Chapter 900 - 335: Breakthrough, Imperial Court Dao Body, Intelligence (Ten-Thousand-Word Combined - )
Chapter 900: Chapter 335: Breakthrough, Imperial Court Dao Body, Intelligence (Ten-Thousand-Word Combined Chapter)
Cao Xiang’er acted because she believed Fu Changsheng would never cheat her.
Her original thought was—
they’d finish wiping out the Yun Family,
and by then Fu Changsheng would most likely have rushed back.
But several days passed,
and Fu Changsheng was still nowhere to be seen; she had no idea where something had gone wrong.
Otherwise he wouldn’t have been caught out by Myriarch Li with this leverage and hauled up here to be questioned.
Of the three Vice Myriarchs in the Jingzhou Myriarch Office, Cao Xiang’er was parachuted in halfway through, and the other two were both Myriarch Li’s own people. On ordinary days they picked at Cao Xiang’er in every way; if not for the Fifth-Grade Cao Family backing her, they’d have long since tripped her up and driven her out.
And now,
such a big piece of leverage had fallen into their hands.
Myriarch Li naturally wouldn’t let it go.
Just as he was thinking to nail the charges down, a transmission came from outside the door from Molan:
"Reporting to Myriarch, Sir, the Second Young Master of the Seven Commandery Prince’s Mansion and the Fu Clan Leader request an audience."
The Seven Commandery Prince’s Mansion has sent someone?
Myriarch Li’s eyes narrowed slightly.
After the Fu Family’s Daughter married into the Seven Commandery Prince’s Mansion, the pair of twins she bore were said to be greatly favored by the Seventh Prince. He even personally took them to his side to raise. The status of the couple, Zhou Xuanming and his wife, thus rose along with this; inside and outside the Prince’s Mansion, everyone held them in higher regard.
Though Myriarch Li was a Golden Core Master,
above the Seven Commandery Prince’s Mansion stood the Eldest Princess, whose power was overwhelming.
Although for some unknown reason the Seventh Prince kept his distance from the Royal Family, blood is thicker than water after all, and no one dared casually provoke people from the Seven Commandery Prince’s Mansion.
Myriarch Li had originally planned to seize this opportunity to kick Cao Xiang’er out of the Myriarch Office.
But looking at it now,
it was...
Myriarch Li gave Cao Xiang’er a deep look, picked up his tea cup and took a sip. With a sweep of his sleeve, a streak of Spirit Light shot into the Array in the Council Hall. With a hum, the Array Light Curtain rose.
Revealing Fu Changsheng and Zhou Xuanming standing outside the door.
Cao Xiang’er turned around; at the sight of Fu Changsheng appearing in time, an unusual hint of emotion flashed in her eyes for the first time.
After they exchanged formal greetings,
Zhou Xuanming sat calmly to one side, sipping tea.
Fu Changsheng rose, cupped his hands to Myriarch Li, then drew out from his sleeve a little box mottled white with tiger stripes. He opened it; inside was a Memory Bean Pod. With a Technique flicked into it, there was a hum, and the scene of Elder Yun personally admitting that he was the son of Joy Sect’s Master Yun unfolded before everyone’s eyes.
Myriarch Li’s pupils contracted.
He had only heard that the Yun Family had committed treason.
He had never imagined that the entire Yun Clan, top to bottom, were descendants left behind by high-level members of a Sect from the Land of the Far West—and they had even grown and expanded right under their World Suppression Bureau’s nose into the level of a Seventh-Grade Noble Family. Yet all these years it had been during his own tenure at the Myriarch Office. If the Court came to know of this,
there would be no escaping the crime of negligence.
If not for the Fu Family’s timely discovery,
once the Yun Family had grown up and become a Golden Core Family, the whole Jingzhou City would have been in grave danger!!
Thinking of this,
Myriarch Li’s palms broke out in a sweat.
Off to the side, Zhou Xuanming set down his tea cup and spoke:
"Lord Li, Joy Sect didn’t just plant a single Spy this time, but an entire Purple Mansion Influence—and it took root inside a Great Zhou Family. Your World Suppression Bureau monitors the Noble Families; is this how you conduct your oversight?"
These words
were clearly not something Zhou Xuanming himself wanted to say.
With his temperament, he couldn’t have come up with such a speech.
Myriarch Li’s gaze swept over Cao Xiang’er, Fu Changsheng, and Zhou Xuanming one by one. He’d been an old fox for many years; how could he not know what they were thinking.
Obviously,
they were here to seize the chance to claim merit.
Myriarch Li glanced at the Memory Bean Pod in Fu Changsheng’s box; clearly more than one copy had been made. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he sent a Technique into the Council Hall. In an instant, an Array Light Shield rose up.
Fu Molan, who was standing guard outside the hall, was not qualified to enter. Seeing this, she was somewhat nervous, murmuring in her heart, "I don’t know if Patriarch’s move will work."
After waiting for about half a cup of tea’s time,
the doors of the Council Hall opened again.
Myriarch Li’s body blurred, turning into a breeze, and in an instant his figure was gone. Fu Molan hurried forward, asking with concern, "Lord Cao, Patriarch, how was it? The Myriarch didn’t lay blame on you, did he?"
Fu Changsheng smiled and said:
"We’ve rendered great service this time; all that’s left is to be commended according to our merits. How could Lord Li possibly blame us? The Myriarch has already promised that, Molan, for completing your mission perfectly, you can receive three Soul-Attracting Pills. In addition, for the Fu Family’s meritorious rooting out of traitors, one of the conditions for our promotion to a Seventh-Grade Noble Family can be waived—namely, that within our fief we need not cultivate two Eighth-Grade Noble Families; having one will suffice. Furthermore, Lord Cao can also use this chance to become the true second-in-command of the Myriarch Office."
"This..."
Fu Molan could hardly believe it.
After all,
just now Myriarch Li had still been coming on fiercely, intending to blame them for failing to verify whether the evidence was solid; how had the wind suddenly changed.
Fu Molan opened her mouth,
wanting to ask for details,
but seeing that Fu Changsheng had no intention of elaborating, she swallowed the words that had reached her lips. Fu Changsheng patted his storage bag; Dawn Light flashed, and a jade scroll floated toward Fu Molan:
"Molan, this is the Purple Mansion breakthrough insights collected by the clan members. Study them carefully—we’re waiting for your good news."
"Many thanks, Patriarch."
Fu Molan gratefully received the jade scroll with both hands.
Ever since entering the World Suppression Bureau,
the Patriarch had even gone to the State City of Jingzhou, crossing thousands of miles from Jingzhou to come here and scheme out Soul-Attracting Pills for her. This thoughtfulness she would remember for the rest of her life.
Once she broke through to the Purple Mansion in the future,
she would definitely find a way to climb to a high position in the World Suppression Bureau and feed back a share of her strength into the clan’s development.
As Fu Changsheng walked out from the Council Hall, Cao Xiang’er said softly:
"Changsheng, thank you."
With that,
she shoved a box into Fu Changsheng’s hand and quickly turned to leave.