When Simon woke up the next morning he was alone on the bed he quickly got up and in his hurry, he nearly fell from the bed but thankfully Yibo caught him before he could fall and picked him up in his arms.

"Where are you going?"

Simon smiled, "Father!" he said and hugged his father tightly. Yibo smiled and hugged him back.

"Father you really scared me." He said as he hugged him tighter.

Yibo laughed, "I am sorry, dearest... okay so as an apology I allow you to take a day off from your training."

"No, thanks father I am a very good student I will go."

"I didn't know that my dearest disciple was so dedicated towards training," Cheng spoke as he came in.

Yibo put Simon down and Cheng told him, "Zhan is waiting for you..." and then he looked at Cheng, "While you little shit, go and play I am busy today..."

Simon looked at them, "Where are you going?" he asked and Cheng replied, "Too teach someone else a lesson."

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"That bastard!" Callum said as he the vase on the ground, "How can he survive? the poison the bandits and even those fucking slaves!"

"HOW" Callum was so furious, "why is the heaven so nice to that mutt?"

Amias was beside him, "Clam down duke."

"CALM DOWN? HOW CAN I CALM DOWN? THE PRINCESS HOW THE HELL DID SHE APPEAR OVER THERE? SHE NOT OLY SAVED THE DUKE SHE ALSO SAVED THOSE SLAVES THE MOST DISGUSTING ROYAL SHE IS.

AND THOSE BANDITS GOOD FOR NOTHING BASTARDS!"

Amias sighed and Callum spoke, "The duke has not gone to court, the news had not spread...."

"Isn't that nice duke?" Amias spoke, "Even if fule goes to the court the royals ad queen will support you and there is no evidence to prove that you poisoned him and those slaves? their worst hold no value."

Callum had his head in his hand, nearly ripping off his hair, "You don't understand Amias the fact that he is not doing anything and remaining calm is ever more terrifying."

"Why?"

"A beast waits in silence, in hiding for a long time with no movement watching his prey observing his every move before attacking him."

Amias still didn't understand what he meant but chose to remain silent.

~~~~~

"Glad you are here," Zhan said to Yibo once he came inside the room and after Cheng came in Haoxuan closed the door, Yanli was also there.

Zhan spoke once everyone was there, "So... what duke Callum did was a clear disrespect and a sign that like him many other nobles have started to look down on the dukedom.

Haoxuan also spoke, "Yesterday, when the duke was poisoned, 'coincidentally' the bandits appeared."

Yanli spoke, "This is a very strong accusation Haoxuan... but it can be true the fact that the nobility backs the bandits... it is possible."

Zhan smirked, "And duke of the south just did that blunder he exposed his own self to us... isn't that just marvelous?"

Everyone in the room smirked.

"What's the plan?" Yibo asked.

Zhan smirked, "We divide and conquer."

Cheng finally spoke, "As long as Queen Cassandra is ruling there is no way we can ever bring down the nobility and royalty, these both are parasites sucking each other off.

We have no proof as of now that Bandits are backed by the nobles, and bandits always kill themselves when they are weak or in danger of getting captured."

Yanli asked, "Then how are we going to bring them down?"

Cheng smirked, his eyes filling with madness, and the sinister smile that he gave was enough to send chills down anyone's spine, "We are going to hunt them."

Before can ask Cheng spoke, "The three dukedoms out of whom your dukedom is the bigger brother Yibo." Cheng spoke, "The other two duke of south Callum Ashford, duke of East Dennis Blackwell... and then the Marquis, counts, and generals of their respective regions and army."

"These two dukedoms are the center of everything... if we bring them down then Nobility will crumble... "

"And how are we going to do that?" Yibo asked.

"By making them fight each other, here is the way... we all know that way bandits dress up and their techniques how about we train people from our army to learn the way Bandits fight and behave and make them go after the children of Nobility."

Yibo smirked, "You mean for example we kill the child of Duke Callum and blame it on the bandits in the same way we kill the child of Duke Dennis and then blame it on the bandits?"

Cheng nodded and Zhan spoke, "you are right duke except we are not going to harm Dule Callum we are going to frame him."

"How?" Yibo asked.

Cheng answered, "We are not going to touch, the dukes we will go after the lower nobles, and one by one when they will lose their faith in the dukes, we will lure them on our side and when the nobility will become hollow we will strike them, we can also take this opportunity to make nobility come on our side that way the authority of the royalty will go down."

No one spoke after that however Haoxuan broke the silence, "I agree with Lord Cheng this is the best plan we can use right now."

Yibo spoke, "The amount of bloodshed it will cause is too much."

Yanli spoke, "Doesn't matter duke, we have to do this, think of it as a punishment god in bestowing in these nobles through us. This method may be harsh but the crimes these nobles have committed are inhumane."

Zhan nodded, "She is right, this is the only way to bring these bastards and instill fear in them while we can go for the peaceful way but it will take too much time and life is too short duke, to save thousands of lives, the lives of these lower caste people if we have to kill a hundred then I see no problem in it."

Cheng spoke, "Give us the permission duke."

Yibo sighed, "You have my permission but we don't necessarily go after the heirs, there are some heirs that are actually kind-hearted, and share the same thoughts with us."

Cheng spoke, "In that case, we just have to kill their fathers or mother whoever is the head of the family.  If a new head is appointed it will be easier to bring them on our side. Come on brother, we have to do this or perish."

Zhan spoke, "My dream was always and always to serve this nation and means the people."

CHeng spoke, "I am willing to do this too."

Yanli added, "Duke all of us are nobles... and the nobles have existed to assist the ruler to bring peace to the nation and if the ruler fails then it's the nobles job to correct that mistake."

Haoxuan spoke as well, "I agree with everyone here, the path may be bloody, but it can save thousands of lives in the long run, if not us then someone else but someone has to raise the voice. If God is cannot then let us punish them on his behalf."

Yibo closed his eyes and sighed, if he said yes then his goal of a peaceful life will flush down the drain. But then the faces of those slaves and those four people flashed before his eyes and finally opened his eyes.

"Okay."

Author's note: Wohooo the things are going to get bloody! who agrees with this method? is it right or is it not? but then again who are we to decide what's wrong and right?

What would you have done in their place, kill or be killed?