Hu Xiangrao's face was expressionless, and he was not moved by Feng Ninghou's rhetoric at all.
Marquis Feng Ning knew what she was thinking, and sneered quietly and said,
"Being a general's wife who has many soldiers at her disposal, and a young lady in a county prince's palace, is much more important than being a princess who is a puppet prince. My daughter, don't be so blind. In the future, the general's wife can become his wife. The princess and princess may not be able to become queens, you know?"
Hu Xiangrao raised his head in shock after listening to his father's words, but in his father's cold eyes, he could see the true ambition shining in them, "Dad, you, you want to..." Conspiracy to usurp the throne? !
Marquis Feng Ning sneered and pushed her, "Go and win the Wei family to father's side. In the future, whether you want to be a county princess or a princess, your father will satisfy you. What a noble girl from the capital, what Qin family My daughters from the Fu family, what do they mean to you?"
With the bewitching words of Marquis Fengning, Hu Xiangrao was helped by the maid into the carriage waiting at the door.
*
In the academy, uneasiness also spread among the scholars in the small courtyard.
"You don't have to ask me what I'm doing! Someone reported you for bribery and fraud. Since you happened to be gathered here, just wait here and wait for people from the school to take over and investigate carefully!"
The old scholar stood in the small courtyard with only one child, and had the door closed. He looked at the commotion of scholars below and took the trouble to explain again.
Wei Zhuling wore the scholar's robe that he had snatched and looked at these scholars with cold eyes. Each one of them suppressed their confusion, anger and fear, and pretended to be innocent to test each other here.
Finally, the courtyard door was opened, and several officials in official uniforms walked in, followed by the imperial guards.
The Imperial Guard...
Wei Zhuling saw the familiar faces of Xuan Jinyi and familiar Shen Xu at a glance.
He rolled his eyes speechlessly, and pretended to feel guilty, lowering his head to hide his face.
I really didn't expect that I could avoid meeting Duke Xiang, but not this Shen Xu.
Headed by Fu Shangshu from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Fu Shilang from the Academic Department, several officials from the Imperial Academy, and a young civil servant who looked particularly pleasing to the eye among the old-fashioned Confucian scholars with long beards.
Wei Zhuling took a quick look and immediately understood how that little girl from the Fu family could render Wei San speechless time and time again.
Among the officials who came here, four of them all had the same round faces, and it was obvious at a glance that they belonged to the same family.
Fu Shangshu glanced at these scholars first, then looked at the old scholar who was walking slowly, and bowed respectfully, "Thank you, I am old, so I will hand over these scholars to the younger generation."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you." With the help of the child, the old scholar left tremblingly.
The door was closed again, but this time a circle of forbidden troops surrounded the courtyard.
Seeing the old scholar leave, Wei Zhuling also restrained his youthful spirit and calmly became alert to his surroundings.
The academics are gone, the real masters are on the stage, and it’s time for those people to start taking action.
Isn't this a great drama just meant to be sung? These scholars were fine when they were under the nose of the scholar, but as soon as they were in the hands of Fu Shangshu, they suddenly died violently.
Fu Shangshu was completely unaware at this time. After watching the scholars leave, he looked at the scholars with different faces in the courtyard and announced in a deep voice,
"Someone has reported that you cheated and paid bribes. As for whether it is true or false, I will find out on my own. Before that, you will all be moved to a school building guarded by the Forbidden Army, and you will not be allowed to enter or exit. Now please cooperate with the Forbidden Army to search you!"
This statement was immediately met with protests from the scholars, but Fu Shangshu ignored it and turned around to signal to Shen Xu, the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army, to take action.
As soon as Shen Xu nodded, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.
"Wait!"
