C5

The capital city occupied a vast area of land, and the capital city was situated in a large area, a top-notch area under the feet of the Son of Heaven.

There were a total of two districts. The outermost was the Yongding district, with the majority of the commoners present. The second was the noble district where the Jiang manor resided, with most of the houses belonging to the important officials of the imperial court and the imperial palace located in the middle.

Jiang Huan left the Everlasting Palace, and only when dusk arrived did he return home. Standing at the entrance, the gatekeeper saw Jiang Huan, and anxiously welcomed him.

"The third young master is back. The lord and the two young masters are in the dining room."

Jiang Huan nodded and said.

"Alright, I understand. Go back to your work, I'll go pay my respects to father."

This mansion was bestowed by the first emperor when Jiang Zhenfeng was bestowed the title of the valiant general and the three hundred thousand generals of the Huben Soldier Army. There is no war in this country today, the world is at peace, the old generals are not worthy of the title of general, and the generals are no longer valued by the public.

Once he entered the dining hall, two female servants, who were serving meals to their masters, saw Jiang Huan enter and fluttered down from their seats. The round table in the middle of the dining hall sat a forty to fifty year old middle-aged man, whose resolute face revealed many wrinkles on it, revealing the vicissitudes of life. The man's figure was tall and straight like a pine tree, his imposing manner was strong, and he was dressed in casual attire.

When Jiang Huan saw his father, he bowed deeply and said, "Greetings to father!"

"Also report to father that I will be living in the Everlasting Palace from now on. It's convenient for me to cultivate."

Jiang Zhenfeng looked up at Jiang Huan, gave an indifferent "En" before lowering his head and continuing to eat.

On the right hand side was Jiang Huan's older brother, Jiang Hai. Jiang Hai looked somewhat similar to him, his talent in the Martial Dao was average, he had just broken through the High Grade Martial Warrior at the age of twenty, and was currently serving in his father's army.

"Third brother is back. How was your test today? You must be hungry. Come and eat quickly."

"Okay," Jiang Huan agreed.

On the left was second brother River, who was an inner court disciple. Only eighteen years old, he was already at the same realm as his big brother, High Grade Martial Warrior, who was wearing a Confucian robe.

"Humph!" What kind of test is that, you ll just go up on stage and embarrass my Jiang Family, and you will still have the face to come back?! Do you know how that Liu family's father and daughter humiliated father yesterday? A mere second stage Prefecture Overseer dares to be so arrogant, and it is only relying on the power of the Official Ouyang. If you are willing to put forth some effort, how can you make father lose all face?

"Bam!" Jiang Zhenfeng slapped his hand on the round table, causing a small crack to instantly spread out from his palm.

"What are you going to do with the people from Ouyang Family?!"

In the face of Jiang Zhenfeng's questioning, Jiang He stood up and said excitedly: "Father, the situation in the imperial court has been settled today, and there are many different parties. Only my Jiang Family is excluded, and the Second Prince, who ordered Ji Ting to become loyal to him, has already been appointed as the crown prince, becoming the current Eastern Palace Lord. As for Ji Ting, he is not on good terms with you, but when the crown prince ascends the throne, it is hard to ensure that he will not make his move against my Jiang Family!"

"And the Shang Shu Province's Shang Jiu ordered Official Ouyang to be the teacher of the Third Prince, and the Third Prince is an enlightened ruler. I naturally have to stand by the side of the Official Ouyang for the sake of the Jiang Family, in order to ensure the safety of our Jiang Family."

When Jiang Zhenfeng heard what Jiang He said, she immediately flew into a rage. Her aura gushed out like a flood, and the pressure she exuded was like ten thousand kilograms of giant stone s pressing on everyone's chests, making them unable to breathe. The servant girl at the door was shocked, she immediately kneeled on the ground, her body trembling, not daring to raise her head.

His elder brother Jiang Hai immediately shouted out, "Calm down, father!"

Jiang He forced himself not to lower his head, as his face flushed red. He looked at his father with determination, and shouted angrily, "My Jiang Family is only loyal to the current Your Majesty, and there is no need for him to protect us!"

He turned to look at Jiang Huan and saw that there was a bruise at the corner of his mouth. He instructed his brother Jiang Hai, "Have the chef make some soup and send it to your third brother."

With that said, he shook the sleeve sleeve and left the dining hall with his hands behind his back.

Jiang Hai was relieved of a heavy burden as he wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead and pointed to the river. "You, you clearly know that father does not like scheming in the imperial court, yet you still said it in front of him, doesn't this make him angry?!"

Without a word, Jiang He fiercely glanced at Jiang Huan and also walked out of the dining hall.

Seeing that, Jiang Hai sighed, and spoke to Jiang Huan: "Don't take it to heart, your second brother is such a person, go back to your room first, I will have the chef prepare the ginseng soup and bring it over to you."

"Thank you, Big Brother," Jiang Huan said.

"Why are we being so courteous?"

Looking at Jiang Hai's leaving figure, Jiang Huan resolutely said to himself, "I can't stop here."

It was already dark when Jiang Huan returned to his eastern courtyard. After finishing the soup sent by Big Brother, he began to meditate and absorb the vitality, the divine orifices were sealed seriously, the vitality was like silk as it flowed by, and there were very few of them, but Jiang Huan's personality was very persistent, as the energy returned to the air whirl after a long cycle. Jiang Huan stood up, picked up the normal iron long knife, swept, hacked, stirred, swept, cut, and suddenly, and began the necessary lessons for every day.

The next morning, Jiang Huan originally wanted to leave home quietly and return to the Everlasting Palace, but he did not expect that the second brother would already be waiting for him at the gatehouse.

Jiang Huan smiled foolishly, and greeted the second brother who never smiled at all since he was young: "Greetings second brother."

Jiang He nodded and threw a bag at him with a cold expression.

My father said that you are not allowed to practice the low grade fire attribute Profound Grade martial skill "hexahedral knife" until you have broken through to the warrior realm, so you have to cultivate well, try your best to break through to the warrior realm as soon as possible, and don't throw my Jiang Family's face again. Oh right, there are still a thousand taels of silver inside, save some money, and don't suffer too much in living alone in the academy.

With that, Jiang He left the gatehouse and walked out of the street.

Jiang Huan watched second brother leave with a warm feeling in his heart. He knew that second brother was most like his father and wouldn't express any feelings, but he was actually extremely concerned about him.

Gripping the bag that Jiang He left behind, Jiang Huan also walked down the stairs and returned to the Everlasting Palace.