Of course, it wouldnât have too much impact.
But right as Yan Jiang stepped out of his room and stretched.
A servant from the mansion came running to report.
"Prince! Prince, something terrible has happened!"
"..."
The good mood of the morning was ruined with just one sentence from the servant.
The servant who had just helped Yan Jiang get up was pretty sharp.
Seeing Yan Jiang frown, he immediately sensed something and scolded the reporting servant.
"What nonsense are you spouting? The Prince is standing here perfectly fine. How could something have happened to him? Daring to talk like that about the Princeâare you tired of living?"
The servant also realized heâd said the wrong thing.
He hurriedly knelt down, kowtowing and begging for forgiveness.
Yan Jiang couldnât be bothered to waste any more time on this and waved his hand impatiently while frowning.
He motioned for the reporting servant to hurry up and spit out whatever news he had.
"P-Prince! Itâs the Embroidered Uniform GuardâTheyâve surrounded our mansion!"
"???"
Well, shit, this wasnât some little thing.
When Yan Jiang heard this news, he was obviously stunned for a moment.
"What did you say?"
He even doubted if he was being tricked.
How could the Embroidered Uniform Guard have the balls to surround his mansion?
"I wouldnât dare deceive Your Highness, itâs true! The Embroidered Uniform Guard has already barged into the mansion!"
"Letâs go!"
Knowing the servant wouldnât joke about something like this.
Yan Jiang frowned and barked an order, leading his servants toward the front courtyard of the mansion.
...
"What do you think youâre doing!"
"This is Prince Anâs Mansion! How dare you storm in here!"
"Stop them!"
"If you go any further, watch outâthe Prince will have your heads!"
The front courtyard of the mansion.
The servants of Prince Anâs Mansion didnât hesitate for a second when they saw the Embroidered Uniform Guard barging straight inâthey stepped up to try to block them.
Ordinary people would fear the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
But these folks werenât scared at all. Maybe theyâd seen too many high-ranking officials bow and scrape in front of their prince, so now it just didnât seem all that frightening.
With his hands behind his back.
Ye Liuyun strolled in at the rear, watching the few Embroidered Uniform Guards leading the way up front, and spoke casually.
"What are you saving your fists for? Just start swinging, damn it!"
"Uh!"
So direct?
No matter what, this was still the Princeâs mansion.
Even though theyâd come barging in under Ye Liuyunâs orders, actually throwing punchesâthat was another level, making even the bravest of them a little nervous.
"Move aside!"
This was where Shi Sheng came in.
He shoved the Embroidered Uniform Guard at the front aside, then slapped the loudest-mouthed servant right across the face!
"Smack!"
The guy spun several times in midair and then crashed flat onto the ground, falling into a baby-like sleep.
Shi Sheng had been holding back, just knocking him outânot straight-up killing him.
"Let me see who dares block my Lord!"
Si Nan and Jiang Jing jumped in as well.
With leadership like that, the other Embroidered Uniform Guards hesitated no moreâanyone who got in the way got hit.
Following Ye Liuyun in was a group of Lords Thousand Households and Lords Hundred Households.
"Is this really okay, what weâre doing?"
"Shouldnât we check with the Lord first?"
These were all Lei Zhengâs men, but because Lei Zheng had instructed them ahead of time, when Ye Liuyun summoned them, they came too.
They just hadnât expectedâ
Ye Liuyun to charge right into the Princeâs mansion with them.
So this âchance for a juicy payoffâ Lei Zheng promised usâturns out to be storming the Princeâs mansion?
Feels like weâre being led into a trap.
"Itâs too late to back out now. Just stick with itâYe the Governorâs out front taking all the heat. Even if thereâs punishment, it wonât land on us!"
With that said.
The others nodded in agreement, clearly accepting this explanation.
True, as long as someone else is taking the fall up front, not much can touch us.
...
"How dare you!"
When Prince An Yan Jiang arrived,
He saw his own servants sprawled out everywhere after being beaten.
Especially when he spotted the calm and collected Ye Liuyun in the crowd, Yan Jiangâs rage only burned hotter.
He immediately shouted at Ye Liuyun.
"Ye Liuyun, do you even know what youâre doing? Storming the Princeâs mansionâeven the Emperor canât shield you now!"
"..."
The shouting was loud, and he had plenty of presence.
Too badâ
"Get fucked!"
No one paid attention. Shi Sheng cursed as he slapped the servant whoâd just tried to get up back down to the floor.
To him, Yan Jiang the Prince might as well have been invisible.
When had Yan Jiang ever been ignored like this? He might have a decent poker face, but right now his complexion couldnât help but alternate between blue and white.
"Ye Liuyun!"
He knew talking to anyone else was pointless.
He could only keep glaring viciously at Ye Liuyun.
That lookâlike he was about to eat Ye Liuyun alive, right now.
Once the tension seemed about rightâ
Ye Liuyun waved his hand, and Shi Sheng and his crew stopped what they were doing, rejoining Ye Liuyunâs side.
"Your Highness, donât tell me youâve forgottenâI am carrying out imperial orders!"
Loves to get in peopleâs faces, doesnât he.
Ye Liuyun absolutely loved these guys who just had to be confrontational: each one gets a beating.
Heâd barely known this Yan Jiang before, but since the guy had already sought trouble with him at morning court, who else ought to get the first taste today?
Ye Liuyun couldnât care less about prince-this or prince-that.
"On imperial orders?"
At those words, Yan Jiang froze for a moment.
What, barging into my mansion by order?
"Prince An really is forgetful, isnât he!"
Seeing the princeâs blank lookâ
Ye Liuyun couldnât hold back a laugh.
He said, as if he couldnât be more in his element,
"His Majesty ordered me to hunt fugitives escaped from Purgatory, so of course Iâm taking this seriously. Searching your mansion for escapeesâdonât you think thatâs perfectly reasonable?"
.......