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Sovereign of the Three Realms · Chapter 90

Chapter 90: Besieging the Marquis Jianghan Estate

January 17, 2020 · 5 min read · 981 words

"Yinye, Xue'er, tell everyone the details of what happened once more." spoke again, seeking to confirm the news of 's death.

Long Yinye recounted the events once more, and added supplementary details where needed.

"Hmm, based on that, is certainly dead." Even the perpetually cautious nodded. "Marquis, with dead, the Dongfang family has lost their chess piece. They're practically out of moves entirely. Should we perhaps..."

smiled faintly, his confidence as a superior growing ever more composed.

"Yinye, didn't you say that ambushed you inside the Endless Underground? This is the Marquis Jianghan estate provoking our Dragon Rise Marquis estate. As the foremost among the marquises, how can we let a lesser marquis provoke us and simply let it slide?"

The so-called ambush was, of course, something they had fabricated.

But Long Yinye was sharp. He immediately grasped his father's unspoken meaning. This was about escalating the situation—using it as a pretext to pick a fight with the Marquis Jianghan estate and further probe the royal family's attitude!

At this moment, the royal family's position was anything but clear.

With dead, was the Marquis Jianghan estate still worth Dongfang Lu's vigorous support?

wanted to test Dongfang Lu's bottom line. If Dongfang Lu continued to back the Jiang family, could leverage the disputes between marquises to put him in a difficult position.

The title of foremost marquis was granted by the Dongfang family. If a lesser marquis could provoke the foremost marquis without facing any punishment, then what meaning did the kingdom's laws have?

If Dongfang Lu chose to abandon the Jiang family, could seize the opportunity to eliminate them—stripping the royal family of a chess piece, crushing royal prestige, and killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, intimidating those marquises who hadn't yet pledged allegiance to the Long family!

As the Dragon Rise Marquis's heir, Long Yinye was well versed in these political machinations and grasped it instantly.

A look of delight spread across his face. "Father, that ambushing me represents the Marquis Jianghan estate. It's a provocation against our Dragon Rise Marquis estate's reputation. I'll assemble an elite squad right now and march to the Jiang estate to demand an answer!"

"Mm. The Jiang family has grown arrogant and insolent. We absolutely must demand an accounting. , accompany Yinye on this trip."

was the most powerful among the Marquis estate's guards—a genuine Eleven-Meridian True Qi master! His cultivation even approached that of the Dragon Rise Marquis himself!

"Your subordinate obeys!" bowed and accepted the order.

Without delay, the Long family's elite forces mobilized immediately. Under the leadership of Long Yinye and , three thousand armored soldiers surged toward the Marquis Jianghan estate with overwhelming momentum.

The marquises who had already pledged allegiance to the Long family heard the news and quickly found matching pretexts of their own. They dispatched their personal guard units to converge with the Long family's elite force.

In an instant, the army marching against the Marquis Jianghan swelled to over twenty thousand!

In the Royal Capital, aside from the royal family itself, who could dare to mobilize twenty thousand troops?

So when these twenty thousand soldiers appeared in the streets, the entire Royal Capital was plunged once more into chaos and panic.

Although the force was ostensibly raising the banner of punishing the Marquis Jianghan, everyone knew perfectly well that mobilizing such a large force in the Royal Capital was already an act of overreach—exceeding a marquis's authority by far.

The Dragon Rise Marquis's actions amounted to nothing less than a provocation against the royal family's authority!

...

Inside the royal palace, Dongfang Lu had been losing sleep and appetite for days.

The trial examination had resulted in over thirty percent casualties among the marquis heirs. Though shocked, Dongfang Lu had not been overly disturbed.

But the most critical issue was that hadn't returned.

Failing to return at this point meant only one thing— had very likely been killed by the Long family siblings!

"The Long family!" Dongfang Lu's face was grim. He was frustrated and anxious. , that unexpected chess piece who had appeared out of nowhere, had bought him a great deal of breathing room during this period.

But at this critical juncture, had vanished, and was almost certainly dead!

This meant all his plans had instantly ground to a halt, like a chain that had suddenly snapped, leaving the entire mechanism frozen.

Moreover, the situation in the Royal Capital was deteriorating. The major marquises were all nervous. Many who had previously remained neutral had now pledged themselves to the Dragon Rise Marquis for various reasons.

Over the span of just a few days, the royal family's position had been swept downhill, becoming increasingly passive.

It wasn't just the political situation that worried him—Dongfang Lu also ached for his daughter. If was dead, who would treat her illness?

", oh , couldn't you have held on just a little longer?" Dongfang Lu lamented bitterly. If not for all these considerations, he couldn't have cared less whether lived or died.

But the Royal Capital's situation required .

With alive, there was at least someone who could divert the Dragon Rise Marquis's attention and keep the stalemate going for a while longer.

With dead, that delicate balance was shattered. Free from all distractions, the Dragon Rise Marquis might well press for a decisive battle ahead of schedule, perhaps even before the Hidden Dragon Assembly concluded!

Dongfang Lu was seething with frustration. It wasn't that he didn't want to crush the Dragon Rise Marquis—but with the current situation, he had no confidence, and the time had not yet come.

End of chapter 90