Chapter 1230: The First Prince! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

”What's going on?”

Wang Chong frowned as he came back to his senses and looked up.

”Lord, Lord Marquis, someone is up ahead barring our path,” the silver-robed eunuch's trembling voice came from up ahead.

Buzz!

Wang Chong grimaced as he opened his senses, and he immediately noticed that some fifty to sixty paces away, a powerful aura was blocking the road.

Wang Chong had originally believed that this was some powerful Imperial Army commander patrolling the palace, but it now seemed that his guess had been wrong.

But this was far from the only thing that surprised Wang Chong. The Imperial Palace was a sacred land, and no idlers were permitted within its premises. For this person to dare obstruct his path while he was going to meet the Sage Emperor was truly audacious, and no normal person would dare to do such a thing.

”King of Foreign Lands, will you not come out and meet with me?”

A noble and dignified voice came from outside, tinged with contempt and superiority. In that moment, Wang Chong felt as if all the Golden Guards and the silver-robed eunuch had stopped breathing. They were like mice encountering a cat, and they had clearly been struck with deep fear.

Whoosh!

Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Chong extended a hand, raised the curtain, and got out of the sedan chair. A figure stood in the distance, wearing a four-clawed dragon robe, his entire body seething with boundless majesty. Wang Chong had never met this person before, but based on the similarities his face had with the Sage Emperor, Wang Chong was still able to almost instantly recognize him.

The First Prince!

Wang Chong finally couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock. It had been less than a day since his return to the capital, yet he was meeting the First Prince in this sort of manner. And from the First Prince's calm and unruffled appearance, he had clearly predicted that this was an avenue of the Imperial Palace that Wang Chong would need to pass through.

”King of Foreign Lands, to get a meeting with you is truly not easy!”

The First Prince's eyes flashed as he stalked like a tiger toward Wang Chong. At this moment, Wang Chong scanned the area and realized that all the soldiers of the Imperial Army within several hundred steps had vanished.

All was quiet.

The air was tense, and everyone around the sedan chair had dropped to the ground in submission. Their faces were pale and their bodies trembled.

In the palace, for a prince to meet with an important subject of the court was a major taboo, and Wang Chong was not just any ordinary important subject. If this matter were made known, it would definitely have massive ramifications, and a few people might even have their mouths eternally silenced.

More importantly, the First Prince was the eldest son, the heir apparent, the right and proper successor to the throne of the Great Tang Emperor. If everything went as expected, he would become the Great Tang Emperor, and everyone in the palace who had offended him could easily imagine what would happen to them then.

”Relax. The First Prince is open-minded enough that I trust he will not make trouble for all of you!”

Wang Chong's eyes flashed as he walked over. One needn't fear fortune, and disasters were inevitable. Since he had been reincarnated, Wang Chong had always been unintentionally avoiding the First Prince, and even his big uncle had been influenced by him to slowly draw away from the First Prince. But even though he had avoided him for so long, he had finally reached the limit.

Wang Chong could choose to work around the First Prince, but he could not prevent the First Prince from coming to find him.

And Wang Chong was also a little curious as to why the First Prince had come to find him.

”Paying respects to Your Highness!”

Three or four paces from the First Prince, Wang Chong stopped and gave a bow that was neither too proud nor too meek.

”Hah, King of Foreign Lands is truly kindhearted and benevolent. As long as they do not speak loosely, why would I make any trouble for these servants!?” the First Prince indifferently said as he gazed at Wang Chong.

This was the first time the First Prince had ever inspected Wang Chong. Although he had heard of many legends about him and had a portrait of him brought over so that he could see, when he saw the real person, the First Prince still couldn't help but sigh.

In the war of the southwest, he had led more than one thousand experts from the great clans to the southwest, and eventually succeeded in reversing the tides and killing hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Mengshe–Ü-Tsang army. And after that, in two large-scale battles, he had killed one million of the world's best cavalry. Such feats could truly only be described as miracles.

Such feats were to be expected of someone called a War God. But no one could have imagined that the person who had accomplished these mighty feats was a youth of seventeen or eighteen.

Alas! If I knew that the youngest son of the Wang Clan had such talent, I would have pulled over the Wang Clan through Wang Gen a long time ago!

The First Prince was overcome with regret. With Wang Chong's help, all these achievements would have ultimately been assigned to him, and by now, nobody would be able to oppose him.