As before, Li Ling returned home at dusk. However, his mood today was much better than in the previous month. He felt that a big rock in his heart was gone, and he finally could relax.

This made him say more when he had dinner with Yue'er than before. After a few jokes, he looked at the little girl: "Yue'er, I remember you told me a few days ago that you wanted to try to write novels like me. How about it? Have you made any progress recently?"

Yue'er was originally happy because of her brother's sincere and relaxed appearance today. When she heard this, the smile on her face faded a little, and she hesitated: "This..." She looked completely guilty, and it fell into Li Ling's eyes, and she felt even more interesting: "Why, you only like to play and talk with Sister Yang recently, but you forgot what you promised me?"

"No, no..." Yue'er waved her hands, "I'm not always with Sister Yang. I just walked around with her for the first few days, but then she went to work on her own." As she spoke, she pursed her mouth, looking very aggrieved.

"Haha, Sister Yang has something to do after all, so she can't blame her if she can't be with you during the day. But she is always with you at night. I saw you and her going back to the room to rest the night before."

I didn't want to hear Li Ling's comfort, the little girl's mouth pouted higher: "No, brother, you don't know. In fact, Sister Yang doesn't want to sleep with me at night. She always secretly leaves when I fell asleep. Brother, do I always move around after I fell asleep and kicked Sister Yang, so she didn't sleep with me?"

"There is no such thing? You are so obedient when you sleep. At least three years ago, when we slept together." Li Ling said this, and suddenly raised his eyebrows, "Are you saying that Sister Yang always goes out at night?"

"Well, in the middle of the night... she thought I had already fallen asleep, but she didn't know that I was actually awake several times. Also, there were several other times when I woke up in the middle of the night, and I didn't see her, but when I woke up again in the morning, she slept beside me again. I thought it must be that Sister Yang was kicked by me, and I didn't want me to be sad, so I didn't tell me to know."

The little girl still looked like she was self-blame and aggrieved, but she found that Li Ling's brows slowly frowned, which made her quite uneasy: "Brother, did I make Sister Yang angry?"

"It's not true, don't think about it." Li Ling quickly thought about it while picking up a piece of meat into his sister's bowl. Yang Qingxiao's behavior was indeed strange.

In fact, he should have noticed these things early in the morning, but in order to deal with Dai Xiao and the others, and the bookstore and newspapers, Li Ling devoted more energy to it, but ignored many details around him.

Now that I think about it carefully, it is unreasonable to think that Yang Qingxiao's appearance is not common. The reason she gave at the beginning seemed to make some sense. It was because Li Ling had sent back the news about the bookstore that she came to Luoyang to take charge of the overall situation. But now thinking about it, the Qin Family Bookstore was not an important asset to the Cao Gang at that time. Even if she had some confidence in him, Li Ling, she would not have let an important figure such as Yang Qingxiao come to make an idea.

Even if she took a step back and accepted her approach to Luoyang because of this, it had come true at Zongheng Bookstore. After the newspaper began to be published, she did not have to stay in Luoyang. After all, as an important figure in the Cao Gang, Yang Qingxiao only has more and more important matters to deal with in the gang, rather than focusing on such a small bookstore newspaper. Even Li Ling has recently put more energy into the yamen, and the bookstore has only taken a walk around for three or five days?

Also, if you think about this period, Yang Qingxiao's behavior became more and more strange. She actually rarely appeared in the bookstore. Originally, Li Ling thought she was having fun with Yue'er, but now it seems that's not the case. Then she would come back to rest at night, but in fact, she sneaked out after Yue'er fell asleep...

All of this made Li Ling smell a trace of conspiracy. Yang Qingxiao's purpose in coming to Luoyang this time must be more simple. She has a deeper and ulterior motive. And as time goes by, she put more energy into this matter, and the flaws become bigger and bigger.

What exactly will it be?

Logically speaking, since they have told him unintentionally, Li Ling is not easy to investigate. After all, it is a grudge in the world. An official or businessman is indeed unnecessary and unable to interfere. But since Yang Qingxiao has used himself to cover up this time, he feels that he should find out the truth!

"Brother..." Seeing Li Ling suddenly fall into deep thought, Yue'er felt a little worried, "Is it because Yue'er did something wrong? Will it make Sister Yang unhappy?"

"No, I just thought of some other things." Li Ling then calmed down, and at the same time, he had already made a decision. No matter how good his relationship with Yang Qingxiao and Cao Gang were, he could not compare to his sister. So as long as she used the same trick again tonight, she would show up with him!

Yue'er then relaxed a little, and then said a little nervously: "Actually, I'm trying to write novels these days. Wait until I've finished writing them for my brother?"

"Okay, if it is well written, I will help you publish it in our newspaper. You have read the Zongheng Monthly Newspaper. If it is printed on it, many people in Luoyang City will see it." Li Ling seized the opportunity to change the topic in order to calm down his sister's nervousness.

But this made Yue'er even more nervous: "Ah... what I wrote was seen by many people? Is this really good?"

"What's so shy about? As long as you write well enough, others will only praise you after reading it. Maybe Yue'er, you will be sought after in the future and be called a talented woman by those who have read your stories."

This sentence indeed gave Yue'er a lot of encouragement, and he nodded vigorously: "Yeah, brother, Yue'er can work hard and will not embarrass you." As he said that, he threw away the bowls and chopsticks, "I'm full, go back and continue writing novels."

Watching her sister leave in a hurry, Li Ling smiled gently at first, but soon, her smile faded into a solemn look: "Yang Qingxiao...what the hell are you doing?"

...

As the night ended, Luoyang City became quiet as the curfew began.

But what this curfew can ban is just a fight to promote the common people. For those who truly hold power, the life at night is still rich and colorful, even more exciting than the daytime.

In a magnificent mansion, the banquet living room in front is brightly lit. With a bamboo orchestra accompaniment, more than a dozen graceful dancers were dancing in the rhythm, which caused several viewers around to nod and applaud.

On the top position, a young nobleman looked at everyone's performance with a smile. After the dance was over, he patted his hand and asked everyone in the hall to calm down and look at him. Then he said, "It's not too late today. I'll go to the yamen to handle business tomorrow. Xiao Wang won't keep you more. These dancers were carefully selected by Xiao Wang from Yangzhou. They are all virgins. If you don't dislike it, you can choose two of them to take them back to the mansion. It's also a little bit of Xiao Wang's intention."

When the five or six officials heard this, they were immediately happy and quickly stood up and thanked him. Then, honestly and unceremoniously, they walked to the few standing still dancers. After a while, they each chose their favorites and thanked them and took them away.

All the others dispersed, and only one middle-aged official did not go forward to choose women or leave with them. Instead, he followed the young man to the courtyard behind and strolled on the path surrounded by plants and trees.

After walking a few steps, confirming that there were only two people in this area, the middle-aged official whispered: "Your Highness Yong, it's still a bit inappropriate for you to do this..."

The young son, the sixth son of the current emperor, Yongwang Sun Lin paused slightly, and his face still had that gentle smile: "Mr. Shen thinks that my father will suspicion of me by trying to win over the court officials so obviously? Don't worry, I have always been very sensible, and everything I do is subject to my father's permission."

"No, I naturally believe that there will be no misunderstanding between Your Highness and Your Majesty. I just feel that these people may not be truly willing to use them for Your Highness. Moreover, those who only focus on wine, sex, money and energy will ultimately be difficult to take on a great task. They are not the pillars that Your Highness can rely on."

"I naturally know this, but there are thousands of officials in the court, and there are so many real pillars. And there are even fewer pillars who can be used by me and are willing to contribute to me, a vassal king. Only Lord Shen, who is sincerely considering me, will still work for me as the Minister of Revenue. If someone else is replaced, I am afraid I will be sent to the East Palace soon."

This middle-aged official is Shen Zhuohui, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but he is the right-hand man of King Yong. After hearing his words, Shen Zhuohui showed gratitude on his face: "Your Highness is so serious. I am just moved by your highness that you are the most talented among the many princes of my Great Yue, so I was determined to serve you early in the morning. As for the pillars, I think there are still some in the court, such as Li Ling, who is recognized by Your Highness, who is very good."

"Li Ling..." King Yong was stunned for a moment, knocked his forehead with his hand, and then he had a memory. "Just that new student Tanhua later joined the Ministry of Revenue to observe politics. I'll let you take care of some young people?"

"It's this person. To be honest with Your Highness, this person doesn't need to be taken care of by his subordinates. With his ability, he is no less than the elderly officials in the court. He has just entered my Ministry of Revenue for less than two months, and he has defeated all the doctor!"

After listening to Shen Zhuohui's story, King Yong's eyes shining brightly: "This person is really extraordinary... I only knew that your doctor Dai Xiao from the Ministry of Revenue was questioned for his illegitimate relationship, but he didn't know that he was still dealt with. Hey, a politician who had just entered the officialdom defeated the fourth-rank doctor. It's really not easy."

"It's not just simple, it's amazing. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought that this was the work of many veteran officials. I would have done the plot one by one, and I'm afraid it would be like that. So if your Highness gets the help of this person, his confidence in accomplishing things will increase by 30%.
Chapter completed!