Chapter 535 Picking Out the Silver Reward (4)_1
Xiao Ruiyuan looked at Yan Junyu with eyes full of deep meaning, coldly answering the original question, "I dispatched two Hidden Guards to secretly protect Yanyan, which is how I knew you went to Liu Yang Village today!"
After speaking, he didn’t even glance at the greatly changed expression of Yan Junyu and just walked out of the small pavilion. His purpose for coming here tonight had been achieved. Regardless of whether this young man had any designs on Yanyan, he must take precautions.
Yan Junyu’s face changed unpredictably, and by the time he snapped back to reality wanting to get clarification, Xiao Ruiyuan was nowhere to be seen...
Receiving the tribute of fruit from Yan Junyu, how could Emperor Huian not know of Yan Junyu’s little schemes? Initially intending to help him, after tasting the fresh and delicious fruits, he suddenly felt that the officials of the Agricultural Politics Department were taking their salaries without accomplishing any substantial work, even more eager to use his nephew’s achievement as a pretext to frankly reprimand them.
The following morning at the early court assembly, the entire staff of the Agricultural Politics Department was metaphorically slapped in the face by the fresh fruits presented by Yan Junyu, yet not a single one of them could muster a rebuttal.
Outclassed in skill, they were genuinely convinced and admitted defeat.
Yan Junyu swaggered about victoriously, but he knew when enough was enough and didn’t pursue the matter further. However, Emperor Huian, citing his cultivation of rare fruit as a glory to Great Chu, gifted him five hundred taels of gold, a blatant slap in the face to the Agricultural Politics Department!
However, the Agricultural Politics Department could only swallow their tears. After all, the one dealing the blow was Emperor Huian, the ruler of the nation!