Hou Yuanding had spent the whole night hard at work and was brimming with energy.
It was a transaction. With someone in E Huangshi's line of work, there was no need to imagine her as pure as ice and spotless as jade. They had simply each taken what they needed.
If she dared drag him into the water, she had to pay the price.
After morning practice the next day, he headed out feeling refreshed. He was not in the habit of reporting for roll call, but however much he disliked it, he had only just taken the post and had to keep up appearances. Accompanying Rong was an idle position-that was how his superiors saw it. If he saw it that way himself, he would be kicked out sooner or later.
The Minister of Justice Prefecture did not offer lifelong employment. Poor performance or incompetence would get him dismissed just the same. Only after climbing another rung, reaching the Golden Core realm and attaining a position such as Assistant Prefect or Judge, would he begin delving into the prefecture's various shady secrets and never be able to leave.
He was still some distance from that sort of iron rice bowl.
He had no room of his own in the Minister of Justice Prefecture. Generally, they would check the Signatory Room for assignments and then go their separate ways; if anything came up, their immediate superiors would notify them directly. Such easy days would not last long. They might stay, or they might be sent elsewhere, and such postings were not simply confined to the Shan Kingdom-they extended across the entire Brocade Continent.
Thus, among the three prefectures, they were the group who undertook the most dangerous assignments.
Those of higher rank might not be released by the Minister of