TPITWOHEF

Chapter 44

Master Liu hurried into the courtyard of the Liu family and told the servant to borrow a carriage.

"Get a spacious one, the Madam will come with me."

The Liu family had recently gained the emperor's favor, and Master Liu had been promoted too quickly, so they didn't have their own carriage and had to rent one.

"What's going on?" Old Madam of Liu Family saw her husband's agitated state for the first time.

The last time he was like this, it was because their granddaughter called him foolish.

"I don't need to eat those bamboo shoots, I want to eat them, and I won't go to the market to buy them? Do I have to go dig them from someone else's house, is that shameless?" Although the Old Madam came from a village, she was the daughter of a village teacher and had been educated, so she had insights.

She could never do something so embarrassing just for the sake of eating.

"And you want to go dig them from Ritual Master Xu's house? Why don't you just let me go to the Imperial Garden and dig them!" The Old Madam refused.

Master Liu clicked his tongue and winked.

The Old Madam immediately realized, "It's our granddaughter..."

Master Liu looked around and nodded.

The Old Madam hurried to the inner chamber, gave the servant the money for the rented carriage.

Just as she was about to grab Master Liu and ask for an explanation, they heard a loud laughter from the outside.

"Is Master Liu home? What are you resting for today, old friend? I've come to visit you."

Master Liu frowned quickly, exchanged a glance with the Old Madam, and lowered his voice, "I'll go check the front, you go prepare the congratulatory gift for Ritual Master Xu's great-grandson's one-month celebration."

With that, he went to the front.

The one welcomed in by the gatekeeper was none other than Hong Xing, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Supervising Office, with whom Master Liu currently worked.

Master Liu was temporarily serving as the Right Censor-in-Chief, and although he and Hong Xing were both Fourth Rank officials, the Left Censor-in-Chief had more power in the Supervising Office.

"Master Hong, what wind has blown you here?" Master Liu was somewhat anxious.

What trick was this?

The intelligence boost from his granddaughter only lasted a day.

He had to go catch that bribery criminal, Ritual Master Xu!

Hong Xing chuckled, "Of course I've come to see you. You just returned from the Liao Prince's fief, are you well?"

Master Liu, now shrewd, "Mm, His Majesty was considerate, he let me go to the palace to see my daughter, and then sent me back, giving me three days of rest."

The implication was that he wanted Hong Xing to leave quickly, as he needed to rest.

Hong Xing raised an eyebrow, picked up the tea cup, pretending not to understand, and sighed, "Ah, the Fifth Prince is still too young."

Master Liu glared.

With his doubled intelligence, his memory had also greatly improved.

He suddenly remembered that when he was at the Imperial Academy, he had heard someone say that Hong Xing, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Supervising Office, was a student of the Empress's father.