Inside the blue-brick house, the two cups of tea Chu Xisheng had personally brewed had gone completely cold.
Embroidery Guard Thousand-Household Commander Cao Xuan had long since left, while Chu Xisheng gazed thoughtfully at a silver waist token before him.
Cao Xuan had not accepted Chu Xisheng's resignation. Instead, he had soothed him with gentle words.
He had also explained that he meant the Tie brothers no harm. It was simply that the Iron Banner Gang had been making too many moves lately, and weapons smuggling along the Divine Splendor River had become rampant, so he was following customary practice by increasing oversight of the Iron Banner Gang.
As long as the Tie brothers did not collude with rebels or commit heinous, unpardonable crimes, the Embroidery Guard would take no action against the Iron Banner Gang.
In the end, seeing that all his words had failed to persuade Chu Xisheng, Cao Xuan had no choice but to take his leave.
Yet he had not taken away the waist token engraved with "Chu Xisheng, Deputy Hundred-Household Commander of the Xiushui Brocade-Clad Guard Thousand-Household Office." With deep regret, he had merely instructed Chu Xisheng to continue focusing on gathering clues about the God-Defying Banner.
Nor was Chu Xisheng the only one to receive a promotion and a raise. Chu Yunyun had also been promoted to an Eighth-Rank Chief Banner Officer.
After considering it for a moment, Chu Xisheng turned to ask, "Yunyun, what do you think Cao Qianhu means by this?"
He had been ready to fall out with Cao Xuan just now.
"You're one of the Azure Cloud Prodigies." Chu Yunyun's expression was calm, her words brief and to the point. "There will always be times when he can use you in the future. Having taken the Embroidery Guard's pay and