Chapter 557: Chapter 153: The Overconfident Old Courtier! Preparing to Head to the Celestial Prison_3

In fact, on the second day after Wei Hongfang was demoted,

a flood of memorials reporting Wei Hongfang for accepting bribes and disregarding human life was delivered straight to Yan Shuzhu’s study.

Yan Shuzhu immediately had those documents sent over to his imperial father’s side.

If you want to deal with Wei Hongfang,

you still need Yan Fuhai to handle it. Yan Shuzhu might have the heart for it, but honestly, there’s really nothing he can do about a Grandmaster.

...

"Tsk! Come to think of it, all these people have grudges against Wei Hongfang because of Yan Fuhai, don’t they!"

Fu Zhengqing is no fool; he wouldn’t stupidly offend so many people on his own.

In other words,

when it comes to getting rid of people once they’re no longer needed, Yan Fuhai is truly a professional!

Ye Liuyun didn’t waste too much time on Wei Hongfang anymore.

At this point, Wei Hongfang probably still had a glimmer of hope left in his heart, thinking he could somehow return to the palace.

Ye Liuyun actually planned to personally destroy that last bit of hope in Wei Hongfang’s heart, shattering it completely.

But over on Mei Ji’s side,

she said that things like this are best left to their Qingshui Pavilion.

Over all these years, the surviving remnants of Qingshui Pavilion have been accumulating their strength in secret, all so that one day, they could return to Great Qian and avenge Liu Qingqing.

So aside from Mei Ji and her girls,

there are still other Qingshui Pavilion remnants hiding in the Imperial City.

No one knows exactly what Mei Ji plans to do, but Ye Liuyun chose to trust her.

Anyway, even if they fail, he could still step in himself, so there was nothing to worry about.

"Alright, just carry on as usual with the patrols for now. Unless there’s anything major, you don’t need to report to me!"

Ye Liuyun planned to visit the Celestial Prison in a couple of days.

He really didn’t want to waste time on trivial and meaningless cases.

It’s not like something big happens every single day—most of the time, it’s small-time thieves and petty cases.

As for those cases,

just leave them to the Embroidered Uniform Guard under his command. There’s simply no need for Ye Liuyun to personally handle every single one.

"Yes, sir!"

Hearing Ye Liuyun say this,

Si Nan didn’t say much more and agreed at once.

If everything needed Ye Liuyun to personally solve it, what was the point of having any subordinates?

This much, Si Nan understood perfectly well.

After that, he just watched as Ye Liuyun left.

"Sigh!"

Once Ye Liuyun was gone,

Shi Sheng stretched lazily and said, a little bored,

"Why does it feel like the Imperial City’s been quieter than ever lately? There’s nothing to do anymore!"

He was never one to just sit around idly.

With fewer and fewer things happening in the Imperial City lately, Shi Sheng had been spending most of his time cultivating—honestly, it was starting to get dull.

"Isn’t being quiet good?"

He shot Shi Sheng an annoyed look.

"But you probably don’t need to worry; I bet it won’t be long before things in the Imperial City start getting messy again!"

Ye Liuyun wasn’t wrong.

But Si Nan could sense something unusual—trouble was probably about to break out in the Imperial City very soon!

"Do you know something?"

Shi Sheng looked curiously at Si Nan.

Though he’d never admitted it, Shi Sheng knew deep down he couldn’t outsmart Si Nan.

If he said that, he definitely knew something.

"Even if I told you, you wouldn’t get it!"

"How do you know I wouldn’t get it if you don’t tell me?"

Shi Sheng was getting a little worked up.

He knew Si Nan was smart, but he wasn’t exactly an idiot himself.

"If you could get it, I wouldn’t need to say anything."

"Fine then, just say it! I’ll understand once you say it!"

"..."

Watching Si Nan and Shi Sheng bicker like that, Jiang Jing and Feng Feiyi exchanged helpless glances, both seeing the same exasperation in each other’s eyes.

Seriously exasperated.

How could they even start arguing over something like that?

...

Night fell!

Inside Ye Liuyun’s residence, a shadow landed lightly from afar.

A clear, lively voice followed shortly after.

"I’m back!"

There was only one person who would talk like that—

Apart from Shu Fan, Ye Liuyun couldn’t think of anyone else.

"Sister Shu Fan!"

Xing’Er and the others were all quite familiar with Shu Fan by now.

As soon as they saw who it was, they greeted her with broad smiles.

"Hehe, hello everyone!"

Shu Fan looked perfectly at ease, beaming as she greeted everyone, then sat down naturally across from Ye Liuyun.

She picked up the teapot on the table and poured herself a cup.

"Not bad! This tea isn’t ordinary, is it?"

Shu Fan had tasted good and bad tea, but Ye Liuyun’s tea—no regular words could describe it anymore.

"Just something to help calm the mind—nothing much,"

This tea actually came from Sheng Lanzhi.

Now that the chamber of commerce was up and running, there was no shortage of good stuff, not just this tea. Ye Liuyun’s room even had a few flowers that could help with focus and calming one’s mind.

Supposedly, those things would fetch a fortune if sold outside.

But Ye Liuyun never lacked such things here.

Even if Sheng Lanzhi ran out, there’d still be plenty of people in Great Qian eager to send presents to Ye Liuyun.

"Honestly, it’s still more comfortable staying here with you!"

After downing the cup, Shu Fan looked completely content.

"Didn’t Qinzhen come along?"

Noticing Shu Fan was alone, Qu Sisi curiously asked from the side.

Of course, she meant Ye Qinzhen.