I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

"You mean, Shen Ye is having an affair with Mr. Zhang's concubine?"

Jiang Zuogang was extremely shocked when he received the news.

How could Shen Ye, a seemingly honest man, do such a thing?

The person responsible for delivering the message was Szeto Wah.

Of course, there is no need to question the authenticity of this matter.

Situ Hua said: "That woman is indeed Mr. Zhang's concubine, but she has just been betrothed and has not yet entered the family. In name, she already belongs to the Zhang family. This time, Shen Ye is indeed wrong."

"Why does Shen Ye have such a hobby..."

Jiang Zuo frowned, he never thought that this talented and romantic man still had the legacy of Wei Wu.

With Shen Ye's handsome looks and talent, women in the capital city lined up to marry him, so why would he want to be a concubine of a rich family?

Jiang Zuo found it hard to understand, since he didn't have such a hobby anyway.

Szeto Wah explained: "According to my investigation, the woman seems to be Shen Ye's old lover, not someone else's wife or concubine."

"Oh? Is it such a coincidence?"

Jiang Zuo frowned, finding this matter even more strange.

"And according to other colleagues, it was the woman who took the initiative to meet Shen Ye. They just met again yesterday, and today she said that she was caught red-handed." Situ Hua said.

Jiang Zuo patted his thigh and sighed, "Oops, I got tricked again."

Situ Hua said: "Now almost the entire capital is discussing this matter."

"Your Majesty should know about this, right?"

Jiang Zuo said in a low voice.

Situ Hua nodded and said, "I reported it to His Majesty as soon as it happened."

"Your Majesty is currently very busy with government affairs, and yet he has to deal with all these worries. It's really a headache." Jiang Zuo was quite helpless.

Although Shen Ye was not an important official in the court, he was a newcomer in this imperial examination and the first number one scholar in the State of Yan. If something happened to him, some people with ulterior motives would definitely take the opportunity to criticize the imperial examination system.

"There are fewer rumors and malicious slander in the city now, and many of them are secretly mocking the imperial examination system of the court." Situ Hua said.

"Not surprising." Jiang Zuo said with a worried look on his face, "That group of people did it on purpose."

Situ Hua said: "Master Jiang, what should we do now?"

Jiang Zuo thought for a moment and ordered: "Keep a close eye on Shen Ye first. This month is a special period. We can't let him fall into other people's traps again."

These problems still need to be solved from the root.

Jiang Zuo tapped the table and fell into deep thought.

The next day.

There was no need for an early morning court session today, but Jiang Zuo went to the palace early in the morning, contrary to his usual practice, to see His Majesty.

At this moment, in the imperial study, the empress's sighs could be heard from time to time.

"Your Majesty, I am here."

Jiang Zuo asked for a meeting outside the door.

"Come in quickly." Chen Qingyun said.

Jiang Zuo pushed the door open and walked in, only to see Chen Qingyun holding his forehead with his hand, holding a stack of memorials tightly in his hand.

"Your Majesty, have you heard about Shen Ye's affairs?"

Jiang Zuo asked softly.

Chen Qingyun nodded and said nothing.

Jiang Zuo added: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Things have just begun and there is room for everything to turn around."

"As soon as the incident happened, these officials wrote a letter of impeachment. It's obvious that they had planned it. I am really angry!"

Chen Qingyun's face showed a hint of anger, and he threw the impeachment memorials in his hand to the ground one by one.

Jiang Zuo's face was calm. He walked forward, picked up the memorial on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. Let me think about it carefully."

Chen Qingyun sighed and said, "Shen Ye has already fallen into their trap. Now, many people inside and outside the court have criticized Shen Ye for this."

"What I'm afraid of is not being slandered by others, but making mistakes myself..."

Jiang Zuo was also a little helpless.

Jiang Zuo investigated everything immediately after the incident.

Internal problems are the most serious.

The mistake Shen Ye made this time is not so easy to solve.

"And this time, he offended people from the Zhang family." Chen Qingyun said with a frown.

The Zhang family in the capital is quite powerful in the court, which is why this matter was able to spread so quickly.

"Shen Ye is a romantic guy. The Qianqi Division has already investigated and found that Shen Ye is not having an affair with anyone. He and that girl are childhood sweethearts." Jiang Zuo said.

"These are no longer important. Some people in the court have already taken the opportunity to criticize the imperial examination system..."

Chen Qingyun still held his forehead and felt a dull pain in his head.

Jiang Zuo slowly came behind Chen Qingyun, gently rubbed her head, and said softly: "Your Majesty, please don't worry too much. Let me handle this troublesome matter."

Chen Qingyun sighed again and said, "I can't always count on you."

Jiang Zuo smiled calmly and said, "My role is to share the worries of His Majesty Siyue. Don't worry, although this matter is quite troublesome, there are still ways to change the public opinion."

"I don't care about these so-called impeachments. They will naturally pass after a few days of silence."

Chen Qingyun already has an idea.

"Your Majesty, do you want to handle this coldly? No, I don't think it's appropriate." Jiang Zuo said.

"What's wrong with that? The best outcome would be not to mention this matter anymore." Chen Qingyun said.

Jiang Zuo said: "The longer we keep hiding it, the more heated the discussion will become inside and outside the court."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Chen Qingyun asked.

"Give me a day, I will be able to solve it." Jiang Zuo was quite confident.

Chen Qingyun turned around, looked at Jiang Zuo's calm face, and nodded: "I believe you."

Jiang Zuo said: "Summon all the ministers now and explain this matter to each other face to face."

"Didn't you say it would take a day? Summon all the ministers now?" Chen Qingyun was puzzled.

Jiang Zuo said: "What we need to do now is to see who is targeting Shen Ye, and I will come up with a corresponding countermeasure."

After hearing this, Chen Qingyun understood.

"When the time comes in the court, Your Majesty should pretend to be confused so that I can observe everyone's expressions." Jiang Zuo said again.

“How to play dumb?”

"No matter how those ministers slander Shen Ye, Your Majesty must pretend to be surprised."

Chen Qingyun was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "I understand. Then let the civil and military officials come to the court."

Today's court meeting is more lively than ever before.

The emperor has not arrived yet, but many people are already discussing Shen Ye's affairs in private.

Now the whole thing has already caused a lot of uproar, and it is impossible not to discuss it.

When the empress appeared in the hall, the discussions stopped.

Chen Qingyun had just sat down when an official came forward and said, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the head of the Ministry of Personnel, Shen Ye. He has corrupt morals and has had an affair with a married woman, which has brought disgrace to the court. Your Majesty, please deal with him seriously."

The officials who came forward to impeach Shen Ye this time were naturally officials from the right party.

If we can’t impeach Jiang Zuo, can we also impeach Shen Ye, a seventh-rank official?

Although Shen Ye is the top scorer in this imperial examination and is appreciated by the emperor and Prime Minister Jiang, on the surface he still has no backing and does not belong to any particular force.