Chapter 179: Generosity

The next morning, Su Chen headed for Empty Mountain.

He still needed to convince Chu Yuan.

Zhu Chenhuan personally escorted him along the way.

As they traveled, he didn’t forget to sigh and lament, “This time I really have no words.”

“No words for what?” Su Chen asked innocently.

Zhu Chenhuan shot him a glance. “You dared to kill an imperial prince! How could I not be speechless?”

Li Wuyi’s accusatory question towards Su Chen during the banquet had been overheard by Zhu Chenhuan. At that moment, he had been so scared that his soul had almost left his body. More shockingly, Su Chen had actually admitted to it!

Zhu Chenhuan thought that this would completely disrupt the negotiation process, and that there was even a possibility that Su Chen wouldn’t be able to leave the palace alive.

However, the situation didn’t exactly unfold as he had expected it to.

With but a few sentences from Su Chen’s, Li Wuyi fell silent and said nothing more.

Finally, Zhu Chenhuan could resist it no longer and asked, “What exactly did you say to His Majesty so that he didn’t try to do anything to you even though you killed his son?”

Su Chen laughed. “What would I need to say? His Majesty is extremely clear how hated that son of his was. Li Daohong was probably no longer a son but a burden in his eyes. However, he was unwilling to be the one...

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