422: Section 422

Only when he was rescued along with Gu Chungang and the others,

would he sincerely

feel grateful to Cao Yang!

After all, without him,

his younger sister might not have come, and he himself would have perished and his Dao extinguished!

"I—"

"Li Maozhen!"

"Am willing to serve Your Highness!"

Looking toward Cao Yang,

Li Maozhen bowed slightly and gave a deep salute!

At the same time,

worried that Cao Yang would not trust him,

he reached out, grabbed, and pulled a Gu worm out from within his body!

"This is the Life-Ending Gu worm inside me. If the Gu worm dies, I will die with it. Please keep it safe, Your Highness...!"

"Hahaha!"

"Good!"

Cao Yang reached out and put the Gu worm away.

He smiled and said, "It's not that I, this King, don't trust you; rather, with this Gu worm here with me, you will be safer."

"After all..."

"You are this King's Brother-in-law..."

As he spoke,

he glanced at Water Cloud Consort beside him.

Water Cloud Consort immediately rolled her eyes at him.

This scoundrel.

Does he have no sense of shame?!

He keeps bringing it up...!

"Then thank you, Your Highness!"

Li Maozhen bowed and spoke.

It was indeed as Cao Yang said.

The Life-Ending Gu worm was safer with Cao Yang than carried by himself!

Because—

Cao Yang was strong enough!

"Brother-in-law, there's no need for this!"

Cao Yang chuckled softly and helped him up.

He said plainly, "However—"

"Since you are going to serve this King,"

"then from now on,"

"you are no longer King of Qi, Li Maozhen!"

"But rather an Embroidered Uniform Guard under this King, Song Wentong...!"

---Seeking Flowers---

Song Wentong!

Hearing this name that had been sealed away for a long time,

Li Maozhen's heart trembled.

Song Wentong—

was his original name!

His title as King of Qi, Li Maozhen, was personally bestowed by the Former Emperor.

In addition to considering his military merits,

it was also due to his 'sincere loyalty'!

The Former Emperor granted him the name and title of King.

The purpose

was also to restrain the current Empress Wu Mingyue.

It was just a pity that,

just like the King of Zhenbei, Xu Xiao,

they were all ambitious people!

They had betrayed the Former Emperor's trust... But now,

none of that mattered anymore.

"Yes!"

"Song Wentong remembers!"

Li Maozhen?

No... Song Wentong, who had already reverted to his original name, slightly cupped his hands and responded aloud!

Seeing this,

Water Cloud Consort finally let out a sigh of relief.

She couldn't help but feel a bit more grateful toward Cao Yang.

Although this scoundrel was a bit reckless,

he could still be considered a gentleman.

He kept his word!

He had indeed rescued her elder brother from Yuan Gangtian and given her elder brother a chance.

Wait!

Water Cloud Consort suddenly thought of a problem.

Her elder brother had changed his name back to Song Wentong.

What about the position of King of Qi?

"Your Highness..."

Upon realizing this,

Water Cloud Consort couldn't help but look at Cao Yang: "Don't you think that my elder brother continuing to be the King of Qi would be of greater help to you?"

"Oh?"

Cao Yang smiled.

He looked at her: "I, this King, still think it's better if you become the King of Qi. I prefer that!"

Hearing this,

Water Cloud Consort became extremely shy.

This scoundrel, he has an ulterior motive!

She couldn't help but roll her eyes at Cao Yang again, feeling both shy and irritated!

Perhaps,

seeing that her elder brother was finally safe and sound,

the worry that Water Cloud Consort had been holding onto slowly settled.

Inevitably,

she displayed more of a young woman's demeanor.

Cao Yang found this quite amusing.