Chen Qing Xu stopped in her place for a moment. Her plain white face was heavy with emotions. She could not help looking back in the direction of the capital city. The wooden bird released in the past few days should have arrived in the capital by now, just...was the decision she wrote in the letter truly the correct one?

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The sky in the capital was gloomy. When the wooden bird flew past, its small figure was completely absorbed in the overwhelming dark clouds, becoming almost invisible.

Zhang Feng Han got out of a carriage and placed his hands together to thank the person inside: "I apologize for troubling Your Highness in taking your time to send this old man here."

Chang Geng lifted the curtain and smiled, "I've been living in the Grand Council for days. I should go back to Marquis' Manor to get new clothes and take a bath, it is also on the same road. Master Feng Han need not be overly courteous — but did Ling Shu Institute not provide you with a carriage?”

Zhang Feng Han did not pay it any mind: "They are all used for the underlings to run errands, I am not going out of the capital, these old bones are all soft, I should move about a bit more. Now there are wars everywhere, the courts have many places to distribute money to. Let's save as much as we can. Even if we cannot prevent the storm, can't we do a little bit of our best ability?"

Chang Geng laughed and said, "That is the truth. This later generation has learnt something."

Zhang Feng Han hurriedly said, "I dare not." then took his leave, but Chang Geng stopped him: "Master Feng Han, please wait.”

He then took out the proud and unashamed request for the Emperor to lift the ban on the common folks’ Ziliujin trade, handing it to him with both hands and said: "Master Feng Han please forgive me, I had stopped this request without authorization and did not send it forward — there is no outsider here, I would like to say a word of criticism, please don't be angry. The commoners’ Ziliujin trade has always been a sensitive point of the Emperor. Since the beginning of Emperor Wu’s reign, there has never been any leniency. For the Emperor, Ziliujin is the same as the jade seals commanding the kingdom. Placing yourself in his position, if you were the Emperor, could you allow the people to carve the jade seal out of radish and sell it for fun?”