A black gold carriage moved through Qilin Alley.

A thick browed elder dressed in a set of ancient dark green robes that didn’t seem to be gold or jade colored calmly thought to himself with his eyes closed.

He was Hu Chenfu, someone who had done many things for the empire before it was established, which was why he could sit behind those layers of curtains, ultimately becoming Hu Family, one of the most influential families.

Today, even though the words Jiang Yanzhi spoke today in front of the study would make most of the people in the royal court feel like he went too far, in his opinion, Jiang Yanzhi already took the big picture into consideration. Jiang Yanzhi’s performance already made both him and the others release a breath of relief.

The Son of Heaven had the Sacred Son of Heaven Sword. In the eyes of most people in Yunqin, the emperor’s will was the will of heaven. However, for people like them, the country was ruled by law, without rules, there would be no boundaries. If Changsun Jinse’s performance could make their opinions of him exceed the late emperor, they would naturally unhesitantly execute any of Changsun Jinse’s decrees.

Bottom lines naturally existed.

For elders like them, the bottom line was precisely ‘assisting subjects’. No matter what kind of authority they...