when he tries to ascend the throne for emperor in the future.
From this point of view, regardless of the business of the dynasty, the family, or the throne, the marriage between Dong Yu General’s Mansion and Qiu Shan Family would be an important component. But now, the component is in a mess and that mess was supposed to be cleaned up by Xu Shi Ji long ago.
“You Rong sent a letter that said that she didn’t want to harm him.” Xu Shi Ji said after a moment of silence.
Tian Hai Cheng Wu slapped the handle of the bamboo chair and said irritatedly, “She’s your daughter.”
Xu Shi Ji’s expression was bitter, “She also sent a letter to Mo Yu. I’m not exactly sure if the Queen read it or not.”
The bamboo forest was quiet.
After a long time, Tian Hai Cheng Wu sighed deeply, “Everyone thinks the Tian Hai Family was just using Ya Er as an excuse, but not many realize that I actually wanted to rip Chen Chang Sheng into pieces.”
“True, Ya Er is of the outer six sects. He’s pretty far from the Elder sect but that kid really has some potential…….he entered the upper stage of Meditation at such a young age. You should understand what this means. If he was ranked in the Honor Roll of Green Cloud, he could easily rank in the top twenty.”
The capital never knew the true strength of Tian Hai Ya Er. Only until the first night of Ivy Festival did the public see his power. But seeing is different from the admittance of the head of Tian Hai Family. Xu Shi Ji’s expression turned serious.