"Ambition?" Nangong Xu sneered, "We're both descendants of the Nangong Family, so why can you inherit the family while we remain servants for a lifetime? Over the past hundred years, we've sacrificed too much to maintain this family. We all share the same blood; everyone is qualified to inherit the family. If it were based on merit, I'd have nothing to say. But each generation is worse than the last. Nangong Shengjie is obsessed with music and can't do anything. The family will be destroyed in his hands sooner or later. So many people have sacrificed for this empire, so no one can ruin it!"
"Is that why you killed Shengjie?" Nangong Ruyue asked angrily.
Nangong Xu stopped pretending and said calmly, "I didn't kill him, just tested him. He can only blame himself for being too incompetent, unable to handle even a few third-rate assassins. How can he manage this family without strength? Ruyue, everything I do is for the good of the entire family."
