Your Majesty, this outer room is painting a pie for you again!

No one will forgive the other, but on the surface they still have to pretend to be kind. How tiring is that?
But there is nothing they can do about being tired, they have to endure it, because this is what they have to go through.

Soon Zhao Rui arrived at the imperial study.

He glanced at Gao Zhengde.

Gao Zhengde quickly lowered his eyes and dared not say a word.

Some things have become like this, so everything depends on what your majesty thinks. Gao Zhengde is just a servant and cannot influence those things.

This time Gao Zhengde did not go in, and Zhao Rui walked into the imperial study alone.

"Long live your Majesty."

Zhao Rui bowed respectfully to Li Yanji, and there was no fault to be found in the whole process.

Li Yanji looked at Zhao Rui deeply.

Although Zhao Rui has surrendered to him, Li Yanji is a narrow-minded person who feels that everyone in the world is against him. He will not easily trust anyone.

So even though Zhao Rui had been in the palace for several days, he was still on guard.

Regarding this matter, he narrowed his eyes and looked Zhao Rui up and down.

But there was nothing wrong at all.

He used to be the most impulsive and had the worst temper. Li Yanji used to be the one who could see through him the best, but he never expected that after a few years, everything had changed.

Come to think of it, it’s quite ridiculous.

After a helpless sigh, Li Yanji asked Zhao Rui to get up.

"Get up, Rui, do you know what happened outside?"

Zhao Rui is still in the palace. If he really knows what is going on outside, then he is wrong.

Zhao Rui would not make such a small mistake. He tilted his head when he heard it. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Your Majesty... is it Jinshu?"

Li Yanji originally suspected that Zhao Rui knew all this, but after hearing what he said, Li Yanji was sure that Zhao Rui did not know.

After all, this matter really has nothing to do with Fu Yubai at the moment.

But she wouldn't say that. Not only that, she even smiled and said, "Then in A Rui's opinion, what did Jin Shu do?"

This leaves him guessing here.

Zhao Rui suppressed his impatience and pretended to be serious, but after a long while he could only helplessly shake his head and smile bitterly.

"Your Majesty, I cannot guess it."

It was impossible to guess in the first place. After all, Jinshu had been very quiet recently, and the one who made the noise was the general's daughter of Darong!
Thinking of this, Zhao Rui wanted to laugh, but he held it back.

You must hold back from laughing!
Although the emperor's jokes are very comforting!
When Li Yanji saw Zhao Rui's appearance, he already believed that Zhao Rui didn't know all this.

This was quite satisfactory for him.

After all, if Zhao Rui knew all this, wouldn’t it mean that the fact that he was being plotted against has become known to everyone?

This is also what the emperor cannot tolerate the most.

"His Majesty?"

Zhao Rui still looked confused, and looked at the emperor with doubtful eyes.

So you say it.

Li Yanji withdrew his gaze and sighed helplessly after a while.

"A lot of things have happened outside the palace recently, especially with Su Jiao."

Zhao Rui frowned after hearing this.

"Su Jiao? Isn't that Jinshu's... mistress?"

Zhao Rui still looked confused, and most importantly, he pretended that it had nothing to do with him. After hearing this, Li Yanji smiled mockingly.

"A concubine? A'rui, you may not know that she is now the legitimate daughter of a general of Darong, not a concubine. If you go out and find out about this, you must be careful and don't say the wrong thing."

After saying that, she smiled at him.

This well-intentioned advice also made Su Jiao's identity clearer.

But Li Yanji didn't know that Zhao Rui already knew Su Jiao's identity, so there was no need for Li Yanji to say these things now.

Instead, Zhao Rui felt that Li Yanji was even more stupid and ridiculous.

Later, through Li Yanji's retelling, Zhao Rui completely understood what had happened.

It was also because of this that the shock in Zhao Rui's eyes never stopped!

"Your Majesty, can you tolerate this?"

Zhao Rui seemed very angry, but he had to suppress it in front of the emperor.

It really looks a little different.

When Li Yanji saw Zhao Rui's look, a smile slowly appeared on his lips, but it disappeared after a while and he sighed.

"Jinshu and I grew up together, so I have to give her some face."

This hypocritical look made Zhao Rui want to tear off his hypocritical mask!

But Zhao Rui could only try his best to endure it, and even had to cooperate with the emperor's calculations.

"But even if that's the case, Your Majesty, you can't wrong yourself like this. What will outsiders think? Besides, Su Jiao is really shameless. If this continues, won't she become even more arrogant?"

Zhao Rui and others were all very clear about Li Yanji's temper. He liked to hear some groundless and empty words. The higher he was praised, the more she liked him.

And this is exactly what they want to see.

It's just some nice words, Zhao Rui can still do it.

As long as he could kill his enemy in the future, he would be able to remain calm even if Zhao Rui had to kneel down and lick Li Yanji.

So, if we talk about a ruthless person, Zhao Rui is definitely one of them.

The same is true now.

After hearing this, Li Yanji felt even more relieved.

But he still looked kind.

"It is not convenient for me to intervene in this matter."

At that moment, Zhao Rui immediately understood the meaning of these words.

But Zhao Rui still pretended to be hesitant.

"Then your majesty... let me come?"

We used to be close friends, but now we have to scheme against each other, and even have to take every aspect into account. To be honest, it's quite sad.

But wasn't this all Li Yanji's own fault?
Zhao Rui still pretended to be as stupid and not very smart as before.

As expected, Li Yanji was very satisfied with Zhao Rui.

Moreover, Li Yanji's original plan was to let Zhao Rui be the vanguard.

He had always been suspicious of Zhao Rui, suspecting that he was in cahoots with Fu Yubai, and detained him in the palace to prevent any contact between them. But now the situation has changed, so Li Yanji can also let Zhao Rui handle the matter.

It just so happened that he needed to see if there was any conspiracy between the two of them.

This is exactly Li Yanji's purpose.

"Since A Rui wants to help me, I can't let him down. I'll leave this matter to you. Can you handle it well?" (End of this chapter)