Chapter 2137 Clarification

Kang held Xiao Huohuo for a while, then asked about the cause of the rumor.

Shu Yu said it was the servant she encountered outside the door yesterday evening, and her expression was indescribable.

"The Yibo Manor is truly declining. A mere servant, without knowing anything about the situation or even asking any questions, went back and spouted nonsense. And the people of the Yibo Manor actually believed him?" The problem is that something that happened yesterday was spread around in front of so many people today.

Shu Yu also found it absurd, but what she couldn't understand even more was...

"You're celebrating the old lady's birthday, why would you bring us up out of the blue? A-Yun is just a scholar who passed the imperial examination, and I'm just a county princess from a local area. We have no connection with people from the capital."

Kang Shi, "..." Well, how should I put it?

She glanced at Meng Yunzheng, who had been listening intently. After meeting her gaze, he raised an eyebrow and asked, "What?"

"It's nothing, it's just that even though you're a scholar now, you're quite famous. We just happened to talk about it during our casual chat."

Kang did not lie, but he only told half the story.

It's true that Meng Yunzheng is famous, but the most important reason is the young lady from the Marquis's family who once wanted to marry him. Back then, this girl was attracted to Meng Yunzheng's face and didn't mind that he was 'stupid' or that he was a concubine's son. As a result, Meng Yunzheng was 'harmed' by Madam Gong and became mute, and from then on, he left the capital to seek medical treatment everywhere.

Later, the young lady of the Marquis's mansion got married, but many people knew about that incident.

Today, while celebrating the Wu family's birthday, someone who didn't get along with this young lady deliberately brought up Meng Yunzheng, trying to annoy her. Unexpectedly, the young lady from the Yibo family jumped out and said that Meng Yunzheng had a fiancée, and that this fiancée had given birth to a big, healthy boy.

When Kang heard it, he almost thought he was hallucinating.

She breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Shu Yu's explanation. She thought to herself, "Ah Yu isn't the kind of person who's unreliable. How could she have a child out of wedlock?"

It turned out to be a false alarm.

She said to Shu Yu, "Don't worry, I will help clarify this matter."

"Thank you very much, sister-in-law." Shu Yu was worried that this matter would affect Meng Yunzheng's exam in a few days.

Unexpectedly, her worries were not exaggerated at all. The next morning, an imperial censor impeached Meng Yunzheng, saying that the top scholar of Changjin Prefecture was morally deficient and had a child with the Princess of Wen'an County before marriage, which disgraced the reputation of scholars.

Especially since Meng Yunzheng is currently the top scholar in the provincial examination and has a very high chance of passing the imperial examination. If such a person were to enter the court as an official, he would be ridiculed by the whole world. He went on and on, but the central idea was to disqualify him from taking the exam.

Fortunately, this was mentioned by the censor in front of all the civil and military officials during the court session.

The emperor on the dragon throne was speechless, while Yao Tianqin had already learned the truth from his daughter-in-law and immediately clarified the matter for Meng Yunzheng and Shu Yu.

The emperor was furious, saying that although the censors had the right to supervise and impeach, it was an abuse of power to speak recklessly without investigating the matter thoroughly. If no one clarified the situation and everyone believed his rumors, and Meng Yunzheng's examination qualification was indeed revoked, wouldn't that ruin his life and deprive the court of a pillar of talent?

The censor's impeachment attempt failed, and he was reprimanded instead, ultimately suffering a salary deduction. Enraged, he dragged the Yibo family, the source of the rumors, into the mess.

Well, both the censor and the Yibo Mansion have been implicated.

(End of this chapter)