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Chapter 72 The Test of Loyalty
Although Chu Zhongtian was born in Lucheng and lived there until he was 16 years old, he has never been in a royal palace, and he yearns for it very much.

This time, because of Qianlong Pavilion, he had the opportunity to follow Chu Tianyun to enter the divine place of the palace for the first time.

However, the reality is often not as good as imagined.Because the palace is far less magnificent than he imagined, and even the environment is far less than the residence of the Chu family. The only thing that can be praised is that the palace is filled with a natural coercion, which makes people involuntarily feel a kind of bowing. The feeling of surrender.

Walking on the road specially paved with jade, Chu Zhongtian looked at the buildings of the palace while listening to Chu Tianyun introduce the layout of the palace.

After passing through a purple gate, Chu Zhongtian saw King Qi going up to Qi Heng from a distance, leading Qi Yilong and others standing in front of the gate of the Tingzheng Hall, which made Chu Zhongtian very puzzled.

Although the overall strength of the royal family is weak now, and government orders cannot go out of Lucheng, the real background of the Qi family is not inferior to that of the Chu family.What's more, the Qi family is still the true ruler of the Qi country, and Qi Heng is the most honorable person in the Qi country.

With his honorable status, how could he stand outside the Tingzheng Hall and wait for Chu Tianyun and others in person?
"I will pay my respects to the king!" Seeing Qi Heng leading the royal officials to welcome him, Chu Tianyun quickly stepped forward and bowed to salute.

"Chuhou, don't be too polite!" When Chu Tianyun and others bent over to salute, Qi Heng quickly signaled that there is no need to be too polite with a smile on his face.

"Chuhou, how are things going?" Qi Heng asked anxiously after Chu Tianyun and the others straightened up.

"Your Majesty, although I personally agree with your idea, the elders in the clan strongly oppose it. My Chu family is not open-minded, so that deal cannot be reached." Hearing Qi Heng mention the deal, Chu Tianyun shook his head , said in a very regretful tone.

"Brother Chu, can we really not make a deal? I can add some bargaining chips." Seeing that Chu Tianyun resolutely rejected the deal discussed a few days ago, Qi Heng asked anxiously.

"Oh! I'm afraid it really won't work!" Chu Tianyun sighed softly, his expression was very regretful, but his attitude was very firm.

Qi Yilong, who was standing behind Qi Heng, lost his expectant expression when he heard that Chu Tianyun rejected his father's deal, but his unwilling eyes shot back and forth at Chu Zhongtian and Chu Yuping.

After Chu Tianyun completely refused the deal, Qi Yilong suddenly had an idea in his heart. He took a step forward, first discussed in Qi Heng's ear, and then said to Chu Tianyun, "Yilong has met Chuhou."

"Fifth Prince, you're welcome!" Seeing Qi Yilong stepping forward to answer, Chu Tianyun couldn't help being a little wary.

Compared with Qi Heng's mediocrity, Qi Yilong is much better.

Although he is very young now, has too little experience, is a little immature in terms of experience, and is not mature enough to do things, but because of this, some unexpected schemes give them a headache.

"Chuhou, although you don't agree with the transaction, if the owner of the transaction agrees, surely you won't stop it?" Qi Yilong's attitude was modest, but his tone was pressing.

"This...!" Faced with Qi Yilong's pressing approach, Chu Tianyun suddenly felt a headache.Because he didn't know how to reject Qi Yilong's question.

"Ha...! Chuhou, since this is a matter between the juniors, it's better to leave it to them to discuss. Now Chuhou should follow me first to listen to the government hall!" Hearing his son's proposal, Qi Heng instantly understood what he wanted to do. original intention.

If you talk to the trader himself, not only will you pay less bargaining chips, but the possibility of success will be greater, and the premise must be to let Chu Tianyun leave.Because Chu Tianyun, as the patriarch of the Chu family, had a strong influence on the person who traded.

"Your Majesty...!" Chu Tianyun was a little annoyed when he saw Qi Heng and his son teaming up to fight against him, but this place was a royal palace after all, and he could only choose to swallow his anger for the time being, no matter in terms of strength or morality.

"Let's go!" Seeing Chu Zhongtianyun's anxious and uncertain attitude, Qi Heng, who was afraid that things might change, hurried forward a few steps and dragged Chu Tianyun away from the scene.

After Chu Tianyun left, Qi Yilong went straight to Chu Yuping, changed his arrogant attitude in the past, and greeted Chu Yuping with a very easy-going tone.

It wasn't until seeing Qi Yilong talking with Chu Yuping that the confused Chu Zhong finally understood what was going on with the deal between Qi Heng and Chu Tianyun just now.

It seems that the Qi family is still unwilling to give up on Yijiu's quota to enter the Qianlong Pavilion, and wants to exchange benefits for Chu Yuping's quota.

For practitioners, realm breakthrough and potential improvement are fundamental, no matter what kind of exchange it is impossible to exchange these two things, how could the Qi family have such an idea.

However, it's right to think about it in a blink of an eye.If the Qi family can offer enough chips and attract people enough, I'm afraid Chu Yuping will be tempted.

Chu Zhongtian was a little worried about this. After all, the Qi family is the royal family of the Qi country, and it has been passed down for more than a thousand years. There must be many precious treasures in their hands. It is hard to guarantee that Chu Yuping will not be tempted!

Thinking of this, Chu Zhongtian quickly looked at Chu Yuping, and after seeing the excited expression on Chu Yuping's face, his inner worries became more intense.

Although he was very worried that Chu Yuping would agree to the exchange, Chu Zhongtian would not stop it.The reason why he tried his best to help Chu Yuping break into the top three at the beginning was not only due to Chu Yuping's own potential, but also because of his selfless character.

Although Chu Tianyun has only been in office for more than ten years, and there are still nearly twenty years before he abdicates, if he breaks through the transformation period in a short period of time, he will gradually retreat behind the scenes no matter what.At that time, the Chu family will select an heir in advance, that is, the young patriarch.

According to the current younger generation of the Chu family and the best children of the younger generation to select the heir, Chu Zhongtian has nine levels of confidence to compete for the position of the heir.

What Chu Zhongtian likes about the position of the young patriarch is not the power brought by that position, but that the position can bring him enough cultivation resources, that is to say, even if he becomes the young patriarch, it is impossible for him to have time to To deal with family affairs, he must arrange a few confidantes to help him.

Chu Yuping was his favorite, and he was also one of his confidantes who planned to arrange to help him in the future.

There are three conditions for Chu Zhongtian to choose a confidant, loyalty, strength and ability.

If Chu Yuping can reject Qi Yilong's deal, it means that he has the determination to improve his strength and potential, and also has absolute loyalty to the Chu family.

As for ability, when the time comes there will be more than a dozen elders in the clan who are in the body training stage to cooperate with him, and his ability will gradually improve.

(End of this chapter)