Su Xin had succeeded in establishing his authority this time. At least the guests recruited by the princes kept a low profile and did not dare to make a move on the streets of Shengjing City.
On the second day, dozens of dukes and marquises from the Zhou Kingdom sent gifts to congratulate the establishment of the Six Fan School in Shengjing City. Prince Xiang, Ji Yanyu and the others even came to congratulate him personally.
The Six Fan School in Shengjing City had been established for a few days, but they only came to congratulate him now. Obviously, they had completely recognized the influence of Su Xin in Shengjing City.
Su Xin had completely established himself in Shengjing City. With the power of the Six Fan School in Shengjing City, Su Xin could be said to be the number one person in the entire Six Fan School, second only to the four Super Arresters.
Moreover, Su Xin had not handed over the position of chief of detectives of the Six Fan School in Jiangnan Province. This way, Su Xin had even more power in his hands.
For these dukes and marquises from the Zhou Kingdom, there was no harm in befriending Su Xin. In the future, if their children committed crimes, they could also plead for Su Xin if they befriended him.
As for the other princes, they either came in person or sent people to congratulate him. They also showed their intention to befriend Su Xin.
After all, Su Xin's move had too much influence on the princes.
It turned out that King Chu, Ji Yanhao, had wanted to recruit Su Xin. However, after this incident, he gave up on the idea. The current Su Xin was not someone that any of them could recruit.
Many dukes and marquises from the Zhou Kingdom came to congratulate him and present gifts. As the saying goes, one does not slap a smiling face. Su Xin also arranged for people to be at the door and politely welcomed them into the Six Fan School in Shengjing City. They exchanged greetings and arranged a feast.
At this time, Su Xin felt that it would have been better if he had brought Huang Bingcheng.
Huang Bingcheng was better at dealing with these things. The secret agents and Windchaser Patrolmen under Su Xin could do it, but they had no experience in dealing with such things.
Tie Shi was a very inflexible person, so he was not suited to deal with these matters. In the end, it was Tang Jiu who stepped forward and arranged everything properly.
Su Xin looked at Tang Jiu with slight surprise. He was Tang Xian's godson, but he seemed to be used to big scenes and had arranged everything neatly.
Su Xin originally thought that his personality was like iron and stone, but now it seemed that he was completely wrong.
After a while, Tie Shi suddenly walked over and said, "Milord, the eldest son of Duke Zheng, Gao Yue, has sent a congratulatory gift."
Su Xin was startled, of course he knew who the Duke of Zheng was, he was the biggest backer behind Ji Yancheng, and now that he and Ji Yancheng were already at each other's throats, what was he doing here?
"Let's go out and take a look."
Since they were here to give him gifts, Su Xin naturally couldn't reject them.
Seeing Su Xin come out, Gao Yue cupped his hands at Su Xin and said, "Lord Su, His Royal Highness, the matter with His Royal Highness is already in the past. I hope that Lord Su won't take it to heart."
Su Xin also smiled and said, "I, Su Xin, have always been someone who doesn't offend me. I have never taken the initiative to offend His Royal Highness, King Tai."
Gao Yue nodded and said, "Lord Su, don't worry. From today onwards, His Royal Highness, King Tai, will definitely not take the initiative to offend you, Lord Su."
With that, Gao Yue cupped his hands and turned to leave.
He didn't come here to give in to Su Xin. He just didn't want Su Xin to continue targeting Ji Yancheng.
This time, Ji Yancheng had received enough lessons. There was no point in continuing to fight to the death with Su Xin.
However, he thought too much. Su Xin also had no intention of continuing to compete with Ji Yancheng. There was no point in competing with a prince who had already been crippled.
All the congratulations had been given. Su Xin had won the battle. At the very least, the dukes and marquises in the imperial court of the Zhou Kingdom told their disciples to be careful and not let the Six Fan School of Shengjing get hold of them. Otherwise, they would have to plead for them.
Therefore, when the constables of the Six Fan School of Shengjing walked the streets again, even the arrogant dukes and marquises' disciples were a little afraid and didn't dare to be as presumptuous as before.
After half a month of peace and quiet, Tie Zhan suddenly sent someone to tell Su Xin that he was to attend court with him.
Hearing this news, Su Xin was stunned. This was because the emperor of the Zhou Kingdom, Ji Haodian, hadn't attended court for a long time.
The imperial court of the Zhou Kingdom gave each Dao a lot of power. The chief of detectives and the chief of the army of the Six Fan School of each Dao could deal with most situations.
Therefore, the Zhou Kingdom also attended court once every ten days. Other matters didn't need to be discussed. The civil officials of the six ministries of the Zhou Kingdom could handle them themselves.
Later, Ji Haodian's health got worse and worse. He didn't even attend court once every ten days. Anyone could report to him directly if there was anything important. There was no need to gather everyone for court session unless it was a major event.
With doubts, Su Xin went straight to the Six Fan School. He found that the four Super Arresters had gathered and were ready to attend court session together.
In fact, only the four Super Arresters and Tie Ao were qualified to attend court session in the entire Six Fan School. However, as the chief of detectives of Shengjing, Su Xin had a special position, so he was allowed to attend court session.
The four of them didn't speak along the way. Su Xin also kept silent. He followed the crowd to the main hall of the Imperial Palace. On the way, they met many dukes and marquises of the Zhou Kingdom and people from the military. They all stood neatly and waited for Ji Haodian's arrival.
The seats of the Six Fan School and the military were closer to the front. However, the ones at the front were the princes of the Zhou Kingdom. It was also the first time for Su Xin to see all the princes of the Zhou Kingdom who were qualified to compete for the throne.
The one standing at the front was naturally the Crown Prince, Ji Yanheng. He was about forty years old, but he looked very depressed and a little flustered.
As for the Crown Prince of the Zhou Kingdom, Su Xin only had one word to say about him. He was courting death.
As the Crown Prince of the Zhou Kingdom, Ji Yanheng's mother was also a Marquess of the Zhou Kingdom.
Furthermore, he was the oldest and was made the Crown Prince. With this title, even if he was just a mediocre person, he would still be able to attract the support of a large number of people. It would be extremely difficult for the princes under him to catch up to him.
But what did Ji Yanheng do in the end? Anyone who mentioned Ji Yanheng would say that the Crown Prince was immoral and didn't deserve to be the Crown Prince. Even now, he was no different from being directly deposed.
Su Xin had once inquired about the reason. After hearing it, he was also speechless. He couldn't believe that Ji Yanheng, as the Crown Prince, would do such a thing that even an idiot wouldn't do.
He actually wanted to force himself on Ji Haodian's concubine in the harem and make his father a cuckold.
However, that was all. After all, Ji Haodian was already old. There were hundreds of concubines in the harem, and he had never touched 90% of them.
Moreover, as a member of the royal family, Ji Haodian had seen even dirtier things than this. As the saying goes, one should not wash one's dirty linen in public. He could just punish and reprimand Ji Yanheng.
However, what really caused Ji Yanheng to be banished to the Cold Palace was the words he said when the concubine resisted.
"There's no need to resist. After father dies, all of you will be mine. Isn't it the same sooner or later?"
It was precisely because of these words that Ji Haodian was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot. He even almost beat Ji Yanheng to death on the spot.
Ji Yanheng's mistake wasn't in flirting with the concubine, but in saying something that he shouldn't have said.
Ji Haodian is a hero of a generation. He's not even dead yet, and you're already thinking about my throne and my woman. Are you going to rebel if I live a little longer?
Therefore, in Su Xin's opinion, Ji Yanheng not being crippled on the spot was already Ji Haodian's forbearance.
Of course, Ji Yanheng's current state was no different from being crippled. The other princes also saw it, which was why they started such an intense competition.
Standing below Ji Yanheng was the Third Prince, King Zhao, Ji Yanlu.
Ji Yanlu came from a mediocre background, but he had a wide range of friends. He was humble and cautious, and had a very good reputation in the army.
Moreover, Ji Yanlu had once concealed his identity and joined the army in the Northern Plains. He had fought with the Golden Horde Kingdom several times, and had even reached the position of a lieutenant before he was discovered.
This caused Ji Yanlu's reputation in the army to be very good. Several general directors of the army supported Ji Yanlu openly and secretly.
Among all the princes present, only Ji Yanlu was wearing a full set of armor and martial attire.
There was another prince that Su Xin had never seen before, and that was King Chu, Ji Yanhao.
It was rumored that Ji Yanhao was a vicious and merciless person, but he actually had a delicate appearance and looked very harmless on the outside.
As for the remaining Ji Yanyu and Ji Yancheng, Su Xin knew both of them.
Generally speaking, among the many princes of the Zhou Kingdom, only the five of them had the most hope of seizing the throne.
Although the other princes also had some power, they were far inferior to the five of them.
After a while, a few eunuchs helped an old man in a dragon robe onto the dragon throne. Tang Xian bowed and served him respectfully.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Everyone bowed respectfully to Ji Haodian, but no one knelt.
These people were all officials of the Zhou Kingdom, not servants of the Ji family. Therefore, in the Zhou Kingdom, other than the eunuchs in the palace, no one else could kneel in front of the emperor.
Su Xin was also secretly sizing up Ji Haodian.
Ji Haodian's face was very old, and there was an unconcealable sickly look on his face. Only his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, and they were extraordinarily domineering.
He shouldn't be 80 years old yet. To ordinary people, he was indeed in his twilight years.
However, although Ji Haodian wasn't a martial artist, the Zhou Kingdom dominated the Central Plains. What kind of treasures couldn't they find? Even if Ji Haodian was an ordinary person, it shouldn't be a problem for him to live to around 200 years old.
However, it was said that Ji Haodian had been assassinated in his early years, causing his internal organs to be damaged. He invited all the famous doctors in the world to treat him, but there was nothing they could do. He could only rely on some precious elixirs to survive.
In the beginning, it was still okay. However, in recent years, Ji Haodian had already taken those elixirs as if they were his meals. However, it still couldn't stop his life force from flowing away.
That was why the princes were so restless. Even the recently stabilized Great Zhou was in a state of unrest.
On the dragon throne, Ji Haodian said softly, "In today's court discussion, I only want to talk about one thing, and that is who the heir apparent belongs to."
His voice was old and hoarse, and it wasn't very loud either. However, when he said that, everyone present was shocked to the point of dizziness.
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