Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

Kong Jijiu looked at Jiang Xun meaningfully, and Jiang Xun understood what he meant.

He straightened Jiang Yueyang's messy hair and said softly, "Go home first, I'll be fine."

Jiang Yueyang shook his head decisively.

"Listen. Kong Jijiu is a fair man and will handle this impartially. If you were present, outsiders might think you and Kong Jijiu were protecting each other."

Kong Jijiu: “…”

Jiang Yueyang muttered, "Nonsense. He's the Crown Prince of Rong, and if Kong Jijiu is going to be partial, he'll be on his side."

Kong Jijiu coughed twice, then glared at her secretly, signaling her to stop talking nonsense.

"No. Be obedient and go back first."

Jiang Yueyang was still worried and didn't want to leave.

The system said: [Host, please go back first. Kong Jijiu is a fair and just official and will give your brother justice.]

[Will Prince Rong steal my brother's poem and then accuse him of plagiarism?]

Kong Jijiu narrowed his eyes slightly, and Yuan Sheng was startled for a moment. However, he quickly regained his fearless expression.

System: [That depends on whether your brother will talk to Kong Jijiu about this.]

【Kong Jijiu doesn’t know?】

He had gone back to his hometown to visit relatives and only returned to Beijing yesterday.

Hearing this, Jiang Yueyang tugged at her brother's sleeve and whispered, "Brother, tell Kong Jijiu that he falsely accused you of plagiarism."

"it is good."

Now Kong Jijiu knew it without him saying anything.

After receiving Jiang Xun's affirmative answer and the system's praise for Kong Jijiu, Jiang Yueyang returned with peace of mind.

***

In Kong Jijiu's independent office, he stared at Yuan Sheng with a serious expression and asked, "What's the matter with plagiarism?"

"What's going on? The students don't know." Yuan Sheng pretended to be stupid.

"If you don't tell me, I'll go and investigate it myself."

Yuan Sheng pursed his lips and said nonchalantly, "Liu Hongtai stole his poem and accused him of plagiarism."

Kong Jijiu looked at him with half-closed eyes, "Did Liu Hongtai steal it, or did you steal it? Or did you instruct him to steal it?"

Yuan Sheng was furious. "Since Kong Jijiu has already determined that it was this prince who did it, why bother asking so many questions?"

"Master Xiao Jiang's words cannot be false!" Kong Jijiu slammed the table and stood up.

Yuan Sheng was so frightened that he trembled, but then he gave up and admitted directly, "So what if I asked Liu Hongtai to steal it? It's his fault for acting so high and mighty and always putting me down! He deserves it!"

"You!" Kong Jijiu pointed at Yuan Sheng, his hands shaking with anger. "Do you know that doing that will ruin his future?"

"This prince is going to destroy him!"

"Asshole! You've committed such a despicable act. I will report this to His Majesty and have you severely punished!"

"Whatever you want." Yuan Sheng walked away.

Kong Jijiu sighed heavily, "Jiang Xun, you should go back to class. I will give you justice in this matter."

Jiang Xun bowed and went back to continue his class.

On the other side, Jiang Yueyang got on a carriage and turned to Wei Yushi's house to throw away the paper ball, and then went home.

As soon as she returned to Lanyue Pavilion, Xiangling handed her a note.

"Miss, Miss Gu Ruo, the granddaughter of the Grand Tutor, invites you to visit her home on your day off."

Jiang Yueyang opened the post and took a look. She didn't expect that Gu Ruo really posted to her.

"Girl, are you going?"

"Go. Now that I've left the house, I'm sure there will be more invitations like this in the future. I can't refuse them all. That would make me seem like I don't know etiquette, and who knows what the rumors would be!"

***

As the sun was setting, the emperor's secret guards took the secret letter from the beam, wrote a copy, and then lay in ambush nearby.

Not long after, the eunuch from Concubine Lan's palace sneaked in. After looking around and making sure that no one was around, he jumped onto the beam.

The young eunuch is good at martial arts and is particularly good at light work.

Downstairs, the eunuch in charge of closing the library door called out, "Xiao Guizi, where are you? Come out quickly. We're leaving."

Xiao Guizi took the secret letter from the beam, put it in her sleeve, and jumped down from the beam. She replied calmly, "I'm coming."

The secret guard did not rashly follow Xiao Guizi, but took the secret letter back and presented it to Emperor Yuan.

At this time, three people were sitting in Emperor Yuan's study: Crown Prince Yuan Ye, Left Prime Minister Wen Zhiyuan, and Minister Jiang Chengrui.

The secret guard covered his face and knelt on one knee, presenting the secret letter with both hands. "Master, it has been confirmed that the person who took the secret letter is the young eunuch in Concubine Lan's palace. In addition, the young eunuch is skilled in martial arts and his martial arts skills are not low."

If An Yi, the leader of the secret guards, had not gone to retrieve the secret letter today, he would have most likely been discovered by the other party.

Li Fuquan went down and gave the secret letter to Emperor Yuan. When Emperor Yuan unfolded it, he found that it was not written in the Daxia language.

But it doesn’t seem to be the language of the Chishui people.

Emperor Yuan signaled Li Fuquan to give the secret letter to Wen Zhiyuan, "Mr. Wen, you are knowledgeable and talented. See if you can recognize the words on it."

Wen Zhiyuan glanced at the words on the secret letter, frowned and shook his head, "Even this old minister can't understand it, but someone in the Honglu Temple should be able to understand it."

The Honglu Temple was the department responsible for foreign affairs, and the officials working there needed to be proficient in multiple languages.

Emperor Yuan knew this, but the secret letter was of great importance. If he could not be sure that the translator had no ulterior motives, he would not reveal the secret letter.

For this reason, he slowly looked at Minister Jiang.

"Lord Jiang, the secret letter needs to be deciphered as soon as possible. When you return, find out what your daughter has to say. Make sure she finds out who in the Honglu Temple is loyal to our Great Xia."

What else could Minister Jiang say? He could only stand up, bow, and respond, "Your humble servant obeys your order."

"There is no time to lose, my dear, please return now."

"Wei Chen retire."

After Minister Jiang left Emperor Yuan's study, he walked towards the palace gate step by step. It was just the time when the officials of Daxia were going home after get off work.

Now, Jiang Chengrui had become someone that others avoided. Although he didn't want to be with those people, the feeling of being isolated was very unpleasant!

A quarter of an hour later, Minister Jiang and Jiang Xun returned home one after the other.

After the family sat together and had dinner, Minister Jiang called Jiang Yueyang to the study.

"My dear, His Majesty asked me to discuss something today."

Jiang Yueyang didn't know what her father wanted to say, and asked in confusion: "Dad, why did you say this to your daughter?"

"Dad wants to hear your opinion."

Jiang Yueyang said, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty is planning to send officials from the Honglu Temple to the Turks to perform a major task. Therefore, these officials must be absolutely loyal to Daxia."

"What's the big deal?" Jiang Yueyang asked without hesitation.

Minister Jiang: "...The more you know, the faster you die."

Jiang Yueyang immediately covered her mouth to indicate that she had not asked anything.

"My dear, His Majesty has asked Dad to choose a loyal person from the Honglu Temple. Who do you think he should choose?"

"Dad, aren't you making things difficult for me? I don't recognize any of the officials in the Honglu Temple. You should ask your colleagues!"

"This matter is extremely important and cannot be known to anyone else. My daughter, can you please give me some advice? If I choose the wrong person, I might lose my life."

"so serious?"

Minister Jiang nodded solemnly.

"Okay... okay."