Hunting system, and I ended up becoming the empress!

Yang Du said expressionlessly, "By order of His Majesty, we are issuing admission badges to all the students."

The eunuchs lifted the red cloth, revealing two different brands.

One is made of jade and the other is made of wood. There are more jade ones, and there are exactly seven wooden ones.

Yang Du called out the names, "Li Jun, Xiong Chumo, Mu Ziqi, Nian Chenghan, Liu Zizai, Huo Baijun, Zhao Lin, Qi Wuyi... please come up and receive your name tags."

He pointed toward the jade sign.

But no one moved. Even the dumbest person would notice the difference in treatment.

Especially since Xiao Zhixing was standing there. She was beaten up and banned last time because she was treated differently.

Don't think that her being quiet and peaceful these days means she has a good temper. They don't dare to have such an illusion.

Xiao Zhixing sneered, "May I ask Envoy Yang why there are two kinds of this brand?"

Yang Du cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty has given the order, and I will follow it."

Xiao Zhixing walked over and picked up a piece of wood. "Oh, it's made of golden nanmu. You must have taken the trouble."

He picked up another piece of jade and said, "It's just ordinary mutton-fat jade. It's hard for Your Majesty to think of using good wood to comfort us."

Snapped.

The two signs were thrown back onto the tray, and the eunuch carrying the dish trembled inexplicably.

Xiao Zhixing turned to face Yang Du with a kind smile, "I am very surprised. We are all students of the Gentlemen's Academy, but why is the lady's signboard a wooden sign?"

"Are you mocking us as rotten wood?"

Yang Du's cheeks tightened slightly, and he bowed neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Your Majesty, you misunderstood. I never meant that."

Xiao Zhixing did not comment.

With a wave of his sleeves, all the signs were instantly turned into powder by the strong energy. The terrified eunuchs all knelt down, fearing that the strong energy would hit them.

"Everyone, get up. This king is not an unreasonable person."

Xiao Zhixing smiled faintly, "Envoy Yang, go back and make a new one. If you are short of good materials, I am willing to provide them."

Yang Du looked at her deeply, bowed, turned around and left with the eunuchs.

Not long after, Xiao Zhixing heard the angry curses from the Emperor System: "Arrogant and domineering! Insolent! Daring! Disrespecting the Emperor's authority! Huhuhu... I'm so angry!"

Zhao Yunqi sighed, "I have already reminded you that there is no need to test her on these trivial matters, lest you get angry for nothing."

The Emperor System was annoyed. "I just can't stand seeing her being so strong. Xiao Yan didn't dare to be so arrogant back then. It's simply outrageous. What right does she have!"

Zhao Yun was surprised and said, "Don't be angry. I wonder if she is testing my tolerance."

The Emperor System snorted coldly, "Sooner or later, one day..."

Xiao Zhixing also snorted coldly, I will deal with you sooner or later!

The stupid thing in the gutter only knows how to use these little tricks. If it really dares to send a master to kill her, she will still praise it for being powerful.

I didn't expect that after I revealed my heavenly strength, it would become cowardly.

This fish is too timid and not easy to catch, it takes a lot of effort.

After the brand name was broken, Yang Du never mentioned it again, nor did he get a new one, as if everything was the same as before.

There were still small exams in the second month, but Xiao Zhixing did not stay in the Junziyuan often. Later on, except for taking exams, he simply ran between the camp and the palace on a daily basis.

Yang Du did not express any opinion and let her go.

Seeing this, others gradually reduced the time they spent in Junziyuan, and took any books they wanted to read back home.

Everyone only gets together during exams. On weekdays, boys and girls do separate activities, and those who are close will make plans to play together.

Xiao Zhixing is an exception and rarely participates in activities.

She was busy practicing, training soldiers, and handling affairs. She was busy using the sand table to conduct confrontation exercises with Huo Baijun, Xiong Chumo, Mu Wan and others. She was busy learning at court meetings and occasionally causing trouble for the emperor and ministers. She was busy guessing what the main system's plan would be.

The popularity of the Gentlemen's Courtyard in Shengjing City gradually decreased. As they moved around freely, others thought that this place was still the same as last year, just a random move by the emperor to select his own team.

Xiao Zhixing had some free time and looked back, then he realized that there was no sound from the gambling money he won in the competition. Was he not there yet to collect it?

It's been more than a month.

"Your Highness, the owner of the lottery has run away." Luo Ercai looked helpless, "When I led my men there, I only managed to rob five thousand taels of silver, and the rest was divided up."

"Escaped? No one tracked him down?"

Luo Ercai said, "The boss has been running a gambling room in Shengjing City for seven or eight years. His credit has always been very good, so everyone went to him to place bets. I didn't expect that he would run away this time. He ran away quietly. I am ashamed that I didn't find many clues."

Xiao Zhixing asked Yingyi to check. Although it was just a random bet, it would not be so easy to run away after losing money to her.

Ying Yi didn't come back to her until the third day.

"This man has connections with Nanfan. I speculate that he may be a spy planted by Nanfan in Dasheng."

I didn't expect there would be an unexpected gain. Did he run away early because he was afraid of attracting attention because the matter got out of hand?

"Keep searching. It would be best if you can find someone online. Once you find someone online, don't act rashly."

Might be useful.

Among the four countries bordering Dasheng, only Nanfan is silent now, so we have to be on guard.

Speaking of which.

In recent days, the northern barbarians have been retreating, the situation in the northern border has been stalemate, and there have been occasional battles at the Jianan Pass of the southern barbarians, but overall Dasheng has remained stable.

Perhaps I couldn't bear to think about it, and just two days after this thought, new news came from the South.

"Your Majesty! Great victory! General Feng has brought a letter from the Southern Barbarians for peace talks! The Southern Barbarians have retreated!!"

On this day of the imperial court, the troops from Jianan Pass reported in.

Zhao Yunqi was delighted. "Good! Very good!"

Everyone shouted long live.

Zhao Yunqi stood up and waved his hand, "I am very pleased. The country relies on capable ministers and is prosperous and peaceful."

Someone couldn't help but step forward and said, "Your Majesty, General Feng has won a great victory over the Southern Barbarians and forced them to sue for peace. This is a great achievement. Your Majesty, please reward the meritorious officials to comfort the troops!"

Another official also stepped forward, "I beg Your Majesty to reward the meritorious officials!"

Xiao Zhixing took a glance and saw that one was the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and the other was a clerk of the Ministry of Justice. Both were loyal subordinates of Feng Liyan.

Zhao Yunqi smiled broadly, "Indeed, we should..."

Xiao Zhixing resolutely walked out and stuck his head there, which was like a mute button, which successfully made Zhao Yunqi shut up.

Feng Liyan and others widened their eyes.

"...Yuan Sheng, what are you doing?"

Xiao Zhixing raised his hu tablet and said, "I shouldn't have disturbed your majesty's happiness at this great victory. However, as a minister of Dasheng, I know that some people have evil intentions and are insidious and cunning. I don't want to hide it and can't hide it. I also don't want your majesty to favor them, lest the world laugh at you for favoring villains and treacherous ministers in the future!"

Zhao Yunqi sat down slowly. "Why does Yuan Sheng say it so seriously? Who is it that you hate so much?"

Xiao Zhixing sneered and raised his hand to the sky, "I swear in advance that everything I say next is true and I have no selfish motives. Otherwise, I will be struck by lightning!"

She turned her head and stared coldly at Feng Liyan, "The treacherous ministers I was talking about are Feng Lizhen and Feng Liyan."

"Xiao Zhixing, you are slandering a loyal minister!!" Feng Liyan shouted angrily.

"I slandered you? Well, today I will have a good argument with you to see if I have slandered you!"

Xiao Zhixing inserted the jade scepter into his belt, rolled up his sleeves, put his hands on his hips and started the battle.

(Thanks to @Chi Ruibin who loves to eat scallion oil flower rolls and @Phoenix Jinyuan who loves to eat crispy candies for their first likes and tips! The two names match well!)