Above the Galaxy
Chapter 433 - 276: The Death of Tang Li!_2

Chapter 433: Chapter 276: The Death of Tang Li!_2

Therefore, officials within this system could only be promoted internally; attempting to take a position in another department was exceedingly difficult.

The Zhong Family’s father and son placed themselves in the Monitoring Bureau because they wanted to transform themselves into a sharp knife, aimed directly at the heart of the nine major families...

When they had thoroughly offended the nine major families, or rather, when they had sliced through the nine major families... would they still have a way out?

A dead hare needs no hound.

There’s nothing new under the Sun, it has always been so.

"Dead? What dead? Hereafter, you must not bring up life or death in front of me; your road to wealth and honor has just begun," Zhong Tianque said with a hearty smile.

Indeed, like father, like son, even their lines were the same.

"I thank Your Highness for this opportunity, I will certainly not disappoint you," Tang Fei expressed his loyalty once again.

"Hmm. You serve me as a patriot, and I shall reciprocate in kind," Zhong Tianque did not forget to dangle a big carrot in front of Tang Fei, saying aloud, "As long as you are willing to work hard, when my father has passed and I am fortunate enough to become a King, granting you titles and positions as high-ranking officials will be a matter of course."

Tang Fei’s eyes glowed with fervor, his emotions heightened as he said in a deep voice, "I am willing to exert my utmost efforts for Your Highness."

"Well said, well said," Zhong Tianque stopped Tang Fei, who wanted to bow in a salute, and said aloud, "I’ve said it before, there’s no need for such formalities between us. There’s a long road ahead, let’s get along well."

"Yes. If Your Highness needs anything, please feel free to instruct me."

"Hmm." Zhong Tianque hesitated for a moment but ultimately refrained from saying more, finally speaking out, "There’s nothing I need for now. Go ahead and settle into the Monitoring Bureau. Once you’re stable, I will surely call on you to offer your strategies and counsel for me."

"Serving Your Highness is my honor."

Zhong Tianque quite enjoyed Tang Fei’s respectful, even somewhat humble attitude. Both were disciples of the Great Grandmaster; look at Tang Fei, and then look at Shen Xinglan...

Who doesn’t love a polite child?

"Now that you’re in the palace, won’t you visit the Phoenix Pavilion?" Zhong Tianque asked with a smile.

"I would like to, but I’m afraid it might not be appropriate..." Tang Fei said, somewhat embarrassed.

"What’s inappropriate about it? Friends come and go as a matter of course. Do you and Phoenix have some other relationship?"

"No, no, my relationship with Princess is pure as ice and jade, heaven and earth as my witness," Tang Fei quickly denied.

"Well then, that settles it. Wait here, I will notify Phoenix’s side, and then have someone take you there directly."

"I can’t thank Your Highness enough."

After Tang Fei had left, a bald man came out from an inner room and asked Zhong Tianque, "Why didn’t Your Highness entrust that matter to him?"

Zhong Tianque looked at Qian Taian and asked, "Do you think he is loyal to the Royal Family, or loyal to me?"

"That... I can’t tell at the moment," Qian Taian said with a smile. "I’ve had too little contact with him, and he hasn’t been assigned any tasks, so I don’t understand his true character yet."

"If there’s no bond of loyalty, then it’s a matter of interest. Short-term interests lie with the King, while long-term interests are with Your Highness. Everyone knows that Your Highness is the future wise monarch; if he wants to have a good future, staying loyal to Your Highness is his best choice."

"That being said..." Zhong Tianque nodded and said, "I still don’t feel completely secure about him. Although his attitude is very respectful, and he keeps clamoring to lay down his life for me... with matters of great importance, it is better to be cautious."

"Your Highness is wise," Qian Taian laughed and nodded, saying, "Let’s see how he performs in the Monitoring Bureau first. If he can’t even be loyal to the Royal Family, then there’s no need to discuss anything else."

"Yan Wenli must have prepared the test for him already?"

"Dean Yan is the confidant of the King; whatever the King wants to do, he is clearer about it than anyone else," Qian Taian said with a somber expression and a profound gaze. "Tang Fei is the knife, and Dean Yan is the Knife Holder. The nine major families are facing a major calamity."

"But..." Zhong Tianque looked at Qian Taian and asked in a low voice, "Is my father truly a match for the nine major families?"

"The nine major families usually restrain each other, viewing one another as enemies, and aren’t strangers to stabbing each other in the back. However, this is all for the King to see, intended to put him at ease. My father knows it, and they know it."

"Yet, if the Monitoring Bureau genuinely intends to raise the butcher’s knife against the nine major families... A cut arm or a broken leg, they’ll endure it and play along with the grand act."

"But Yan Wenli is extremely extreme in nature. Raised from the grassroots, he detests the nobility to the bone, wishing nothing more than to see them uprooted... If he were to be the Knife Holder, he would surely aim to chop their heads."

"When it comes to a matter of life and death, the nine major families will unite into one... At that time, Yan Wenli will surely fail, and the Monitoring Bureau from top to bottom will be purged."

"Why then does my father still insist on this course?"

"For Your Highness," Qian Taian looked at Zhong Tianque with a grave tone.

"For me?"

"The King is getting old." Waving his hand, Qian Taian signaled all the surrounding bodyguards and servants to withdraw, then personally poured a cup of hot tea for Zhong Tianque, speaking softly, "If he wishes to pass the throne to Your Highness, he must help clear the surrounding obstacles. Just as the late Emperor did for the King..."

"The Extermination of the Tangs case?"

"Yes." Recalling the old event, Qian Taian still felt a thrilling sensation. This was because it was the most murderous and influential case since the establishment of the Phoenix nation.

The affair was still not entirely settled, and from time to time, there was news about the remnants of Tang Li’s faction.