The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Chapter 1095: Is it a blood feast?

When Xiao Han's eyes lit up again, he saw a scene of ministers kneeling and worshipping, holding the enthronement ceremony for the new emperor.

Then, a flood of memories that didn't belong to her rushed into her mind. The feeling was quite similar to that of a protagonist in a time-travel novel when they first wake up after being reincarnated as another person.

She was still going through her memories, while the body she was in was moving and speaking normally.

So strictly speaking, they are only somewhat similar, but there are still significant differences.

She did not replace the original body's soul. She could choose to observe the original owner's every word and action, or she could influence the original owner's thoughts and make the original owner act according to her will.

This is a dynasty called Daqian, which has been established for over a hundred years.

The benefits of a new dynasty have long been exhausted, and after a dynasty has lasted for a long time, all the inherent problems have already accumulated.

Xiao Han, who was new to the place, did nothing but observe.

The new emperor's reign title is Zhengde. Now, she is both an observer and Emperor Zhengde himself.

At this time, the imperial court was, on the surface, stable.

Because all national affairs are controlled by the Grand Secretary Liu Hongchang, who is now a veteran of three reigns and a powerful minister who always has a chair to sit on when he attends court.

The original owner, Emperor Zhengde, both disliked and feared Liu Hongchang when he was still the crown prince.

Now that he has just ascended the throne, he doesn't dare to contradict Liu Hongchang at all. If he did, any of his decrees would probably not even leave the capital.

After Xiao Han finished processing Emperor Zhengde's memories, all she could do was sigh; it was exactly what she feared had come to pass.

The only good news is that Liu Hongchang is already seventy-five years old.

In this mortal society where few live to seventy, even if Liu Hongchang lived longer, he could only live for another ten years or so. Emperor Zhengde could outlive him.

Xiao Han had no idea what the higher-ups at the Divine Palace were trying to test by setting this exam question.

Is it to test whether these possessed cultivators have the ability to manage a country?

Managing a mortal nation and managing an interface are completely different things.

Xiao Han discovered that after ascending to the God Realm, he had completely overturned the traditional cultivation methods and was now dealing with mortals all the time.

If we go to a realm with cultivators, and occasionally create some opportunities for them, or set up a secret realm there, watching them hunt for treasure, wouldn't that be interesting?

Being an emperor for ordinary people is incredibly stressful and exhausting.

Her first day in the mortal world passed by as she flipped through her memories and pondered various things.

The current Zhengde Emperor is still in mourning and sleeps alone at night.

Xiao Han then realized a problem: what should she do when the emperor and this empress or that concubine were having intimate relations?

Emma, ​​just thinking about this question made her soul tremble, and even the original owner, Emperor Zhengde, shuddered.

She quickly tried to block out her five senses and fall asleep.

Thank goodness, this trick works.

From then on, she would use this trick every night, regardless of who the original owner favored or liked.

The next morning, Xiao Han, from the perspective of Emperor Zhengde, looked down at Liu Hongchang, who was sitting in the grand chair and was the head of all officials. He felt the anger and frustration of the original Emperor Zhengde, who had to be kind and amiable to him and obey his every word, and felt frustrated as well.

Alas, it's likely that before Liu Hongchang dies of old age, the original Emperor Zhengde's ambitions will slowly fade away, leading him to become complacent and eventually turn into a foolish and absurd ruler.

Fortunately, she was there; she wouldn't let that happen.

Xiao Han's primary task now is to influence Emperor Zhengde's mood and way of thinking.

He should not be impatient, but rather proceed steadily and find and support forces that can counterbalance Liu Hongchang.

For example, Zhou Han, the second-ranking official with a good reputation among scholars, supported him in competing with Liu Hongchang, which enabled the implementation of some of Emperor Zhengde's decrees.

This morning's court session also discussed a major issue: whether the upcoming imperial examinations, which were scheduled to take place soon due to the late emperor's passing, should still be held as planned.

This matter did not have much bearing on the officials in the court. After a brief argument, Emperor Zhengde made the final decision, and the imperial examinations were held as scheduled.

In fact, Xiao Han's mission this time was much more difficult than the last time she supported Zhao Qinghe to become empress.

That time, she transformed into a system, able to control and influence Zhao Qinghe's actions. But that time, she had the cheat code, Ba Dou, which allowed her to know every word, action, thought, and scheme of the officials.

This time, they could only rely entirely on the combined wisdom of the original Emperor Zhengde and herself.

Without any special abilities, Xiao Han, this god who only knows how to talk about strategy and write stories on paper, is not as good at political intrigue as the original owner.

For the time being, she can only remain an outsider, using a bystander's perspective to correct some of the original owner's wrong decisions.

Just as Xiao Han was lamenting the difficulty of this mission, the imperial examination ended.

The chief examiner in charge of this imperial examination will present the list of successful candidates to Emperor Zhengde for his review.

Xiao Han's heart skipped a beat when she saw the name of the first-place winner, Pei Xueyan.

Could it be such a coincidence? Could this Huiyuan be the reincarnation of a great evil cultivator who feasted at the Blood Banquet?

I quickly checked Pei Huiyuan's personal information.

Pei Xueyan was just the son of a small landlord in the north. He was only eighteen years old, but he had already ranked first in all the examinations, including the county examination, the prefectural examination, the academy examination, the provincial examination, and the metropolitan examination.

In other words, if he were selected as the top scholar in the imperial examination, he would be the first person in history to achieve the highest honors in all six categories.

Of course, for the sake of such a meaningful and auspicious omen as the sixth-ranked scholar, even if Xiao Han stood by and did not interfere, the original Emperor Zhengde would still have named Pei Xueyan as the top scholar.

Unless Pei Xueyan commits an unforgivable mistake in the palace examination, he will not lose his title of "sixth-ranked scholar".

The thought of a great evil cultivator becoming a learned scholar spouting profound theories struck Xiao Han as very incongruous.

These cultivators, tasked with the assessment of becoming emperors, could be deployed across various realms and timelines, so time wasn't an issue.

The question is, could it just be that this is a coincidence that a mortal student's name sounds the same as the name of the Great Evil Cultivator's Blood Feast?

Although Xiao Han felt it was unlikely to be such a coincidence, she still harbored a sense of anticipation.

If he is truly the reincarnation of the Great Evil Cultivator Blood Banquet, Xiao Han believes that he must be an extremely intelligent and influential figure who will leave his mark on history.

Of course, whether it's a good name or a bad name is unknown.

Her mood also affected the original owner of the body, Emperor Zhengde, even prompting him to move the palace examination date forward by several days.

On the day of the palace examination, the top scholar, Pei Xueyan, led all the tribute students to kneel and pay homage to Emperor Zhengde.

Eager to know the result, Xiao Han simply took control of Emperor Zhengde and directly ordered, "Pei Huiyuan, raise your head."