Phoenix's Requiem - Chapter 453: Clearing Out Weeds

... hermore, given his title as the Slaughtering King, Li Qianyuan had always been worried that Li Mo would threaten his hard-fought position as emperor.

In fact, he had even planned for all sorts of contingencies ever since Li Mo and Yun Ruoyan’s return to the capital, but he had never needed to make use of them. Given Li Mo’s inaction toward him, Li Qianyuan gradually began to relax, and even began thinking about trying to curry favor with Li Mo.

He had tried to summon Li Mo to the ...