Conchobar sneered, "Starting today, I will have him watched. If I find out he harbors any restive thoughts, then he can forget about the throne I intended to leave to him."
Jiang Lu blinked, so Cu Chulainn was being groomed by Conchobar to be the King?
It made sense, given Cu Chulainn's own capabilities. Add to that the fact that his biological father was none other than Conchobar himself. Besides, Conchobar had no other progeny but him, which seemed fairly reasonable.
In a way, Cu Chulainn's belief that the people were more important than the King, and that the King should stand up to protect his subjects, made him even more qualified to be King than Conchobar.
Although Jiang Lu had long been aware of everything, to verify and see if there was any discrepancy between the statements of Conchobar and Dechtire, he still feigned ignorance and asked,