Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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This Shangguan Xueshi and Princess Ning were in collusion and she was afraid they would not give up. The seventh task that the cub had to complete was to gain the appreciation of General Zhenyuan which had not been accomplished yet, and there were still a lot of things that needed to be solved urgently.
She waited for the cub to finish school and return to the Chaiyuan holding an oil-paper umbrella. She then quickly spread out the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, then tugged at the cub’s sleeve, meaning to ask him what he meant when he had said at the Imperial Academy that he had a solution. What was it? He should tell her quickly.
Lu Huan wrote the words “Shangguan,” “Liuzhou,” and “Yunzhou” on the paper and said to the person beside him, “Do you know that Master Shangguan hasn’t been to the Imperial Academy to take up his post recently? What was he doing during this time?”
Su Xi didn’t know. She was about to open the system to check, but she saw the cub continue, “He was originally a minister of the Ministry of Works. Three months ago, the emperor wanted to see the snow in Yunzhou, so he ordered him to Yunzhou to supervise the construction of an imperial palace there.”
“Yunzhou itself is a place with perennial snow. It would take less than three months to build a temporary palace. So when he returned to the capital, he sent some Yunzhou specialties to the Ning Palace for his wife.”
Su Xi was completely confused and had no idea what the connection was, but she continued to listen to the cub’s analysis on the screen.
The cub’s chat box continued to pop up, and he said, “His trip to build the temporary palace was a major undertaking in itself. He would have received rewards from the court, and he might even be promoted to a higher rank in the near future. If he had been more ostentatious when he returned, and brought some expensive jewelry, it would have been in line with the style of Ning Wangfu’s family. But he only brought a mere box of Yunzhou mushroom specialties.”
Su Xi understood that there must be something wrong when things were abnormal.
The cub came to the same conclusion and said, “There can only be one reason. He must have embezzled some money from the Yunzhou Palace project and didn’t want to show it off. Although we don’t know how much he embezzled, or the exact amount, he’s definitely not clean in the eyes of the authorities.”
However, Su Xi thought, even if there was such speculation, how could he use this incident to kill the superior official in the court?
As if guessing her doubts, the cub continued, “Of course, this matter cannot be handled by me. If I tell the Fifth Prince, given his meritorious nature, he will immediately inform the Emperor to investigate. If I tell the Second Prince, given his evasive nature, this matter will surely drag on for months. Then, sooner or later, people will know that I was the first to suspect the Shangguan Mansion. We must use the help of someone who urgently needs to make a great contribution to turn things around. Quickly, ruthlessly, and accurately.”
Su Xi thought that although the cub had only been with the princes for a few days, he had already understood their temperaments clearly.
And this matter really could not be related to the cub in any way, it must be discovered by one person.
The cub pointed at the word “Liuzhou” on the paper and smiled slightly to the side.
He said, “Liuzhou and Yunzhou are very close. The Taiwei who was demoted a while ago was demoted to Liuzhou as the governor. If he starts to suspect something, he will definitely go and investigate. A round trip to Yunzhou will only take two days, and within three days, the matter will be resolved.”
“But General Yun would never go to Yunzhou without a reason. Given his suspicious nature, he wouldn’t believe it if we rashly told him in a letter. We need a way to lure him to Yunzhou.”
“Compared to him, his youngest son, Yun Xiupang, is not very smart. If we send a letter to lure Yun Xiupang to Yunzhou first and then let General Yun know that his son has arrived in Yunzhou, he will definitely go to pick him up.”
“By then, we only need to make the palace collapse a little, and he will discover this himself.”
“Once he discovers this, he will surely rush back to the capital to report the matter, both for the credit he has rendered and to ensure his reinstatement. If nothing is left out, then General Yun will be reinstated and Shangguan Xueshi will be demoted.”
“When General Yun is reinstated, he’ll look back and perhaps wonder why Yun Xiupang was summoned to Yunzhou by a letter impersonating him. But by then, he’ll have already benefited from me. Even if he knows it was us, he won’t do anything.”
Su Xi’s eyes lit up when she heard this, but she knew that the cub’s choice of General Yun was definitely not just a way to kill two birds with one stone!
There must be another reason!
As expected, the cub continued, “Besides that, General Yun is a first-rank official, in charge of appointments to the Ministry of War. He can find a hundred excuses to insert me into the vacant position of Deputy Director of the Ministry of War. When he’s reinstated, we’ll also get what we want. Isn’t that the best of both worlds?”
In this way, Su Xi’s problem of how to let the cub complete Task 7 and get close to General Zhenyuan had a preliminary solution!
She just wanted to applaud the baby outside the screen!
The cub’s plan was much more perfect than she had imagined.
At this moment, Su Xi was feeling a little excited about doing something big and plotting something openly.
Previously, when she harvested the farms and houses, she only felt a sense of satisfaction like a hamster hoarding things, but now she had the excitement of playing games. Once he succeeded, the cub would be able to make friends with the talented people in the group, and maybe even General Yun.
When the cub regained his status as a prince in the future, it would not be surprising if General Yun stood behind the cub.
Her heart was beating like a drum. After discussing the countermeasures with the cub— of course, it was almost all the cub’s analysis, she listened and took notes from time to time—
She and her baby then went their separate ways.
….
She had already unlocked the Imperial Palace section, so she obtained the handwriting of the memorial left by General Yun. The cub imitated General Yun’s handwriting and wrote a letter to Yun Xiupang, saying that General Yun wanted to see him, asking him to go to Yunzhou as soon as possible.
Then, when Yun Xiupang was attending Imperial Academy, she put the letter into Yun Xiupang’s school bag.
Now Su Xi understood why the side quest to rescue Yun Xiupang had been launched a few days ago. Clearly, if the cub had shown up at that time, he would have gotten some information about Yun Xiupang and General Yun.
But what he might get in return was that the two princes would bear a grudge against him.
But obviously, the cub was very smart. Even if he didn’t get any information from Yun Xiupang, he could still figure out the method set for him by the game.
During this period of time, the cub studied and practiced martial arts late into the night. He had thus accumulated one point in physical strength and one point in martial arts and tactics. These two points brought Su Xi’s accumulated points to 40, and she immediately unlocked Yunzhou.
Although the cub had asked the Changgong Wu to secretly hire someone to create some trouble in the completed palace when General Yun arrived in Yunzhou two days later.
But Su Xi was still worried, so she switched the scene to Yunzhou and gave a helping hand.
And then…
Su Xi rubbed her hands excitedly and waited for the results.
….
Five days later, when Su Xi was finishing school and Lu Huan was answering examination papers at the Imperial Academy, news of a major event came from the court.
It was said that the former Taiwei Yun came back from Liuzhou at full speed. After a secret conversation with the emperor, he reported Yunzhou Governor Shangguan Xueshi for corruption and embezzlement. After a thorough investigation, the emperor found that this was indeed the case.
The emperor was furious.
Over this period of time, General Yun made great contributions and was reinstated, while Shangguan Xueshi was imprisoned, and his two sons were implicated and demoted to remote states and counties.
However, his daughter, Princess Ning, had been married for many years and was forgiven by the emperor, so she was not punished.
When the news of this incident came out, the students who were still taking exams at Imperial Academy were shocked and talked about it.
It was raining heavily outside the window, but Lu Huan remained calm and continued to answer.
But Su Xi, who had just gotten out of school, was so excited on the bus that she almost jumped up and down. It was a big success! She felt incredibly involved! She quickly flipped open the screen and excitedly tugged at the back of her baby’s collar.
Lu Huan was still answering the test paper when he suddenly felt his collar being pulled.
A helpless smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He stopped writing, his dark eyes became bright, then he raised his head and looked out the window at the empty space, as if looking at the person beside him.
Although he was happy that everything went smoothly as planned, what made him happier was the happiness of the person around him.
The road was long, lonely and with no end in sight. Lu Huan had never thought that there would be a bright light to accompany him.
But now… he had it.
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The cub: When she is not around, let me think about whether I am more handsome on the left or the right.
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