Chapter 895: - : Avoiding Me?! (1/2)

Chapter 895: Avoiding Me?!

“Boss, that’s what he said! We are scared!”

After leaving Bai Xiaofei waiting in the room, the two guards immediately ran to where their leader hid after receiving their secret signals earlier.

This was not the first time that someone from above had come to check before. When it was not the emperor, the leader always found a reason to hide. This time, however, he realized there was a problem.

“You two go and gather the people. If he asks why I’m not present, just say that I was called away by the First prince and that I will go to find him. That young greenhorn wants to boss the Imperial Guard around? Humph, he thinks I don’t have a backer?!” With a cold snort, the leader walked out.

After the leader left, the two guards hurriedly went to the deputy leader and explained the situation.

The deputy leader’s attitude was completely different from that of the leader. After hearing the news, he immediately gathered everyone. Before long, Bai Xiaofei came out to see a dispirited array of soldiers, causing him to nearly curse out loud.

This is Ethereal’s steel guard?! Is their fame overblown?!

Dispirited soldiers and loose discipline, a perfect contrast to the Yun private army. If he wasn’t standing in the Imperial Guard’s grounds, Bai Xiaofei really couldn’t believe that this was the army that the Ethereal emperor regarded as a treasure.

“Where is your commander?” Enduring the anger, Bai Xiaofei asked the deputy commander with a clouded face.

The latter immediately stepped forward with cupped hands and reported what he knew, “Reporting to Overseer, the leader was summoned by the First prince for business.”

“Did he tell you that himself?” Bai Xiaofei snorted.

The deputy commander hesitated.

“What’s wrong? Don’t tell me that the deputy commander of Ethereal’s Imperial Guard does not dare to speak the truth! Is that how you are responsible for His Majesty?!” Bai Xiaofei’s cold voice echoed.

“Reporting to Overseer, this subordinate is rarely concerned with the Imperial Guard’s affairs and a very small part of the Guard reports to me. As for where our leader has gone, I did not hear it from him!” reported the deputy commander honestly after looking troubled for a while. At the same time, he inwardly made a decision, ‘If this is an opportunity, then I will seize it! If not, then I’ll quit this place!’

“Aren’t you the deputy commander? If I remember correctly, the Imperial Guard only has one deputy commander. You’re telling me the deputy commander isn’t concerned with his own group’s affairs?!” Bai Xiaofei inquired.

With a pained expression, the deputy commander simply let it go, “Yes, Overseer, my position only exists in name. The reason why I can stay is because some people want to disgust me.”

“In that case, the smog here has nothing to do with you?” Bai Xiaofei suddenly laughed.

The deputy commander was flustered. “Overseer… You…” he stuttered, unsure if he should continue after this sudden change and even regretted what he had said a little.

“Answer me, how much does everything here have to do with you?!”

Facing this question, the deputy commander clenched his jaws and uttered, “I swear on my head that it has nothing to do with me!”