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The sound of furious reprimands echoed throughout Zhuozheng Pavilion.
Outside the door, the two Celestial Human Realm guards were pale with fright, trembling.
It had been a long, long ti since they had heard His Majesty so enraged.
As the saying goes, "Being with an emperor is like being with a tiger," when the Great Emperor gets angry, soone is bound to suffer. Who knows, this ti, who was so blind as to provoke His Majesty.
In Zhuozheng Pavilion, Old Yao listened to the angry outbursts with his heart pounding and sweat pouring down.
Even though he had accompanied the Great Emperor for a millennium, it was rare to see the Emperor so furious.
He couldn’t help but mumble to himself, that boy with the surna Wang really had so skills; not only did he raise Miss Liyao and the extraordinarily talented Great Celestial Pride, Mr. Zong’an, but he himself was no easy character.
However, since Old Yao had been with the Emperor for a thousand years, he knew the Emperor’s temperant quite well.
Speaking up to advise now would be like running into the Great Emperor’s muzzle, most likely getting blad. The only option was to wait for the Emperor to vent his anger and calm down on his own.
Sure enough.
After a cup of tea, Emperor Longchang’s expression gradually returned to calm, but his half-narrowed eyes still revealed a sharp gleam, indicating that his inner fire had not completely dissipated.
Only then did Old Yao have people co in to clean the scene, replacing the table with an identical one, lighting the calming Immortal Fragrance, and serving a cup of Cold Moon Immortal Tea.
Soon, Zhuozheng Pavilion returned to its original state, as if the previous ss had never happened.
Emperor Longchang leisurely drank the Immortal Tea: "Old Yao, tell , how should I deal with Prince Dexin and Prince Kang?"
"Your Majesty, this humble eunuch is but a servant, how dare I comnt on the True Dragon family’s affairs?" Old Yao said with lowered head and submissive eyes.
Being with an emperor is like being with a tiger.
He knew well that with his identity, he must not make comnts or show bias. He had to rember one thing: everything should be centered around His Majesty; only then could he remain stable and survive in this position for a long ti.
"You, you’re just too cautious." Emperor Longchang criticized, "You’ve diligently served for a thousand years, do you think I don’t understand your loyalty? I’ve been on the throne for over three thousand years, my old friends and relatives have long left , and now, besides you, who else is there to speak to honestly? Just say a few words freely, and I can consider them."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Old Yao bowed his head, thinking for quite a while before cautiously speaking, "Ultimately, this matter boils down to Prince Dexin’s failure in education. You might summon him for a reprimand, make him reflect deeply, and restore the family tradition."
"Dexin..." Emperor Longchang said expressionlessly, his knuckles gently tapping the desk, pondering, "This child has ambition but lacks great ability, is arrogant but lacks tolerance. Just like the last ti he lost a bet with Celestial River Zhenren, losing just twenty Upper Spirits and being mocked a bit, and he furiously ran off, so petty, lacking in vision and courage, and even caused Yoong’an to help him settle the debts."
"Prince Yoong’an is still quite steady." Old Yao softly praised, "I rember he often visited the palace in his childhood to bring you joy, and Your Majesty truly cared for him."
"Yoong’an indeed has a genial temperant, but since childhood, he feared Dexin and beca sowhat timid under his parenting, lacking in courage and decisiveness. In the end, he couldn’t even keep his wife."
ntioning this, Emperor Longchang was still quite dissatisfied, grumbling, "It’s a sha Yoong’an is so foolishly filial, he even thinks he’s in the right, always complaining that Yingji is ’unruly,’ using his father’s authority to harshly discipline and reprimand, trying to turn Yingji into soone as indecisive and compliant as he is. Poor my Ji’er, not only did he lose his mother at a young age, but he also had to endure Yoong’an’s odious tantrums. If it weren’t for this, how would he have run off to beco a water bandit in anger..."
"Well, Your Majesty." Old Yao cautiously reminded, "The Jiaolong Gang is a properly registered trading company, and while Prince Yingji acts impulsively, he also cleared the real water bandits from Anjiang, safeguarding the waterways, allowing the river economy to develop. Whenever there’s a flood on Anjiang River, the Jiaolong Gang also contributes money and effort. This can be considered ritorious..."
"Old Yao, it’s rare for you to speak well of the child, I suppose you share my sentint of sympathy for Yingji. Rest assured, I never blad Ji’er for this; otherwise, I wouldn’t have secretly sent soone to assist him from the shadows." Emperor Longchang sighed, growing increasingly discontent with Prince Dexin and Prince Yoong’an, "Ji’er’s mother had extraordinary talent, even surpassing Yoong’an. When Ji’er left back then, he was already a Celestial Pride Grade B with remarkable talent, and if properly planned, his aptitude could indeed improve significantly."
"Such a pity, such a pity, Ji’er missed a great opportunity because of father-son discord. Otherwise, Ji’er might have beco a quasi-crown prince. His nature, though rash, is genuine and loyal, exactly like ."
"Fortunately, Ji’er was lucky enough to et Shouzhe, who pointed him in the right direction. This is better; he doesn’t understand the Emperor’s Heart Skill and has a wild aura, so it’s more suitable for him to go out and pioneer rather than being trapped in Dexin’s ssy affairs and muddy swamp."
At this mont, Emperor Longchang was like an ordinary family’s elder, rambling about his beloved grandchildren, worrying himself to death for their future prospects.
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