Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 228 - 51: Everyone’s Recruitment Efforts! I May Lack Talent, But Do Others? Just Take It!

Chapter 228: Chapter 51: Everyone’s Recruitment Efforts! I May Lack Talent, But Do Others? Just Take It!

This is getting interesting; this morning court session wasn’t for nothing after all.

In this world, there are those who practice both martial arts and magic, but there really aren’t many like Fu Zhengqing, who’s both a Grandmaster and a Rank Four Mage.

Ye Liuyun was now quite curious about something.

Does the old emperor know that Fu Zhengqing is a Rank Four Mage?

If not, then what exactly is Fu Zhengqing planning by hiding his mage cultivation?

Right now, the Great Qian Dynasty still seems peaceful enough.

But in Ye Liuyun’s eyes,

once the old emperor comes out of seclusion, things are probably about to get lively.

"Hmm?"

Fu Zhengqing’s powers of observation were extremely sharp.

He quickly noticed someone’s probing gaze, and with just a sidelong glance, saw Ye Liuyun at the back of the crowd.

But being discovered, Ye Liuyun didn’t panic in the slightest.

On the contrary, he grinned wide and flashed Fu Zhengqing a big smile.

"..."

Fu Zhengqing’s expression remained unchanged; he merely glanced once, then withdrew his gaze, standing there with his usual unhurried calm.

He didn’t take Ye Liuyun’s look seriously at all.

Nor would he ever think that Ye Liuyun had already seen through the fact he was not only a Grandmaster, but also a Rank Four Mage. Otherwise, he definitely would’ve tried to eliminate Ye Liuyun at the first opportunity.

Looking at things now, it seems like both Fu Zhengqing and Yue Xiu have their own secrets.

Fu Zhengqing hid his mage’s cultivation.

Yue Xiu concealed his stored-up strength ability.

Why does it feel like only that Old Lord Nine Thousand, acts like a straight-shooter, without a single secret to his name?

"Tsk!"

Before, he even thought Old Lord Nine Thousand—Wei Hongfang—was quite the character.

But now it seems, among the three top powers in the Great Qian Dynasty, this one is the most embarrassing.

Soon enough.

The morning court wrapped up, and Ye Liuyun honestly wasn’t even sure what all had been discussed.

There were a lot of memorials submitted, granted, but they were all nitpicky little things—nothing important at all.

What others were thinking, who knows.

But Ye Liuyun was already feeling half-drowsy as he listened.

After the morning court, Ye Liuyun and Lei Zheng headed to the Embroidered Uniform Guard together.

Thanks to the connection with Yue Xiu—the old general—Lei Zheng was currently being super warm toward Ye Liuyun. Martial officers never were the subtle type; whatever’s on their mind is pretty much written all over their faces.

"Finally over, huh!"

After stretching out his muscles, Lei Zheng wore a completely relaxed look.

Looks like it wasn’t just Ye Liuyun who thought this morning court was boring—even Lei Zheng felt the same.

But hey, nothing to be done.

Can’t just not show up, after all. That’s what’s really helpless about it.

"Do we have to attend this morning court every single day?"

Ye Liuyun finally couldn’t hold it in and asked.

"Unless there’s some case requiring you to leave the city!"

Lei Zheng shrugged, as if to say, "If you’re not in the Imperial City, you don’t need to come."

In other words—

As long as you’re still in the Imperial City, you have to attend morning court.

"..."

What an utterly soul-crushing piece of news.

"Suddenly, I kinda miss when I was just a Lord Thousand Households!"

"Hahaha!"

Lei Zheng couldn’t help laughing; he honestly didn’t expect to see this side of Ye Liuyun.

"Sure, most of the time nothing important happens, but attending the morning court does let you hear some useful news."

To this, Ye Liuyun only shook his head, with nothing more to add.

Once they returned to the Embroidered Uniform Guard—

The offices for the North and South Governors weren’t in the same place.

So Ye Liuyun and Lei Zheng quickly parted ways.

The Governor has his own courtyard in the Embroidered Uniform Guard, which is pretty spacious. When Ye Liuyun arrived, he saw Jiang Jing and Shi Sheng practicing their skills.

The spear in Jiang Jing’s hands was whipping through the air like a tiger in a storm.

Shi Sheng, off to the side, might not have Jiang Jing’s imposing manner, but he was giving it his all, too.

"Sir!"

Seeing Ye Liuyun coming over—

The two of them simultaneously stopped what they were doing and looked over.

Ye Liuyun waved his hand, signaling that there was no need for formalities.

He took two steps into the courtyard, noticed Si Nan wasn’t around, and glanced sidelong at Shi Sheng and Jiang Jing.

"Where’s Si Nan?"

They were just about to continue practicing—

But hearing Ye Liuyun ask, Shi Sheng explained at once.

"Heard from the others that a pretty lady came by looking for him, and Si Nan scampered right off after her."

Originally, since both Jiang Jing and Shi Sheng were training, Si Nan joined for a bit too.

But once he heard there was a woman waiting outside for him, Si Nan just couldn’t sit still and ran off in a blink.

"A woman looking for Si Nan?"

Now that was something Ye Liuyun didn’t expect.

But thinking on it, it wasn’t all that surprising either; Si Nan’s always hanging around brothels, so having a few lovers is perfectly normal.

As they were talking—

Si Nan had already come back, though from the way he looked, he seemed rather dispirited.

"What, got wrung dry by your lover in just that short a time?"

Even with Jiang Jing here now, the back-and-forth sniping between Shi Sheng and Si Nan seemed to have become routine.

Slinging a few jabs and teases now and then was basically their unspoken bond.

"Get lost!"

Si Nan shot Shi Sheng an annoyed glare.

If it really was his lover who came by, there’s no way Si Nan would look like this.

When he reached Ye Liuyun, he pulled out a letter from Ye Liuyun’s person.

"She wasn’t looking for me, she was looking for you, sir!"

At the time, he really thought some pretty girl had come for him.

But after meeting her, he realized she was after the boss. As for why she called him out, it was purely to have him pass the message.