Since Lin Ruhai had discovered that he was being schemed against, he naturally wasn't stupid enough to take the hit.

He was still very self-aware. He knew that with his current ability and influence in the officialdom, even if he had been schemed against, there was no way he could rely on himself to take revenge.

It just so happened that Duke Rongguo, Jia Daishan, also wanted to find him.

During the morning assembly today, His Holiness suddenly remembered his daughter's wedding and unsurprisingly asked him who his daughter's husband was.

Considering that he had previously promised Lin Ruhai's request, Jia Daishan naturally thought of a way to attract His Holiness's attention to Lin Ruhai.

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

In the end?

Lin Ruhai didn't come at all. Instead, his superior came and even claimed credit for himself in front of His Holiness. He said that he empathized with his subordinates and allowed Lin Ruhai to go home early when he saw that he was sick.

Even though the Chancellor, Lord Hu, knew what His Holiness wanted to ask, Jia Daishan, who knew His Holiness very well, could see that he was angry.

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

As 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 didn't seize this rare opportunity!

Lin Ruhai thought of an excuse and hurriedly told Jia Daishan everything he knew and his conjectures.

Jia Daishan immediately frowned. "You're saying that Hu Yao, that old man, schemed against you?"

Lin Ruhai nodded. "Yes!"

If it wasn't for the fact that he had schemed against him, the Chancellor wouldn't have called him back to the Hanlin Academy when he had already returned home.

Not only was it a thankless task, but it also increased the risk of being discovered.

Stealing a subordinate's opportunity or taking the credit of a subordinate was actually quite common in the officialdom.

After Lin Ruhai passed the provincial level examination, the teacher that Mother Lin hired had taught him the ways of being an official. Naturally, he had also mentioned the various unspoken rules of the officialdom. Lin Ruhai was well aware of this.

However, the Chancellor's actions clearly weren't for the sake of the officialdom.

Jia Daishan carefully recalled all the interactions he had with Hu Yao in the past. Gradually, he realized something. "You've been implicated."

Lin Ruhai was confused. "Implicated?"

He paused for a moment and quickly realized that he was a fallen noble who had just risen. He had no power or influence, so who could implicate him?

"Does Lord Hu have a grudge against the High Duke?" Lin Ruhai thought quickly. "Why haven't I heard of this before?"

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

Jia Daishan's face was tired. "This Hu Yao might have already secretly pledged allegiance to one of the princes."

His Holiness's body was healthy and healthy. 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 between the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince, so he did not notice anything wrong. He even thought that the Emperor would ascend to Nirvana in the future, and the successor would definitely be the Crown Prince, and no one else.

However, Min 'er's words fiercely woke him up from his daydream. Although His Holiness and the Crown Prince were still a good father and filial son, at the same time, there was a hidden danger between them.

The father was strong and the son was strong.

His Holiness was still in his prime, while the Crown Prince had already grown up. In the future, they would inevitably fight.

In Ke Min 'er's memory, the final victor wasn't 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 didn't kill him because of their friendship like Min 'er remembered, the end result of the Jia family wouldn't be good.

The Crown Prince was appointed as 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 wouldn't have the chance to change their allegiance and switch sides.

As long as Jia Daishan thought about it, he felt tired.

The reason why Lin Ruhai was targeted was most likely because someone saw that he valued Lin Ruhai and wanted to focus on nurturing him.

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

Rongguo Province still had a lot of military power in his hands. It wasn't 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 couldn't 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 his twenties, giving the Jia family a good start.

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

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

The Jia family had a lot of resources. If he could take advantage of this opportunity to promote Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai to high positions, he wouldn't have to worry about the Jia family's 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 gained a lot of experience 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 it wasn't for Lin Ruhai's calmness, Hu Yao would also have looked down on him because of Lin Ruhai's age. It was hard to say what the result would be right now.

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 soft persimmon!

At that time, it wouldn't be just Hu Yao's 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 take care of the Crown Prince?

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

Jia Daishan fiercely slammed the table. "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!