The City Patrol is responsible for public security in the capital. To put it bluntly, it is responsible for managing the streets. Wherever there are hooligans, fights, gambling, and disputes, they have to take care of them.
Qin Youran was on the verge of tears. "Your Majesty has been on the throne for three years and hasn't sent anyone to take over as Chief of the City Patrol. Instead, he forced me to return to the capital and ask me to do this thankless and low-paying job. He did it on purpose, with ulterior motives."
Mu Qing said: "Your Highness..."
He didn't know what to say.
Suddenly, Qin Youran took the official uniform and tore it hard, leaving a big hole in the uniform. Mu Qing and Guan Yu both stopped. Qin Youran clapped his hands and walked towards the martial arts field.
Zhao Zixu had a spy in the Prince of Qin's Mansion, and the news of Qin Youran tearing off her official uniform soon reached Zhao Zixu's ears.
He laughed and said, "Zhao Yingyi is quite courageous."
He immediately sent Luo Dajian to go to the Qin Palace again to convey his oral order that if the Qin King did not take up the post of Chief of the City Patrol, he would be beheaded by someone in the Qin Palace.
Now Qin Youran panicked. He didn't expect that His Majesty's brother would actually do it!
If he doesn't become the chief inspector of the city, he will be beheaded by the Prince of Qin!
He was very upset when he saw the torn official uniform. The official uniform was specially made by the officials, and it would take some time to make a new one. Besides, he had already angered the emperor, so how could he dare to ask the officials to make another one? He was upset until the afternoon.
In just a few hours, the news that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin would be appointed Chief of City Patrol spread throughout the city. Everyone was whispering to each other and discussing it, and it became a topic of conversation at the dinner and tea tables.
Many officials and their families had also heard the rumors. Some thought that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin was too idle, so His Majesty casually assigned him an official position. Others couldn't help but wonder what His Majesty was thinking behind appointing His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin.
In recent years, the city has been very peaceful during the lockdown. The Tokyo government office is usually quiet, but today it suddenly became lively.
Legal advisor Song Wuzhi hurried into the government office, shouting that something terrible had happened!
A group of lazy yamen runners gathered around and asked what happened. Master Song was panting and unable to speak for a while.
The yamen runners urged him again, and the young man in casual clothes behind him spoke, "Old Song, what happened?"
The yamen runners made way, and Master Song slowly stood up and said to the young man, "Sir, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin is trying to steal our job!"
"Your Highness the Prince of Qin, what's going on?" the young man asked.
Master Song said anxiously, "I just received news that His Majesty has appointed His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin as the Chief of City Patrol, and he will take up the position in a few days!"
The yamen runners all shouted in unison: "Sir, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin is stealing our jobs!"
The lazy young man leaning on the wooden chair suddenly sat up straight, his eyes a little dull, and it took him a long time to recover.
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The sun was about to set, but the sky was still dark. Lu Tianyun, wearing a green skirt, knelt on a cushion and used an incense shovel to smooth the ashes in the sky-blue peony-patterned incense burner until they were evenly dispersed. She then dug a small hole in the ashes, smoothed the ashes evenly, and set them aside.
The charcoal in the small pale green lotus basin had burned red without any visible flame. She used a chopstick to pick up a piece of charcoal and placed it in the hole of the incense burner. She placed silver foil above the hole to isolate the fire, and then put in a small piece of water-sinking incense.
After a while, the fragrance spread out.
Bisi hurried into the Orchid Pavilion and knelt beside Lu Tianyun. "Miss, the master asked Mother Chang to make you a sachet. It's embroidered with your favorite crabapple."
As she spoke, she handed the sachet in her hand to Lu Tianyun.
Lu Tianyun took the sachet and sniffed the fragrance, which was fresh and elegant. She smiled and said, "Father knows my preferences. He put all the spices I usually use in it, and there's even a faint scent of gardenia."
She looked at Bisi and asked, "Are mother, two aunts, three brothers, and four younger brothers available? Did father also ask Mother Chang to do it?"
Bisi said, "I heard that Madam Li had already made a sachet for the Fourth Young Master, and Madam Chen had made one for the Third Young Master. The Madam also asked Madam Yun to make sachets for the First, Second, and Youngest Young Masters. Since there was no one to take care of the young lady's sachet, the Master had no choice but to ask Madam Chang to do it."
Lu Tianyun handed the sachet to Bisi and asked her to put it under her pillow. Bisi got up and took the sachet into the inner room.
Lu Tianyun called another maid in the room, Xinyan, and ordered her to take the burned agarwood to Madam Huaping.
Bisi put the sachet away and returned to Lu Tianyun's side. She smiled slyly and said, "Miss, I just heard something about His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin. Do you want to hear it?"
Lu Tianyun said hurriedly: "Hurry up and tell me."
Bisi informed Lu Tianyun that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin was going to be the chief inspector of the city.
After hearing this, Lu Tianyun was a little skeptical. "Don't lie to me. How could His Majesty appoint His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin as a seventh-rank patrol officer? Why would a first-rank prince be demoted?"
Bisi continued, "Miss, why would I lie to you? The rumors outside are so accurate. His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin has already received the imperial decree, so how can it be false? Once the Tokyo government office and the city patrol office have completed the handover, the Prince of Qin will take office."
Lu Tianyun still didn't believe it, so Bisi approached her and said with a malicious smile, "Young lady, think about it, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin has been appointed as the Chief of the City Patrol, so he must be patrolling the streets frequently. We can see His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin without bothering Madam Fushu."
Lu Tianyun blushed slightly, gently pushed Bisi, and gently scolded her, "You little bitch, stop talking nonsense. How can I lose face by peeking at a strange man in public?"
Bisi approached Lu Tianyun and said with a smile, "Miss, you may not look happy on the outside, but you must be very happy in your heart, right?"
Lu Tianyun said coquettishly: "You bad girl."
Xinyan delivered the incense burner to Madam Huaping's courtyard, handed it to her mother Yun, who was in charge, and returned to Youlan Pavilion.
Mother Yun was a part of Mrs. Luo's dowry from Huaping. She was fifty years old and in very good health. She entered the house carrying an incense burner.
At this time, Madam Huaping was urging her youngest son to study. She said, "Madam, Miss Yun has sent some agarwood from Xinyan. Please smell it. It smells wonderful."
Madam Huaping glanced at the incense burner, a sky-blue peony incense burner from the Ru kiln, and said to Mama Yun, "Miss Yun is quite the charmer. She knows I love peony incense burners from the Ru kiln. I'm not short of agarwood here either. You can have it delivered to the master and fulfill her filial piety."
Mother Yun asked the maid to take the incense burner to the Shangshu Ling.
Madam Huaping said, "Invite the tailor from Jinxiufang tomorrow. Summer is almost here, and it's time to buy some summer clothes for the boys in the mansion. Sixth brother is growing fast, so he needs a few more sets. Two sets will only be enough for Miss Yun. Send someone to ask Miss Yun what style she likes. Her nominal mother has the third brother, so she can't take care of her. I'm her legal mother, and I can't explain myself if I don't take care of the master's side."
Mother Yun immediately sent people to Youlan Pavilion.
At midnight, everything was quiet. A carriage stopped at the back door of the Prince of Qin's Mansion. The curtain was lifted and a woman got out.
A cool breeze blew, and the hanging lanterns swayed gently. The woman was seen wearing a cloak, with her head lowered, and her face could not be seen clearly.
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