The Golden Throne - Chapter 257

“What are you talking about, dear Grandchild? You must be drunk, for your mouth to run like this.” Liu Zhen’s face changed.

“Both of us know what I am talking about, grandfather. Since my coronation, I was wondering. What was this new rule where someone could challenge my right to the throne, and who the challenger was? The first thing that I did was look at you. I have already been warned that you are a man of many ambitions, grandfather. What I don’t understand is why you are trying to do so much even when your life is coming to an end? Don’t tell me that the church or whoever is supporting you is promising you eternal life.” Liu Feng asked.

“You are a naive young boy. I know better than to trust someone when they say that they can offer me eternal life. My whole life the only thing that I cared about was the kingdom that I handed over to my son. Rather, he snatched it forcefully from me. I stood quiet, and let him do whatever he wanted. Instead, I waited until someone of sense brought me back to the political sphere. But it looks like you are also the idiot that your stupid father was. Do you think that you can do anything at all with the kingdom without my help? You cannot do anything unless you have support.” Liu Zhen shouted.

“I am the king, grandfather. I have the support of the entire army, and soon enough, I will not need to rely on external power. All the people will love me, and they will adore me. You have no need to worry about that. I am just telling you this because you are my grandfather. Do not undermine my power. Do not try to go against me. I might just be a child, but I have already killed before. I am not an innocent child. I never was, and I never will be. If you want to go against me a second time, there will be consequences. And regarding the church itself, there is no need for you to concern yourself with them. After I am done taking care of the kingdom, I will be sure to give them a visit and sort all of our differences out.” Liu Feng smiled.

He took a drink and got up.

“And there is no need to inconvenience everyone in the palace for a simple talk like this. That is pointless, to say the least. I just hope that in the future, you use some common sense before you make your actions.” Liu Feng said coldly as he left the dining hall.

Liu Zhen looked furious. He took the glass that Liu Feng was drinking from and started gripping it tightly. The glass itself started to crack, and soon, it shattered into many pieces.

Drop by drop, his blood tainted the shards of glass that were falling from his hands.

“Liu Man. How the hell did you give birth to such an annoying and conniving son? You put me in such a pinch. Truly, you put me in such a pinch.” he grumbled as he also got up.

Liu Feng was also not in a good mood.

“They have my grandfather in their pocket. I am sure that they will also have many more people inside the castle who will tell them everything that I am doing. That is going to be very, very irritating. I need to have a group of people that I can rely on, and that will not betray me. I wonder where I can get those people from?” Liu Feng thought to himself.

“That’s right! I have my own city. I can get people from there to help me out a little. I am sure that they are not as influenced by the church as the people in the capital are. And I need to wait for a bit to get those children from the mage tower to grow. After they come of age, I will let them have some proper positions of power, and that will consolidate my power here. But all of that is the long term. Doing some stuff in the short term will take time. I think I will have to rely on father’s list of trusted allies for the next few years.” Liu Feng realized.

He kept walking back to the study, when he stopped as he heard a few sounds.

“Who is there?” he asked.

Swish!

All of a sudden, a small young boy stood in front of him. Liu Feng’s eyebrows raised.

“Do I know you? Who let you in here? Where are your parents?” Liu Feng asked.

“My father let me in here to play after he went to go do some work.” the small boy replied.

“What is your name?” Liu Feng asked as he chuckled.

“Long Dai” the boy replied.

Liu Feng’s face changed.

“By any chance, is your father Long Che?” he asked.

“Do you know my father, big brother?” Long Dai asked.

“Yes. How could I not know your father? I owe him so much, including my life. But this is not where you should be. A prince like you should have good toys to play with. Let me take you someplace where no one will bother you.” Liu Feng said as he felt a sweat build up.

He was so glad that he found the boy when he did. If the wrong person did something to the poor boy, then the whole palace might as well be razed by the angry dragon king.

“But father told me that I should not listen to anyone. Sorry, big brother, but I cannot go against my father’s words.” the boy said innocently.

“Haihh. Then I have no choice. Looks like I have to make sure that nothing happens to you until your father comes back. I would rather not have the dragon king find that his son was mistreated.” Liu Feng said.

He then sat in front of Long Dai.

“So then. What are you playing?” he asked.

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