Chapter 464 [Emperor Qingning Becomes Suspicious]

As a result, less than a month later, the market really reopened!

Moreover, Xue Wei presented all the high-quality war horses he bought from the Bor people to Emperor Qingning, who was very pleased.

The letter of complaint became a piece of waste paper, and Yao Chengping was scolded by Emperor Qingning, who said that Yao Chengping, a military general, was so petty. It was obvious that with Xue Wei there, the pressure on the northwest border defense was greatly reduced.

Xue Wei also praised Yao Chengping's high degree of cooperation in the letter to Emperor Qingning, but Yao Chengping was complaining, and the two of them had a very different mindset!

The balance in Emperor Qingning's heart gradually tilted towards Xue Wei.

The frequent reports of Xue Wei's success in the northwest further convinced Emperor Qingning of this.

With every achievement Xue Wei made, Emperor Qingning felt less regretful about exiling the Xin family. Xue Wei was not only the focus of his hopes, but also a source of comfort for himself.

When Emperor Qingning used Xue Wei to comfort himself psychologically, no matter how Yao Chengping tried to flatter him, it was useless. Yao Chengping complained too much, but it had a counterproductive effect, and it felt like he was crying wolf.

Gradually, Emperor Qingning lost his patience with Yao Chengping and stopped reading and replying to the letters of complaint sent to him.

Two years later, Xue Wei was personally appointed as the Governor-General of the Northwest by Emperor Qingning and was given the Governor-General's Office. While Emperor Qingning relied heavily on Xue Wei, he was also surprised by Xue Wei's outstanding talents. With his promotion so quickly, his reputation among the people became increasingly popular, and people everywhere knew Xue Wei.

Xue Wei had become indispensable among the court officials, and the suspicious Emperor Qingning could not help but feel wary and suspicious of Xue Wei.

Xue Wei is such a perfect person.

Not only is he dedicated to serving the people in terms of ideology, but his practical working ability is also top-notch!

Emperor Qingning could not find any fault at all. If Xue Wei was a disguised person, it would be too terrifying.

So on the day of Qixi Festival, when the people of Lingchuan City were decorating the city with lights and preparing for the lantern festival and temple fair for this romantic holiday, Zhang Yuan, the imperial envoy sent by Emperor Qingning, came secretly to Lingchuan.

Zhang Yuan dressed up as a tourist at the temple fair and observed the details of Linchuan City where Xue Wei lived.

In fact, His Majesty has sent more than one imperial envoy to secretly investigate the situation in the five northwestern cities, but each time the imperial envoy's conclusion was that there was no better official than Xue Wei.

Zhang Yuan and Emperor Qingning also did not believe that there really was such a perfect person as Xue Wei. As the youngest Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, he was promoted very quickly thanks to his eagle eyes.

This time, entrusted by His Majesty, he must find the flaws of Xue Wei!

Zhang Yuan walked into the city and found that the inspection at the city gate was very strict. On the city gate was hung a white jade token bestowed by Emperor Qingning, surrounded by grand flower balls, which looked magnificent.

So Zhang Yuan pretended to be a stranger who didn't know anything and asked the guard at the city gate, "Young man, what's the origin of that white jade token?"

After checking his entry badge, the guard enthusiastically replied, "You're obviously from the south."

"You may not know this, but our Northwest Governor, Lord Xue Wei, was previously the magistrate of Jingshui County."

"On his first day in Jingshui, the first thing he did was to hang the white jade token given to him by Emperor Qingning in the most conspicuous place in the county government office."

"He said that this was the trust and expectation that the current emperor had placed on him by appointing him as the top scholar. He should put it in the most conspicuous place to remind himself at all times not to let the emperor down."

"Now that Lord Xue has become the Governor-General of the Northwest, this white jade token has been moved to the city gate, announcing to the common people that the Northwest's transformation from its bleak state two years ago to its current state is all due to the guidance of the Emperor."

Zhang Yuan was stunned when he heard this. Was this an act from the heart or just a show?

Did this guard memorize this phrase and wait for someone to ask him about it?

Thinking this, Zhang Yuan walked into the city, but found that he could see some stone tablets from time to time in the city. The inscriptions on the stone tablets looked like the notes of Emperor Qingning!

The words engraved on the stone tablet are all the emperor's maxims said by Emperor Qingning.

These stone tablets appear to have been there for a long time.

Zhang Yuan pulled over a passing uncle and asked, "Uncle, why did Xue Wei get these stone tablets?"

The uncle gave him a strange look and said, "Because these words were spoken by the emperor."

"Master Xue said that the present situation for him and the people is all thanks to the Emperor. Don't you know? When Master Xue was the top scorer in the imperial examination, there were villains who framed him."

"However, the current emperor has a keen eye for talent and still chooses to trust our Master Xue."

Zhang Yuan was stunned again. Xue Wei was so loyal to His Majesty?

He pretended to sigh casually: "Master Xue is truly loyal to the world today."

"Of course not."

The passerby said, "It is said that when Lord Xue was in the county government, he read the letters from the emperor every day to encourage himself. Later, when the conditions in Jingshui improved, these stone tablets were built. From then on, wherever Lord Xue went, these stone tablets praising His Majesty were engraved there."

"Lord Xue is a good official, and the current emperor is also a wise ruler!"

"It is thanks to the blessing of His Majesty that we, the common people, can live a prosperous life today."

Zhang Yuan asked different people in succession, and the people were surprisingly unanimous in highly praising Emperor Qingning and expressing gratitude to him.

Even three-year-old children know the story of Emperor Qingning's "insight into identifying a pearl" and some even say, "I want to take the imperial examination and serve the court in the future!"

One or two are just coincidences. It’s impossible that all the people in this city are Xue Wei’s spies!

Zhang Yuan was shocked and even more puzzled!

Xue Wei is such a perfect person that he must be the dream lover of emperors of all dynasties.

Xue Wei has never married, and there is no news that he has had any wives or concubines.

He is not fond of alcohol and women, is loyal and has great abilities.

It's so unreal.

Today is Chinese Valentine's Day, and Zhang Yuan decided to go and see what Xue Wei is doing.

As a result, before I even reached Xue Wei's house, I saw Xue Wei in the corner of the street. He was distributing cakes to children.

Zhang Yuan learned from passersby that Xue Wei seemed to like children very much and often gave them warmth.

So why not have one yourself?

Zhang Yuan, who was very skilled in martial arts, followed Xue Wei for three consecutive days.

On the third night, he saw Xue Wei sneaking out of the Xue Mansion in a cloak, and hurriedly followed him, thinking that he was finally going to catch this guy.

He followed Xue Wei all the way to a small woods on the outskirts of the city.

I saw a man dressed as a doctor carrying a medicine box and stuffing a prescription into Xue Wei's hands.

"Master Xue, this is a new medicine that I have recently prepared from various folk prescriptions."

"Would you like to try again?"

Xue Wei on the other side smiled bitterly: "Doctor Chen, don't worry about me anymore."