Whetstone

"I don't understand why people are so eager to enter this hall. Everything that happens here is so boring. Where are the sexy dancers who don't wear enough clothes to cover their entire bodies?"

Towards Li Feng who seemed to be asking this question out of pure curiosity, Yu Yan chuckled a little and asked, "Where did the young master learn about such things from?"

"From a book of course."

Nodding her head, Yu Yan felt that only that could explain why Li Feng's question was phrased in such a way.

"Such dancers don't appear during royal meetings where announcements are made, young master. If you want to see them, you'll have to be here when the palace invites special guests."

"I see."

Slapping the jade fan on his palm, Li Feng suddenly felt curious about when he would use this fan like a normal hand fan.

"Are you really not interested in becoming the crown prince, young master? Even though this place isn't worth much once you see the outside world, meat is still meat regardless of how small it is."

"Meat is indeed meat regardless of how small it is, but what is meat without any spices worth?"

Tilting her head in confusion, Yu Yan sighed and admitted, "I don't understand what you mean, young master."

"No worries. Even though I'm not the kind who rejects something just because I didn't work hard for it, I can use this opportunity to strengthen myself by using every power hungry fool as whetstones."

Not saying anything else, Yu Yan stayed behind Li Feng who looked around for a while before finally heading back to his courtyard without bothering to interact with anyone.

…

To answer the question many individuals including the king himself had regarding why the mother and uncle of Yao Lin who was announced as the new crown prince weren't inside the palace during the announcement, Zhi Rou and Zhi Yin, the pair of brother and sister were frowning hard while completely unbothered by the gruesome scene of dead maids littered across the floor and the blood still flowing out of their necks.

"Are you sure that's what he said?"

"Of course I am! Do you think I can't even listen properly?!"

"Don't get so agitated, sister. Let's think things through."

"What's there to think through?! That bastard is going to ruin all our plans by exposing me!"

"Humph! And who will be the reason for that?!"

"What? Are you saying it's my fault?! Go and get fucked by that old man if that's what you want. I'm not letting him lay even a single finger on me."

"You…."

Shaking his head and giving up on saying anything, Zhi Yin was frustrated at why things were starting to get complicated now while everything went peacefully according to his plans until now.

With Yao Cheng soon reaching the end of his life span, as long as they managed to make Yao Lin become the next king, their clan's thousand-year-old mission would finally be completed.

And who knows, maybe what would exist after that day would be the Zhi Kingdom.

But right at such an important time, someone found out that his stupid sister was still a virgin god knows how, and it was that mysterious Li Feng who no one knew much about that found this out.

Since he doesn't have any interest in the throne, why the fuck is he stirring things up?!!!

Gritting his teeth as he thought about this, Zhi Yin asked, "What does he want?"

Calming down by now, Zhi Rou no longer looked agitated and showed off the intelligence hidden behind her green eyes.

"I don't know. But he didn't say those words to me for no reason. He most likely wants something from me."

Raising an eyebrow, Zhi Yin ruthlessly said, "Go and let him fuck you if that is what he wants. I won't let anyone come between my and that throne. Even if it is my own sister."

Ignoring her brother, Zhi Rou shook her head and said, "Given his talent, I doubt that sex is what he wants."

"Then what does he want?"

"I don't know, and it doesn't matter either. Since he knows the truth, he needs to die."

Looking towards her brother who nodded his head seemingly due to sharing the same thoughts, Zhi Rou left the room while saying, "The sooner he dies, the better it is for us."

'Also, the throne belongs to me.'

Speaking the second sentence inside her head, Zhi Rou began thinking about the women who she should use to replace her dead maids.

…

"Remember, if he survives the night, it won't just be you who will die."

"Hahaha, you worry too much Master Zhi. So what if that brat is a genius? Once I and my men make a move, he's as good as dead."

"You better hope he is."

Not relaxing despite how strong the man who was completely hidden behind black clothes was due to the sense of foreboding he had, Zhi Yin repeatedly reminded him to not be cocky and get things done smoothly.

"Let's go!"

"Are you sure about this boss? Our target this time is the first prince. If the king finds out about this, none of us will…."

"And what's the other option? Refuse Zhi Yin and die along with our families since we know too much?!"

"This…."

"Just do as I say. Once we kill the prince, all of us can leave this place along with our families and then make Zhi Yin pay for daring to threaten us by releasing the details of how he orchestrated the king's favourite son's death."

"Boss is a genius!"

"Now that you know, follow me quickly. The window we have to sneak inside won't stay open for long."