The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 613 - 613 293 Prime Ministers Favor (First Update)_4

Chapter 613: 293 Prime Minister’s Favor (First Update)_4 Chapter 613: 293 Prime Minister’s Favor (First Update)_4 “Liulang, what’s wrong with you?” asked Ning Zhiyuan.

“Nothing.” Xiao Liulang took his gaze back and told Ning Zhiyuan, “You go on with your work.”

There were too many people in this place, all with their opinions. Xiao Liulang was often ostracized, thus Ning Zhiyuan dared not to be seen too close to him.

His attainment today was no easy feat.

Everyone had their own survival rules, Xiao Liulang chose to be steadfast while he, Ning Zhiyuan, could adjust. Yet, he would always maintain his standards deep within.

After Ning Zhiyuan left, Xiao Liulang also returned to his office.

Cen Bianxiu quietly opened the door of his room, poked his head out, and looked towards Xiao Liulang’s office.

So many people were present yesterday. Logically speaking, Xiao Liulang shouldn’t suspect him for no reason.

But once people perform guilty deeds, they tend to feel guilty and therefore, he constantly felt like Xiao Liulang would confront him at any moment.

Actually, Xiao Liulang had indeed been asked about last night by Yang Xiuzhuan. After working all afternoon and night, everyone was so tired, their fingers could barely move.

Yang Xiuzhuan, along with Prince An and Lu Xiuzhuan, took the carriage up front. He was sharing a carriage with Xiao Liulang and Wang Xiuzhuan.

Yang Xiuzhuan’s carriage left first, and just before leaving, Yang Xiuzhuan asked Cen Bianxiu to call for Xiao Liulang.

He agreed.

He knew Xiao Liulang was in the attic.

He didn’t call out.

Wang Xiuzhuan presumed Xiao Liulang had gone over to Yang Xiuzhuan’s side, and did not question further.

At the time, he didn’t think much of it, only wanting to teach Xiao Liulang a lesson for bringing misfortune upon him.

But this morning, there was an outburst from Yang Xiuzhuan, and Cen Bianxiu got scared. If Yang Xiuzhuan countered Xiao Liulang’s argument, his own lies would be exposed.

Never mind, worst case scenario he would just say that Xiao Liulang was hiding in the attic, and he didn’t see him as he thought Xiao Liulang had left earlier!

To make this lie more convincing, he went over to Wang Xiuzhuan and asked him: “Wang Xiuzhuan, do you remember that Xiao Liulang was not around yesterday afternoon?”

Wang Xiuzhuan was puzzled: “He wasn’t there? I didn’t notice.”

Cen Bianxiu said: “I noticed, he left after working for a while.”

Wang Xiuzhuan thought carefully, it seemed to be true that he had not seen Xiao Liulang after dark.

Up until they left work, Xiao Liulang had not seen Yang Xiuzhuan.

Xiao Liulang left the Hanlin Academy.

Kong Mu, the person in charge of attendance, suddenly stopped Xiao Liulang and said, “Someone from your family came here yesterday, saying she’s your wife. She asked about you, and I told her you went out of town with Yang Xiuzhuan to work.”

Xiao Liulang nodded, “Thank you.”

Yang Xiuzhuan didn’t finish organizing those books last night. He arrived early in the morning after finishing his official duties. He didn’t take the same route as Xiao Liulang, and they perfectly missed each other.

But when Yang Xiuzhuan arrived at the Book Pavilion, he found that someone had already cleaned up the mess from last night.

“What…” Yang Xiuzhuan was puzzled, “What’s going on? Who has been here to sort things out? Or did they finish their work while I was having a nap in the carriage yesterday?”

Yang Xiuzhuan picked some volumes of important books and transported them back to the Hanlin Academy.

After reviewing them, Scholar Han highly praised them: “Well done, excellent work!”

Several scholars of Five Classics also reviewed these books. These were very important historical documents with a tremendous value for the study of history, especially those related to the previous emperor Wen Huizong. No complete version could be found even in the Book Pavilion in the Hanlin Academy.

Scholar Han selected a few books and sent them to the cabinet to let them take a glance and check for any missing or incorrect parts.

Senior Counselor Yuan happened to be there.

He paid extra attention to the “Yanbei Rhapsody”.

This document had been lost for centuries. Many scholars had spent their entire lives trying to restore it. Even he had tried before, but despite going through every available reference, he could only restore a small part at the beginning.

He thought the document had at most five hundred characters, but unexpectedly, it turned out to have a thousand characters.

“How much effort must have gone into this…” As Senior Counselor Yuan looked at it, it was as if he was looking at a priceless treasure, his movements became gentler.

Scholar Han couldn’t be sure if these documents were restored by them or by previous owners of the Book Pavilion. After all, there were many traces of restoration in the Book Pavilion, some of which were quite recent.

However, Senior Counselor Yuan could tell that this was a work of the last three days.

Scholar Han thought for a moment and said: “This must be the work of Prince An, as Yang Xiuzhuan said. We have him to thank for it, if not for him, it wouldn’t have been so successful.”

Among the people who went out, Yang Xiuzhuan only mentioned Prince An, but he didn’t mention Xiao Liulang at all.

Senior Counselor Yuan paused: “Are you talking about…the legitimate grandson of Grand Tutor Zhuang? The prince who is only eighteen?”

Scholar Han nodded: “Yes, that’s him. Although he holds the title of prince, he acts like an ordinary person in the Hanlin Academy. He didn’t complain even once while taking on the onerous task of sorting those books yesterday.”

Senior Counselor Yuan pondered for a moment, stroking his beard: “Grand Tutor Zhuang is fortunate to have such a capable grandson.” After a pause, he continued, “Could I keep these books here for a few days to appreciate them?”

Scholar Han bowed and laughed: “Senior Counselor, you can keep them for as long as you like without rushing.”

Scholar Han bringing the books here intended for Senior Counselor Yuan to appreciate. If he was not interested, it would have been a wasted trip.

On top of that, earning the favor of Senior Counselor Yuan was highly revered.

Although Senior Counselor Yuan was not as fond of wielding power as Grand Tutor Zhuang, his influence in the royal court was not something that Grand Tutor Zhuang could suppress.

Grand Tutor Zhuang would rather offend Duke Xuanping than Senior Counselor Yuan.

Similarly, Duke Xuanping would confront anyone in the court, with the exclusion of Senior Counselor Yuan.

This was a man of great honor, a veteran counselor who had served three emperors, even the Empress Dowager would alight from her sedan in his presence.

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