"this……"

"Um?"

The idle man hesitated for a moment, then when he saw Jiao Shun's face turned gloomy, he hurriedly smiled and said, "It's Second Master Qiang. It's Second Master Qiang from Ningguo Mansion who found my brother and asked us to teach that little nun a lesson!"

"Jia Qiang?"

Jiao Shun suddenly understood after thinking about it, and wondered why Youshi had suddenly come forward to intercede for Jia Qiang, allowing Jia Qiang to stay in the capital.

He glanced back at the entrance of the alley and said in a low voice: "Don't expose your whereabouts in the future. Just ask your people to keep an eye on the nearby Civil Information Bureau and try to seize the letters they want to send."

The Civil Information Bureau is an ancient private post office. It began during the Yongli period of the Ming Dynasty and has spread all over the north and south of the Xia Dynasty.

Miaoyu only had two servants and one maid around her. Apart from Xing Xiuyan, she had no relatives or friends in the capital that she could trust. Naturally, she had to go through the Civil Information Bureau if she wanted to send family letters.

It would take more than a month to go back and forth, and delays on the way were common. By the time they discovered something was wrong, it would be two or three months later, and Miaoyu would have run out of ammunition by then.

By then...

"this……"

The idle man was stunned, feeling that the man in front of him really took off his pants and farted. If he wanted to target the little nun, why did he jump out to block her just now?

Jiao Shunyi raised his eyebrows: "What? Is it because I can't do it, or because I don't want to do it?"

If it weren't for the fake nun's repeated rude remarks, Jiao Shun originally just wanted to see her joke and had no intention of adding insult to injury. But who told this fake nun to have a bad memory and insist on speaking out?

"It can be done, it can be done!"

The idle man hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely deliver that book to your home!"

Jiao Shun casually took out a one-hundred-tael silver note, and promised a heavy reward in the future, and then drove away amidst the thank-yous from the idle man.

He had to go to work between Youshi and Li Wan in the evening, so he didn't dare to stay here for too long.

…………

That night.

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

After Emperor Longyuan finished reviewing the last draft, he stood up to stretch his muscles and asked casually: "Is there any progress in the case of the Ministry of Rites? Why haven't I seen the report from the Three Law Departments?"

"this……"

Dai Quan bowed slightly and said with a smile: "I don't dare to discuss government affairs arbitrarily."

"What kind of government is this?"

Emperor Longyuan snorted: "It's just a group of rotten scholars trying to block the car with their arms!"

Dai Quan did not dare to agree. He could only laugh twice, and then cautiously speculated: "Yilao Nu made such an arrogant conclusion, perhaps because the Sanfa Division wanted to find out the truth and then report it together."

"Haha, it would be great if that were really the case."

Emperor Longyuan stretched again, walked out from behind the imperial cabinet in high spirits, and said with satisfaction: "There's no rush, I have plenty of time to spend with them."

He said he was not in a hurry, but then he ordered: "Pass on my oral instructions and ask Jiao Changqing to prepare a written report every day. No matter how big or small there is, there should be no omissions."

After a pause, he added: "We won't bother the cabinet with this matter. We can just submit it directly."

It was just a matter of paying it forward, but the direct submission meant that it gave Jiao Shun the right to secretly submit the report. Although it was limited to Zhou Long's case for the time being, it was still equivalent to the honor of a feudal official.

A sixth-grade chief executive who was just twenty years old and who was not a public official was actually given such a privilege...

Dai Quan opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing.

Emperor Longyuan walked back and forth in the palace for a few more steps, then suddenly frowned and asked, "Why haven't the plaques from each palace been sent yet?"

Dai Quan was stunned, thinking that this matter had been suspended for more than half a year, or that it was the emperor's own special decree.

But thinking about the fact that yesterday the emperor suddenly dismissed everyone and was alone with the queen in the garden...

He said hurriedly and calmly: "Perhaps there is a delay below. I will go and hurry up."

A moment later, a dozen young eunuchs rushed out of the Qianqing Palace and ran all over the Forbidden City. It took less than two-quarters of an hour to collect the plaques from each palace.

Dai Quan held up the dozens of signs in front of the emperor. Emperor Longyuan raised his hand and passed over the names one by one. He only felt that this one was plump, that one was charming, Concubine De was dignified, Concubine Rong was unrestrained, the Empress... the Empress yesterday I've already been favored, so don't think about it for the time being.

He couldn't make a decision for a long time, so he simply picked up all the dozen or so brands he was interested in, handed them to Dai Quan and said, "Let them draw lots themselves. If they win, they will continue on the next day."

"this……"

This behavior is indeed a bit frivolous. What's more important is that the emperor's health has just recovered and he plays every night, which is a bit inappropriate no matter how you think about it.

But Dai Quan also knew that the emperor had been depressed for more than half a year, and now he had finally regained his glory. He was bent on staging a drama about the return of the king, so he would be asking for trouble if he insisted on persuading him.

So I could only send a cryptic message to the concubines, instructing them not to act too hastily and damage the emperor's dragon body.
Chapter completed!