After picking up a lucky girl, all the beasts line up to come to your door

Mu Pingping's hair stood on end when he heard this, and his face turned slightly pale. "To those in the upper echelons, other people's lives aren't lives, are they?"

Sang Ye knew this was cruel, but she would not coax him, "You have to remember one thing."

"To the decision-makers at the top, a chess piece is just a chess piece, not a life."

"If you want to pursue a career in government, you must get used to this. In the future, you will also use certain people as pawns for your own benefit."

Mu Pingping opened his mouth and wanted to say no.

But Hua Yun spoke first, "Mu Pingping, you are still young and have not been exposed to too many dark things. You cannot understand the difficulties of being in a certain position."

"Even the Emperor has times when he is powerless."

Mu Pingping slowly clenched his hands, his face looking a little unhappy. "Even as an official, can't you just let things go your way?"

Hua Yun said, "No one has everything going their way."

"Hey," Shangguan Quan pointed at himself with his backhand, "Mu Pingping, look at me."

"Even when the Shangguan family was at its peak, I couldn't do everything. I had many concerns and many people I had to please."

"If you want to pursue a career in politics, the first thing you must do is to get rid of any kindness you shouldn't have and all those relatively ridiculous thoughts."

Mu Pingping was greatly shocked. This was the first time he heard such remarks.

But he knew very well that the people present would not harm him, and everything they said was for his own good.

"Think carefully about whether you want to continue moving forward for your so-called ideas or for the future of yourself and your family," Hua Yun said.

Mu Pingping turned his head to look at the wooden baby who was playing there.

Baby Mu seemed to have noticed something and raised his little head to look at him, "Big Brother?"

Mu Pingping forced a smile that was uglier than crying, "It's okay, just keep playing."

But Mu Baobao ran to him with a clatter.

She tried to stand on tiptoe and patted Mu Pingping gently, "Don't be sad, brother. I will protect you."

"I will continue to work hard to make money and let my brother and my family live a truly good life."

Mu Pingping felt upset, but he couldn't show it in front of his sister because he didn't want her to worry.

"Big brother is not sad, he is just thinking about something, baby go play."

Mu Baobao shook his little head and said, "Big brother is in a bad mood, I want to accompany him."

She climbed onto Mu Pingping's thighs and sat obediently in his arms.

"Brother, I'm with you."

Mu Pingping almost cried.

He didn't know why, but after listening to what Mr. Sang and others said and being comforted by the baby, he wanted to cry.

"Baby, Second Brother will take you out to play." Hua Yun picked up the wooden baby and came to the window.

"Let's see what delicious food there is."

He pointed to the shops and vendors on the street and said, "If there's anything the baby likes to eat, Second Brother will buy it for you, okay?"

Mu Baobao turned his head to look at his eldest brother, his little face full of worry, "Second brother, I don't want to eat. Big brother is sad."

Hua Yun touched her little head and said gently, "Your brother isn't sad, he just hasn't figured out some things."

"This is a test for your eldest brother."

Mu Baobao didn't understand and blinked, "Can it still be considered training if you haven't figured it out?"

Hua Yun is very patient. "Everyone grows little by little, and growth is accompanied by many things."

"Even if you move to Rongdu and separate from your friends in the village, you will be sad, but you will understand that separation is inevitable."

Mu Baobao thought of Miss Zhang Juhua, and wondered how she was doing now.

“Why is separation inevitable…”

On the other side, Mu Pingping tried his best to calm down, but he still couldn't.

"Mr. Sang, have you ever done anything against your will?" His hands trembled slightly.

Sang Ye picked up the teacup and took a sip. "You're thinking about something else."

"Doing something against one's will doesn't mean violating the law or morality, nor does it mean betraying someone."

Mu Pingping was stunned, "This..."

Sang Ye said calmly, "It's just like eating."

“There are several dishes on the table, and there may not be anything you like, but you are faced with the situation where you have to pretend that you like it and enjoy it.”

Mu Pingping didn't quite understand.

"Mr. Sang's explanation is too complicated." Shangguan Quan explained in simple terms.

"Simply put, you can't always do things according to your own heart. Sometimes you have to follow the public and the actual situation."

"If it's something bad, you can refuse it, provided you have sufficient status and position."

Mu Pingping probably understood and breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought it was going to be something bad."

Sang Ye laughed, "How could that be? Unless they have bad intentions or can't keep their original intentions."

"Most people don't do bad things. At most, they go against their conscience and follow the crowd."

This time, Mu Pingping learned a lot and was deeply touched. "It turns out that everyone has times when they are forced to do things against their will."

Sang Ye tried to pout towards Zheng Xingguang, "Even Prince Zheng, who is deeply favored by the Emperor, has his own limitations, let alone us."

Zheng Xingguang glanced at him and did not refute, "No matter how high your power and status are, you still have concerns."

Mu Pingping exhaled and bowed to Sang Ye and the others, "Thank you for your guidance."

"If it weren't for what happened today, I'm afraid I would have fallen flat on my face in this matter someday."

He was very grateful to his sister. If his sister had not asked him to come with her, he would not have been able to learn so much in peace and stability.

This can only be learned through countless troubles and dangers.

Sang Ye waved her hands to indicate that it was okay. "You are the baby's eldest brother, and it was the baby who asked you to follow him. It is only right that we teach you these things."

Mu Pingping was very clear from the beginning that these people were taking such good care of him for the sake of the baby.

"The baby is a good child."

"Yes!" Baby Mu nodded his little head heavily, "I am a good boy."

Everyone present laughed, and the atmosphere became better.

"Let's continue talking about Quanzhou." Sang Ye signaled the guard to continue.

The guard said, "The county magistrate and his men are opposing the county magistrate, but the county magistrate is very kind to them, and can be said to be indulgent."

"This county magistrate dealt with several merchants as soon as he arrived. It's clear that he is not a kind person. He shouldn't condone the county magistrate and others."

"Unless there is a mutual interest between the two parties, these are just for show."

Sang Ye asked, "Anything else?"

The guard said, "That's all we've found so far."

"Master, do we need to continue investigating the county magistrate, the county magistrate, and others?"

Sang Ye waved him off to continue his investigation, then turned to look at Zheng Xingguang and the others, "If my guess is correct, within two days, the county magistrate and the others will be the masterminds behind the waterfall incident."