"You want to leave too? It's not impossible, but..." Lan Tian looked down from above and cut himself off halfway through.
Hearing there was a chance, Yuan Yao hastily bowed and pleaded, "My younger sister is going alone to a foreign land. I beg you, Prefect, please grant this humble official's request."
"This general no longer oversees Lingling on behalf of others. Affairs of Jing Province now fall under Grand Commandant Xu's jurisdiction. If Court Gentleman Yuan truly wishes to go, there is indeed no problem—but I fear there may be no idle post to settle you into." Lan Tian wore a troubled expression.
Though Lan Tian no longer oversaw the Four Commanderies of Southern Jing, asking Xu Shu or Hao Pu for a favor would be easy. Besides, Yuan Yao had merely been a court official at Sun Quan's side. His abilities were likely rather mediocre; otherwise, with Madam Yuan's connections, he would not have been assigned such a leisurely post.
"Uh... as long as I can go to Lingling, I would be willing even to become a commoner..." Yuan Yao hurriedly agreed. He reckoned that with his sister's exceptional looks and the Runan Yuan Clan's pedigree, she ought to be able to marry into an official's household, while he himself could survive by clinging to her coattails.
Yuan Yao had inquired about the Four Commanderies of Southern Jing and knew that Lingling, once governed by Lan Tian, was the most prosperous. Moreover, Lingling lay deep within Jing Province, with practically no fear of war. He thought that rather than enduring the mockery of several people in Jianye, he might as well change locations and live out the rest of his life in peace.
"Since Court Gentleman Yuan is so earnest, go home at once and make your preparations.