The queen is spoiling the king and madly criticizing him for spoiling her

This is indeed the case. The more Jiang Fengmian and the young lady from the Yang family hide, or the more they try to explain themselves, the easier it is for them to be convicted of a crime. It would be better to handle the situation calmly. Over time, the rumors will dissipate on their own.

This story circulated for a while, but it didn't cause much of an impact, and gradually the rumors died down.

Wan Gaofeng only knew about this because he had heard a teacher from his own academy talk about it. At the time, he didn't take it too seriously, after all, it had nothing to do with him. He never imagined that one day, it would actually become relevant. He and Jiang Fengmian became rivals, and after seeing the emperor personally deal with the problematic Du Chao, Wan Gaofeng thought of using the same method to defeat Jiang Fengmian, his biggest competitor and rival, to increase his chances of success.

[Forget it, I won’t tell the emperor about this for now.]

Xie Ci'an frowned and looked at Gu Jianchu, not understanding the meaning of the little girl's words for a moment.

But before he could think any more, he could only hear Gu Jianchu's inner voice continuing to chatter.

[The Emperor will definitely investigate anyway, but before he finds out the truth, it would be helpful to give Xie Qingzhi and Jiang Fengmian a sense of crisis, which might even speed up their relationship.]

After all, if they don't do something, there's no telling when these two will make any progress. Even though Wan Gaofeng can't get Jiang Fengmian down, if he can get her to marry him, it would be a good thing.

Wan Gaofeng had been worried that the emperor wouldn't see the letter hidden inside the ministers' memorials, so he had paid people to spread rumors about Jiang Fengmian and the young lady from the Yang family throughout the capital. The young lady from the Yang family was a bit special, being the descendant of a convicted minister. This type of rumor-mongering did have some impact on Jiang Fengmian's image.

Since the queen likes to gossip, Xie Ci'an didn't care about this matter and let it ferment before dealing with it.

After seeing Gu Jianchu finish eating, Xie Ci'an took the bowl from Gu Jianchu's hand and handed it to Zhu Xi who was waiting beside him. Then he supported Gu Jianchu's neck and lay down again, his fingers stroking Gu Jianchu's lower abdomen from time to time, "Do you want to sleep for a while?"

"I can't sleep." Gu Jianchu shook his head, his voice very clear.

"If you can't sleep, read a notebook for a while. I'll accompany you." Xie Ci'an asked Cheng Song to move all the memorials outside in.

Gu Jianchu wanted to say that they were all in the same palace and there was no need to go to such trouble. However, when she saw the memorials being delivered to the dragon bed, she instantly fell silent and put down the notebook in her hand. "Let me help the emperor sort them out."

Before the ministers submitted the memorials, they were actually sorted out once. Xie Ci'an was not very confident in those ministers, so he had to let the people around him deal with them again.

Two days later, Xie Ci'an invited several deans to the palace to discuss calligraphy.

The Chuigong Hall appears peaceful on the surface, but in reality, there are undercurrents.

The deans of several academies had their own ulterior motives, especially Wan Gaofeng, who kept looking in the direction of Jiang Fengmian and the emperor with his eyes raised.

Jiang Fengmian was seen writing on the paper in a leisurely manner, seemingly not affected at all by the rumors in the capital in recent days.

It shouldn't be.

He noticed that Jiang Fengmian went out every day, so he should have heard the gossip among the people. Not only the people, but even the officials in the court talked about it a lot.

The emperor's reaction should not have been appropriate either.

But thinking about how the emperor dealt with the Du Chao incident before, he might be waiting for an opportunity.

Thinking of this, Wan Gaofeng felt a little relieved.

Everyone was in the outer hall, while Gu Jianchu was eating snacks in the inner hall, looking at the teachers outside through the screen.

Wan Gaofeng was almost driven to death by the Emperor's failure to punish Jiang Fengmian. This means you couldn't have properly investigated the truth of this matter before spreading rumors.

Xie Qingzhi, that blockhead, also knew about this. She had heard from Xia Zhi that Jiang Fengmian had been summoned to the palace, and mistakenly believed that the emperor was going to punish Jiang Fengmian for the rumors circulating outside, so she hurried into the palace.

[Oh, they've already entered the Chuigong Hall.]

As Gu Jianchu's voice fell, the door of the hall was pushed open forcefully. Standing in front of the door were Xie Qingzhi, who looked anxious, and Cheng Song, who looked terrified.

Cheng Song quickly knelt down and apologized, "I failed to stop the thief and let him break in. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Xie Ci'an put down the brush in his hand with an unpleasant expression, waved his hand at Cheng Song, and said in an indescribable coldness, "What is the purpose of trespassing into the Chuigong Palace?"

Xie Qingzhi adjusted the hem of her skirt and said, "Of course, I came here for Jiang Fengmian. I think those rumors outside are nonsense. If Jiang Fengmian were that kind of person, Chunqiu Academy wouldn't be what it is today, and it wouldn't be so popular among the students in Qinghe County."

[Tsk tsk tsk, if Xie Qingzhi doesn't have any affection for Jiang Fengmian, I'll tear my head off and kick it around like a ball. Who wouldn't risk offending the Emperor by running into the palace and saying something like this, and even taking Jiang Fengmian's side at every turn?]

It's no surprise that Xie Qingzhi likes someone as outstanding as Jiang Fengmian. It's just that her judgment was poor a few years ago, and she fell in love with such a scumbag. If it was Jiang Fengmian that Xie Qingzhi chose as her husband, Jiang Fengmian would definitely not have done such a shameless thing and would have always put Xie Qingzhi first in everything.

[Xie Qingzhi must have done something sinful in her past life, and she must use Li Shicheng to pay for it in this life.]

Xie Qingzhi: ...

She should not have continued to offend the Queen, as the Queen kept mentioning the little things that happened between her and Li Shicheng.

If the Queen hadn't told her about Jiang Fengmian, she wouldn't have even realized it herself. She actually risked offending Xie Ci'an to help him.

But they had only met a few times, it was really a demonic barrier.

Wan Gaofeng, on the other hand, had uncontrollable excitement in his eyes.

I thought this matter would be left unresolved, but I didn't expect Xie Qingzhi to bring it up on his own initiative.

*** is such a good person.

The deans of several other academies also looked forward to the show. Once Jiang Fengmian confirmed those rumors, they would truly have one less competitor.

Xie Ci'an's eyes turned extremely cold, and even his voice dropped a few degrees. "Nonsense, you said Jiang Fengmian was wrongly accused. Does that mean he was wrongly accused? What evidence do you have?"

Xie Qingzhi was immediately speechless when asked, "I really don't have any evidence, but I believe in Dean Jiang's character. He would never do such a thing."

Jiang Fengmian didn't expect that *** would be on his side, and immediately gave *** a grateful smile.

Xie Ci'an washed his hands with the help of Cheng Song, then walked to the dragon throne and sat down, leaning naturally on the soft pillow behind him.