Hefu.

"My lord, okay, Ji Xiaolan's scandal is now spreading like wildfire, causing a sensation in the capital. I received news that more than a dozen imperial censors are co-signing to intervene against him." Fu Kang'an smiled and congratulated He Shen, "Now he can

It’s time to have a good drink.”

"Okay." He Shen smiled and clapped his hands, "Ji Xiaolan has always been regarded as the leader of Qingliu and is expected by everyone. But now they have rebelled! Okay, okay! Without Qingliu's support, I don't see how he will fight me in the future.

!”

"Master He, do you think we should add more firewood?" Fukangan said with a smile again.

"Hey, no need, haste makes waste." He Shen waved his hands and said, "With the participation of these censors, it is enough for Ji Xiaolan to drink a pot."

Qianlong's character was headstrong and very suspicious. Too many people participating in Ji Xiaolan's performance would actually make him suspicious.

Fukangan nodded.

…

Taishan Palace.

Qianlong was reading the memorials sent by his ministers.

"Well, Ji Xiaolan abducted a married woman and forced her to divorce her with three ancient paintings... This is quite interesting." After reading the memorial from the censor, he nodded with a smile.

"Shunxi, does Ji Xiaolan have any memorial?" he asked again.

"Master Ji did not send a memorial, but only sent a book written by him." Shunxi reported quickly.

"I said that the novels he has been writing these days are so affectionate. It turns out they were inspired by his feelings." Qianlong said with a smile.

Ji Xiaolan caused such a big scandal and provoked more than a dozen censors to participate in the concert. In Qianlong's view, it was not a bad thing.

Because Ji Xiaolan has always been known as the most talented person in the world, he is also upright, impartial and selfless. He often makes mistakes and speaks out, which has made him, the emperor, unable to step down many times.

As Heshen said, upright officials are respected, and upright officials are also feared. The emperor actually does not like his ministers who cannot be controlled. This is why upright officials in the past dynasties are basically not reused.

For example, Zhao Guanghan of the Western Han Dynasty, one of the top ten honest officials in history, was honest and unafraid of power, but ended up being cut in half; Yu Qian, an upright official in the Ming Dynasty, defended his family and country, resisted foreign enemies, and safeguarded the country, but he ended up having his house confiscated and executed.

Now that Ji Xiaolan had such a scandal, in Qianlong's view, it was a good opportunity to conquer him.

"Okay, let Ji Xiaolan explain himself in detail and see what's going on." Qianlong immediately ordered.

"Yes, long live." Shunxi nodded.

Qianlong then took out "The Story of the Stone" sent by Xiang Nan and looked through it.

In his opinion, "The Story of the Stone" sent by Xiang Nan is really well written. The characters are vivid and emotional, and every word is exquisite. There is no spare stroke. It is indeed a book written by a great talent.

He has been fascinated by it these past few days, waiting for Xiang Nan to send new books every day.

In fact, it's not just him. The Queen Mother is also obsessed with this book "The Story of the Stone" and can't put it down every day. Even if she is dazzled and can't read anymore, she still asks the palace maid to read it for her. It can be said that she is quite obsessed.

However, Xiang Nan's writing was too slow. It took two days to send a manuscript of more than 10,000 words, which was not enough to read.

This was Qianlong’s biggest resentment!

…

Xiang Nan soon learned that he was co-signed by the imperial censor, and when he was studying in Siku Hall, the attitude of his colleagues towards him also changed subtly. They all looked at him with some contempt, confusion, and alienation.

indifferent.

Xiang Nan didn't take it seriously.

It is said that kindness comes from above. It was never these colleagues who decided his fate, but the emperor on the throne.

And the emperor can even forgive Heshen's corruption, so what does his scandalous scandal mean?

So he doesn't care at all about the opinions of these colleagues and the boring people outside.

They can say whatever they like and look at whatever they like. Life spans only a hundred years. In such a short time, if you are not enough for yourself, how can you care about others.

"Master Ji, the Emperor has seen that the imperial censors jointly participated in your excerpt, and asked you to write an excerpt to defend yourself." The blue guard in front of the Emperor came to Ji's Mansion and announced, "In addition, Mr. Ji, the Emperor asked you to ask, what is your excerpt?"

Can you write "The Story of the Stone" faster? The Emperor is waiting to see."

"I obey the order." Xiang Nan responded.

"Mr. Ji, the emperor already knows about this, otherwise I'd better leave." Xiangyun said in horror.

"Xiang Yun, if you leave now, it seems that you are guilty and trying to hide it, as if we have really done something we shouldn't have done." Xiang Nan stopped him, "In this case, I can't explain it even more clearly."

"Besides, the emperor allowed me to write a statement to defend myself, which shows that he is not angry." He further explained, "Moreover, there are many officials in the Qing Dynasty who took wives and concubines, even those who took in brothel girls.

Rare.

I, Ji Xiaolan, am alone, so what if I marry a wife and take concubines? The emperor will not blame me for this. What's more, when I was studying in Siku Hall a few years ago, the emperor was afraid that I would be lonely, so he specially sent two maids to accompany me.

So you don’t have to be afraid, things are not as scary as you think.”

"Sir, is this really the case?" Xiangyun said doubtfully.

"Don't worry." Xiang Nan said with a smile, and then he wrote an excerpt of his self-defense, while the manuscript was only given a stack of blank paper.

…

"Your Excellency, the emperor did not reprimand Ji Xiaolan, but only asked him to defend himself. What should we do?" After Fukangan heard the decree, he immediately ran to Hefu.

In his opinion, Xiang Nan caused such a big scandal, which caused a storm in the city and a lot of public opinion. The emperor should dismiss him and investigate him, and ask him for the crime of "indecent behavior".

But now they just ask him to explain himself in detail, which is obviously intended to indulge him.

"Brother, don't worry." He Shen waved his hand and said, "Ji Xiaolan is known as a talented scholar, and the emperor also knows that he is a scholar. If you want to defeat him just by relying on a scandal, it's not that easy.

thing?"

"Then why did we spend so much effort?" Fukang'an asked in confusion.

The reason why Xiang Nan's scandal spread so quickly was that it spread all over Yanjing City in a few days and made everyone heard about it. They had put in a lot of effort and spent a lot of money.

If Xiang Nan can't be brought down in this way, Fukangan will be really depressed.

"The Fenghua case is just an introduction." He Shen said with a slight smile, "Ji Xiaolan's biggest problem is to take in the woman who was involved in the "Dream of Red Mansions" rebellion - Xiangyun! She also intends to conceal the truth from the emperor.

Brother, please take a look, this is Ji Xiaolan’s self-defense excerpt. In it, he didn’t mention Xiang Yun’s true identity.”

In order to maintain his position as the chief military officer, He Shen paid a lot of money to bribe the eunuchs who worked for Qianlong. The ministers were able to get the best deals, and many times He Shen knew about it before the emperor even saw it.

The self-defense excerpt that Xiang Nan wrote was copied by the eunuch and sent to the Taishan Palace to send back to him.

"Oh, this is the crime of deceiving the emperor." After Fukangan read the excerpt, he saw that Xiang Nan had indeed concealed Xiangyun's identity. He immediately laughed and said, "Master, I will go to the thatched cottage now and give Xiangyun to Xiangyun."

Catch him out."
Chapter completed!