Cao Song's sudden entrance left Yuan Feng, who was sitting there, extremely embarrassed.

Although Cao Song is notoriously unruly, he shouldn't just barge into someone's living room without permission!

"Ahem~, Grand Minister of Agriculture, please don't misunderstand, I didn't mean anything by it. You see, Doctor Gongshu is indeed not here!"

Yuan Feng coughed twice and then explained to Cao Song.

"Hmph!"

Cao Song snorted lightly, ignoring Yuan Feng, and instead moved closer to Chen Fan and Hu Guang, bowing to them.

"Greetings, Grand Tutor and Minister of Works. May I ask what brings you two here today?"

Chen Fan was slightly taken aback, then stroked his beard, his eyes darting around. He turned to look at Yuan Feng and said:

"Hmm... I was just passing by and saw Sikong's carriage, so I thought I'd come in and take a look! Hmm... that's it!"

"Indeed, I was just passing by and came in to take a look when I saw the Grand Tutor and the Minister of Works' carriages!" Hu Guang quickly explained, stroking his white beard.

"Oh! I see!"

Cao Song nodded, then looked meaningfully at Chen Fan and Hu Guang, clearly not believing their explanation.

Feeling somewhat embarrassed by Cao Song's gaze, Chen Fan immediately asked, "By the way... Grand Minister of Agriculture, you keep asking us questions, but what brings you here?"

"Uh... I was just passing by when I saw your three carriages, so I thought I'd come in and take a look!"

Cao Song paused for a moment, then gave an awkward laugh.

Chen Fan and Hu Guang couldn't help but exchange a glance. Cao Song had used this excuse that others had already used, and he actually picked it up and used it without hesitation. He was truly shameless to the extreme.

Outside Gongshu Lian's residence, not long after Cao Song went inside, another carriage arrived in front of Gongshu Lian's house.

"this.....!"

Seeing the four carriages of Chen Fan, Cao Song, and others parked in front, Xun Shuang, who had just gotten off the carriage, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Just as Xun Shuang was in a daze, another carriage arrived. Yang Ci lifted the curtain and stepped out. Seeing Xun Shuang standing there, he walked over.

"Oh? Xun Tingwei, you're here too?"

"Oh, it's the Grand Herald! If you can come, of course I can too!"

Seeing Yang Ci walking over, Xun Shuang couldn't help but laugh.

"Hehe~, I was just passing by. I saw those carriages and you standing here, so I came over to take a look! Where is this?"

Despite being exposed by Xun Shuang, Yang Ci offered a calm explanation and then began to survey his surroundings.

"Um?"

Xun Shuang was taken aback. This old man was really shameless! He was actually quite good at playing dumb.

Just then, Yang Qiu, with a stern face, strolled over.

"Huh? The Minister of Justice and the Grand Herald, what are you doing here?"

"Just passing by!!"

Yang Ci and Xun Shuang couldn't help but say in unison.

"oh!"

Yang Qiu nodded, then strode towards Gongshu Lian's residence.

"Huh? Captain Yang, what are you doing?"

Seeing that Yang Qiu had walked straight in, Yang Ci couldn't help but ask.

"I'll go in and ask for some tea and refined salt! The Grand Minister of Agriculture is inside; if I'm too late, they might be gone!"

After saying this, Yang Qiu unconsciously increased his speed.

"Go inside quickly!!"

Yang Qiu's words instantly awakened Xun Shuang and Yang Ci, and the two of them, disregarding everything else, hurriedly walked inside.

Soon, Yang Qiu, Xun Shuang, and Yang Ci arrived in the living room. They were relieved to find that Chen Fan and the others were all empty-handed.

On the other side, the servants in the mansion were also frightened by the scene and stumbled towards Gongshu Lian, who was personally preparing tea in the back room.

"Master, the Grand Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Justice, the Commandant of the Capital Region, and the Grand Herald have also arrived...!"

"What did you say...!"

Gongshu Lian, who was preparing tea, was startled when he heard that Cao Song and Xun Shuang had also arrived.

"Add water quickly!"

Gongshu Lian hurriedly rummaged through his chests and cabinets, taking out all the seasonings he had treasured for a long time and adding them in.

On the other side, Xi Zhicai left the palace, found out the location of Gongshu Lian's residence, and hurried over there.

As they were walking, a carriage came from behind. Xi Zhicai stopped and looked over, only to find that it was the carriage of Song Feng, the Commander of the Imperial Guards.

Inside the carriage, Song Feng lifted the curtain and spotted Xi Zhicai standing to the side.

Song Feng poked his head out to look at Xi Zhicai, "Eh? Minister Xi, where are you going?"

Xi Zhicai bowed politely to Song Feng in the carriage and said, "Greetings, Lieutenant Song. I am on my way to the residence of Doctor Gongshu!"

Song Feng's expression shifted, and he couldn't help but laugh, "Oh? That's perfect! We're going the same way! How about I give you a ride?"

"In that case, thank you, Lieutenant Song!"

Xi Zhicai didn't stand on ceremony and got into Song Feng's carriage. They then headed towards Gongshu Lian's residence.

Before long, the carriage arrived in front of Gongshu Lian’s residence. Xi Zhicai and Song Feng got off the carriage together. When they saw the carriages outside Gongshu’s residence, they couldn’t help but be stunned.

"Lieutenant Song, let's hurry inside!"

"good!"

The two then stepped forward, introduced themselves to the gatekeeper of the Gongshu Mansion, and were led into the living room by the gatekeeper.

"I greet you all!"

Upon seeing the assembled high-ranking officials in the living room, Xi Zhicai and Song Feng hurriedly stepped forward to greet them one by one.

"Hmm, Lieutenant Song, Zhicai, please don't stand on ceremony, have a seat!"

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