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Meng Hongchen looked at her grandfather, her exquisite and beautiful small face adorned with a sweet and lovely expression, "Grandfather, don't worry, when I come back, I promise to cultivate even harder."
Jing Hongchen looked at his precious granddaughter, his eyes narrowed, and he suddenly remembered that the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament had ended a few days ago.
According to the time, that brat Wang Chen should have returned as well.
Immediately, the alarm bells in Jing Hongchen's heart rang loudly.
Given the recent actions of the Wang Family in court, he absolutely could not allow his granddaughter and that brat from the Wang Family to continue their contact; he had to sever their ties.
Otherwise, once they were implicated, it would be troublesome…
However, despite his inner vigilance, Jing Hongchen still wore a benevolent smile on his face, "Meng'er, Grandfather just happens to be free today. Grandfather will accompany you and protect you, alright?"
When Meng Hongchen heard her grandfather's words, her small face immediately crumpled like a bun.
Meng Hongchen: How can this be? If Grandfather follows me, I definitely won't have a chance to go play with Brother Wang Chen. No, I can't let Grandfather follow me.
Meng Hongchen said with a smile, "Grandfather, I've grown up. You don't need to follow me anymore. I'm going to play."
As soon as she finished speaking, the propulsion spirit tool behind Meng Hongchen opened, and in the blink of an eye, she was outside the main gate.
Just as Meng Hongchen smugly thought she had slipped out, a spirit power big hand swooped down and grabbed her, lifting her back.
Meng Hongchen hung in mid-air, her legs still in a running posture. A moment later, she came back to her senses, realizing that her grandfather had caught her.
Meng Hongchen's small face wrinkled, and she said pitifully, "Grandfather, quickly put me down."
Jing Hongchen put Meng Hongchen down, but at this point, he could no longer keep up the pretense. His old face was drawn long, expressionless, and serious, as he asked directly.
"Are you trying to go find that brat Wang Chen again? Meng'er, I've told you, don't look for Wang Chen anymore.
In terms of family background, he is only a Marquis's great-grandson, while your grandfather is a Duke.
In terms of status, my Hongchen Family is deeply trusted by His Majesty. Your grandfather also serves as the dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and the Hall Master of Mingde Hall. In the entire Sun Moon Empire, there are very few people whose status surpasses your grandfather.
In terms of talent, you have innate full spirit power, while Wang Chen, with his innate spirit power of Nine-level, is only fit to carry your shoes.
In terms of identity, status, and talent, he is inferior to you. You should associate with more excellent people. Meng'er, Grandfather would never harm you. Grandfather not letting you associate with that brat from the Wang Family is all for your own good."
Meng Hongchen lowered her head and mumbled in protest, "Grandfather, I don't understand what you're saying, and I don't care. Besides, Brother Wang Chen is not some brat."
Jing Hongchen looked at his precious, obedient granddaughter, who was actually contradicting him for a brat. For a moment, he felt like the cabbage he had raised was about to be ruined by a pig.
Immediately, his blood pressure soared, his face flushed red, and his heart bled. He wished he could slap that brat named Wang Chen to death.
Jing Hongchen took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, and then said, "Number Three."
"Hall Master!" A middle-aged woman in spirit tool armor with an ordinary appearance appeared beside Jing Hongchen, kneeling on one knee and saluting Jing Hongchen.
Jing Hongchen said in a deep voice, "From now on, when the young lady goes out, you will be responsible for her personal protection. You don't need to worry about anything the young lady does, but as long as she goes to the Wang Family, bring her back to me."
"Yes, Family Head," the middle-aged woman immediately replied.
"Grandfather, you're mean! Waaah, I hate you, waaah…" Hearing that her grandfather actually ordered a guard to prevent her from meeting Brother Wang Chen, Meng Hongchen immediately wiped away her tears and ran towards her residence.
Jing Hongchen watched his obedient granddaughter cry, and he felt bad, sighing involuntarily.
In fact, although he cursed Wang Chen as a brat, at first, he didn't mind his granddaughter meeting Wang Chen.
According to his investigation, Wang Chen's talent in spirit tools was excellent.
He was not inferior to his grandson Xiao Hongchen and could be called a truly talented person.
As for spirit power cultivation, with Wang Chen's innate spirit power of Nine-level, he had hope of breaking through to Titled Douluo and becoming a Nine-level Soul Mentor in the future.
Thus, although Wang Chen's family background was a bit lacking, he was barely qualified to be with his granddaughter.
Therefore, in the past, although he disliked Wang Chen, he had never interfered or obstructed, always prioritizing his granddaughter's feelings.
However, times were different now.
His Majesty the Emperor's health was poor, and recently, even court sessions were occasionally canceled.
The several princes who were qualified to inherit the throne felt that the emperor did not have long to live, and their eyes turned red for that supreme position.
The princes were both promising benefits to win over ministers and Soul Mentors.
And attacking other opposing princes and the forces behind them.
The time was still short, and the outcome was not yet clear.
Whether it was the eldest prince Xu Tianran, or the Second Prince Xu Tianyu, whose maternal clan was powerful, or the Third Prince Xu Tianshi, who had the support of the imperial relatives, any of them could ascend to the throne.
No one dared to assert which prince would become the new master of the Sun Moon Empire in the future.
Therefore, the true top powerhouses of the Sun Moon Empire were observing, absolutely not easily placing their bets.
After all, while the merit of following a dragon to power was good, if one placed the wrong bet and was purged by the new monarch in the future, that was no laughing matter.
However, at such a time, Wang Yan (the Wang Family head), that old immortal, in order to break through his bottleneck and enter the Titled Douluo realm, actually directly got involved in the succession struggle, strongly supporting the Second Prince Xu Tianyu.
In Jing Hongchen's view, this was simply insane.
If it succeeded, it would be fine. In the future, the Second Prince would definitely reciprocate, providing resources to help Wang Yan break through to the Nine-level Titled Douluo, allowing Wang Yan to extend his life by several decades.
However, once the Second Prince lost, Wang Yan was very likely to be purged by the new emperor, suffering a tragic end of death and family annihilation. With Wang Yan's peak Spirit Douluo strength, he could not protect the Wang Family.
However, thinking that Wang Yan, that old fellow, was already over a hundred years old and probably wouldn't live much longer, even if he died, it wouldn't be a loss.
The only ones who would suffer were probably the younger members of the Wang Family.
Jing Hongchen couldn't help but sigh at how ruthless Wang Yan, that old fellow, was.
For the sake of breaking through to Titled Douluo and living for several more decades, he completely disregarded the lives of his descendants.
Jing Hongchen prided himself on being ruthless, but compared to Wang Yan, that old fellow, he had to admit defeat.
Therefore, after learning that Wang Yan was involved in the succession struggle, Jing Hongchen no longer allowed his granddaughter to contact Wang Chen.
Otherwise, once Wang Yan, that old fellow, used the connection between Wang Chen and his granddaughter to claim that Jing Hongchen was his backer…
Then it would truly be like a mute eating bitter herbs—having suffering but unable to speak of it.