Young man, please stay

Chapter 167 Responsible

Forming parties for personal gain has been a taboo in all dynasties.

At least for the Emperor.

Especially when the emperor himself is still trapped in partisan fighting.

Since Empress Su Yupan ascended the throne, although she has deposed the original crown prince, under the guise of the crown prince, another wave of people in the court headed by the regent have been competing with her.

This group of people is considered the [Regency].

And the people on the Empress’ side are the [New Emperor Faction].

Now Su Yupan heard that Huang Youwan, the prefect of Yangzhou, went to Liu Tianba's birthday banquet. He was a little surprised that he was the regent, but he didn't know it.

But if you think about it carefully, when another heavyweight minister of the [New Emperor Faction] in the court celebrated his birthday before, this Huang Youwan seemed to have also been there.

……

Of course, when it comes to celebrating birthdays, even though secretly everyone is from a different political party, after all, they are officials in the same dynasty, so generally speaking, they will invite each other to give face.

But when it comes to important figures from the two factions, the invitation list for the birthday banquet will not be that simple.

……

For example, over the past years, people who attended Liu Tianba's birthday banquet would generally not attend the birthday banquet of another big shot.

And Huang Youwan could actually be entertained by adults from both sides at the same time. Could it be that he...is that kind of neutral person who is smeared with magic oil?

The more Su Yupan thought about it, the more likely he felt that this was possible.

It is easy for a small person to be neutral, but it can be said that it is really not easy for a fourth-grade prefect, and also the prefect of Yangzhou, to mediate neutrality.

But regardless of whether he is from the neutral side or from the [Regency] side, judging from the level of people that this [Juxian Pavilion] has attracted, it is definitely a taboo.

……

"Qin Lang, what conditions did he set to recruit you?"

"Conditions..."

Qin Lang thought for a while and said honestly:

"The conditions are indeed very generous, with gold, silver, beauties and so on... everything is available, as long as I ask, but... he mainly emphasized that there are many worldly and rare collections of books in the Juxian Pavilion, including martial arts. I heard what he meant, maybe under his Some people came to work for him just because of these collections of books.”

"...He is quite rich..."

Su Yupan narrowed his eyes, and then thought about the fact that the bounty from Qin Lang's world arena was quite a lot at that time, and he spent it like this every month. Over the course of a year, the cost of this arena alone would be quite a lot, plus he was gathering How could a magistrate with the ordinary financial resources of the Xian Hall support the retainers and numerous books in these things?

"It turns out he is a corrupt official, hee hee~"

Zhuo Beibei stood next to Su Yupan and patted her shoulder:

"It seems that the current empress is not good either. She has raised corrupt officials~"

"..."

Su Yu frowned and twisted his shoulders.

If it were anyone else, she would at least give him a look, but for Zhuo Beibei, she could only express her dissatisfaction with this and silence.

Zhuo Beibei also happened to feel depressed about losing at cards.

On the other hand, Qin Lang saw that "Su Yinping" was unhappy, so he glared at Zhuo Beibei on her behalf and said comfortingly:

"Yin Ping, she is just a talker. Your sister has done a good job. Wherever there are people, there are corrupt officials. No matter how wise your sister is, all she can do is control the atmosphere, not everyone."

"but I…"

Su Yupan paused:

"But I know my sister, she's the kind of person who either doesn't do it or wants to be perfect."

"Is there anyone in the world who can do everything perfectly? Can she do other things perfectly?"

"It can't be done. There are many things that can't be done..."

Su Yupan lay on the table frustrated:

"...That's why she often thinks about doing nothing, but she can't help herself..."

Qin Lang was startled when he heard the words. He looked at the sadness in "Su Yinping's" eyes. Some complex expressions quickly flashed through his own eyes, and then he said: "Strictly speaking, Sister Qi shouldn't be able to control herself." Bar?"

"Um…?"

Su Yupan rested her handsome chin on the table, raised her eyelids slightly and blinked:

"why?"

"If she really wants to do nothing, she can do it. If she wants to be a fool, no one will stop her. Even if she does, the empress is very powerful in martial arts, and few people should be able to stop her. But she didn't, and still chose to take on the responsibility. Taking responsibility, I think in this regard, she is already better than many emperors in history."

"..."

After Su Yupan heard this, he was quiet for a long time and then snorted softly:

"Hmph...it seems like you understand my sister very well..."

"Understood."

Qin Lang smiled:

"Although I haven't seen it, I can guess some things about Shengshang from Yinping. Sister, just like your perseverance in practicing martial arts, I believe Shengsheng is also a perseverant person. She just uses this This kind of perseverance is reflected in other aspects in other ways... For example, as you said, she may not want to do many things unless they are perfect, but in the end she insists on doing them."

"..."

Regarding Qin Lang's words, Su Yupan was noncommittal, but stopped playing cards and continued to write down the story of "Journey to the West" that Qin Lang dictated.

It was not until that night that the empress, who was reading with gusto while transcribing, finally put down her pen, stretched and looked at the thick pile of paper on the table with satisfaction. God comes.

"Violet."

"exist."

"I'm very tired today. Let's quickly get some water to wash up and go to bed early."

"Yes."

It was indeed still early in the day, but since the emperor had given the order, Gu Jin naturally followed it.

However, even as a personal guard, even as the "Master Thousand Hands" respected by the Yulin Guards, compared to Su Yupan's own strength, Gu Jin was still too young after all.

Therefore, the girl didn't know that when she fell asleep, the empress beside her just raised her hand and brushed it in front of her face, which made her sleep more soundly.

The empress herself, with a warm face and a pretty face, tiptoed out of the room secretly.

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"You brat! You must be responsible for me!"

"I told you that it has nothing to do with me. You are overthinking it yourself. Don't blame me for everything, right?"

"Nonsense! I haven't touched them myself. It's just that you touch them here and there every night, so they are bigger than before!"

"Shhh! Can you please keep it down?"

"Hmph! You must be feeling guilty!"

……

Although the lights on the Empress' side were turned off early, there was a lot of fun happening next door.

Under the covers, the leader of the Tianhe Sect, who unintentionally felt as if he had gained a little weight, immediately regarded Qin Lang as a suspect, but Qin Lang simply couldn't agree.

Not to mention whether her occasionally itchy hands every night would have any impact on her one-third of an acre of barren land.

Even if it is possible, Qin Lang has indeed not seen any results so far.

Therefore, Qin Lang had reason to refuse the little girl's so-called "responsibility". He suspected that when she ate Dabianluo today, the shrimps marinated in rice wine made her drunk, so she developed her own The illusion that the little purse has grown up.

However, just as the two were playing around on the bed, there was a soft knock on the door outside.

dong dong dong...

"Who?"

(End of this chapter)