Free Web NovelIf one were to speak of the person Zhao Chen most respected and felt closest to within the Zhao Family, it would be the Second Old Madam before him.
When Zhao Chen was old enough to remember, his parents had already passed away.
He only had his indifferent elder sister and his infant younger sister.
Besides them, most people in the Zhao Family believed Zhao Chen was an extra, for Zhao Chen's birth forced the Zhao Family's eldest young lady, who could have become the Zhao Family's head and a Baron of the Xiaolong Galaxy, to leave her home.
Throughout Zhao Chen's childhood, the Second Old Madam had always looked after him, just like his own grandmother or mother.
"Get up quickly, get up quickly. You are a Baron now, how can you kneel to this old woman?" Old Madam Zhao hurriedly helped Zhao Chen up, her face filled with tenderness as she looked at the young man before her.
"After more than a year apart, you've grown taller and stronger."
After being helped up, Zhao Chen supported Old Madam Zhao and walked towards the house: "You are old, you shouldn't be walking around outside at this time.
Let me help you back inside."
"At a time like this, how can I rest peacefully?
Just now, I heard Zhao Wan'er say that you annihilated the Interstellar Pirate Fleet and are now clearing out the remaining Starships that assisted the Bao Family and Cui Family?" Old Madam Zhao asked with concern.
Zhao Chen replied: "It's all taken care of. The Three-Clawed Serpent Interstellar Pirate Fleet's thirty-five Starships were completely annihilated by us in the Dragon Tail Star area.
The sixteen Starships controlled by the Bao Family and Cui Family, two T2 Starships and seven T1 Starships, were destroyed by our ships. The remaining seven T1 Starships all surrendered.
The Bao Family and Cui Family, having lost their fleet power, can no longer stir up any trouble."
Hearing Zhao Chen announce this matter so casually, the Zhao Family members were, in fact, extremely shocked.
What had originally affected the Xiaolong Main Star for two months, making the Zhao Family believe a great disaster was imminent, was now settled by Zhao Chen in just a few words?
"Jiang Hong, help me contact all the nobles in the Xiaolong Galaxy. Within five hours, have all those patriarchs come to the Zhao Family Residence to see me. Tell them this is the Baron's command.
Anyone who dares not come will bear the consequences." Zhao Chen looked at Jiang Hong, whom he was meeting for the first time, and gave orders directly without any unfamiliarity.
Jiang Hong was stunned. She instinctively glanced at Zhao Wan'er.
Zhao Wan'er said: "Jiang Hong, do as my brother says." freeωebnovēl.c૦m
"Yes." Jiang Hong began to handle the matter.
"Chen'er, are you preparing to deal with this matter?" Old Madam Zhao detected the hint in Zhao Chen's words.
Zhao Chen nodded.
Old Madam Zhao continued to ask: "Allow this old woman to speak a few more words, what are you planning to do?"
"The Xiaolong Galaxy has been corrupt for many years; it's time for a major purge," Zhao Chen said.
Old Madam Zhao looked at Zhao Chen, and she stroked Zhao Chen's cheek with her dry hand: "He's grown up, our Chen'er has truly grown up.
Go do it. No matter what you do, you are our Zhao Family's Baron, and Grandma supports you."
"Grandma, the scene later might not /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ be suitable for you to see, so perhaps you should move somewhere else?" Zhao Chen said with some hesitation.
Old Madam Zhao laughed heartily. She held her dragon-head cane: "Chen'er, do whatever you want to do.
I, your Grandma, have lived for over a hundred years; what kind of scene haven't I seen?
You probably don't know, when your grandfather became the lord, I was the co-Commander of the Xiaolong Galaxy's fleet.
I'll just sit here today and watch how our Chen'er cleans house.
Zhao Wan'er, help me bring that chair over." freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
Zhao Wan'er looked at her brother. She didn't know when it started, but her brother, whom she originally looked down upon, had already become her backbone.
Zhao Chen nodded slightly.
Zhao Wan'er walked into the house and brought out a red sandalwood dragon-patterned chair. The chair was very old, with cracks and faded marks on it.
This was left by Zhao Chen's great-grandfather, the founder of the Zhao Family.
Old Madam Zhao liked this red sandalwood dragon-patterned chair the most.
Old Madam Zhao sat on the red sandalwood dragon-patterned chair, holding her dragon-head cane.
Just then, a squadron of Interstellar Drones appeared in the distant sky, and it seemed as if something was dangling beneath their bodies.
Subsequently, a horrifying scene appeared before the Zhao Family members.
Several corpses were directly thrown into the Zhao Family courtyard by these Interstellar Drones, and a voice came from an Interstellar Drone.
"Reporting to the Captain, the Cui Family members were stubborn and attempted armed resistance; according to your instructions, the Cui Family Residence has been destroyed, and all two hundred twenty-five members of the Cui Family, from top to bottom, have been killed.
These are the remains of the Cui Family's patriarch and several of their internal high-ranking members."
The Cui Family?
Some Zhao Family members stared closely at the corpses on the ground, and when they saw a bloody head, it was indeed the Cui Family's patriarch!
Some women and children were already covering their mouths and vomiting at this moment.
The smell of blood also assailed their nostrils.
"That old thing from the Cui Family should have died long ago. A traitorous fellow! If Father hadn't taken in their Cui Family ancestors and given them a place to eat back then, there would be no Cui Family in the Xiaolong Galaxy. Bah!"
Old Madam Zhao looked at the bloody scene before her without changing her expression; instead, she cursed the Cui Family members.
Afterward, several more batches of Interstellar Drones arrived, either carrying corpses or living people.
The living people were also tied in nets and then directly thrown into the Zhao Family courtyard from several meters high, basically leaving them with only half a breath.
The Zhao Family members looked at these people who were brought in, all of whom, without exception, were noble forces who had overtly or covertly supported the Cui Family and Bao Family.
Suddenly, a person being hoisted by an Interstellar Drone attracted everyone's attention.
The Bao Family's patriarch, Bao Dashan!
Bao Dashan's face was covered in blood, his eyes were lifeless, and he looked utterly distraught.
Receiving the same treatment as the previous people, he was also heavily thrown to the ground.
"Patriarch Bao, still doing well, I see." Zhao Chen smiled as he looked at Bao Dashan, who was thrown down like a pile of mud.
When Bao Dashan saw the person before him, he instantly roared in fury: "Zhao Chen! You beast, you devil.
You actually slaughtered my entire clan!
I will never rest until I've avenged myself against you, and I won't let you go even if I become a ghost."
Hearing Bao Dashan's words, the Zhao Family members' hearts trembled; another Xiaolong noble family had been completely massacred.
"Bao Dashan, I find your audacity truly remarkable.
Who orchestrated the assassination plot, intending to kill me and Zhao Wan'er?
Who secretly organized ground forces, preparing to use force to control the Zhao Family Residence once news of my death arrived?" Zhao Chen sneered.
Bao Dashan was left speechless by the retort but glared at Zhao Chen furiously, his posture indicating he wished to tear Zhao Chen into ten thousand pieces, but alas, both his legs were broken, leaving him no chance for revenge.
"Find a pillar and tie Patriarch Bao to it.
The corpses too, tie them all up. If they're just left on the ground, what if they catch a cold?" Zhao Chen said nonchalantly.
Soon, Bao Dashan, who was once one of the three great noble families of the Xiaolong Galaxy, was tied to a pillar like livestock.
Old Madam Zhao watched Zhao Chen's actions but remained silent, even taking several sips of tea.
Just then, a shuttle arrived outside the Zhao Family Residence, but due to the interception by Interstellar Drones, this shuttle could only stop outside the courtyard.
"Report, the Jiang family's patriarch has arrived." A servant of the Zhao Family reported.
The Jiang family was the only surviving Jiang family among the three great families of the Xiaolong Galaxy, and also the family of Zhao Chen's fiancée, Jiang Shasha.
