Wang Geming's time to shine 2

'This isn't good at all. At this rate, the Second Prince will have everything...' Every Prince and Princess was having this type of thought in their mind. They all felt that things going as they were was bad, very bad for them. Moreover, everyone by now knew that this place they had ended up, even if it isn't the Tomb of the Four Ancient Ones was amazing, no, life-changing.

Following this train of thought, most of them realised that if they didn't rally with the Sixth Princess and her assault of words against Wang Geming would they be slowly defeated by him.

'I need to get INSIDE that tower!' Another collective thought was formed in their minds.

The Sixth Princess would also deliver this message ¨I see. So no one else except the Second Prince will have their own troops¨ She began to do it subtly, yet enough for everyone to realise where this was going.

Yet all she was doing was falling into the trap Wang Geming had laid down, even dragging everyone else with her.

Though it didn't go like that on the outside since Wang Geming responded ¨Are you meaning something?¨ He played the fool for a moment, to quicken this conversation, after all, there was no need to say words that could somehow or someway come back and bite him 'Just do the deal and get the profits' Was his thinking, influenced by the Nectar of Haste still running in his blood, though a little less vigorous than before.

¨What do the others say?¨ The Sixt Princess didn't respond to Wang Geming; instead, she asked the others how they felt.

And of course, they felt wronged somehow, even though their failure came down to being outmanoeuvred by Wang Geming and Xiao Fan in every step of the way since the moment they came into this world.

But what could the two of them do? Surely they couldn't eat all the cake.

After listening to some complaints coming from the others, a few staying out of it trying to stay neutral or seeking the side of Wang Geming; nevertheless, at the end of it, the Second Prince was being pushed by everyone else.

¨Wait what does my good luck have to do with your failure and misfortune?¨ Wang Geming even brought this notion he was having out to them, yet they didn't listen much.

¨Just open up the tower for us, and we'll not mind that you have ten times our individual troops¨ The Sixt Princess was ever so straightforward in what she wanted.

¨Wait? Open my vault to you guys? If you were in my stead, you wouldn't let me come to your home and rob you for free!¨ Still in this situation, Wang Geming didn't need to be a complete punching bag for the others to bully, nor was he willing to be one even if the situation was much worse, he still had a major ego and pride.

¨Soon you will not have that tower¨ The Sixth Princess spoke, or threatened.

¨Why wouldn't I? Are you threatening me?¨ Wang Geming wasn't exactly following what she meant with her words.

¨We will move to another place to fight the so-called Holy Coalition, surely they will come back here, and although you have more troops in your command, you can't take them alone ¨ She was simply saying that they would leave him to fight the Holy Coalition alone with the Yi Family.

In a way, it was a question of why should they stay here? First of all, they would be on the defensive. Second, this place wasn't suited to be a defensive position since mountains and forest surrounded it, no tactician would stay and fight a defensive battle here. Let alone Royals who had nothing to gain from doing so.

¨Everyone?¨ Wang Geing getting her idea, asked the others, who seemed to agree with The Sixth Princess with smiling faces.

'What did I expect from them...' Wang Geming took note of the people who smiled and who seemed a little apologetic towards him, then adding those notes to their profiles he had kept.

¨So you want to come into my vault...¨ He paused for a moment to think ¨Then the least you can do is pay a fair amount of gold for using the tower¨ He finally proposed the plan he had been keeping to himself and to Xiao Fan so far.

¨Pay? Shouldn't you pay us protection money?¨ The Sixth Princess countered with a valid point.

¨If you don't pay me no one gets the tower! I might as well retire to some corner and let you fight the Holy Coalition while I look for a way out and leave you all to rot here!¨ Wang Geming bursts a hail of words at the Sixth Princess, shaking them all a little, for it seemed he wasn't playing politics anymore.

¨Maybe we shouldn't be this harsh on him¨ One of the Princesses, who was more on the neutral slash trying to be on Wang Geming's good side, spoke out.

With a few others making the same statement, which simply meant and stated that they were just piling on Wang Geming because he, at the moment, looked the strongest. They might get something useful from here, and if that time came, they wouldn't want to share so that they were left with almost nothing.

¨Thank you Fourth Sister, Tenth Brother, Sixth Brother, Second Sister, Fifteenth Brother¨ Wang Geming made sure to thank all of those who stepped out to speak for him ¨You will have lower rates¨ He also added in this. If they wanted to act nicely, he would appreciate that and return the favour.

The Sixth Princess grasping that not everyone was totally on board was a little taken, especially so when realising that Wang Geming might have half of the support! 'Fuck, Fuck! This is bad!' She curses to herself.

¨It's nothing. We shouldn't be fighting amongst ourselves currently¨ Fourth Princess, who had been the first one to step out stated this, meaning precisely what she had said, while also taking the moral high ground for their forming group.

Following her saying so, she stepped out of the group welcoming Wang Geming and came to his side ¨What we are doing is extortion, and at the same time, destruction of our unity. We should be happy for the others success and not attack whoever has the most points¨ She reasoned to the others.

Xiao Fan on the sidelines hadn't heard much regarding the Fourth Princess, but it seemed that she didn't have unlimited ambition or she was more of a moralist than a realist, either way, it served them.

Now Wang Geming and the Fourth Princess on one side watched as a few more of their brothers and sisters joined the side that had called the moral high ground and had the idea of unity rather than equality by forced means.

The Eleventh Prince and the Sixth Princess understanding what was happening made a few looks, talking to each other before continuing after a long sigh coming from the Eleventh Prince, who spoke ¨How much will we have to pay for entrance?¨ The two of them had decided to abandon the idea of extorting Wang Geming.

¨Fairly, of course. However the amount is better to be settled after I have shown you around the place¨ Pause ¨After all, you wouldn't believe nor agree with me on the price if I didn't show you around the place¨ He then laughed a bit, gaining back his confidence that he had acted to lose during the negotiations.

¨Is it truly something extraordinary?¨ The Fourth Princess next to him asked.

¨Extraordinary? It is life-changing my dear Sister¨ He laughed as he motioned that if the others were ready, they could start moving towards the silver doors of the tower.

Which the royals did in a heartbeat, all of them wanted to see what was inside of the tower. Even the Sixth Princess, who been in there before was very waiting to see how the inside the tower would look like, seeing as she didn't get toured everywhere. When she had been there, some parts of the inside were hidden by makeshift wooden walls that Wang Geming had constructed to block line of sight.

All of those buildings, he had constructed couldn't be barracks and other facilities.

¨Then let's go!¨ The Fourth Princess might be older than the Sixth Princess, but she couldn't hold her excitement down enough and started blabbering.

¨Wait a moment¨ He then having said this turned to Xiao Fan ¨Mask, you get the men settled in. Yi Yuan, co-operate with Mask¨ Then he was the turning around again, yet was stopped by Yi Yuan.

¨Boss... I'm not the leader of this rescue group¨ He could see how Wang Geming had made this error.

¨If it isn't you who?¨ Wang Geming turned back to talk with his cousin.

¨It's Yi Xiaojian¨ Yi Yuan softly responded to his question.

¨Wait what!¨ Hearing Yi Xiaojian's name Wang Geming was surprised and came towards Yi Yuan and Xiao Fan, leaving his siblings for a while ¨Why is he leading the troops? Where is he? Are you joking with me?¨ Wang Geming wasn't at all convinced that Yi Xiaojian could be the leader.

¨Your mother argued that he would lead us¨ Yi Yuan told.

He remembers well how he was standing next to Yi Xiaojian and a few others trying out for the spot. And he clearly remembers how he wasn't picked, and how, somehow Yi Lin picked Yi Xiaojian. When that happened, Yi Yuan almost wanted to jump, yet later hearing Yi Lin's plan and the bribe his frustrations were cleared.

¨Okay... Where is he?¨ If it was her mother sure, he wouldn't argue a second more.

To say this Yi Yuan came close to Wang Geming, whispering ¨Mask... he made him cry... so he will not be showing up for a while¨ Then coming out of the lean, he could see how the Prince was weirded out, looking at Xiao Fan.

¨Mask, what did you do?¨ He asked, his head tilting a little.

¨?¨ Xiao Fan not knowing what he meant was also out.

¨He didn't do anything, well, he gave us commands¨ Yi Yuan explained that Mask hadn't done anything wrong. Without him, they would still be on the other side of that wall, waiting for Yi Xiaojian to make a decision.

¨Well, in that case, nothing changes. You will work with Mask to bring the Yi Family into the tower and get settled in¨ Yi Xiaojian? Whatever, that kid was a complete waste of Yi Family resources and the name. It would be much better to sideline him, even better to keep him inside a room all day and forget him completely 'He's crying for God's sake...' He could only shake his head, not understanding why his mother had sent him here.

Watching him leave Yi Yuan came back to Xiao Fan ¨You heard the boss¨ He spoke and walked past him, facing towards the soldiers.

¨The military personnel follow me into the barracks. Anyone else follows Mask. Mask is this guy¨ He pointed out Xiao Fan now turned to face the men like Yi Yuan was ¨He will bring you back to the caravan. Understood?¨

¨Understood¨ The Yi Family members shouted and immediately after started forming into two groups, one going towards the tower one waiting for the words of Xiao Fan.

'Dam, did he just give me the worse group and office?' Xiao Fan could see what Yi Yuan had done there, but oh well, he didn't want to fight. Right now he was content in commanding the homefront, staying back and helping out Wang Geming was fine for him.

So, he didn't complain and was about to introduce himself, yet before getting so far ¨Where are you going?¨ Zhuan An, who at some point had come next to him had something to say.