Chapter 240 The gift box didn't contain a nightgown.

Jiang Fenghua stared at Wang Qing, trying hard to recall the scene when she met him three years ago. Fortunately, she was a reborn person and had seen him in both her lives, so her impression of him was quite deep.

Her mind raced, and she pieced together the whole story...

In her previous life, Wang Qing also came to the Jiang family to study, but her father did not accept him either. He did not participate in the imperial examinations, nor did he cheat. This was because Jiang Fenghua in her previous life was not favored by Xie Shang, and she could not steal Su Tingwan's affection, so Su Xuan did not need to intervene.

In this life, she not only stole Su Tingwan's favor, but Su Tingwan was also permanently placed under house arrest. The Jiang family attracted Su Xuan's attention, so he used dirty tricks to scheme against the Jiang family.

Jiang Fenghua fell into deep thought, her eyes flashing with a sharp, cold light. She would always find a flaw in Su Xuan's scheme, firmly believing that anything fake would have a flaw.

The Su family is still the emperor's favorite. If the emperor knew that the Su family had many spies in the palace, he would definitely be very dissatisfied. The emperor has already become suspicious of the Su family, but now he must first prove her father's innocence.

In other words, the Jiang family cannot fall. If it is proven that Grand Tutor Jiang sold the exam questions to Wang Qing, all of her father's students who were on the list of successful candidates in this imperial examination will be implicated. The consequences would be too great, and the Jiang family would be doomed. The goodwill she had painstakingly built up in front of the emperor would also be lost because of this.

She stared at Wang Qing and felt that he was different from the man she knew three years ago. Wang Qing was clearly a spoiled brat who was worse than a good-for-nothing, relying on his wealth and having a concubine by his side. In three years, the spoiled brat had changed, becoming so methodical in framing people.

The fact that he was able to enter the examination hall and not be caught by Grand Tutor Pan shows that he did not bring cheat sheets. In fact, he even got fifth place, which shows that his essay was well written.

The triennial spring examination is very important, so the preparation time is long. The examiners will also repeatedly refine the questions and prepare multiple sets of test papers to select the best one for the students to take the exam.

He met with his father more than a month ago and even got the test questions. Isn't he afraid that the test questions will be changed halfway through? In fact, test questions can be changed at any time.

Unless Wang Qing had all the test questions, and he still managed to get fifth place under such pressure, he must have memorized and recited the contents of the three days' worth of test questions, as well as the contents of the preparatory test paper, in the shortest possible time. What kind of divine memory does he have?

If Wang Qing had such a photographic memory, would he still be considered a fool?

Seeing the changes in Wang Qing, Jiang Fenghua finally realized that something was wrong. Perhaps the Wang Qing in front of her was not the real Wang Qing at all.

Thinking of this, Jiang Fenghua's eyes suddenly lit up. She leaned close to Ao Xue's ear and said, "Have someone search the Wang family. If I'm not mistaken, the real Wang Qing should be hiding there. Bring him into the palace. Take more people with you, just in case there are enemies lying in ambush around the Wang family." Jiang Fenghua took her waist token and handed it to Ao Xue.

Ao Xue didn't ask any more questions and hurriedly went with Ye Ying to the Wang family to capture the person.

She couldn't go to the imperial palace to support her father and elder brother, so now they had to prove their innocence themselves, because rumors were already circulating that the Jiang family had risen to power through the Crown Princess, and such nepotism would still be feared by the royal family.

Jiang Fenghua tried her best to control her emotions. As long as her father remained calm, she could find a flaw in Wang Qing's defenses.

The father kept holding onto the gift he was giving to the mother. Was it really because the contents were indecent?

My father was using too much force, as if he was afraid. He had never done this before, so what was he afraid of? It wasn't like him at all!

Could it be that the nightgown wasn't underneath at all, but something else, something the father did on purpose?

Meanwhile, the situation in the Golden Palace became tense, and Grand Tutor Jiang was also observing the expressions of those around him...

From the moment Wang Qing told him that he met him at a clothing store on a rainy day, he felt something was wrong, and at that moment he became wary that someone wanted to harm the Jiang family.

Jiang Huai was also a drama queen. Under everyone's gaze, he became timid and hesitant, afraid that if the gift in his arms was exposed, people would accuse him of being a pervert.

Just as he had guessed, the more he held on to it, the more convinced the other party became that what was inside was the same thing he had seen before, but in fact it wasn't.

Xie Shang also frowned. The learned and talented Grand Tutor Jiang buying his wife a nightgown as a birthday gift seemed like something a respected teacher would never do.

Jiang Huai is over fifty years old, which does make people speculate.

Even if he only bought this to please his wife because he loves her, he is still a teacher who educates and nurtures students. How will he establish a good reputation among his students in the future?

Based on his understanding of Grand Tutor Jiang, Xie Shang knew he wasn't cowardly like that, so he remained inactive.

The Emperor was almost certain that Jiang Fenghua had lost this round, and Jiang Huai was destined to suffer in silence.

Regardless of how the box of silver ended up at the Jiang residence, it is evidence of Wang Qing bribing Jiang Huai, and it's unclear whether Wang Qing and Jiang Huai met in private.

Throughout the entire court, only Su Dehai's expression remained unchanged, clearly indicating that he was in the know. The Su family members were all stationed at the border, guarding the frontier. When did the palace become filled with Su family spies, to the point that even the Imperial Study was no longer safe?

Wang Qing began to gloat, "Teacher, open it! Don't be shy, the students won't laugh at you, nobody will." He was overly smug.

"Who is your teacher? How could I possibly teach a student of such character? I have never seen you at the clothing shop." Jiang Huai still held onto the gift box, refusing to let go.

"Teacher, now that the truth has come out, we can't hide it anymore. Don't blame your student for exposing you. Your student just wanted to get lenient treatment." Wang Qing said sarcastically.

"How can you prove that I am not your teacher, and that I have never seen you at the clothing shop?" Jiang Huai said angrily, looking extremely anxious.

“The gift you’re giving to your teacher’s wife was picked out by me. Doesn’t that prove we met at the clothing shop?” Wang Qing said to Grand Tutor Pan. “The exam questions were indeed given to me by Grand Tutor Jiang. I’m not lying. Now that I’ve revealed the mastermind, can you release me?”

Grand Tutor Pan looked troubled and asked the Emperor to make a decision... Other students also crowded outside the capital, hoping for an answer.

Jiang Huai said, "Does this mean that I have never seen you, let alone given you any test questions, as long as I can prove that I did not buy the filthy things you mentioned? You are just making things up and framing me."

At this moment, some people were talking, "The gift box that Grand Tutor Jiang is holding is a special gift box from Ni Chang Ge. That store is very famous. I didn't expect that Grand Tutor Jiang would also go to Ni Chang Ge to buy clothes for his wife."

Hearing the discussion, Wang Qing said firmly, "Yes, if not, then the student is wrong, which proves that the student has wronged the teacher. The student's cheating will not implicate the teacher, and the student will take full responsibility."

At that moment, Jiang Huai opened the box without thinking, and everyone was stunned the instant the contents were revealed.

Jiang Huai said loudly, "Your Majesty, this is the birthday gift I bought for my wife. My wife is a person who is particular about things. She loves these little trinkets. I heard that the things from the Ni Chang Pavilion are exquisitely made, so I thought of buying her a fan. I have never met Wang Qing and do not know why the Jiang family has this much money. I have a clear conscience."

Actually, he did buy a nightgown for his wife that day, but then felt it was indecent and returned it. Instead, he exchanged it for a round fan, which looked quite nice. It was a good day to use it while it was hot, so he put it in the storeroom as a surprise for her.

When Wang Qing mentioned that he had bought a revealing nightgown, he knew he was being followed. The person following him probably didn't expect him to go back and change it to a fan.