Xu Wendong smiled and asked, "How do you know I have soone?"
Chu Ye’s exquisite face revealed a faint smile: "I was puzzled even before you took office."
"Why the Red Flower Society was able to turn the tide and defeat the Azure Dragon Society."
"After all, everyone knew that the head of the Red Flower Society was in a precarious situation."
"But in the end, she managed to avert disaster and slaughter the Azure Dragon Society."
"At that ti, I speculated that there might be a powerful figure behind the Red Flower Society."
"Until your appearance made associate it with you."
"However, I didn’t have enough evidence to prove that you were the backing behind the Red Flower Society."
"But, what happened after that banquet ended confird my suspicion."
"Among the more than thirty Jianghu forces in Carefree City, only the Red Flower Society obeys your orders unquestioningly."
"Not only did they deliver the promised Spirit Stones, but they also dispatched mbers to cultivate wasteland."
"Another point, you left Xiong Chumo and Chen Xi alone overnight."
Xu Wendong smacked his lips: "You’re really clever!"
Chu Ye displayed a proud expression: "That’s natural."
Xu Wendong raised an eyebrow: "Since you’re so smart, how could you not know? I am about to fully control Carefree City. Why not reveal which force is loyal behind the scenes?"
"Once you completely control Carefree City, I will naturally tell you." Chu Ye diverted the topic: "However, the imdiate priority is to figure out who’s helping spread today’s events."
Xu Wendong said indifferently, "No matter who’s spreading today’s events, it will enhance my credibility, and nothing else matters."
Chu Ye slightly narrowed her eyes, with a shimr flashing in her charming pupils: "You seem to know who’s spreading these ssages."
Xu Wendong sneered: "In this world, there’s no such thing as unprovoked goodwill!"
"Even if there is, behind the goodwill might be a deadly dagger!"
"Let’s not talk about such a disappointing topic."
"Let’s eat."
"After our al, don’t leave, let’s spend a delightful evening together." He gave Chu Ye a knowing look.
Chu Ye didn’t even put down her chopsticks, she stood up to run away.
However.
Xu Wendong had long predicted her movent. With a wave of his right hand, a surge of True Qi howled out, instantly enveloping Chu Ye, making her fly back to the stone bench.
"Xu, you are nothing but a hypocritical villain. How is your action any different from Qi Pengfei?" Chu Ye glared angrily at Xu Wendong.
Xu Wendong smacked his lips: "Qi Pengfei killed an ordinary weak woman."
"But you, my friend, are not an ordinary weak woman!"
Chu Ye was speechless.
But she had a premonition that after dinner, there would surely be a fierce battle.
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Blackwater Kingdom’s Imperial Palace.
"Your Majesty, have you rested?" Eunuch Liu ca in front of Fan Liang’s sleeping palace, holding a morial from Carefree City.
Fan Liang impatiently said, "I have rested, whatever it is can wait until morning."
Eunuch Liu quickly said, "Alright, tomorrow this old servant will present the morial from Lord Xu in Carefree City about improving people’s livelihood to you."
A loud voice ca from within the sleeping palace: "You old thing, always know how to tease, co in then!"
Eunuch Liu laughed sheepishly, imdiately pushed the door open, held the morial above his head, and bowed as he approached the dragon bed.
Fan Liang, draped in a yellow Dragon Robe, sat in front of the bed. He casually took the morial from Eunuch Liu’s hand and began to read it seriously.
Once he started reading, it couldn’t be ignored.
Upon seeing the content, his whole body was taken aback, a flash of brilliance passed through his once lackluster eyes.
So much so that his burly body couldn’t help but tremble: "What is he trying to do?"
"Does he want to poke a hole through the heavens?"
As a king of a nation, Fan Liang could see Xu Wendong’s ambitions and also knew he was wholeheartedly for the people.
Especially the policies on pensions and taxation, which are beneficial to the country and the people.
But...
Promoting the civil service exam policy has a huge impact.
Because this is a world with distinct social hierarchies, commoners remain commoners, unable to enter the Imperial Court.
Currently, all the civil and military officers in the court have risen through the hereditary nobility system, the rit-based election system, the Ninth Grade Selection System, selected through exams.
To put it simply, today’s civil and military officials all have extraordinary family backgrounds, none rising from commoner origins.
So, this proposal can shake the very foundations.
It can provoke hostility towards Xu Wendong from the entire court of civil and military officials.
Eunuch Liu didn’t expect Fan Liang to have such a strong reaction and quickly said, "Your Majesty, Lord Xu is young and brash. Even if he proposes so unreasonable suggestions, it’s all human nature, please don’t be angry, take care of your Dragon’s health!"
He quite liked Xu Wendong, which is why he spoke favorably on his behalf.
Fan Liang took a deep breath, trying to control his emotions, and said, "Go to the National Teacher’s Mansion, invite the State Preceptor over!"
Eunuch Liu was utterly puzzled: "Now?"
Fan Liang: "Yes, right now."
"Yes, this old servant will head to the National Teacher’s Mansion imdiately!" Eunuch Liu turned around, and as he left the sleeping palace, he soared into the night sky and vanished.
He didn’t know why His Majesty wanted to summon the State Preceptor at midnight, but he knew that anything regarding the morial submitted by Xu Wendong must be significant.
Otherwise, His Majesty wouldn’t summon the State Preceptor at midnight.
Upon learning that His Majesty wanted to summon him at midnight, Xuanjizi also displayed a serious expression but still followed the old eunuch to the Imperial Palace.
At this ti.
Fan Liang had already arrived in the study, sitting upright, with Xu Wendong’s submitted morial placed in front of him.
"Master, take a look at this morial!" With a thought, the morial flew in front of Xuanjizi.
Xuanjizi took the morial and read it seriously, becoming more and more alard as he read, but he still said, "The proposals in the morial go against the survival laws of the Cultivation World."
"But Xu Wendong is not without reason. Water can carry a boat and also overturn it, if we can serve the people of Blackwater Kingdom well, we will surely be favored by the Heavenly Dao."
"However, this proposal is too bold."
Fan Liang nodded in undeniable agreent: "But I feel we can try, treating the people of the world sincerely."
"Even if a commoner’s life span is only a few decades, we only have one life too."
Xuanjizi nodded, acknowledging that a cultivator’s life is long, but no more than living longer than a mortal.
Whether mortal or cultivator, they both only have one life.
They cannot judge a mortal’s life as being cheaper than theirs by living longer.
"The main reason for summoning you at midnight is the last proposal." Fan Liang’s face was full of seriousness.
Xuanjizi also saw the last proposal in the morial, instantly feeling a chill down his spine and a tingle on his scalp after seeing it.
Shocked, Xuanjizi spoke with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, don’t you think this guy is crazy?"
Fan Liang’s face was filled with madness: "Actually, I want to go crazy with him too!"
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