Chapter 429 - 408: Second Update
"Lord Ju, you have finally come to work," Yu Yuan said as he impatiently approached Ju Nanyi before he could set down the documents in his hands. The Crown Prince had allowed you such a long break and you took it exactly as given? How unusually honest of you.
"Mmm—" Ju Nanyi was never a man of many words, even to Yu Yuan and those who had worked with him for a long time, he politely bowed first.
"Oh my, no need, Lord Ju. You arrived just in time; we’ve been incredibly busy these days." Yu Yuan hurriedly explained. In Lord Ju’s absence, they realized everything became chaotic when busy, unlike the usual training at the camp. The Crown Prince intended for them to blend into the Imperial Forest Guard and start getting involved in some matters.
"You have worked hard during this time, Lord Yu" Ju Nanyi understood the Crown Prince’s arrangements. The Crown Prince had wanted to do this for a while, but there wasn’t an opportunity, so during Master Yu Sheng’s blockade, they got a valid reason to enter the Imperial Forest Guard legitimately.
"Lord Ju, I dare not assume command and have just been waiting for your return to take charge," Yu Yuan said as someone brought in a stack of documents. He thought that in the Imperial Forest Guard, just as guards, dealing with fighting and exorcising demons was still manageable for him, but these documents were giving him a headache.
"Put them down. I’ll try to get through them as quickly as possible," Ju Nanyi did not shirk his duty, washed his hands, and was ready to start. Yu Yuan quickly nodded, not daring to disturb him further, and left.
As Ju Nanyi read through some of the Fire Order Squad’s logs, he found it peculiar. Were all these the Crown Prince’s doing? Starting with the orders from the Crown Prince to search for the Northern Meng Savage in Simon, the series of actions seemed unrelated on the surface, but Ju Nanyi was no longer the old self, with a deep understanding of Nanzheng’s powers.
These were all the Wen Family’s influences — starting from a month ago when the Crown Prince began having the Fire Order Squad clear the Ghost Shadow in the entire Zheng Capital, his interest gradually shifted. From Ghost Shadow to the Northern Meng Savage, to several officials consecutively held accountable, it seemed dispersed on the surface, but Ju Nanyi knew these were all strengths of the Wen Family, even later, the Northern Meng Savage had caused significant troop losses on the battlefield, and it took him lots of effort to deal with the Northern Meng Savage, the last of which became an entertainment in the palace’s fighting arena.
So, by that time, did the Wen Family already possess a significant number of Northern Meng Savages? And had the Crown Prince already realized the Wen Family’s intentions?