Chapter 41: Became Emperor Because of Incompetence

The Lord of Nine Thousand Years still valued Wan Feiliang, this Lord Thousand Households of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

After all, he was the only person purposely planted inside the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard is a violent institution directly under the emperor. Although its official rank isn’t that high, the power it holds is not small.

All the cases in the Great Qian Dynasty, the Embroidered Uniform Guard has the authority to get involved. In fact, as long as the target doesn’t have a powerful patron and can’t be killed directly, the Embroidered Uniform Guard even has the right to execute on the spot.

Otherwise, why would so many factions want to get people inside the Embroidered Uniform Guard?

Panic? There’s no way I’d panic, right?

"What are you talking about? I can’t understand you. Lu Quan, Lord Hundred Households, is dead? Now that’s a shame."

Ye Liuyun put on a face of having no idea what was going on.

He even acted a little surprised at the right moments, though he said it was a shame, the smile on his lips didn’t fade in the slightest.

Seeing Ye Liuyun refuse to admit it,

Guan Bao didn’t care. Most times, whether or not you have evidence, that’s not the point.

As long as I believe you did it, that’s enough.

"You’re really bold. After killing Lu Quan you didn’t even bother hiding the body, just dumped it out in the wild. Are you really not afraid there’ll be revenge?"

Behind him, Shi Sheng’s eyes flashed with menace, his inner strength fully gathered, ready to strike the moment Ye Liuyun gave the order.

Meanwhile, Si Nan had quietly put his hand behind his back, a few hidden weapons clasped between his fingers.

And Ye Liuyun, the person in question,

Was still as composed as ever. He definitely wouldn’t idiotically admit doing it just because Guan Bao threw an accusation.

Instead, he switched the topic to something else.

"That’s exactly where we’re different!"

"Different?" Guan Bao was a little surprised by what Ye Liuyun meant.

With a little shrug, Ye Liuyun smiled naturally and said,

"A Postnatal Martial Artist, and you worship an old eunuch as your godfather—looks like you’re really obsessed with power."

He’d never met the Lord of Nine Thousand Years, but with a nickname like that, the guy probably wasn’t young.

And in this era, eunuchs don’t have much status. Even if this Lord of Nine Thousand Years has power and money and isn’t weak, many people are still openly or secretly contemptuous of him.

For Guan Bao to call him godfather, there must be some benefit in it.

No way he’s seriously planning to take care of the old man for the rest of his life, right?

"But I’m different. The Fourteen States of the World aren’t just made up of this Great Qian Dynasty."

That’s exactly why Ye Liuyun was so fearless.

Even if I really do run into someone I can’t beat, what, I can’t just run?

As a transmigrator, Ye Liuyun didn’t feel much loyalty to this Great Qian Dynasty to begin with. Whether he went to a different dynasty or wandered the world with his sword, making the four seas his home, that’s all fine.

As long as the mountain stands, there’s always wood for the fire.

Right now I’m weak, so I leave. When I’m strong, I won’t even give you a chance to run.

"You really that confident, you can escape from me?"

Guan Bao understood what Ye Liuyun was implying, but just smiled confidently, inner strength surging through his whole body, his eyes narrowing dangerously at Ye Liuyun.

Clearly, he looked like he was ready to kill Ye Liuyun on the spot.

"Then go ahead and try?"

Hands spread wide, Ye Liuyun smiled as he watched Guan Bao in front of him.

He looked like he’d just let Guan Bao make a move if he wanted.

He didn’t really intend to act weak and catch people off guard, nor did he plan to hide his strength from the start; it’s just that nobody asked. It’s not like he could announce it to the world every time he got stronger. That would just be dumb.

So why does everyone think he’s weak, as if they can all take him down?

"..."

The atmosphere around them suddenly became much more tense and solemn.

It felt like both sides were waiting for the other to make the first move.

And just at that moment...

"Stop!"

Yan Shuzhu never expected to see such a scene just as she was about to head back to the palace.

She was planning to recruit Ye Liuyun, after all. How could she stand by and let him get bullied here?

Ye Liuyun and Guan Bao both turned their heads toward the approaching figures in the distance.

It was Yan Shuzhu and Lv Lan.

"Leave this to me!"

Reaching Ye Liuyun, Yan Shuzhu even gave him a reassuring look.

"And you are?"

Guan Bao thought the person before him looked familiar, but with Yan Shuzhu now wearing her hair down and dressed as a woman, he didn’t quite recognize her.

"Do you know who I am? How dare you get in my way!"

"How dare you!"

Yan Shuzhu didn’t even need to answer; Lv Lan stepped forward on her own.

Inner strength at the Innate Realm swept over like a wave, the force so strong that Guan Bao took several steps back involuntarily.

Before he could even reel from Lv Lan’s strength, the next moment, Lv Lan pulled out an order token carved with a dragon pattern.

"You face Her Majesty—aren’t you going to kneel?"

"Her Majesty?"

Damn, no wonder she looked familiar. She was the young emperor he’d seen a couple times when following the Lord of Nine Thousand Years.

Except Yan Shuzhu had always appeared as a man before; seeing her like this, as a woman, really was a first.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

After a moment’s hesitation, Guan Bao dropped to his knees.

In this era of absolute monarchy, it didn’t matter if the emperor was just a figurehead. As long as she held the title, outwardly you had to be respectful.

"The emperor?"

Ye Liuyun looked at Yan Shuzhu blocking his way with some surprise.

He’d thought she was just a favored princess—who would’ve expected this was actually the Great Qian Dynasty’s emperor?

At this, Ye Liuyun couldn’t help but quietly ask Si Nan beside him.

"The emperor of our Great Qian Dynasty is a woman?"

Si Nan had also frozen on the spot at the revelation of Yan Shuzhu’s status.

But upon hearing Ye Liuyun’s question, his thoughts snapped back, and he looked at the full-of-curiosity Ye Liuyun, at a bit of a loss for words.

"Sir, you honestly didn’t know?"

I mean, okay, you don’t know your father-in-law’s name, but you don’t even know if the emperor of our dynasty is a man or a woman?

"Who would pay attention to that stuff?"

He used to be just a street punk. Even after taking Ye Liufeng’s place as an Embroidered Uniform Guard, he’d never cared much about the emperor. It all seemed too distant to matter.

He really hadn’t expected the Great Qian Dynasty had a woman sitting on the throne.

"Uh, sir, I’ve heard some rumors."

Seeing Ye Liuyun truly didn’t know,

Si Nan, having been stunned for a moment, leaned over and spoke softly in Ye Liuyun’s ear.

"This new emperor ascended not long ago. I heard, our Great Qian Dynasty actually isn’t short on capable princes—the real reason she got the throne is precisely because she’s not particularly capable!"

Before the new emperor took the throne, Yan Shuzhu wasn’t at all famous among all the princes and princesses.

Born with crippled veins and unable to cultivate, Yan Shuzhu kept an even lower profile.

But it was exactly this ’incompetence’ that allowed Yan Shuzhu to become emperor.

"???"

Ye Liuyun was baffled—since when do they pick their emperor based on who’s least capable?

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