Chapter 820
Not a Loyal Minister
Pan Yun: "On the surface, this case has nothing to do with me."
"That's because someone doesn't want to reward you for your merits. But everyone from the emperor down to the officials in charge of the case knows the truth about the case, so the court officials who don't know about it don't either," Yin Song said. "Wang Zhen is angry right now. This time he has figured out the emperor's thoughts again and will definitely try to help the emperor solve his problems. Now that he wants to cause trouble for you, will the emperor, who also dislikes you, stop him?"
Pan Yun sighed, looking up at the sky: "It's so hard to be a loyal minister!"
Pan Hong gently patted her head and said with a smile, "This is nothing."
Pan Yun grumbled and stood up, saying, "Father, tonight is the last dinner I'll have with you this year. We'll have to wait until next year."
Pan Hong had long since grown accustomed to the separation from his daughter. Although he sometimes missed her terribly, ever since he learned about the cultivation principles of Taoism, he knew that his daughter was different from other people's daughters. First and foremost, she was herself, and then she was a disciple of Sanqing Mountain, a Taoist priest...
In secular families, the affection between fathers and daughters, and the affection between brothers and sisters, are ranked much lower.
This can be seen from the fact that she chose to stay at Yin Song's place when she came to the capital, and only occasionally went back to his place for meals.
Over the past two years, Pan Hong has been seriously considering how to treat his daughter, and finally realized that letting their relationship gradually drift apart over time is the best thing for both of them.
This applies not only to him, but also to his two sons.
Life is short, only a hundred years. He could have occupied four-fifths of her life. The siblings were not far apart in age. If fate had been kind, they might have spent all their time together, and their children could have been very close cousins.
But now, things are different for Pan Yun. He and her two sons may only occupy one percent, or even less, of her life.
A century later, he and his two sons have returned to dust, but Pan Yun still lives in this world as she does now.
If their feelings are too intense, how heartbroken she will be when her loved ones are no longer around.
So these days, Pan Hong misses his daughter very much and has tried to ask her to come home and live with him several times, but he only opens his mouth without saying a word.
Pan Yue and Pan Yu knew their father's concerns, but they couldn't understand him. They felt that it was precisely because life was so short that the family should stay together.
They wanted to spend as much time as possible with their sister while they were still alive, hoping not only to have more time with her but also to have more of their memories.
As for the fact that their sister will be sad after they pass away, what is there to be sad about?
Pan Yue said, "Life is about constantly making new friends. In the future, my sister will have many new friends who are as close as brothers and sisters. We are just the most colorful part of that journey. Thinking about it brings joy, so how could we be sad?"
Pan Yu said, "Little sister is already so powerful now, she'll only be more powerful after we die. You can raise ghosts now, and maybe you'll be able to communicate with the underworld in the future. Hehehe, little sister, when I die, remember to come find me and help me make some arrangements with the underworld to find me a good family to be reincarnated into."
Everyone:...
Pan Yu had thought about this more than once, and the more he mentioned it, the more excited he became: "Little sister, I'll leave you plenty of money to bribe the treasury. I've already found out that money can make the devil turn the millstone in the underworld. I don't have such great ambitions, just give me a good reincarnation."
He completely dispelled the sadness that had just begun to rise in Pan Yun and Pan Hong's hearts.
Pan Hong didn't say anything, got up and looked for a stick. He quickly found one under the eaves and started hitting it.
Pan Yu nimbly jumped up, perfectly dodging the stick before disappearing in a flash.
Pan Yu is going to participate in the martial arts examination, how could he let Pan Hong draw his name?
Pan Yun watched as her second brother was dragged out the door by her father, sighed, and turned to her eldest brother: "What will happen to my second brother after he passes the martial arts exam?"
Pan Yue: "My father and I have already planned to give him money to pull some strings and try to get him to stay in the capital's military camp or enter the Ministry of War."
Pan Yun started taking out money. Pan Yue quickly stopped her, saying, "You've given the family enough money over the years, we can't take any more..."
Pan Yun: "Brother, we're all still alive. It's not time for us to die and separate."
"Pah, pah, pah! You're supposed to be a Taoist priest, yet you have no sense of prophecy at all. Don't you know how to avoid prophecies?" Pan Yue said, "We really don't lack money now. Before the New Year, my second uncle sent us some money. Plus, since my father entered the Court of State Ceremonial, he has had more time and has been privately revising manuscripts and giving pointers to several scholars, earning quite a bit of writing fees. The money we've saved is enough for my second brother to use his connections."
Pan Yun clicked her tongue twice and praised, "Dad is getting more and more amazing. But I make money much easier than you guys. This little bit of money is nothing to me. You can ask them if you don't believe me."
Pan Yue looked over.
Xue Shao nodded: "If she wants money, she can just go dig it up in the silver mountain."
Miaozhen: "It's just a matter of Junior Uncle opening his mouth."
Miaohe: "Junior Uncle, with a wave of your pen, it's twenty taels."
Tao Yanbai felt that they had all said their piece, and he couldn't say anything for a long time.
Xiao Hong was even more straightforward, taking out a handful of jewelry directly from the jade space Pan Yun had given her: "If that's not enough, I have more here. Besides, it's just a matter of me lifting a finger to get the money."
Pan Yue stared in disbelief at the obviously illegal jewelry. Pan Yun immediately stuffed the jewelry back to Xiao Hong and smiled at Pan Yue, saying, "Brother, you're seeing things."
Pan Yue murmured, "I must be seeing things."
However, he did not refuse any longer and accepted the money.
Those jewels were the most valuable and clearly marked pieces taken from the Prince of Lu's mansion.
Jewelry with distinctive markings is difficult to liquidate, so while they were distributing money to help the poor, these jewels, which couldn't be converted into cash, couldn't be given to others.
Giving it away is harmful.
Because Xiao Hong was the victim, Pan Yun gave all the jewelry to Xiao Hong.
Sigh, it's true that if she takes just one string of them, she'll be struck by lightning.
Pan Hong returned after chasing after his second son, looking refreshed. He said to Pan Jun, "Since Lord Yin wants you to leave, then leave. Don't say anything about being a loyal minister anymore. Being a loyal minister is too difficult. What we need to be is not a loyal minister, but an upright minister. As long as we have a clear conscience, that's enough."
"Oh." Despite saying that, Pan Yun still secretly slipped into the palace that night.
Because she converted the Yuan energy in her meridians into internal energy, stored a nest of internal energy in her upper dantian, and then sealed her lower dantian, she directly climbed over the wall and entered the palace. As a result, Zhang, who was guarding deep inside the palace, had veins throbbing on his forehead, but could only watch helplessly as she entered.
He watched as she evaded the Imperial Guards in the palace, smoothly entered the inner hall, and went directly to the emperor's bedroom.
Someone sighed, "The palace is really lax."
Pan Yun actually came to the palace to leave a note for the emperor and, incidentally, to scare Wang Zhen.
"I thought we were at least friends." (End of Chapter)