Chapter 221: It's Been a Year and Still No Movement in the Belly

"Enough!"

Gao Zheng impatiently cut her off.

Yin Shanshan's constant remarks about "connections" irritated him to no end.

As if he had no real talent or capability of his own!

He said, "All of you leave. I need to speak with Madam Shen in private."

"Zheng-lang!" Yin Shanshan, worried he might have some private interaction with Shen Yinning, clung to his arm with a coquettish pout. "You promised me it would always just be the two of us for life. I'll wait for you outside, but don't you dare stay with her too long!"

After everyone had left, Gao Zheng spoke in a deep voice, "Madam Shen, this sacrificial prayer ceremony—I don't necessarily need to attend. But the appointment as Minister of the Ministry of Justice, did you seriously try to secure it for me? What exactly did the Crown Prince say?"

"Why are you in such a rush?"