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Today, the Scholar's Manor that was supposed to be bustling with people, was instantly overshadowed by the Shang Shu Manor's limelight. Mo Yi was originally still immersed in the joy of becoming an official, he didn't expect that the person who advanced with him, Shen Qian Xun, would be even better than him.

With a face full of resentment, Pang Yi sat in the incomparably gloomy academy. Aside from a steward, three maidservants, and five servants, there were only a hundred acres of broken land left.

"Manager, let's go to the Shang Shu Manor too!" With a face full of resentment, he stood up and shouted to the frightened manager beside him.

"Master, this …" The steward was obviously hesitating.

"What do you mean? I'm the lord, it's my decision. Let's go, prepare the sedan!" Immediately, he swung his sleeves and strode towards the door.

"Sigh." The steward exhaled slowly and followed helplessly.

He opened the door of the sedan, and looked at the crowd gathered outside the Shang Shu School. Each of them held a gift, and they all had happy smiles on their faces. As the Minister of the imperial court walked in and out of the library, his eyes were blazing with fire, and even with a distance of one street, he could completely feel the anger in his eyes.

"Old master, should we return it?" The Head Supervisor of the Scholar's Manor stood outside the palanquin and whispered to Mo Yi.

"Go back!" The Head of the Scholar's Manor was momentarily silenced by the angry look on his face. He had not expected that the newly appointed Cabinet Master would be such a vile person.

The Head of the Scholar's Manor waved at the sedan chair bearers before turning around and walking in the direction of the Scholar's Manor.

As he sat in the palanquin, the veins on his hands popped out as he clenched his fists until his knuckles cracked.

He originally wanted to go up to the throne together with Shen Qian Xun and be used by Prime Minister Luo, on what basis was he, Shen Qian Xun, able to sit in the position of first rank Minister, while he could only succumb to the fourth rank Cabinet with an empty title. He did not have any real power, but Shen Qian Xun had control over the movement inside, and he was just a small fry that no one wanted to win over!

"Master, we're at the manor." The Head of the Scholar's Manor said as he carefully bowed.

Mo Yi did not reply. He only unclenched his fists and walked into Leng Qing's residence with a muffled sound.

"Master, a guest has arrived at the manor." As soon as Mo Yi entered through the door, a servant girl came forward and informed him.

"Guest?" Mo Yi frowned. He did not expect that there would be a guest who would come to his residence when everyone was trying to curry favor with Shen Qian Xun.

"Yes, Master. She wouldn't say who it was, she only said that she was waiting in the hall." The maidservant slightly bowed.

"Alright, I understand." Mo Yi nodded. He was secretly happy. He was trying to guess which official of the imperial court was here when he stepped into the hall.

"I wonder which colleague has come to our humble abode …" As he spoke, he walked forward and saw a girl wearing a dark yellow light shirt sitting in the middle of the hall. For a moment, he was startled on the spot, his legs trembling, and his mouth stuttering as he kneeled down:

"This commoner …" No, this humble subject pays his respects to the Emperor! I didn't know that the emperor would come here, and if I was far off, I'd like to ask for your forgiveness, your majesty! "

Qiao Qiao put down the teacup in his hand and pursed his lips into a smile. He immediately stood up and held the kneeling Ge Yi with a face full of smiles. He lightly parted his lips:

"Greetings, my beloved. Today, I've come to pay a visit to see if my beloved one is feeling unwell."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. This humble subject is fine." Even though there were many people in the Shang Monastery, they came one after another to curry favor with him. His presence here was the greatest honor for His Majesty today, and if anyone else were to know that the emperor valued him so much, they would have no idea how those despicable masters would fawn over him.

"I've taken a look. Your mansion has become a little deserted. I've specially granted you twenty attendants, ten maidservants, and one vice director. Since you were young, you've grown up in Python County and even when you first came to the capital you couldn't help feeling a little unwell." Qiao Qiao said with a face full of concern.

"This humble subject …" Kowtow for your majesty the Emperor! " Mo Yi's face was full of gratitude. He wanted to kneel down and kowtow once again to express his gratitude, but Qiao Qiao still held him up.

"Please stand, my liege." Qiao Qiao continued to smile, "I have always admired the knowledge of my beloved official. After thinking carefully about it, I feel that a fourth rank Cabinet Master really has wronged his beloved official."

"This humble subject does not dare. As long as I can serve the State of Qiao, this humble subject will do my best, regardless of the rank of official." Pang Yi cupped his hands together. Although he looked humble, he was actually ecstatic in his heart.

Qiao Qiao continued to laugh lightly, his face was filled with warmth, but if one looked closely, it was not difficult to notice that there was a bit of ridicule between her brows.

"Ai, if it wasn't for Prime Minister Luo recommending a wise man to me, I really wouldn't have met such a learned man like my beloved official. To be honest, Prime Minister Luo is also my beloved father's boast." Joe continued to lead the conversation.

"That's only natural. If it wasn't for my father, this humble subject wouldn't have met such a noble person, much less have the honor of meeting His Majesty." Mo Yi was also extremely grateful towards Prime Minister Luo's recommendation.

"That's right, but it is strange. When Prime Minister Luo and I were chatting in the Heartbreak Palace that day, he only mentioned Shen Qian Xun. I didn't expect that we would meet such a capable person like our beloved one in the main hall today, if it wasn't for the fact that we were unprepared, we wouldn't have given our beloved one such small official." Joe continued to feign a look of regret.

As expected, just as Qiao Qiao's voice fell, the expression on his face slightly changed. His expression was merely one of joy and anger, but he was not some ignorant fool. He was still able to understand the meaning behind Qiao's words, it seemed like Prime Minister Luo did not care about him at all.

Sigh, I came here to chat with my beloved one today, but why did you mention such a thing? I had originally wanted to use my humble clothes to patrol the mansion, but who would have thought that the mansion would be so quiet today. I am well aware that people who have a good time don't like to cause a ruckus, and I am deeply comforted by the actions of my beloved one. Qiao Qiao continued to exaggerate.

"Yeah, yeah." Bi Yi let out an embarrassed smile. It wasn't that he didn't like to cause trouble, but that no one cared about him.

"But this is good as well. I won't be staying here for long and will be going to the Shang Shu Manor to congratulate him. After all, he is someone that Prime Minister Luo has recommended with great effort. No matter how unhappy I am, I will still go and take care of him." Joe stood up to the side and said to the boy.

"This humble subject respectfully delivers you to the emperor." Jingyi stood behind Joe, leaning over to say goodbye.

The instant that Qiao Qiao turned around, his lips slowly curled into a smile as he walked out of the academy with a complacent look on his face. She knew that it was extremely simple to sow discord between Prime Minister Luo and the person who was truly difficult to deal with was the extremely shrewd Shen Qian Xun.

It was proven that the Emperor truly valued him in his heart, but he did not expect that because of the words of Prime Minister Luo, he would be given such a small official position. Shen Qian Xun was recommended by Prime Minister Luo, and the Emperor had to give him some face for his identity as Prime Minister Luo, so from the looks of it, Shen Qian Xun's title of first rank was obviously requested by Prime Minister Luo, and this small fourth rank was given to him by the Prime Minister himself, it had nothing to do with Prime Minister Luo.

As he thought about this, he laid himself on the table and lightly waved his brush. He did not know what was written on the paper. All he could see was the words' Father personally opened 'on the envelope, and he had the Head Supervisor take it out.

Even if he didn't say it out loud, he could not help but feel a gap in his heart towards Prime Minister Luo, but Qiao Qiao had already heard that although the Python County was small, the Bai Family was rich and well off, but because of the location of the mine, other than the County Magistrate's orders, no one knew that the location of the mine was currently being guarded by Prime Minister Luo, and from what he had heard from him today, Prime Minister Luo's monthly tribute was naturally insufficient to support his wild ambition, so the biggest possibility was that the Python County was already in the possession of Prime Minister Luo.

"Your Imperial Majesty, did you subdue Pang Yi?" Qingwu asked with concern.

"Of course. The biggest problem with taming Pi Yi is the true origins of the Python County iron mine and Shen Qian Xun." Joe still sighed.

"Isn't Shen Qian Xun the young master of the Prefecture Overseer Order?" Qingwu asked with a frown.

"As far as I know, Prime Minister Luo is not on good terms with Supreme Commander Zhi Zhou. Why did he suddenly recommend his son to be promoted to the post?" Qiao Qiao still raised his eyebrows and said.

"In that case, Shen Qian Xun is not the real Shen Qian Xun?" Qingwu asked again.

"No, Shen Qian Xun is naturally the real Shen Qian Xun, but it is very possible that he has some other identity." Qiao Qiao was still frowning. It was impossible for Prime Minister Luo to fake Shen Qian Xun's identity. However, from the looks of it, the relationship that he had with Shen Qian Xun was not that simple.

"Your majesty, this servant has something that I don't know about, so I don't know if I should ask." Qingwu frowned slightly, as if this question had troubled her for a long time.

"Just say it." Qiao once again curled his lips, but the doubt in Qingwu's heart had already been made clear.

"How did you know about the news outside the palace while you were in the palace?" She remembered that in the past, the emperor had wanted to find out about the news outside the palace, so he had sent her out to investigate. In the past few days, the emperor hadn't sent anyone out to search, but every time he had heard about a lot of important matters outside the palace, she had been puzzled.

"Haha." Qiao Qiao laughed out loud. Naturally, she was unable to say that the Palace Mistress of the Qing Jue Palace was the cold faced Ice Mountain King. All of the information she knew came from Yan Mo Chen.

Hearing Qiao Qiao's chuckle, Qingwu was at a loss. She couldn't tell if the emperor was going to say it or not.

"You will definitely know about this in the future. It's just that it isn't now."

Qingwu looked at Qiao Qiao who still had a serious expression and did not pursue the matter. She knew that when the time came, the Emperor would make a clean breast of things.