Chapter 245 Yun Wang is very busy

In June, Kyoto enters the summer heat early.

The weather was getting hotter day by day. At noon when the sun was at its hottest, there was almost no one on the street except for the children who were playing around.

The same was true in the palace. It was quiet everywhere, except for the Censorate, which had no time to rest and was busy every day.

As the institution responsible for managing memorials from all over the country, the Censorate received hundreds of memorials from all over the country every day.

Most of them were matters requesting the Eastern Palace to make a decision or obtain its knowledge, while many were full of nonsense. Some even sent a memorial from thousands of miles away just to say to the Eastern Palace, "Hello, Your Highness the Crown Prince, it's raining here."

For these unimportant memorials, some were sent back by the Censorate via the same route, while others were only signed and summarized on a list. Other important memorials were classified according to their importance and urgency and submitted to the Eastern Palace.

From this we can see that the Censorate has heavy responsibilities and considerable power.

Ever since Yun Wang was recommended by Huo Gannian to serve as a provincial historian in the Censorate, he has been responsible for co-organizing emergency reports from various places.

The so-called urgent news usually concerns floods, plagues, famines, wars and other matters that are worthy of being heard directly by the emperor.

Now that the Southern Kingdom is at war on three sides, most of the urgent reports come from the military.

That day, Yun Wang was the first to arrive at the Censorate as usual. He walked through the rows of desks and piles of memorials and letters in the hall and came to the single table behind the screen.

He put down the briefcase he was carrying, took out a handkerchief from it to wipe the sweat from his forehead, straightened his official uniform, and then began to deal with the urgent news that had arrived today.

The young eunuch Huai'an stepped forward and skillfully poured tea for Yun Wang. He also ordered a pot of iced plum soup and said:

"Lord Yun, it's been hot these past few days, so the palace has added some plum soup. I know you like sweet drinks, so I've added some brown sugar. Please try it."

Yun Wang nodded: "Thank you for your concern, Eunuch Huaian."

Huai'an smiled, "Lord Yun is always so polite. It is a blessing for me to be able to make a pot of plum soup for you."

Yun Wang responded with a polite smile. He knew that everyone in the palace was a shrewd person, each one more eloquent than the other.

Every word sounds soothing, but it is not certain which one is true and which one is false.

Because of the background of Huo Gannian and Yun Zhongjun, although Yun Wang, a "relative", had just arrived, everyone in the Censorate was very polite to him.

The eunuchs and palace maids were also extremely respectful to him.

In addition, Yun Wang is humble and polite, always speaks less and does more, and he handles all the tasks he is responsible for properly and accurately. He also writes beautiful Yanshu, so his colleagues are very happy to work with him.

Yun Wang finished dealing with two urgent reports and drank a sip of plum soup.

The soup was sweet and sour, very refreshing and appetizing. Yun Wang couldn't help but drink half a pot in one breath.

As soon as he put down the pot, Huai'an came up and filled it with soup again.

Yun Wang asked, "Thank you, Eunuch Huaian. This plum soup is very delicious. Could you please ask the imperial kitchen how to make it?"

Huai'an smiled and said, "I knew Lord Yun would like it. I'll ask for it for you later."

"Thank you, Eunuch Huaian." Yun Wang said, and opened another urgent letter.

After just scanning a few lines, his face suddenly changed slightly and he hurried to look at the signature.

It was a memorial submitted by the local Censorate to impeach Huo Gannian, which mentioned a major accident in which more than 5,000 civilians were buried in a tunnel.

The memorial briefly described the ins and outs of the accident and suggested that Huo Gannian be severely punished to appease public anger.

Yun Wang closed the memorial, tapped the cover lightly with his fingers, and frowned for a while in concentration.

After a moment, he listed the memorial as being sent back for re-reporting, and then wrote a summary sentence on the list: "The matter is not clear, the responsibility is not clear, and it is being sent back for re-reporting."

Based on past experience, the Eastern Palace would most likely not notice this sentence. Every time, the part of the list of returned reports would be hastily skipped over, and only asked about it occasionally.

Before the local censorate completed its detailed investigation of the accident and sent another urgent report, Yun Wang had enough time to send a secret letter to Huo Gannian, asking him to prepare for the response.

Although he was worried about this important matter, Yun Wang still handled all the urgent reports as usual and left only when the palace gates were about to be locked.

When he was about to leave the palace, the young eunuch Huai'an rushed over and put a recipe for plum soup and two large packets of soup ingredients on Yunwang's carriage.

Without waiting for Yun Wang to refuse, Huai'an said with a smile:

"You're welcome, sir. It's a blessing for this plum soup that you like it."

Yun Wang said nothing more, thanked him and left, his demeanor calm and composed, as usual.

But as soon as the carriage entered the Yun Mansion, before it even stopped, Yun Wang jumped out of the carriage, hurried into the study, and began to write furiously.

After writing a few lines, Yun Wang felt that something was wrong and tore up the letter.

At this time, Yun Wang's wife Hua heard something unusual and wanted to come and see what made her usually calm husband so anxious.

As Hua walked to the door of the study and met Yun Wang's eyes, she saw his eyes light up. He quickly came up to her, grabbed her, and closed the study door with his backhand.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you so anxious? You haven't even changed into your official uniform yet." Hua said.

Yun Wang pulled Hua to sit in front of the desk, spread out the letter paper, moistened the brush with ink, and handed it to her, saying:

"There's something quite confidential that I must inform my brother-in-law in advance, but it's inconvenient to leave my handwriting. I say, you write it."

Hua Shi didn't quite understand, but didn't ask any questions and just did as he was told.

Since following Yun Wang to Kyoto, she rarely went out to socialize with other noble ladies in the capital.

She only cared about guarding Yunwang and Yunlian City.

Although she did not understand officialdom, she understood her husband. From Yun Wang, she felt the difficulty of being an official and understood Yun Wang's ambitions.

Following Yun Wang's instructions, Hua wrote the letter carefully and sealed it. "Sir, if I just send the letter, it might arouse suspicion."

"Well, I brought some plum soup dumplings from the palace today and sent them to my brother-in-law." Yun Wang smiled gently, "I'll send the dumplings out and leave the recipe for you. If you like, ask the kitchen to make some for you."

Hua Shi smiled and said, "I know."

Watching the servants seal the plum soup dumplings and the secret letter together and pack them up, Yun Wang suddenly stopped them and asked someone to bring two boxes of the best red ginger honey to put in, muttering to himself:

"This makes delicious sweet soup, take it all."