Chapter 32: Crow Guild

But Yun Shu didn’t show any sign to do the greeting, instead, she crossed her arms over her chest as she looked at the guy with blazing eyes.

’This bastard is finally here! I didn’t want to meet him like this without beating the shit out of him!’

Yun Si also noticed the heated glare that was burning a hole on his neck, but when he turned around, everything was normal.

“Now then, we shall start the morning court officially!”

With the official announcement from the Emperor, the morning court started.

Though the ministers were voicing their concerns over many things, these were all unrelated to Yun Shu, so she didn’t pay that much attention to that as she was busy looking outside the window.

Yun Si also noticed Yun Shu’s absent minded gaze outside the window as he frowned.

Originally, he didn’t really like this cousin of his that much. As a matter of fact, the both of them always avoided each other in any way they went.

However, after that thing happened many years ago, he couldn’t help but to hate this guy.

He didn’t know why the emperor father favored this bastard so much even after what happened that time.

But he can’t just stand his sight, and thus, he always tried to find fault with Yun Shu whenever he could, just like now.

“Your majesty, about the flood in coastal areas… I tried my best to make a budget. But it’s just not enough to assist all the villagers, and I can’t make a rash decision as it’s a matter of national concerns!”

Minister Ji looked troubled as he stood up and stated the concern, however, Chancellor Qi wasn’t also sitting idly as he opposed the other party.

“I know that this is a concerning matter, but I got another important news which can’t be ignored either!”

“Your Majesty, I’m afraid something big is happening in the borders. This major news was delivered by the Crow guild, I think we can trust this news.”

Emperor Yun’s interest was picked after mentioning the Crow guild as he signaled the Chancellor to continue.

“It was reported that an epidemic has begun to spread within the southern borders, and the people there have been affected with several steps of sickness.”

“The people that got infected got a rash all over their body and were heating up in an extremely high temperature till they fainted. And they didn’t show any sign of getting up till now.”

“The information given by the Crow guild would never carry any false clarification. However, it’s concerning how their influence has been growing within the empire.”

Emperor Yun had a troubled expression on his face, because this meant that the empire’s power was weakening.

’Crow’ has been established as an independent guild that has its branches around the continent and the five empires. No one knows where its headquarters has been established, on top of that, people assume that it’s actually a secret organization established by the Jianghu to keep the five great empires in check.

The guild master of Crow is also an unknown individual, and the Empire’s spies failed to get the information before the guild, which is a tough crack in the empire’s authority.

However, it wasn’t something alarming for Yun Shu, for she knew who the big shot actually was from the information given in the game.

What concerned her more was that the new route has been unlocked with this information, as well as a S class mission as appeared in the system window.

Ding!

[’Saving the Male Lead System’ presents:

Player name: Yun Shu

Favorability: +1215

Strength: +10,000

Skills: 100%

Merit Points: 1,500

Interest: Bai Yunxian

Quest : Prevent the Empire’s fall (S)

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Quest reward : Martial Art Scroll (S)

Magic Scroll (SS)]

’Why is there a variable I didn’t see before? Chen Yi?’

“Because the system was upgraded, now the missions will be divided in different ranks, host!” Chen Yi said with his childish voice as he jumped a round in the air.

’I understand this much, but why the hell is my first mission S class?! At least give me some time to breath!’

“Well, it’s actually upto the main system to assign missions, host. I can’t do anything about it.” Chen Yi avoided Yun Shu’s glare as he again disappeared in the air.

At least the rewards were delivered, so even if Yun Shu was irritated, she didn’t make a fuss.

Since she didn’t plan on becoming a slave for the system to do tasks and had her own plans, and now the plans collided with the system’s tasks, so it was alright.

In the meantime, Yun Si stepped out to meddle in the conversation as he smirked and said, “Minister Ji really has too much work at hand, I’m afraid that he won’t be able to take on all this trouble by himself. How about I recommend someone for assistance, Your Majesty?”

His words were humble but carrying trouble, and of course Yun Zhao wasn’t a fool to not understand his motive.

“Let Yun Shu help with the assistance regarding the flood situation on the southern border. We can negotiate the matter of the epidemic with other courtiers.”

’This brat is trying to stir up another trouble with Shu’er. Really, so much for a Crown Prince in name. If it weren’t for Shu’ers sake, then I wouldn’t have bothered to let him hold that surname!’

The emperor had a headache when he saw what Yun Si was doing, however, his eyes stopped at the court when he saw Yun stand up with a humble greeting.

“I have a better solution regarding the situations at hand, Your Majesty. If you order, then I shall present my concerns.”

Overly humble, but confident.

This was one of Yun Shu’s special charms which made her look outstanding.

“State your solution, Courtier Yun.” Emperor Yun was looking forward to Yun Shu’s solution as he looked at her with bright eyes, while Yun Si secretly greeted his teeth and clenched his fist tightly under his sleeves, barely containing his anger and hatred towards Yun Shu.

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