frightfiction Chapter 326 Shen Zhinian is trying to trick the emperor again
Chapter 326 Shen Zhinian is trying to trick the emperor again
Actually...at that time, Shen Zhinian was also one of the people targeting Gu Jinxiao.
He passed the imperial examination at a young age and was young and promising, but he still couldn't resist the secular etiquette and his parents had the absolute right to arrange a marriage for him. It was this marriage that made him weak.
Although the Gu family cancelled the marriage after the news spread, and the position of the Imperial College Supervisor was also removed, Gu Jinxiao's lost reputation could not be restored after all.
From now on, when people mention the noble lady teaching class, they will think of people like Lord Gu, who was also engaged to a fake noble lady. What a joke!
To be fair, in the previous life, Shen Zhinian and Gu Jinxiao had no personal grudges against each other, and they even admired his talents. The hostility was only due to different political views.
Their stance is different in this life. Gu Jinxiao once helped her, and Shen Zhinian never likes to owe favors to others.
Let this self-disciplined and prudent Lord Gu remain flawless.
But...she was in the harem and had no way of reaching out to the Gu family to ask them not to discuss marriage with the family of the Imperial College's supervisor.
To take a step back, even if Shen Zhinian could stop this marriage, there is no guarantee that a young talent like Gu Jinxiao would not be targeted by other fake noble ladies.
The best way is to solve the problem once and for all!
Shen Zhinian carefully recalled what happened in his previous life.
Behind the noble lady's teaching class is the transaction of power and sex, and a complex network of personal connections.
She speculated that the mysterious nobleman in Yangzhou might not only want to profit from it, but might have greater ambitions.
After all, if many wives of high-ranking officials and noble families in the court graduated from his class for noble ladies, then the intelligence and power in his hands cannot be ignored!
However, even though the matter of the noble lady teaching class was exposed, the identity of the mysterious nobleman never surfaced. Therefore, Shen Zhinian did not know the identity of that person.
However, she had heard from someone in her previous life that the reason why this matter was exposed was related to a concubine in the harem...
The palace concubine had six sisters but only one brother named Yaozu.
Although Yaozu is uneducated and only knows how to walk his birds and fight cocks all day long, he is still a legitimate son of an official family. Therefore, he is targeted by the fake noble ladies in the noble ladies' teaching class.
As expected, under the careful planning of the fake noble lady, Yaozu fell madly in love with this delicate, beautiful, gentle and considerate girl and was determined to marry her!
After the two families exchanged engagement letters, they often traveled together.
Upon learning that one of Yaozu's sisters was a concubine in the imperial palace, the fake noble lady could no longer conceal her greedy nature and kept pestering Yaozu, saying that she wanted to see the rare items in the palace.
At this time, Yaozu was already completely fascinated by her, so he naturally responded to her requests. He kept begging his family to write letters to his sister in the palace and get some rare things.
Although the family knew that this was against the rules and that if they were caught, they would be beheaded, they could not stand Yaozu's tantrum and threatening to commit suicide.
The couple gave birth to six daughters before they had this precious son. They loved him like the apple of their eye. The six sisters valued him more than their own lives!
Whatever Yaozu wanted, they would agree to it.
Therefore, the concubine had to bribe the guards at the city gate and the eunuchs who were out purchasing goods to help her smuggle the items in the palace out to Yaozu.
However, truth will eventually come to light and the matter was soon discovered.
The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation!
After a while, they traced the case back to the concubine and found Yaozu. Then, they traced the case back to the fake noblewoman.
The wealthy and powerful in the interest chain could forge fake identities to deceive ordinary officials, but they could never deceive the emperor. Before long, the truth about the noble lady's teaching class was fully revealed.
After this incident spread, it caused a huge stir in Beijing!
Many officials who married fake noble ladies realized that they had been deceived and took their "family" to court!
Of course, there were still a few officials who had known the truth long ago, but they and the fake ladies were willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten.
After all, how could a real official lady be like a fake noble lady, putting them first in everything, catering to them without dignity, and making them extremely happy every day? Even a concubine could not do this.
Rather than saying that they were deceived by the fake noble lady, it would be more accurate to say that they each got what they wanted.
It’s just that the identity of the fake noble lady is not presentable, and they will never admit that their wives graduated from the noble lady’s class.
This incident triggered a series of chain reactions, causing all the aristocratic families and official families in the capital to be countless times more cautious than before when finding marriage partners for their sons, for fear of introducing a fake noble lady who had attended the noble lady training class.
The palace concubine involved was naturally sentenced to death by the emperor!
Calculating the time, although Yaozu's feelings for that fake noble lady have not yet reached the point of life and death, the two of them have already come into contact.
As long as Shen Zhinian finds the palace concubine, he can use her to expose the matter of the noble ladies' teaching class in advance!
But... for Shen Zhinian, this incident happened too long ago. Later, she put all her energy into the court, helping Lu Jianglin rise to prominence, and she couldn't remember some details about the noble lady's teaching class.
After two lifetimes, she was still unable to confirm the identity of the concubine. But this was not a difficult task.
"Xiao Mingzi, go check which young lady in the harem is the one who has five older sisters and one younger brother. His name is Yaozu."
Although Xiao Mingzi didn't know why the Queen suddenly gave this order when they were joking about Lord Gu's marriage proposal, he immediately bowed and said respectfully, "Yes, I will do it right away!"
Not long after Xiao Mingzi left, Xiao Huizi arrived. After paying her respects, she said, "Madam Roupin, His Majesty asked me to come and tell you that he will come to Zhongcui Palace for dinner later."
Shen Zhinian naturally showed a look of delight: "I know."
"I have something else to do in front of the emperor. I will not disturb Concubine Rou and will take my leave now."
Although the emperor still kept his promise and took some time every day to visit her and the children in Zhongcui Palace, the number of times he stayed overnight decreased a lot.
After all, he had to make Concubine Wen the most favored concubine in the palace, and he also had to love the third prince, so he was very busy every day.
Nangong Xuanyu only flattered Concubine Wen, and Shen Zhinian never took her seriously.
But a person has only so much emotion, and she couldn't let the Third Prince dilute Nangong Xuanyu's love for her child.
After all, a child favored by the emperor would get much more than other children when he was born. If he was a prince, the possibility of inheriting the throne in the future would also be greatly increased!
Seeing that the time was almost up, Shen Zhinian looked at Handan and said, "Put on a weaker look for me today."
Handan was already very good at this kind of thing: "Yes!"