Chapter 224: It's Easy to Paint the Tiger's Skin but Hard to Paint Its Bones (Request for Monthly Votes)_2

"As for the Tartars... to my knowledge, last year's end saw Tartar envoys visit Yang Erlang at the Yuelai Inn, where they were unceremoniously turned away by him. Perhaps seeing that they couldn't win over Yang Erlang, they tried to sow discord between him and the court."

Emperor Xiping looked up at him, smiled faintly, and said, "You see, isn't this 'conclusive evidence'? What, has the Northern Town Prefectural Commissioner's chair become so uncomfortable that you're eager to try out the seat at the Ministry of Punishment?"

Although he was smiling as warmly as a spring breeze, Shen Fa felt a chill as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over him in the dead of winter. He hurriedly clasped his hands in salute and bowed deeply, "Your humble official acknowledges his guilt!"