"What are you doing?" Pei Wenxuan was a little surprised when he saw her asking someone to get the darts.

Li Rong smiled and said, "I know you learned this from Su Ronghua, so you should also ask Aya why she kept his portrait."

Pei Wenxuan thought for a moment and then responded, "She kept his portrait... to vent her anger?"

"What do you think?" Li Rong laughed out loud, "Could it be that seeing something reminds you of someone?"

Pei Wenxuan understood. He nodded and waved to the people around him: "Then take down all these portraits."

At this time, Jingmei had already sent the dart over. When Pei Wenxuan saw the dart, he felt his heart skip a beat. Before the dart was sent to Li Rong, he raised his hand and took the plate with the dart in his hand. He turned around and handed it to the servant next to him, saying, "Sharp weapons can hurt people. Don't let Your Highness touch these things. Hurry up," Pei Wenxuan turned around and waved his hand to the side, "Take the portrait away quickly."

Li Rong smiled as she watched Pei Wenxuan directing people to do these things. After Pei Wenxuan finished giving the instructions, she went to the study with her.

"I heard that His Highness recently met with Lord Liu," Pei Wenxuan asked, "Is His Highness busy with the transfer?"

"Don't worry about it."

Li Rong waved her hands and said, "It's just a trivial matter, not worth worrying about."

"It seems that Your Highness is very confident." Pei Wenxuan said with a smile, "I will wait for good news from Your Highness."

"Don't worry," Li Rong raised her fan and tapped Pei Wenxuan's chest gently, "I will definitely give you a surprise when the time comes."

Pei Wenxuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Then I would like to thank Your Highness first."

Li Rong saw that Pei Wenxuan was serious and didn't show the flattering attitude he had occasionally shown before. She felt a little disappointed. She coughed lightly and said carefully: "Pei Wenxuan, have you felt recently..."

"Hmm?" Pei Wenxuan tilted his head. "What?"

"Do you feel," Li Rong gestured, "that I seem to be a little nicer to you?"

Pei Wenxuan knew what Li Rong was thinking after hearing what she said. He lowered his head and smiled, "Your Highness has always been good to me."

"Do you feel that it's more? Better than before?"

Pei Wenxuan lowered his head, suppressing his smile, and felt that Li Rong was like a child asking for candy. He said softly, "Your Highness's good intentions, I understand."

"I'm glad you know. It's worth my efforts."

Li Rong felt relieved after hearing what Pei Wenxuan said. She turned her head and reached out to Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan raised his eyebrows. Li Rong smiled and said, "It's just to cultivate feelings. I'm used to it."

Pei Wenxuan couldn't stop laughing. He reached out and held Li Rong's hand. They walked to the dining room together and said with a smile, "It's all up to your Highness."

"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong held his hand and whispered, "Tell me the truth."

"Hmm?" Pei Wenxuan glanced at her. Li Rong seemed a little happy. "Are you jealous?"

"Your Highness is joking," Pei Wenxuan said with a smile, "Why would I be jealous?"

"Oh, that's good." Li Rong nodded. "There will be a Qing Tan meeting at Aya's place tomorrow. I plan to go and take a look. I heard that there will be a scholar named Yang this year..."

"The Qingtan Club at home is not enough, why do we have to go somewhere else to watch it?"

Pei Wenxuan opened his mouth with a smile, Li Rong turned to look at him, and after staring at him for a moment, Li Rong burst into laughter.

"You say one thing and you mean another."

Li Rong turned her head, put her hands behind her back, and walked forward happily.

Pei Wenxuan stood behind her for a moment, then sneered, "You are all so ugly and blind."

After saying this, he raised his hand and rubbed his face, then returned to his usual gentle smile and followed Li Rong.

Seeing that it was almost the end of February, Li Rong talked to people from the Ministry of Personnel several times to confirm that the communication between the upper and lower levels had been smoothed over. Only after Pei Wenxuan's name was added to the list of transfers by the Ministry of Personnel did Li Rong feel relieved.

Since Li Rong was in charge of the matter, Pei Wenxuan let it go completely and only occasionally asked about Li Rong's progress.

When Pei Wenxuan asked, Li Rong felt annoyed and raised her eyebrows and asked back, "Don't you believe me?"

Pei Wenxuan was choked up, and naturally did not dare to say yes, and quickly said: "No, I'm just curious."

Later I didn’t dare ask again.

But he always liked to control things in his own hands. Now he felt a little uneasy about handing his career over to someone else. He thought about it all day and even couldn't sleep at night. But seeing how enthusiastically Li Rong was helping him, he didn't want to say anything to discourage her.

After all, Li Rong was treating him well, and with such a good start, he couldn't say much about Li Rong.

Fortunately, this difficult time did not last long. On February 26, the court internally finalized the list. After the list was announced, if no one reported it within seven days, the transfer would begin in early March.

The 25th was the final date for the list changes. Li Rong was worried and went to see Liu Chunhang again. Only after Liu Chunhang repeatedly confirmed that there was no problem did Li Rong feel relieved.

Liu Chunhang escorted Li Rong out of the Liu residence. When they reached the door, Li Rong raised her hand to put on her hat, turned around and whispered to Liu Chunhang, "Master Liu, there is no need to see me off. I am leaving first."

"Your Highness, please take care."

Liu Chunhang said goodbye quietly, and Li Rong got on the carriage. The carriage made a clattering sound in the night and started away.

When Li Rong's carriage had gone far away, Liu Chunhang wiped his forehead, and an elegant voice came from the dark: "Master Liu, please stay."

Liu Chunhang raised his head and saw a young girl in gorgeous clothes standing in the night. Her hands were clasped in her sleeves, and her face could not be seen in the dark. She only smiled and said, "I am here on the orders of Concubine Rou to bring a message to Lord Liu."

When Liu Chunhang heard this, his face changed and he quickly said, "Please come in, sir."

Li Rong was very happy that she had done the job. When she thought that Pei Wenxuan would be promoted tomorrow and thank her, she felt a sense of satisfaction.

She twirled her fan and closed her eyes, seeming to be enjoying something. Jinglan, who was standing next to her, looked up at Li Rong and couldn't help but laugh: "Your Highness is happier helping your husband with his affairs than doing your own business."

"I'm used to taking care of my own affairs," Li Rong admitted frankly, closing her eyes. "This is the first time I've ever worried so much about other people."

"Your Highness is also strange," Jingmei poured tea for Li Rong, "Other people are happy when men help women solve problems, but your Highness didn't feel very happy when your husband doted on you. Now that your Highness is doing something for your husband, you are very happy."

"What do you know?" Li Rong looked over and said with some pride, "Being spoiled is not a skill, spoiling others is a skill. If someone likes you, you will get old and ugly sooner or later. If you spoil him, it's different. You can like him if you want to, and leave him if you don't like him. You are very free."

"Your Highness is really open-minded." Jingmei admired him a little. Jinglan smiled and shook her head, "Your Highness is used to talking tough. Don't listen to your nonsense."

"How could I be talking nonsense?" Li Rong raised her eyebrows and looked at Jinglan, "What's your point?"

"Your Highness," Jinglan put the peeled melon seeds in front of Li Rong and said gently, "When someone is happy about another person being nice, there may not be any special reason, they just like him or her."

Li Rong paused for a moment, then heard Jinglan continue, "It's not shameful."

"Well," Li Rong nodded, looking out the window, "there's really nothing to be ashamed of."

Jinglan smiled and thought Li Rong was just shy, so she didn't say much.

Li Rong looked at the busy traffic outside the window.

The weather started to warm up at the end of February, more people appeared on the streets, and the night market became much more prosperous than before.

Her eyes swirled around the people coming and going on the street. She looked at the young men and women walking by, talking and laughing. She clearly realized that -

Jinglan was wrong, and she subconsciously avoided the question, not because she felt embarrassed.

She was feeling scared.

But she quickly suppressed these emotions and just sat in her seat, listening to the two maids chatting and laughing, in silence.

After making the final confirmation with Liu Chunhang, Li Rong was no longer worried and slept very well that night. However, Pei Wenxuan had some difficulty sleeping.

This year's imperial examination was extremely important, and many capable officials in the future came from this examination. If he could not enter the Ministry of Personnel tomorrow, he would have to apply to preside over the imperial examination, which would be difficult.

Pei Wenxuan felt a little regretful for letting Li Rong handle this matter, but then he thought about something else. Based on Li Rong's ability, there shouldn't be any problems.

He tossed and turned in the night and couldn't sleep. Li Rong woke up in a daze and asked in a half-conscious state, "What are you doing?"

Pei Wenxuan froze. He hesitated for a moment, turned his head, and finally asked, "Your Highness."

Li Rong opened her hazy eyes and looked at Pei Wenxuan, who had a serious face in the night.

Pei Wenxuan's expression was so serious that she woke up all of a sudden, but she was not fully awake. She just watched Pei Wenxuan looking at her intently in the night.

At that moment, a thought flashed through her mind.

Could it be that Pei Wenxuan had finally lost his patience and was planning to attack her? !

Li Rong froze for a moment, a little nervous. She began to recall the scene of them being in bed after they got married in their previous life. Then she thought about whether it would be appropriate for this child to be born now if she accidentally had a child. If Pei Wenxuan left him, would she regret raising this child by herself...

Li Rong had slept through the night and her mind was scattered. Pei Wenxuan saw that she was sleepy and hesitated for a moment, then carefully selected his words and said, "Your Highness, are you looking for Liu Hangchun today? Is he the person in charge of the examination?"

When Li Rong heard Pei Wenxuan ask this, she immediately calmed down.

She immediately felt ashamed of herself, calmed down and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Liu Hangchun is a man who values ​​profit over trust. Your Highness, in addition to giving money..."

"Oh, are you bothered?"

Li Rong listened to Pei Wenxuan's mumbling and cried out in pain: "You're telling me this in the middle of the night? You might as well sleep with me! I won't tell you anymore, I'm sleeping."

After saying this, Li Rong turned over and covered her ears with the quilt.

Pei Wenxuan was speechless when he saw Li Rong's attitude. He lay down on the bed and relaxed for a while. He felt that he should trust Li Rong more and not always do things like he did before, being smart and ruining Li Rong's plan, which led to the annihilation of both of them.

He recalled the past when he hit Li Rong on the head, and then thought about Li Rong's achievements in the court. He finally felt relieved, and only fell asleep reluctantly when the roosters started to crow.

The next day, when they both woke up, Li Rong had slept well, but Pei Wenxuan had dark circles under his eyes.

Li Rong looked him up and down and couldn't help asking, "You didn't sleep all night?"

Pei Wenxuan smiled and said with a bit of sadness: "Your Highness, I finally understand one thing."

Li Rong raised her eyebrows, and Pei Wenxuan said gently: "This must be a test you gave me, right?"

"Ah?" Li Rong was a little confused. Pei Wenxuan seemed to be a wandering soul. He walked out of the room with a shaky step and walked to the court with Li Rong. He comforted himself with an open-minded smile, "We have been suspicious of each other for many years. We have always done key things ourselves and never trusted others to do it. This is the first time in my two lives that I have entrusted such a key matter to someone else. This can be regarded as a test of my confidence in Your Highness."

Li Rong couldn't help feeling guilty when listening to Pei Wenxuan's words. Pei Wenxuan continued to comfort herself: "Your Highness is very good. As an opponent, I have never distrusted Your Highness. Now I should continue to trust Your Highness. Not only do I trust that Your Highness will think about me wholeheartedly, but I also have to trust that Your Highness's ability is absolutely no problem."

"You don't have to worry about the former," Li Rong turned back confidently, "you can definitely rest assured about the latter."

"Your Highness is right." Pei Wenxuan had two dark circles under his eyes, his eyes full of trust, "I have always believed in Your Highness."

The two men, one full of confidence and the other pretending to be strong, went to the court together.

Because everyone knew that the most important thing today was to announce the transfer list of each department, so there was no need to waste words. After quickly reporting the key matters, the Minister of Personnel came out and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, now the transfer list of each department has been decided. Please allow me to read the list."

"Read it."

Li Ming served tea from the side and agreed to Wang Houwen's request. Wang Houwen took out the list and started reading from the Ministry of Rites.

Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan had already inquired about the lists of various departments. In fact, most of the high-ranking officials present in the court knew the contents of the lists, so they just listened quietly.

When the Ministry of Justice was read, Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong were waiting for Pei Liming's name to be read.

After all, Pei Liming was the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice and had handled Xie Lanqing's case. In terms of qualifications, political achievements, and status, he was the most suitable candidate to take over.

However, after Wang Houwen calmly read out, "Minister of the Ministry of Justice—" the name that followed was, "Su Rongqing."

Pei Wenxuan suddenly raised his head and saw Li Rong looking back at him in shock.

Li Rong did not expect Su Rongqing to intercept her halfway. Although he was the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, he was indeed too young in terms of qualifications.

Moreover, according to her understanding of Su Rongqing, he was not greedy for fame and wealth in his previous life, and rarely competed with others for anything. Even the position of the Minister of Justice was planned for him by his family. Now Pei Liming has long been seen by everyone as the candidate for the Minister of Justice. If Su Rongqing wants to be the Minister of Justice, he must have used some tricks behind the scenes.

Pei Wenxuan also knew this. After exchanging a brief look with Li Rong, he frowned and turned his eyes to look at Su Rongqing in front of him.

Su Rongqing stood in front with a calm expression, not looking around, as if everything was within his expectations. He was calm and unhurried.

He was already feeling a little uncomfortable due to the fatigue of the past few days. When he suddenly heard that Su Rongqing had become the Minister of Justice, and then looked at Su Rongqing's appearance of being indifferent to fame and fortune, he felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, and it was a bit difficult for him to breathe.

Install.

I don't know how many dirty tricks he used to snatch the position of Minister of Justice, and now he's still pretending!

Pei Wenxuan was so angry that he held the tablet with much more force. At this time, Wang Houwen read out the list of people from the Ministry of Personnel.

The names on the list announced today were all from the fifth rank and above, and the examiner was from the sixth rank, so he could not come to the palace to read it out, so Pei Wenxuan was completely unprepared.

Just when he was not prepared at all, he heard Wang Houwen speaking louder and louder: "Minister of Personnel——"

“Pei Wenxuan!”

Hearing this, Pei Wenxuan had barely caught his breath when he felt his eyes go dark, the world was spinning, and he could no longer stop and fell straight backwards.

Before he passed out, Pei Wenxuan wanted to praise Li Rong.

Good job.

It was said that he would be promoted from the sixth rank to the Director of Examination, but now he has been directly promoted to the fourth rank, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

With such a high position, everyone in the court is probably keeping an eye on him. Even Li Ming may have other ideas.

Li Rong's ability is really too outstanding.