Fang Qing glanced at the four adults huddled together not far away, seemingly lost in thought, and sighed softly.
Water that is too clear has no fish; sometimes we really can't be too serious about things.
In particular, Jiaozhou was still under the rule of the Southern King.
The four people not far away turned around and glanced at Fang Qing and Zhao Shi'an.
"Wasn't it said that this new Lord Zhao was demoted? Why is he making such a grand entrance?"
“This isn’t about being ostentatious or not; it’s about ability. My goodness, he even knows about how I accepted one hundred taels of silver when I was working in Yuzhou a few years ago.”
"That's really strange. They even knew that I was hiding a mistress from my wife."
"What's so special about that? He even knows exactly what my wife and I said about the Prince of Nan last night. I still get chills down my spine."
Despite the sweltering heat, all four of them had beads of cold sweat on their foreheads.
"As expected of someone His Majesty values, he's bound to get his shoes wet if he walks by the river often. This is just a warning about something that's not very serious. If His Majesty ever takes a dislike to us, will we still be able to keep our official positions?"
"The Prince of Nan's mansion gave us instructions, and now this Lord Zhao is using this to threaten us. What should we do?"
All three officials looked at Lord Qian.
Lord Qian glanced back again and saw Fang Qing and Zhao Shi'an leisurely watching them. He quickly looked away.
"It's a real mess. One is a fiefdom lord, and the other is a former close advisor to the emperor who also knows many of our secrets. If we have to choose, we can't afford to offend either of them. We can only take it one step at a time."
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