Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

The Fourth Prince was arrested, along with his mother, the Wei family, and many ministers and their families who had private correspondence with them.

The crime of treason could result in beheading for the lighter punishment and disaster for the entire clan for the heavier punishment. No one who was close to the Fourth Prince would be spared.

With half of the ministers in jail, many positions in the court were vacant.

After seeing the fourth prince being imprisoned, the second prince could no longer contain his excitement and began to rush to place his own people in the court. He ran to Emperor Kang Yuan impatiently and expressed his concern that there were vacancies in the court and his father should promote some people to the positions.

There are so many empty seats. Even if the emperor is on guard against him, he will definitely find an opportunity to make good use of it...

However, Emperor Kang Yuan, who had just experienced the assassination of his own son, was in a sensitive mood. He immediately scolded the Second Prince and ordered him to go back and be under house arrest. He also severely criticized the ministers headed by the Second Prince, and only then did the situation calm down a little.

However, what the second prince said also made sense. With so many positions in the court vacant, someone had to fill them.

Reality did not allow Emperor Kang Yuan to be sad for too long, so he began to consider holding an imperial examination.

For this reason, Emperor Kang Yuan directly transferred Xie Ze to the Ministry of Rites and put him in charge of the imperial examination.

There was no way. Among the six ministries, only the Ministry of War, which Xie Ze was in charge of, had contact with the Fourth Prince. Mainly because Xie Ze was in charge, they did not dare to have any ulterior motives.

Therefore, Emperor Kang Yuan let Jiang Xin, who had just been granted a title recently, take charge of the Ministry of War first. After all, he had worked in the Ministry of War before and was familiar with the procedures there. As for Xie Ze, he became a flexible brick and could be moved wherever there was a shortage of people.

The Ministry of Rites is most in need of people right now.

After Emperor Kang Yuan gave Xie Ze a few instructions, he seemed to have thought of something and said, "By the way, your marriage with Jiang Xin will also be left to you."

Even the people in charge of the imperial examinations could not be transferred, so where would there be manpower to prepare for his wedding? Anyway, Xie Ze had been transferred to the Ministry of Rites for the time being, so he could be in charge of it himself.

"..." Xie Ze had originally written several plans to hand over to the former Minister of Rites, urging him to prepare according to his own ideas. Who would have thought that the situation would change overnight and he would have to do it himself.

Well, he wouldn't feel comfortable leaving it to others anyway, so he just prepared it himself.

Emperor Kang Yuan, however, looked at Xie Ze's expressionless face and said considerately, "If you can't make it in time, the wedding can be postponed..."

"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty. I made it in time." Xie Ze raised his head and said seriously.

Emperor Kang Yuan: “…Hmm.”

So, Xie Ze and Jiang Xin, who had been idle for many days, took up their posts.

The Second Prince, who was under house arrest, heard the news, especially since Xie Ze was in charge of the Ministry of Rites and was going to prepare for the imperial examination. He was so angry that he almost vomited blood!

After finally bringing down the fourth brother, he had already begun planning which people to promote up without leaving any trace. Who knew that in the end he would end up making things difficult for Xie Ze!

Xie Ze is my father's man. If this happens, won't my father be able to take back all the power in the court? !

But he just couldn't do anything. He was confined to his house just because he mentioned the transfer of officials to his father. If he made any further move, who knew what his father would do?

Unless he wants to rebel like the fourth brother, otherwise...

"Your Highness, the Emperor is still angry right now. It is the most taboo time for the prince to build up power in private. Your Highness must not act rashly at this time." The Second Prince's adviser comforted him.

"It is impossible for the Fourth Prince to turn things around. No matter the talent or background of the other princes, they are no match for Your Highness. The most important thing Your Highness should do now is to bide his time and effort. You must not arouse Your Majesty's suspicion and fear at this critical juncture."

"I know..." The second prince had a gloomy face, and after a long time, he suppressed his anger.

He just didn't want to...

Thinking back to that day, he and Lao Si had not slept a wink all night, while Xie Ze was leisurely talking about love in the Imperial Garden, but in the end, all the good things happened to this guy, who would be willing to accept this? ! !