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Shortly afterwards, Xiao Liulang took a carriage back to the capital.
He wasn’t the only one in the carriage, there were two other merchants who were also heading to the capital. They hired the carriage first, so they had to be sent to their destination first.
And the place they were headed to wasn’t far from Hanlin Academy, so Xiao Liulang was able to go straight to Hanlin Academy.
As soon as he entered Hanlin Academy, Ning Zhiyuan came to him in a hurry, asking, "Liulang, what have you been doing? Why did you come to Hanlin Academy so late! Don't you know that you’ll get demerits for being late? Just now, Senior Compiler Yang got so angry! He’s out right now!"
Xiao Liulang said, "I didn't mean to. They didn't call me when they came back last night... Wait, you said that Senior Compiler Yang was angry?"
Ning Zhiyuan responded, "Yes, he said what was wrong with you? Do you think you're so great just because you’re the new Zhuangyuan... Oh, did you just say that they didn't call you when they came back?"
Xiao Liulang was about to answer, just then Junior Compiler Cen came out of the office room with some books in his arms. When he saw Xiao Liulang, his footsteps halted.
Then, his eyes flashed and he lowered his gaze guiltily, walking past Xiao Liulang as if he didn't see him.
Ning Zhiyuan wasn’t familiar with Junior Compiler Cen and didn’t know that he had disagreements with Xiao Liulang. He didn't notice his strange behavior, but noticed that Xiao Liulang's eyes were fixed on Junior Compiler Cen.
"Liulang, what's wrong with you?" Ning Zhiyuan asked.
"Nothing." Xiao Liulang looked back and said to Ning Zhiyuan, "Go ahead and do your things."
There were too many people here. Xiao Liulang was being excluded and it would be in Ning Zhiyuan’s best interest not to get too close to him openly.
It wasn’t easy for him to get where he was today.
Everyone had their own laws of survival. Xiao Liulang would rather sustain a loss than bend, while Ning Zhiyuan was willing to bend rather than suffer a loss, but he would still keep his bottom line in mind.
After Ning Zhiyuan left, Xiao Liulang also went back to his office room.
Junior Compiler Cen quietly opened the door of his own office, put his head out and looked at Xiao Liulang's office.
There were several people yesterday, so it stood to reason that Xiao Liulang wouldn't be unreasonably suspicious of him.
When a person had done something wrong, it was easy to feel guilty, which led him to feel that Xiao Liulang would rush to question him in the next second.
As a matter of fact, Senior Compiler Yang didn’t forget about Xiao Liulang last night. At that time, everyone was so tired after working all afternoon that they couldn't even move their fingers.
Senior Compiler Yang, An Junwang and Senior Compiler Lu used the front carriage while he shared another carriage with Xiao Liulang and Senior Compiler Wang.
Senior Compiler Yang's carriage went first. When they left, Senior Compiler Yang asked him to call Xiao Liulang.
He complied.
He knew Xiao Liulang was in the attic.
He didn't call him though.
Senior Compiler Wang thought Xiao Liulang had gone to Senior Compiler Yang's side and didn't ask much.
At that time, he didn't have too many thoughts and just wanted to teach Xiao Liulang, who got him into trouble, a lesson.
But seeing Senior Compiler Yang so furious this morning, he was afraid that Xiao Liulang would reveal him when Senior Compiler Yang confronted him.
Forget it. At worst, he would just say that Xiao Liulang was hiding in the attic and he didn't see him, so he thought that Xiao Liulang had left early!
In order to make this statement more convincing, he went to Senior Compiler Wang's side and asked the other party, "Senior Compiler Wang, do you remember that Xiao Liulang was gone very early yesterday afternoon?"
Senior Compiler Wang was stupefied: "Was he? I didn't pay attention."
Junior Compiler Cen continued, "I noticed. He worked for a while and then left."
Senior Compiler Wang thought about it carefully and it seemed that he really hadn't seen Xiao Liulang since it got dark.
Until the end of the day, Xiao Liulang didn't see Senior Compiler Yang.
Xiao Liulang left Hanlin Academy.
The Hanlin Clerk, who was in charge of the morning attendance record, suddenly stopped Xiao Liulang to tell him, "Your family came last night, the other party said she is your wife. She asked where you were, and I said you went out of the capital to work with Senior Compiler Yang."
Xiao Liulang nodded, "Thank you."
Because they failed to sort out all those books last night, Senior Compiler Yang rushed over early in the morning after finishing his business. He and Xiao Liulang didn't take the same route, so they missed each other perfectly.
But when Senior Compiler Yang arrived at the library, he found that someone had already cleaned up last night's mess.
"This..." Senior Compiler Yang was confused. "What’s going on? Who has come to tidy up everything? Or did a few of them get the job done yesterday when I took a nap in the carriage?"
Senior Compiler Yang picked out several baskets of important books and sent them back to Hanlin Academy.
Chancellor Han greatly appreciated it after looking through the books, "Great. Things are done really well!"
Several Five Classics Erudites also browsed through the books, which were very important documents and materials, and were of great value to the study of history, especially the section on Emperor Wen Huizong of the previous dynasty, the complete version of which could not be found in the Hanlin Academy's collection.
Chancellor Han picked out some copies and sent them to the cabinet, asking them to have a look at them to see if there were any omissions or mistakes.
Grand Secretary Yuan happened to be there.
He focused on the song "Ode of Yanbei".
This literary ode had been lost for hundreds of years, and many great scholars had been trying to restore it all their lives. Even he himself had tried it, but he only restored the first paragraph after referring to different literature works.
He thought the text would be at most five hundred words, only to find thousands of words.
"How much effort this must have taken…" Grand Secretary Yuan looked at it as if it were a rare treasure, and even the movements of his hands slowed down.
Chancellor Han also couldn't tell whether it was restored by them or by the former owner of the library. After all, the books there already had many traces of restoration, some of which were even new.
Grand Secretary Yuan could see that it was written within three days.
Chancellor Han thought for a moment and said, "It must be An Junwang. According to Senior Compiler Yang, it was really thanks to him this time. If it weren't for him, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly."
Among the people who accompanied him, Senior Compiler Yang only focused on An Junwang, never mentioning Xiao Liulang at all.
Grand Secretary Yuan paused, "You’re talking about… the first grandson of Grand Preceptor Zhuang? An Junwang, who is only eighteen?"
Chancellor Han nodded, "Yes, that's him. Although he has the status of a Junwang, he never claimed to be a Wangye when he came to Hanlin Academy. Yesterday, he worked tirelessly to sort out these books without any complaints."
Grand Secretary Yuan pondered for a moment and stroked his beard, "Grand Preceptor Zhuang has got a good grandchild." After a pause, he added, "Can these books stay here for a few days so this old man can appreciate them?"
Chancellor Han smiled and said, "Grand Secretary can look at them as long as he wants. There’s no rush."
Chancellor Han sent the books here exactly for Grand Secretary Yuan to appreciate them. If he actually didn't like reading them, then he would have come for nothing.
Besides, what an honor it was to be favored by Grand Secretary Yuan.
Despite the fact that Grand Secretary Yuan wasn’t as fond of power as Grand Preceptor Zhuang, his influence in the capital could by no means be suppressed easily by Grand Preceptor Zhuang.
Grand Preceptor Zhuang would rather offend Marquis Xuanping than Grand Secretary Yuan.
In the same way, Marquis Xuanping would verbally attack every civil and military official out there, but never Grand Secretary Yuan.
This was a veteran of three dynasties who was above the vortex of power. He had assisted three Emperors, and even Empress Dowager Zhuang would alight from her palanquin whenever she saw him.
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