Princess Promotion

Yan Mingzhe held up his chopsticks in a daze, watching Yao Chuguang pick up a piece of meat and put it into Fu Hongxuan's bowl, gently advising him, "Eat more. You've worked hard these past two days."

Now, not to mention Yan Mingzhe and Fu Hongxuan, even Zhou Mingrui, who had been concentrating on eating, stopped and looked up at Yao Chuguang.

I don't know why, but I feel a bit awkward seeing a big, burly guy using chopsticks to pick up food with his fingers raised.

Fu Hongxuan tilted his head to look at Yan Mingzhe, as if asking: Did Yao Chuguang get upset?

Seeing Yan Mingzhe also looked bewildered, Fu Hongxuan ate the piece of meat in the bowl and asked cautiously, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Yao Chuguang put down her chopsticks, lowered her head and said with a shy look like a young wife, "I want to eat osmanthus cake. Can you go and buy it for me yourself?"

As he spoke, he slowly raised his head, blinked his eyes and looked at Fu Hongxuan expectantly.

Without waiting for Fu Hongxuan to say anything, Yan Mingzhe put his chopsticks on the table and said firmly, "Buy it, buy it now, and you must buy it tonight."

She's already started to call me "other people", which shows that this little girl is seriously ill.

If I don’t buy it for her, no one will be able to sleep tonight. Yao Chuguang looked at Yan Mingzhe with gratitude and said in a long tone: "Mr. Yan, I still want to eat candied haws. You......"

Yan Mingzhe got goosebumps all over his body. He couldn't stand Yao Chuguang's abnormal behavior.

He immediately stood up and walked out without saying a word. Seeing this, Fu Hongxuan also stood up and followed him out.

In the blink of an eye, half the people at the table were gone. Yao Chuguang looked at Zhou Mingrui, who was still sitting, and asked, "Aren't you going?"

Zhou Mingrui immediately put down his chopsticks, jumped off the chair and followed him out.

After everyone had left, Yao Chuguang finally put away the smile on his face and said, "Mr. Song, how long do you plan to see us?"

Song Guguang walked out from the back, with an awkward and shy smile on his face, and said, "Miss Shen, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation."

Yao Chuguang picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea and said, "Mr. Song, are you satisfied with what you see?"

Song Guguang looked at Yao Chuguang with some doubt and said, "Miss Shen, you are joking!"

Yao Chuguang put down the teacup, turned around and faced Song Guguang and said, "Mr. Song, I don't have much patience. Although I don't know why you approached me deliberately, it's definitely not because you like me."

Now that I've been seen through, it would be like trying to cover up the truth if I continue to pretend.

Song Guguang restrained his facial expression, his eyes became calm and he asked, "How did you see that?"

Yao Chuguang said in a casual tone: "I have definitely had more men than you have had women. It's you who are too much of a rival in love."

Song Guguang's pupils suddenly shrank, but he soon felt relieved.

After all, she is the woman that Fu Hongxuan likes. It would be too boring if she were really a fool.

Song Guguang pulled out a banknote from his sleeve and placed it on the table, saying, "Please tell me in detail, Miss Shen."

Yao Chuguang naturally picked up the banknotes on the table and said, "You are very clean. When we first met, you were choosing jewelry in the jewelry store. I noticed that you only looked at it with your eyes and didn't touch the jewelry at all."

Is there anything wrong with that? It's normal for me to be clean and not touch the jewelry, but just look at it, right?

Yao Chuguang shook his head. The second floor of the jewelry store was not spacious. If you just glanced at it, you could finish it quickly.

That day, Yao Chuguang deliberately slowed down and took his time to choose, and finally he chose the agate bracelet.

If a person is carefully selecting jewelry one by one, how can he just stare at it with his eyes?

Even people with obsessive-compulsive disorder will use a handkerchief to pad the surface and then pick it up to observe it carefully.

On the contrary, if you were not interested in these jewels, why would you stay and look at them for so long?

The fact is very clear. Song Guguan did not go to the jewelry store to buy jewelry, but was waiting for him in the jewelry store.

She was just waiting for Yao Chuguang to choose the jewelry, and then she would come forward and say that she also liked this piece of jewelry.

This creates opportunities for conversation.

Because Song Guguan has mysophobia, and has been paying attention to Yao Chuguang quietly.

So subconsciously I just stopped in front of one or two pieces of jewelry to look at them, but didn't touch them.

Yao Chuguang initially thought that his identity was exposed, and Song Guguang might have seen him there and wanted to make his presence felt in front of him.

After careful observation, he found that it was not the case, although Song Guguan had tried his best to create an encounter with him.

But Song Guguan didn't really care about him, nor was he afraid of him.

Song Guguang clapped his hands and said, "Miss Shen is truly observant. I admire you. I wonder if Miss Shen can guess what I came for?"

As he spoke, Song Guguang took out another silver note and placed it on the table. He now realized that this woman would only stop being sharp-tongued if she was given money.

Yao Chuguang said as a matter of course: "Who else could it be for? I'm just an ordinary widow. If it's not for me, then it must be for Fu Hongxuan!"

Song Guguang said without comment: "Miss Shen is a smart person. I have a brother who wants to work as an accountant in the county government."

Now Song Guguang finally understood why Yao Chuguang asked Fu Hongxuan to buy osmanthus cake. She was proving to him that she had the influence on Fu Hongxuan.

Facts proved that Yao Chuguang was indeed successful. Song Guguang did not expect Yao Chuguang to be so smart.

He originally thought it would take a lot of effort, but now it seems that the progress can be accelerated.

Of course, Song Guguan would not let Yao Chuguang do anything important at the beginning. His ultimate goal was Fu Hongxuan.

Don't worry, starting from small things and accumulating little by little, he will always be able to tie Fu Hongxuan down.

When he has enough evidence, he can kick this woman away and control Fu Hongxuan.

Yao Chuguang asked directly, "Which county town?"

Song Guguang pulled out a clean handkerchief, wiped the chair, sat down, and said, "Jinyang City!"

Yao Chuguang searched in his mind. It was a remote town. It could be said that any official with some connections would not want to go to such a remote place to serve as a county magistrate.

For the money Song Guguan spent on her, it would be faster to go directly to the local county magistrate than to go to her.

Seeing that this guy wants to take it slow, in this case...

Yao Chuguang held up five fingers and said, "One thousand taels of silver!"

When Song Guguang heard Yao Chuguang's exorbitant offer, he almost wanted to curse.

Five hundred taels of silver. The monthly salary of an accountant in a county government office is only about two taels of silver. It would take more than 40 years to save up so much silver even if one does not eat or drink by relying on the monthly salary.

Song Guguan thought about it and although it was a bit shady, fortunately they didn't rely on monthly salary to make money.

After all, this is the first time we work together, so I have to give this woman some benefits.

Song Guguang took out the banknotes from his pocket, counted out ten of them and placed them on the table, then asked, "When can this be settled?"

Yao Chuguang happily counted the banknotes and said without looking up, "Tomorrow!"

Song Guguang nodded with satisfaction. Although this woman was greedy, her speed in doing things was indeed amazing.

Song Guguang thought of something and asked, "Think of a way for me to follow your convoy to Yuandu City."

Yao Chuguang raised his hand, and Song Guguang had no choice but to take out a silver note from his pocket and put it on it.

But this time Yao Chuguang did not retract his hand, but continued to hold up the silver note and look at Song Guguang.

Song Guguan had no choice but to continue taking out silver and put in two more pieces, seeing that Yao Chuguang still did not stop.

Finally, Song Guguang's face twitched and he put all the banknotes in Yao Chuguang's hands and said, "That's all I have."

Yao Chuguang then withdrew his hand and said, "We'll set off at 9:00 PM tomorrow."

Song Guguang left the hall empty-handed.

Yao Chuguang happily took the small amount of money and walked back to his room.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see three stone statues standing in the room.

Yan Mingzhe was furious at the lack of fighting spirit and how could he accept bribes.

Fu Hongxuan frowned slightly, with a hint of resentment.

Zhou Mingrui licked the candied haws and looked at Yao Chuguang with an innocent face.

Yan Mingzhe was the first to stand up and said, "Return the silver. We cannot accept silver of unknown origin. This is a disaster."

Yao Chuguang hugged the silver tightly and said, "Nonsense, how can silver be the cause of trouble? I earned the silver with my own ability, why should I give it back?"

Yan Mingzhe was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at Fu Hongxuan and asked, "Are you just going to let her do whatever she wants?"

Yao Chuguang said dissatisfiedly: "Why am I being so reckless?"

Yan Mingzhe didn't notice anything unusual at first, but when he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he felt that the man named Song Guguang's behavior was strange and quite suspicious.

If this person is not coming for Shen San, then there is no doubt that his target must be Fu Hongxuan.

Recalling the meal, Shen San unexpectedly changed his attitude and became very caring and concerned about Fu Hongxuan.

This behavior is really incredible. No matter how you think about it, it is difficult to justify it. There must be some unspeakable secret hidden in it.

What was even more strange was that Shen San actually tried to send them away, which made Yan Mingzhe even more alert.

Although Yan Mingzhe obediently went out the door on the surface, he actually did not go far away. Instead, he quickly turned back and hid in the dark to observe the movements in the house.

As expected, Song Guguan finally revealed his true colors. This man is an out-and-out officialdom broker!

The so-called official brokers are those who act as go-betweens and build bridges for powerful officials.

Some powerful people hold great power, but they are not able to handle many things personally to avoid being tainted and damaging their reputation.

As a result, these brokers came into being, running around on behalf of officials to find ways and facilitate various exchanges of interests and resource sharing.

For example, if there is a wealthy businessman who is eager to enter the official career, he will find an official broker like Song Guguang through various channels.

These brokers, relying on their extensive personal connections and well-informed sources, found ways to smooth the way for the wealthy businessman.

Buying official positions for wealthy businessmen is just the tip of the iceberg of these brokers; their real uses are much more than that.

Such as helping some powerful people to get away with crimes, or dealing with hidden fields and other shady operations.

It can be said that these official brokers are the parasites of the court, and all they do are dirty things.

Yan Mingzhe despised this kind of official broker the most, and he would never allow Fu Hongxuan to have anything to do with such people.

Now seeing that Shen San was so ignorant of the danger and colluding with that Song guy to sell the official position, Yan Mingzhe was shaking with anger.

Yao Chuguang shrugged and said, "Since you said that Mr. Song is not a good person, I can't return the money. What if he uses the money to find someone else?"

Yan Mingzhe had never seen such a perverse person before. He clutched his chest and said, "Because he wants to find someone else to sell the official position, he can't let others get away with it. So you want to do it yourself?"

Yao Chuguang nodded and said, "You see, I will never agree to something that I can do, and I will only agree to something that I cannot do."

Yan Mingzhe was just about to say that you are courting disaster when he suddenly realized.

What does it mean? Never agree to something you can do, only agree to something you can't do.

Yan Mingzhe opened his mouth. Could it be that this girl wanted to rob the robbers?

Taking the money but not doing anything?

Yan Mingzhe opened his mouth and said, "What if that Song guy finds out you're playing a trick on him and reports it to His Majesty?"

Yao Chuguang chuckled wickedly and said, "Let him go. Buying an official position is a serious crime. Confiscating his property would be a minor offense. Will he risk his entire fortune for this little bit of silver?"

Yan Mingzhe thought about it and realized that the man surnamed Song really couldn't do anything to them.

Yan Mingzhe had to admit that this yellow-haired girl was even more heartless than anyone else.

But Yan Mingzhe would never sympathize with someone like Song Guguang. Although Shen San's methods this time were somewhat dishonorable, as the saying goes, every evildoer will be punished by his own evildoer!

Yan Mingzhe was persuaded by Yao Chuguang, but it wasn't that he trusted this girl.

Instead, she believed that Fu Hongxuan was a man who knew what was important. As long as Fu Hongxuan didn't get involved, the girl would have no choice but to go back on her word.

After Yan Mingzhe took Zhou Mingrui away, Fu Hongxuan was left alone. He took out the pen and ink from his bag and asked, "How do you want to write?"

If Yao Chuguang just wanted the little money on Song Guguan, he would not have dealt with him for so long. He would have directly asked Fu Hongxuan to put Song Guguan in a sack and beat him up, pretending that he was a robber.

Now Yao Chuguang is obviously not satisfied with this little money and is ready to play the long game to catch a bigger fish.

Official brokers like Song Guguan have complex connections. If anyone dares to take the money and not do the job, the only person who can do it is someone who is not afraid of death and can go barefoot.

They will definitely destroy your reputation before they stop.

Otherwise, someone would come and expect to eat for free, but there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world.

As the saying goes, it is easy to avoid an open attack but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow, especially from this kind of villain, so most people would rather not cooperate than offend these people.

But Yan Mingzhe was right about one thing: anyone who colluded with these brokers was not a good person, and they all had some shady deals to a greater or lesser extent.

These brokers lack everything except money. How could Yao Chuguang let go of such a cash cow?

The imperial court was burning silver every day, and Yao Chuguang was racking his brains every day to think about how to get the silver. Now that the silver was delivered to his door, there was no reason for him to let it go.

Yao Chuguang walked over and kissed Fu Hongxuan, then leaned over and said with a smile, "Of course, we should give the fish some food first, so that it can bring more fish!"