Chapter 102: Chess game

When Li Rong heard Pei Wenxuan's name, she looked back subconsciously. Then she saw Pei Wenxuan fall straight back. The officials behind him supported him and said in a panic, "Master Pei?"
Chaotang suddenly became confused, Li Rong saw this, calmed his mind, walked quickly to Pei Wenxuan's side, and at the same time called the royal doctor.
She squatted down and looked carefully for a moment. After confirming the situation, she got up and said to Li Ming: "I will tell my father, the horse has fainted, and the child minister will take the horse to the side hall to rest first, and hope that his father will grant him permission."
"Hurry up and see what's going on," Li Ming frowned, "Don't make trouble."
Li Rong respectfully saluted, and then people carried Pei Wenxuan out of the main hall. After he was placed in the side hall, the imperial doctor rushed over. They asked for acupuncture and Li Rong watched by the side and waited for the results. Li Rong quickly raised her eyes: "How?"
"Report to your majesty," the doctor replied in a proper manner, "the horse is tired and worried too much, and even his mind is damaged. Just take a few more days of recuperation."
Li Rong nodded, and she almost guessed it. It is not easy for Pei Wenxuan's sentimental temperament to be a cow and a horse in the daytime and at night to be fainted until now.
She replied, and only said, "Is there anything else that needs attention?"
The imperial doctor hesitated for a moment, and saw that there was no one around, then he said: "There is still no need to avoid taboos about yin and yang, like water..."
"Sure."
Li Rong knew what he was going to say, so she raised her hand and interrupted him directly: "Can there be others?"
"Sleep and eat more," the doctor knew that Li Rong wanted to blow him down now, so he could only bite the bullet and said succinctly, "If you have a leisure time, go outside and relax, it is also good."
Li Rong nodded, she probably understood. She waved her hand and told the royal doctor to go down first and let people boil the medicine. Then she told Jinglan to find out the dark lines in the palace and ask about the movement of Concubine Roux last night. After there was no one, she sat down and sat next to Pei Wenxuan, looking at him carefully.
He seemed to be thinner in this life than in his previous life, but it's no wonder that he didn't think much after marrying her at this age in the previous life. Honestly in front of his husband, it was just for a bit of self-esteem to manage it hard.
But now she and him are both with a sword that fell down on their heads. Less than a year after he was reborn with his eyes open, he has already settled in the Yushitai. Although the official position is not high, he is still in the court. It's the Pei Yushi who doesn't know, no one does not let go.
It is even more shocking to cross the eighth level now.
The position of the staff assistant is obviously not something Pei Wenxuan's current qualifications can sit on.
Su Rongqing was able to serve as the official secretary of the Criminal Department because Su Rongqing joined the court at the age of twelve. At the age of fourteen he was already a fifth-grade adviser. At the age of seventeen he has served as the minister of the criminal department. No one dared to say "unworthy" in Shangshu.
But what about Bae Wenxuan?
The 14-year-old leader of Bailu Academy graduated and recommended to the second year of Chunwei. He was the first in the written examination hall examination and was the new champion of Huajing. He entered the court at the beginning of fifteen years old. He was originally scheduled to be a scholar in the fifth grade middle school, but before he took office, Pei Lizhi left. She could only go back to Luzhou to keep her filial piety for three years. He returned after three years and was arranged by his second uncle. He went to the Criminal Ministry and became a Nine-Rank Sesame Officer. A year later, her father remembered it and took it out of the Criminal Ministry to be her husband. .
The design of the Yang family gave him the opportunity to become an inspector of the Yushi. From the Qin case to the establishment of the Supervisory Department until now, on the one hand, he has been staying in the Yushitai to cooperate with her. If he is not in the Yushitai, she is missing. Knife; On the other hand, Li Ming deliberately restrained his promotion speed, verbally saying that he wanted to wait for a suitable position and give him a leap forward, but what Li Ming really meant...
Who knows?
Li Rong was thinking about the fact that Pei Wenxuan had entered the list of officers in the staff department, but she didn't know what happened. Thinking about it, she felt a little uncomfortable.
She suddenly remembered what Pei Wenxuan had said to her before.
He said to her, Your Highness, we are different people.
She had never felt this way before, but when she thought about it today, she suddenly felt that compared to Pei Wenxuan, Su Rongqing had gone too smoothly.
Su Rongqing has the protection of his father and brother, even if his father and brother are gone, he can still have his uncle to help him if his family has inherited the family tradition for centuries.
But what about Pei Wenxuan?
When his father is gone, he has nothing. There is no so-called family inheritance, and there is no so-called family tradition. Only his second uncle figured out how to calculate his orphan and widow, forcing the fifteen-year-old to go back to keep his filial piety, then cheated the property from his mother and dismissed his retainers. .
too difficult.
Li Rong stretched out his hand and held Pei Wenxuan's hand. Pei Wenxuan's eyelashes trembled lightly. He opened his eyes and saw Li Rong look down at their clasped hands.
"His Royal Highness..."
Pei Wenxuan spoke in a dumb voice. Li Rong raised her head and saw that Pei Wenxuan was awake. She smiled: "Wake up? Would you like to drink water?"
After Li Rong asked, she stretched out her hand and fetched water next to Pei Wenxuan's lips. Pei Wenxuan took her hand and drank, after a while, he said anxiously: "His Royal Highness, have you heard the follow-up list?"
"It's okay, I'll go directly to the staff to get it in a while."
"His Royal Highness," Pei Wenxuan frowned, "I know you are for my good, but you can even go up to the eighth level..."
"What I set for you is the master of the test."
Li Rong interrupted him and explained directly: "I didn't do the staff assistant."
When Pei Wenxuan heard this, he was stunned. After a while, he calmly said: "How does your Highness handle this?"
"You know, I approached Liu Hangchun, who was in charge of the promotion of officials below grade five. I gave him a gift and threatened him. If he doesn't place you in the position of the test leader, I will ask him to supervise him. Chasi. He didn't have clean hands, so he responded."
Pei Wenxuan nodded, only said: "What about then?"
"This time, in the military salary case, the staff member lost a servant and a member of the foreign language. I must make up for it in this transfer, so I found other relationships and put the original test master into the position of the member of the foreign language. I have vacated the test master for you. Your qualifications are excellent in this transfer list. As long as they don’t deliberately embarrass you, you should have entered the staff department. The position of test master is vacant, Liu Hangchun and related I have also taken care of the decision-making personnel. It stands to reason that a sixth-rank official is not a big problem."
Li Rong analyzed, Pei Wenxuan thought and said nothing.
After thinking for a while, Pei Wenxuan confirmed again: "Have you never contacted the personnel who can decide the appointment of officials of rank 5 or higher?"
"No." Li Rong confirmed, "Your seniority has risen too high and too fast now, and I am afraid that your majesty will be jealous."
Pei Wenxuan was silent, Li Rong poured tea to Pei Wenxuan: "Now I can be sure that someone is killing you. But I don't understand. If it is hurting you, just let you not join the staff, why is it so expensive? Zhou Zhang, push you to the position of assistant minister?"
Pei Wenxuan lowered his eyes, and Li Rong slowly said, "They are not afraid of self-defeating, so you really made you be the assistant servant?"
"The bigger the bet, the greater the reward after winning." Pei Wenxuan thought and said in a low voice, "It seems that the people behind this want more than just me not to get promoted."
"Then what do they want?"
Li Rong turned to look at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan laughed low and raised his eyes to meet Li Rong's gaze. He smiled like a fox and said, "It depends, who shot it."
"Who do you think is the shot?"
Li Rong frowned. She already had a rough candidate in her heart, but she still needed to verify it. Listening to Pei Wenxuan's meaning, there seemed to be more than one candidate in his mind.
Pei Wenxuan smiled and didn't reply. He leaned on the side of the bed, closed his eyes, and rested and said: "When the news of the inquiries from all parties comes back tonight, I will know who it is."
Li Rong didn't speak, she watched Pei Wenxuan. Even under such adversity, Pei Wenxuan was not at all angry. Instead, she had a sense of calmness in meeting her opponents. She leaned on the bedside gently, as if listening to the wind and rain. Leisurely.
He tossed and turned awake last night, but when things happened, he was settled.
What is afraid of is not something wrong, but what is afraid is not knowing what happened.
Now that the other party made a move, Pei Wenxuan had a bottom in his heart, but didn't panic.
Li Rong saw him calm down, knowing that he had a certain amount in his heart, she took a moment to hesitate and said, "I didn't manage this matter."
Hearing what she said, Pei Wenxuan was a little surprised. He opened his eyes and saw Li Rong lowered his head, eyes down, and earnestly promised: "I will be responsible, you don't have to worry."
Hearing this, Pei Wenxuan laughed, Li Rong frowned and raised her eyes: "What are you laughing at?"
"His Royal Highness, the other party is blaming it in the dark. Even if it is for me to handle this matter today, it will not be better than His Highness. Why should your Highness blame yourself?"
"If I could be more careful..."
"What are you careful about?" Pei Wenxuan smiled and looked at her. "We have done what we can do. After all, we are not God, we can expect everything. If they want to take the initiative, we can't stop them."
Li Rong didn't speak, she kept looking back in her mind, if this incident can be repeated, where can she start to deal with it in advance.
Seeing her annoyed by Pei Wenxuan, he sighed and shook his head, stretched out his hand to hug the person in his arms, and said with relief: "My lord, don't be upset. You were sorry for me. You are not happy now. Wouldn't I be more sorry for me if I coax you?"
Li Rong's body stiffened, Pei Wenxuan let go of her, raised her chin with his hand, and said with a smile, "Laugh."
Li Rong grinned reluctantly. Pei Wenxuan was still upset when she saw her. He thought for a while: "Still feel sorry for me?"
Li Rong didn't answer her, she restrained her emotions and stood up and said, "If you are okay, go back first, and check the news from various places before..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Rong was stopped by Pei Wenxuan, dragged her whole body back, and fell into his arms, and then he squeezed her chin and kissed her down.
After Li Rong made a little bit of money, she felt that this person was driving straight in. Her heartbeat was a little fast. This is the side hall used by the court to house the courtiers of special circumstances, and it is not in the princess mansion, in case someone sees...
It seems to be nothing.
Even so, Li Rong couldn't help feeling nervous. This nervousness made her almost forget her previous emotions, but soon, she even forgot the nervousness.
Pei Wenxuan felt her whole body relaxed, and he finally stopped. He held her, and neither of them said anything. Pei Wenxuan put his chin on her shoulder, and after a long time, he slowed down and was muffled. Voice, said slowly: "I know, you have a clear account, but Rongrong."
"Actually, it is clear that it is an ally, and I am your husband."
Li Rong didn't speak, but Pei Wenxuan seemed to live in her heart. He seemed to know everything: "If you feel sorry for me," he said, he picked her chin with his finger: "Give me a few more kisses. ?"
Li Rong looked at him with a smile on Pei Wenxuan's face, as if he really didn't care about this. Li Rong stayed silent and looked at him for a long time. Pei Wenxuan thought she wouldn't say anything, and was about to get up, just watch Li Rong suddenly stretched out her hand, holding his face, like a child, from forehead to cheek to nose to mouth, and kissed viciously.
This kind of pro-law made Pei Wenxuan laugh. Li Rong finished the last kiss, stood up, and stared at Pei Wenxuan and said, "These few mouthfuls are for you to look at and appreciate you. They sent you to the staff assistant today. In terms of position, I can't help them with their kindness."
"Don't lie down," Li Rong raised his hand and knocked on Pei Wenxuan's leg with a fan, "Get up, go home, find out what's going on, and see how I clean them up."
Pei Wenxuan pretended to be beaten up, and yelled "Ouch," then he stood up, clutching his hips, and said lamented: "Your Highness, you hurt me."
Li Rong gave him a cold look: "I hit the leg."
With that, Li Rong raised her hand, Pei Wenxuan looked down: "Your Highness?"
"Didn't it hurt?" Li Rong was expressionless, "hold on if you can't walk."
"Thank you for your consideration." Pei Wenxuan reached out and took Li Rong's hand without any refusal. Li Rong helped him and walked out.
The two walked out of the partial hall. It was also during the next dynasty that the ministers successively came out of the hall. Many people saw Pei Wenxuan and came up to congratulate Pei Wenxuan. Where does Pei Wenxuan pick up these congratulations at this time?
Now the list is only preliminary. It will be confirmed only after no one raises objections in March, and then the transfer procedures will be processed.
But now that someone has set up a pit, it is a if no one raises objections for these three months.
Therefore, Pei Wenxuan just greeted him and said modestly: "Now it's just a list, and the seniority of the official is shallow, I am afraid that it will not be able to bear the responsibility."
After the familiar officials greeted him, Li Rong helped Pei Wenxuan to walk out of the square. As soon as he arrived in front of the palace gate, he saw Su Rongqing who was also about to leave.
Su Rongqing noticed that the two were assisted, so she looked over. When Pei Wenxuan saw Su Rongqing looking over, she leaned against Li Rong. Li Rong frowned and raised her eyes and said, "What's wrong with you? ?"
"Ah," Pei Wenxuan raised his hand to cover his forehead, "I'm dizzy."
"Dizzy again?" Li Rong was a little nervous, Pei Wenxuan lowered his head: "Let's go, let's go home quickly."
Su Rongqing stood on the carriage in the distance, watching the two people cuddling with each other. After a long time, he lifted the curtain and got into the carriage.
Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan returned to the princess mansion. Li Rong sent people to find Liu Chunhang in advance. As soon as they returned to the house, Liu Chunhang was already waiting in the lobby. Seeing Li Rong coming in, he knelt down and said hurriedly, "Your Highness. ."
"Just kneel like this?"
Li Rong laughed: "You also know what you did?"
Liu Chunhang didn't dare to answer. Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan sat down together and looked at Liu Hangchun who was kneeling on the ground. Li Rong picked up the cup and said slowly, "What have you done?"
The position of the staff assistant is much higher than Liu Chunhang's position. This matter should have nothing to do with Liu Chunhang, but he kneeled before calling someone over, and Li Rong knew what he must have done.
Liu Chunhang tremblingly knelt in front of Li Rong, with cold sweat coming out of his forehead, and said anxiously: "His Royal Highness, someone took the list of officials transferred from rank 5 or higher to the lower official last night, and asked the lower official to take the name of Lord Pei from the examination. The meritorious service has been withdrawn. The Weichen did not dare to violate the will of his Highness, but the other party said that this was for the sake of the servant. The Weichen thought that if the servant could be the servant of the servant, it would definitely be better than the meritorious service. Plus five The list of grades and above will be presented to the sage in advance. The sage first saw that the prince was a candidate for the official minister, and then looked at the list drawn by the official. I was afraid that he would think that the next official was not doing well, so..."
"You just deleted the name of the consort from the test master."
Li Rong smiled softly: "This is a good thing. The prince has become a servant boy. What are you so afraid of?"
Liu Chunhang didn't dare to answer, Li Rong lowered his head to fiddle with the tea bowl, and said slowly: "Who are the people looking for you and what do they say?"
"Looking... The one looking for me is His Royal Highness Hua Le."
Hearing this name, Li Rong stopped. Liu Chunhang boldly said, "His Royal Highness Hua Le said, Concubine Roux wants someone to be the chief examiner. Let me arrange it. The lower officials dare not respond. Next, she informed His Highness Hua Le that the main task of the test had been settled. She asked me who I was. The next official informed His Highness Hua Le, and His Highness Hua Le informed the Weichailer that Ma Ma had been appointed as the servant of the staff. "
"The junior officials actually know that something is strange," Liu Chunhang was shaking. "But since the servants have been appointed as the servants of the servants, it is useless if the servants are forced to stay. Let the servants appear on both lists at the same time, but instead Strange thing. So the officials follow the arrangements of His Royal Highness Hua Le..."
"The one who arranged her."
Pei Wenxuan's voice sounded, and Liu Chunhang anxiously said: "No, no, the prince is wronged by the official. Although the prince deleted the name of the prince, he only filled in the original name. The relationship between His Royal Highness and the princess The officer knew that the princess held the inspector, and with the courage of the officer, the officer did not dare to help His Highness Hua Le and the princess face each other."
"So, you deleted the name of the consort."
"Yes," Liu Chunhang said anxiously, "The lower official only did this thing. Today I heard that the consort was fainted in the court. The ministers have all rumored that the consort was too pleasantly surprised, but the lower official knew that he was afraid of being dismissed. If you have done something wrong, please forgive your Highness, and your husband will forgive you!"
Liu Chunhang squatted his head anxiously, Li Rong sighed and waved, a little helplessly said: "Get up, you can withdraw first."
Liu Chunhang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. After saluting him respectfully, he was about to leave. He heard Li Rong whisper: "Since the matter is not done, send the money back. There will be shocks soon, Master Liu I'm afraid I can't run. If there is an accident, Master Liu still has to think clearly about what to say and what to say."
"Your Majesty, don't worry." Liu Chunhang understood Li Rong's meaning, and he respectfully said, "The official is clear in his heart."
"Go ahead."
After Li Rong finished speaking, Liu Chunhang retreated.
After Liu Chunhang left, Li Rong raised his eyes and looked at Pei Wenxuan, who was thinking about him, "Do you know what you have in mind?"
Pei Wenxuan listened and raised his eyes and smiled slightly: "Who do you think it is?"
"Now it seems that Concubine Rou must be involved, but what does she want to do?"
Li Rong pondered: "She is afraid that I and you will become stronger and stronger. I can understand if we help Chuan'er in the future. So if she prevents you from entering the staff, I can also figure it out. But now she lets you be the assistant of the staff. Picture what?"
"I became the servant of the staff, your majesty thought, what will happen?"
Pei Wenxuan raised the chess piece and placed it gently on the chessboard. Li Rong understood that Pei Wenxuan asked her to deduce what would happen.
"The minister will not agree. You will join the letter, and you can't be."
Li Rong played the chess piece: "What's the point?"
"How would your Majesty think about this?"
Pei Wenxuan continued to drop the chess pieces, with a calm look, Li Rong whispered: "You will think that you are too ambitious and want to reach the sky in one step."
"My Majesty is a sword, and I completely rely on your Majesty, but now I can directly arrange to become a servant of the staff, how can I do it?"
"It's me," Li Rong buttoned the chess piece, with a cold expression, "I will help you."
"His Royal Highness can make it so easy to arrange for his husband to surpass the sixth level and arrange a staff officer, where does the ability come from?"
"Either, rely on His Royal Highness," Li Rong held the chess piece and looked up at Pei Wenxuan. "Or, the power of the Supervisory Department can already deter courtiers."
"His Royal Highness still remember, why did Your Majesty allow His Highness to establish an Inspectorate?"
"He wants to use my identity and ability to check and balance the family. I and the family's government, he will profit."
"In the previous life, the Supervisor Department was in charge of Concubine Roux, and Concubine Rou finally sent His Royal Highness to jail. Doesn't Your Majesty have this thought now?"
Pei Wenxuan smiled softly: "He just handed the Superintendent to His Royal Highness. He wanted to treat His Highness as a hen for incubating eggs. Once the eggs have been hatched, they have to give the chicken to others. One who can threaten the officials. , The Superintendent, who is seeking a sixth-rank official position for his husband, looked at your majesty, and said, is this a hatched chicken?"
Li Rong did not speak. After a moment of silence, she threw the chess piece into the chess box and stood up.
"I have to go into the palace."
Pei Wenxuan did not look up, staring at the chess game, and said indifferently: "His Royal Highness, go slowly."
Li Rong left directly, and Pei Wenxuan moved the chess piece.
He didn't say anything just now.
All their considerations, all angles, and all decisions are based on the fact that they have already foreseen the future, so they in turn push what people are thinking now.
They knew that the emperor was now single-mindedly trying to balance the family and imperial power, so that he could abandon the reserve at any cost. But in fact, everyone thought that Li Ming was just pampering Concubine Rou too much. No one thought that Li Ming actually had the foundation of a family of passions.
Because the aristocratic family and Li Ming are inextricably linked, no one in the Shangguan family believed that Li Ming would want to cut off his uncle, cousin, wife, and even son.
They knew that the imperial examinations were very important in the future, so they wholeheartedly wanted to be the chief examiner of the imperial examinations this year.
But now people don't know.
Whether it's a concubine, queen, family, or courtier, they don't know what Li Ming really meant.
But now Concubine Rou arranges his own person to be the chief of the test, and then mentions him as the assistant minister to stimulate Li Ming, trying to force Li Ming to doubt Li Rong, and hand over the supervisor to Concubine Rou.
Pei Wenxuan couldn't help laughing as he looked at the black and white chess game in front of him.
"interesting."
How many chess players are there behind this?