"But, how easy is that"That year, when my mother passed away, the Emperor came to the palace to select his concubines. I was seventeen, and you were fourteen.""It was supposed to be my chance... but t...Chapter 1373 Wang Shu hasn't paid his respects yet.

Ten miles outside Jincheng City, at the Welcome Pavilion.

King Ning sat in the pavilion drinking tea, with several strategists behind him. Guards surrounded the pavilion, sealing off the entire official road for the day. Other citizens had to use other city gates to enter and exit.

"Haven't you arrived yet" asked the Prince Ning.

A strategist behind him replied, “News just arrived that they're already five miles out. It should be almost time in another cup of tea.”

King Ning looked gloomily in the direction of Guandao and said, "When was this Welcoming Pavilion built"

The strategist immediately replied: “It was twenty-one years ago when King Ning first arrived in his fiefdom. The magistrate of Jincheng led the soldiers and civilians to build it specifically to welcome the prince.”

The King of Ning chuckled and said, “Twenty-one years. I've been here for twenty-one years, haven’t gone back in all that time. The prince who was once a mere babe, knowing nothing but crying, eating, and sleeping, has now grown up and even deliberately sent me out to greet you.”

Everyone could hear the resentment in King Ning's words, but no one dared to respond.

The Prince Ning sighed.

If Zhou Changshou were here now, he would surely understand my thoughts and feelings and say something to comfort me.

It's a pity...re, come out.“No matter what the prince does with this money, whether he uses it for personal gain or to replenish the treasury, the fact remains that he set a bad precedent. If other officials were t...