The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

"Qiao Rong, when you were little, I saw that you were calm and sensible, and that you would become Cheng Youning's right-hand man in the future. You have disappointed me today!"

He was the book boy chosen by Wan Lianxing himself for Cheng Youning. He had been following Cheng Youning since Cheng Youning was four years old. Because of this identity, everyone who saw him looked up to him, and the emperor had praised him many times.

Qiao Rong started to cry. He felt wronged and helpless. "...I tried to persuade His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but he refused to listen and insisted on selling the kites, saying that it would make quick money with little cost."

"If you advise him but he doesn't listen, you can tell me and I can punish him. If you know it but don't report it, you are harming him. How can you watch him make mistakes?"

"I wanted to tell the Emperor, but the Prince said that if I was disloyal and betrayed him, he would send me away tomorrow."

Wan Lianxing tapped the number plate on the table with his fan, "Number 238, but do you know how much impact the prince's actions have caused? At such a young age, he openly accepted bribes and amassed wealth in the name of the prince, embezzled and perverted the law, disrupting the government. Is he going to rebel?"

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince doesn't dare. He just wants to make some money by buying kites, but he didn't expect so many people to come and support him... Yes, they all came to buy kites on their own initiative. There was no forced buying or selling, and no bribes were accepted. They all came voluntarily, and they begged the Crown Prince to buy kites."

"Without the status of the crown prince, would those dignitaries come to buy kites?"

"... maybe they will come to buy it, but they may not be willing to pay so much money... but the kites are made of good materials, very beautiful, and the prince's hands are all worn out from making the kites."

"Qiao Rong, do you think the people here are here for the kite?"

Qiao Rong's face was covered with tears. He knew that Cheng Youning was in trouble this time, and he was doomed. "They came to ask the prince to do something for them under the pretext of buying a kite, but the prince didn't do anything!"

Taking money but not doing anything is even more shameless. Wan Lianxing couldn't understand what was going on in Cheng Youning's little head. "You took money from people and helped them get rid of disasters, but why didn't you do anything for them?"

"It's not that we won't do it, it's just that there are some things the prince can do but some he can't. The prince's attitude towards them is very perfunctory."

If you just give a perfunctory answer, that's just cheating! Wan Lianxing was so angry that he was embarrassed for his grandfather.

Wan Lianxing restrained himself and asked Qiao Rong: "Oh, what can the prince do to help them?"

"Some people want to be promoted and want the prince to speak well of them in front of the emperor. Others want to be officials but don't want to pass the imperial examination and want the prince to recommend them. However, the prince said that there are several talented people among these people, so he helped write the recommendation letter."

"You also helped write the recommendation letter? I didn't even receive one."

"…The letter is still in the hands of the prince. He said he is not in a hurry to recommend me."

"It seems that the Prince's Mansion is very active in collecting money!"

"Not really. The main reason is that they have too many things to do. The Crown Prince has to attend the morning court, study and practice martial arts in the morning, go to Prince Pang's mansion in the afternoon, and have time to meet guests and make kites in the evening. There are too many things to do and he is too busy to handle it."

"You kept talking to me about who to recommend for promotion and what you were looking for the Crown Prince for!"

"There are many. Some want to become students in the Prince's Palace, some want to buy official positions, some want to open mines, some want tax cuts, and some want to marry their daughters to the palace to be concubines of the Emperor."

Cheng Feng glanced at Wan Lianxing who was about to spit fire, and coughed lightly, "Qiao Rong, you don't have to talk about being a princess, let's talk about something else."

"Oh, anyway, there are people looking for the prince for all kinds of things. The prince is very annoyed by them. As soon as the sun sets, there is a long line of carriages in front of the prince's mansion. They are all here to ask the prince to do things. This has been going on for more than 20 days. The prince has no time to rest every day. He has become thinner and has dark circles under his eyes..."

Wan Lianxing didn't feel sorry for Cheng Youning at all. He wanted to skin him alive. He only cared about whether his government was in chaos and whether people's hearts were stable. "Do you remember who wants to be promoted, who wants to buy an official position, and who wants to open a mine?"

Qiao Rong shook his head, "Your Majesty, there are too many people, Qiao Rong can't remember them all, but there is a list, and I remember them clearly!"

"Show me the list!"

"Then...then I have to find the prince. That thing...the prince won't let anyone see it."

He didn't follow the rules, but did follow the rules when doing bad things. Wan Lianxing waved his hand to signal him to go to Cheng Youning to get the list.

Qiao Rong ran away.

As soon as he went out, he asked the guard, "Have you seen the prince?"

A guard said, "Just now he was fighting with someone on the roof, and now... eh... over there, also on the roof."

Although I couldn't see anyone, I could still tell Cheng Youning's approximate location by the sound of roof tiles breaking.

Qiao Rong ran over and shouted towards the roof, "Your Highness, stop fighting or something bad will happen."

"Everything will start after I catch this thief!" Cheng Youning was panting. Today he met an opponent whose swordsmanship was better than his and whose lightness skills were also better than his. Although Cheng Youning was not convinced, he was not sure he could catch the opponent. Every move of the opponent was faster than his. He could only parry and could hardly fight back.

"Your Highness, don't fight any more, something serious has really happened!"

"Qiao Rong, come up and help me. I'll go down after you catch this thief."

“Hahahaha, hahahaha, disciple, are you planning to call for help?!”

Upon hearing this, Cheng Youning roared on the spot: "Ahhhh, Master, when did you come back?"

The attendant patted Cheng Youning who was hanging on him and said, "Get down, it's so heavy!"

Cheng Youning wanted to hug his master's follower's neck and bite it a few times, but his master was too thin, with only two pounds of flesh on his thin body. It felt like a gust of wind could blow him away. Cheng Youning jumped off the follower's body and said, "Master, when did you come back?"

The follower put the soft sword back to his waist and said with a smile: "Today, it's thanks to the master's return, otherwise no one would be able to save you today."

"Save my disciple?" Cheng Youning seemed to have thought of something. "I said those two people in the room were not good people. It seems they really came to harm me. But I am not afraid. They are no match for me."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Do you know who those two people wearing straw hats in the house are?"

"Who is this? He looks weird. Does Master know him?"

"You know them too. One is your little grandfather, and the other is your father. Hahahaha, hahahaha!"

Cheng Youning was still immersed in the excitement of the appearance of his followers. After hearing what the followers said, the sword in his hand fell on the roof tiles. Cheng Youning quickly picked up the sword.

"Why are my little grandfather and my father here?"