I want to ruin the country

The silver from the auction gave Yining a lot of confidence. With money, he could do a lot of things. At least it was a step towards his goal.

Yining walked around and came to the outside of Qianqing Gate, and unknowingly walked to the Military Affairs Office.

Seeing the dim light coming from inside, Yining wondered why there was still someone there so late. Who was it?

He walked over slowly and looked inside through the crack in the door. There was a man in the room, writing something at the desk. Yining didn't know him. He was not a high-ranking official.

Yining suddenly had an idea in his mind. He stepped back and whispered into Yi Heping's ear,

"Take off your clothes!"

Yi Heping was stunned.

"Master, take off your clothes?"

Yi Heping's heart was beating wildly, wondering if the emperor also had a homosexual tendency.

He stammered,

"Master, it's very cold here. Even if you miss me, you have to go inside!"

Yining was so angry that he kicked him.

"Damn it, what are you thinking? Take it off!"

Although the voice is small, it is unquestionable!

They covered their mouths and laughed secretly because of Iran's defense. Damn, what is Iran thinking about?

When Yi Heping heard the emperor's wrong tone, he slapped himself in his heart. Damn it, the emperor didn't mean that at all. I was just being too sentimental!

Yi Guofang and the others were laughing so hard that they were almost hurt. Is this emperor the right person? Not to mention being a man, even with Hongxiu, he only held hands and kissed her on the cheek. Why would he care about you on such a cold night!

Yi Heping knew he had embarrassed himself and quickly took off his outer robe.

Yining had no idea what this kid was thinking, so he took off his outer clothes and put on Yi Heping's eunuch clothes!

"Wait outside and don't make any noise!"

After giving the order, Yining came back to the door, pushed it open and came in, and asked,

"Who's in there?"

The person inside raised his head and saw that it was a young eunuch named Sula. He lowered his head and wrote something, answering,

"I have some unfinished business, so I'll have to work overtime tonight!"

When Yining saw that the man was wearing the sixth-rank official uniform, he knew that he might be a minor official in some department.

Then he said,

"You are quite diligent. Haven't the ministers come here to work these days?"

"The Lord Minister can choose not to come, but I must. Otherwise, when he asks about my work, what will happen if I haven't finished it?"

Yining looked at a large stove in the middle of the room. On the stove sat a copper kettle, with steam coming out of the spout. Next to it were two roasted sweet potatoes and a pot of hot wine, the aroma of which wafted over.

"You even prepared a midnight snack. You're planning on working all night!"

The man said,

"It'll be at least past midnight. I'm not coming here for business anytime soon. I've done everything today, and I'm leaving from now on!"

Yining asked,

"why?"

The man looked back at him and muttered,

"Why? You're blocking someone's way!"

Yining asked again,

"What do you mean?"

The man glared at him and said angrily,

"It means someone has taken my place, so I need to make room for them!"

Yining Road,

"So you're still working overtime?"

"I'm paid by the Emperor and work for him, not for the ministers. Even if I have to leave, I have to do it cleanly and not take my anger out on the Emperor!"

Yining was stunned. There was actually such an official in the Daqing Kingdom. Could it be that he saw that I was the emperor?

Impossible, I was just strolling out aimlessly, and he is not Zhuge Liang who can teach before the horse, how could he have predicted my arrival!

Asked again,

"What's your name?"

The man looked back at him again.

"I say, little eunuch, are you annoying? Just go do what you need to do!

What's the point of asking my name? I'm leaving tomorrow, and I'm afraid I'll never be able to enter this palace again!"

Yining became more and more interested in him and said with a smile,

"You are so unreasonable. I saw that you had some hot wine there, so I wanted to get close to you and have a drink with you. Why don't you know how to appreciate your kindness?"

The man said,

"This is 'Hanako' wine, and there's nothing to go with it. It's just for warming up. If you give it to me, how am I going to get through the night?"

Yining smiled and said,

"You're in luck! I have some wine and snacks in my room. I'll bring them over to drink with you. I just want to find someone to chat with today!"

The man said without raising his head,

"Whatever you say. It seems you are not very well-off in the palace, otherwise how come you can't even find a drinking buddy?"

Yining said with a smile,

"We are destined to be together!"

He turned around and told someone to bring wine and snacks.

Yi Jianshe asked,

"Will you serve the food?"

Yining hit him lightly on the neck

"I'm not going to tell you what I'm wearing. Just grab some of the food you usually eat secretly and two pots of Shaodaozi. Go!"

Yi Jianshe was stunned. The emperor even knew that we were drinking secretly, so he ran away quickly!

After a while, Yi Jianshe came back with two pots of wine and an oil-paper bag.

"Master, I didn't burn the knife, I just poured two pots!"

"Okay, stop talking nonsense!"

Yining took it and went back into the house.

"Here, my dear, how about my wine and food?"

He put the wine jug on the stove and opened the oil paper bag and put it on the table.

It turned out that there was half a leftover roast chicken and some five-spice beans in the bag.

The man put down his pen, took a look at it in the light, and was happy.

"You guys are so lucky! You even have roast chicken to eat! I haven't had roast chicken in ages!"

Yining said deliberately,

"Who are you kidding? You're a sixth-rank official in Beijing, and you can't even afford a roast chicken?"

The man said a few rhymes with a smile,

"Beijing officials, we're busy all day. When our superiors sleep, we work overtime, get our salaries, and relax for a few days!"

Yining Road,

"Everyone says that you officials out there can easily make tens or even hundreds of taels of silver a month, unlike us, who don't get any benefits at all!"

The man stood up and went to the washbasin to wash his hands and face.

Then he took two teacups, cleaned them, and brought them over. He also took his pot of wine and poured it into the teacups, then sat down and said,

"There are people who have a lot of money, but they are not our kind!"

"Why?"

"I came from the countryside. I've searched through my family tree but can't find a single official ancestor. How can anyone take care of me?"

"The job is done, is there anyone to take care of it?"

The man glanced at Yining and said,

"It's so important. It's easy to be an official if you have someone in the court. Haven't you heard of it?"

Yining nodded.

“I’ve heard of it!”

That person said,

"I don't know how to flatter, so my superiors naturally don't like me! I don't have any real power, so I'm hated by everyone. My subordinates don't even come to visit me, so where do you get the money from?

If I had a few copper coins in my pocket, I wouldn't drink this pot of wine without any effort!"

Yining asked deliberately,

"How can an official higher than the county magistrate be so poor?"

The man said,

"Come on, have a drink!"