Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

"Should I not be?" Long Qian Xing asked back, his tone remained indifferent.

Shangguan Xiao sipped the tea and smiled faintly but didn't answer.

The two of them have their own concerns and their own plans in their lives. This meeting was just a short exchange and there was no way they would explain what they actually wanted to do so clearly.

"Do you want to ask something else, General Xing?"

"I just want to know whether you will be affected by the people whom you dealt with before," Long Qian Xing looked at Shangguan Xiao. "The cause of rebellions are very diverse."

Diverse?

In the past few years, Shangguan Xiao had met with various people who hung the banner of rebellions in the east area. Each and every single one of them shouted different slogan and he also learned their reason for launching a rebellion.

Starting from the farmer who lacked food.

To those nobles who said that they were oppressed and wanted more money for themselves.

There were a lot of variety.

But…

"I'm a general of Fei Yang Kingdom," Shangguan Xiao said calmly. "What intention do you think I will have?"

Rebellion?

Just because the Shangguan Family was destroyed in the flames of war?

It was too ridiculous.

Long Qian Xing looked at Shangguan Xiao calmly and stood up. "That's good to hear, Shangguan Xiao."

After that, Long Qian Xing turned around and left.

Shangguan Xiao didn't move from his position and watched Long Qian Xing's back, shaking his head slightly.

It was true that the Shangguan Family lost everything in the war, but they also gained many things from the war. Because the main reason why his grandfather was able to rise in the past was because of the war.

Unfortunately, his father was not lucky enough to survive for a long time.

But Shangguan Xiao knew very well that his father wanted to die on the battlefield rather than dying as a sickly old man at home.

Being able to die on the battlefield is an honor.

This was something that Shangguan Xiao had heard many times from both of his father and grandfather.

So he was not that sad.

And many years have passed.

"If I'm not the head of the Shangguan Family… I'll not even bother coming back," Shangguan Xiao whispered in a low voice.

His dreams have never been to stay in Cheng City and worked his *sses to manage business or to enter the court and become an official. While he and Shangguan Yun could be considered as an outlier in the entire Shangguan Family, his dream was to become a general.

This was a dream that he had carried ever since he was young.

How could it be possible for him to let it go?

The movements of the Shangguan Family in Cheng City was indeed under his order but it was simply because he wanted to fulfill his promise. The promise as the head of the Shangguan Family.

No matter how much he disliked it, he could not let the Shangguan Family ended with him.

So he had to rebuild the family.

As for other things…

Shangguan Xiao didn't want to.

"In the current Fei Yang Kingdom…. Do you really think there's any forces that could possibly destroy Fei Yang Kingdom?" Shangguan Xiao asked again and then stood up and left to meet with other people.

Now that he was back to Cheng City, there were many people who wanted to meet him for various reasons. Shangguan Xiao could only entertain them one by one.

Having seen the rebellions those people launched, Shangguan Xiao knew very well that for the next decade or perhaps two decades, Fei Yang Kingdom will not fall so easily through these half baked rebellions.

These people were too hasty and their small number of people were far from enough to launch a successful rebellions.

But no matter what it is…

Shangguan Xiao refused to do anything else.

…

<Long Family Residence>

Nan Si came back after doing his missions that Nan Hua entrusted him to do. After he had finished giving his report to Nan Hua, he looked for Long Ai Ning.

Seeing the sullen expression on Long Ai Ning's face, Nan Si wondered if he had missed something in the Long Family Residence.

"You're back." Long Ai Ning was startled when she saw a shadow blocked the sun and raised her head. Upon seeing Nan Si, her eyes lit up in surprise.

"I'm back," Nan Si whispered in a low voice.

"It's good to be back." Long Ai Ning pursed her lips and tugged Nan Si's hand. "Come and accompany me."

"Ok."

Nan Hua had given him a break, so Nan Si decided to accompany Long Ai Ning for the time being. He looked at Long Ai Ning thoughtfully and asked, "Did something happen during the time I was away?"

"Lou and Chu Yue got married." Long Ai Ning pursed her lips.

She was happy for them, but she was annoyed that her brother still hadn't returned yet. The marriage between Lou and Chu Yue was done early today and those two people were currently enjoying their marriage.

But Long Ai Ning still has to wait for her brother.

She really wanted to drag her brother back right now…

Nan Si blinked his eyes and thought about Long Xu who was still far away. He felt that when Long Xu came back, it was estimated that this time, it was Long Ai Ning who would scold Long Xu so badly.

"Miss said that we're going on a trip to the north," Nan Si said slowly.

"I know…" Long Ai Ning sighed deeply.

If it was not because of this, she would not be so depressed.

After all, a trip to the north meant that there was no way she could get married for the next few months. It meant that she still has to wait.

And in Long Ai Ning's opinion, it was all her brother's fault!

Long Xu, who was far away: "…" Hatchi!