Royal City was a vanity fair. Wang Xuezhi had always liked to visit Royal City because, in their opinion, only by being accepted by the mainstream nobles of Royal City could one be considered a true Wang Xuezhi.
There were too many celebrities and too many interests here. Sometimes, even Wang Xuezhi would be flushed with anger over a reputation, let alone the wealthy families of Royal City who truly stood at the center of the vanity fair.
The Nine Five Great Families had already become history. Less than two days after the Sun Family's army left, all the direct descendants of the Sun Family quietly left with the trucks.
Their actions seemed to have been rehearsed in advance. Sun Xiuwen had thought of an escape route for the entire Sun Family before seizing the position of the head of the family.
Of course, the premise of all this escape route was that Sun Xiuwen could succeed. Otherwise, there would be nowhere for them to retreat to, no matter how big Lü Zhou was.
At first, the wealthy families of Royal City did not react because Sun Xiuwen's preparations were too thorough.
When they realized that the direct descendants of the Sun Family had not appeared in Royal City for a long time, they received news that Sun Xiuwen had announced that he had become the Western Emperor Of Heaven by the Divine King's decree.
At the same time, news of Wu Weijun conquering Western Capital and Duanmu Huangqi's death also followed.
What was going on? The Divine King's decree?
Wasn't Western Capital conquered by Wu Weijun? Didn't Sun Xiuwen stand on Wu Weijun's side and kill the Western Prefecture Martial Grandmaster? Why did Sun Xiuwen dare to say that he was acting on the Divine King's decree?
The remaining Nine Four Great Families of Royal City were not fools. They suddenly realized that things were developing in the direction they least wanted to see.
Now that Western Capital was destroyed, it was said that even the city no longer existed.
However, the Divine King's Palace, which had issued the decree, did not make any more movements.
The Nine Four Great Families of Royal City did not dare to go to the Divine King's Palace to confirm the situation. However, they understood that the fact that Wu Weijun had not been punished by anyone was enough to explain everything.
Wu Weijun, the Wu Weijun who had forced the gambler into the Hidden Dragon River, was originally just a topic of conversation among the wealthy families. Now, he had even killed the Emperor Of Heaven!
In the past, when Sun Xiuwen had painstakingly cultivated to become a Great Grandmaster, the wealthy families of the royal city had even mocked him in private, saying, "Won't you still have to join forces with everyone after becoming a Great Grandmaster?" They felt that even without a Great Grandmaster, the wealthy families of the royal capital were still wealthy families of the royal capital. Having one more Great Grandmaster wouldn't change anything.
However, at this time, Sun Xiuwen laid out a new path for them. It turned out that the Emperor Of Heaven could also die, and it turned out that the aristocrats of the Royal City could also dominate an area.
The current Sun family was no longer on the same level as the wealthy families of the Royal City. From now on, the wealthy families of the Royal City would have to obey the Sun family's wishes. Any wealthy family that still wanted to do business in Western State would have to respectfully address Sun Xiuwen as Emperor Of Heaven!
But this was not the most important thing. So what if they lowered their heads? It was not like they had never lowered their heads before. In the past, there had been many people who had treated the wealthy families of the Royal City like dogs. They were usually high and mighty in the eyes of the common people, but only they understood their own situation. If they wanted to live, they should not pretend to be a loyal family. Otherwise, their entire family might be executed.
But now, the person they needed to be careful of was definitely not Sun Xiuwen, but Wu Weijun and the master of Wu Weijun!
There was news that Wu Weijun had headed for the royal city on the day he conquered the Western Capital. At this time, the wealthy families of the royal city had already realized that they had to make a decision before Wu Weijun arrived at the royal city.
Should they kneel in the Divine King's Palace or should they kneel in Lü Shu?
It was not a matter of standing or kneeling. They just didn't know who to kneel in front of!
Some people felt that they should still believe in the Divine King's Palace. After all, the Divine King's Palace was in the royal city. If Wu Weijun attacked the royal city, that person in the palace would have to intervene, right?
It was not that some people were ignorant and still could not guess that there was actually someone in the Divine King's Palace who was playing tricks. It was that the person behind the scenes was the victor when the puppeteer was being hunted down.
Of course, there were also people who felt that they should open the city to welcome Lü Shu. After all, their lives were not as tough as Duanmu Huangqi's. Even Duanmu Huangqi was dead. What right did they have to pretend to be tough?
Some people went to kneel outside the Jianlu, hoping to receive protection from Jianlu. However, Jianlu did not express its stance. Shrouded in a layer of fog, Jianlu seemed to be aloof and had no intention of participating in this battle.
However, could Jianlu really stay out of this? Among the Jianlu disciples, there were a few disciples from wealthy families in the royal city. However, after entering Jianlu, they were a little estranged from the wealthy families. Just like Chen Zu An, for the truly strong, those wealthy families that only cared about benefits and not feelings were like a cage.
However, those who had the ability to break free from the cage would not choose to go back.
What was more interesting was that the disciples from the wealthy families in the royal city who could enter Jianlu were not valued by their families. They had no resources and no favoritism. They trained for many years and finally built a body of iron bones in the military. On the contrary, those who had more resources could not face those fierce lone wolves after advancing to the first rank.
On one side were the sons of nobility who cherished their lives, and on the other side were the sons of a concubine who would be forgotten if they did not fight hard. The combat strength in their hearts was not the same.
The Jianlu Selection was not a child's play. If all the greenhouse flowers that were nurtured by resources could enter Jianlu, then they would really be underestimating the Head Butler of Jianlu, Gu Lingfei.
These Jianlu disciples were very indifferent to their families. Some of their parents had even separated from their families with their help and settled as small nobles in other places. Some of the wealthy families in the royal city had begged for a long time and finally asked what they wanted to ask through the communication mirror. What was the attitude of Jianlu?
The Jianlu disciple who was being questioned found it very funny. "Lü Shu is my junior in Jianlu. Is that not enough to show Jianlu's attitude?"
The wealthy families in the royal city were silent. Yes, Jianlu had not cut ties with Lü Shu even after the Divine King's Palace had issued an imperial edict. This was enough to show their attitude.
They even wondered if the eldest senior in Jianlu had already known something. It was not a coincidence that Lü Shu had entered Jianlu.
"The wealthy families of the royal city are in the same boat." The head of the Song Family said from the depths of the courtyard, "We have to have a discussion. Before Wu Weijun arrives at the royal city, we have to come to a conclusion."
The wealthy families of the royal city had not sat together for a discussion for too long. They all had their own interests. Now that external forces had forced them to unite again, the problem was that they themselves did not know if unity would be of any use.
Their worldview limited their judgment of the situation. A meeting between the heads of the wealthy families of the royal city was about to begin. Everyone could feel the danger.
The head of the Song Family whispered to the butler, "While everyone is focused on the discussion, everyone's eyes will be on us. Quickly sneak a few outstanding disciples out. Don't waste a single moment!"
At this time, the butler suddenly realized that even at this time, the Patriarch was still scheming. He couldn't even be sure if the Patriarch was really going to discuss business with the other wealthy families, or if this meeting was just a cover.
"Song Changying, that idiot." The head of the Song Family sighed. "If Xiao Mingze and Zhao Shuai were still in the Song Family, we would not have ended up like this."
It was too late to regret now. Xiao Mingze had long left, and Zhao Shuai had joined Mituryū Kanao!
What the butler wanted to say was that the Song Family had not treated these two well for so many years, so it was reasonable for them to leave.
However, neither the head of the Song Family nor the butler expected that while they were still worried about Wu Weijun's early arrival at the royal city, Lü Shu had already arrived.
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