Chapter 174

174 TWO TROUBLEMAKER SONS

Shao Yaoting was furious after hearing the Emperor’s words. Bai Guowei didn’t even mention a name, but the head of the Black Werewolf Clan suddenly turned red before starting to attack the Emperor with his words.

Shao Yaoting was so angry that he looked like he was going crazy, and the Emperor even instructed several palace guards to stop the man’s anger by dragging the man outside the Zuigao Hall.

The Emperor would not do anything to Shao Yaoting, and he only asked the guards to send the man to the residence of the Black Werewolf Clan so that the man would not cause trouble in the Imperial Palace.

Bai Guowei also dismissed all the officials from the hall, and the court meeting ended even if there was no decision from the discussion. It couldn’t even be said that they were discussing because they were more like debating, and the meeting could be said as fruitless.

Now, there were only four people inside the great hall, and they were Bai Guowei, Bai Renshu, Bai Chen, and Wu Shun.

The Emperor was still sitting on the throne, but then he carefully got up before walking towards the Emperor of Wu Li and stopping right in front of the black-haired man.

“I apologize for what happened today, Emperor Wu Shun,” bowing his head in shame, Bai Guowei apologized. “I believe Lord Shao was too shocked that his daughter died in the Forbidden Forest, and he even dared to suspect you even if he didn’t have enough evidence that you were indeed involved in the incident.”

Shao Yaoting did look like he had lost his mind as he continued to blame the people gathered in the Zuigao Hall. It was not only Bai Guowei who ended up on the man’s bad side, but the head of the Black Werewolf Clan also suspected some people, and Emperor Wu Shun was no exception.

They were both Emperors of their kingdoms, but it seemed that Emperor Bai Guowei looked guilty for what happened during the court meeting earlier.

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“I can understand, Emperor Bai Guowei,” Wu Shun replied with an understanding smile on his face. “If I lose my children, I will act like that too. That’s why you don’t need to apologize because I can understand Lord Shao’s feelings.”

Wu Shun was an understanding ruler, and it seemed that he did not take Shao Yaoting’s slander to heart.

“But I can also understand Lord Shao’s suspicions,” someone suddenly chimed in from the side, and when the two Emperors turned to the source of the voice, they could see that it was Bai Renshu who had suddenly joined the conversation.

The young Crown Prince of Dong Lang remained faithful with his expressionless face. His jaw was stiff, and even his pair of blue eyes stared intently at the two Emperors.

Bai Guowei finally turned to face his eldest son directly. “What do you mean, Bai Renshu?” He asked the young man. “I’ve told you that I’m not involved in this matter, but you don’t want to believe me?”

It seemed that Bai Guowei was frustrated as he questioned his son. Even his son couldn’t believe him, so it was understandable that his enemy continued attacking him when he tried to explain the situation.

“The evidence is against you, Your Majesty,” Bai Renshu also sneered at his father as if he didn’t care that his father kept a long face while talking to him. “You were the one who hired the three people who destroyed the barrier around the core, and that is the only evidence we currently have. You won’t be able to clear my suspicions before you can find the real culprit, Your Majesty. That’s only if there really is a culprit other than you.”

Bai Guowei gritted his teeth when he heard his son’s slander. “You’re like this because your secret lover was killed in the forest, right? You keep blaming me as if you forgot that you also made a mistake by having that kind of relationship with Shao Meihui, Bai Renshu!”

“...” This time, Bai Renshu couldn’t directly argue with his father.

Everything was focused solely on the tragedy in the Forbidden Forest as well as Shao Meihui’s death without remembering the fact that the Crown Prince of Dong Lang dared to have a secret affair with the young woman from the Black Werewolf Clan.

The two of them were caught by the surveillance device in the Forbidden Forest, and they were even caught when they entered the cave. No one was innocent enough to think that the two of them were just chatting in the cave, and it was easy to think that the two of them had a secret relationship behind everyone’s back.

“And even my second son dares to do nasty activities in the Forbidden Forest that should be a sacred forest,” Bai Guowei suddenly glanced at his youngest son.

Bai Chen could immediately sense his father’s gaze, and he could also see the meaning behind that gaze. Even if the man finally acknowledged him as his son, it didn’t make him feel good, and on the contrary, he looked embarrassed when he heard the man’s statement.

Even if Bai Guowei didn’t explain, Bai Chen could see that the Emperor was talking about his affair with the Prince of Wu Li. True, he and Wu Jinhai did not have a romantic relationship like Bai Renshu and Shao Meihui, but they both had the same intense activity as the couple when they were still in the forest.

“I don’t think you need to think too much about it, Emperor Bai Guowei,” Wu Shun decided to intervene when he could feel the tension between the father and son pair. “Our children are grown men, and they definitely have some needs that they have to fulfill. Maybe they suddenly felt the needs when they were in the forest, and that’s why they tried to help each other.”

Bai Guowei turned to Wu Shun, and he frowned as he asked, “Does your son also like men, Emperor Wu Shun?”