novelraw Chapter 632 - 2: Worldly Society Under Turmoil (Part 2)
Chapter 632 - 2: Worldly Society Under Turmoil (Part 2)
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What the Emperor thinks, people in the worldly society don’t care. The skies are high and the Emperor is far away, and today, the world is full of able people, who cares about him.
Moreover, Dragon City is a place easy to defend and hard to attack, with a big river as a barrier outside, it’s not so simple for the Court to want to take Dragon City.
Dragon City has become a thorn in the Emperor’s side.
This is something the Princes are naturally aware of.
The Emperor has three sons and five daughters in total.
The Crown Prince has not been established, the Emperor has long said, whoever can solve the matters of the worldly society, can become the Crown Prince.
This time, the Third Prince came out of the palace with the intention of becoming the Crown Prince.
His mother’s rank is the lowest, and his maternal family lacks any power, so he must find another way.
The Third Prince has been roaming in the worldly society for a time, and has collected quite a bit of information.
The eldest daughter of the Li Family has entered his sights.
The eldest daughter of the Li Family is a year older than him, but if he can win her over, he might have a very good beginning.
The Third Prince initially planned to seduce the original host.
In his mind, she’s just a woman, though a year older, but if she can make him the Crown Prince, who cares if she’s a year older.
And if his plan succeeds, even if he abandons her later, what harm could come from it.
If she’s sensible, he might even allow her to become his Concubine.
Next came a series of coincidental meetings.
The Third Prince is handsome and dashing, possessing an elegance that martial artists don’t have, and as a Prince, he has an aura absent from people of the worldly society.
The Third Prince’s martial arts are quite good too.
Over time, the original host’s heart slowly fell for him.
Entering Dragon City, not everyone can do it.
After all, people of the worldly society are wary of the Court.
However, as the Third Prince got familiar with the original host, she naturally thought to help him.
Because the Third Prince said he secretly studied martial arts, yearning for the worldly life, which led to him sneaking out, and upon hearing of the Martial Arts Competition, he wanted to participate.
The original host knew he couldn’t get in on his own.
So she volunteered to lead them inside.
With the original host leading, the Third Prince’s group naturally slipped into Dragon City easily.
This Martial Arts Competition was also very lively, with the original host standing out among the juniors, topping them all.
After the Martial Arts Alliance Hierarch was decided, everyone prepared to leave.
Of course, before leaving, there’s a customary banquet celebrating the Hierarch’s rise.
However, some changes occurred at this banquet.
Most people showed symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.
And some were poisoned.
The Third Prince was clever, knowing he couldn’t let everyone be affected, or it would arouse suspicion if nothing happened to the original host.
What he wants is not what’s in front of him.
Even if everyone who came to Dragon City for the Martial Arts Competition died, so what, the families still remain.
These families are the truly tough nuts to crack.
Bear with it, these immediate things are just minor gains.
Due to this incident, Dragon City was thrown into chaos.
Those unaffected quickly left Dragon City, and those affected also left, thinking someone secretly infiltrated Dragon City to target them, thus Dragon City was clearly unsafe.
Of course, the Martial Arts Alliance Hierarch had no choice but to organize a group of people to investigate, but naturally they found nothing.
No one expected that on their way out of Dragon City, they would be ambushed.
This Martial Arts Competition resulted in heavy losses for the martial wanderers.
The original host’s team was also ambushed on their way back.
The attackers were strong, and despite the original host’s prowess, she couldn’t overcome the enemy’s numbers.
The junior martial artists urged the original host to leave first while they covered her.
The original host was unwilling, so they had the Third Prince take her away.
Separated from her junior martial artists, only the Third Prince was by her side.
By fate, the two ended up in a relationship.
The original host fell deeply for the Third Prince, becoming a little woman.
The Third Prince took the original host back to the Great Capital.
But he hid his identity from the original host, only claiming his family to be Imperial Merchants.
He explained that sneaking out this time would lead to family punishment, thus he couldn’t take her home, apologizing for her inconvenience and had her stay outside for a while.
Then, he purchased a house for the original host to live in outside.
Due to pregnancy, the original host didn’t go out and knew nothing of the Third Prince’s identity.
People of the worldly society don’t fuss over details, since the Third Prince brought her back and didn’t marry her, just took care of her, she felt nothing was amiss.
Until one day, the Third Prince came to visit her, looking worried.
Upon her inquiry, he revealed that because his love’s family were Imperial Merchants, and held substantial interests, they were being targeted by the Jiang Family from the worldly society.
The original host frowned, knowing the Jiang Family was indeed one of the families, with her man’s side having issues, she naturally grew anxious. She believed she had the ability to resolve it, so she proposed to resolve the problem for her man. Furthermore, how could she stand by when the Jiang Family bullied her man? The original host asked her family for help.
Following this, the Third Prince utilized the original host, through the Li Family, to eliminate many forces in the worldly society.
Of course, some within the Li Family sensed something amiss, but some things had gotten out of hand.
With the Third Prince behind pushing events, stirring various conflicts, the Li Family found it difficult to extricate themselves.
Gradually, talents in the worldly society dwindled, with major forces suffering heavy losses.
The Emperor seized this opportunity to clear out various households.
Even Dragon City was leveled by troops deployed by the Emperor.
The Li Family was eradicated as well.
Only a cousin and elder of the original host escaped.
They found the Great Capital and told the original host everything, leaving her in disbelief.
It was only now that she realized her information was sealed, knowing nothing at all.
She quietly left the room and went outside, only to discover joyful celebrations everywhere in the Great Capital, it turned out the Third Prince had been established as Crown Prince and was marrying the Crown Princess Consort today.
Upon realizing the man on the white horse was the lover she wholeheartedly depended on, she collapsed entirely.
She thought everything through, having always been a clever person, how could anything remain unclear now.
Was she a pawn in his game all along?
Was the family’s extinction her fault?
The original host was furious.
However, she had her reasons for being an exemplar among the younger generation.
She didn’t rush to act, instead, she sent away the last Li Family descendants because she didn’t know if the man was monitoring her. Her cousins weren’t safe in the Great Capital, once she ensured their departure, she quietly awaited the day of her delivery.
The child was born, surely that malicious man would come to see, right?
She thought she would seize the opportunity to strike and kill him then.