Chapter 101: Anxiety

“Heh heh, scared now, aren’t you?”
“I happen to be the long-time pen pal of the current emperor himself!”
Zhang Yongkang sneered at Qin Xiao, thinking this country bumpkin probably didn’t even know what a pen pal was.
Ah, how he missed those days when he and His Majesty would leisurely discuss romance and poetry.

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Zhou Zekai hadn’t expected such a question and found Tang Bingyu somewhat endearing as he replied.
“The young master is using the empress to pressure this old woman. Nowadays, everyone knows the emperor dotes on the empress; even the empress dowager’s words don’t carry much weight for his sake,” Shi Hui sneered coldly.

As they left, Ba Mamei suddenly turned back, looking thoughtfully at the departing man and beast.
Lu Yao couldn’t understand; to her, the tone sounded like an adorable pout, which was essentially close enough.

Tang Bingyu tucked the note into her pocket and turned slightly, only to catch Zhou Zekai’s half-smile. Her cheeks flushed instantly, her heart fluttering and spreading warmth through her limbs, leaving her utterly at a loss.

Zhou An’s mind was in turmoil, anxiety gnawing at him. Last time, Princess Yunjing was nearly assassinated and almost killed; now, with a second attempt, the threat must be even greater.

“Right, what’s this talk of thirty years east of the Serenzo River, thirty years west of the Serenzo River? Just nonsense!” another regular at the tavern chimed in.

He had learned the importance of being approachable to win people’s hearts, and also mastered skillful methods of managing subordinates.

The two, unfamiliar with subtle signals, conferred briefly before feigning ignorance and slowly entering a shadowy alley.

The three sisters of the Yin family also had no plans to continue accompanying Yan Tong and Zhan Xing. They were not disciples of the Floating Cloud Sect and thus unsuited to help sell such a useful tracking device; it was time they sought their own suitable opportunities.

The middle-aged driver felt his hands and feet grow cold, screaming inwardly. The other’s hearty laughter now seemed strangely eerie in his eyes.

The palace eunuch in charge of the hall rolled up the imperial edict and handed it to Kong Yaoyong as he exited the hall. The palace guards took out the “Imperial Sword of Authority” and presented it to Lou Pojun, who, along with Kong, accepted the decree with gratitude.

“The great scholar’s ideals were never recognized; that must have weighed heavily on his heart,” said the stout young man. He had stepped back to give way but his words caused the elderly man, who was about to leave, to stop in his tracks.

“I am the only one who knows the method to unravel the Dao’s essence,” Jiang Chang’an’s heart was struck with surprise and excitement.

“Yes, Lin Zhengqing is an imperial attendant. He came with the eunuch supervisor to our Wan family bearing a betrothal gift. During the handover, You Yun and Lin Zhengqing met face to face and had much contact. Fate had indeed drawn them together. Six attendants came with the gift, but You Yun and he caught each other’s eye,” the blind woman explained.

At that moment, Jia Cong had essentially achieved his basic goal. Aside from a few powerful families who sensed danger and abandoned their estates early to flee, most of those on the list had already been executed.

Lin Chu frowned slightly. He had thought the other had been behaving quietly lately, but it seemed he was causing trouble again.

Thunder rumbled continuously outside, flashes of lightning illuminating the sky as if right beside them, making even Ji Minai a little afraid.

“No, as for what happened... I’ll tell you when I return. It’s late now, I have to go to school,” Ake put down his chopsticks, his expression free of any worry.

But this year? They were to live in an old, long-uninhabited house—hardly a place for humans. Apart from rats, bats, wild cats, and cockroaches, only ghosts would dare enter.

However, in the current realm of human immortals and martial arts, martial arts has become a common and integrated part of human society.