Morphing Erebus’s Reviews > Joyful Reunion (Novel) Vol. 4 > Status Update

He of course knows what Li Yanqiu means — Li Yanqiu has already figured out that he’s the one who killed Li Jianhong. Of all the mistakes he could have made, he should never have tried to assassinate Li Yanqiu; he really has been too confident about Chang Liujun, Wu Du, and Wang Shan.

Turns out if you try to assassinate the Emperor and fail, bad things may happen to you. Who'd have thought.

“The imperial court is layer up layer of red tape — you write them an official document now, and it’ll get stuck in the Ministry of Revenue. Even if you wait until autumn, it still won’t be approved, and even if the allotted seeds do come they’ll be of inferior quality. Tell you what, if the Ministry of Revenue does manage to send us seeds on time, I’ll eat them right in front of your face.”

Love bureaucracy.

There’s a slight trembling to Lang Junxia’s breathing, so much so that the tip of his sword is trembling with it.
[..]With a flip, Zheng Yan leaps onto the wall inside the alley and sits down with a leg dangling off the edge.
“Zheng Yan?” Chang Liujun sounds surprised.
Wu Du grins — this is clearly all a part of his plan.

These four assassins need to stop meeting like this.

“Even if Cai Yan’s seized my position, I must return to the central plains. This is the only path I can take.”
“You’re the heir to Southern Chen.” After listening to the entire story, not only is Yelü Zongzhen not at all surprised, it’s actually with a smile that he says to Duan Ling, “That’s what you should be doing.”

I like that all the foreign princes and emperors know who the real heir is apart from Chen.