Chapter 158: Sowing Discord (Part 1)

Hearing Liu Mingxu abruptly blurt out those words, Jiang Zhaoli's expression darkened instantly, and he demanded, "Commander Liu, what do you mean by that?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Liu Mingxu also realized how terribly rude they sounded, so he tried to smooth things over: "When this subordinate entered the palace and saw both the Prime Minister and the Commander injured, I was truly distressed. Please forgive me, Commander."

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Riding his mount at a leisurely pace along the road while a myriad of thoughts flashed through his mind, Abner's expression shifted slightly all of a sudden—some oblivious fool had been tailing him the entire way.

"No, I really can't." Gu Guanzhen hastily shook her head, stating that she could not accept Xi Chen's battle points, as she fully understood just how crucial those points were.

Gathering every ounce of strength left in his body, his aching, numb legs pushed off once more, clearing the concrete pillar and landing back in the churning floodwaters.

Another ten minutes later, the free-range chicken was finally ready. The owner brought the dish to the table, and Liang Chen could not resist taking a bite immediately.

"Your Majesty, you know the nature of my situation. Better not to ruin a young woman's prospects for life," Gu Nan said with a bitter smile.

As for the white phosphorus grenade, Abner did not care about it in the least. Temperatures of hundreds or thousands of degrees were something he had stopped playing with when he was thirteen years old.

A tall, burly reporter raised his microphone high and voiced the question that was on countless people's minds at that very moment.

After this drama wrapped up, she immediately took on five consecutive television series, all playing maid roles. Xie Na soon caught the attention of numerous directors, who vied to invite her to play maids, unexpectedly earning her the flattering moniker of "Resident Maid Specialist."

The young man with black hair strolled leisurely down the street, his eyes scanning his surroundings casually and unreadily. Encountering the surveillance cameras along the way, he showed no outward reaction, merely committing their exact locations to memory.

"Big Brother, don't you worry. I've already started preparing the script recently," Lin Xiaoguang said, blowing out a ring of smoke.

Chu Chen was unaware of Cang Song's inner thoughts; instead, he simply followed along, strolling through the gates of Mount Longhu and passing from one grand hall to another in a superficial, hurried glance.

Wu Liang could not help casting a glance at Rosman, who still wore a composed expression, indicating that he could achieve the exact same feat. A look of worship instantly appeared in Wu Liang's eyes, as he found this ability to locate objects by sound alone to be intensely cool—far cooler than Loloai's crude and direct spiritual and magical scans.

"Very well, I shall go and see for myself precisely who dares to snatch this general's VIP guest room!" With a sudden cold laugh, Wu Daoji let out a statement laced with a faint trace of murderous intent.

As soon as these words were spoken, the hotel executives present were all stunned. Could Sheng Zhibin be afraid of Kong Kongyewei?

The principal instructed Xu Xiaoxiao and the other two to go out for a bite to eat first and return later, so that the matter could be resolved all at once once every parent had arrived.

One must know that Grand Tutor Xing of the Xing estate held a very high rank and immense prestige, easily matching that of the Duke of Anguo and his household. As for the children of the Xing family, even the offspring of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the capital would not dare lay a finger on them. Why should some wild child from the countryside be allowed to beat someone up and get away with it?

However, presumably to fetch a better price, the injuries were minor, and none of them had any marks on their faces. Naturally, the most severely traumatized among them was a young woman named Su Luan. Wu Hong discovered that she appeared to have been sexually assaulted, suffering severe lower body lacerations.

"That scared me to death! If you guys had kept talking for a bit longer, I wouldn't have been able to maintain my bone-shrinking technique," Shen Ruofan gasped heavily, taking deep breaths. This time, he really had Zhu Lai to thank for teaching him the technique—truly, his mentor in life, Zhu Lai, was well deserving of the title.