Jiang Chong: "Oh, this man has a very close relationship with Your Highness. Didn't the Fang family once intend to marry Your Highness? The man who hid the knife behind his back is Miss Fang's uncle, the current Minister of Household, originally the first Zhangyuan* who was selected by the former emperor in the eighteenth year of Yuan He. The only one who came first in all three examinations at the provincial capital, national capital, and the palace from the former dynasty, he truly was outstanding since childhood.

*top scorer in the Imperial examination

Since Fang Qin took over the position of the Minister of Household, everything was well-organized, well-coordinated with the Grand Council, there was never any hindrance. He could be said to be a capable minister. Unfortunately, the bottom decided the head. He was born in the Fang family and was a representative for the Fang family. He was doomed to be a stumbling block for outstanding talent.

"The examiner for more than half of the court, unrivaled reputation." Chang Geng tapped on the table gently. "Beneath the eaves of their lordships, swallows used to nest. It seems that it's time for them to fly to the homes of ordinary people.*"

*Chang Geng was quoting/referencing the poem by Liu Yuxi, "Lane of Black-Gown Mansions"

Jiang Chong's heart jumped when he was able to make out the killing intent in what Chang Geng had just said.

Without waiting for Jiang Chong to catch it, Chang Geng once again casually praised as if nothing happened: "Minister Fang is truly talented, a great officer who could govern the world in peacetime*."

Yan Wang spoke lightly and applauded sincerely as if the killing intent that could not be described just now was Jiang Chong's own imagination. Only the words ‘in peacetime’ were used very subtly.

*There was an old saying: a great officer in peacetime, a traitor in war time

Fang Qin's paper pointed directly to the concerns of Emperor Long An. He did not comment on whether it was good or bad to classify the refugees into factories. He only held on to the safety problems of Ziliujin supervision, and even dragged Gu Yun into this: "The thing that tens of thousands of Black Iron Camp generals who fought hard in the front line to bring back, how could we use it freely? Would that not make the loyal soldiers and generals feel disappointed?”

Gu Yun himself would not care too much about it, but Li Feng's scales were greatly provoked*. When Chang Geng advised Zhang Feng Han to concede on the Ziliujin matter, he also said, to an Emperor, starting from the beginning of the wise and godly Emperor Wu, Ziliujin resembled another national seal. Moreover, the royal private treasury accumulated in Jinghua Garden for generations was burnt in an hour. Since then, it was natural that Li Feng would only feel insecure.

*to provoke someone's scale is to touch on a topic sensitive to them