Dragon's Origin

Chapter 242: The Emperor's Words (Part 1)

Watching Wang Sheng and the other person walk away, disappearing from sight, the old eunuch, who had been all smiles and subservience, finally raised his head, sighed, and pushed open the door to enter the residence.

He hurried through the front hall and courtyard, heading straight for the main hall. Inside, five young men were sitting and chatting. In the center seat, a young man in a bright yellow robe, full of vigor, was holding Wang Sheng's gold medal, admiring it while accepting the flattery of the four richly dressed young men around him.

"Your Highness, they've left," the old steward reported, bowing to the young man in the main seat as he entered. Judging by the address, the young man in the main seat seemed to be a prince.

"Did he say anything?" Everyone stopped talking, and the prince looked up and asked, "Did he cause any trouble at the gate?"

"He said to return the item to its rightful owner, and didn't say anything else," the old steward reported truthfully. "He didn't cause any trouble. He left after speaking."

"Hmph!" The prince snorted, a look of disdain on his face. "He knows what's good for him!"

"A country bumpkin from who knows where dares to covet the position of Marquis," one of the young men immediately chimed in. "He really doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth."

"In my opinion, Your Highness is being too benevolent," another richly dressed young man, not wanting to be outdone, flattered. "This kind of delusional person should be arrested on the spot and sent to the frontier to guard the border."

"Your Highness is a generous person and would naturally not do such a thing as to kill everyone," the third immediately argued. "Since that country bumpkin knows what's good for him, letting him live will also show Your Highness's magnanimity."

The prince in the main seat, listening to the flattery of the people around him, revealed a look of enjoyment. Just as they said, a country bumpkin who jumped out of nowhere, was he worth his imperial father's efforts to win him over? Just taking back his gold medal and the Marquis estate, sparing his life was already a great favor. Did he dare to complain?

"After all, it's an imperial edict. If we act like this and the Emperor finds out, it might be bad," among the few people, there was still a smart one, who spoke with some worry.

For several months, this Seventh Prince had been very dissatisfied with the Emperor's inexplicable reward to a killer from Worry-Free City. In particular, the fact that the residence the Seventh Prince had his eye on was bestowed upon that so-called Changsheng Marquis made the Seventh Prince very unhappy.

At first, the Seventh Prince could still restrain himself, but after two months, when he discovered that the Marquis estate had not been taken over and was just left empty, the Seventh Prince began to think.

First, he relied on his identity as a prince and forcibly moved into the residence. With his status as a prince, which of the stewards and servants in the residence dared to say no?

The wealth that the Emperor had bestowed upon Wang Sheng naturally became the Seventh Prince's private property. Every now and then, the Seventh Prince would bring his subordinates and followers here to drink and enjoy the flowers. Sometimes, when the Seventh Prince was in high spirits, he would even favor a few beauties.

The unmarked residence also met the requirements of secrecy. Over the past few months, there had been no rumors about this in the capital, which made the Seventh Prince and his group feel more and more that this was how it should be, and they became more and more unscrupulous.

Today, Wang Sheng came to the door, and it happened that the Seventh Prince and others were having fun, so the old steward took the opportunity to examine the gold medal and took it into the Seventh Prince's hands, while Wang Sheng had no choice but to leave in dismay.

The Seventh Prince's four followers were also the sons of four important ministers of the court. Two of them were even ministers in charge of drafting edicts, so they also knew that the Emperor's reward was a real thing.

It was just that, including the Seventh Prince, no one took Wang Sheng, who came from a rural background, seriously. Even if Wang Sheng was unwilling, what could he do? Could he beat a few imperial guards? Or could he break through the layers of barriers and appear before the Emperor to cry out for injustice?

"You're just going to leave like that?" After turning the street corner, when the people behind could no longer see them, the female boss asked Wang Sheng.

"If I don't leave, what can I do?" Wang Sheng's face didn't show any joy or sorrow, he was very calm, as if everything that had just happened hadn't happened to him. "Can I cry and make a scene at the gate of the residence? Or can I fight with the experts inside?"

The female boss also fell silent. Indeed, if this happened to her, what could she do? The boss of Baoqing Surplus Hall brazenly let her son take over her position and almost put her to death, but now she was equally helpless, wasn't she?

"No wonder you said that you must be careful when doing business with the royal family," now the female boss really understood what Wang Sheng had said before. "It turns out that there are really people who turn their backs on you. If these people were in the business world, they would have lost their pants long ago."

"That's not necessarily true." Wang Sheng shook his head slightly in his heart, thinking of the many dishonest merchants on Earth. Compared with them, the merchants in this world were simply all conscientious merchants. Even Lu Wenhou, whom Wang Sheng had always thought was a profiteer, kept his word. The cooperation between the two only required a verbal agreement, and there was no need to sign a contract.

In contrast, Wang Sheng preferred these lovely merchants in this world.

"What will happen if the Emperor's words don't count?" The female boss asked with some emotion.

"The Emperor values his words," Wang Sheng replied with a smile. "If the Emperor's words don't count, then his time as Emperor will be over. In fact, being an Emperor is much more difficult than doing business, but unfortunately, they don't seem to understand this principle."

"Are you really planning to let it go like this?" The two of them slowly walked into the distance, and the female boss's words slowly came.

"Of course!" Wang Sheng didn't seem to feel wronged at all that he had been scammed, his tone was firm.

"According to rumors, you don't seem like such a submissive person!"

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"That's a misrepresentation."

"If you're so easy to talk to, I would have taken your idea and not paid you back then."

"I can't do anything if you don't give it to me! You have so many experts around you, can I still force you to give it to me?"

"Where is the last person who played you like this now?"

"Who knows? Their bones are probably rotten!"

...

The figures of the two people became farther and farther away, and the voices became farther and farther away, until they were inaudible.

On the opposite side of the direction in which the two disappeared, in the residence facing the Marquis estate, a person wearing servant's clothes seemed to be lazy under the wall, leaning against the wall and snoring.

Wang Sheng and the female boss's words were not avoided by others. In fact, no one could be seen around, and no one knew that behind the wall next door, a person sleeping with his eyes closed seemed to have a sweet dream on his face and showed a smile. When the two of them completely disappeared, the person lying down jumped up and ran away as if flying.