"I dare not accept the honor," Shen Yi took one look at his face and immediately knew what he was thinking. He calmly sat down and explained: "There are major inspections and cleansing at the border area this time, the Grand Marshal cannot clone himself, but he still harbors immense concern for Your Highness. He had especially asked me to come to visit."

"I do not dare to accept 'His Highness'," Chang Geng bowed his head and said coolly, "Shil — Marquis is busy day-to-day with military affairs, yet he still has the heart to remember us, it is truly flattering."

Shen Yi laughed: "If Grand Marshal knows that you're being rather distant like this behind his back, he would definitely be very sad. Unfortunately, this person, he has never spoken out despite how upset he might feel, and always caused more trouble for us underlings. "

Chang Geng did not say a word in his indifference, he seemed to have placed his entire mind onto what was left of the blade in his hand. He carefully selected a position on top and started to drill a hole in it with a nail.

His heart was as clear as a mirror, he frankly did not believe Shen Yi to be just any ordinary subordinate. Even if they were patrolling in disguise, would an ordinary subordinate dare to command the Marquis of Order to wash the dishes or to cook some porridge? Unless one was an undying being trying to hang oneself - already tired of living.

No one was speaking, and the atmosphere momentarily became very uncomfortable.

Shen Yi was smiling on the outside but cursing on the inside as Chang Geng's expression was all completely for Gu Yun to see. However, Gu Yun, that bastard, did not dare to even look and pushed him over here to be his scapegoat. He thought: "From the day I got on the same felonious boat with that Gu, nothing good would ever happen."

Shen Yi was born from a prestigious and influential family, which had some connections with the family of old marquis Gu's mother, so to speak. When the old marquis was still alive, he had welcomed Shen Yi to live with the Gu family for a while. All of Gu Yun's grand mischievous deeds from childhood, half of them were Shen Yi's 'merits'.

Later when old marquis Gu and the First Princess both passed away, the two went their separate ways. Gu Yun entered the palace to inherit his royal status, and Shen Yi went back to partake in the imperial examination. But even after passing the exam, he had refused to enter the Hanlin Academy*. Instead, despite others looking upon him as if he was a madman, he personally inquired to enter 'Ling Shu'.

*The Imperial Hanlin Academy, from the Tang dynasty, lasting until the year of 1911