Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

"Indeed. I didn't expect His Majesty to call me here again." Shangguan Yu smiled.

Prince Yang Lu narrowed his eyes. His half imperial brother called him for some annoying things that he wanted him to do. Even though Prince Yang Lu felt that they were troublesome, it was better than having nothing to do.

Anyway, most of his time was still spent leisurely with his wife in his residence.

"There are many works to be done after Zhang Xu Kingdom's fall. His Majesty will need as many help as possible."

"Indeed. The Imperial Examination will be held in a few weeks. There will be a lot of people who will come and participate at that time." Shangguan Yu nodded.

Prince Yang Lu pursed his lips.

Those who had passed the Imperial Examination would be investigated before they could truly be used. Emperor Yang Zhou wouldn't want to use people he couldn't understand and didn't know anything about.

The door opened and these two stopped talking.

They were preparing themselves to be summoned by the Emperor to talk about some matters.

But before they could come in, they saw an eunuch come out, his expression was solemn. "There's a problem with General Chi's family and His Majesty wished for His Highnesses to be the one to settle this matter."

General Chi?

Prince Yang Lu and Shangguan Yu both furrowed their eyebrows.

What happened?

…

<General Chi's Residence>

General Chi was actually following the others on their return journey because the Chi Family was living not far from the Capital City. He even had a residence here because his son used to be staying here and attended the academy.

His family members were living a prosperous life because they relied on his achievements and also the money he earned.

HIs achievements on the battlefield was a lot.

Because of these achievements, he was able to earn a lot of money. And as a general who spent most of his life on the frontline, General Chi knew that he wouldn't' be able to use it all up.

So he spare a bit to subsidy the lives of his relatives.

This time, he earned even more money.

His trusted manservant had already hidden them in a secluded place where he planned to spend his retirement. 

He had no plan to share the money with his family members this time. 

After what happened to Chi Tan Qiang back then, he also realized that these so called relatives didn't care for him in the slightest bit. They treated him as nothing more than a source of money.

So this time, he came back.

But he didn't bring any money.

"Dong Wei, you're here." General Chi's uncle smiled when he saw him. "We have heard about your story from the battlefield, it hasn't been easy for you."

General Chi looked at his uncle's kind expression and nodded his head, but it was clear that he didn't have much feeling anymore. Under this kind and polite smile, he knew that his uncle had never treated him as his family members.

He looked around him.

Chi Family had already thrived during this period of time.

The money he sent back were used by these people to develop their own businesses.

But they were only faking their appearance in front of him, wouldn't it mean that he was nothing more than a joke?

"Yeah," General Chi said lightly. "I want to retire, so I want to take back the money I entrusted to you in the past, Uncle."

Hearing General Chi's words, General Chi's uncle was stunned. He looked at this nephew of his and swallowed the words that he was about to say. He was planning to ask for more money from General Chi because their business hasn't been doing well lately.

"Dong Wei, that's… not very good." General Chi's uncle forced a smile on his face. "Our family is a bit tight and…"

"I have sent a lot of money all these years." General Chi looked at his uncle calmly. "You want to say that you can't even return half of it?"

He had no plan to take all of the money he had given to them.

But he wanted to test it out. 

Even though he knew that the chance for his nephew to lie to him was low, he still wanted to see it for himself through this uncle of his.

"I…"

Seeing his expression, General Chi's face turned cold.

Bang!

… 

<Imperial Palace>

Prince Yang Lu and Shangguan Yu listened to the matter that happened in the city and the fact that General Chi personally destroyed a building.

General Chi had lost an arm in the war.

But it didn't change the fact that he was still a former general and had high martial arts. If he truly wanted to destroy a building, most building wouldn't be able to withstand his force. 

After all, even his weapon could pierce through the metal armor.

What made them surprised was that General Chi was so angry that he destroyed a building on his own. It was said that the building belonged to Chi Family and was managed by his uncle and cousins.

Now, he destroyed it with his own hands.

"This seems like a private matter of Chi Family," Prince Yang Lu said slowly. He felt headache when he thought that the usually mild and soft tempered general, General Chi, could even make a move in public regardless of his image and everything.

This meant that the Chi Family must have done something that angered him greatly.

Shangguan Yu was also looking at the bamboo scrolls in front of him, rubbing his chin lightly. Honestly, after staying in the Capital City for a while, Emperor Yang Zhou had never given him and Prince Yang Lu any important task.

This time, General Chi's matter was actually quite big.

After all, General Chi was still a general of Fei Yang Kingdom and had contributed a lot for the development in Fei Yang Kingdom.

It's a bit troublesome.