This old man had the honor of meeting their county magistrate once when he was young, and he was very proud of it, always bringing it up when he chatted with others.

After so many years, he only remembered seeing the county magistrate, but he had forgotten most of what the magistrate looked like. He only remembered that the magistrate stood there with an imposing and extraordinary presence!

But the people I saw today, not to mention the younger ones, even some of the older ones, all stood there with dignified and elegant bearing, much more impressive than the county magistrate I remembered!

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The emperor sat in the carriage, feeling that something was amiss. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly realized that he had misunderstood Chuanwen. Chuanwen hadn't cursed him in his heart.

Well......

In the past, he could be scolded for no reason, but this time Chuanwen did not scold him. The emperor felt uneasy, worried that Chuanwen was plotting something terrible!

[Where did Yuan Xingyu go? Why is he back so late?]

When Chuan Yu's thoughts arrived, the emperor was startled, thinking she was being scolded. But upon hearing it, he realized she was trying to find out Yuan Xingyu's whereabouts, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems the matter of wrongly accusing Chuanwen has been resolved, and the emperor is relieved, now listening intently to Yuan Xingyu's whereabouts.

Inside the middle carriage, Chuanwen munched on a sweet potato while trying to figure out where Yuan Xingyu had gone.

There were too many people using the outhouse, so Yuan Xingyu didn't want to wait in line. He walked a little further in and found a family's house. The family there thought he was good-looking and insisted on making him their son-in-law! Hahaha!

Chuanwen was secretly laughing. Xu Yan and Chuanrui in the car exchanged glances, a little confused. Judging from Yuan Xingyu's appearance, if he didn't look so mature, he should be over forty now, right?

The second to last carriage carried Yuan Xingyu, along with three other colleagues from the railway prison. The three looked at Yuan Xingyu in disbelief, wondering if the girl in that family was not a seventeen or eighteen-year-old woman in her prime.

Oh, that family wasn't looking for a son-in-law to live with them for their daughter, but rather for a daughter-in-law.

puff--!

The emperor was about to take a sip of water, but he ended up spitting it all out.

Besides the emperor, another person who choked on water was a colleague who was riding in the same carriage as Yuan Xingyu. Yuan Xingyu felt extremely uncomfortable and ashamed.

They tried to distract Chuanwen, but with several carriages in between, it was impossible to distract him.

Xu Yan and Chuan Rui, who were in the same carriage as Chuan Wen, did not want to distract him at all. They were eager to know what would happen next. Finding a son-in-law to live with his daughter-in-law was really novel!

Chuanwen was also curious and continued scrolling down: "Ten years ago, that family's son went out to do business and hasn't returned. Everyone says he died out there. The daughter-in-law manages the household alone, taking care of her parents-in-law and raising three sons. It's so hard for her!"

"You've worked hard!" The Marquis of Changxing and the Vice Minister of Works, along with several others in the carriage behind Chuanwen, nodded in agreement.

Therefore, the two elderly people wanted to find a husband for their daughter-in-law to help ease her burden.

Oh, I see!

The emperor thought to himself that the two elderly people were kind-hearted for considering their daughter-in-law's feelings.

But Yuan Xingyu, who almost ended up as a live-in son-in-law, didn't have such feelings. He was just glad that he got away quickly, otherwise his lifelong reputation would have been ruined in one day!

[Hehe, he got a wife for free and became a father without any pain. With such a good thing, Yuan Xingyu still ran away!]

Chuanwen is talking nonsense without understanding the situation. Yuan Xingyu's lips twitched. He has a wife and children of his own, why does he want someone else's? If you think it's a good thing, then let your father have it!

Achoo!

Chuanrui sneezed, rubbed his nose, and thought, "Who's talking about me behind my back? How awful!"

The emperor's lips curled up. "Yes, with such a good thing, Yuan Xingyu actually ran away. Alas, he doesn't know what's good for him!"

The emperor was enjoying watching his ministers make fools of themselves, completely unaware that Chuanwen could switch the topic to him in a second!

[When watching TV dramas, it's often said that emperors traveling incognito would meet one or two close friends, leaving one or two children to grow up among the common people. I wonder if this is still the case today?]

Chuanwen finished eating one sweet potato, but the melon was not yet finished; instead, it grew bigger and bigger like a snowball.

The emperor's smile froze completely; the melon had hit him so quickly!

While listening to gossip from the news can help pass the time during a boring walk, it would be torture if the gossip were about you.

The carriage, which was moving smoothly, was suddenly stopped by the emperor, and the thoughts that were running through the carriage, which were trying to find out if the emperor had left any hidden treasures among the people, came to an abrupt halt.

Everyone was a little confused. Marquis Changxing lifted the carriage curtain to see what was going on, and saw that the emperor had sent someone to drag Chuanwen to his carriage.

this......

Everyone wanted to hear about the emperor's scandal, but it seems they won't be able to get any.

Then I heard Chuanwen's inner thoughts: "Hmm? The Emperor suddenly summoned me and asked me about my position as Vice Minister of Revenue. What does that mean?"

The emperor's move to bring disaster to Dong was brilliant!

Marquis Changxing and the others looked with pity at the Vice Minister of Revenue, who was riding in the same carriage as them. The latter's mind was blank. "Your Majesty! I have been loyal to you to the utmost. How can you treat me like this!"

The Vice Minister of Revenue almost cried, as sorrowful as a loyal but abandoned woman!

"Vice Minister of Revenue..."

Inside the carriage, Chuanwen's eyebrows were furrowed in confusion. [The Emperor's question is rather strange. Talking to the Emperor is like doing reading comprehension; even though he's asking about my opinion on the Vice Minister of Revenue, there's definitely a deeper meaning! What does it mean? Could it be that the Vice Minister of Revenue has done something wrong, and the Emperor thinks the Vice Minister and my family are related by marriage (the Vice Minister's daughter, Yang Xiaoman, and Chuanwen were betrothed by the Emperor), and is deliberately trying to trick me into revealing something?]

emperor:......

No, not at all. Although he often speaks with hidden meanings, right now he really just wants to gossip about the Vice Minister of Revenue.

As for why the Vice Minister of Works and the Vice Minister of Personnel were chosen instead of the Vice Minister of Revenue, it's because the Vice Ministers of Works and Personnel had already been exposed in scandals, while the Vice Minister of Revenue hadn't been exposed at all.

"He's a good official!"

Adhering to the principle of saying less to avoid making mistakes, Chuanwen said nothing more after finishing his statement, and the emperor did not hear Chuanwen's true feelings.

"That's it?" The emperor paused for a moment, then persisted, asking, "How is it good?"

[How would I know?] Chuanwen gave the emperor a deep look, thinking to himself, [Could the Vice Minister of Revenue have really done something wrong? I need to find out quickly...]

Yes, yes, yes! Go check it out!

A triumphant smile flashed across the emperor's lips, while the Marquis of Changxing and the others looked at the Vice Minister of Revenue with even more pity. The Vice Minister of Revenue took a deep breath. "If I don't go to hell, who will? Anyway, I've done nothing wrong!"