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

"Your Highness, two years ago, Yanziku asked the Ministry of Revenue for a debt. At that time, Your Majesty allocated the money from the inner treasury to repay the Ministry of Revenue. If I remember correctly, Yanziku secretly tampered with the account book." Pei Jiaoran seemed to remember something and looked at Bian Lingzhen sharply, "I wonder if someone instructed Prime Minister Bian to embezzle taxes through Yanziku."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bian Lingzhen stood up and pointed at Pei Jiaoran and angrily cursed: "Pei Jiaoran, bullshit. Stop spitting bloody words here!"

When he said this, his voice was very loud, and spit flew out of his mouth and landed right on Su Jinghui's face.

Su Jinghui covered his face with disgust and shouted, "Bian Lingzhen! This is the government hall, not your governor's residence. How dare you curse the Minister of the Central Secretariat?"

Pei Jiaoran glanced at Bian Lingzhen, who was full of anger, and her brows relaxed slightly. Bian Lingzhen was a military general after all, and although she could see that he was trying his best to control the urge to hit her, the anger on his face still revealed his current thoughts.

"Your Highness, the Council of State Affairs has already handed over the military supply plan. All departments will follow the rules and there will be no major mistakes." Pei Jiaoran laughed, "If Yanziku asked the Ministry of Revenue to repay the arrears before the August accounts were settled, I think the Ministry of Revenue would naturally agree. Now that the national expenditure plan for next year has been submitted to the Council of State Affairs, Yanziku suddenly asked the Ministry of Revenue to repay the arrears. How can this be justified? Yanziku is just a border defense department, can it be expected that other departments and offices should give way to it?"

Jia Gonglu smiled and said, "Prime Minister Pei, do you mean to suspect that the accounts of Yanzi Treasury are false?"

"I didn't say that. It's just that it's against the rules, isn't it strange? Besides, the Ministry of Revenue has allocated a quota to the Yanzi Treasury this year. The Yanzi Treasury should be quite full now. There is really no reason to ask for such a large amount of arrears." Pei Jiaoran smiled.

After saying this, Pei Jiaoran leaned back on the table and looked at Bian Lingzhen lazily.

"It is indeed against the rules. Besides, the military expenditure has been drawn up. It won't be too late to make up for the arrears of Yanziku when the Ministry of Revenue has a surplus." Cen Xi smiled, "But what Mr. Pei said makes sense. There is no reason to ask for the account of Yanziku. I think the Ministry of Revenue should review the account of Yanziku and find out where the money went."

"Your Highness, I also think that Yanziku's claim is too strange. Yanziku said that the Ministry of Revenue owed money, but the Ministry of Revenue can't just give the money directly, right? We should thoroughly check whether Yanziku's military funds were used in the right place." Su Jinghui looked at Jia Gonglu, stroked his beard and smiled, "Mr. Jia, what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Jia Gonglu glanced at the Minister of Revenue, then looked at Wu Lingjia, "It is only natural to pay back debts. But I also think that we should check the accounts of Yanziku. The Ministry of Revenue cannot give out this money for no reason."

"Since you, my dear ministers, want to investigate the Yanzi Treasury, then let's report it." The prince smiled and looked at Bian Lingzhen, "My dear minister Bian, since you are the envoy of the Yanzi Treasury, there are some things that you must not be careless about."

"Here."

Pei Jiaoran raised his head and glanced at everyone's faces, then he relaxed his brows and smiled. His expression was cold and calm. This was the most appropriate solution under the watchful eyes of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The memorial was written by Jia Gonglu. After all, he was the prime minister in charge of the government affairs hall, and the others just signed their names behind him.

Seeing the items being put into the wooden box, Pei Jiaoran sneered.

As soon as the meeting in the government hall was over, everyone left one after another. Pei Jiaoran had just stepped over the threshold when he suddenly heard Jia Gonglu, who was still sitting there, sneer.

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran stopped and tilted his head, "What advice do you have, Lord Jia?"

"Mr. Pei must have gained a lot from this trip to Zhaoying to recuperate, right?" Jia Gonglu said in a faint voice.

Catching the coldness in Jia Gonglu's eyes, Pei Jiaoran lowered his head and looked down at his feet. "It's just a favor. It's not worth mentioning."

After leaving the government hall and walking up the corridor, a eunuch came towards him.

"Mr. Pei, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asks you to go to the East Palace."

Pei Jiaoran nodded slightly, followed the road out of Chengtian Gate, and walked towards the East Palace.

The person in charge of guarding the Chongming Gate of the Eastern Palace today is Changsun Jigui.

After handing over his family record, Pei Jiaoran saw that Changsun had been looking at him. He asked, "What's the matter, Changsun Wei?"

"It's okay, I just haven't seen Prime Minister Pei for a while." Changsun Jigui waved his hand to signal his guards to go aside first, and pulled Pei Jiaoran aside, "Be careful when you go back after your shift. Li Run's wife wants to tear you to pieces now. Xuan Yin specifically told me to be more careful before he went to the military town for inspection. If there is no other way, just notify the Jinwu Guards to capture the man."

"Thank you for passing on the message." After thanking Changsun Jigui, Pei Jiaoran walked along the corridor to the Mingde Hall in the Eastern Palace.

No other people from the Eastern Palace were seen, only Wei Shulin and the Crown Prince were sitting inside.

Seeing Pei Jiaoran coming in, the prince waved his hand, "Mr. Pei, no need to be polite. Please sit down."

Pei Jiaoran calmly sat down and said, "Before I left Zhaoying, the two had not confessed. But I have given some advice to Yuan Yanchong and Wen Shu. With their personalities, they will confess in a few days."

After she came back, she immediately looked through the backup documents of the Secretariat and found no imperial edict to confer an official title on Lü Yi. She guessed that this memorial was not even delivered to the emperor and was returned intact.

"Your Majesty has not been in good health these days and has not seen anyone. I heard that the King of Wu wanted to ask for a high-ranking official position for Lü Yi, but was persuaded to go back by Jia Gonglu." Wei Shulin looked at Pei Jiaoran, "Madam Wu's grand visit to Zhaoying seems to be Zhang Rang's idea."

Taking a sip of tea, Pei Jiaoran sipped it on his tongue. He frowned and thought for a moment, "It wasn't just Zhang Rang who did it. Jia Gonglu probably also gave advice to Lu Yi. But I think that at this point, Jia Gonglu must give up Lu Yi in order to save the King of Wu."

Lu Yi was not an important character. He was just a wet nurse's son, not a big deal.

"If this incident can create a rift between King Wu and Jia Gonglu, it will be a good thing. Does Prime Minister Pei have any good ideas?" the prince asked in a gentle voice.

Raising his head to meet the prince's gaze, Pei Jiaoran's brows relaxed slightly.

"According to Wen Shu, the reason why the King of Wu is wasting so much money and manpower is because next January will be the birthday of Your Majesty. Zhaoying is close to Mount Li and has always been rich in rare treasures. The King of Wu is filial, so he has mobilized the people's manpower and money to search for auspicious signs to celebrate Your Majesty's birthday." Pei Jiaoran glanced at Wei Shulin, "Now that the King of Wu has left the palace to set up his own government, the one who is most anxious is Jia Gonglu. The King of Wu is young and has no political achievements. Anything that damages his reputation will most likely not be allowed by Jia Gonglu. Your Highness, you should know the King of Wu's temper."

"It is said that King Wu has spent hundreds of thousands of strings of cash on Zhaoying's mission this time." Wei Shulin said in a deep voice.