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The Golden Scale Guards, the Silver Crane Guards, the Minister of Revenue, Twenty thousand refugees, tens of thousands, or even more, in embezzled silver. With such an enormous scale, from the ailing Prime Minister Shi bedridden at home, to the minor officials managing the Eastern Market of Chang'an, everyone hurriedly climbed out of their homes and rushed to their posts, afraid that a single moment of negligence would cost them their hats or their heads. Some matters are like this, it’s not the powerful officials’ secret investigations that are truly terrifying, but the collective scrutiny of an entire court. With so many hands at play, everyone wants to tamper with something, and everyone could uncover something. The more people involved, the wider the net spreads, and the more flaws inevitably appear. Moreover, since ancient times, water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. Even the most cunning ruler must fear the voices of the people. Thus, the twenty thousa...
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"This, this, this…!" Was this something he should be hearing?! Liu Chou'er widened his eyes, wanting to say something but not knowing where to start. In the end, he could only sincerely remark, "Prince Xiangding is truly no ordinary man." What do you mean, "no ordinary man"? Gu Fang couldn’t even be considered human. Jing Xuan no longer cared about his current appearance as a young lady. He sat boldly across from Liu Chou'er and slammed down the labor contract that Xie Buzi had sent to the palace in front of him. "Stop stammering. Just tell me, do you have a way to get this kind of medicine or not? If not, then pay up." "No, no, no!" The mere mention of money was like a death sentence to Liu Chou'er. He quickly said, "When did I ever say I couldn’t? Just wait." With that, he rushed into the house. The sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets followed, and soon Liu Chou'er came running back out, pa...

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If there's anything more terrifying than childhood words being brought up after growing up, it's when the subject of those childhood words is sitting right in front of you and your childhood words just happened to be audacious fantasies about them. Jing Xuan felt that the downfall of an emperor right at this moment didn’t seem so bad. But he swore he had never harbored any improper thoughts about Gu Fang! It was just that, when he was young, a person a few years older than him, perfect in every way, and exceptionally kind to him had suddenly appeared in his life. Naturally, it led to the kind of admiration that children usually had. If it weren’t for Xue Qingshu reading romance stories every day, constantly talking about marriage this and marriage that, he would never have uttered such outrageous, heaven-striking nonsense about making Gu Fang his empress. But the most important thing was that, while he had never had improper thoughts about Gu Fang, Gu Fang might one da...

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The poison that Jiang Yue spoke of had a pleasant-sounding name, "Full Moon and Blossoms." As the name implies, the antidote-bearer must feed the poison with blood, and the person afflicted by the poison must engage in intimate relations with the antidote-bearer on every full moon night. If they fail to do so, they will suffer the excruciating pain of thousands of worms gnawing at their heart. Over time, once the worms have eaten through the person's internal organs, they will rot and die. Thus, almost everyone who falls victim to this poison has no choice but to comply. The creation of this poison originally came from the Miao people, who invented it to win the affection of their desired person. Over time, the Han people began using it in various power struggles and deceitful schemes. As a result, despite its elegant name, during the reign of the late emperor, the officials in the Dian and Qian provinces launched large-scale crackdowns, and only a few Miao people...

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 “What the hell?!” Even someone as highly skilled in acting as Jing Xuan couldn’t help but widen his eyes in shock, frozen in place after hearing this sudden torrent of heartfelt words. The nearby troupe members, who had never seen much of the world, were completely dumbfounded. Prince Xiangding’s most beloved concubine? Ran away because she hated Prince Xiangding? Yet instead of blaming her, Prince Xiangding not only sent the Silver Crane Guards in full force to search but even publicly confessed his deep love? — "What a spectacular drama! What an entangled love and hate!" "What an exhilarating twist!" The troupe leader, as if seeing a golden opportunity to revive their struggling opera house, immediately lit up with excitement. He whipped out paper and brush, scribbling furiously, eagerly noting down this stroke of literary inspiration. Meanwhile, the other young women in the troupe stood frozen in place, staring at the two figures on stage with shattered...