Chapter 480: Information (2)
Entering the small building, Xu Xiang saw several groups of servants eating and chatting. Seeing that there were only two empty tables left, she chose the one in the middle and sat down calmly.
As soon as she sat down, the servants around her turned to look at her. When they saw the quality of her clothes, they turned away and ignored her. Judging from her clothing, she was either a low-ranked servant or her master was not someone important or wealthy. Therefore, there is no need for them to have anything to do with Xu Xiang.
Xu Xiang didn’t know that the servants were looking down at her, so she calmly took a cup on the table and poured boiled lake water into it. As she calmly drank water, she focused her hearing on her surroundings.
A few minutes later, three servants sitting behind her were arguing fiercely. The oldest servant snorted, lowered her voice, and said, "You two can say everything is normal because you don’t know what I know."
The other two young servants looked at her expectantly and asked, "What do you know? Tell us quickly."
The oldest servant motioned for the two to come closer, and then said, "I overheard the conversation between my master and the former Minister of War last night. It seems that our emperor is preparing to welcome a new emperor. That’s why the emperor suddenly reopened the imperial examination and looked for talents to fill the vacancies."
When the other two servants heard her words, they gasped and exclaimed in surprise before quickly covering their mouths. The oldest servant was surprised and hurriedly said, "Hush! Lower your voice!"
The two younger servants nodded quickly, and then the youngest servant asked curiously: "How did your master know about this?"
The oldest servant rolled her eyes at the youngest servant and said, "Have you forgotten that my master is General Yao Zhen? Currently, he is the highest-ranking general and the Emperor’s right-hand man. It’s natural for my master to know about this matter."