"Unfortunately, we didn't get any more dirt on the Imperial Royal Family!"
"Vicki and the others regularly use a Soul Secret Method to erase all memories of certain past missions."
"However, because this method greatly weakens the soul, the intervals between uses are fairly long."
"There were three missions in Vicki's mind. One involved the Former Grand Steward of the Royal Family. Vicki was responsible for conducting a soul search on someone in the Former Grand Steward's household!"
"I never expected the Former Grand Steward of the Royal Family to lose his position because of me!" Only then did Yang Bo learn the full story.
The Former Grand Steward of the Royal Family had been removed because Yang Bo broke the Swordplay Association's winning streak record. The Empire's Swordplay Association refused to recognize the record because the previous one had been set by an Imperial general.
"Actually, I was just the scapegoat. Whenever someone around the Emperor gains too much power, he finds a way to weaken them."
"So never be the Emperor's dog. He'll treat you well when he needs you."
"But once he thinks you've grown too powerful and your authority is too great, he'll kill you!"
"Then he'll promote someone else." Yang Bo naturally understood that the fundamental reason was that the Royal Grand Steward had held the position for too long, making the Emperor deeply uneasy.
It was much like working for a company. Even if you were one of its founding veterans and fought alongside the boss, once the company had grown—
all the boss saw was how much money you were taking. As for all the struggles you had gone through together, the boss no longer remembered them at all.
By then, the boss would only think about how much money he could save