The ratio was not enough to see the anti-theft badge.

It would return to normal after 24 hours.

His Holiness was curious, so he casually found an excuse to meet Lin Ruhai.

In the end?

Lin Ruhai did not come at all.

Instead, his superior came.

He even claimed credit for himself in front of His Holiness, saying that he sympathized with his subordinates.

When he saw that Lin Ruhai was sick, he let him go home in advance.

Even if His Holiness wanted to ask about something, Lord Hu knew about it.

But Jia Daishan, who knew His Holiness very well, could tell.

He was angry.

"Speak.

Why didn't you seize such a good opportunity today? "Jia Daishan was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.

He was a military general.

Did he know how difficult it was to recommend a civil official to the Emperor?

Yet, the future son-in-law that he had high hopes for did not seize this rare opportunity!

Lin Ruhai thought of an excuse.

He quickly told Jia Daishan the facts and speculations that he knew.

Jia Daishan immediately frowned. "Are you saying that old man Hu Yao schemed against you?"

Lin Ruhai nodded. "Yes!"

If it wasn't for scheming against him, the Chancellor wouldn't have needed to, even though he had already returned home.

He would have even called him back to the Hanlin Academy.

Not only would it be a thankless task, but it would also increase the risk of being discovered.

Snatching away the opportunity that belonged to a subordinate.

Or taking the credit of a subordinate. This was actually quite common in the officialdom.

After Lin Ruhai passed the provincial examination, the teacher that Mother Lin invited had taught him the way of being an official. Naturally, he had also mentioned the various unspoken rules of the officialdom.

Lin Ruhai was well aware of this.

But the Chancellor's actions were obviously not for the sake of the officialdom.

Jia Daishan seriously recalled the scenes of interacting with Hu Yao in the past and gradually realized something. "You were implicated."

Lin Ruhai was at a loss. "Implicated?"

He paused.

He quickly realized.

He was a declining official who had just risen.

Without power or influence, who else could implicate him?

"Lord Hu has a grudge against the Duke?" Lin Ruhai's mind worked quickly. "Why haven't I heard of this before?"

If the two families wanted to form a marriage alliance, they would naturally need to find out who the other party was on good terms with and who they had enemies with. They would also need to consider whether the benefits of the marriage alliance would outweigh the disadvantages.

However, Mother Lin had never heard that Rongguo Province had a feud with the Grand Chancellor.

Jia Daishan had a tired expression on his face. "This Hu Yao might have already secretly submitted to one of the princes."

His Holiness was in good health. At a glance, one could tell that he could live for a few more decades.

However, the Crown Prince that His Holiness had appointed was already over thirty years old and was at his most high-spirited.

Before Min'er's accident, he was immersed in the great situation of His Holiness and the Crown Prince. He did not notice anything wrong. He even thought that His Holiness would ascend to paradise in the future, and the successor would definitely be the Crown Prince. There could not be anyone else.

However, Min 'er's words woke him up from his daydream. Even though the Emperor and the Crown Prince were still a loving father and son, at the same time, they also had the biggest hidden danger between the person in power and the person who inherited it.

The father was strong and the son was strong.

His Holiness was still in his prime, but the Crown Prince had already grown up. In the future, it would be inevitable for them to fight.

In Ke Min'er's memory, the final victor was not the Crown Prince.

Because the successor of Rongguo Province, Jia Xie, was the Crown Prince's study companion, the Jia family was naturally tied to the Crown Prince. If something happened to the Crown Prince, even if His Holiness did not kill him because of their friendship like Min'er remembered, the end result of the Jia family would definitely not be good.

The Crown Prince was appointed the Crown Prince from birth. He was different from the other princes since he was young. Now, he was directly on the opposite side of all the other princes.

In order to pull the Crown Prince down, the other princes could be said to have used all kinds of methods. They even put aside their prejudices and secretly cooperated with each other.

However, before the Crown Prince fell, they could only follow this path to the end.

However, when the Crown Prince fell, it would be the time for the Jia family to be dealt with. The Jia family would not have the chance to change their allegiance and switch sides.

Jia Daishan felt tired just thinking about it.

The reason why Lin Ruhai was targeted was most likely because someone had seen how much he valued Lin Ruhai and how determined he was to nurture him.

Now that there was no war, generals were not popular, and their positions in the court were gradually weakened.

Rongguo Province still had a lot of military power in his hands. It was not obvious now, but if he kept the military power, it would attract the Emperor's fear sooner or later. Even if it was for the sake of his descendants, he could not keep the military power in his hands.

Fortunately, when Jia Daihua's eldest brother was still alive, he had already set a development plan for the Jia family to abandon Wu Congwen. Jing 'er had even passed the Jinshi exam in her twenties, giving the Jia family a good start.

However, how could it be enough to have only one person in the family?

That was why he targeted Lin Ruhai, who was also of noble birth but had passed the Jinshi exam.

The Jia family had a lot of resources. If he could take the opportunity to promote Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai to high positions, the Jia family would not have to worry about the transformation in the future.

Of course, this was on the premise that Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing could successfully be promoted.

If he wanted to destroy the Jia family, it would be easiest and most effective to start with Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing, the two future pillars of the Jia family.

However, Jia Jing had already gained a firm foothold in the court. He had also trained himself in the officialdom. If he wanted to make a move on him, he had to be prepared to lose himself.

Only Lin Ruhai had just entered the court and was young. It was easy for him to fall into the trap set by those old foxes in the officialdom.

For example, today, he was targeted and schemed against by his immediate superior.

If Lin Ruhai had not been calm, Hu Yao would have also looked down on him because of Lin Ruhai's age. The result would have been hard to say.

After Jia Daishan thought through all these twists and turns, his expression became ruthless. If he didn't teach Hu Yao a lesson, the others would treat Lin Ruhai as a pushover!

When that time came, Hu Yao wouldn't be the only people who wanted to deal with Lin Ruhai.

As long as he wanted to protect Lin Ruhai, he could only follow Lin Ruhai and run for his life.

A person's energy was limited. If he focused most of his energy on Lin Ruhai, how could he care about the Crown Prince?

If something happened to the Crown Prince, what would happen to the Jia family?

Jia Daishan slammed the table fiercely. "Zhou Shan, give the information you collected about Hu Yao to Jing 'er. Tell him to report Hu Yao to the court tomorrow!"

As for the person behind Hu Yao?

Just wait, if he was a fox, he would definitely reveal his tail!

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Lin Ruhai exchanged a few more words with Jia Daishan before taking his leave.

If it wasn't for the fact that he had just entered the court and didn't want to cause trouble, 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. He hurriedly interrupted, "Lord Hu, may I know why His Excellency is looking for me?"

If the Chancellor hadn't sent someone to tell him that His 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 at the Hanlin Academy for so long, the Chancellor hadn't mentioned His 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 today's court session. Coincidentally, the book that you helped edit is about to be edited, so His Excellency wanted to summon you to ask about the progress."

Lin Ruhai immediately began to tidy up his clothes and prepare to meet His Excellency.

With his current official rank, he would definitely be able to have a chance to meet His Excellency alone. If he performed well and the Emperor remembered him, he would definitely have a bright future.

However …

"I 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, I could only personally report the situation to His Holiness.

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

Lin Ruhai, "…"

Didn't he know that a small editor like him who had just become a Grand Scholar really needed this opportunity to meet His Excellency?

Duke Rongguo had painstakingly created a chance for him to appear in front of His Excellency, but in the end, he was rejected by His Excellency in the blink of an eye.

If His Excellency was rejected, then so be it. His Excellency even pushed the blame of not being able to meet His Excellency!

When the morning court session ended, he had only just started working. Even though he was feeling unwell, he was still given a break by His Excellency after more than an hour before he left the Hanlin Academy.

Now that he thought about it, why did he feel that no matter how he looked at it, it was all wrong?

His Excellency obviously realized that His Excellency might have summoned him after the morning court session. Coincidentally, he was sick, so he took the opportunity to send him away in advance!

His Holiness hadn't paid attention to this group of small Hanlin students for a hundred and eighty years. He suddenly wanted to pay attention to them, but he fell sick in the end.

He even left early.

Most importantly, he gave him face and waited for him, but he still didn't arrive …

Just thinking about it made him feel that there was no saving his image in His Excellency's heart!

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

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

A secondary second-rank official who couldn't even meet His Excellency alone had offended Duke Rongguo, who was favored by His Excellency, and Earl Lim, who had a bright future ahead of him. Was he really trying to commit suicide, or did he think that he had lived for too long?

The Chancellor didn't care at all and waved his hand. "Aren't I prepared to compensate him with a daughter?

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

The Excellency: "…"

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

The Chancellor snorted. "The Third Prince asked me to teach Lin Ruhai a lesson. What can I do?"

The Excellency: "…"

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

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

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

How stupid must he be to offend Duke Rongguo instead of trying to rope him in?