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

He looked around and took in the looks of Yuan Yanchong, Cui Taizhu, and the two accompanying imperial censors. Pei Jiaoran's lips curled up slightly.

Cui Taizhu then scolded: "Li Run, you have to think clearly. If you change your confession now, and the Censorate finds it untrue, I will say that this matter was caused by you making random accusations in order to escape punishment. You have to think clearly!"

Hearing Master Cui's anxious voice, Pei Jiaoran glanced at Yuan Yanchong.

How could it be a random accusation? It was obvious that Li Run was threatened and did not dare to tell the truth. So he only mentioned in his testimony that he bribed the official and asked him to send a message to his family for help.

"It was Xie Taiduan who came to find me! He said that as long as I gave him a token, he would go find my wife. He said that as long as he could find a way to drag Mr. Pei into the water, he could rescue me!" Li Run no longer cared about anything else and shouted loudly.

Yuan Yanchong sneered, "Then why did you only tell it after you saw Mr. Pei? There was no mention of it in your previous confession."

"I..." Li Run's eyes flickered, and he glanced at Pei Jiaoran and continued, "That's because I'm afraid no one will believe me if I tell them! Now that I've seen Pei Xianggong, I just want her to make the decision for me."

Pei Jiaoran curled his lips in amazement at Li Run's advice. He looked at Cui Taizhu meaningfully, "Cui Taizhu, since Xie Taiduan has been implicated, should we report this to the Shangshu Dusheng? Please ask His Majesty to make the decision."

After saying this, Cui Taizhu and Yuan Yanchong looked at each other, their eyes full of astonishment. They really didn't expect that Pei Jiaoran would make things so serious.

After thinking for a while, Master Cui looked at the two imperial censors and said, "Have him rewrite his confession. Once it is finished, send someone to deliver it to the Shangshu Province immediately."

"Here."

"Write now. When you're done, I want to read it." Pei Jiaoran said.

Hearing the unquestionable tone in her voice, Cui Taizhu nodded and sent the two imperial censors to watch Li Run rewrite his confession.

After a stick of incense had passed, the older Imperial Censor came up to the group holding a red lacquered wooden tray.

Pei Jiaoran glanced at the rice paper where the ink had not yet dried and smiled slightly, "Minister Lin, please read Li Run's confession to me."

Upon hearing this, Lin Shiyu glanced at Yuan Yanchong, and when he saw him nod, he read out Li Run's confession aloud.

"Alas, I didn't expect Xie Taiduan to be involved in this. I just don't know if there are other people behind him." Pei Jiaoran seemed to remember something and stood up and bowed, "Mr. Cen said that the Longxia Temple in Zhaofu Temple is very beautiful. It's getting late, so I'll go first."

Returning to the official residence of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Pei Jiaoran began to read the documents just sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After she read them, they would be sent to Su Jinghui for the final review.

I don't know how long it took, until a ray of dusk shone through the window into the house. Pei Jiaoran put down his pen, exhaled, stood up, and walked slowly to the window, standing with his hands behind his back.

This time is just right, and it will only take a stick of incense to get back to Chongyifang.

After leaving the palace, he returned to his home in Chongyifang. He took off his purple robe and waited for the dusk to stain the entire sky before he went out to Zhaofu Temple.

After the destruction of Buddhism, only three Buddhist temples remained in Chang'an. This Zhaofu Temple was one of them. Compared with the grand and magnificent Ci'en Temple, Zhaofu Temple really looked a bit shabby.

There were originally dozens of halls, but now only one and a lonely pagoda remain.

Apart from the monks guarding the temple, there were only a few common people coming to pray and burn incense.

Standing in front of the seven-story octagonal glazed Sumeru Pagoda behind the main hall, Pei Jiaoran looked up and saw a giant dragon circling from the bottom to the highest point. The scales on its body, under the dazzling light, its claws and eyes, looked more like a living creature.

It is said that the best time to watch the sunset here is in the evening on a sunny day. Standing under it, you can see the afterglow of the sunset, which looks like a real dragon appearing in the world.

Today, the magnificent scenery remains, but Zhaofu Temple is no longer as prosperous as it once was. No one comes here to see Longxia anymore, and it looks a bit desolate.

Looking at the raised dragon head, Pei Jiaoran smiled sarcastically, walked up the stone steps into the tower, and walked along the wooden steps all the way to the top of the tower.

The glow on the top of the pagoda was even brighter, and from afar the sky looked as if it was on fire. The dusk shone through the carved patterns on the windows onto the murals inside the pagoda. The cold faces of the Buddhas in the murals were actually made to look a bit warm.

Looking at the murals on the wall with his arms folded, Pei Jiaoran smiled sarcastically.

Soon, footsteps were heard on the stairs.

Cen Xi, Wang Guolao, Cui Shao, Su Jinghui and Yuan Yanchong were seen heading all the way to the top of the pagoda, led by a novice monk in a cassock.

When the group reached the top of the pagoda, the monk bowed and said, "Master Cen, don't worry. I will be guarding the pagoda. No one will come to disturb us today."

"Tsk." Looking at the monk's departing back, Pei Jiaoran smiled and said, "There is no one in the tower. But there are Buddhas all over the wall. What if they hear it?"

"They are nothing but some painted dead objects. Moreover, Chang'an is under the emperor's feet, how can there be any demon there?" Su Jinghui scolded.

"That's enough. I saved Master Xuan Tan's life, he won't leak the secret." Cen Xi glanced at Pei Jiaoran, "What do you think about Zhang Rang ordering the palace gates to be opened at night?"

Cui Shao's eyes passed over Pei Jiaoran, "I did receive some news. The Jinwu Guard has recently transferred a lot of people to prepare for the King of Wu to leave the palace and set up a government."

"I informed the prince of this matter. After all, the prince is the heir to the throne. If he doesn't know about it, how can we deal with Zhang Rang?" Pei Jiaoran said.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Pei Jiaoran curled his lips.

Originally, she informed the Crown Prince of this matter in order to use the Crown Prince to quietly replace Zhang Rang from various palace gates. Even if Zhang Rang could very likely bribe some of them again in the future, the newly bribed people might not be as loyal as the current ones.

Just as she was thinking, she heard a sneer. Pei Jiaoran looked over in the direction of the sound and saw Wang Guolao staring at her.

"Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already knows about this matter, we should assist him well. Mr. Pei, do you have other ideas?"

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran raised his eyes and smiled sarcastically, "People can be replaced, but they can also be replaced. As long as Zhang Rang is a noble eunuch, there will be his people guarding the palace gate. Now that the King of Wu has left the palace to set up his own residence, I'm afraid it won't be long before he goes to his fiefdom. In the past, the chaos of the royal family was the beginning of disaster. Are you guys dreaming of having your head chopped off by someone in your dream?"

She didn't know what kind of feelings the Emperor of Wei had for the Crown Prince and the King of Wu. But as an adult prince, the King of Wu had the ability and capital to compete with the Crown Prince. Leaving the palace and setting up a government office now did not mean losing the qualification to compete, but rather increased the chances. From a long-term perspective, the crisis had quietly arisen.

Since she had already noticed this crisis, there was absolutely no reason for her to sit there and wait for death. She had to kill the enemy at the starting point before they launched their offensive.