He felt that it was good news, because the King's son should be easier to deal with. The man who built the Shadow Door might be powerful and difficult to handle, when it came to bargaining and trading exchange, if he had been someone else.
If it was the King's own son, he would consider his own bloodline. After all, he built the Shadow Door secretively, only because he wanted the throne, didn't he?
If he could be made use of based on his plan, like promising to help him obtain the throne, everything else would not be a problem.
However, whether or not the King would find it good news depended on his own attitude. As far as he could tell, the King was arrogant and spoke highly of himself, but he was not at all talented.
When the King heard that… he denied disdainfully, just as he had predicted that he would. "Lord Huai? That is impossible!"
"…"
"Elder Qianji, you must be wrong."
"…"
