Xiao Qi knows that when people are nervous and anxious, they will subconsciously go to someone they can rely on to help. Jia Songlin's glance just now should be the truest reaction in his heart.

In other words, his master is not the emperor himself, but a certain prince.

It seems that this courtier can't ask for it.

"Quasi-play!" He simply said neatly, "Remove Jia Songlin from the post of General Xianwu of the Praetorian Guard, and demote him to the first rank." Who will replace his position, everyone will go back and think about it, and recommend it tomorrow. ”

In this way, he would be able to see which of his Praetorian Guard generals belonged to which faction.

The ministers of all factions, each with their own minds and who could understand this, secretly scolded the emperor for being cunning, and said in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live." ”

"Retreat."

Everyone walked out one after another, only Jia Songlin knelt there, unable to get up for a long time. A few generals couldn't bear it, so they helped him up, carried him out, stuffed him into the carriage of the Jia family, and told the entourage of the Jia family a few words before leaving.

Xiao Lingyan's whole person felt refreshed.

Coming out of the main hall, he did not go directly to the Ministry of Works, but went back to the other courtyard first.

If Xu Xi has a reply, it will definitely be here.

Sure enough, as soon as he returned to the courtyard, the gray-clothed man who had gone to Bac Ninh to get the letter handed over a note.

Xiao Lingyan opened the note with a smile on his face, raised his eyebrows, and saw that the note reminded him to pay more attention to the question of which faction Jia Songlin and the other generals of the Praetorian Guard belonged to.

"Ouch, that's amazing." He couldn't help but flick the note.

As a boy, he has crossed over to become a prince, shouldering the heavy responsibility of changing his fate, and in terms of political acumen and overall vision, even if he did not have this talent before, he must be cultivated.

But Zhao Ruxi, as a woman, is a person who can jump out of this dispute, her mentality is relatively relaxed, and she can have such political acumen and overall view, which is very remarkable.

At this moment, Xiao Lingyan was aroused by Zhao Ruxi, and made up his mind never to let Zhao Ruxi compare him.

In the previous life, they were more talented than design, but in this life they are more talented than political struggle.

A great man once said: "Fighting with the sky is endless; Fighting with the ground, the fun is endless; Fighting with people is endlessly fun. ”

Xiao Lingyan felt that fighting with Xu Xi was the only way to make it fun. He had no ambitions and was not at all interested in being emperor. What he wants to conquer, ahem, will always be the only woman.

Xiao Lingyan read the contents of the note again, and then reluctantly took the fire fold and burned the note.

asked Xiao Liuzi to clean up the ashes, and he went out to the Ministry of Industry.

In addition to talking about the Jia family, Zhao Ruxi also asked him if there was the most advanced textile machine in the Ministry of Industry. She remembers working on a loom project and asked him if he could improve an existing loom and only need to improve it a little bit.

Xiao Lingyan didn't have long after he entered the Ministry of Industry, and a few days ago he was busy getting acquainted with the officials of the Ministry of Industry and the situation everywhere, and in the process of wandering around, he took the opportunity to let his subordinates get close to those craftsmen, so as to find craftsmen for Zhao Ruxi.

In addition, he also learned about steel smelting and printing technology, and did not care about anything else.

Since Xu Xi asked for it, then he went to take a look at the loom, make improvements, and draw drawings.

As for why Zhao Ruxi said that he wanted to build a printing machine, but he wanted to improve the loom, Xiao Lingyan didn't have to think about it to understand what she meant.

Zhao Ruxi didn't know that because of such an incident, Jia Songlin was removed and demoted, and several factions secretly competed for the position vacated by him.

The academy is a relatively closed and simple place, and the masters don't know about it; Except for Xiao Ruotong, they didn't even know that Zhao Ruxi was humiliated and threatened.

Therefore, she went to the morning class peacefully, returned to her small courtyard to eat the food cooked by Sister-in-law Li, and rested for a while before going to the painting academy.

As soon as she entered the academy, she met everyone's subtle eyes.

Kang Shilin didn't come, Xiao Ruotong had a class this afternoon, and the closest person present was Wu Zong.

She ran to Wu Zong's side and asked softly. "What's wrong?"

Wu Zong's eyes looking at her were also extremely subtle.

He tricked his master into cleaning up Jia Junze yesterday, just to let him be beaten and make Jia Songlin's reputation stink. He and his master never imagined that Jia Songlin would lose his official position and demote his knighthood because of this incident.

He told Zhao Ruxi about it.

Zhao Ruxi was also stunned.

"You can't think of it, do you? Alas, although this matter started because of you, and Master and Zhennan Wangfu also pushed it, they didn't expect it to be like this. It can only be said that this is the result of a political game, and you don't have to think too much about it. Also, don't worry that the Jia family will retaliate against you. The whole capital is watching, no matter what happens to you, everyone will automatically blame the Jia family. So it's too late for them to protect you and won't do anything to you. ”

"Thank you, brother." Zhao Ruxi said with a smile.

She knew that Senior Brother was a comforting word.

People like the Jia family will not find their own reasons when something happens, they will only resent others. It is impossible for them not to resent it. They didn't dare to resent the emperor, nor did they dare to resent the prince who didn't protect them, they only dared to pick the soft persimmon and pinch it, resentful and revenge on their weak little girl.

Naturally, they will not retaliate in the open, they only need to stumble in secret. Something happened to her, even if someone suspects the Jia family and can't get accurate evidence, they can't be held accountable to the Jia family.

Therefore, the necessary precautions still need to be done.

Sure enough, Wu Zong said again: "But be careful, don't run around during this time, don't go Zhuangzi." There are a few more nursing homes in and out. Only use the most trusted people around you, and be careful when eating and don't eat anything outside. ”

"Senior brother, don't worry, I know." Zhao Ruxi smiled at Wu Zong and said, "As soon as I went home last night, my father and mother sent me a few more nursing homes. ”

Only then did Wu Zong put his mind at ease.

"You prepare, and in about two or three days, people from the painting training class in the province will come." He said again.

"Okay." Zhao Ruxi nodded.

She was ready.

After Wu Zong finished speaking, he went to paint.

Zhao Ruxi walked around and found that there was nothing wrong with everyone's paintings, so he entered the house.

She studied Chinese painting from her master, which required a large table and a variety of paints, so she did not paint with everyone, but had a special room.

She picked up the pen and drew for a while, and then saw Kang Shilin walking in, her face was very ugly.

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Ruxi stopped writing, and looked at the master with worry in his eyes, "Is the matter of the Jia family causing you trouble?" ”

Kang Shilin shook his head: "It's not troublesome, it's just a little disgusting." ”