The cold wind howled.
Xie Shian walked all the way back, but was sweating from exhaustion.
He walked to the door of Xie's house and saw a carriage parked beside the gate. He could tell at a glance that it was the carriage of Prince Pingxi's Mansion.
He couldn't help but quicken his pace, raised his legs and stepped over the threshold to enter.
He saw Yunchu standing in the yard.
The originally desolate and desolate courtyard became a lot more beautiful because of her arrival.
At this moment, he had the illusion that the Xie family was still the original Xie family.
"princess."
Xie Shi'an bowed his head and bowed.
"You get busy, I'm leaving first."
Yunchu was supported by the maid and walked out.
"Princess, please stay." Xie Shi'an stopped her, "It's such a cold weather and the princess is still pregnant. She shouldn't just pass by Xie's house and come in to sit for a while, right?"
Yuanshi opened her lips in shock: "Chu'er, are you pregnant?"
Didn't the doctor say at the time that Chu'er could never get pregnant again? After the death of her last child, she had been in the Xie family for so many years, but she never got pregnant.
How come she got pregnant with a child just over half a year after marrying into the palace?
If there had been a legitimate son between Chu'er and Jingyu, the Xie family wouldn't be like this, right?
Yun Chu's face showed the embarrassment after being exposed, he pursed his lips and said: "I just came to take a look, I have no intention of doing anything else."
"If the princess has something to say, it's better to speak up." Xie Shi'an looked at the young and old in the yard, "Grandma, take a few of them down. The princess and I have serious business to discuss."
Xie Shiwei opened his mouth to refute, but now his eldest brother paid for his meals and drinks, and he didn't dare to offend him, fearing that his eldest brother would treat him the same way he treated Xie Shiyun, so he reluctantly left.
After the front yard was empty, Xie Shian said: "Princess, please tell me."
He did not believe that Yun Chu, who was Princess Pingxi and was pregnant, would take the initiative to come to Xie's house. A woman who was married for the second time would never come to her ex-husband's house if she had nothing to do.
Moreover, it must be something important that made her have to make this trip in person.
"I did come to the Xie family because I had something to do." Yun Chu sighed, "But the current situation of the Xie family... I thought about it and gave it up."
Xie Shian's fingers moved.
Sure enough, he guessed it correctly.
He said: "In the past, when we were mother and son, the princess protected me many times. It's my turn to do something for the princess. If the princess gives up, I will have trouble sleeping and eating."
Yunchu looked confused and hesitant, and then said after a long time: "I came here to borrow the old friendship between mother and son. Please help me find out about King Gongxi's involvement in the imperial examination. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly. How much money do you need?" Just speak.”
Xie Shi'an's heart sank suddenly.
The imperial examination is the most important way for the imperial court to select officials, and it is also the only way for ordinary people to go up from the bottom. If there is fraud, it will be a huge impact on the imperial power. Therefore, the emperor will never allow this to happen. If it happens Yes, we will definitely punish those who commit fraud as a warning to others!
King Gongxi was actually involved in this matter?
If King Pingxi finds out about the memorial, King Gongxi may be...
Various thoughts were surging in Xie Shian's heart, but he had a different look on his face: "It's an honor for me to work for the princess. How can I ask for money? If King Gongxi is really involved in the imperial examination fraud, what will happen to our Xie family?" For the same students from poor families, it is a huge injustice. Countless students have spent ten years of hard study in vain...I must find out, not only to help the princess, but also to seek justice for the majority of students from poor families!"
"Good!" Yun Chu said with admiration, "I did not misjudge you, you are indeed the same young man with character inside."
Xie Shian was in a daze for a while.
After Yunchu left, he stood in the yard for a long time.
He didn't come back to his senses until light snow fell from the sky and fell on his shoulders.
He walked out of Xie's house, and Sanjiu, as his attendant, immediately followed him: "Where are you going, young master?"
Xie Shian went directly to the door of Prince Gongxi's mansion.
He is now a staff member of the palace. He comes to do business every day and walks directly in from the side door.
He walked to the courtyard of King Gongxi's study. After being informed, he lowered his head and walked in: "I have met the prince."
When Gongxi Wang Chumo saw him coming to the palace at this time, he knew that there must be something important and asked him to tell him quickly.
"I just met Princess Pingxi below." Xie Shi'an raised his head, "After my probing, I learned that King Pingxi is checking whether there is any fraud in the imperial examinations over the years, and suspects that Prince Gongxi's palace is involved."
"What did you say?!"
Chu Mo stood up suddenly.
Xie Shian tightened his fingers and found out that King Gongxi was indeed involved in this matter.
If he is found out and Prince Gongxi's palace falls, he will once again have nowhere to go.
Fortunately, he made the right choice.
Betraying Yunchu could gain King Gongxi's trust, so why not do it?
"It's obviously been dealt with very cleanly, why..." Chu Mo walked around in place, "Someone must have revealed the news. Damn it, I said that only dead people would not reveal secrets. Someone should have... come from the beginning. !”
He shouted coldly, and the guards outside immediately walked in.
"Arrange people to deal with these people..." Chu Mo said with a stern look in his eyes, "Do it more covertly."
"yes!"
Chu Yi has been arranging people to keep an eye on Prince Gongxi's palace.
Naturally, I knew what was going on over there.
"Chu'er, it's as you said." Chu Yi's eyes were dark, "My second brother is so bold, he even dares to take part in the imperial examination."
Throughout the past dynasties, those who participated in imperial examination fraud, even princes and grandsons, would be dealt with seriously and would never leave any excuse for the students.
You must know that the pen in the hands of scholars is sometimes more dangerous than the spear in the hands of soldiers. No one in power is willing to offend scholars, let alone thousands of scholars.
As long as he can get personal and physical evidence, he, the second brother, is probably over.
"I'm not afraid that he will move, but I'm afraid that he won't move." Yun Chu leaned in the man's arms, "This year's examination just ended, and I don't know how many scholars lost the qualification for the imperial examination because of it."
I don’t know how many of his own people King Gongxi took the opportunity to stuff into the court.
"Don't worry, my husband will definitely investigate everything." Chu Yi hugged her and said, "My husband has a small request. Chu'er, please listen to it."
Before he could say anything, Yun Chu guessed it: "Don't worry, I won't go to Xie's house again in the future."
Although she had long known that Xie Shi'an was a selfish and cold-blooded person, she left the Xie family before Xie Shi'an went into Prince Gongxi's palace and betrayed her. He betrayed her so decisively.
She was taking advantage of his selfishness.
Likewise, his selfishness sent shivers down his spine.
Wait until King Gongxi falls.
Xie Shian will no longer have anyone to rely on.
In the next few days, Chu Yi has been checking files and looking for witnesses...
Yun Chu ate and slept, and after sleeping and eating, he gained a lot of weight visible to the naked eye, and looked plump and plump.
In the blink of an eye, the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month has arrived, which is the birthday of the two children. Now the two children are fully six years old. Adding that the sky is one year old and the earth is one year old, they are already eight years old.
After celebrating the birthday at home, Yunchu sent the child to the palace to spend it with Concubine Yin the next day.
