Around the hour of *shen*, Han Zhi left work as usual, the twilight already dyeing the eaves of the Court of Judicial Review in a warm, golden glow. Only then did he fish out the silver coin Su Zhen had shoved into his hand that morning. The sight of the gleaming white silver instantly melted away the exhaustion of the entire day.
Seeing Han Zhi like this, Zhang Xun chuckled and asked, "Is Junior Minister Han still trying to calculate how this silver ought to be spent?"
"Didn't I tell you all about it this morning? It's for buying pastries. What else are you trying to guess?" Han Zhi smiled and said. As he spoke, he even weighed the small silver piece in his palm. In the twilight, it cast a soft, warm luster, making it far more pleasing to the eye than those blood-stained documents piled on his desk.
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