In the warm pavilion of Changchun, the emperor was sitting by the desk and reading a book. He was holding "Records of the Grand Historian". The history of China from the ancient Huangdi period to the first year of Yuanshou of Emperor Wu of Han is also recorded in it.

He looked very carefully. Although his face looked very bad, and he would occasionally cough with a brocade plaster, he was fully focused. Until he heard the worship of Concubine Shu and Han Mo, he woke up and put down the book, looked down, and saw Han Mo who was visiting in front.

"My beloved concubine, Han Mo, all get up!" The emperor smiled and raised his hand, looking very kind.

"Thank you, Master!"

The emperor picked up the fragrant tea on the table, took a sip, moistened his throat, and said, "Han Mo, I asked you to be the director of the West Flower Hall. Are you a little dissatisfied?"

His dark eyes were staring at Han Mo, his face calm. This face looked very ordinary, but no one could tell his thoughts from this face.

This is the 95th honor of Yan State. He should have been the most powerful person in Yan State. However, due to historical reasons, his throne was more difficult than that of ordinary emperors.

"I dare not!" Han Mo immediately said: "The Lord, I am grateful, I am not too late, I have no other thoughts!"

The emperor said "Oh" and looked at Concubine Shu. Concubine Shu said softly: "No one will hear him talking here." Although her voice was soft, her tone was very certain.

When Han Mo heard this, he felt a little sympathy for the emperor.

As an emperor, it is really a sad thing to worry about being heard when speaking. He suddenly realized that Concubine Shu summoned him here because the emperor wanted to see him, and in Changchun, the emperor spoke to him more secretly.

There are ears everywhere in the palace. Concubine Shu is the owner of Changchun. She can always control Changchun. This quiet warm pavilion must be a place similar to a secret room in Changchun.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction. Concubine Shu had already owed her body and said respectfully: "Master, I will make some soup for you!"

After Shufei stepped down, the emperor said to Han Mo: "I asked you to come here to tell you that everyone thinks that the West Flower Hall is a mess and a mess of mud, but I have always regarded the West Flower Hall as a treasure. I am reluctant to hand it over to others, and there are indeed not many people in the court who know the treasure, so I have the opportunity to keep it and hand it over to your hands!"

Han Mo felt a little dizzy when he heard this, just because he still knew nothing about the West Flower Hall.

The ridiculed eyes of the ministers, now the emperor said that it was a treasure left behind, which made Han Motou look like a fight. He wanted to run to the so-called West Flower Hall to see what was there.

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"You seem to be doubting what I said?" The emperor sat on the chair and looked at Han Mo quietly, his voice very dull.

Han Mo hurriedly said, "I don't dare!"

The emperor waved his hand and smiled, "You don't have to show such humility in front of me. In fact, you should understand that my ministers do not think that I am a supreme emperor."

Although he was smiling, his smile was bitter.

Han Mo's heart trembled, and he frowned slightly. To be honest, even if the emperor felt wronged, it would not be possible to show it in front of him. However, the middle-aged emperor in front of him, who was about forty years old, showed helplessness in front of him, and his sadness in front of a minister who was less than twenty years old.

Han Mo stood in front of the emperor with his head down, looking very humble, but did not answer.

The emperor leaned on the chair and said slowly: "Although the West Flower Hall has been silent for several years, it is not useless. Whether an institution is strong depends on how officials manage and guide it. I only hope that you can do more things in the West Flower Hall, for this country and for me!"

"The Lord's advice, I will always remember it in my heart, and I will swear to be loyal to my emperor to the death!" Han Mo said respectfully.

The emperor smiled and said, "Loyalty? Han Mo, do you really think so in your heart?"

Han Mo replied calmly: "It is natural for the minister to be loyal to him, but the minister thinks so."

The emperor laughed and said, "You are young and can speak." His expression suddenly became solemn and he said slowly, "Han Mo, if you are sincerely loyal to me, I will not treat you badly. I will take the West Flower Hall well. I said, that is a treasure, and how to use the treasure depends on your ability."

"My little minister follows the order!"

The emperor stood up from his chair, walked slowly to the window of the warm cabinet, and looked out the window, where there were a few plum blossoms.

When Han Mo left the palace, it was already noon. Along the way, he was thinking about the meaning of the emperor's words. Today seemed to be just a few words, but Han Mo always felt that there seemed to be other meanings in the emperor's words.

The Emperor of Yan secretly summoned a young minister, and the position that the minister was about to take was ridiculed and ridiculed by the court officials. Han Mo always felt that the matter was quite strange, and he did not understand the signal hidden in it for a while.

But there is one thing that Han Mo made vaguely, that is, the emperor definitely hopes to use his own things, otherwise the dignified Lord of Nine Five would not be able to be full and secretly summon him.

After the Changchun Palace came out, he was sent to Yan'an Palace and replaced it with his own sedan chair and left the East Palace Gate. Han Mo asked someone to go to the Ministry of Personnel.

The Ministry of Personnel’s yamen is located at the Thirteenth Hall of the East Road. Turn left after leaving the East Palace Gate, and you can reach the East Road in just half an hour. This road is full of yamen institutions, which echoes the Eight Halls of the West Road.

The Ministry of Personnel's Office has a blue brick and red tiles, located in the center of the host road. When Han Mo arrived, someone came up to welcome him and said respectfully: "Mr. Han is waiting, please follow me!"

Han Mo knew that the Han family was powerful in the Ministry of Personnel, and Han Xince, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was also one of the important figures of the Han family in the court. This sent people to wait at the yamen, which was naturally arranged by Han Xince.

Following the officials of the Ministry of Personnel to a public housing, two sabers guarded the door, and the officials leading the way had already shouted: "Sir, Director Han has arrived!"

Han Xince's voice came from inside the room and said, "Come in!"

The guard opened the door and Han Mo entered the house alone. He saw that the house was filled with bookshelf. Han Xince was sitting next to the table, and there were also a table full of official documents waiting to be processed.

"Fifth Young Master!" Han Xince saw Han Mo coming in, hurriedly got up to welcome the mountain with a kind smile: "It would be okay to send someone to send it, but according to the rules of the Ministry of Personnel, the official seal is not a trivial matter. Unless the seal is given in the palace or the heavy army can be sent to the Ministry of Personnel. If we break the rules, there will be no need for someone to say something in the court. So for the sake of utmost, the fifth Young Master is invited to come here to get the seal."

Han Mo smiled and said, "I can pay attention."

"The official seals are stored in the seal warehouse. The official seals for vacant official positions will be collected in the seal warehouse. There are institutions there and there are heavy troops to guard them. I am very careful." Han Xince said slowly: "But I have already recorded the seal of the fifth master and took out the seal." After saying that, he walked to the table, carefully picked up the small wooden box on the table, walked to Han Mo, opened the wooden box, and said: "Fifth master, please see, this is your seal. But unlike other yamen, there are no official seals in the West Flower Hall, but there are only black iron cards. There are seals on the cards, which can be used as tokens or as official seals!"

"This is a bit rare." Han Mo smiled, and reached out to take out the black iron plate from the wooden box, reached into the middle, looked at Han Xince, and asked with a smile: "Can I see it?"

Han Xince smiled and said, "This is the fifth young master, of course you can read it!"

Han Mo smiled and took out the black iron plate from it and placed it flat in his hand. The black iron plate was not very big, black in color, and it was very cold and heavy in his palm.

The front of the Xuantien Plate is engraved with five words "The Director of the West Flower Hall Order Seal", but the reverse is carved with flowing clouds and waves. The flowing clouds are on the top and the waves are under, which is quite impressive and painting style. But what puzzles Han Mo the most is that the four words "Peng Yan Deguang" are engraved directly above the back of the Xuantien Plate.

"Pongyan Deguang?" Han Mo said softly, his eyebrows were full of confusion, and he looked up at Han Xince, puzzled, "What does this mean?"

When Han Xince heard the four words "Gongyan Deguang", a look of awe flashed in his eyes and said softly: "This is to commend Xue Gongyan's achievements. The late emperor specially ordered people to carve them, just to let everyone in the West Flower Hall remember Xue Gongyan!"

"Xue Gongyan?" Han Mo blinked: "Who is Xue Gongyan?"

"Xue Gongyan is Mr. Gongyan, and he created the West Flower Hall!" Han Xince said softly: "The West Flower Hall in Mr. Gongyan's hands back then is not the mess now!"

Han Mo pondered, suddenly looked at Han Xince and smiled, "Mr. Han, I don't know what this West Flower Hall is. Can you tell me?"

Han Xince thought about it and then smiled bitterly: "Fifth Young Master, I'm going to tell you that it's really...it's not a good thing for you to serve as the director of the West Flower Hall!"

"Oh!" Han Mo asked, "Where do you start with this?"

"Since the fifth young master wants to know, I will tell the fifth young master what I know." Han Xince asked Han Mo to sit down on the chair next to him, and even poured tea for Han Mo himself. Then he sat down on the chair next to him, looked at Han Mo and asked, "Have you heard of the East Flower Hall?"

"I've heard it!" Han Mo nodded and said, "But I don't know much about what this East Flower Hall does."

Han Xince looked around and confirmed that there was no one around, and then said softly: "Today Flower Hall, to put it bluntly, it is the nest of spies, where the most elite spies in Yan State gathered."

"Spy?"
Chapter completed!