The Kong, Fan and Ji clan were only taking advantage of the emperor to amass power.
The emperor was desperate for support after his enthronement, the Fan, Kong and Ji clan just used his desperation for their selfish needs.
Before I left the capital, they had promised their allegence to me, those clans were just crafty bastards playing the emperor" The clan lord explained as he took a sip of tea.
"If I'm not wrong, then the goal the prince of the North is after, is to strengthen imperial power, in the last few hundred years,
The Imperial clan's power has been greatly reduced by the noble and aristocratic families, the two factions have been controlling the imperial court and had held on to military power for a very long time.
But now, the Prince Of The North has weaken those hundreds years of power accumulated by the noble and aristocratic families in one swoop with the purge he carried out on the nobles.
Positions in the imperial court will now become vacant, all the emperor has to do now is to fill those positions with his loyal subjects and then slowly regain control of the imperial court.
"Do you know why he chose to target the Moonshade Sect?" The clan lord asked gently.
The Moonshade Sect is a three star sect only below the Big three sects, if he wanted to send a strong warning to the other sects, the Moonshade Sect would be the best choice" Qing Ying answered.
"That's right, now that he's used the Moonshade Sect to send his warning, The other Quasi three star sects and peak two stars sects would all become docile and willingly let go of most of their control they have over the capital.
If they refuse, he'll use the same premise of quashing a rebellion to bring them down.
Everything his done since his arrival are all connected one way or the other, he's crafted a flawless plan with no weaknesses. Such a genius!!" The clan Lord said with admiration, Gu Shang had really gained his respect.
This plan is a very perfect plan, but it's a shame that it's been wasted" The clan lord said with a sigh.
All the members gathered at the hall were surprised to hear that, how is this perfect plan wasted. To be honest Gu Shang plan was really a good plan, he had literally cleared the court for the emperor to rearrange and get control over.
Now apart from the big three who are already beyond the reach of the empire, all the sects will now have to obey the imperial family. They saw no weakness in the plan, they were begining to fear how this development may hinder their plans.
"You have nothing to worry about, our plan would still go smoothly, there won't be any complications" The lord of the clan said as he raised his tea cup and swerled it in the air.
"The Prince of the north plan would be flawless if it were any other emperor on the throne, but definitely not in the case of the current emperor.
The emperor is a suspicious man, ever since his ascension, his biggest insecurity is the man we all refer to as the prince of the north.
That insecurity of his would cause him to doubt every action of the prince of the north, he'll always be indecisive and try to see what the prince of the north is planning"
"But those doubts won't affect the prince's plan very much, would it?" Qing Yan said with doubt as he opened his paper fan to cover his mouth.
"You're right son, those insecurities won't affect the plan much, but that's when I come in, I'm going to use those insecurities of the emperor to suppress the prince of the north" the clan lord said as he crushed the tea cup he was swerling in his hands expressionlessly.
"Father, if it's possible why don't you use this chance to get rid of him, he doesn't look like someone who'll easily switch" Qing Ying suggested.
Her father was still underestimating Gu Shang even after telling him all the storm he's caused in his few weeks in the capital.
In that brief period she got to know him, she believed he was very dangerous and would become a big stumbling block to their plans, but unfortunately for her, the clan lord wasn't taking her opinion seriously.
"We'll see about that. Enough about the prince of the north for now, tomorrow we'll throw a banquet for your brother for finishing in the top fifty of the Young Lords Ranking" The clan lord said as he got up from his seat. All the members in the hall also got up and bowed their heads as he left the hall.
Qing Ying and the other members of the Qing clan were all surprised and excited to hear his last words, they all went of their knees after the clan lord had left and shouted with excitement, "Congratulations, young master!!"
After the greetings, they all got up to fawn on Qing Yan.
This was fantastic news to them, with this they'll gain more power and influence in the capital.
The goddess of luck was truly smiling at them.
On the other hand, Qing Ying wondered if her brother will be able to defeat Gu Shang one day.
......
Hanshu City,
Zhang Han was taking a walk outside the bustling streets of Hanshu City along with Zhi Hui.
After waking up, he found out that the Restoration Pill had healed all his wounds without even leaving a scar, Pill master Zhi Yu was so shocked that he had not wanted to let Zhang Han leave the inn, he kept researching on Zhang Han body to find out how such a miracle happen.
He's been practicing medicine all his life and had never encountered such a situation before, he had tried to even force Zhang Han to vomit and see if there was any reminder of the pill left.
Zhang Han after seeing his reaction saw how big of a mistake he had made, he shouldn't have showed them that he was healed completely, this might be a world were everything was possible, but there were also bound to be some impossibilities.
He just wanted to take some fresh air after cultivating and dealing with the Zhi Yu, but the adorable Zhi Hui decided to tag along.
In the bustling streets of the night, the streets were lit up brightly with floating lanterns with fire flys serving as the main source of power.
Comrades talked and laughed on the streets, whiles the women gossiped, children ran around with paper toys in their hands whiles merchants kept shouting and pulling people towards their merchandise.
The aroma of different sorts of delicacies filled the streets as carriages and horses passed the streets.
Of course there was the occasional shouting of the spoilt rich noble brats, scoldings people for bumping or looking at them.
"Overall, this sight was such a beautiful sight to see, even his previous world could not give him the feelings he felt at this moment.
The adorable Zhi Hui eyes shinned with curiosity as she looked at every item on the street.
Zhang felt very regretful because he didn't have any money on him to buy anything for the endearing young woman Infront of him.
Though it had only been a day or two, Zhang Han was beginning to feel attached to this young lady, she was the first friend he's ever made in this world and he couldn't help wanting to protect her.
He promised to buy her something special when he gets his hands on some coins.
.....
Outside the inn where Zhang Han was staying,
Zhi Yu got up from his chair in his room on the second floor, and walked towards the window before looking outside the street.
He had felt like someone was watching him, but after looking outside, he found nobody there, he closed the window and went back to his desk, a bloody scroll with strange letters layed on the desk, he opened it and began reading it.
...
Outside the Inn, two people in black cloaks appeared after Zhi Yu closed his window.
"Send a message to Rising Phoenix Manor,inform them that we've found the demonic pill master.