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Hearing Zhang Xin's persuasion, Cheng Jin sighed: "I hope so!"

He was a fallen Spirit Cultivator of Dark, and it could be said that all that he had was given to him by Tang Yin. In Cheng Jin's eyes, Tang Yin represented everything, and he obviously did not wish for Tang Yin to tire his body out.

In the study.

At this time, Tang Yin was in the study room with Shangguan Yuanji. Shangguan Yuanji submitted the candidates from the County Head s in the twelve counties of Feng Country to Tang Yin, and explained in detail about everyone's background and ability to learn — — Tang Yin had always told them in detail. Just as the guard had said, during the three days that Tang Yin had been in the palace, other than attending the court meeting in the Main Hall, he had also been in the study room taking care of all sorts of affairs.

Just as Tang Yin and Shangguan Yuanji were still discussing about the selection of County Head s from different counties, the palace maid recently reported that Cheng Jin and Zhang Xin requested for an audience.

Tang Yin was startled at first, then waved his hand: "Let the two of them come in!"

Not long later, Cheng Jin and the palace maid led the way into the study. Seeing Tang Yin, the two of them kneeled down respectfully and said, "This subject, Cheng Jin, pays his respect to the King!"

"Get up." Tang Yin put down the document in his hand, turned and smiled at Cheng and Zhang, and asked: You two entered the palace late at night, is there anything important?

"Great King, please take a look." After Zhang Xin got up, he handed over Liang Xing's resignation letter along with the official seal of the Minister of the Left to the table in front of Tang Yin.

Tang Yin curiously picked up the resignation letter and looked through it once. Although he did not say much, he smiled leisurely and smiled, he then picked up the Brocade Box and opened it up to take a look, and immediately closed it, saying: "Letting Liang Xing submit the resignation letter and copy is not an easy thing to do!"

Cheng Jin did not make his position known, instead, he hurriedly bowed and replied: "Your Majesty's might is vast and mighty, naturally, this lowly one is sincerely convinced by Liang Xing."

Towards this kind of flattery, Tang Yin was already immune to it. He smiled and asked: "You didn't injure Liang Xing right?"

Seeing that Cheng Jin was about to speak, Zhang Xin took the initiative and said: "Rest assured your majesty, this subject and the rest have never gone through the motions of torture with Liang Xing. The resignation was written by him personally, and he also took the initiative to hand it over."

"Very good!" Tang Yin was still very satisfied with Cheng Jin and Zhang Xin taking care of this matter. He nodded and said, "The two of you have done a great deed this time, but you must not neglect the other ministers in the court. Make use of this time to settle the matter, do you understand?"

"Yes!" "Great King!" Cheng Jin and Zhang Xin said in unison.

Tang Yin waved his hand at Zhang Xin, and said: "Master Zhang has worked hard, let's first return to the residence to rest, Cheng Jin will stay."

"Your Majesty, your subject will take his leave!" To be able to receive such praise from Tang Yin, Zhang Xin was already very satisfied, and did not dare to ask for more. More importantly, he felt that Tang Yin's attitude towards him had started to change, which made him feel at ease.

Zhang Xin left the study room and conversed with Shangguan Yuanji for a bit. When he noticed that Cheng Jin was still standing at the side, he waved at Cheng Jin and smiled: "What are you standing there for? "Come over and sit."

"This official dares not!" Cheng Jin replied softly.

Tang Yin didn't speak anymore. Instead, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Cheng Jin without blinking.

Cheng Jin understood Tang Yin's temperament, and sighed in his heart. He silently walked up to Tang Yin and carefully knelt on the other side of him.

Seeing that, Tang Yin revealed a smile, and while flipping through the documents on the table, he casually said: "I want to choose one of the hidden arrows to be the Imperial Minister, Cheng Jin, who do you think is suitable?"

The Imperial Minister was in charge of supervising all the officials in the country. They were of the third rank and although they were not of a high rank, they held a lot of power and were revered by all the officials in the country. Right now, Cheng Jin's official rank was only at the regiment commander level, and if it was changed to a sixth or fifth grade official, Tang Yin would choose from the hidden arrows to become the Imperial Minister, and his official rank would immediately surpass Cheng Jin's by a large margin.

Cheng Jin was startled, he did not even think, and said: "This subject thinks that Ao Qing is the most suitable."

"Ao Qing?" Tang Yin propped up his chin and thought, then laughed to himself: "Using Ao Qing as the Imperial Minister, you can be considered the first female official of the court." After pausing for a moment, he continued faintly, "Originally, I had intended for you to be the Imperial Minister …"

Cheng Jin quickly replied: "This subject does not dare …"

Tang Yin waved his hand, and said: "But as a Imperial Minister, you can no longer manage the hidden arrows, and leaving the hidden arrows to others, I am also not at ease, so after thinking about it, I feel that it is best to find other people from the hidden arrows to take over the position. On the other hand, Ao Qing is fine, but it's also good for me. If I order her to take over the Imperial Minister, wouldn't you feel uncomfortable? "

Cheng Jin quickly replied: "This subject will not, the King's arrangements naturally have King's intentions."

Tang Yin's eyes were shining as he looked at Cheng Jin. After a long while, he laughed and patted Cheng Jin's shoulders and said: "I was right, you were right. Right, I heard that the number of Dark Arrow's members has increased again recently. "

"Yes, your majesty, I have recruited another batch of Spirit Cultivator of Dark, and among them, there are quite a few experts at the Spirit Origin Realm and above!"

"Well done." Tang Yin praised her and said: "Dark Arrow is a force that I value the most, I do not wish for Dark Arrow to be too obvious, as the head of the Dark Arrow, I am unable to give you the actual official position, in the future, your official rank will be set as Middle General and you will receive Middle General's salary."

Cheng Jin was stunned, the Middle General was not a small official, within a country, there were only a few Middle General, and in terms of rank, the Middle General was about the same as him. Tang Yin giving him the title of Middle General, this was something Cheng Jin could not even dream of.

Seeing Cheng Jin sitting there without any reaction for a long time, Shangguan Yuanji coughed lightly and said to Cheng Jin: "General Cheng, why aren't you thanking your Majesty?"

After hearing that, Cheng Jin finally regained his senses, and anxiously stood up, taking a few steps back, he knelt down and said with a trembling voice: "Thank you, Great King for your grace."

"Stand up!" Tang Yin waved his hand, signalling for Cheng Jin to sit down, and said: "I still have something that I need you to take care of."

"Your Majesty, feel free to instruct me if there's anything you need." Cheng Jin was still in the midst of extreme joy when he subconsciously replied.

Tang Yin said: "Right now, there are many concubines of the Former King left in the imperial palace. Since I have already inherited the throne, it's impolite for them to stay in the palace any longer. I will get someone to send them to the Tianyuan County, but on the way, there will be accidents.

Cheng Jin blinked his eyes. He understood what Tang Yin meant, but he did not understand why Tang Yin wanted to kill those concubines from the Former King, so he did not dare ask too much.

"Remember, no one survived!" Tang Yin worriedly repeated it again.

"Yes, none of them survived." Cheng Jin's eyes revealed a terrifying fierceness, and he nodded his head heavily.

Tang Yin laughed and said: "You've worked hard these past few days, go back and rest early!"

"Yes!" This official will take his leave! " Cheng Jin gave a deep bow to Tang Yin, then slowly left the study room.

When Zhan Ling first appeared, Tang Yin had bribed these concubines through the Mrs Huarong, he said that Zhan Ling was a fake, and that Zhan Ling was executed in the end. This matter could not be spread out, and if those concubines were still in the palace, Tang Yin would naturally be at ease, but now, he had to send them elsewhere, and could no longer tolerate their existence.

He also believed in the saying 'only the dead can keep secrets'.

After Cheng Jin left, Tang Yin looked at the somewhat dazed Shangguan Yuanji and asked: "Yuanji, do you want to know why I killed them?"

Shangguan Yuanji trembled, his head shaking like a rattle drum, he anxiously replied: "This subject does not wish to know."

He thought that Yuanji was clever, he smiled and changed the topic, raised his head and said: "Continue to talk about the County Head s you have chosen!"

"Yes sir!"

After Tang Yin and Shangguan Yuanji discussed for a while, they finally finished discussing the selection of the County Head s. The two of them let out a sigh of relief. Shangguan Yuanji said, "Great King, you haven't had a good rest for the past three to four days. Today, you should go and get some sleep!"

"Ai!" Tang Yin sighed, and asked: "Yuanji, is there anything else you want to discuss?"

"No, my lord." Shangguan Yuanji said with a serious expression.

Tang Yin stood up, stretched his body a few times and said: "Alright, I'll go to my room to sleep tonight."

Shangguan Yuanji then stood up, and bowed with his hands cupped together: "This humble subject will not disturb the King."

Tang Yin sent Shangguan Yuanji out of the study, and then ordered the palace maids to call the highest ranking female official over.

This female official was nearly fifty years old, and her hair was graying at the temples. She was considered the most senior palace maid in the palace.

When the female official saw Tang Yin, she respectfully kowtowed. Tang Yin waved his hand and called her up, saying: "I'm going to my sleeping quarters to rest now, I wonder where my quarters are?"

Although Tang Yin had lived in the palace for three to four days, he was still not familiar with the layout of the palace.

When the female official heard this, she hurriedly replied, "The King's resting place is in the main palace."

Tang Yin lazily asked where the main palace was, then raised his head and said: "Bring me there."

"Yes!" "Great King!" The old woman quickly replied and led the way.

The main palace she spoke of was, in fact, the queen's bedchamber. When kings went to bed, they either stayed with the queen or with their concubines, and rarely went to bed alone.

The main palace was the largest and most magnificent of all the palaces in the harem. Although it was only a single floor, the space inside it was extremely spacious. There was also a hall, a chamber and a bedroom.

As the previous monarch had either been killed or escaped, the palace had always been empty. Even if there was a lot of space, it would only be managed by a young maid.

After arriving at the main palace, Tang Yin sent the female official away, then walked into the bedroom inside and laid on the bed with his clothes folded. Just as he was about to sleep, he saw a petite figure standing outside the bedroom, looking in his direction from time to time.