Quick Transmigration: My First Female Skill Takes Effect

Sitting in his chair, Master Shi scrutinized Luo Yi's face for the first time. His decisiveness and ruthlessness were undisguised as he spoke.

He resembled a monarch who endured hardship and humiliation.

"This is a dead end. One wrong step and you, along with everyone who follows you, will be wiped out." Minister Shi only wanted a smooth transfer of power: "Why not wait? Perhaps the Emperor will be willing to give you the throne?"

"Give it back to me?" A cold smile appeared on Luo Yi's handsome face.

"How could that be, teacher? Haven't you figured her out yet?"

Luo Yi slapped his hand on the wooden table between the two of them, as if drawing a Milky Way.

The river in the middle forces people to choose only one side.

"She wants Luo Cheng to succeed to the throne. She will not return my throne to me. Her words in the past were just to fool you."

Shi Xiangong unconsciously clenched his hands on his thighs, but his face remained calm: "That's just your most pessimistic guess."

Luo Yi's gaze was cold: "But isn't this the most consistent prediction?"

He's like a crab being steamed in a pot; not wanting to be slowly cooked, he has no choice but to strike first.

Master Shi knew that the chances of his hopes were slim, but he still held out hope.

Because they don't want to see any more turmoil.

Luo Yi forced him to choose, a choice where he could only choose one side.

Master Shi closed his eyes and sighed after a long while, "...Go and do it."

A confident smile appeared on Luo Yi's face. He knew that Master Shi would stand by his side.

Before leaving, Minister Shi reminded Luo Yi to be careful, as the current emperor was no longer in the era of his recent ascension to the throne.

She has the right to turn against someone.

Luo Yi nodded in agreement.

After leaving the Shi Xiangong residence, he did not return home immediately. Instead, as usual, he went to the largest teahouse in the capital to drink tea and listen to opera.

As evening approached, Luo Yi finally emerged from the private room. Upon returning to his residence, he exited through the back door. His first priority was to find the few remaining members of the former imperial family, his blood relatives, his aunts and sisters who had now changed their surname to Luo.

As for the male members of the previous dynasty, they had already been mostly killed when the sage ascended the throne.

"aunt."

"Are you willing to accept this?" The former residence of the Marquis of Pingning is now inhabited by the family of Luo Yi, the eldest brother of the Sage.

Main hall.

Luo Yi was drunk and slumped on the soft couch, half of his body lying down, his head tilted to the side, with several wine jugs surrounding the area within his reach.

The wine jug was empty.

A scholar with handsome features and a black beard was squatting in front of Luo Yi. His expression was one of indignation, and his words were laced with provocation.

His brothers and sisters, except for him, all lived freely and unrestrainedly, and every day was beautiful and golden.

Only he has a foreseeable future, a future spent holed up in his house, accomplishing nothing.

His ideals and ambitions will likely fall into the water and be washed away by the river, never to be known or seen by anyone.

Luo Yi was naturally unwilling, but he also knew that the person in front of him did not have any good intentions for him.

"I'm not reconciled. Are you going to go to the palace to plead my case, sir?" Luo Yi said sarcastically.

The scholar's expression remained unchanged. Having followed Luo Yi for many years, he knew the former heir of the Marquis's mansion was indignant.

"I plead for your innocence, but I fear I will be beheaded before I even enter the palace gates. I heard that the Western Palace Emperor Emeritus sent you a letter saying that he will no longer concern himself with the conflict between you and the Emperor."

A flash of hatred crossed Luo Yi's eyes: "Yes, what are you trying to say?"

"You now have only one path to take, or you will be trapped in this mansion for the rest of your life."

Like a useless person, he lived a muddled and aimless life, thus ending his remaining days.

Luo Yi raised his eyes and stared into the scholar's eyes.

"Do you think he'll agree?" Luo Sheng sat on the dragon throne, having just heard her subordinates report on her elder brother's movements.

He asked the plum blossoms on one side.

Plum Blossom: "..." She wasn't a mind reader for Luo Yi.

"No way, the Crown Prince knows what's important." Can't he easily choose between his own future and the future of his entire clan?

Luo Sheng smiled and said, "How about we make a bet?"

She gambled that Luo Yi would choose himself and abandon his entire clan, just as he had abandoned her in their previous life to choose his own future.

"No one in this world is more important than Luo Yi's future." He is willing to give up everyone for his future.

Mei Hua stared at her young mistress with her mouth agape, waving her hand dismissively, "I won't gamble, I won't gamble."

She never won when betting with her own young mistress.

"So, are you going to watch?"

"No, Luo Yi doesn't want to live, but others do. Go and pass the message on to my sister-in-law."

Let her sister-in-law do it.

As for her, she was focused on figuring out how to clean up the mess.

"Tell Aqi to send the person to the capital."

Luo Sheng also privately commands three thousand elite troops, but they are not located in the capital.

Plum Blossom: "Yes."

With the imperial examinations approaching in February, a heavy snow fell, covering everything in layers of white.

Gu Qi was talking to Gu Lan and Yao De about the writing style preferences of the examiner, Master Shi.

"Was it Master Shi last year? Is it the same person this year?" Gu Lan asked, somewhat puzzled.

Is this the extent of their favor?

She looked at Gu Qi with a puzzled expression, "Why aren't you?"

Gu Qi: "...It's not my turn yet." She's even more audacious than her.

She stood up and casually remarked, "Before entering the exam room, double-check your body to see if there's anything else on it."

Gu Lan and Yao De exchanged a glance, sensing a chilling aura in Gu Qi's words.

"Okay, we understand."

The two didn't ask any further questions, but simply wanted to be extra careful.

"Yes, do your best on the exam. A bright future awaits you," Gu Qi encouraged him again.

I think those two are really lucky to have caught the right time.

Only when there are vacant positions can someone fill them, and coincidentally, quite a few positions will soon become vacant.

February 7th.

Once the list of successful candidates was released, someone filed a complaint, claiming that someone had bribed others to leak the exam questions, and that someone had bought the questions themselves.

The students declared the exam unfair, and many were swayed to protest towards the palace.

A gust of evil wind blew by, and Gu Qi rubbed her face, leading the Imperial Guards to disperse the crowd.

After ensuring a fair handling of the matter, the person who instigated the trouble was identified and dealt with immediately.

They then used the greater good to suppress their indignation, and one of the students, Pingzhi, cooperated fully, along with the persuasion of Gu Lan and others.

They dispersed quickly.

Gu Qi knew that this was not the end, but only the beginning.

All the proctors who were invigilating the exam were investigated and placed under house arrest until their innocence was proven.

Among them were Gu Qi's two unlucky teachers, Wen He and Qian Hu.

The two had gone through great lengths to secure the position of deputy examiner, but unexpectedly, in just a few days, they went from being in the limelight to being avoided like the plague.

As a disciplinary officer, Gu Qi comforted the teachers and prevented them from suffering physical pain, which was all she could do.

But her teacher was very helpful. Qian Hu thought that if someone was targeting her, she would go to great lengths to catch them.

She thought about it for a whole night and half a day, and finally came up with someone.

Give the name to Gu Qi and let her investigate.

Sure enough, it was this person who stirred up trouble.

But before the criminals could be arrested and imprisoned, that very night, dark clouds covered the sky, and someone stormed into the palace.

Gu Qi was with Luo Sheng and Luo Cheng, mother and daughter, when she heard the commotion outside.

"Sage, the mantis is coming."