Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 263 - 62: The Prime Minister’s Targeting! Endure? Screw Enduring, Just Charge In_3
The court hall was silent.
No one spoke.
Ye Liuyun, for his part, had no intention of getting involved at this moment. Instead, he looked curiously at Lei Zheng beside him.
"Marquis Ning’an?"
Seeing Ye Liuyun’s gaze turn his way,
Lei Zheng explained, utterly unconcerned.
"You only recently took the position of Southern Governor, there’s a lot you still don’t know. Marquis Ning’an and Marquis Wanshun are the same—they don’t have much power, just an empty marquis title."
"But, in one thing they’re exactly alike."
Under Ye Liuyun’s curious gaze,
Lei Zheng explained softly, every word measured.
"Both their titles were personally granted by the old emperor. In other words, they’re the old emperor’s people!"
"So their main purpose is to deal with the old emperor?"
Ye Liuyun raised an eyebrow.
If the people who escaped from Purgatory were simply seeking revenge, they’d probably attack indiscriminately.
Not target their strikes so precisely.
Sure enough, there’s another puppeteer behind these people.
...
While Ye Liuyun was mulling this over,
Yan Shuzhu’s voice rang out again.
"Does Great Qian have no one capable of capturing these people?"
Looking around, not a single person spoke up or volunteered.
As the helm of the three factions, whether it was Wei Hongfang, the Grand Eunuch; Fu Zhengqing, the Prime Minister; or Yue Xiu, the Grand General—they all stared at their noses, noses at their hearts, clearly unconcerned with the matter.
Their placid expressions suggested that each harbored their own calculations.
"..."
This scene.
Made Yan Shuzhu, seated high upon the dragon throne, involuntarily clench his fist.
He was the emperor, but in this court, there were very few who actually placed him in their eyes.
"Your Majesty!"
At that moment,
Contrary to everyone’s expectations, Fu Zhengqing spoke.
"May I ask Southern Governor of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Ye Liuyun: before becoming Governor, you solved many strange cases and are skilled at analysis and capture. I imagine this matter is best entrusted to Governor Ye!"
"???"
Ye Liuyun truly hadn’t expected this.
Somehow, this got pulled onto him, just like last time when someone suggested he escort the princess to Xihe—Fu Zhengqing was the one who’d volunteered him then too.
Only—
This time was different from last.
Last time, after Fu Zhengqing spoke, plenty of civil officials piped up to agree.
This time, though, no one did; everyone was just observing.
After all, Ji You’s matter was cautionary.
No one was foolish—now that Ye Liuyun was back, but the Minister of Rites, Ji You, who escorted the princess to Xihe with him, hadn’t returned. Chances are, he never will.
If this time they jump out first again, wouldn’t they just end up dragged off by Ye Liuyun as another scapegoat?
They’d have nowhere to cry then.
Clinging to Fu Zhengqing was important, but staying alive was even more so.
"Never thought the Prime Minister held me in such regard."
Meeting Fu Zhengqing’s gaze, Ye Liuyun grinned.
"Governor Ye is a young Grandmaster, renowned far and wide. Isn’t it only reasonable for me to recommend you?"
Fu Zhengqing’s tone was perfectly casual.
Not a hint of trouble could be heard.
"True enough!"
Staring at Fu Zhengqing for a while, Ye Liuyun suddenly smiled.
"Who in this world hasn’t heard my name? If I’d been born a bit earlier, there’s no telling—maybe your venerable mother would’ve seen me and been so moved she couldn’t contain herself!"
If you jump in my face, don’t expect me not to shoot my mouth off. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
Ye Liuyun didn’t care about such things.
Not insulting someone’s mother has no punch. Ye Liuyun always loved this part.
"... "
As expected,
Those words made the atmosphere around them grow unnaturally quiet.
None had anticipated Ye Liuyun would actually dare say something like that right to Fu Zhengqing’s face.
Everyone knew Fu Zhengqing was targeting Ye Liuyun, but come on—even if Fu Zhengqing was a Grandmaster, wouldn’t Ye Liuyun have to swallow his resentment?
Yet here we are.
No wonder he became a young Grandmaster, this nerve was beyond most people’s imagination.
Seeing Fu Zhengqing’s face darken, Ye Liuyun suddenly smiled again.
"Just kidding. Surely the Prime Minister isn’t such a stick-in-the-mud? They say petty people have rotten crotches. Prime Minister, surely you aren’t rotten down there too!"
"... "
Honestly, this explanation was worse than none.
Even Lei Zheng at his side looked a bit stunned.
He’d long disliked that top civil official Fu Zhengqing, but if it were him, Lei Zheng’d never be gutsy enough to say something like that in front of all these people.
Damn.
Thought he was brave, but someone was braver still.
"Governor Ye truly does know how to joke."
Fu Zhengqing’s smile was all skin, no meat.
"A joke? Then let’s say it was a joke."
Ye Liuyun shrugged, face full of indifference.
Seeing Fu Zhengqing really had no intent of picking a fight, Ye Liuyun looked completely unsurprised.
Hardly strange at all.
These Grandmasters, sure, their cultivation is high, but they’re always worried about this and that, never daring to make a move lightly.
Just like that Grandmaster from Xihe Dynasty.
Clearly wanted to get info from him, but kept beating around the bush. What’s the point of reaching Grandmaster level if not to act, just to eat shit?
Might as well give all your cultivation to me.
Leaving it with you just wastes it.
Ye Liuyun looked relaxed and unconcerned.
But the rest, faced with the now-black-faced Fu Zhengqing, chose silent self-preservation—no one wanted to be noticed by Fu Zhengqing.
Clearly, none of them had Ye Liuyun’s guts, daring to say things like that to the Prime Minister’s face.
"Governor Ye’s had plenty to say, but still hasn’t answered whether he’s willing to take this case."
Fu Zhengqing’s gaze turned dangerous as he looked at Ye Liuyun.
He squeezed out every word.
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