With the same smile, he replied respectfully, "Yongshou Palace treats me well."

"then you……"

Before Lin Ruopu could finish his words, the young eunuch said something that made all the ministers' scalps tingle.

"But Master Xu gave even more!"

"I can't refuse."

"Ok?"

"Haha."

Hearing this, Lin Ruopu was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter on the spot.

"Good, good, good!"

After saying "OK" three times in a row, Lin Ruopu angrily left with his sleeves swung.

At this moment, the ministers suddenly realized that Xu Shan's tentacles had already reached them.

……

Zhu Youwei, who had already realized the good intentions of her master, came to the Shen Ji Shu alone after the ministers left the palace.

After all, she was only in her twenties and had only been in power for a few years. To the outside world, she could be strict and stern. But facing the mentor who had single-handedly pushed her to this position...

Zhu Youwei wrote all this joy on her face and in her emotions.

After quietly listening to her talk about what happened at the morning court, Yuan Tiangang smiled kindly and said, "Your Majesty, I am also a chess piece in this game."

"what?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youwei looked at her own master in surprise.

Just then, Yuan Tiangang handed her a handwritten letter.

"This, this handwriting is..."

"Xu Shan's!"

'Hiss.'

After reading Xu Shan's handwritten letter at a glance, Zhu Youwei, who was standing there in a daze, couldn't help but gasp.

"Tianshi, were the disaster relief grains in Yongchang Commercial Bank's granary deliberately fabricated by Xu Qing?"

"To be precise, he was putting on a show for the people of Wujin. Everyone in Wujin, and even half of Suzhou Prefecture, knows that the Yongchang Trading Company has been secretly hoarding grain. They're colluding with officials to withhold the relief grain that was supposed to be theirs."

"Even Your Majesty, wasn't you indignant that the Ministry of Revenue's disaster relief efforts in Jiangnan had little effect?"

"Now we've found the reason! Xu Shan has killed two birds with one stone. He not only gave Your Majesty a sharp knife to strike at the Ministry of Revenue, but also exposed the hypocrisy of the Duke of Qing's Mansion, the owner behind Yongchang Commercial Bank."

"Thus, the reputation built up by generations of the Suzhou Yan family was completely destroyed! This also laid the groundwork and mass base for Xu Shan to bring down the Duke of Qing's Mansion."

“How perfect!”

Whenever a major disaster occurs, there is no local tyrant who will not embezzle the relief grain.

So, was the Duke of Qing’s Mansion wronged?

Obviously not!

It’s just that Xu Shan’s methods are even more vicious!

"Then, this 'silver-wrapped stone' is also fake?"

Hearing this, Yuan Tiangang nodded with a smile and said, "Since the Duke of Qing dared to withhold the tax silver, they would not leave this handle."

"It's just Xu Shan who wants him to show his true colors."

"Now, who dares to guarantee on behalf of the Duke of Qing's Mansion that the 'Silver-wrapped Stone' wasn't made by them?"

"He's told so many lies that no one will believe him anymore no matter how hard he tries to defend himself."

"All evidence points to the Suzhou Yan family!"

"Isn't this what Your Majesty expects to see?"

After Yuan Tiangang finished saying this, Zhu Youwei stood there in shock.

"Today's morning court session is just the beginning of Xu Shan's plan to take over Suzhou Prefecture."

"Your Majesty's decree will be the beginning of him raising his butcher knife and swinging it towards the Duke of Qing's mansion."

"There's a sentence in his letter that I really like—history will ultimately be written by the victors!"

"And what Xu Shan has to do is to achieve victory for His Majesty."

"As for the process... whether it was shameless or bloody, it doesn't matter."

Zhu Youwei, who had always been obsessed with Xu Shan, was now filled with his shameless, hypocritical and domineering evil smile in her mind.

"A strategist who puts himself in the game can win half the battle!"

"Xu Shan, your excellence has exceeded my expectations."

……

"A-choo!"

A counterfeiting scene on the outskirts of Wujin!

Xu Shan, who was supervising the craftsmen to make the "Silver-wrapped Stone" overnight, sneezed several times.

The lackey Wang Qinian quickly put on the cloak bestowed by His Majesty for him.

And he kept mumbling, "Damn, someone misses me again?"

Following behind them, Zhang Liansong, whose worldview had been shattered, looked at this simulated "ironclad evidence".

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