I really became a king.

Chapter 97: The Su Palace in Trouble
In the Dali Dynasty, military merit was particularly valued, and only royal family members with outstanding military achievements would be granted the title of prince.

Take Jiang Yi for example. In the battle of Longmen, he defended the honor of the royal family; in the battle of Famen Mountain, he re-established the dignity of secular martial arts; although he was famous, he still could not be promoted to the title of prince and was still just a prince of a county.

Princes have a very respected status in the Dali Dynasty and are naturally very rare.

In the current Dali Dynasty, there are only seven people who hold the title of prince, including the title of prince which has been vacant in the Mu family of Northern Frontier.

In other words, there were only six royal family members who were granted the title of prince, namely Prince Duan Jiang Lie, Prince Yi Jiang Mo, Prince Rui Jiang Li, Prince Su Jiang Lin, Prince Zhong Jiang Se, and the last one was Prince Guo Jiang Yuchong, an old royal family member who was in charge of the Imperial Household Department.

Among these six princes, except Prince Zhong Jiang Se who was granted the title with the help of the Queen's unconditional support, the other five all had outstanding military achievements, and they were all real military achievements.

Prince Su's Palace, as one of the five most prominent palaces in the imperial capital of Dali, naturally has an extremely respected status.

Although Prince Su Jiang Lin was seriously injured a few years ago and was in a semi-conscious state, Crown Prince Jiang Hai was outstanding both in terms of mind and martial arts talent. He single-handedly took charge of the Imperial Guards on behalf of his father and supported the huge gate of the Prince Su's Mansion.

But now, the Prince Su's Mansion, which was awe-inspiring on weekdays, was like a vegetable market.

A group of people gathered at the gate, pointing and talking, making a lot of noise. There was no majesty or style of a royal palace at all.

Jiang Yi walked forward step by step. As he got closer, the discussions of the onlookers gradually reached his ears.

"Thinking back to the beginning, Prince Su was so heroic, I never thought he would fall to this point."

"When Crown Prince Jiang Hai was in power, the family was able to maintain its status, but now..."

"Yes, now that Prince Su's martial arts have been abolished, the Prince Su's Palace has also declined."

"It's not just a decline, it looks like the family is in danger..."

"How dare the Huang family cancel the engagement at this time? No matter what, Jiang Hai is the legitimate grandson of the Dali Emperor."

"Why not? The Queen of Dali is standing behind her, and the Emperor of Dali can't say anything..."

"..."

As the voices of discussion reached his ears, Jiang Yi's expression became more and more gloomy. Jiang Xueer, who was following behind him, tightly shut her mouth, fearing that she would get into trouble at this moment.

In front of the gate of Prince Su's Mansion, besides the crowd of onlookers, there was another group of people who stood out and were also one of the targets of the crowd.
About a dozen servants in blue clothes were carrying five or six heavy wooden boxes, each of which was wrapped with a red silk cloth. The leader was a middle-aged man dressed as a clerk, who stood with his hands behind his back, shouting at the servants to carry the wooden boxes into the palace.

"Hurry up, you haven't eaten yet, why are you taking so long?"

Opposite him was a middle-aged noblewoman, dressed in brocade and satin and wearing a phoenix hairpin on her head, who tried to stop the other party from carrying the wooden box into the palace.

"Butler Zhang, what are you doing? Why did you really send the betrothal gifts back?"

"Princess, the master asked me to return the betrothal gifts and cancel the engagement. Here is the marriage certificate. Since Prince Su and the Crown Prince are both unconscious, please go ahead." The Huang residence's chief steward handed the marriage certificate to the middle-aged lady with a flat tone, without any respect.

As soon as the marriage certificate came out, the discussions around became louder, and everyone turned their eyes to the noble lady. Some felt regret, some felt sympathy, and of course some gloated.

The middle-aged beautiful woman trembled slightly, and stood palely under the plaque of "Prince Su's Mansion". Behind her, except for a few angry maids, there was no one else. She was alone and looked a little helpless. She tried her best to hold back the tears in her eyes, and wanted to say something to save the situation, but she didn't know how to start. She couldn't help but look around, as if hoping that someone would come out and speak for her.

But when he looked around in confusion, he found that there was not a single male member of the palace except for a few personal maids and onlookers. Who could help him?

The middle-aged noblewoman was overwhelmed with grief, and tried her best to control her tears. However, she still tried hard not to let them fall. No matter what, she would not let everyone see the tears of Prince Su.

This is also the only way to save a bit of face for the Su Palace. However, she knows in her heart that the Su Palace has collapsed. After her own palace and the prince's palace fell one after another, the Su Palace also collapsed.

"Please don't make things difficult for us servants, Princess."

Butler Zhang smiled and bowed, his expression and words were all casual and perfunctory. After that, he waved his hand to signal the servant to carry the betrothal gifts into the palace, and he actually wanted to force his way in in front of the hostess.

"Haha, you still know that you are just a servant? Then who gave you the guts to act wild here!"

A cold shout was heard by everyone present. When they looked in the direction of the sound, they saw a young man with starry eyes and sword-like brows walking towards them with a murderous look on his face, followed by a delicate and lovely maid.

"Who is this? What a big mouth!"

"Yeah, you dare to take care of such things?"

"Alas, they are young people after all. They don't know how high the heaven is or how deep the earth is. Haven't you seen that there is not a single man coming out of the huge Prince Su's Mansion..."

The crowd immediately started pointing at Jiang Yi as he walked towards them, and the scene became noisy again.

But they soon quieted down, and even consciously made way for him, because someone in the crowd recognized Jiang Yi's identity and stopped the gossip of the people around him in time.

Jiang Yi's face was as gloomy as water, and a deep sense of empathy and sorrow rose in his heart. Not long ago, Prince Duan's mansion was also bullied like this.

But in the end, a man finally stood up. But now, the huge gate of Prince Su's Mansion is actually supported by a woman. It is really absurd and a disgrace to the Dali royal family!

At the same time, he also felt a little self-blame. The root of all this was because Jiang Haiwuji was abolished and the Prince Su's Mansion lost its pillar, which led to people bullying him. If he had taken out the Vein-Shaping Pill at the beginning, this scene might have been avoided.

But he had selfish motives and wanted to win over a group of people. After all, the easier it is to get something, the less precious it will be.

Seeing Jiang Yi approaching, the beautiful middle-aged woman, who had been trying hard to control her expression, had a complicated expression, but she could no longer control it and tears dripped from the corners of her eyes. In the huge Dali royal family, a man finally stood up, and it was this man.

Butler Zhang looked a little flustered. After all, the three words "Prince Yi" had been very powerful in recent years. He was, after all, a servant who was relying on the power of another. How could he not be afraid?

Of course, there were also some stupid servants who did not recognize Jiang Yi's identity. When they saw Jiang Yi approaching in a swagger, they stepped forward with a horsewhip in their hands to stop him, wanting to put on a good show.

Fortunately, he was pulled back in time by someone close to him. After a whisper, his legs trembled with fear. Then he felt his hands were empty and the whip was already in the other person's hands.

Jiang Yi held the horsewhip in his right hand and tapped the palm of his left hand gently. He walked to the gate of Prince Su's Mansion and stood in front of Butler Zhang.

(End of this chapter)