Chapter 42 (2/2)

“Poem? I’m not good at that kind of stuff.”

“Then can I write one?”

“Sure.”

Sang Sang read a poem out loud that she just made up. Ning Que listened closely and then thought about it, finally he said, “this poem is way better than anything I could make up.”

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The Tang censor of the Department of Censor, ranked vice sixth official, responsible for investigating officials, and impeaching the corrupted ones. While he didn’t have a rank yet, his power was not insignificant. With such a good position, most people would be satisfied but Zhang Yi Qi was never satisfied. It was because thirteen years ago, he was already a censor who was supposed to have a bright future. However, despite staying in this position for such a long time, he is still just a useless censor.

However, he never dared to even show a hint of dissatisfaction because he knew that the real reason why his path in government was hindered was because he had partic.i.p.ated in general Lin Guang Yuan’s case  the other year. After that, the speed of his ranking up slowed down. His last gain was seven years ago in the Yan slaughter village case where he moved from being deputy governor to censor. After that, he had not move up even a single rank!

For doing things for the princess and General Xia Hou, he should not have faced such a consequence in return. If these two people at such high positions did not want the past to be known, then they should have found a way to kill him instead of leaving him alive in the Department of Censor. Weren’t they supposed to worry that if Zhang Yi Qi had resentment that he would revealed that thing?

For his dark path, Zhang Yi Qi thought hard for two years until four years ago, he finally understood and felt very cold all over his body.

Making a censor with a bright future suddenly sink, easily breaking the future path that the princess and Xia Hou built for him and not letting anyone see any trace of action, only one person in Tang could do so, that was the Emperor.

In people’s eyes, even though the Tang Emperor was not corrupted, when compared to the previous emperors, he appeared to be somewhat conservative and even cowardly.

It’s kind of crazy to say but the strongest evidence that everyone made this conclusion from was: since Emperor held power, the Empire was not as tough and impolite but rather began to become rational and courteous.

Even though the big reason he was always holding in Tang’s hand, yet a robber who was willing to talk about reasons, would always look cuter in the eyes of hostage and fat sheeps.*

Yet Zhang Yi Qi and most other government officials knew clearly that their Emperor was definitely not a conservative and cowardly person.

It was only because the Emperor loved calligraphy and literature since his childhood that he hid some scholar’s temperaments under his golden dragon robe. Therefore, his personality could be described as somewhat gentle and lazy.

The Emperor’s last name was Li, what flowed inside his body was the Tang royal family’s arrogant and brutal blood. If anyone dared to touch his basis, they would definitely see the true anger of the Son of Heaven.

In Xuan general’s treason case and the Yan slaughter village case, all the sketchy evidence was deleted. The Emperor did not seem to believe his officials’ investigation but without evidence, even he, the one who was sitting on the dragon chair, was too lazy to reverse the conviction. With this, the suspected officials was left with no future in their lives.

The prince was the Emperor’s little brother, Xia Hou was the Emperor’s great General, so the Emperor could bare them only temporarily. In comparison, was the censor, Zhang Yi Qi even a thing?

*Edittour explanation: We decided to keep the sentence in the translation to keep the authenticity of the piece but for those that want a better explanation, it is basically saying the Tang Empire looks “cuter” or weaker than it actually is because the Emperor is too lazy to be more aggressive or to be more involved.

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