Everyone in the capital knows that Su Yan is the most useless layabout at Emperor Jinglong’s side.
He came first in the imperial exams at eighteen. He should have worn flowers in his hair and toured the streets, speaking boldly of the fate of the realm.
Instead, Emperor Jinglong issued an edict appointing him a reader with neither rank nor official post, making him the most idle man in the imperial study.
He draws no salary, takes no part in court affairs, and has no place in officialdom. Each day, he does little more than copy books and grind ink for the emperor.
Even the censors can’t be bothered to impeach him, thinking that going after a mere idler would sully their pens.
But no one knows:
The year the Ministry of Revenue pleaded poverty, he spent half the night poring over old records. The next day, he casually remarked, “It seems there was an account left unsettled during the late emperor’s reign,” and thirty million taels were recovered.
The night the northern frontier was in crisis, he studied a map for two hours. By dawn, the emperor had issued three secret decrees, and the enemy forces withdrew without a fight.
Even every memorial the emperor approves bears two casual suggestions from Su Yan, offered while he grinds the ink.
Even fewer know that the rusty old sword at the bottom of his trunk once made three martial arts sects vanish overnight, ten years ago.
Its owner has long since seen through the cruelty of human nature and wants nothing more than to live a life of idle luxury.
The emperor is a fool. He only knows if there is a palace maid named Su in the courtyard by asking his personal eunuch, and he still needs to search the entire imperial city? Still using portraits? Does the author have the same brain circuit as the Silly Emperor?
Constantly poisonous 😅
Delicate article
Not bad, update soon!
There is no attractive place, but there are a lot of poisonous spots.
Extremely outrageous. .