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

The two walked side by side and unknowingly reached a place not far from the banquet.

Glancing at Shence Jun at the door, Pei Jiaoran smiled and said, "My wife and I hit it off right away. If my wife is free, she can come to Chongyifang to find me. The official career is changing rapidly, and powerful enemies are everywhere. I can't die in an instant. I I have some advice."

As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Jiaoran walked into the palace. Although she and the prince teamed up to hide Fang Jianyue's test papers, causing him to fail to be listed in the first class, with the intention of protecting him, this matter was somewhat unkind. And she wanted to join forces with him in the future, so naturally she had to give some advice. In order to avoid being empty-blooded and lacking in political acumen.

Stepping into the hall, Pei Jiaoran looked at the group of young scholars standing respectfully and curled his lips. No wonder people at that time always liked to catch sons-in-law at the bottom of the list. These husbands who were ranked in the rankings were indeed good-looking. His eyes scanned around everyone and stopped at the man in gray.

The man was talking to his friends nearby, but his eyes were looking at the eunuchs in purple clothes not far away, mixed with indignation.

Passing by the gray-robed man, the word "eunuch" floated into my ears. Pei Jiaoran stopped and looked over with a smile, then quietly raised his hand to his lips. Only then did the gray-robed man realize that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly fell silent and looked around him warily.

However, at this moment, Pei Jiaoran suddenly realized that someone was looking at him, and he immediately moved his eyes and continued to move forward. After walking a few steps, she realized that it was Jia Gonglu who was looking at her.

As if remembering something, Pei Jiaoran smiled and walked towards Jia Gonglu. He cupped his hands and saluted, "Mr. Jia."

"Pei Shangshu is very warm-hearted. He has taken in a pair of ladies from the Wang family, and he has warned the candidates not to talk nonsense." Jia Gonglu looked at Pei Jiaoran with a smile and stroked his beard, "It's a pity that the husband is not so lucky."

"Hey, a newborn calf is not afraid of anything, so it is easy for him to say the wrong thing. Someone kindly gave me some advice, but he loves his talent and cherishes his talent." Pei Jiaoran smiled lightly.

Listening to Pei Jiaoran's words, Jia Gonglu smiled and said nothing. After staring at her for a long time, he turned around and started talking to his left and right servants. The three of them were all talking about government affairs. Pei Jiaoran was not interested in listening anymore, so he said goodbye to Jia Gonglu and turned to leave.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Fang Jianyue had entered the palace and was talking to her friends. Pei Jiaoran slightly curled her lips.

Only a moment after entering the palace, the singing voice of the chamberlain was heard. Emperor Wei entered the palace and walked to the throne, surrounded by the emperor's guard of honor. He was followed by the prince and a beautiful concubine. Zhang Rang followed behind.

When Emperor Wei sat down, everyone shouted long live the emperor. Then they all sat down at the table. The officials attending the banquet are in the front, and those who have ascended the throne are arranged in the back.

However, there are only dozens of people who ascend every year, so the hall is not very crowded. As long as you turn your head, you can see the ascendant behind you.

The golden gong rings three times, and the banquet begins.

The three masters and three divisions stood up first and raised their glasses to congratulate Emperor Wei with the officials and scholars attending the banquet. As usual, after the first round of toasts, the top candidates will recite "Deer Ming" together. Therefore, there will be no other singing and dancing at the Deer Ming Banquet except the recitation of "Deer Ming". Instead, the king will take the opportunity to test the level of everyone in the school.

"Deer Ming" is played with the sound of silk and bamboo, and the reciting sound of the ascendant is also quite pleasant.

Listening to the recitation, Pei Jiaoran looked at the prince who was looking up, and she caught the look of surprise on his face. Remembering the news that King Wu had won the battle this morning, I understood why the prince was unhappy. King Wu's victory meant that he had more bargaining chips to compete with him for the throne, and bringing King Wu's mother and concubine to the Deer Ming Banquet was also the best proof.

With his thoughts at this point, Pei Jiaoran lowered his eyes. She did not hope that King Wu could obtain benefits beyond that of the crown prince, but this matter needed to be done step by step.

At present, Emperor Wei intends to elevate the status of King Wu, and she cannot afford to go against Emperor Wei at this time.

While she was thinking about it, "Deer Ming" was over. Emperor Wei ordered Zhang Rang to announce the topics for the examination at the Luming Banquet.

However, just as Zhang Rang was about to speak, a voice suddenly came from the crowd.

"Caomin Yuan Rui asks to abolish the Privy Council."

Pei Jiaoran turned around to look for fame.

"Caomin Yuan Rui wants to abolish the Privy Council in order to revitalize the government!" The speaker's voice was loud and clear.

The hall fell into silence, and no one spoke.

Sensing the change in Emperor Wei's gaze, Pei Jiaoran frowned.

Yuan Rui had already stood up from his seat, holding a long scroll in his hand and walking forward step by step. I saw him kneeling down in front of the steps, holding the long scroll above his head with both hands, his chest rising and falling violently due to tension. As if feeling the fiery gazes of the officials on both sides and behind him, the man gritted his teeth and raised his head to look directly at Emperor Wei.

Follow Yuan Rui's gaze and look at Emperor Wei. At this time, Emperor Wei's eyes were quite calm, and he could not even tell whether he was happy or angry.

After a long silence, Emperor Wei suddenly smiled. He looked at the young and immature man kneeling on the ground, then walked around the officials, and said in a solemn tone, "To strengthen the court? I don't know how you want me to strengthen the court."

Emperor Wei's voice contained a hint of warning. Yuan Rui lowered his head, the shadow of the caisson above his head was cast on the ground, and there was more noise coming from the hall, which was the only sound that could be heard in the silence. Amid the suppressed majesty, Yuan Rui took a deep breath. He closed his eyes and immediately opened them again, "A five-foot eunuch cannot beat a jester, so why did the Han Dynasty fall? Using eunuchs too much to contaminate the government will undoubtedly lead to the overthrow of the country."

His voice was sonorous and powerful, and the prince seemed to feel something. He wanted to get up, but sat down anyway.

Emperor Wei smiled instead. He still maintained a calm expression on his face, looking at the young aspirant in front of him who was inexperienced in the world. This is the newborn calf, just like him before. When he was young, he also did stupid things, thinking that his passion could change everything, but the cruel reality told him that some things could not be solved by his passion alone.

The last thing you need in politics is enthusiasm. If you only have passion and no strength to match, overturning other people's card tables, you will only die faster. Only by keeping a low profile can you kill with one strike.

Among these people, the one he had seen doing the best was Pei Jiaoran. He laid out his plans slowly and steadily, accumulating strength to replace Wang Yu at the poker table.

The prince struggled again and again, but finally stood up and came out of the queue, bowed his hands and saluted Emperor Wei, "Your Majesty, this person has just ascended to the throne. I don't think he knows what the situation of the court is. I don't know what your majesty's painstaking efforts are in establishing the Hanlin Academy. Everything in the world is weighed. ." As he spoke, the prince turned to look at Yuan Rui again, "I would like to ask you why Wang Mang usurped the throne? Why did Dong Zhuo oppress the Han Emperor? Why was Cao Wei usurped by the Sima family? And how do you think you can revive the throne? Chao Gang."

Knowing that the prince couldn't bear the death of a young man from a poor family, he specifically reminded this person and did not even deny the use of eunuchs to interfere in government affairs. Pei Jiaoran sighed slightly.

But...she always felt that this person would not appreciate it.

The prince also sighed. He said so much in one breath because he cherished his talents. If this person was deprived of his status as a Jinshi, he would be willing to train this person well, provided that this person knew his painstaking efforts.

If not, it is rotten wood that is difficult to carve. He won't pay attention to this person anymore.