I traveled through time with my best friend.

Wang Chen said from the side: "This is..."

Pei Zhijin looked at Wang Chen seriously and said, "Pei Zhijin."

Wang Chen looked slightly stunned, and then asked in surprise: "Are you the one who taught the Xu family a lesson in the Red Mansion that day?"

Pei Zhijin looked at Wang Chen calmly and asked, "What do you want?"

Wang Chen took a step back excitedly, then spread his hands, bowed respectfully and said, "I am Wang Chen, and I would like to thank Master Pei on behalf of the people in Anzhou who were bullied by the Xu family!"

Jiang Xue looked at Pei Zhijin, who had no expression on his face and said, "You don't have to do this."

"Yes, I was late that day and didn't get to see Master Pei deal with the Xu family. It's a great pity. I, Wang Chen, have many ambitions, but I can't get out of Anzhou. I'm really ashamed."

Wang Chen lowered his head as he spoke.

Seeing Wang Chen so discouraged, Jiang Xue thought it was because he wanted to take care of her mother, so she said, "As long as your mother takes the medicine I give her on time, she can't be said to be fully recovered, but she can get out of bed and do some light work."

Wang Chen nodded slightly, "Thank you, Miss Jiang."

Pei Zhijin could tell that Wang Chen was a scholar, and his ambition was to serve the court. Considering that most of the people in the court were from aristocratic families and few poor students could pass the imperial examination, he knew what Wang Chen was discouraged about.

Then he asked, "What do you think of the current situation in the court?"

Wang Chen looked at Pei Zhijin, as if surprised that he would suddenly ask this, and glanced at Jiang Xue beside him.

Pei Zhijin said directly: "Just say it."

Wang Chen nodded slightly and said, "The court is now divided into three forces: the emperor, the queen mother and King Cheng. The emperor has just ascended the throne and his foundation is unstable. The queen mother has been in control of the government for a long time. It can be said that most of the officials in the court are the queen mother's people."

"But King Cheng had made great military achievements on the frontier and was commended by the late emperor. He became the first prince of Chili Country to have a title and was able to enter the palace with a sword. Many people thought that the late emperor would pass the position to King Cheng."

"But how can you guess the emperor's mind? I guess King Cheng didn't expect that the previous emperor would pass the throne to the current emperor. He thought that what he had was taken away by someone in an instant. Who wouldn't feel resentful?"

Wang Chen stopped talking here and looked at Pei Zhijin's reaction.

Pei Zhijin looked at Wang Chen without the coldness in his eyes and said, "Continue."

Wang Chen nodded slightly, "King Cheng is unwilling to accept this, thinking that His Majesty has taken his position, and most of the generals in the court have followed King Cheng, so as long as King Cheng says a word, those people will be loyal to him."

"So who do you think will win?"

Wang Chen said so much today. If someone in the capital heard it, he would be beheaded on the spot. He knew that what he said was already treasonous, so how could he dare to judge who would win?

Pei Zhijin smiled softly, looked at Wang Chen and said, "You have a good analysis and understand the current situation. Have you ever thought about serving the court?"

Wang Chen smiled bitterly, "How can the court today accommodate children like us?"

"If you go, there will be room for it." Pei Zhijin said.

Wang Chen was surprised after hearing this. He looked at Pei Zhijin's calm face and was unable to react.

Jiang Xue said anxiously, "Master Pei is asking you to take the imperial examination."

"But....."

Jiang Xue saw Wang Chen's hesitation, patted Wang Chen on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, with Lord Pei here, cheating in the imperial examination will never happen again."

Pei Zhijin looked at Jiang Xue's hand on Wang Chen's shoulder, his expression slightly changed, and then he calmly took Jiang Xue's hand down, looked at Wang Chen and said: "Yes."

Wang Chen's eyes sparkled with gratitude, and he said excitedly: "If it is true as Master Pei said, then I would like to thank Master Pei on behalf of all the poor children in the world."

"In that case, I will wait patiently for good news in the next spring exam."

"it is good."

Zhu Feng came out and handed the medicine to Wang Chen. After expressing his gratitude, Wang Chen left in a hurry.

Jiang Xue looked at Pei Zhijin and said, "Master Pei, do you want to arrange for Wang Chen to be with the emperor?"

Pei Zhijin said calmly: "Nowadays, most of the people in the court are from aristocratic families. Many children from poor families don't even get in. It's obvious that the imperial examination is full of parasites."

Although Jiang Xue didn't know what the court was like right now, but from what Wang Chen had just said, if the emperor wanted to defeat those two, he had to inject fresh blood into the court and develop his own people to replace them.

Jiang Xue shook her head. She didn't know how the Chili Kingdom had survived until now. Even with so much internal strife, it had not yet been attacked by the enemy country.

Pei Zhijin looked at Jiang Xue and said softly, "I have sent a message to the emperor. The Wuji Pearl must not fall into the hands of those with ulterior motives, and must not fall into Fengyun Tower again."

"So, you're not going back to the capital?" Jiang Xue asked excitedly.

"Yeah." Pei Zhijin nodded slightly.

Jiang Xue felt happy. She was just worrying about how to convince Pei Zhijin to find the Wuji Pearl. Now she didn't have to ask for help anymore. It was great.

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After Lin Yiyi was tricked out by Wang Ziyan, Wang Ziyan took Lin Yiyi to the street.

Lin Yiyi crossed her arms and walked angrily in front quickly. Wang Ziyan followed behind and shouted with a smile: "Yiyi, why are you walking so fast? I can hardly keep up."

Lin Yiyi ignored Wang Ziyan. She was very angry when she thought about how she had just run out to see Wang Ziyan with a nervous look on her face, but Wang Ziyan had lied to her.

Wang Ziyan groaned from behind, and Lin Yiyi stopped immediately, but did not turn around to look. Wang Ziyan covered his chest with his hands, lowered his head with a slightly frown on his face.

When Lin Yiyi heard that Wang Ziyan had stopped moving, she turned around and saw Wang Ziyan half-kneeling on the ground with his head down and his hands covering his chest. His expression was unclear.

"Wang Ziyan, what's wrong with you?" Lin Yiyi walked over quickly anxiously.

Wang Ziyan frowned and shook his head, then released his hand that was covering his chest and said, "It's okay."

Lin Yiyi quickly took out the medicine from Wang Ziyan's arms and fed it to Wang Ziyan, saying, "You didn't tell me when it should hurt, and you lied to me when it shouldn't hurt."

Wang Ziyan smiled and said, "Yiyi, I'm sorry. I was wrong just now. I shouldn't have lied to you."

"Get up." Lin Yiyi helped Wang Ziyan stand up, and then said with a relaxed expression: "No matter what the reason is, if you lie to me again, I will ignore you."

Wang Ziyan hurriedly grabbed Lin Yiyi's hand and nodded, "No, I will never lie to you again."

"Let's go." Lin Yiyi said to Wang Ziyan unhappily.

However, after they had walked a few steps, they looked at each other and said, "We are being watched!"

Lin Yiyi nodded gently to Wang Ziyan, who immediately understood and said to Lin Yiyi: "Yiyi, don't you always like to drink the mulberry wine from Baoyue Tower? I'll go buy some, and we can drink it together tonight, okay?"

"Okay." Lin Yiyi nodded.

After Wang Ziyan left, Lin Yiyi's smiling expression suddenly turned cold, and she walked towards the empty alley.