Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 232 - 52: Looming War? Political Marriage (2)
But in Xing’Er’s eyes, being assigned a case meant danger—even though Ye Liuyun was very capable, she still wished Ye Liuyun could always stay safe, best if he never had to take on any more cases ever again.
Of course.
Xing’Er also knew that she couldn’t stop Ye Liuyun; these thoughts could only stay in her heart.
"Don’t worry, your husband is really amazing, nothing’s going to happen!"
Seeing Xing’Er’s worry, Ye Liuyun raised his hand and ruffled her hair.
"Come on, let’s go eat breakfast!"
No way I’m going to morning court on an empty stomach!
"Mm-mm!"
Xing’Er nodded softly and followed Ye Liuyun out of the room.
...
"Is morning court really so unbearable for you?"
Inside the imperial court.
Many officials were still reporting all sorts of trivial matters.
Beside Ye Liuyun, Lei Zheng leaned over and whispered something in his ear.
As the Northern Governor of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Lei Zheng naturally got the news too.
Ye Liuyun had taken on several cases in a row, using them as an excuse to skip morning court—he was practically the model worker of the Embroidered Uniform Guard now.
He hadn’t taken a case himself in ages, come to think of it.
Compared to Ye Liuyun, Lei Zheng felt like he, the Northern Governor, was getting a bit lazy and just coasting by.
"I just don’t want to waste my time listening to all this trivial nonsense!"
Ye Liuyun said, his face full of boredom.
If I had this time, I’d rather go drink at the Imperial Music Bureau.
At least you can sit down there.
"Well, you might want to look forward to today then."
As if he’d already guessed Ye Liuyun’s thoughts, Lei Zheng wasn’t surprised; instead, he smiled as he spoke.
"Hm?"
Hearing this, Ye Liuyun actually got a bit interested.
Judging by what he said, something important was about to happen?
"You know something, don’t you?"
Lei Zheng didn’t hide anything.
The two of them were sitting quite far back, and their spot wasn’t eye-catching at all; leaning in to talk, there was no chance anyone would notice them.
"You’ve heard about the new emperor’s ascension in the Xihe Dynasty, haven’t you?"
Neighboring the Great Qian Dynasty, aside from the Liuli Dynasty, was the Xihe Dynasty.
The Liuli Dynasty favored mages and advocated for peace—a relatively mild dynasty.
But compared to them, the Xihe Dynasty was completely different; living on the grasslands, their people were fierce, raised with horses from birth, all amazing riders.
The Xihe Dynasty’s cavalry was famous throughout the Fourteen States of the World.
But the royal family had been in chaos, princes fighting for the throne, chaos without end, with no time or energy to care about anything outside their own dynasty.
But lately—
The struggle for the throne finally ended, and the new emperor of the Xihe Dynasty had ascended.
And rumor had it this new emperor was quite restless; on his very first day, he already hinted at expanding the borders.
These things.
Ye Liuyun had already seen them in the files—as a Governor, all sorts of intel came to Ye Liuyun’s desk.
"So, does that mean we’re going to war?"
Ye Liuyun had also heard—
It wasn’t just the Great Qian Dynasty.
All dynasties bordering the Xihe Dynasty were beefing up their border defenses, just in case Xihe made a move.
"We’re all for war, but some people just refuse!"
As he spoke, Lei Zheng let out a mocking chuckle.
The battlefield is where military men earn honor and fortune—they naturally crave war.
But not everyone thinks like that.
"Those civil officials only think about appeasement, always compromising as if compromise would make people let you off!"
That’s why the civil and military officials never get along.
Ye Liuyun could actually understand that.
War isn’t a joke—even just moving the army a little, the expenses aren’t small.
A bunch of people only out for money—
How could they be willing to see all that silver go to the military?
"Dignity only exists on the edge of a blade!"
History always teaches us that compromise just makes you look easy to bully—it never gets you any respect.
Give a solid punch now, and you’ll avoid a hundred punches later.
Only when you’re strong enough will others know to fear you, to think twice about provoking you.
"Exactly!"
Hearing Ye Liuyun say this, Lei Zheng’s eyes lit up, his fists instinctively clenched.
He could never manage to sound so elegant himself.
"Knew it—you definitely thought the same."
...
Seeing Lei Zheng’s "we’re the same kind of people" look, Ye Liuyun didn’t say anything more.
Honestly—
He might say all that, but Ye Liuyun wasn’t like Lei Zheng, hoping for war to break out; fighting and dying for someone else never suited Ye Liuyun’s personality.
Besides, even if it did come to war—
At best, both sides would get hurt; neither Great Qian nor Xihe would be destroyed, especially with other dynasties lurking around, eyeing you like tigers.
So it’s even less likely to really break out.
In the end, it would just end with a bit of benefit trading, that’s all.
...
As Ye Liuyun and Lei Zheng chatted idly—
Some civil official had already stepped out from the crowd, reporting about the Xihe Dynasty.
The military commanders all demanded that they reinforce border defenses immediately, send troops to the frontier, and prepare for any attack from Xihe.
But the civil officials said, reinforcing the defenses was fine, but there was no need to dispatch the army; just sending a few more men should do, since sending the whole army would burn through supplies, grain, and all sorts of resources.
