Princess Promotion

Fu Yuanyuan's eyes were empty, and she picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into her mouth as stiffly as a puppet.

He looked around and saw, from the left, his brother, Zhou Mingrui, His Majesty, General Li, a man, and a woman.

Originally, her brother came back early today and suggested taking her to a restaurant for dinner. Fu Yuanyuan was very happy.

Until I met His Majesty and his entourage in the restaurant.

Until now, Fu Yuanyuan still couldn't understand why they got together at a table and ordered food so naturally.

Fu Hongxuan put down his teacup and asked, "Why did you bring them all out?"

Yao Chuguang raised his chin and looked at Lin'er and said, "Lin'er and Bai Yehan are new here, so I'll take them out for a walk."

Lin'er's heart trembled, and her hands and feet trembled in panic.

Lin'er never dreamed that His Majesty was so casual. Who the hell was she to be worthy of being accompanied by the king of a country to go shopping?

Just when Lin'er was about to stand up, she thanked Your Majesty for his kindness and said, "I am not worthy of it."

Li Yinhan interrupted Lin'er's impulse to stand up and kneel: "You obviously just want to come out and have fun on your own. Don't use Lin'er and the others as an excuse."

Lin'er calmed down a little after being interrupted. She saw that Bai Yehan, who was also named, remained as steady as a rock from beginning to end.

If I kneel down to express gratitude all the time, wouldn't that be petty and ruin His Majesty's mood?

Lin'er decided to follow Bai Yehan to learn. Among the three, Bai Yehan was the most reliable, and nothing should go wrong if she followed him.

Yao Chuguang retorted: "Nonsense, I came out for official business."

Li Yinhan became interested and asked, "What brings you out?"

Yao Chuguang didn't keep the secret and said leisurely, "Of course it's about the quartermaster position."

Fu Hongxuan's hand holding the teacup paused imperceptibly. In order to avoid suspicion, he did not participate in the discussion of the candidate for this official position in the court today.

Since it is a matter concerning military supplies, Fu Hongxuan must take it seriously.

Li Yinhan pressed on, "Who are you going to choose?"

Yao Chuguang looked at Fu Hongxuan lazily and asked, "Who do you have your eye on?"

The debate over the quartermaster position has been going on for several days. Fu Yuanyuan has always been concerned about her brother's affairs and knows something about it.

The two candidates have not been decided yet, which is probably due to the power struggle between the forces behind these two people.

Choosing either party will offend the other side, and the best way is to not get involved with either side.

Today, the empress unexpectedly ran into the brother and sister in this restaurant, and took the opportunity to invite them to have dinner together.

Now that this thorny question has suddenly been thrown out, it seems that all this is an encounter deliberately arranged by the empress just to test her brother.

Fu Yuanyuan withdrew her gaze and pursed her lips slightly. Her palms were already slightly sweaty, but she still pretended to be calm.

The best way right now is to not choose either side and just follow the Empress's arrangements.

Just when Fu Yuanyuan thought her brother would shirk his responsibility, she heard Fu Hongxuan decisively stand aside and say, "I'm more optimistic about Li Hanlin."

Fu Yuanyuan suddenly turned her head to look at Fu Hongxuan. So direct?

Yao Chuguang said nothing. He looked past Fu Hongxuan and looked at Fu Yuanyuan. "If it were you, who would you choose?"

What else could she choose? Her brothers all chose Li Hanlin. What else could she do but stick to it?

Fu Yuanyuan naturally wanted to make amends for her brother. She slowly tucked a few strands of hair behind her ears and said calmly, "I don't know Lord Liu very well, but Li Hanlinqing has a reputation for being honest and dedicated to his work. The people of Xiyundu know him well."

Fu Yuanyuan originally wanted to say that the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty all knew about it, but she thought it was inappropriate to mention the Western Zhou Dynasty now, so she changed her words to Yundu City in time.

Yao Chuguang tapped the edge of the table with her fingertips and asked leisurely, "So it seems that Li Hanlin is a good official with clean hands."

Seeing Yao Chuguang also praising Li Hanlin, Fu Yuanyuan naturally wanted to encourage him and continued, "Li Hanlin is not only incorruptible, but I heard that he lives an extremely simple life, so simple that even his clothes are covered with patches."

Bai Yehan suddenly said without thinking: "Here I come!"

Before Fu Yuanyuan could react, she saw Yao Chuguang walking towards the window. They had booked a private room on the second floor of the restaurant, and as long as they opened the window, they could see the street view at a glance.

Yao Chuguang's gaze passed through the carved window lattice and fell on a middle-aged man in plain clothes on the street.

Although the middle-aged man's clothes had a few patches on them, they were clean and tidy, and he looked elegant and easy-going, without any sign of embarrassment or distress.

Yao Chuguang's voice was calm, yet contained a subtle hint of amusement. "That's Li Hanlin?"

Fu Hongxuan followed Yao Chuguang's gaze and nodded.

Li Hanlin's figure was not conspicuous in the crowd, but in just one short street, many people came forward to greet him and talk to him. It seemed that he was very popular among the people.

Yao Chuguang leaned lazily on the windowsill, his movements elegant and casual. He pulled out an exquisite handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Li Yinhan: "Cover your face, and go down and rob Li Hanlin of his wallet, shoes, socks, and coat."

Li Yinhan didn't ask any more questions. He took the handkerchief, covered his face with it and walked out.

Fu Yuanyuan was struck by lightning and froze in place.

Didn’t this woman just say that Li Hanlin was an honest and good official? How could she go and rob him the next second?

Li Hanlin was so poor that he couldn't even afford to buy a few pieces of clothes. It would have been bad enough for him to rob people of their money, but he even took away their shoes and socks.

Is this woman a devil?

Lin'er covered her pounding heart and thought to herself: The emperor's heart is indeed unfathomable!

If you say you're going to fall out, you're going to fall out.