The competition continued, Shangguan Ji couldn't leave and had to send a trusted aide to watch over it. Although Shen Junshan was a playboy, Shangguan Ji felt a kindred spirit with him, always sensing a resilience and defiance in Shen Junshan that others lacked. Among the noble family sons, the only one Shangguan Ji wished for to join the Flying Tiger Army was Shen Junshan.
Shangguan Tong won, regardless of whether his victory was honorable enough. Shen Junshan fell off the competition stage, while Shangguan Tong remained on it.
Despite the officials feeling his win was not forthright, Shangguan Tong was the son of the Duke Chong, and he had the Empress Dowager for backing. Who would dare intervene?
Moreover, although the Flying Tiger Army was nominally the court's, it was practically in the hands of Duke Chong's Mansion.
The strife between two brothers was beyond outsiders' reach.
