Furthermore, in front of Duke Rongguo, his future son-in-law, how did he manage to belittle Duke Rongguo without batting an eyelid?

Was he brainless?

Lin Ruhai was extremely suspicious. How did his superior become a secondary second rank official? Was it purely based on experience?

If it wasn't for the fact that he had just entered the imperial court and could easily be accused of bullying others, he would have used his status as a count to suppress him.

Seeing that the Chancellor was about to speak again, Lin Ruhai was worried that he would say something that would make a fool of himself, so he hurriedly interrupted, "Lord Hu, may I know why Your Excellency is looking for me?"

If the Chancellor hadn't sent someone to inform him that Your Excellency was looking for him, even if the Chancellor was his superior, he wouldn't have stood the Third Miss up and run away.

No matter what, he should have personally explained the situation and bid farewell, right?

But now that he had been in the Hanlin Academy for so long, the Chancellor actually didn't mention Your Excellency at all.

The Chancellor's gaze wandered for a moment before he coughed a few times, "His Holiness might have mentioned you in his conversation with Duke Rongguo after the imperial court today. Coincidentally, the book that you helped edit is about to be edited, so Your Excellency wanted to summon you to ask about the progress."

Lin Ruhai immediately began to tidy up his clothes and prepare to meet the Emperor.

With his current rank, he would have a chance to meet the emperor alone. If he performed well and made the emperor remember him, he would definitely have a bright future as an official.

However …

"I just didn't expect that you would be sick today. When I sent someone to call you, you had already returned home."

"I had no choice but to personally report the situation to His Holiness.

Fortunately, His Holiness was magnanimous and didn't take it to heart. Instead, he asked me to pass on a message to let you rest well. "

Lin Ruhai, "…" There was something in his heart that he didn't know if he should say!

Didn't he know that as a small editor who had just become a Grand Scholar, he really needed this opportunity to meet the Emperor?

Duke Rongguo had finally created a chance for him to show his face in front of the Emperor, but in the end, he was rejected by his superior.

So what if he took the blame? Why did he take the blame for not being able to meet the Holy One?

When the morning court ended, he had only just started work. Even though he was feeling unwell, he was only given a break by his "good boss" after more than an hour and left the Hanlin Academy, right?

Now that he pulled his fingers, why did he feel that no matter how he calculated, it was wrong?

His superior had obviously found out that the emperor might summon him after the morning court. Coincidentally, he was sick, so he took the opportunity to send him away in advance!

His Holiness had not paid attention to this group of young Hanlin scholars for a hundred and eighty years. He suddenly wanted to pay attention to them, but in the end, he fell ill.

He even left early.

Most importantly, they had given him face and waited for him, but he still hadn't arrived …

Just by thinking about it, he felt that his impression in the emperor's heart was probably over!

Lin Ruhai pointed at the Grand Secretary's nose and wanted to scold him, but because of the remaining rationality in his mind, he stopped himself and left in a huff!

The Grand Secretary's assistant was also stunned by his actions. "Grand Secretary, aren't you completely offending the Lin family and Duke Rongguo by doing this?"

A second-class official who could not even meet the Emperor alone had offended Duke Rongguo, who was favored by the Emperor, and Count Lin, who had a bright future ahead of him. Did he really think that he had lived too long and wanted to commit suicide?

The Grand Secretary did not care at all and waved his hand. "Aren't I prepared to compensate him with a daughter?

He rejected it himself, what does it have to do with me? "

Assistant, "…"

Do you really think that Earl Lim is as dumb as you?

The Grand Secretary snorted. "The Third Prince asked me to teach Lin Ruhai a lesson, what can I do?"

Assistant, "…"

Logically speaking, your actions can't be summed up with the word "teach" right?

It's not that you are envious that a newcomer who just entered the court has the opportunity to meet the Holy One, so you are trying to trip him up?

The Third Prince has the ability to refuse to take the blame!

How stupid must he be to not think of ways to rope in Duke Rongguo and instead offend him?

Or perhaps, you are a spy from the Third Prince's camp?

The assistant continuously ridiculed his superior in his heart, but when he thought of this, his eyes suddenly widened and a chill ran down his spine.

The Grand Secretary did not notice anything and only muttered under his breath, "He sure is steady …"

-

Lin Ruhai was in the middle of the crowd and gradually calmed down after being angered by the Grand Secretary's words.

After calming down, he felt that the Grand Secretary's actions today were very strange.

Then, he quickly recalled the details that he had neglected previously.

The servant who told him that the Grand Secretary wanted him to return home to recuperate was the same person as the servant who told him that His Holiness was looking for him in Rongguo Province.

Furthermore, the timing of his arrival in Rongguo Province was too coincidental.

If that servant had gone to the Lin family right after he left and asked about his whereabouts before turning to Rongguo Province, he would have definitely sped up in order to pass the message to him as soon as possible. Under normal circumstances, he would have been able to stop him halfway.

However, he met the servant less than half a cup of tea's time after arriving in Rongguo Province.

If the servant had only arrived at the Lin family after he left for a long time, then he shouldn't have arrived in Rongguo Province so early.

Although the distance between Rongguo Province and the Lin family's residence wasn't far, it definitely wasn't close either.

Unless, this servant had been following him ever since he told him to return home to rest. That was why he was able to grasp the timing so accurately.

But why was he following him?

In order to create the false impression that he had indeed sent someone to the Lin family to look for him, but was unable to invite him.

Haha, he knew that even if the Grand Secretary's family wasn't as powerful as the Duke Rongguo's, as a second-rank official with real power, how could he give his daughter to him as a concubine?

Furthermore, his daughter had such a good reputation. Wouldn't marrying her off as the official wife be better than giving her to a subordinate as a concubine?

Even if he wanted to give his daughter away as a concubine, wouldn't it be better to give it to the imperial family of each prince?

Furthermore, the officials had always been arrogant. If they knew that the Grand Secretary had done such a thing, not only would they draw a clear line between them, they would also scold him to death.

Now, it seemed that the Grand Secretary's brainless suggestion wasn't without a reason.

Firstly, it was to shut him up so that he wouldn't mention anything about what had happened today.

After all, even if he had cleaned up the matter of him snatching his subordinate's opportunity to meet the Emperor, as long as Lin Ruhai mentioned it to others, it would easily spread.

Without evidence, that meant that they couldn't use it to do anything to him. It didn't mean that those old foxes wouldn't be able to guess the truth.

Secondly, it was to sow discord between him and the Duke Rongguo.

For a second-rank official's daughter to be his concubine, it was extremely tempting for a greenhorn like him. It was something that could easily bring him vanity.

At the same time, he spoke with the identity of a superior, so there was a sense of coercion.

If he had been muddle-headed today and willingly agreed to take his daughter as a concubine, the marriage between the Lin family and the Rongguo Province would definitely be broken.

Once the relationship between the two families was broken, who would care about what the Grand Secretary had done today?

It would be good if the Duke Rongguo didn't kill him. Why would the Duke Rongguo help him?

Even if Lin Ruhai cared, he was just a newbie who was suppressed the moment he appeared. What could he do to a mere Chancellor?

Furthermore, if he had really scolded the Grand Secretary in a fit of anger, the label of 'disrespecting a superior' would have been pinned on him. How would he be able to mingle in the bureaucracy in the future?

Furthermore, if he didn't have a good impression of the Third Miss and heard that his superior wanted to betroth his daughter to him as a concubine, even if he was clear-headed and didn't agree because of the Duke Rongguo, wouldn't he have other thoughts in his heart?

At that time, how would he tell the Duke Rongguo about this?

Although this scheme was stupid and vicious, as long as his attitude wasn't firm enough, there was a high possibility that he would fall for it.

Lin Ruhai touched his back. His clothes were completely soaked.