Chapter 210 - 45: Governor Position Secured, Authority Shakes the Embroidered Uniform Guard

Although he didn’t know what kind of surprise Lv Lan was talking about,

Ye Liuyun still nodded and agreed.

A free gift—why wouldn’t you take a free gift?

Now he could even look forward to it a bit, wondering what on earth it would be.

Seeing Ye Liuyun agree so casually, Lv Lan instead seemed a bit embarrassed. After saying a simple goodbye, she lightly left Ye Liuyun’s residence.

"So weird!"

Tilting his head, he watched Lv Lan’s departing figure.

The more familiar he got with her, the weirder Ye Liuyun felt Lv Lan was.

It was like every time she looked at him, her gaze would change a little. But as for what the change actually meant, Ye Liuyun really couldn’t figure it out.

Forget it!

He thought about it for a while, but when nothing came to mind, Ye Liuyun chose to let it go.

He’d always find out in the future anyway—no need to struggle over it now.

Tonight his Mage cultivation made a breakthrough.

Ye Liuyun also had no intention of continuing to train hard, and went straight back to his room to rest.

...

That night,

Quite a few palace maids in the Imperial Palace heard the Emperor, Yan Shuzhu, laughing non-stop in the Imperial Study.

Just from the sound, it was obvious—

The owner of that voice must have encountered something good, otherwise how could they be so delighted.

But then again—

Even if they were curious, none of them dared to ask. In the end, all they could do was wonder to themselves.

The next day.

Within the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

"Wan Lord Thousand Households, you’re still just a Postnatal Martial Artist, and you’ve got the guts to compete for this Governor’s seat?"

The speaker was another Lord Thousand Households of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

He was known as Lord Zhou, early-stage Innate in cultivation— not the strongest, but already pretty good.

And the one being mocked by Lord Zhou was of course Wan Feiliang, Lord Wan.

He refused to show weakness even when inferior—so even if his own strength was lower, Wan Feiliang didn’t back down, and fired right back.

"Whether or not I’m qualified isn’t for you to decide, Lord Zhou."

After all, Wan Feiliang had the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old behind him.

But Lord Zhou had the support of the Ministry of Revenue’s faction.

Frankly, anyone who could make it to Lord Thousand Households had some kind of backing.

To say it was these Thousand Households competing for the Governor’s slot was less accurate than saying it was the forces behind them vying for those seats.

"Hmph!"

Seeing Wan Feiliang so unyielding,

and even daring to talk back, Lord Zhou snorted coldly, his tone unfriendly.

"Then you’d better be careful, Lord Wan. Don’t end up in an accident before you even get to the Governor’s position!"

Such an obvious threat—how could Wan Feiliang not hear it?

Yet—

"You don’t need to worry, Lord Zhou. If something really does happen to me, I’m sure the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old won’t let whoever did it get off easy!"

As for cultivation, he wasn’t as strong as Lord Zhou, but when it came to his backing—even if the Ministry of Revenue had money, the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old behind him was a power that could shake the court. Why be scared of the Ministry of Revenue?

Besides—

The Nine-Thousand-Year-Old is a Grandmaster, and there’s no Grandmaster in the Ministry of Revenue.

...

Hearing this, Lord Zhou quieted down and didn’t say anything more.

The presence of the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old really was troublesome.

A mere Postnatal like Wan Feiliang could compete against so many Lord Thousand Households for the Governor’s post—not without reason.

...

This sort of thing—

had already happened a lot lately inside Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Everyone now was eyeing the Governor’s seat, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard hadn’t had a big case for ages.

The ones above fought,

the ones below scrambled—ultimately, it was the ordinary folks with nowhere to turn who suffered in the end.

But none of that affected Ye Liuyun.

That afternoon,

Ye Liuyun, together with Si Nan, Jiang Jing, and Shi Sheng, walked out of a residence—just having solved a case.

The master of the house had been killed, and Ye Liuyun found the murderer in less than half an hour, then wrapped up and left.

On the way back to the Embroidered Uniform Guard—

Si Nan and Shi Sheng looked normal, but Jiang Jing kept frowning, as if stuck on something.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Noticing Jiang Jing’s odd mood, Si Nan looked over curiously.

"Still not used to being an Embroidered Uniform Guard?"

On the other side, Shi Sheng also asked curiously.

Jiang Jing’s cultivation was higher, so Shi Sheng had been asking him a lot of training questions lately—and Jiang Jing never hid anything, often giving pointers that helped Shi Sheng tremendously each time.

Though he was still a long way from breaking through to Innate,

Shi Sheng could clearly feel that—

his cultivation now was much higher than when he’d just entered the Postnatal Realm.

Much of that was thanks to Jiang Jing’s assistance.

With time, Jiang Jing and Shi Sheng’s friendship had grown better and better.

As for Si Nan—

He was just naturally easy-going, able to chat with anyone—including Jiang Jing.

"It’s not about getting used to it."

Jiang Jing’s personality now was worlds away from his gloomy silence back at Prince Jin’s Mansion.

That dark aura was much lessened.

There’s no way life as an Embroidered Uniform Guard didn’t suit him.

Just—

"I just can’t figure it out. The motive for the murder was a bit too forced, wasn’t it?"

What Jiang Jing was really hung up on was that case they’d just solved.

To be precise, the murderer’s supposed reason for killing in that case.