Chapter 367 - 97: Calm Before the Storm! Nervous? Does Nervousness Help?

It’s just a pity.

There’s no chance for anything now!

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Soon, morning court was over.

With Yan Fuhai coming out of seclusion, the atmosphere of the entire Great Qian Dynasty felt somewhat different.

But all of this didn’t seem to have much to do with Ye Liuyun.

No matter how things were before, Ye Liuyun would stay the same afterwards, not feeling even a bit anxious just because Yan Fuhai was happy.

In Ye Liuyun’s view—

Instead of wasting time worrying about this or that, it’s better to use the time to cultivate. As the saying goes, even last-minute sharpening makes the blade shine.

Who knows, if things really kick off, he might even run faster than before.

Knowing the morning court ended—

As he left, Lei Zheng still had that same look on his face. Ye Liuyun just smiled at him and didn’t plan to say anything.

After returning to the Embroidered Uniform Guard—

Only then did Ye Liuyun notice that outside, there were a lot of prisoners in shackles being brought one after another into the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

"What’s going on?"

This situation made Ye Liuyun a bit curious as he walked into the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

"My lord!"

Right then, Si Nan and the others happened to come out.

Because Feng Feiyi had gone to Lingdan City, only Si Nan, Shi Sheng, and Jiang Jing were present at the moment.

Seeing Ye Liuyun’s confusion—

Si Nan was the first to explain.

"My lord, you probably haven’t paid much attention these days. This has actually been going on for some time now!"

Ye Liuyun hadn’t really thought about matters in the Embroidered Uniform Guard lately.

He truly didn’t know what changes had taken place here recently.

"Seems it’s Xiao Yongning from the Imperial Prison. I heard he’s been using the Embroidered Uniform Guard’s name to transfer prisoners from county jails all over into the Guard!"

Shi Sheng, standing by the side, chimed in at this moment.

"Don’t even know what the guy’s up to!"

He scratched his head while he spoke, looking genuinely puzzled about what Xiao Yongning’s real goal was.

"Hmm?"

That made Ye Liuyun raise his eyebrow slightly.

Ye Liuyun had actually been thinking before about going to the local county jails and looking for prisoners himself. Didn’t expect Xiao Yongning had the same idea.

"Wait here, I’ll go check it out!"

Thinking about all these prisoners, the Imperial Prison must be nearly packed. Ye Liuyun grew instantly excited.

Though directly boosting cultivation would be great—

Even if only a few good Talent Entries appeared, that’d be pretty sweet.

After a brief explanation, Ye Liuyun turned and left, heading straight for the Imperial Prison.

"See, what did I say!"

Watching Ye Liuyun leave—

Si Nan shrugged and said to Shi Sheng beside him,

"Xiao Yongning is obviously just sucking up, trying to get close to our lord!"

Right from the start, when he saw Xiao Yongning doing this, Si Nan already had his suspicions.

But Shi Sheng just has a habit of arguing with Si Nan.

"Hmph!"

Now, even when Si Nan’s guess was clearly right, Shi Sheng just crossed his arms and snorted.

Clearly not convinced.

"So does our lord really have this kind of hobby?"

When he joined the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Jiang Jing had heard all sorts of rumors about Ye Liuyun, like how he enjoyed watching prisoners get tortured and stuff—he’d heard that one countless times.

Just never once had it been confirmed.

So Jiang Jing never paid it any mind.

But looking at the situation now, their lord really might have a little quirky hobby.

"Who knows? Why don’t you go ask him yourself?"

Gossiping like this is fine in private, but actually saying it to his face is another matter entirely.

Seeing Si Nan’s teasing look, Jiang Jing rolled his eyes.

"Could spend that time cultivating instead."

"As for Lord Ye’s character, I know it well. Whatever gossip is out there has nothing to do with me!"

Jiang Jing wasn’t the type to blindly believe rumors.

No way some idle talk would make him write someone off.

Although he hadn’t worked with Ye Liuyun as long as Shi Sheng and Si Nan had, Jiang Jing genuinely felt Ye Liuyun was a good person.

Whether as a friend or a boss, he was pretty great.

So—

Even if their lord did have a weird little quirk, Jiang Jing wouldn’t care.

"Ha!"

Seeing Jiang Jing’s firm attitude—

Si Nan and Shi Sheng exchanged glances and both broke into a grin. Clearly, they shared the same sentiment.

After all those years in the Imperial City, what kind of ugly stuff hadn’t they seen? Some people looked brilliant on the outside but were twisted on the inside—each one nastier than the last.

By comparison—

Ye Liuyun only kills folks who frankly deserve it. Next to those people, that makes him practically a saint.

"Cultivate, cultivate! Nothing much happening lately anyway!"

Shi Sheng rolled his muscles and

decided to follow Jiang Jing back to training.

Shi Sheng was already planning that next time he met Chai Hong, he could say he’d finally broken into the Innate Realm. Once he reached it, he wouldn’t be the one left wobbling like jelly.

Thinking of last time—

He’d been shaking even as he walked; honestly, it was embarrassing.

Losing on that front—what man could accept that?

"Wait for me! I’m coming too!"

When Si Nan saw this—

He immediately shouted and hustled after them.

Lately, Si Nan really hadn’t gone to the Imperial Music Bureau much. Used to be almost every day, but now it’s every few days—so that’s progress.

If even with that he can’t break through—

Then Si Nan thinks he may as well just die in the Imperial Music Bureau!

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At the same time—

Inside the Imperial Prison—

With all those new prisoners arriving, the once empty Imperial Prison was instantly packed to the brim. Luckily, the place was big enough.

But even so—

Each cell ended up with several people squeezed in.

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