Xia Qing and his men came and left, and the smile on Cao Yin's face completely disappeared.

"Shameless thing!"

It would be fine if it was the prince, but a lowly eunuch dared to reject his kindness.

He spoke in a high voice. After Li Xu took a quick look around, he stepped forward and tugged at his sleeve.

"Be careful, walls have ears. Let's talk later when we get back."

Cao Yin looked at the two maids with a gloomy face and snorted coldly.

"waste!"

Then he turned and walked into the courtyard.

Li Xu whispered to the attendant,

"Deal with it... I don't want to see them again."

Just one simple sentence determined the fate of the two girls.

…

In the Dragon King Temple Palace, there were only a few candles lit in the room. Kangxi, dressed in a middle-aged robe, sat at the top, and a person was kneeling on the ground.

It was Longkodo.

"You mean, Huizhou officials were also involved?"

"good."

Longkodo raised his bearded face. Although he was unkempt, his eyes were surprisingly bright.

Kangxi pursed his lips into a straight line.

The Liangjiang area is home to many upright and aristocratic families, and the people live a rich and stable life. It is the place where the Ming Dynasty survivors are most stubborn. In addition to being prone to corruption, it is also very prone to rebellion.

Therefore, he has always paid attention to the administration of officials here.

The people he could place here were either his confidants or people who were proven to be sufficiently honest and upright by multiple parties.

Cao Yin and others had been operating here for four years, but they had not found any information about the White Lotus Sect. Instead, Yinreng went to Tianjin and caught a group of them.

It is also related to Jiangnan.

Kangxi originally thought that given the size of the White Lotus Sect in Tianjin, it should be easy for Longkodo to investigate the case in Jiangnan, but now it seems that things are not as simple as he imagined.

"Who is behind the Jiang family?"

"I haven't obtained any evidence yet, but it seems... there's a shadow of the Huizhou merchant Jiang family."

"So, the salt merchants are also involved?"

Longkodo lowered his head and said nothing.

Kangxi gritted his teeth.

You bastard!

These bastards!

Eating royal food and rebelling against the royal family, what a great guy!

Kangxi was panting heavily, and one could imagine the anger in his heart.

What on earth are Cao Yin and the others doing? They are acting so rampantly right under his nose, and he is totally unaware of it!

An idiot who just sits in his position and does nothing!

Kangxi was thinking quickly about countermeasures. Longkodo had been investigating for such a long time but had not found any evidence, which meant that the people behind the scenes were very cautious. If he wanted to force them to show up, he had to find another way.

At this moment, there was a slight noise outside. Kangxi frowned and looked at Liang Jiugong.

"Go see what's going on."

“Yeah.”

Liang Jiugong soon returned to Kangxi's side and whispered to him in a few words how Cao Yin sent his maid to the prince, but was sent back by the prince.

After hearing this, Kangxi's expression became even colder.

"idiot!"

It's already this late and you're still trying to curry favor with the prince?!

He was really too good to Cao Yin, which made him become so complacent!

etc……

Kangxi seemed to have thought of something, and his anger suddenly dissipated, and even his eyes narrowed into slits.

Early the next morning, Cao Yin came to Kangxi to apologize, but every word he said implied that the two women were not to the prince's liking, so the prince sent them back.

Kangxi had no intention of blaming Cao Yin. He just criticized Cao Yin twice and then let the matter go.

The high-ranking officials in Jiangnan who were waiting to see Cao Yin make a fool of himself were speechless, and their understanding of how favored Cao Yin was was refreshed.

Cao Yin, Cao Yin! What’s so good about Cao Yin?

Your Majesty, please open your eyes and look at them. How are they any worse than Cao Yin?!

Kangxi announced that he would hold a literary gathering at the Dragon King Temple and meet with scholars from Jiangnan.

As for the tasks of inspecting river works and investigating official administration, he secretly handed them over to his sons, asking them to use Suqian as the starting point and divide the areas they were responsible for.

Yinreng was indignant. The old man really knew how to enjoy himself.

The place he was going to was Huai'an area in the southeast.

When Kangxi assigned the task to several people, he specifically instructed them to keep a low profile, so when the princes left Suqian, they did not alarm anyone at all.

Yinreng felt that Kangxi was simply taking off his pants to fart - a waste of time.

With five princes together, even a pig could sense that something was wrong.

Even if we can gain some time, it will be extremely limited for an area as large as Jiangnan.

It would be better to send them all out openly.

Since the old man is going to hold a literary gathering, everyone's attention will be focused on the gathering, and less attention will be paid to them.

This kind of concealment will easily arouse people's speculation.

As Yinreng expected, once the news of Kangxi's plan to hold a literary meeting in Suqian spread, it instantly attracted the attention of a large number of clans. Not only the Liangjiang area, but even Huizhou and Qilu areas were suddenly in an uproar.

Many children from poor families also received the news and set off for Suqian. For them, this might be the only chance in their life to meet the emperor.

Compared with the children of aristocratic families, they lack not only their background, but also a series of problems such as guidance from famous teachers, scarcity of imperial examination materials, and lack of knowledge.

These gaps, like bottomless ravines, isolate them from official careers.

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