Shiqiao Village, in Xiao Mo's courtyard.
Having returned from the provincial examination, Xiao Mo was brewing tea with the village chief.
After Bai Ruxue came back to the village, she first went up the mountain to see her younger sister.
However, Bai Ruxue would still come down the mountain at noon and in the evening to cook and do laundry for Xiao Mo.
"You said the last policy question was about the Vassal Princes?"
The village chief took a sip of tea, his tone laced with surprise.
"Yes." Xiao Mo nodded.
"The Vassal Princes do indeed hold immense power nowadays, including their own armies. I may only be an old Scholar, but I've heard that the calls to weaken the vassals are growing louder and louder in the Imperial Court.
Although the final policy question was framed as a discussion about the Vassal Princes, everyone knows the politically correct answer is to support weakening them.
