night's banquet will be kept simple." Xu Yuan da bowed slightly and addressed Jin Xueyuan.Xu Yuan's words, at first glance, seemed harmless, but his tone was brimming with the superiority and condesce...Chapter 1098: Emperor Jian's Heartndant harvests, the salaries of government officials across the nation constituted a substantial expenditure for the imperial court.Moreover, altering one's salary is equivalent to changing the ancest...