The palace has not been peaceful these days. Apart from the fraud case, the secret affairs of the harem have also made the emperor worried.
Fu Zhiyu heard Caimei gossiping with her, saying that Nanny Gui from Linyue Tower had a conflict with Hua Ruixuan at some point. Nanny Gui was used to being domineering in the palace. Although her master had told her not to cause trouble during this period, she couldn't swallow this breath. She just thought that some unfavored concubines in the palace could not cause any trouble, so she found an opportunity and confronted A Ye, the maid of the Thirteenth Prince, and this time she also involved the Thirteenth Prince's biological mother.
The biological mother of Thirteenth Prince Fu Yanran was just a beauty. Fu Zhiyu remembered that she seemed to be a palace maid who was accidentally favored by Fu Qingyan. Emperor Qingyuan forgot about her after they slept together. Even though she gave birth to a prince, she was not remembered. She didn't even have a master position in Hua Ruixuan. She was timid by nature. As far as she could remember, she was a slave who served people. After that, she became a master but still had no momentum. After facing Nanny Gui, she could only cry. The two of them were completely controlled by Nanny Gui and dared not resist. This time, Nanny Gui was smart and did not choose the Imperial Garden, but went directly to the side hall of Hua Ruixuan, which was no different from the cold palace in the palace. She cried to the sky and the earth but got no help.
But just when A Ye was almost tortured to death, Fu Yanran came back.
As soon as he came in, he saw his mother in a state of extreme humiliation, with no clothes to cover her body. It was raining a little that day, and there were scars on her body, as if she had been whipped. She knelt on the ground in such weather and dared not get up, shivering with cold. A Ye was lying there unconscious, as if she was dead. The whole palace was in a mess, a real tragedy scene.
Fu Yanran was really bold, and reacted much faster than last time. He screamed and yelled on the spot, desperately grabbed Gui Ma's hand to prevent her from leaving, and then started shouting. In fact, Hua Ruixuan's mistress, Yunpin, had heard the noise a long time ago and knew what happened, but she didn't dare to intervene. However, Fu Yanran shouted that he was going to hit his head against the pillar to commit suicide and make life miserable for everyone.
An unfavored prince is still a prince. If he really dies, he will be buried in the imperial mausoleum and examined. The Dali Temple would be eager to do something at this time to make up for their mistake of finding nothing in the last Zhao Wang incident. Then there is no way that the emperor does not know about this matter.
A prince was killed in a collision in the side hall of Hua Ruixuan, the prince's biological mother was obviously injured, and the maid was almost beaten to death. The whole room looked like it was swept by a tornado. There was no need to check, as it was obvious that there was something wrong. When the time came, Linyue Tower was a big family with a big business, and it was not afraid. As the main concubine, Yunpin would naturally bear the responsibility.
She could no longer sit still, so she immediately went out with the eunuchs and palace maids.
But Concubine Yun alone is not enough. I don't know whether Crown Prince Fu Lingxiao really heard it by passing by or he had a plan in advance and came in with a bunch of guards and eunuchs when the chaos was the most chaotic.
Fu Yanran was such a ruthless kid. He knew clearly that the prince had arrived and that Nanny Gui would not be able to escape under the eyes of so many people. Although he loosened his hands, he felt as if he had suffered a great injustice. He cried and screamed, and in full view of everyone, he really hit his head against the pillar, his head was bleeding, and he fainted on the spot.
After listening to this, Fu Zhiyu wanted to applaud Fu Yanran. He was a man of his word, and he dared to think and act. He was really amazing and a real ruthless person.
This really didn't happen in the previous life. Nanny Gui bumped into A Ye on the way to deliver medicine to Fu Rongli, and that's why they had a feud. At this time in the previous life, Lin Yue Tower was still in solitary confinement, so there was no medicine to take, so naturally there wouldn't be this conflict.
The hurricane caused by the butterfly effect is getting bigger and bigger.
In fact, this matter could be big or small. A concubine Yun who knew the truth could not cause too much trouble. Linyue Tower had many ways to deal with it, but they had to drag in Fu Lingxiao who was trying to take advantage of the situation.
This was a further blow to Linyue Tower, which was already worried about the imperial examination cheating case.
Fu Lingxiao is good at exaggerating and adding fuel to the fire. Fu Yanran used all his strength, and the wound on his forehead was real. Emperor Qingyuan really didn't care about his son. What made him angry about this matter was that Linyue Tower was so arrogant and domineering that it exceeded his expectations in every aspect. Even a servant dared to bully the master unscrupulously.
Emperor Qing Yuan's suspicion reached its peak at this time. The bottom line in his life that could not be touched by anyone was being deceived and controlled by others. He felt that the Xue family and Linyue Tower seemed to have put a knife to his neck, which made him feel extremely furious from the bottom of his heart.
At this time, Fu Zhiyu was a little hesitant whether to help Fu Rongye indirectly, such as giving him some inside information about the fraud case. With just a note and a sentence, with Fu Rongye's ability, as long as he grasped a life-saving straw, he could investigate further. It was only a matter of time before he found the truth. It would be best to trace it directly to Fu Lingxiao.
Fu Zhiyu did not want to see one side gaining the upper hand, as this meant that the situation could not become chaotic. Only when the two sides were evenly matched could there be a possibility of a complete breakdown and hand-to-hand combat. Fu Zhiyu hoped that this time point would come sooner.
However, it is better to let Linyuelou suffer a little in these few days, and let them experience some hardship, so that they can learn not to bully others all the time. If they hit a wall, they will have to suffer the consequences.
But before Fu Zhiyu could take action, a man showed up at this moment.
It was the number one scholar Shen Yang. After the Censorate found out that he was involved, the Ministry of Justice arrested him from the Hanlin Academy the next day and put him in prison. Of course, torture was used during the interrogation, but the evidence has not been fully collected yet and is still in the evidence collection stage. The number one scholar is also a scholar, so the Ministry of Justice showed mercy and did not beat him too hard.
But Shen Yang refused to admit it and said that he had evidence and witnesses.
Once this witness spoke up, the Ministry of Justice did not dare to take any action. That person was the current Grand Secretary Xu.
Xu Daxueshi was over eighty years old and the emperor had originally exempted him from the daily morning court attendances, as he was afraid that he would have to get up early to attend court in all seasons, which would hurt his health.
Some time ago, Grand Secretary Xu fell ill and took leave. He had not appeared for several months and even declined such an important task as the imperial examination. But now he is leaning on a crutches, wearing an official uniform to testify for his student Shen Yang in front of the emperor.
The last time Fu Zhiyu was on his way to Yuan Mansion, he saw Shen Yangzhi walking out of Xu Daxueshi's house with a proud look on his face. He thought that he was just going to thank his teacher at that time. Now it seems that he thought too simply.
The friendship between teacher and student is not enough to get Xu Daxueshi to wade into this muddy water. Shen Yang must have solid evidence to prove his innocence.
This made Fu Zhiyu feel extremely confused. Why did Shen Yang have evidence? Where did he know all this
On the day when he went to Yuan Mansion, there were only a few clues about the fraud case. Fu Rongye and the Xue family had just received the news. How did Shen Yang know all this in advance and go to see Xu Daxueshi first to prepare for it
Weird, very weird.
The fraud case was about to be convicted, but because of Shen Yang's clue, the whole thing started to be overturned.
In this day and age, investigating cases is slow and collecting evidence is difficult, but Shen Yang is like a prophet. He drags his wounds from being whipped and leads the Dali Temple to investigate smoothly, following the clues and unraveling the case. He verifies his ideas step by step and puts the "truth" of the whole case in front of the emperor.
Although the process was smooth, the matter was of great importance and the court investigated from spring to early summer before the truth was finally revealed.
The final result was beyond Fu Zhiyu's expectations, but it was exactly what he wanted. It was a bit like the ending in the original book.
The scope of the fraud case has been narrowed down a lot. All the people involved, including Shen Yang, have been cleared. Some corrupt minor officials have been arrested, the highest of whom is only a fourth-rank official. The Xue family and the third prince who were in charge of this year's civil service examination were only guilty of not governing their subordinates strictly, and were fined some salaries, which is much better than before.
However, the emperor was still very wary of the Xue family because of the Thirteenth Prince's incident. After all this trouble, the Xue family didn't gain any benefit at all and instead suffered a lot of losses.
The prince also did not gain anything, and the subsequent investigation was actually stopped by the emperor. The Xue family was not clean, but he had some guesses about who planned this, but it was difficult to find evidence now.
No one benefited from this incident, except for two people.
One is Shen Yang. After this incident, the emperor really valued him and arranged for him to work in the Ministry of Justice, an important position. Although his rank is still not high, only the fifth rank, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor intends to train him, and promotion is a matter of time. He and Xie Ke, one civil and one military, have gradually become the leaders of the younger generation in the court.
There is another one, Fu Yanran.
The emperor seemed to feel that the third prince and the crown prince were gradually becoming disobedient. No matter which of the two he chose, he could not be at ease as the emperor. But fortunately, there were many children in the palace, and it didn't matter if they were born in a bad family. This was how they could be controlled and obeyed. How could he feel at ease if they were all like the eldest and third princes, who were so powerful and more powerful than him as the emperor
The child Fu Yanran really surprised him for a long time. He did very well in his studies and had some potential in both literature and martial arts. He just didn't receive serious teaching from a good teacher. But he is still young and there is still time.
Fu Qingyan began to consciously train Fu Yanran. After the wound on his forehead healed, and after teaching him according to his ideas for about a month, the emperor went to see him again. He was unexpectedly doing well, not inferior to the crown prince and Fu Rongye.
However, Emperor Qingyuan privately felt that he was still not as good as Zhiyu before.
What kind of life did Fu Yanran live before? Now that he is given a chance, he will naturally grab it at all costs to climb up. He will read books even if he doesn't sleep, and he will eagerly try his best to grab everything he can.
Fu Qingyan was surprised here and began to pay attention to other princes whom he had never paid attention to before.
The Crown Prince and the Third Prince were not mentioned. The Fifth Prince was really not smart. There were not many children in the palace at that time, and he had trained them all. This useless child was not considered. The next ones were Zhiyu and Rongli, and then the Eleventh Prince, and then the Thirteenth Prince Fu Yanran. The Sixteenth was only three years old, and the Eighteenth was less than one year old. The rest were all princesses.
Wait, the eleventh prince
Fu Qingyan tried hard to dig out this child from his memory.
The eleventh prince, Fu Yanxi, was thirteen years old this year and had a much better family background than Fu Yanran. His grandfather was Li Daxueshi, but he had passed away ten years ago. His mother, Concubine Yue, was not very pretty, but was married to Fu Qingyan to win over the power of the group. They played for a while, but then he ignored her.
It took Fu Qingyan a long time to remember why he didn't like Yue Fei.
The Li family is a family of scholars. The girl has been studying since she was young and is very talented. However, Emperor Qingyuan only loved her for a while, but later he felt that she was too boring. She read books every day and was indifferent to him. Once, she was sleeping with a book in her hand. It was really crazy. This mother concubine and the eleventh prince were also addicted to books. There is no harm in reading more, but reading too much is too dull.
Emperor Qingyuan remembered that when Fu Yanxi was eight years old, he had tested him on his homework. He had only memorized one word wrong in Zizhilun, but Fu Yanxi pointed it out on the spot with righteous words, and made him look so serious that he could not step down. He would not do him any favors, and even when he wanted to leave, Fu Yanxi reminded him: "Although your father is very busy, you must keep writing. Otherwise, what will happen if you show your cowardice in public?"
Fu Qingyan: “???”
How could a child this young be the one to teach me? Did I give birth to a husband for myself
But the emperor couldn't get angry with an eight-year-old child, as it would make him look petty. After all, children speak without restraint. However, he never went to Concubine Yue's palace again to avoid getting himself angry.
Now it seems that Fu Yanxi's lack of etiquette at that time is nothing now. He just needs to be taught more rules. Isn't it good to speak frankly? At least he is honest.