It's Unbelieve that Somebody, Like Him, Exists

　　He was still at that same room in that leisure building locating within the pavilion, where the sound of moving water could be heard.

　　Jin w.a.n.gsun sat alone by the pond in an erect sitting posture. He was flipping through a book in his hands and carefully reading every word. The maids and servants in the pavilion were moving about as per usual. The incident that took place yesterday shook up the entire city, yet it seemed as though his life and mood at as the new master of Gold and Silver Sect wasn't affected in the least.

　　The Emperor's punishment was so light that it was unbelievable. It made people feel as though the Gold and Silver Sect's honour far surpa.s.sed the other Seven Champion White Princes.

　　As a consequence, the servants within the estate were indifferent to the entire incident. They didn't consider it a big deal, despite knowing that their Master had caused trouble.

　　However, those few family slaves that were close to him and present at the location were aware that Jin w.a.n.gsun's mood couldn't be any worse.

　　Jin w.a.n.gsun was still that young master of Jin Clan, who was always three feet behind his father and rule abiding. Thus, he should've been delighted and thanking the Emperor for his leniency and tolerance, for it was practically a blessing after what he did. After all, he sent his family slaves out, who then went and hit members of the royal family, which included His Majesty. Yet he was merely grounded for ten days and permitted to go about life as usual and suffered no material losses, in spite of the severity of his crimes.

　　However, this punishment he was subjected to caused him to feel incomparably bad, despite still being the same Jin w.a.n.gsun and having been the master of Gold and Silver Sect for so long, for the reason that one should confine himself to his own duties.

　　The Seven Champion Princes are essentially guardians of Nanjing. Each one of them has their own territory and forces, similarly to Barons given their own territory to rule. He controls the taxes, sets the prices for food and can kill without consequences within his territory. That's the right given to the Seven Champion White Princes by the Imperial Court. In terms of practical authority, their authority stands even above Princes of the royal family. Furthermore, most of the territories of Princes are returned to the Imperial Court after a hundred years. The Seven White Champion Princes, on the other hand, get to keep pa.s.sing down their territory within their families.

　　Jin w.a.n.gsun is the master of Gold and Silver Sect; hence, every interaction he has with the Imperial Court directly influences the att.i.tude of the Imperial Court toward Gold and Silver Sect. For him to be placed under house arrest after his marriage proposal is a major blow to both him and Gold and Silver Sect.

　　How would the other Seven Champion White Princes and even others in the martial world look at Gold and Silver Sect after he is placed under house arrest in the capital? That's not all. How were his loyal subordinates in the sect going to evaluate him when he's found himself in this predicament as soon as he took up the post?

　　He obtained a high-ranking position at a young age and led the capture of Night Fortress, thereby taking the throne to rule over the martial world in Hangzhou. He didn't sacrifice so much blood and sweat to be locked up in the capital.

　　All of this worried him. He was unsettled and even felt somewhat violent and insulted.

　　Jin w.a.n.gsun's ideal plan fell through. Besides his personal fondness for Princess Hongzhuang, whom he fell for at first sight, he also had his own difficulties that he couldn't mention.

　　A major incident occurred internally in the sect, so he required the a.s.sistance of the Imperial Court. Therefore, Princess Hongzhuang was of utmost importance to him. At first, he was worried about Princess Hongzhuang being dislikeable, for a man's most important woman was his main wife. Wives are different to concubines. You can have a hundred concubines, but regardless of how much power you wield or if your wealth could rival the nation, you can only have one wife. Consequently, the most important thing for families was marrying into or bringing into the family somebody with equal status, wealth and so forth, which is the most important thing particularly for prominent families. Of course, that is with regards to one's wife.

　　Jin w.a.n.gsun was not only pleased with the Princess, but was also fond of her from first sight, but this situation was completely unexpected.

　　"Hongzhuang…"

　　Jin w.a.n.gsun turned left as he murmured the Princess' name. The charming silhouette of the beauty flashed past in his mind, causing him to feel his heart heat up. The young master couldn't help but think of the Princess whenever he thought about his predicament.