How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Xie Chengze committed too many evil things in his previous life.

He was corrupt and perverted the law. He embezzled the money from the national treasury, the money from the inner treasury, and later on, the money for disaster relief and the money for military pay.

He disregarded human life, regarded the people struggling to survive as worthless, and regarded the soldiers guarding the border as slaves who sold their lives. Later, he even killed loyal people and killed people in an endless stream, in order to wipe out the roots and leave no one alive.

He even colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country. In order to completely overthrow the prince, he began to form a clique, intending to cut off the prince's left and right arms. Later, he colluded with the Northern Di and killed the eldest prince who was guarding the border, allowing the Northern Di to take advantage of the opportunity to invade, and the people of several cities suffered -

He stood in the court every day, his scarlet robe should have been as bright as the sun, but it was like the blood flowing all over the ground under the feet of that evildoer, and the white bones weeping in sorrow.

Shen Yuan had come a long way, from being a commoner to the imperial court. When he stabbed the sword into Xie Chengze's chest, too many innocent loyal people had died tragically behind him, and too many poor and pitiful people had died in the wilderness, with no way to seek justice.

How could Shen Yuan not feel sad, hateful, and regretful?

Now that he has been reborn, even if he is torn to pieces, he will bring peace to the world, tranquility to the court, and well-being to the people!

So what if Emperor Jian favors him, so what if the Crown Prince is soft-hearted, so what if corrupt officials are rampant?

Since no one dared to become Xie Chengze's abyss, he, Shen Yuan, would become Xie Chengze's abyss. Since no one dared to seek justice for the loyal and good people, he, Shen Yuan, would seek justice for the loyal and good people!

A brave heart can quell the troubled times, and a sword in hand can determine the country!

Xie Chengze had no idea that the protagonist next to him was thinking hard about how to cut him into pieces.

He was complaining to Emperor Jian in a mean manner, "I feel that I am so stupid that I know that I should donate money to help the common people. It's ok that my fourth brother doesn't understand because he is young, but my third brother, as the crown prince, doesn't step forward to set an example for the ministers. He really deserves to be punished!"

Although Xie Chengze doesn't have any major problems, he has a very similar personality to the original owner.

That means a thief will never forget his grudge.

Since Emperor Jian knew that the original prince's stupid character would easily cause him to be cursed by the upright officials, but he still asked him to solve the prince's mess, he would let his father shoot himself in the foot and punish his good son personally.

It's only half a year's salary. Now that the Prince's Mansion is out of money, it can be quiet for a while. He can also stay in Chenghuan Palace and live a wealthy life as the second generation of the emperor.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Jian beside him laughed so hard that he fell forward and backward, with tears in the corners of his eyes. He clapped his hands on the table and cheered, "Hahahaha - good, good! I also think that the prince should be punished!"

Emperor Jian was so happy. Although Xiao Ze'er had openly and secretly belittled the prince in the past, he was completely groundless and his actions were like barking. People could tell at a glance that he was deliberately targeting him and was very unpresentable.

But today, he was so eloquent that he knew how to use the officials and the people as a shield, and he borrowed the words of the emperor to make the prince suffer a real loss.

Emperor Jian became more and more curious about what kind of talent the retainer who was behind Xie Chengze was!

"Xiao Ze'er!" Emperor Jian raised his hand and caressed Xie Chengze's empty head lovingly. "I think the prince's mistakes are more serious than those of the ministers. A fine of half a year's salary is still too little. How about letting you be responsible for supervising the next spring examination?"

Xie Chengze was shocked.

No? Is this a punishment for the prince, or for him?

Before he could refuse, Shen Yuan, who was standing beside him, stepped forward and stopped him, "Your Majesty! You must not do that!"

"Oh?" Emperor Jian did not mind Shen Yuan's sudden interruption. Instead, he looked at him with interest. "Shen family boy, what do you mean by that?"

"The Second Prince is too beautiful, which may easily cause confusion among students and be detrimental to the atmosphere of the examination hall!" Shen Yuan lowered his eyebrows and said coldly, "I hope Your Majesty will reconsider!"

Emperor Jian glanced at Xie Chengze.

No one knows a son better than his father. He knew that Xie Chengze hated it most when others praised him for being "beautiful".

It seems that Xiaoze'er is going to bear a grudge against the grandson of the Grand Tutor.

Unexpectedly, Xie Chengze turned his head with clear eyes, stared at Shen Yuan for a while with his bright eyes, then turned to Emperor Jian and asked shyly, "Father, is he praising his son for being good-looking? It's really embarrassing~"

Emperor Jian:?

Shen Yuan:?

……

Shen Yuan felt that something seemed to have gone wrong.

In his previous life, Xie Chengze was most annoyed when someone said he was beautiful. After becoming a complete enemy of Xie Chengze, whenever he was angry at the other party's actions but was powerless to do anything, he would use all kinds of gorgeous words to "praise" Xie Chengze's appearance as comparable to that of a woman, which made the other party furious.

He knew best where it would hurt the most when Xie Chengze's tail was stepped on.

But at this moment, looking at the blushing and shy Xie Chengze, Shen Yuan felt a chill crawling up his spine, cold and disgusting.

He increasingly suspected that Xie Chengze was also reborn. Perhaps, the sword that stabbed him to death in the Golden Palace finally made Xie Chengze's brain more flexible, and he began to learn to hide his weaknesses in front of the enemy.

He stared at Xie Chengze closely, trying to find traces of his past life on him, but the more he looked, the more frightened he became.

Xie Chengze...disguised himself too well.

The look he gave him was natural, without a trace of vigilance or fear, as if he had never killed him. Shen Yuan didn't believe that a man like Xie Chengze would have such superb acting skills without a single flaw after being stabbed to death.

Or... was Xie Chengze reborn earlier than himself, or even maybe reborn as a child, and learned to keep a low profile and endure hardships, which is why he was able to catch the prince off guard today and make him suffer?

No, that's not right. He returned to Beijing yesterday and asked someone about it. Xie Chengze was obviously still the same Xie Chengze, still arrogant and impulsive.

But Shen Yuan could not rule out the possibility that this might be an illusion deliberately set up by Xie Chengze. After all, he could guess that Xie Chengze might be reborn, so how could Xie Chengze not guess that he might also be reborn?

Perhaps, at this moment, both of them are testing each other.

Whoever reveals his true colors first loses.

Shen Yuan did not want to reveal the fact that he was reborn. This was his reliance to get rid of Xie Chengze in advance and the way to save countless loyal people from Xie Chengze. He absolutely could not let Xie Chengze find out.

After a short breath, Shen Yuan folded his hands and raised them to his chest, saying earnestly, "Your Majesty, there are many people in the Spring Examination. Even though our students are well-educated, well-mannered, and have both moral integrity and talent, there are inevitably some evildoers among them who want to make a fuss about the Second Prince's appearance..."

The people of the Jian'an Dynasty were open-minded and students had always been free to speak their minds. Even the love between Longyang and Yang was commonplace and could be discussed at will. If someone as beautiful as Xie Chengze appeared in the examination room, he would be asking for trouble and would have voluntarily become the inspiration for folk stories.

As long as Xie Chengze still cares about this, he will no longer ask for supervision of the Spring Examination.

Emperor Jian looked at Xie Chengze again while watching the show.