Being spied on.

Fortunately, for them, third official Liu was a businessman at heart and he loved money more than anything, as long as he was given a few benefits, he would definitely agree to take back the complaint. This was one of the reasons why the Liu family chose Liu Hui Ying as a candidate for the Empress position. Just like her father, she was a naive fool and did not think about things properly, which made it easier for the Liu family to control her. 

" I will see what I can do," said Yu Lingyun as he took a seat on the chair that was sitting in front of Zhai Tianyu's table and then placed his hands on the surface of the table as he said, " I have been keeping an eye on the Liu family for a few days, from what I have seen, the second brother of right prime minister Liu is moving a lot these days. Apparently, he is meeting with the Shen family's head, what do you think they are planning by meeting the Shen family and that too so late at night?"