When w.a.n.g

Yun Feng received news about Xia Fen, he was sitting under the sun wrapping up

his injuries.

Juan Shu

was in charge of bandaging, Bai Yan’s mouth was chewing on an apple, w.a.n.g Yun

Feng nearly fell asleep resting on the rocking chair, absolutely not treating

the blade wound so deep the bone could be seen as a matter. Where there’s skin

and flesh there’s blood, gradually it becomes similar to its owner’s mental

state, more and more st.u.r.dy.

Han Yi Fan

was handling the matters of the Jianghu, w.a.n.g Yun Feng still went wherever the perverted

emperor secretly decreed through rain or wind. After he had rejected Prince

Zhao’s troops to his face, no longer than two days later he came back, now the

remaining guards were his own family’s shadow guards. The guards beside him had

reduced, some people in secret had again started rubbing their shoulders,

preparing to take his life, for this reason, w.a.n.g Yun Feng really wanted to

send a letter to ask the perverted emperor: How much is this humble servant’s

head worth, drawing corrupted officials one after another demanding his head?

The

emperor’s imperial edict had still not arrived, contrary news of his wife and

child had arrived in his hands ahead of time.

Bai Yan

held the letter looking and reading it out loud at the same time, Juan Shu from

time to time spurted out a few laughs, somewhat rejoicing in other people’s

misfortunes: “Master, it seems like the young master will not be able to

inherit your legacy.”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng was bepuzzled with sleep, vaguely he said: “it won’t hurt, let him become

an important general in the future. Ling Mei can give birth to another son for

me, allow him to carry on the w.a.n.g family, family business. Let’s hope the

future new emperor can put up my son pulling out the hairs from his forehead.”

“The

current his highness crown prince temperament is unstable, not a good master to

bully.”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng flung a glance at Bai Yan: “My son is also not good to bully.”

Bai Yan

reminded him: “Offending the crown prince, I’m worried it would instigate the

harmonious relations.h.i.+p between the imperial consort and the mistress.”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng said: “What is to be feared. The emperor has tormented me for so many

years, and still isn’t happy with me and cause him trouble. The empress won’t

allow us 

w.a.n.g family have an easy time, I won’t let the emperor have an easy

time.”

Bai Yan

stroked his scraggly beard on his lower jaw: “Master, you’re not actually a

complete honest official? Are you actually with the emperor…”

“How can a

honest official criticise the emperor, and take part in the impressive speech

presenting by the corrupt officials to the emperor.” Saying this, turning his

rigid neck: “The emperor isn’t an honest emperor, then why would I be a honest

official. So-called subordinates imitate their superiors’ vices, so far Dayan

dynasty is still flouris.h.i.+ng and bustling, the empress ought to be endlessly

grateful to this humble servant. If it wasn’t for me constantly correcting the

emperor’s error, how can the empress sit in her high throne in the chambers of

imperial concubines safely and without worry.”

The two

people thought of the scene how the emperor had been pointed at the nose and

reprimanded severely by officials over the last years, they couldn’t help feel

greatly sympathetic to the emperor. Of course, the emperor was sincere, the

empress was happy. Therefore, the empress really should be grateful to w.a.n.g Yun

Feng.

However, these

words were somewhat disrespectfully suspicious. Always with a dignified appearance,

beneath the surface the slippery treachery of the w.a.n.g family was never shown,

at most like today, bringing it out to past boredom.

Maybe, w.a.n.g

Yun Feng was really angered by the emperor, when he was secretly investigation

the matters of the dynasty, and being chased to death in quick succession, from

time to time sustaining injuries, anyone would be unhappy. Thinking of Xia Fen

being able to torment the crown prince, w.a.n.g Yun Feng could only be happy, what

more he wouldn’t stop it.

Finished

with wrapping his arm, w.a.n.g Yun Feng himself took the letter about Xia Fen to

read careful once more, laughing he said: “Fen Er actually took General Xia’s

handed-down teachings, his initial show of strength is imposing on other

people.”

Bai Yan

deliberated as he spoke: “Master isn’t afraid when those two companions grow up

they won’t be loyal to the young master?”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng lightly laughed, the black in his eyes looked silvery grey reflecting in

the sunlight, slightly cold: “You believe, there are people who would be

completely faithful to their master the first time they meet?”

Bai Yan did

not reply, Juan Shu was actually for the first time not glib-tongued as usual,

seriously saying: “No. People’s feelings cannot lean to one side the most, some

people believe themselves to be loyal and devoted, when they truly come across

a matter, breaking faith and abandoning right, betraying their master is very

common. Contrary, some people look as if they sway left and right, going either

way the wind blows, but if they run into a national disaster they would also be

willing to give their lives to save the nation. In this world, no one could

truly say they will not betray someone, rather it’s whether the risk of

betrayal is high or low.”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng seemed very tired, reclining on the rocking chair he rocked for a little

while. With only this conversation, Bai Yan suddenly felt something had

happened between the master and Juan Shu, making him isolated on the outside.

“A person

in a high position, can’t go and naively believe someone will genuinely give up

their life for them, like the emperor, he as the first under the heaven is in

fact also the most lonely person in the world. Because he knows, the countless

officials do not actually care about him the emperor, rather they care about

the power in his hand, if he was no longer the emperor, other people would just

treat him as dispensable. The emperor is the weight used by imperial officials

for balance, and Fen Er also uses the two chamberlains as an equilibrium. Using

Nu Ju to beat out Bai Shu’s hatred, in the future the two subordinates would be

unable to hide anything from him at the same time. The two of them will

supervise each other and view each other as enemies, completely unscrupulously

try to find the other person’s weak points. Fen Er doesn’t have to anything,

only when the two people fight to the point of becoming caught up in an

irresolvable situation, today be a bit prejudice towards Bai Shu, tomorrow be a

bit prejudice towards Nu Ju, he would be able to their complete respect, and

need not worry they would gang up for personal interest to conspire against

him.”

They will

grow up together, Fen Er will slowly give them respect, at the same time he

will foster more servants, even if someone betray him, and there will be

someone to replace them immediately. From time to time Fen Er will, will

intentionally remind them, make them remember their own status. If he can show

respect, he can take it back. Fen Er will be the monarch in his subordinates

minds, he will tell his subordinates his expectations, his subordinates only

need to try their hardest to fulfil his request, subordinates can devote

themselves wholeheartedly to gain privileges, and can offer their own talents

and learnings to be put in an important position. However, Fen Er must tell

them on the first day, he needs Bai Shu’s talent and learning, he also needs Nu

Ju’s martial arts, but he himself place above them in intelligence and courage.

He needs

them, but, it doesn’t necessarily have to be them.

This skill,

is a method to control that the Xia family has continued to use for several

hundred years, and is the key to how the Xia family has gone through two

transition periods between dynasties and increasingly flourished unfailing. By

comparison, the w.a.n.g family are too harsh with outsiders, yet weak to their own

family, it’s a great fear.”

He looked

remotely into the sky: “I really want to say, Fen Er is a child I taught by

myself, he is my pride. Unfortunately…”

“Master can

just have another child.”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng took the iced redberry from Juan Shu’s hand, taking a sip before saying to

him: “That would also require your mistress to put down the misunderstanding in

her mind, on her own initiative move into the residence to make it happen.” He

did not dare to plot against Xia Ling Mei at the Xia residence, that kind of

plan will once again be pushed down on the mah-jong table, `lashed` one after

another by the Xia family’s male and female, old and young a hundred times over.

Maybe, even

if it wasn’t his birth sign’s year, he still needs to start wearing red

disrespectful clothes and underpants.

“Oh dear,

since we are unable to ask the mistress to return to the residence, why don’t

we just get other people to ask her back. So-called making trouble out of

nothing, and for the master who stirs people into complete confusion, such a

trivial matter naturally is easy to grasp within your fingers.”

Bai Yan was

shocked, he suddenly thought of those days when he was seriously injured, Juan

Shu was so nauseating that even if he was so ill he couldn’t stand, he still

exerted himself to crawl out of bed and practice martial arts. Maybe, Juan Shu

genuinely thought in consideration of the master, that person thinking what the

master thinks. He didn’t know, the best at playing the fool Juan Shu and the

master had experienced a lot of good and bad together, just to reach the master

and servant single minded stage now.

He wanted

to express this, but when he raised his head did he then discover, Juan Shu

shadow had already long disappeared, and w.a.n.g Yun Feng had gradually returned

to his somewhat youthful habits, a little bit of coldness and ruthlessness once

again returning to his features.

He put down

his cup, suddenly saying: “We should return home.”

Leaving

aside the carnage which had risen after young master Fen Er had enrolled to

study at Bailu academy, the usually tranquil w.a.n.g family suddenly exploded, as

if a burnt very red iron cooking pot was thrown at two still alive carps, almost

overturning the pot.

The w.a.n.g

housekeeper plastered in sweat, soaking wet from head to toe ran to Xia Ling

Mei: “Mistress, you must support the master! The master isn’t at the residence,

if you still won’t go over, the master of the w.a.n.g residence will change name

and switch surname.”

Xia Ling

Mei seldom saw the old housekeeper sweating like a pig, having heard what was

said she spoke pacifying: “Indeed is that old lady causing havoc again?”

“Far from

just havoc, she bought her son with her wanting to live in the residence no

matter what, loudly throwing insults at the gate every day, saying the deceased

old master forgot favours and violated justice, abandoning the mother and child

not in the least concerned, even when the master pa.s.sed away, her son didn’t

even get a little bit of the family’s wealth, making the old master’s son

wander about dest.i.tute outside suffering greatly. She also said, the young

master isn’t the eldest son, without the qualification to inherit the w.a.n.g

residence, saying the young master needs to return the w.a.n.g residence back to

her son.”

The elderly

lady beside Xia Ling Mei couldn’t help but spit out: “It’s simply nonsense.”

The w.a.n.g

housekeeper also nodded: “But no matter what we have no way to reason with her.

Somehow this matter has disturbed the second branch of the extended family,

they’re saying they need to seek justice for the mother and child, demanding

our master to again split half of the family’s wealth to them, to comfort the

soul and spirit of the deceased old master.”

As it turns

out, Imperial censor w.a.n.g’s distinguished name had already relayed from Beiding

City to every household of the Dayan. Imperial censor, above them they could

admonish an incapable ruler, below them they could scold devious officials, he

also happened to be a son of an influential family, generous family property, alone

and without a son, incessantly allowing the w.a.n.g family’s other family members

to view him as a thorn in one’s side and one’s flesh, thinking to the extreme a

method to pull out some of the wealth to stuff their own pockets which the main

family has controlled over many years, unfortunately suffering any ways.

 Afterwards because of the matter with Xia Ling

Mei, w.a.n.g Yun Feng was unhappy with everyone in the family sending people into

the residence, as a result he withdrew from his position as clan leader to stay

away from the filth and unrest. What wasn’t expected, a few years later, again

suddenly another old lady has appeared, bringing with her a son who is a year

older than w.a.n.g Yun Feng, directly saying they were a good family who was a

wife the deceased old master had taken outside, and had a son. She is actually

the first wife, and her son is the genuine eldest son of the first wife of the

old master. You w.a.n.g Yun Feng not only infuriated your own mother to death, and

treated your own father to death, in vain attempting to hog the w.a.n.g family

fortune to yourself living as an outstanding and confident rich man,

delusional.

The master

of the w.a.n.g residence shouldn’t be w.a.n.g Yun Feng, rather her son w.a.n.g Yun.

Great, his

name even has once less character than w.a.n.g Yun Feng, could this possibly proof

that w.a.n.g Yun is in fact the deceased old w.a.n.g master’s true eldest son?

If he was

merely an orphan, nothing to rely on and depend on, even if he wanted to use

blood to identify family relations there was no way to dig out the old w.a.n.g

master who has pa.s.sed away for many years to identify a stranger who had come

to create issues, but that second branch of the w.a.n.g family again have gathered

exploit a lively opportunity?

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng’s mother was indeed the daughter of an influential family the old w.a.n.g

master officially wedded, status and ident.i.ty can be placed, even if the old

master had previously truly had a short relations.h.i.+p, that woman could still

not replace the imperial censor w.a.n.g’s proper wife. The old lady came to cause

trouble, no one was scared; again with a beardless w.a.n.g Yun as well, there was

no fear. But in the chaos again gathering together the other relatives of the

w.a.n.g family, even if this matter was clearer it would still get more and more

complicated, if it carries on, w.a.n.g Yun Feng will definitely suffer.

This time,

no matter what Xia Ling Mei must help w.a.n.g Yun Feng support this family on his

behalf, knock down these fabricated disasters.