Her friend listened to him and said, "Don't talk about your eye for people. Do you even have the ability to judge character? That Xu Youzhen—you spoke up for him before. Yet in this latest struggle between civil and military officials, he directly submitted a memorial impeaching you, accusing you of controlling court affairs. He practically tried to brand you a treacherous minister."
Yu Qian's dark face turned even darker—red with fury.
Her friend continued mercilessly, "And Shi Heng. You valued him highly before and even recommended him to the Emperor. But what did he do? When one man attained the Dao, even his chickens and dogs ascended to heaven. Even his nephew's wife's younger brother rose meteorically. Then he turned around and tried to find a position for your son too, dragging you into the same muddy stream. This time, when it came to impeaching the Imperial Preceptor, he jumped the highest, all because the Imperial Preceptor disliked him and the military audit found him first."
Yu Qian: ...
Her friend said, "Come, come, tell me. What ability do you have to judge people?"
Yu Qian fell silent.
Struck hard by his friend's blows, Yu Qian wanted to see Pan Yun even more. He urgently wanted to prove that he had not misjudged her.
The Emperor was also thinking of Pan Yun, using a yellow talisman to urge her to return quickly.
Ever since the corruption case within the Guangdong garrison forces had been exposed, the censors dispatched to audit military affairs across the various garrison regions had also produced results.
Every garrison force and border army had similar corruption, differing only in degree.
Among them, the inland garrison forces mainly encroached upon military farmland and colluded with local gentry to forcibly sell it;
The border armies, meanwhile, chiefly