On the stage, "The Beauty Case" hadn't even ended yet. Wang Shen, the Prince Consort, couldn't bear the strange looks from everyone and had already secretly left the stage.
Many good-hearted people searched around and then gave up angrily. Then they cursed Chen Shimei angrily and left indignantly.
As everyone left, "The Beauty Case" completely became popular in Kaifeng City.
First of all, Bao Zheng is the prefect of Kaifeng. His reputation is already very loud in Kaifeng City, and his deeds are still talked about today. Now that he has turned into a drama, he is naturally popular.
The second is that the plot is wonderful. People always sympathize with the weak and despise the heartless. Chen Shimei's misdeeds of abandoning his wife and children are as heartbreaking as Li Jia's ungratefulness.
The third reason is that Chen Shimei is fake, but Prince Consort Wang Shen is real. Wang Shen's bastard incident is no secret in Kaifeng City. Originally, people avoided royal matters, and as time passed, no one gradually mentioned it anymore.
But now, as soon as "The Guillotine Case" came out, the past grudges were immediately brought out, and Wang Shen was immediately at the forefront of Kaifeng City.
"Chen Shimei was ungrateful and abandoned his wife and children. Wang Shen was even worse at that time. He spent the money of the princess of Shu to raise singers and even gave them to others. The tragedy of Du Shiniang also happened frequently."
Many people in Kaifeng, while promoting the wonderful story of "The Guillotine Case" to their surroundings, sneered at Wang Shen.
"It's actually like this!" Everyone exclaimed.
No one thought that Wang Shen was not only the prototype of "The Case of Guillotine Beauty", but also the prototype of "Du Shiniang Angered and Sinking the Treasure Box". The two scumbags of opera and opera, Wang Shen, were merged into one. How could the people of Kaifeng not scold him.
"Such a morally corrupt person pitied the princess of Shu back then." People familiar with the situation said with regret.
"It's not that the Princess of Shu didn't take care of her. She took advantage of Empress Dowager Cao's mourning and dismissed more than 30 people who sang and danced in the Princess' mansion. In fact, it was not to persuade Wang Shen."
"Wang Shen did not want to repent. He even insulted Her Highness the Princess because of her weak character, and blatantly had sex with his concubine in front of the Princess's bed. If not for this, I'm afraid Her Highness the Princess would not have died young."
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The people of Kaifeng uncovered Wang Shen's scandals one by one. With the popularity of "The Beauty Case", it became a topic of conversation for the people of Kaifeng after dinner.
"This is simply unreasonable! The evil doctor Fan Zheng goes too far to deceive people!"
In the Prince Consort's Mansion! Wang Shen said angrily.
At that time, when he slandered Fan Zheng out of thin air, he was arrogant and confident. Now Fan Zheng's counterattack finally made him feel the taste of being criticized by thousands of people.
"Come here, I want to impeach Fan Zheng. When Fan Zheng was discussing the opera in the court, he publicly promised that he would not use it as a metaphor for the government. The "Guimei Case" has violated the rules." Wang Shen said angrily.
He claims to be a scholar, but he doesn't think that by hanging around a brothel and doting on his concubines, he spoils his concubines and destroys his wife. Now that he is being accused by thousands of people in the city, he naturally can't bear it, and now the only solution is to throw dirt on the "Guillotine Case" Water, prohibit its performance.
The fox friend on the side smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Wang, don't be impulsive. Even if this matter is brought to court, the court will not care about it, because the guillotine case promotes Bao Zheng's fairness and justice, and it is to vent his anger on the princess of Shu. It's ironic. He's just a prince."
Wang Shen immediately stayed there. He was the consort, but the princess of Shu was the closest relative of the royal family. The royal family could naturally tell which was more important. If anyone dared to intervene in the "Guillotine Case", wouldn't it be suppressing Shu? The suspicion of the princess is a responsibility that no courtier dares to bear.
In addition, it was already an ironclad case that Wang Shen betrayed the princess of Shu. His Majesty Shenzong had personally punished Wang Shen. Now the current official Zhao Xu worshiped the late emperor the most, so naturally he would not have a good look towards Wang Shen.
"What about the Empress Dowager? "The Case of Beauty" is a metaphor for the Empress Dowager intervening in politics, so what's the explanation?" Wang Shen said, grabbing the last straw.
The friend on the side smiled bitterly and said: "The Empress Dowager is currently confined in the harem to recuperate, and the officials have finally managed to take charge. Do you think the officials will punish Fan Zheng for this matter."
Wang Shen felt as if he was struck by lightning. Fan Zheng didn't take any action, but when he did, he hit him within seven inches.
The reason why Wang Shen unscrupulously slandered Fan Zheng was because of his status as a relative of the emperor.
Once upon a time, Wang Shen's identity as consort was his greatest reliance, but now it has become his greatest leverage.
"Brother Wang, something bad has happened. The imperial doctor who was responsible for treating the princess publicly filed a petition to avenge his injustice. He believed that there was no misdiagnosis in his diagnosis and treatment of the princess's condition. The reason why the princess of Shu died was because brother Wang deliberately made the princess angry. This That’s why the princess’ condition worsened.”
Soon, Wang Shen got another bad news. The imperial doctor back then was severely punished for not curing the princess' illness, and now he took this opportunity to clear his grievances.
"That's nonsense. This quack doctor didn't cure the princess's condition, and now he's blaming it on my consort." Wang Shen was furious.
The friendly friends on the side shook their heads bitterly and helplessly. Nowadays, doctors are booming. According to the current medical skills of doctors, the condition of the princess of Shu was not a concern at all.
Not only the original imperial doctors, but even them believed that if it weren't for Wang Shen's bastard incident, the princess of Shu would not necessarily have died of illness.
"Slander, this is all slander. Fan Zheng must have instigated the imperial physician to slander my consort." Wang Shen said bitterly.
At this moment, Wang Shen was anxious and thought of a reason to throw dirty water. Now Fan Zheng has become a forensic doctor and the leader of the medical family. The imperial doctor back then must have been ordered by Fan Zheng to slander him.
However, good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes alone. Envoys from Xixia and Liao Kingdom personally testified that Fan Zheng did not address his domain name directly at the banquet.
"It was Wang Shen who came to us at first and wanted to use this matter to slander Fan Taicheng. As long as the three of us insist on it, there will be no proof. Now we know that Wang Shen is ungrateful and disdain to be complicit with this person. Only then Take the initiative to confess this matter.”
The Liao and Xia envoys jointly presented a memorial, once again adding insult to injury to Wang Shen.
The whole court couldn't help but be in an uproar. At first, Wang Shen publicly accused Fan Zheng of calling the imperial name, and the officials were half-believed and dubious. Now that the Liao Xia envoy testified, and Wang Shen was already ruined, Fan Zheng's previous slanders were suddenly wiped out.
The envoys of the two countries had no choice but to do this. If there was an opportunity to trick Fan Zheng, the envoys of Liao and Xia would naturally spare no effort.
However, now that Fan Zheng is safe and sound, Wang Shen has been ruined and has been in disgrace for thousands of years. Naturally, they cannot offend the prosperous Fan Zheng for the sake of an abandoned son.
And after seeing Fan Zheng's methods, they also had lingering fears about Fan Zheng's evil ways. Even the current prince-in-law was not an enemy of Fan Zheng's evil ways, so there was no need for them to offend him.
"Hurry! I want to see His Royal Highness Duan Wang!" Zhao Ji said anxiously.
At that moment, Wang Shen immediately drove to Prince Duan's Mansion. Now that he had been ruined and his reputation was ruined, and everyone pushed him down, he could only get through this by asking someone from the royal family to intercede for him.
The only person the royal family was close to was Prince Duan Zhao Ji. Now the only way to survive was to count on Zhao Ji.
"Wang Prince Consort, please come back! His Royal Highness Duan Wang has been banned by the official family and no one will receive him!" Outside Prince Duan's Mansion, the concierge refused coldly. Compared with the enthusiasm of Wang Shen's previous visit, it was a world of difference.
"Slave dog, you actually deceived my consort. His Royal Highness Duan Wang is grounded, not prohibited from visiting. Get out of the way quickly." Wang Shen said angrily.
Seeing that he had been discovered, the concierge did not panic at all. He sneered and said: "His Royal Highness Duan Wang was deceived when he met the king's consort before. If he had known that you were the culprit who killed the princess of Shu, how could His Highness Duan Wang kill my aunt with you?" It is His Royal Highness Duan Wang's order that the consort is not seen when enemies meet each other, and I also ask the consort not to embarrass the villain."
Wang Shen immediately staggered back.
He did not expect that he had offended Fan Zheng in order to protect the king Zhao Ji, and now he was being retaliated by Fan Zheng. Zhao Ji not only did not help, but also added insult to injury.
Now!
Wang Shen left Prince Duan's Mansion in despair, but his troubles were far from over.
Not only did Zhao Ji avoid seeing him, but his former friends also ridiculed him.
They fawned over Wang Shen because of his identity as his consort, but now his identity as his consort had become Wang Shen's biggest stain, and everyone was naturally afraid to avoid him.
Not only that, Wang Shen lost his aura as the Prince Consort, and his original bad deeds were exposed one by one.
Wang Shen was extremely proud, thinking that he was the number one scholar. He often exchanged calligraphy and painting with people in the literary world, and wanted to squeeze into the circle of literati.
However, after Wang Shen was punished by Song Shenzong, the property of the princess's mansion was confiscated. She was already destitute and had no money left to buy famous calligraphy and paintings.
So he had a crooked idea and borrowed many literati's paintings and calligraphy on the pretext of appreciating them, borrowing them instead of returning them!
Among them, Mi Fu, a famous calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, was the biggest victim. He collected a copy of Wang Xizhi's "Quick Snow and Clear Tie", which he usually regarded as a treasure. Wang Shen accidentally learned that he borrowed it and refused to return it. Malicious damage.
Mi Fu was furious, but because of his status as consort, he had no choice but to do anything.
In addition, Wang Shen also forged authentic manuscripts and postscripts, forged collection seals, copied rubbings, affixed fake seals of famous artists, and sold fake calligraphy and paintings to literati at high prices. There were countless victims.
Originally, Wang Shen relied on his status as consort to act unscrupulously, but now that he lost the protection of his status as consort, he was naturally beaten up by everyone in the literary world, and his viciousness was exposed one by one.
"I have reported to the officials that Wang Shen borrowed and refused to return, maliciously damaged, and even forged the calligraphy and paintings, which are worth thousands of dollars. It can be said that there are too many to write down."
In the Chui Gong Hall, Fan Zheng summarized the calligraphy, painting and antique cases involving Wang Shen. The huge amount was simply staggering.
Seeing the irrefutable evidence of Wang Shen's misdeeds in front of him, Zhao Xu was furious.
Not only did such a person of low moral character kill his aunt, he also used the royal swagger to deceive and slander Fan Zheng, bringing shame to the royal family.
"Come here! Wang Shen behaved badly. He plotted to kill the princess of Shu, slandered loyal ministers, took away his official position, and sent him to Lingnan. He will not be pardoned." Zhao Xu angrily scolded.
"The officials are wise!"
All the officials said in unison.
Wang Shen deserved his crime and had already become notorious. Naturally, the officials would not make any intercession for him.
However, facing Fan Zheng, all the officials couldn't help but feel wary.
Wang Shen has been rampant in the literary world for many years, and has suffered many victims, but he is helpless about Wang Shen's status as consort. However, he did not expect that he would offend Fan Zheng, and he would be killed by a single move, which ruined Wang Shen's reputation.
Such methods can't help but make hundreds of officials fearful of them.
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Kaifeng City, South Gate!
Wang Shen, who was sent away again, looked back at Kaifeng City, his face gloomy and dejected.
Once upon a time, he was a prince-in-law who enjoyed all the glory and wealth, but he did not know how to cherish it and thought that becoming a prince-in-law affected his future.
From then on, he implemented cold violence against the princess of Shu, which caused her early death and her exile in Junzhou.
Compared to the prosperity of Kaifeng City, Junzhou was simply a barbaric land. He lived in Junzhou like a year, and it took him ten years to find the opportunity to return to Kaifeng City.
However, he had just caught up with Duan Wang Zhao Ji, and now he was exiled again, this time to the farthest place in Lingnan.
"What a Chen Shimei! So ungrateful."
"If Mr. Bao were still alive, he would have taken care of him long ago!
After hearing the news, idle people from Kaifeng City came and made sarcastic remarks to Wang Shen, who was about to be exiled.
Wang Shen felt bitter in his heart. The last time he was exiled, he still had the status of Prince Consort and had the opportunity to return to Kaifeng City.
And this time in exile in Lingnan, he may never be able to return to Kaifeng City.
As "The Case of Guillotine Beauty" spreads widely in the Song Dynasty, Chen Shimei's label will accompany him throughout his life, and his identity as the consort will become his biggest evidence of crime, and all of this is due to Fan Zheng.
"Evil doctor Fan Zheng!" Wang Shen said through gritted teeth.
Until this moment, he still didn't understand that it wasn't his status as a prince-in-law that prevented him from displaying his talents. Without his status as a prince-in-law, he was useless.
On the Kaifeng city tower, Fan Zheng and the others looked at Wang Shen walking away and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"Wang Shen deserves it." Su Dun sneered.
"When I remove a cancerous tumor, it can be regarded as solving a serious problem." Yang Jie breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Shen acted unscrupulously based on his status as consort. If he was allowed to slander him, Fan Zheng would be harmed one day, and even Li Shishi might be poisoned by him one day.
Wang Shen's existence is like a cancer in the human body, which will one day be counterattacked.
Fan Zheng nodded solemnly and said: "Wang Shen keeps saying he defends the imperial power, but he never respects the imperial power. The so-called safeguarding of the imperial power is just using the imperial power for his own personal gain. He deserves his fate today."
Throughout Wang Shen's life, it can almost be summed up as ungrateful. His righteousness was just to curry favor with those whose status was higher than his own.
"This kind of person's character is very representative and can be studied in Zhu Youshu." Fan Zheng said seriously.
Su Dun and Yang Jieshen nodded in agreement.
The three of them came to watch Wang Shen being exiled to Lingnan, not just to vent their anger, but also because of Wang Shen's extreme character.
Nowadays, the doctor Zhu Youshu has been involved in the psychology of later generations, and Wang Shen is an excellent research subject.
Wang Shen's figure had gone away. Just as Fan Zheng and the others put away their psychological analysis of Wang Shen, they turned back to Kaifeng City. Just as they returned to Yujie, a cavalry roared towards them.
"Hurry up for eight hundred miles!" Fan Zheng said with a solemn expression when he saw the cavalry roaring in.
He once personally ordered a message to Kaifeng City at the foot of Pingxia City. He could tell at a glance that this was the urgent messenger from Eight Hundred Miles.
"Victory at Qingtang! Aligu's entire army was annihilated!"
As the eight-hundred-mile urgent messenger whizzed by, the entire city of Kaifeng was once again in a state of shock.
(End of chapter)
