I am the King

Chapter 15

"Are you guys kidding me? How could this woman possibly be the most honored guest?" Edison asked, incredulous.

"No mistake, Mr. Field himself arranged for this. Tonight's banquet, Miss Emma Joseph is indeed our most esteemed guest," the guard stated sternly.

The Joseph family erupted into a moment of lamentation.

‘Emma, the castaway expelled by the Joseph family, couldn't possibly be Mr. Field's most honored guest. Is it because of Vincent?’ They couldn't accept this. Doesn't it mean Vincent is a truly influential figure?

"You insolent fools. Do not question Mr. Field's decisions here," the captain of the guards said. "You've been blacklisted by Mr. Field. Now, please leave, or we'll have to use force."

Faced with the guard's threat, neither the Joseph family nor the Barton family dared to speak.

But the most excited person at this moment was Emma, her heart pounding violently. ‘This gold invitation is real. I am Stanley Field's most esteemed guest. Then perhaps what Vincent said about his identity is also true...’

Una, seeing the Joseph family and the Barton family being struck down, felt a sense of revenge. She deliberately walked up to the guards and asked, "Why are they standing at the door?"

The captain of the guards replied expressionlessly, "They've been blacklisted by Mr. Field and prohibited from entry."

"Oh, I see," Una felt the years of resentment from being kicked out by the family evaporate. She turned to Emma. "Emma, let's go in."

At that moment, Clement stepped forward with a dark expression. "Emma, hand over the gold invitation!"

"Grandpa, what do you mean?" Emma looked at Clement in shock.

"If you still consider yourself a granddaughter of the Joseph family, hand over the invitation. And about Vincent, on the day of my birthday, he threatened the Joseph family, demanding a public apology from us to you within seven days. Such a person doesn't deserve to be the son-in-law of the Joseph family. I demand you divorce him!" Clement's voice carried a hint of madness, his gaze fixated on Emma like a vulture.

Norman and Edison exchanged a glance, a foolish idea forming in their minds: The Joseph family was barred from entry, unable to attend the banquet. But with Emma holding the gold invitation, once Clement gets his hands on it, the Joseph family can attend the banquet as the most honored guests.

They seemed to believe that the key to entering the banquet lied in that gold invitation.

"Emma, did you not hear your grandfather's words? Are you going to defy the orders of the Joseph family's patriarch?" Norman stepped forward, coercing.

Edison sneered, "Emma, I advise you to hand over the gold invitation quickly, or else don't blame us for not being polite to you!"

"Grandpa, Norman, why are you pressuring me like this?" At this moment, Emma felt utterly hopeless.

Once, she naively thought that the Joseph family had only expelled her because of her scandal with Vincent. Now that Vincent had returned, she still harbored hopes of one day reconciling with the Joseph family. But at this moment, she realized clearly that in their eyes, she was just a tool to be used and discarded at will.

"Dad, how could you?" Franklin and Una also stepped forward.

"Shut up, you have no right to speak here! If you want to return to the Joseph family, then have Emma hand over the gold invitation and divorce Vincent. Don't you want to be back? Do you want to live in someone else’s house forever?" Clement roared madly.

Clement continued his threats, "As long as you make Emma hand over the invitation and divorce Vincent, not only will I let you return to the Joseph family, but I will also make Emma the General Manager of our Joseph Group. If you refuse, you will be forever exiled from the Joseph family, never able to return."

Una and Franklin hesitated. They had always hoped to reunite with the family. They were tired of living in rented houses indefinitely.

"Emma, you should hand over the invitation to your grandfather and divorce that useless Vincent!" After hesitating for a moment, Una advised Emma.

"What? Mom, you're just going to believe their words like this?" Emma's eyes welled up with tears.

"Emma, don't listen to them. Hand the gold invitation to me, and the Barton family will help you." At this moment, Hunter suddenly spoke up.

Seeing Clement's firm actions, Hunter also thought that getting the invitation might let them go to the banquet. ‘Maybe with the fancy invitation, the Barton family could go to the event and meet rich people. Then, our family could become more respected in M City.’

"Emma, your grandfather is right. Hand the invitation to our Barton family, and I will treat your family well in the future." Kim smiled at Emma.

In an instant, the gold invitation in Emma's hand became the object of contention between the Joseph family and the Barton family.

"Hunter, you dare to challenge me?" Clement stared at Hunter, his expression grim.

Hunter scoffed, "Clement, being the head of the Joseph family doesn't intimidate me! My daughter has been part of your family for years, yet the Bartons haven't benefited at all. Marrying her into your family was a mistake!"

The two families suddenly erupted into loud arguments.

"Emma, I'm your grandfather, give me the invitation!"

"Don't listen to him, give the invitation to our Barton family!"

"Hand it over to the Joseph family..."

"Hand it over to the Barton family..."

The faces of the twp families’ members were contorted with anger.

Emma found herself engulfed in darkness as she witnessed her supposed family members squabbling over the invitation. Feeling foolish for attempting to maintain ties with them, she clenched the gold invitation tightly, resolving, "No, I won't hand over the invitation to any of you. Vincent gave this to me, and I'll hold onto it even if it costs me my life!"

"Emma, are you not going to listen to us?"

"If you don't hand over the invitation, you'll be forever banished from the Joseph family!"

"If you don't hand over the invitation, you'll never set foot in the Barton family's door!"

Seeing Emma's refusal, Clement, Hunter, and the others were furious. Everyone surrounded Emma as if they were about to devour her in the next moment.

Emma trembled as she held onto the gold invitation. The bodyguard came up to protect her from those two families who fought with them. Tears streaming uncontrollably down her pale face. In her mind, she couldn't help but see Vincent's face.

Just then, a loud roar resounded. The whole ground shook violently.

Everyone's faces turned pale, and they looked over in alarm. In the distance, it seemed that an army was advancing towards them, and in an instant, smoke billowed up, revealing countless tanks and armored vehicles.

"What's going on?" Faced with this sudden turn of events, everyone was stunned.

Before anyone could react, thousands of soldiers dressed in standard combat uniforms, fully armed, quickly assembled and surrounded the entire Arlington Castle.