In the main hall of the Wu clan …
Several people were seated at a table. There was a sumptuous feast on the table, and everyone was beaming.
A middle-aged man let out a long sigh and said, "He's finally going to leave."
The person next to him drank a cup of wine, finally feeling relieved. He nodded and said, "From a certain perspective, it's not a bad thing that His Majesty has conferred him the title of Gyeong Of Silla."
"It's easy to leave the capital, but it'll probably be difficult for him to return."
"It's good that he's gone. With him gone, there'll be no one who can protect the Chen Clan. The Li family and the Chen Clan have a deep feud to begin with. Who would have thought that he would actually … In any case, Prince Xin will definitely not let the Chen Clan off this time around. We just need to wait patiently for a few more days …"
…
The news that Li Yi, the Gyeong Of Silla, was about to leave the capital made all the influential officials in the capital secretly heave a sigh of relief.
Most people felt that His Majesty had favored him too much and that it was detrimental to the stability of the court's politics. They felt that he had broken the rules of the aristocratic circle in the capital. After all, no one wished for the capital to have two … three emperors.
Of course, to everyone present, due to the feud between him and the Chen Clan, it would be hard for them to feel at ease with him in the capital. Therefore, they hoped that he would leave as soon as possible.
After receiving this news, it was a must to hold a grand banquet. If it was not because they were worried that it would be too conspicuous, they would hold a banquet that lasted for three days.
Right now, at the entrance of the Wu clan …
Li Yi raised his head and looked at the signboard of the Wu clan and asked, "Is it this Wu clan?"
Chen Chong nodded. "It's this Wu clan."
On the way here, he had already thought through some things. Therefore, he was very cooperative with Li Yi.
"I've screwed it up."
Fang stepped on the stone lion at the entrance of the Wu clan and leaped up. He took down the signboard of the Wu clan and broke it into several pieces with a palm strike.
Before the gatekeeper of the Wu family could react, his family's plaque was smashed. He ran out and said angrily, "You, who are you? What do you want?"
After coming out of the cloth shop, they went directly to the nearest Wu family. Only Fang and Xu were with them. Xu disdained to do these things, so he followed them with his hands behind his back to watch the fun. Although Fang could do it alone, it was time-consuming and laborious.
"Call your master out." Li Yi looked at the gatekeeper and said, "We don't have enough manpower. Let him find someone to help."
The gatekeepers of large families rarely didn't know how to read people. In fact, after sitting in this position for a long time, they even knew how to read people better than their own master.
Seeing that this young man had asked someone to smash the Wu family's signboard and humiliate the Wu family, yet he could still calmly call out to the Old Master. It was either that he had a powerful background or that he was crazy.
Judging from the young man's temperament and the sturdy man, the former was more likely.
The gatekeeper glanced at the broken signboard once more before running inside.
The sloppy old man clasped his hands behind his back and said with great interest, "It's really great to be a prince …"
When the master of the Wu family heard that someone had smashed the plaque of the Wu family, he immediately rushed out with his men in a rage. This behavior was more ruthless than a slap in the face. It was something that all the families who valued face couldn't tolerate.
He was the first to rush into the yard with his men and was the first to kneel.
"Greetings, Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness," the master of the Wu family said in a trembling voice, his face pale and his voice trembling.
Unless it was a special occasion, such as the coronation of a new emperor or an important ceremony, officials didn't have to kneel when they saw the emperor. Naturally, they didn't have to kneel when they saw the prince.
However, the master of the Wu family still knelt because his legs were so weak that he couldn't stand up.
The person before them had once been their nightmare. Although he was going to leave the capital soon, as long as he was in the capital, they wouldn't wake up from their nightmare.
"There's no need to be so courteous. I'll be embarrassed later on." Li Yi looked at him and said, "Do you know why I'm here today?"
The master of the Wu family said in a trembling voice, "I … I don't know."
"I'm here to cause trouble." Li Yi looked at the master of the Wu family and said, "But we don't have enough manpower now. Can the Wu family help out?"
The master of the Wu family knew that he was here to cause trouble and also knew why he was here.
Prince Xin … Prince Xin, that fool … He had clearly said to bear with it a little more!
"Yes!" The master of the Wu family steeled his heart and said, gritting his teeth, "Go and call all the guards in the clan over!"
Between causing trouble for the Wu family or completely wiping out the Wu family from the capital, even a fool would know how to choose.
The guards of the Wu family arrived very soon. The person in the lead looked at the master of the Wu family and immediately asked, "Master, where are the troublemakers?"
"Smash!" The master of the Wu family squeezed out this word from his throat.
"Smash?" The guard was stunned for a moment and asked, "Smash what?"
"Smash the Wu family!"
The master of the Wu family picked up a bonsai plant in the courtyard and smashed it fiercely onto the ground, causing soil to splatter everywhere. He looked at the guard and asked, "Smash it like this, understand?!"
"Old … Old Master …" The guard looked at the master of the Wu family in a daze, feeling both surprised and doubtful. Could his Old Master be … could he have gone crazy?!
Seeing that the guard was still standing there in a daze, the master of the Wu family kicked him fiercely and said furiously, "Hurry up! If you're not going to make a move, pack up your things and scram!"
The guard swallowed his saliva again, looked behind him, and said to the crowd, "Did you hear that? Smash it!"
Fang pointed to the inside of the room and said, "And inside …"
The master of the Wu family kicked another guard and said loudly, "Go inside and smash it!"
Fang reminded him, "Pick the expensive ones and smash them!"
The master of the Wu family had a pained expression on his face. He gritted his teeth and said, "Pick the expensive ones and smash them!"
Thus, the servants of the Wu family discovered a very strange scene.
With their Old Master taking the lead and the guards, they smashed everything they could see in the house. The Old Master tore his favorite painting and smashed the vase he had bought with a lot of money a few days ago. The coral he had just smashed was worth five thousand taels of silver …
In the end, when there was nothing else to smash, their Old Master finally reached out his evil hand to the innocent tables and chairs …
The Wu family was already in a mess. After searching around the house, they really couldn't find anything to smash. The master of the Wu family panted heavily and walked quickly to Li Yi's side. He asked carefully, "Your Highness, look, is it okay?"
"It's not bad." Li Yi nodded and said, "Let's forget about this matter. Tomorrow, you can resign and retire. You don't need my help, do you?"
The master of the Wu family hurriedly shook his head. "No need, no need!"
The people behind him watched with fear in their hearts. Sir Wu was in the prime of his life, and it was the time when his career was the smoothest. For him to resign and retire at this time …
Resigning and retiring at this time was already the best ending.
If he needed Gyeong Of Silla's help to resign and retire, the ending might be a little different.
Resigning and going to prison, resigning to a desolate place a thousand li away, were all things that couldn't be more normal.
Anyone could see that Gyeong Of Silla was venting his anger.
He wasn't targeting the Wu family. He was targeting all the officials and nobles in the capital. The matter with the Chen family was just a prelude.
He was establishing his might, and he was also intimidating!
He was intimidating those who wanted to make a move after he left the capital. This was also the first time he was establishing his might after being conferred the title of Gyeong Of Silla!
Only now did they realize that Gyeong Of Silla was Gyeong Of Silla. Before he became Gyeong Of Silla, the Cui family had offended him. The Cui family had fallen, and the King of Shu had offended him. The throne that had been in his hands had flown away. Now that he was already a prince, there were actually people who thought that this was the end of his road?
Fang walked around the Wu family and asked Chen Chong, "Old Chen, where to next?"
"The Qian family."
Chen Chong thought for a moment, then said to a person watching nearby, "Sir Qian, please lead the way."
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