When Bai Su fainted, Chen Tian immediately noticed something was wrong. As soon as he saw Bai Su fall to the side, he immediately hugged the young man.

"Suzhi, what happened to Suzhi!"

Chen Tian shouted anxiously and shook Bai Su a few times, but the person in his arms still did not respond, which made Chen Tian a little panicked.

He quickly picked up the person and carried him to the bedroom next door.

General Qi and Pei Meng were also confused by this sudden change. Fortunately, the people below were smart enough to find the doctor they hired in the mansion to come and take Bai Su's pulse.

However, the doctor examined Bai Su for a long time but could not explain his condition clearly. It seemed that he could only wait for him to slowly wake up.

Chen Tian finally calmed down, remembering the momentary fluctuations he'd felt, and a guess formed in his mind. He didn't overly embarrass the doctor. He had him write a tonic prescription and let him go.

Seeing that General Qi and Pei Meng had not yet reacted, Chen Tian asked them to go back first and stayed in the room alone.

It was not until the evening that Bai Su woke up slowly.

The room was empty at this moment. The redness in Bai Su's eyes had not completely faded. He blinked at the scene in front of him before realizing what had happened.

He didn't know why he suddenly fainted, but he remembered how he felt before he fainted.

Imagination seemed to occupy his mind, and he seemed to really feel that he was betrayed and left by the person he loved the most, and the pain made him so desperate.

The evil thoughts in his heart accumulated bit by bit, and the expression on his face gradually became a little ferocious.

At this moment, there was a noise at the door. Then, Chen Tian walked in, carrying a food box.

In an instant, Bai Su's expression returned to normal, and he stared blankly at the door as if he had just woken up.

As soon as Chen Tian entered the room, he saw Bai Su looking at him and immediately became alert.

He quickly put the food box on the table, walked to the bed and held the hand of his beloved.

"Suzhi, you finally woke up! Why did you suddenly faint?"

Seeing the concern in Chen Tian's eyes, Bai Su shook his head: "I don't know what happened, I just felt a black screen in front of my eyes and lost consciousness. It's all my fault. You wanted me to meet General Qi and the prince, but I messed it up."

"I just wanted you to meet two colleagues. Your health is not as important as mine! The doctor can't figure out what's wrong. I'm really worried about you fainting!"

As Chen Tian spoke, he gently held Bai Su in his arms and kissed his forehead lightly, with unspeakable worry in his tone.

Feeling surrounded by the aura of his beloved, Bai Su felt a little calmer. He comforted him, "Maybe you're tired from preparing for the imperial examination a while ago. You should be fine after a few days of rest."

Hearing Bai Su say this, Chen Tian could only accept this explanation. He only hoped that the filth had not infected him and caused some damage to his soul, which led to Bai Su's fainting.

But Chen Tian couldn't explain these things and could only worry about his lover alone.

After holding him for a while, Chen Tian went to bring over the carefully prepared dinner and fed Bai Su personally.

In the days that followed, Chen Tian took care of Bai Su very carefully personally and ordered the door to be closed to visitors. As for those who occasionally came to visit, he would say that Bai Su was sick and not let others disturb his lover's rest.

Fortunately, Bai Su recovered after a few days and looked the same as usual, which made Chen Tian feel relieved.

One month passed quickly, and in March, all the candidates who passed the palace examination went to the main hall together to take part in the examination taught by the current emperor.

Naturally, there were many princes and ministers accompanying the palace examination, including Chen Tian and the eldest prince Huo Kangcheng.

Chen Tian watched from afar as his beloved stood in the hall. She was a beautiful woman, standing out from the other students with her handsome appearance and extraordinary temperament, like a crane among chickens. He could hardly hide his pride.

The questions the emperor asked in this palace examination were quite practical. They were related to the Ministry of Revenue's money and grain, and aimed at how to enrich the national treasury.

The treasury had been empty recently, and the old emperor was anxious. After all, only with money could one live comfortably, and the borders were far from completely peaceful. Without money for military rations and supplies, his throne was precarious.

As expected, with Bai Su's excellence, his answer could really solve the Ministry of Revenue's urgent needs, and of course would satisfy the emperor the most.

In particular, he proposed several policies that were very much in line with the old emperor's wishes. The emperor was delighted and after testing everyone, he personally selected Bai Su as the top scorer and directly assigned him to the Ministry of Revenue to handle this matter.

Bai Su accepted the order and thanked the emperor, feeling that he was quite lucky.

The Ministry of Revenue was the place he wanted to enter the most, because it was the purse of the entire court. As long as he could be promoted step by step in the Ministry of Revenue, it would be more convenient for him to work for the second prince in the future.

The most important thing is that the Minister of Revenue is the father of the eldest prince's mother, which has also led to the second prince's inability to infiltrate the Ministry of Revenue.

On the other side, the eldest prince's face turned gloomy when he heard the result.

He was secretly resentful. Originally, the candidates for the third and second place in the imperial examination had all been brought to his side and became his people, but Bai Su was the only one he had met for the first time.

Huo Kangcheng was well aware that the old emperor wanted to ask questions related to the Ministry of Revenue this time, and he even asked his people to prepare in advance.

But even so, Bai Su was still more skilled. I didn't expect that the top scorer in the Jinke exam really had some skills.

He thought about how he had been trying to contact Huiyuan, but he had been unable to find him. After finally finding him, Huiyuan claimed to be ill and refused to see him.

He didn't think that a small Huiyuan, without a barrier behind him, could keep so many people out.

So who was the person behind him? Since it wasn't him, it must be Huo Tianchen!

Thinking that this person who had been told to be killed outside had returned to the capital safely and now appeared at the palace examination, making his plan completely fail, Huo Kangcheng knew that he had been tricked.

But he was unable to deal with Chen Tian for the time being, and when he turned his gaze to Bai Su, he was filled with anger.

A mere number one scholar, do you really think that everything will go smoothly just by gaining face in front of His Majesty?

Even if Huo Tianchen is behind him, it is not that easy to get things done in the court!

Thinking of this, Huo Kangcheng sneered and decided to start with the new number one scholar. He would never allow Huo Tianchen's people to really interfere in the Ministry of Revenue.

However, Huo Kangcheng had good intentions, but he didn't realize that he was the only one who had the final say in the court. Otherwise, he wouldn't have planned for so long, and still be suppressed by the Second Prince.

There is more than one person's power in the court. Even if Chen Tian has no one in the Ministry of Revenue, he still has many capable people under his command.

In order to facilitate Bai Su's actions, after leaving the court, he took Bai Su directly to meet more colleagues, and at the same time privately assigned him a lot of his own people for him to transfer at will.

Feeling his lover's trust in him, Bai Su expressed gratitude on the surface, and made up his mind in his heart to do his best and never let his partner down.

He put all his efforts into overcoming the difficult problems assigned to him by the emperor, and he completed the following tasks very well.

So in a short period of time, Bai Su showed his prowess in the court.

In fact, according to his past personality, he would not show his talents so quickly, but now is not the time for him to hide his talents.

Now that he has Huo Tianchen's support, he naturally has to work hard. Only by showing his talents can he win the respect of others who are loyal to the Second Prince.

More importantly, only by climbing to a high position can you have more power.

It must be said that the Emperor really took a liking to Bai Su. Therefore, he did not appoint him to a sixth-rank position as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy, but instead assigned him to the Ministry of Revenue.

The real reason is that he is not from a noble family and does not seem to be affiliated with any party, and what the emperor needs most now is a loyal minister.

After specially summoning Bai Su and noting his performance, the old emperor was very pleased with him. As the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was vacant, the emperor gave it to him directly.

Bai Su's rapid promotion naturally made a large number of people jealous. At this moment, the eldest prince and Chen Tian were competing with each other in the court and no longer concealed their tit-for-tat relationship.

The old emperor's health was declining day by day. Seeing that Chen Tian was becoming more and more powerful, the eldest prince naturally could not bear to see him continue to develop.

Thinking of the evidence that had been prepared before, people began to plan carefully.

A few days later, a minister risked his life to make a public remonstration in the imperial court, accusing the Second Prince Huo Tianchen of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. He held military power and intended to seize the throne. He even produced a lot of concrete evidence, causing everyone in the court to be horrified.

But the old emperor had lived to such an age and was a shrewd man. He could tell that this man was actually the eldest prince's man.

The emperor favored checks and balances, and the reason he hadn't appointed a crown prince was that he wanted the two princes to check and balance each other. The current state of the court wasn't without his influence behind the scenes.

But he also understood the personalities of his two sons.

Although the emperor was suspicious, based on his understanding of Huo Tianchen, he believed that the Second Prince was a loyal and patriotic man. If he wanted to rebel, he would have done it long ago given the military power he had held over the years.

So the old emperor did not express his opinion immediately, but wanted to see how the second prince would defend himself.

But as soon as the man who 'exposed' Chen Tian finished speaking, Pei Meng, the prince of the Marquis' Mansion, stood up and said he had something to report.

Pei Meng now works in the Ministry of Justice. He is quite talented in solving cases, and many major cases in the capital have been handled by him.

He then stood up and talked about a case he had tried a month ago. During the trial, he found some evidence that seemed amiss, so he sent someone to investigate. Who knew that following the clues, he discovered that someone was trying to fabricate evidence that the Second Prince was collaborating with the enemy.

The evidence Pei Meng found was very detailed. When you look closely, it actually matched all the so-called evidence presented by the minister who made the remonstration.

These evidences are all false and naturally cannot stand up to real scrutiny.

Then the person who forged the evidence was implicated, and all the cases were directed at the then Minister of Revenue, Lord Liu.

The Liu family was the maternal family of the eldest prince's mother, so the reason for this frame-up was clear at a glance. Moreover, the evidence Pei Meng produced was irrefutable, leaving no room for Huo Kangcheng to refute it.

Involved in such a major case, the Minister of Revenue was imprisoned by the emperor in court. As for the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue, Bai Su, the Assistant Minister of Revenue, was temporarily in charge.

As for the eldest prince, although he was careful and did not involve himself openly, how could the emperor not see through all the twists and turns?

He did not mind his two sons forming factions and abusing power in the court, but he would never allow such fratricide to happen. Therefore, this incident made the old emperor very angry, and he punished Huo Kangcheng to return to his palace to reflect on himself and not to go out without being summoned.

What's even more incredible is that, through this false accusation, Chen Tian's people implicated a large number of court officials, and all of these people were subordinates of the eldest prince. The opponent's wings were instantly plucked out, leaving Huo Kangcheng with a complete loss.

However, Chen Tian's close associates all knew that Pei Meng's apparent prestige was due to his official position, and the person who actually discovered this evidence was Bai Su.

Bai Su is the biggest contributor to weakening the eldest prince's power this time.

And through this, Bai Su also achieved his desired goal.

He overthrew the Minister of Revenue, took over the Ministry of Revenue, and gained recognition and admiration from his colleagues.

At the same time, he also took over more power from Chen Tian on the grounds of convenience.

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