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"Mentioning this made Xu Yanchi feel even more ashamed. "There's nothing much going on in the yamen, so I came back.""

"Actually, it wasn't that there was nothing to do in the yamen; it was just that there was nothing for him to do."

"There was a department in the Wucheng Bingmasi specifically for the unmotivated noble descendants for their experience. All the positions there were sinecures. That's why Xu Yanchi was able to get in by spending some money. The court knew about this place but turned a blind eye."

"Since they were all noble descendants, they had their own cliques. Xu Yanchi's affairs had long spread, and he was then isolated by them. He had had nothing to do for several days."