As for spreading the news, Xue Tao still remembered what Wang Zuo, who had rushed back from Cambodia, had said: "If, at that time, Daliang controls the Eagle Guards—yes, the group led by that eunuch named Yan Zipei—and still wants to force them to do things, then it can only mean that there is something wrong with Qinghe."

How could anything go wrong with Qinghe?

This is what Xue Tao thought.

Xue Tao was so excited that she couldn't sleep when she thought that she, a low-level prostitute, could actually compete with Yan Zipei who held a high position.

For Yan Zipei, who had already lurked in Jinguan City, Lin Hai's acceptance of these two hundred women was a sign of his deception. Of course, his greatest hope was that Lin Hai would take these two hundred women into the Earl's Mansion. That way, within a few years, Lin Hai would inevitably die of exhaustion in office, and he would have won without fighting. All he had to do now was quietly take over Qinghe and give him a grand funeral...

In response to Yan Zipei's idea, Wang Zuo wrote him a letter very seriously and placed it respectfully on his bedside so that Yan Zipei, who was pretending to be a wealthy businessman, could see it when he got up in the morning.

The letter contained only one sentence: "If you want to know something, ask it yourself. It is not a good idea to ask someone else."

"I'm a eunuch in my family, and I'm not a hero." Yan Zipei felt that there was nothing to talk about with someone like Wang Zuo. They were all engaged in espionage work, and the key was to hide in the dark. But you sent the letter directly to my bedside and made everything clear. That would be boring.

Yan Zipei felt helpless and ordered the beheading of all the guards on duty last night. After all, rules still have to be followed.

When Xue Tao announced the visit plan, a group of palace maids were bored, playing games, chatting, and eating melon seeds, the most popular snack in Qinghe County.

Seeing Xue Tao enter the backyard, everyone immediately stopped and stood in the yard in an orderly manner, bending over and lowering their heads, waiting for the female official from Qinghe County to give a lecture.

Xue Tao was not polite. He looked around and said loudly, "You all know the news. Then pack up and leave in half an hour. If you have any questions, you can ask now."