Shadow guild

The princess supported Tai Jian till they reached their palace. Although she was new in the kingdom,with Tai Jian's assistance and identity as a prince and also her identity no one in the empire would dare to target her." We are already here so you cam stop acting already," Tie Hongchen coldly said. Meanwhile in the palace of the crown prince,a meeting was being held. The eldest prince was seen sitting on the top seat while chairing the meeting." Elder brother,everything is going according to plan. That bastard Tai Jian has already abolished his martial arts and in a few days he won't be able to fight at all and besides he has already consumed that thing so no matter what he does there is no hope of him recovering his martial arts. He will surely die within two years," the sixth prince Qin Wu said with a smile. Everything was going as per their plan. Tai Jian's mother was no longer the queen and now Tai Jian had lost his martial arts so he was basically a trash at this moment. Besides with Tai Jian marrying a foreign princess,no one would support him if he decides to get involved in the fight for the throne." I have heard that the foreign princess is a great beauty and is very skilled. We should pay thirteenth brother a visit at his place," the fourth prince said with a lecherous expression on his face. Everyone knew that the fourth prince had always been a lustful person and has destroyed many beautiful women and even have affairs with the maids in the palace so with him making such a suggestion how could the others not know what he was thinking." Indeed, I have also heard of her praises so why don't we take this chance to meet her and we might as well take this chance to sound her out," an old man said with a calm smile. No one knew about this old man's identity apart from the fact that he was the crown prince advisor. Many people have tried to investigate him but they came to one conclusion; he is a ghost. Nothing could be found of him but his scheming abilities could not be questioned. If he claimed to be second them no one would dare to claim the first place and the crown prince has already witnessed his abilities. Ever since he pulled the old man to his side,his status has rose and it is because of the old man that besides his mother being only a concubine and Tai Jian's mother being a queen he was still able to become the crown prince." Let's go," the crown prince said. At this moment Tai Jian was resting in his courtyard while the princess was also in the courtyard reading a random book that she had found in Tai Jian's library. When the princes arrived at the gate of his palace Tai Jian opened his eyes but he soon closed them and pretended to be asleep. Tie Hongchen saw this and stared at the sky before she immersed herself in her book." Thirteenth,your brothers have come to pay a visit. Could it be that we are not welcomed into your palace after getting married?" The fourth prince said as he strode towards the courtyard. Tai Jian did not open his eyes even after hearing their voices. He only opened his eyes after they arrived in the courtyard. The fourth prince was the first to arrive in the courtyard and seeing Tie Hongchen immersed in her book, he couldn't help but glance at her. He had to admit that she was indeed a great beauty." If you continue staring at my wife in such a manner then don't blame me for being rude," Tai Jian coldly said. The fourth prince who was about to go and greet Tie Hongchen stopped himself and gulped down his saliva when he heard the cold voice. All the princes knew that they could even mess with their father once in a while but messing with Tai Jian was a different story. Tai Jian was a maniac and did not care about the rules so they didn't dare to mess with him. The eldest prince arrived at this moment and was also at a lost when he saw Tie Hongchen.' Thirteenth brother is indeed lucky," the crown prince said with a smile as he stared at the princess but remembering that Tai Jian was around he did not dare stare at the princess for long. Although the fourth prince had been warned by Tai Jian he still occasionally stared at Tie Hongchen with a burning gaze causing her to feel disgusted but she still pretended to he focused on her reading." What are you all doing here?" Tai Jian coldly asked." Thirteenth,won't you even welcome us?" The crown prince asked with a smile." You have already ushered yourself in so why should I welcome you?" Tai Jian said calmly." Thirteenth,you don't have to treat us so coldly. We have just come to congratulate you for getting married, " the crown prince said with a stiff smile." I guess I have yet to express my thanks for you guys for helping me get such a beautiful wife," Tai Jian said with a cold smile. The princes tried hard to smile at this even though they knew Tai Jian was trying to taunt them. The princess was indeed beautiful and which hero did not like beauties. Although they hated to admit it but the truth was that if they knew that the princess was such a peerless beauty then they probably wouldn't have proposed such an alliance." Hong'er, come and greet my brothers," Tai Jian said. Tie Hongchen cast her book aside and then moved towards Tai Jian and sat besides him. The faces of the princes twisted as they stared at Tai Jian fiercely wishing to pounce at him but Tai Jian was not bothered at all by this rather he went a step further and took Tie Hongchen into his arms making her sit on his lap." Behave," Tai Jian said when he saw that Tie Hongchen wanted to resist. He caressed her hair before the princes making the princes go green in envy. "Thirteenth brother is indeed having a joyful marriage. I think thirteenth brother should take care of the princess after all you never know what might happen," the fourth prince said with a forced smile. Tai Jian could definitely sense the underlying meaning behind his words." Don't worry about that. I will surely take great care of my wife. If anyone dares to touch her,I will make sure to destroy their palaces and cut off their hands and....," Tai Jian said while lowering his head and staring at the region just below the fourth prince with a devious smile. His meaning was obvious. He was definitely threatening them. The princes were all unique in their own way but it could be said that Tai Jian was more like his father,the emperor. He was as hot tempered as his father and calm at the same just like his mother. If not for the fact that he was influenced by his mother's carefree attitude and will,he would've definitely fought for the throne with his brothers as he also had the blood of the dragon and was qualified to inherit the throne of the son of heaven but Tai Jian hated the throne more than anything in his life. He valued kinship more than anything else which was the reason why he refused to get involved with the fight for the throne as he did not have the courage to face his brothers. The other princes left the courtyard feeling annoyed by Tai Jian's attitude. It was obvious that he did not place them in his eyes." Let's go for a walk," Tai Jian calmly said after his brothers had left. The princess agreed to his suggestion and they headed for the stables. Tai Jian took his horse and shared it with the princess. Along the way,Tie Hongchen enjoyed the scenery while Tai Jian's mind was elsewhere. They soon arrived at a large field filled with rows of different flowers." Do you know why I have brought you to this place?" Tai Jian asked with a smile as he alighted from the horse. Tie Hongchen did not reply." You have been wondering why I decided to scheme against you,right? You must have asked yourself countless times why I chose you despite having fought many opponents of your caliber and some even higher than you?" Tai Jian asked with a smile on his face. The smile was more of a cool breeze different from his cold and withdrawn smile." So you can also smile!?" The princess asked but she soon realised that she had asked an irrelevant question." Why?" Tie Hongchen asked." It's because I need you. It is only through this way that I could've gotten you to come to me on your own. Read this," Tai Jian said as he took out a scroll from his sleeve and threw it to the princess." Shadow guild!" Tie Hongchen was shocked when she read the name that appeared on top of the script.