After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

Looking at her, Li Xiujing sighed. To be fair, he certainly hoped that the person sent by the court to the local area to review the disaster would be Pei Jiaoran. Because she has the ability to intimidate local powerful people and go to the card table to negotiate with local powerful people.

It's just that the powerful in these places are not vegetarians. Although they dare not raise private soldiers like before, many people defected to them and became aides in the government. Its power cannot be underestimated.

The imperial court sent people down to the local areas to talk. After entering the boundaries of states and counties, they would definitely have to talk to these people.

Perhaps not being able to suppress them is another matter. Even if the amount of population and land is known in advance, it cannot be ruled out that local gentry will occupy the household registration. The more important point is that you can come, but whether you can talk about it is another matter.

Although these powerful gentry will bring face to the court, once their own interests are involved, things will become different.

Therefore, people sent to the imperial court must be courageous and not afraid of the pressure of the powerful local gentry.

"If you want to ask for an order, how about I go with you?" Li Xiujing asked in a deep voice.

Looking at Li Xiujing, Pei Jiaoran frowned, "But I can't guarantee whether I can come out alive. What if I die inside?"

"I knew it was a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, but I still didn't take anyone there. Qingjia, in your eyes, am I that stupid?" Li Xiujing said with a smile.

"Yes. Are you leading the Shence Army or He Liang and the others?" Pei Jiaoran fiddled with the lace on his chest, "His Majesty asked me what my relationship is with you a few days ago."

After hearing the question, Li Xiujing turned to look at her and said, "According to your temperament, you probably won't say anything nice. I guess you are probably telling your Majesty that you have nothing to do with me. You are worried that your Majesty will be suspicious of you and me."

Under Li Xiujing's gaze, there seemed to be a faint light in Pei Jiaoran's eyes.

There is no ruler in the past who would not be suspicious of his ministers, especially those who hold great power. For example, she and Li Xiujing, one was a fourth-rank official who was in charge of the imperial court's financial life, and the other was a general of the Emperor's Guards Shence Army. Once the relationship between the two is too close, it will easily arouse the suspicion of those in power.

Therefore, she felt that it was best for Li Xiujing not to go, lest they both be suspected by Emperor Wei.

"Xuan Yin, what do you think? Should you go?" Pei Jiaoran squeaked slightly, his eyes showing mockery.

"Even so, I have to go with you. I think with the Shence Army here, local powerful people have to be careful." Li Xiujing glanced at her, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Qingjia, I have no other intention. "

Looking at Li Xiujing, Pei Jiaoran raised his lips and smiled. Get up, cut your hands and stand in front of the red railing, letting the wind blow your broad sleeves. The steps on her bun bumped together slightly.

"Of course I know you don't have other intentions. It's just..." Pei Jiaoran suddenly reached out and pulled out the stick on his head and threw it out with all his strength. Bu Yao landed in the grass with a tail of light.

"Qingjia, what are you afraid of?" Li Xiujing suddenly walked up behind her and said in a deep voice.

Hearing the word "fear", Pei Jiaoran turned around and sat on the railing. He raised his head to meet Li Xiujing's gentle gaze, kicked off the silk shoes on his feet, placed them on his calves, and slowly moved up, the smile in his eyes getting deeper and deeper.

Blocking Pei Jiaoran's restless legs, Li Xiujing looked down at her.

"I'm never afraid of anything." Pei Jiaoran said with a smile.

Catching the suspicion flashing in Pei Jiaoran's eyes, Li Xiujing approached her and asked, "Then why don't you agree with me to go with you?"

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran's eyes flashed with cunning.

Seeing Pei Jiaoran's unwillingness to answer him, Li Xiujing reached out and hugged her. He knew that with her temperament, she would not believe in any empty promises, nor would she be willing to be trapped in the back house by love, and he didn't want to cling to her either.

He likes her anyway, even if it seems like it's just wishful thinking on his part. But in this world, what is consensual? Walking in the sea of ​​power, he has missed too much and endured too much, but he is unwilling to let go of her, let alone submit to himself.

Reaching out and touching Pei Jiaoran's loose bun, Li Xiujing smiled and said, "How about you accommodate me for a moment?"

"Okay. But you have to find a way to persuade His Majesty." Pei Jiaoran said with a smile.

After the words fell, Li Xiujing nodded happily.

A thunderbolt flashed across the sky, and huge raindrops fell instantly. Even the mountain wind became extremely manic, and the lanterns under the eaves were swirling.

"It's raining again." Pei Jiaoran said lazily.

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Xiujing picked her up and bent down to pick up her silk shoes. Walk along the verandah all the way to your residence.

Looking up at Li Xiujing, Pei Jiaoran's eyes narrowed.

"Xuan Yin is really good-looking. I like him very much, so you have to take good care of him."

Li Xiujing smiled when he heard this, "This is natural."

While they were talking, the two of them had already walked to the front of the house. Pushing the door open and going in, he gently placed Pei Jiaoran on the bed. Li Xiujing leaned over and looked at her with a confused expression, then stood up and left in a flash.

Looking at the swaying bead curtain, a coldness bloomed on Pei Jiaoran's face.

Sure enough, love is the greatest weakness of human beings, and it cannot be touched at all.

After getting up and washing up, Pei Jiaoran closed his eyes and fell asleep to the sound of rain outside the window.

Li Xiujing stood at the door and did not leave until all the candles in the room were extinguished.

The rain didn't stop until dawn.

Pei Jiaoran stood up and saw Li Xiujing practicing swordsmanship in the pavilion. Then he folded his arms and looked.

"Mr. Lang, someone has arrived from Chang'an." The servant bowed, "Your Majesty urgently summons Mr. Pei to enter the palace."

Listening to the servant's voice, Pei Jiaoran and Li Xiujing looked at each other quickly, packed up everything, and then rode towards Chang'an.

Although it was rainy and muddy, fortunately, Zhuangzi was not too far from Chang'an. Two hours later, the two rushed back to Chang'an.

There was no time to change clothes, so Pei Jiaoran went directly into Tai Chi Palace.

The waiter who had been waiting in front of Zhuque's door for a long time stopped her. It was said that His Majesty ordered her to go directly to the Li Zheng Palace.

Pei Jiaoran dismounted and took the umbrella from the chamberlain, and rushed to the Li Zheng Palace without stopping.

The chamberlain waiting outside the palace looked at her and whispered to her, be careful. After frowning and thinking for a moment, Pei Jiaoran looked at himself left and right to make sure there was nothing wrong with him before he crossed the threshold.

After entering the palace, Pei Jiaoran heard the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground. What followed was an angry scolding from Emperor Wei.

It was obvious that Emperor Wei was very angry this time.

"Your Majesty, Pei Jiaoran, kowtows to you." Pei Jiaoran folded his clothes and knelt down to bow.

"You're finally here." Emperor Wei glanced at her, "It's raining so heavily. Where did you go? Even the people from Shangshu Province couldn't find you."

Pei Jiaoran followed the good deeds and said, "This minister has neglected his duty."

Emperor Wei waved his hand and motioned for her to get up and wait aside. Taking advantage of this moment, Pei Jiaoran quickly raised his head and looked around.

In addition to the prince and the governors of the three provinces, the Minister of Household Affairs, the Minister of Taichang Temple and Xia Houzhen were also there. Moreover, both Hu Bu and Chief Taichang looked sad.

Seeing this, Pei Jiaoran pursed his lips.