So what if I traveled through time? I'll continue to roll in another place

The news that the Qiu family caught fire, the father and daughter were beaten, and the Xiao family rescued them spread throughout the capital that night. When Tang Shuyi returned to the Qiu family in Jincheng Lane and learned about this, he was so anxious that two big blisters immediately appeared at the corners of his mouth. He guessed that all the censors in the capital were at home drafting memorials to impeach him!

Now that the imperial inspection was approaching, he made great efforts to find out that the attendant scholar Wan Zhenjiang loved calligraphy and painting, especially the paintings of Ye Xiu, "Mr. Yimei" from Lanzhou. He took great pains to find a painting and sent it to Wan Zhenjiang's mansion. He also went to Wan Zhenjiang's door and expressed his determination, vowing to help Wan Zhenjiang get the opportunity to be the main speaker.

He had thought that he could take advantage of the Autumn Banquet to perform well in front of Wan Zhenjiang and try to raise his own rank, but he didn't expect that the news of Qiu Zhuo's injury and family discord was now known to everyone, and everything he had worked so hard to build with Wan Zhenjiang was ruined!

Tang Shuyi was so anxious at home that he could not help but rush to Wan Zhenjiang's residence at night. Unexpectedly, this old man was very sharp-eyed and heard the news from somewhere. Not only did he refuse to meet him, he also asked the housekeeper to return all the gifts he had given him before, and said shamelessly, "I borrowed Mr. Tang's calligraphy and paintings for appreciation before, and now they are returned to their original owners."

It's obvious that he didn't help me when I was dying. I have to draw a clear line between us! Old man! Tang Shuyi spat in his heart.

It’s all Zhou Yao and Xiao Yueshan’s fault!

He hated the two of them very much. Ever since that damn Zhou Yao arrived at the Hanlin Academy, he has been targeting him. Not only did he ignore his advances and old friends, he also embarrassed him everywhere. Now that his family scandal has been exposed, Tang Shuyi feels that his life is over. He has studied hard for twenty or thirty years just to become a marquis or a prime minister. If there is no hope for his career, he might as well die!

He was in great distress, thinking that he would be facing a huge wave.

It has to be said that Qiu Shunci was thoughtful and desperate. The day after she chose to set the fire was the waxing day, when all officials in Beijing could attend court, including her father and husband. If her father did not attend the morning court, he would have to ask for leave from the Ministry of Personnel and state the reason. If things got out of hand, the censors could also come before the emperor to make a report.

Tang Shuyi stayed up all night, counting the hours until it was time to go on duty.

The court session on the Wangsheng Day is more grand than the ordinary court sessions, and all the officials in the capital can attend the court. Because there are more people attending the court, the departure time has to be earlier than usual.

This was Zhou Yao's second time there, and he was much calmer than the first time he went to sue Jiangzhou for corruption.

The court meetings are held only twice a month on the first and fifteenth day of each month, so they also serve as mid-month and end-of-month summaries. Each department will briefly report on its work progress, and the more important the events, the fewer people who will make the decisions. There are fewer things discussed in these meetings, and most of the things that are discussed are not very important.

Officials from various departments briefly reported on their work. Ye Shaojun, a scholar from the Hanlin Academy, focused on reporting on the preparations for this year's autumn banquet and the topics presented by the lecturers.

Among them, Dong Lin mainly lectured on "The Great Learning", which is the first of the Four Books. For more than ten years, Dong Lin mainly lectured on "The Great Learning" in his Spring and Autumn lectures. He gave more than twenty lectures of varying sizes, and it was not easy for him to still have new ideas.

Xiao Zheng lectured on "The Doctrine of the Mean", the first of the Five Classics. The Doctrine of the Mean is to follow the principle of moderation and harmony. Xiao Zheng himself was very moderate in his conduct, so it was most appropriate for him to explain it.

Ye Shaojun himself is the main lecturer of "The Book of Songs", and as he is a literary leader who is very good at poetry, people are really looking forward to his lecture this year.

Zuoqiu Zhi did not adopt the story of Taizu's founding of the dynasty written by Zhou Yao and Xiao Yueshan, and still reported "The Analects" according to his original idea, which Zhou Yao thought was reasonable.

Wan Zhenjiang and Jin Feng both chose "Mencius", Li Jing chose "Book of Rites". None of the seven lecturers chose national history or the doctrines of the current dynasty, and they still chose from the Four Books and Five Classics.

The emperor was young and could not make decisions. He had to wait until Song Pu convened the cabinet before making a decision. Therefore, four main speakers were not selected for the morning court. The decision would be made after the cabinet read the speeches of the seven people.

The proceedings are still ongoing.

Wang Rui, the Supervisory Censor of the Metropolitan Censorate, stepped out and reported: "Your humble servant, Wang Rui, the Supervisory Censor of the Metropolitan Censorate, reports that Tang Shuyi, the Eighth Rank Doctor of the Five Classics of the Imperial Academy, was unfilial to his father-in-law and beat him to death, causing his father-in-law, Qiu Zhuo, the Seventh Rank Editor of the Imperial Academy, to be bedridden. Later, his family set fire in an attempt to burn his father-in-law's wife and daughter to death. He is cruel and ruthless.

Today's filial piety is to be able to support one's parents. Even dogs and horses can be supported. How can one distinguish between disrespect and respect? Tang Shuyi occupies an official position without the virtue of educating the people, which is a charlatan; he lectures on classics, history, and literature without any self-cultivation, which is even more like a monkey in human form. I now submit a memorial to impeach him and remove him, so as to rectify the government."

What was to come finally came. Tang Shuyi was already trembling with fear, waiting for Song Pu to call him forward for a confrontation. He had prepared the speech all night, but in the atmosphere of the emperor's majesty, he could not remember a single word.

But contrary to his expectations, Prime Minister Song Pu did not ask him to come forward and petition.

After listening to the report of the Supervisory Censor, Song Pu said calmly: "Such evil deeds and evil deeds will be handed over to Fengtian Prefecture for investigation. If the report of the Censorate is true, it will be handed over to the Ministry of Personnel for handling according to the law. The official position will be dismissed and returned to his hometown. There will be no pardon in the general amnesty."

With just this one sentence, the matter was over. There was no storm as he had imagined, he was not summoned for questioning or argument, and there was not even a small censor to make a report on him.

That's it? This was the first time he was mentioned in the morning court since he became an official, and it might be the last time.

Could his decades of hard work and his future and destiny be easily ended by just one word from his superiors?

It's over! He didn't know anyone in the Ministry of Personnel. Now it was the Xiao family who saved the Qiu family. Thinking of the Xiao family's connections and Zhou Yao's close personal relationship with the Zhao family, Tang Shuyi felt that he was a fish on the chopping board and had no way to struggle.

His mind seemed to be emptied all of a sudden. He did not hear a word that was said in the morning court. His mind was filled with the sadness of seeing his career in the imperial examination, which he had worked so hard to obtain, come to an end.

There have been no major events in the court recently. The Jiangzhou case has been closed, and there has been no progress in the assassination case of the prime minister. Now the focus is on the preparations for the Mid-Autumn Imperial Lecture, and the morning court ended not long after.

Tang Shuyi followed the team out in a daze, it was a foregone conclusion that he had beaten Qiu Zhuo. Zhao Chao was deeply influenced by Confucian culture, and he also believed in putting filial piety first, governing the country with benevolence, and cultivating virtue with frugality. He did such an unfilial and unjust thing, which would definitely not be tolerated by the world.

After the morning court session, the Dianshi of Yanping County Government under Fengtian Prefecture brought people to Jincheng Lane to investigate and collect evidence. They interviewed the neighbors and went to Xiao's house to check on Qiu Zhuo and Qiu Shunci, recording their injuries.

Qiu Zhuo's leg was broken and he couldn't get out of bed. He pulled the official Liu Hong and bowed to him, saying earnestly, "Sir Liu, as soon as I get better, I will divorce the Tang family. I hope you will record it truthfully."

The lawsuit was simple, evidence was collected quickly, and the Tang family had no money or power to mediate. The Tang family refused to admit that they had beaten someone to death. After verifying the situation, Fengtian Prefecture reported it to the Ministry of Personnel. No matter how Tang Shuyi denied it, the decree to dismiss Tang Shuyi was imminent.