Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

180. Manlou Should Be Abroad

Translator: Sagocream

The more Yuxing Wei listened to the Emperor, the more afraid he became. He lowered his head and didn’t dare to look up at Emperor, fearing that the Emperor might discover his shocked expression. He was sweating in his palm. He was almost unable to control himself. He was scolding the bunch of idiots in his heart. He had told them to keep a low profile, but they still dared to act so recklessly!

There was no need to guess. Yuxing Wei was almost certain that these things were done by Manlou. Unlike the Sect Luo, Manlou was an assassin organization. Assassins were naturally hard to track, which made it difficult for him to control them. But the leader of Manlou still needed food to feed the people in the organization.

Therefore, the best way to feed so many people was to rob food from others. This was not the first time they had snatched food from the officials. They always dressed like ordinary bandits before. Shenglan country and several nearby small countries were quite large. There were many places that were beyond the control of the government, so there were many bandits.

But that letter shocked Yuxing Wei more. He looked down at the brick pattern and started to think about how he should get away with this matter.

He was still the prince of Shenglan country. Even he was not the Crown Prince at the moment, he still wanted to own Shenglan country. If it was really taken away by someone else, he was naturally unwilling to see it happen. But just thinking that he needed to go against that person, he felt timid in his heart. His current power was weak, so he still needed to rely on Manlou.

“Father, Manlou is too arrogant! If you don’t punish Manlou, the other sects in Jianghu will follow suit! Even if the people in Turk do not attack us, the chaos caused by the sects will crush the prosperity of Shenglan country! “Yuxing Tianrui said.

The Emperor was satisfied when he heard Yuxing Tianrui say this. Apart from Yuxing Tianrui’s identity, his capability and performance were what a Crown Prince should have. He turned his head and looked at Yuxing Wei standing next to Yuxing Tianrui, “What do you think?”

Yuxing Wei was startled when he was suddenly called. “I agree with the Crown Prince, but I think it’s strange that we didn’t find the location of the Manlou despite spending much effort. Therefore, I have a bold guess. I don’t know if I should say it or not,” he raised his head to look at the Emperor.

The Emperor nodded, indicating for him to continue. Yuxing Wei then continued, “Although the power of Jianghu is unfathomable, it still cannot overwhelm the government. We haven’t found Manlou for such a long time, either because Manlou is in a too remote area, like a mountain valley we haven’t searched.”

“Or because they are not in Shenglan country at all. Manlou is an organization abroad!”

When he said this, even Yuxing Tianrui was stunned for a moment and then he understood. For such a long time, they had been looking for Manlou and could not find them anywhere in Shenglan country. Naturally, the power of Sect Luo was unquestionable. It seemed Yuxing Wei’s words were more reasonable.

However, Yuxing Tianrui narrowed his eyes. The various evidence that Du Chuxuan obtained at the time showed that Yuxing Wei had a certain relationship with Manlou. Why did he expose his Trump card at this time?

“It might be possible,” the Emperor said. No emperor was willing to admit that his own government was too weak and they couldn’t even handle such a simple thing. If this Manlou was really an organization abroad, it was understandable that they could not find it.

The arrogant words of Manlou was not difficult to understand. They might really had such plans. After all, in addition to the Turk, the coutries in the western region were also aiming at Shenglan country. In the north there were foreign tribes. Even if the Shenglan country was strong, it could not withstand the siege of many countries.

The Emperor looked at Yuxing Wei with a friendlier look. Yuxing Wei was not very outstanding in terms of ability. He could not compete with Yuxing Tianrui, but he was still clever enough. There was indeed some shining points on him. “In that case, I will consider it further.”

He would let his people investigate in Shenglan country again. If they couldn’t find Manlou, then what Yuxing Wei said should be true. “If what you said is right, then you are really a contributor this time. You can go and see Noble Lady Xiao.”

“Thank you, Father!” Yuxing Wei knelt down happily. After Noble Lady Xiao was locked up, no one was allowed to visit her. He had not seen Noble Lady Xiao during this period of time. The baby in Noble Lady Xiao’s belly was still very useful to him.

The Emperor nodded and stopped looking at Yuxing Wei. Instead, she glanced at Yuxing Tianrui. “There are so many forces around our country. Where do you think Manlou is the most likely located?”

Yuxing Tianrui naturally thought in his heart. People in the western region were good at using poison. The military and economy there were not very strong, but they had various strong poisons which were famous. This was one of the reasons why Shenglan country had been unable to reclaim the territory in the western region for so many years.

The current emperor of the western region was a coward. Naturally, he would not want to do something like this. As he thought about it, Yuxing Tianrui naturally said his thoughts. The Emperor also nodded and agreed.

“As for the foreign tribes in the north…” Yuxing Tianrui frowned slightly.” I got the news a while ago. The old patriarch there is dying. Every prince is fighting for the throne. They don’t have time to sabotage us.”

“Why do you think that Manlou is supported by an imperial family?” The Emperor asked, “Manlou has always been a Jianghu organization.”

“Father, in the nearby countries, apart from Shenglan country where we do not allow the imperial family to have connections with Jianghu, other countries do not have this rule. In other words, it would be difficult for ordinary family to support such a powerful force.”

“Even if Manlou is directly related to the royal family, there should be cooperation and mutual benefit,” Yuxing Tianrui said unhurriedly.

The Emperor glanced at Yuxing Tianrui and saw that he was in a righteous and decent manner without any nervousness. He knew that Yuxing Tianrui had always been under his control, even when Yuxing Tianrui was leading an army in the war, he was always under his supervision. How could he have relations with Jianghu?