Xiao Yuchen called his personal guards.
He ordered in a deep voice, "Instruct the Imperial City Secretary to pay attention to the rumors in various places. Anyone who talks about the Queen will be thrown into jail."
Wen Jin heard this from the side and was startled.
"Someone who wrote poems about the queen had their poems burned and the author was thrown into jail."
The three words "literary prison" immediately popped into Wen Jin's mind.
She stepped forward and said, "What are you doing, Your Majesty?"
Xiao Yuchen looked at her with deep eyes.
"Is the emperor using the literary prison to protect me?" Wen Jin asked.
Xiao Yuchen said nothing, but his eyes were very firm.
Wen Jin smiled, "Am I so fragile in the eyes of the emperor?
"Your Majesty, you don't need to be so concerned. The plans discussed in this letter are just trivial and not worthy of Your Majesty's attention.
"It's just a rumor. As long as the emperor trusts me, and as long as the Liang Dynasty is not in disarray, then this rumor won't hurt me in the slightest.
"On the contrary, we can use this rumor to screen out those who are pretending to be false and those who are fooling around."
Wen Jin's tone was gentle and his expression was firm.
There was no sign of timidity or fear in her whole person. Instead, she looked like a female warrior who was ready for everything, moving forward without fear.
Seeing her like this, Xiao Yuchen's heart was mostly relieved.
He thought deeply for a moment, then waved his hand for the guards to retreat.
"What you said makes perfect sense. If the other party really attacks you with rumors... you can take this opportunity to screen out those people who are weak-minded and easily influenced by rumors...
"However, this matter will inevitably hurt you. Words are like arrows, and they will hurt when they pierce your body."
Wen Jin smiled and said, "I am the queen of the dynasty and the mother of a country. If I don't even have this little responsibility, I really don't have the virtue to deserve it.
"I hold such a high position, if I can still slander you with these words, I really have no ability."
Xiao Yuchen was shocked.
Behind her calm demeanor and gentle tone are extremely firm beliefs and courage.
She is so righteous, decisive and fearless, like the sun and the moon, emitting dazzling brilliance.
It was her brilliance that reversed his initial bad impression of her...and attracted him, sinking deeper and deeper into her love step by step.
In this love, he is willing to do anything for her, even if it means sacrificing his life.
It's not that he is noble...in fact, she is worth it!
Xiao Yuchen did not establish a "literary prison".
He handed Pang Xiyuan's letter to the Imperial City Secretary.
The Imperial City Division was ordered to investigate and arrest people.
Countless gangsters colluded with Pang Xiyuan were arrested.
While Xiao Yuchen was purging the children of these Beijing officials... rumors started to spread one after another.
In the inner palace, Wen Jin received letters from Daku, Yunning, and even from women's schools in various places, as well as Yu Fei who was patrolling various places.
Rumors seemed to be everywhere.
The power of the Song family cannot be underestimated.
But judging from the letters sent to Wen Jin, things were not too bad.
"Rumors are everywhere, but the people of Dagu are more concerned about the big ship. The first big ship has successfully left the port. The sailors recruited on the big ship also have their relatives... Is the Queen who is far above the temple a 'demon'? Whether or not they want to be 'female chickens in the morning' is far less important than the safe return of their loved ones."
Master Que's words were always so straightforward that she didn't even bother to use any euphemisms.
She is both similar and contradictory to the sensitive and suspicious Mr. Que at the beginning.
Similarly, she has always been sharp.
On the contrary, she used to be sensitive and suspicious, and if she heard these rumors, she would want to kill them.
Now she is open-minded and optimistic, and can even make a few Wen Jin jokes.
Wen Jin, who read the letter, couldn't help but curl up his lips.
Yun Ning's letters included Wen Shengjun's, Sheng Tianyue's, and even the Poison Master Wu's.
Wen Shengjun reminded her to beware of villains in the court. He said, "When a city is broken, it is often broken from within. As long as the court is as solid as a rock, these rumors from outside cannot shake the overall situation. The villains around you are the hardest to guard against, so be careful... …”
In the letter, Sheng Tianyue was in an anxious mood, wishing to fly to Kyoto immediately to face the difficulties with her and tide over the difficulties together.
But now she is pregnant, and Wen Shengjun looks at her like a ball in his eye.
She wouldn't be allowed to go to the school grounds, the yamen wouldn't let her go, and if she wasn't afraid that she would get suffocated if she didn't go out, she might not even be allowed to go to the sugar cane plantation.
Coming to Kyoto? She could only come in her dreams.
Poison Master Wu shouted and asked her to leave Liang Guo's stall to Xiao Yuchen. It was such a joy to take Yu'er to the paradise of Yaowang Valley.
The person who described the most intensely in the letter was Yu Fei.
“When the female students heard such rumors, they were filled with indignation and wrote many poems and verses in support of and in defense of the empress.
"The forest is big, so naturally there are all kinds of birds. Some evildoers actually destroyed the shrine that the people built for the empress.
“The local female students were crying loudly... It’s amazing to say that it rained heavily for three days in a row. I heard from the locals that it hasn’t rained so heavily in the past few decades!
"They renovated and cleaned the mother's temple. On the day they finished cleaning, the heavy rain stopped immediately and the sky cleared up immediately.
"The local people were shocked and thought that the empress was an immortal who came to earth to save them. They spontaneously organized manpower to guard the temple day and night..."
There are many interesting things in Yu Fei's letter.
No wonder she has been out on patrol for many years and doesn't want to return to the capital to enjoy the life of a huge house and hordes of servants.
The world outside is very exciting!
Everyone reminded her in their letters that although there were rumors circulating outside, they would not achieve anything.
First, the temple is too far away from them, and the people are more concerned about their own lives.
The Queen's "compulsory education school", sugar cane and sugar business, and improvements in crops... kept the people well fed and warmly clothed.
The emperor's policy of reducing and exempting corvee taxes made the world clear and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
Who is going to discuss the court? It is only idle men and lazy people who talk nonsense without doing their job properly.
Although there are literati who are good at poetry and pay attention to current affairs and political affairs, Mr. Qi's disciples and students can be found all over the country.
They are also quite influential and it is difficult for rumors to capture the high ground of public opinion.
Everyone asked her to pay attention to her surroundings and to the court.
If such remarks prevailed in the court, the emperor would be under considerable pressure.
If the emperor cannot withstand this huge pressure, he will push the queen out to block Youyou's mouth, and also turn the person next to him into a shield.
Wen Jin gradually understood after reading several letters.
Although her relatives and friends reminded her to "be careful in court".
In fact, he was reminding her to "be careful about who you sleep with."
Be careful that Xiao Yuchen can't withstand the pressure from the ministers and push her out to take the blame.
Wen Jin couldn't help but smile as she burned the letters.
To prevent Xiao Yuchen from seeing it and affecting his mood.
Unexpectedly, just as she was burning the letter, Xiao Yuchen came in from outside with steps like wind.
"The Emperor has arrived——"
The eunuch's singing harmony could not catch up with his windy footsteps.
"Ahem," Xiao Yuchen choked on the cigarette, "What is Jin'er doing? Burning incense?"
