It Smells So Good

He had taken on work and ended up taking on the biggest head of all. Did they want him to serve as an imperial envoy?

This was hard to handle!

If it were just protecting Lady Zhao, that would be one thing. She was his wife, after all. But dealing with these great clans was clearly a livelihood built on offending people. If he slipped up, he would draw a whole bodyful of enemies.

Although he did have people backing him up, that was no excuse to take them out and use them as a shield against disaster!

"Your Highness Prince Qi, I think this matter needs to be considered at length. If so many great clans are to be liquidated, that means hundreds or thousands of people at the slightest move. Arresting one or two is fine, but arresting this many? I don't have three heads and six arms!"

"And I'm not exactly smooth in how I do things. If I offend someone, I can't afford to shoulder the blame!"

Lin Heng refused outright.

He did not like doing things where the risk outweighed the reward. Just talking about benefits with the mouth alone would not move him.

Jiang Yan stroked the beard on his chin, which looked somewhat mature and aged, and naturally saw through his little thoughts. This kid was afraid of offending people and inviting trouble!

Indeed, every time the Dynasty sent out an imperial envoy or Special Envoy... it was an extremely risky affair.

For example, the gateway Special Envoy who had previously gone to the Northern Pass of Western Continent had been killed to silence him precisely because the purposeful plan he carried had frightened certain people out of their wits, making them willing to take the risk.

If you chose to wallow in