Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2124: Chapter 1884: Disposal (Part 2)

Sun Ce slipped and knocked down a group of people behind him who weren’t prepared, and seeing this, the military officers of Eastern Wu also imitated Sun Ce, knocking people to the ground, except for Guan Yu, no other military generals could pursue Yuan Shu.

"What a Sun Bofu!" Liu Tong coldly glanced in the direction of Sun Ce. Zhou Yu had a bitter smile, if he hadn’t just held Sun Ce back, Sun Ce would have used a legion attack to directly blow up the Jade Steps. To rescue Yuan Shu, Sun Ce was desperate.

"Saying I’m great, saying I’m handsome, saying I’m dashing — not many, but one of them is Your Highness!" Sun Ce stood up and no longer pretended. Jii Ling had already taken Yuan Shu away, though Guan Yu pursued, Chen Xi had already explained the situation, Yuan Shu had fled, and how could Sun Ce fail to protect the Yuan Family?

Sun Ce wanted to see who dared to come to Eastern Wu to arrest the Yuan Family. Today, he was determined to protect Yuan Shu, because back then, Yuan Shu sheltered the Sunx Family without coveting the Jade Seal. Even if Sun Ce had to make a scene in Weiyang, he would save Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce’s reply was completely unexpected to Liu Tong, as if Liu Tong fancied Sun Ce.

Liu Zhang and Liu Yu coldly stared at Sun Ce, while Sun Ce returned a cold smile, admitting he wasn’t a match for Liu Bei, but when had he ever feared Liu Zhang or Liu Yu?

Afterwards, there was a commotion on the field, but eventually, time was taken to organize the ranks again.

"I don’t think it’s good to leave the corpse here, it might scare His Highness. Let me handle it." The crowd lining up suddenly heard Sun Ce say this.

Though the topic suddenly shifted to Yang Xiu, who was still pretending to be a corpse lying there, everyone could see the rise and fall of Yang Xiu’s chest, and Sun Ce directly referred to him as a corpse, the meaning was obvious.

"Let me do it instead." Zhou Yu spoke up. Although Zhou Yu was exasperated to death by Yuan Shu, he admired Yuan Shu’s will, and Yang Xiu’s scheming completely angered Zhou Yu.

"Healer, healer, quickly summon a healer." Yang Biao seemed only now to react.

Liu Tong looked at Yang Xiu lying on the Jade Steps and Yang Biao holding him sobbing, then glanced at the murmuring scene, knowing the Grand Assembly was essentially ruined. With a gloomy expression, she flicked her sleeve, turning to step into the main hall.

"Rear General of Han, Yuan Gonglu has arrived!" But at this moment, a eunuch outside Weiyang Palace suddenly announced, and everyone was left dumbfounded.

On another side, Jii Ling’s power diminished as Yuan Shu got further from him, from being able to contend with Guan Yu to almost being taken down by Guan Yu after a few moves.

"You can go." After taking down Jii Ling, Guan Yu said, looking at him.

"You’re not going to take my head to report back?" Jii Ling asked, looking at the great sword by his neck.

"Elder Brother and Zichuan did not demand it, there’s no need. Moreover, you’re not bad." Guan Yu shook his head and said, "Yuan Gonglu should be far away by now."

"Your Highness, you must severely punish such madmen!" Yang Biao cried bitterly on his knees after hearing the announcement.

By now, Yuan Shu had already stepped onto the Jade Steps, looking at Yang Xiu and Yang Biao on the side. "To think I’d be schemed against like this, but if I, Yuan Shu, did it, then I did it, and if I erred, I’ll admit it!"

Yuan Shu stood on the Jade Steps, looking at the ministers standing on both sides, some with complex expressions, some confused, and some gloating.

"Yuan Shu, do you know your fault?" "Yuan Shu, do you know your crime?" Two different voices rose from the crowd before him.

"Enough, I know some want to kill me, some want to protect me. I also know that had I turned and left before, I could still walk the Central Plains. But my Yuan Family would lose all its former power and pride; does Yang Family think just because my brother fell, I too will fall, causing the Yuan Family to collapse?" Yuan Shu threw his sleeves with a resolute expression.

"Yuan Gonglu, do you acknowledge your crime?" Liu Tong looked at Yuan Shu with a calm expression.

"I do, but please, Your Highness, allow me to kill the two of the Yang Family present." Yuan Shu said with no fear, even with some sense of liberation.

"Take him down, after the assembly, hang him." Liu Tong said calmly.

Liu Tong glanced at Yang Xiu. Even if she didn’t know what exactly happened, she understood that this time the Imperial Family acted as the Yang Family’s blade. But given the current situation, Yuan Shu had to die; however, not pursuing the other members of the Yuan Family, merely hanging him, in a sense, had already granted face to the Yuan Family.

But to speak of it, if it were to exterminate the three clans, Yuan Shu’s wife’s clan is Yang Biao’s branch. From this point, the Yang Family was also prepared.

Chen Xi silently watched in the direction of Yuan Shu. Several guards were already taking him to the Inner Chamber Secret Prison, then looked meaningfully toward the Yang Family.

"Join me in raiding the prison tonight." Sun Ce transmitted to the crowd, as the assembly would last several days, there was still time.

"Don’t make trouble; it’s Yuan Gong’s own choice." Zhou Yu coldly warned, "Even if you rescue him, he won’t escape."

"Is he out of his mind?" Sun Ce asked angrily.

"If he escapes, then he truly loses to the Yang Family." Zhou Yu sighed deeply, recounting the prior events between the Yang Family and the Yuan Family,

The Yang Family didn’t join the alliance early on, so they didn’t sign the contract. Being able to invite Yuan Shu in the capacity of the head of the Yuan Family and as a leading figure was already a tacit agreement. Only Yang Xiu’s sharp tongue and Yuan Shu’s anger turned a good affair into a bad one.

Though it was done, it left a huge hidden danger. Clearly, the Yang Family was now determined to destroy the Yuan Family, even if it meant sacrificing the next few decades.

When Yuan Shu’s actions in the Yang Family become public, other aristocratic families observing today’s events will see it not as the Yang Family using the Imperial Family as a tool, but as a testament to the Yang Family’s fierce resolve to wash away humiliation, even to the point of offending the new emperor.

It can be said that even if this branch of the Yang Family perishes here, annihilating each other with Yuan Shu, the Yang Family’s performance today is enough to reassemble the once scattered Yongliang Aristocratic Families, and thus, even if this generation of the Yang Family falls, there will be the next generation, and the one after that.

There is no undying emperor, nor eternally young ministers; there are only families maintaining their legacy for millennia. Since the Yang Family has lost too many opportunities, if they do not retaliate after being humiliated by Yuan Shu, likely, any noble house would come to trample on the Yangs.

So, why not retaliate? If not moved, then move astonishingly. To this extent, having been humiliated by Yuan Shu, not retaliating would sink the Yang Family into the abyss. A lackluster retaliation would only expose the Yang Family’s decline to other families. Therefore, let them witness the wrath of the Yang Family.

The Yang Family now has no other recourse; the worst would be closing their doors for fifty years. Since this is the case, what is there to fear? Come, let them see the will of the Yang Family.

"The problem now lies here. The matters between the Yuan Family and the Yang Family — the Yang Family is clearly ready to bear the penalty, and if the Yuan Family lacks the courage to bear it, for Yuan Gong, that means losing, and losing to someone he despises, losing to Yang Dezhu!" Zhou Yu narrated calmly.

"Watch, this branch of the Yang Family will absolutely retire, and before others act against them, they will completely withdraw. Moreover, the Guanxi Noble Family will definitely not allow others to touch the Yang Family, because the Yang Family did nothing wrong." Jia Xu warned Chen Xi with a hint of coldness.

"So you will protect the Yang Family too?" Chen Xi inquired.

"Indeed, because the Yang Family did no wrong. These are the rules, just like how you manage your class but cannot betray your class. These are the real rules." Jia Xu calmly replied to Chen Xi, "Therefore, in the upcoming aristocratic negotiations, choose the Yang Family; the Yongliang Commandery’s aristocratic families will support it, and the Guandong Aristocratic Families won’t be dissatisfied."

"Sun Bofu won’t meddle with the Yang Family?" Chen Xi said, displeased.