easy to hold.""Being an official in the capital is difficult because you're right under the emperor's nose. There's no freedom there."“And the hardest position to hold is being an official near the e...Chapter 1164: Speak While Kneeling >

Before the person arrives, their voice reaches first.

Li Chen looked up in the direction of the voice. He saw a middle-aged man in silk clothes, glittering with jewels and adorned with gold, silver, and jade, walking out of the rice shop.

This man was thin, but he liked to adorn himself with extravagant decorations, making him look like a clothes rack strutting around with a pile of jewels on it.

This man had a sneer on his face, standing at the door of the rice shop and sizing up Li Chen. "Judging by your accent, you're also from Beijing"ed for their prowess. Each man had the lives of countless Qin soldiers on his hands, yet in the face of Yelü Shenxuan, they dared not even breathe."Your Highness, the Yueya Pass is at its weakest poin...