351: Xu Xiao: You really are a filial son, you're so filial you've made your father die.

"You—are you trying to anger me to death?" Xu Xiao's face flushed red, and his entire body trembled.

"What? You want to hit me? Hit me then, hit me..." Xu Fengnian thrust his head directly in front of Xu Xiao.

Xu Xiao shook with rage. He had expected Xu Fengnian to refuse before he came, but he hadn't expected the boy's reaction to be this extreme.

"If you had even a shred of strength to protect yourself, would I have gone to such lengths to plan all this for you?"

"With your current state, you want to avenge your mother? You'll be killed before you even get the chance to see those enemies alive."

"What right do you have to be shouting at me here?"

"Who did I do all this for? Was it for myself?"

"You are my, Xu Xiao's, son. You are the one who will inherit my position in the future."

"If you have the ability, you'll be able to keep the foundation I've built for you. If you don't live up to it, the day I pass away will be the day disaster strikes you!" Xu Xiao roared, pointing at Xu Fengnian.

In the current situation, he could no longer afford to be so patient and restrained.

Duan Zhengchun's appearance had shattered all of his plans.

He knew very well that the Liyang Imperial Clan had been plotting for decades to get rid of him. Now that they had this opportunity, how could they possibly miss it?

He couldn't wait any longer. His son still refused to practice martial arts even now; what would he do in the future? Even if you are the Reincarnation of the Great Emperor Zhenwu, it's all for naught if you don't know martial arts.

Now, if the Liyang Imperial Clan and Duan Zhengchun formed an Alliance, or if they managed to persuade Duan Zhengchun to act, the Beiliang Princes Estate would be destroyed in an instant.

The ridiculous thing was that his own son actually wanted to give up this opportunity because of a woman.

He knew very well that if Duan Zhengchun were unwilling, he wouldn't have proposed such a condition; he could have simply refused.

Although Duan Zhengchun had a fierce reputation, he had never once killed the innocent indiscriminately. It was always others who provoked him first.

Therefore, as long as Jiang Ni was sent over, it would be equivalent to establishing a connection with Duan Zhengchun. At that time, even if the Liyang Imperial Clan wanted to move against him, they would have to think twice.

And now, this stupid son of his was still here talking big.

Xu Fengnian hadn't expected that his father, who had always doted on him to the point of indulgence,

would treat him like this today, even daring to roar at him.

"Xu Xiao, you're yelling at me? You actually dared to yell at me?"

"Mother... that bastard Xu Xiao is yelling at me, he's bullying me! He wants to give away your future daughter-in-law! Poor Mother, you left us so early, otherwise your son wouldn't be bullied like this..."

Xu Fengnian burst into a loud, sorrowful wail.

This immediately stunned Xu Xiao.

He hadn't expected this brat to be so shameless as to play the rogue like this.

At the thought of his wife, the anger on Xu Xiao's face vanished.

He sighed helplessly in his heart. His wife had sacrificed too much for him; if not for her back then, he wouldn't have become the Prince of Beiliang today.

However, he had encountered a dark-hearted monarch. After he helped settle the Jianghu, the monarch wanted him dead out of fear that his merit would overshadow the throne.

Of course, for the sake of the imperial family's reputation, the monarch didn't dare strike him directly, so he sent people to ambush and kill his wife. On that occasion, a peerless Master had participated in the assassination.

The goal was to kill his son so that the Xu family would have no heirs, making it impossible for them to inherit the title and ending the hereditary succession.

Over these years, to protect his son, he had let him act like a profligate to deceive the Liyang Imperial Clan, all to wait until he had the ability to protect himself.

And the only way to protect oneself, besides having a backer, was to possess great strength.

The future Prince of Beiliang could absolutely not be a weakling who couldn't even lift a chicken.

To achieve great things, one must not be bothered by trivialities. If his son couldn't even let go of this small matter, how could he inherit the princedom later?

But if it really came to that, Northern Liang probably wouldn't have a future anyway.

"Fine, fine. Perhaps even the heavens have turned their backs on Northern Liang."

"Do as you please. I no longer have the energy to control you."

"Since you are so confident, then rely on yourself from now on."

"The resources of the Princes Estate are meant for you anyway. Toss them around however you like. I can't look after you for a lifetime."

"Take care of yourself."

After Xu Xiao finished speaking, he left Wutong Courtyard with a lonely expression.

Watching Xu Xiao's hunched figure limp away, Xu Fengnian stopped crying and stared blankly at Xu Xiao's departing back.

Old Huang also shook his head helplessly. He knew very well that everyone in the Beiliang Princes Estate was prepared for the sake of Xu Fengnian, the Heir Apparent.

Originally, according to the current situation, Xu Longxiang was more suitable to inherit the princedom than Xu Fengnian.

However, while Xu Longxiang was born with the Vajra Physique, he had some mental deficiencies. Perhaps this was what they called 'blessings and misfortunes coming together.'

That was why Xu Xiao wanted Xu Fengnian to inherit the title.

Xu Fengnian's past performance had satisfied Xu Xiao. According to the original plan, if things continued this way, with Xu Xiao's schemes, Xu Fengnian inheriting the title would have been no problem.

But unexpectedly, an anomaly like Duan Zhengchun appeared. Although Duan Zhengchun was not from Liyang,

it didn't change the fact that his appearance had impacted the Nine Provinces, even changing its entire landscape based on the current situation.

It was for this very reason that Xu Xiao was so eager to establish a connection with Duan Zhengchun.

He just hadn't expected that everything would be going smoothly only to fall apart over a woman. Old Huang also felt it wasn't worth it for Xu Xiao.

However, the reason he could stay by the Heir Apparent Xu Fengnian's side was also because of Xu Xiao.

Now, he was merely fulfilling the promise he made to Xu Xiao years ago.

As for what would happen to Xu Fengnian, that was not something he could control.

"Old Huang, do you think this is that old fellow Xu Xiao setting a trap for me again?"

"Deliberately using this to scheme against me?" Xu Fengnian watched the departing Xu Xiao, feeling some doubt in his heart.

This didn't seem like Xu Xiao's style; in the past, he always went along with whatever Xu Fengnian wanted.

Today was the first time in so many years that he had truly gotten angry at him.

"Heir Apparent, how could I possibly guess the Prince's thoughts?"

"You are his son, shouldn't you be the one who knows him best?" Old Huang smiled and shook his head.

At this, Xu Fengnian was a bit dazed.

Something was wrong; this felt extremely off.

"Something's wrong. Xu Xiao is acting a bit strange."

"Could it be that this really was the condition Duan Zhengchun proposed?" Xu Fengnian stroked his chin and muttered to himself.

"Well, Heir Apparent, Duan Zhengchun's name is definitely the most resounding in the Nine Provinces right now."

"The most sensational thing is how he recently fought the Jin Kingdom's army of four hundred thousand alone, and wiped them out without a scratch."

"Such methods are simply unheard of—no, they are unseen," Old Huang sighed with emotion, his words filled with admiration.

"Tch, Old Huang, you said it yourself, unheard of and unseen."

"Even those in the Earth Immortal Realm couldn't achieve such a feat, right? Only those legendary Immortals could do something like that." Xu Fengnian shook his head with a look of disdain.