Chapter 170: Uncle is framed

Xue Chenguang was busy checking the injuries of Gu Chen and the others. Everyone's attention was also attracted by the three of them. The public opinion conflict that Xue Ruoxue had finally provoked was gone.

Su Changhe asked Kang Lun: "Brother Kang, what should we do?"

Kang Lun looked calm: "There is nothing for us to do here, let's go back!"

"But, this competition..." Su Changhe hesitated.

Kang Lun was in high spirits: "Isn't it just a loss, Changhe, Xiaoxiao just told me two poems that can be compared with Xue Chenguang's two poems, which really enlightened me!"

Su Xiaoxiao became more unhappy after hearing this: [This stubborn donkey, if you say those two poems, you can slap Xue Chenguang and the others in the face! 】

After hearing this, Su Changhe asked, "Xiaoxiao must want you to win, why don't you fight back with those two poems?"

Kang Lun didn't care: "What's the big deal about winning or losing for a while, Xue Chenguang's poems are really brilliant, I accept my defeat with all my heart."

Su Xiaoxiao complained unhappily: [How could it be written by Xue Chenguang? They were all stolen by Shen Qingyu. She thought that I couldn't recognize her because she occupied Xue Ruoxue's body. 】

Su Changhe just felt that he couldn't accept it. What Xiaoxiao meant was that Xue Ruoxue was Shen Qingyu?

How could it be possible? Many people saw Xue Ruoxue wearing a veil, but her figure and voice were completely different. Shen Qingyu couldn't have come back to life.

No one would believe this if it was told to others. However, Xiaoxiao said that the poem was not written by Xue Chenguang, which is possible.

He could see that the style of the following poems was different from Xue Chenguang's previous poems!

Su Changhe tentatively asked Kang Lun: "Is it possible that Xue Chenguang was telling the truth and those poems were not written by him?"

Kang Lun pondered for a moment and said: "The verses of that poem are indeed very different from what he wrote before, but didn't Xue Ruoxue say that he didn't want to steal my limelight, so he just wrote a few poems to fool everyone!"

"But what is his purpose in doing this? I still think there is something wrong with that Xue Ruoxue!" Su Changhe was more willing to believe Su Xiaoxiao, even though she said that those poems came from another time and space, which was a bit incredible.

Seeing Su Changhe frowning, Kang Lun smiled and said to him, "Don't think about it, it's all irrelevant."

"How can it be irrelevant? This is related to whether you can be the top scholar in the Spring Examination!"

Kang Lun shook his head helplessly: "Changhe, outsiders spread it, but why do you think so? There are more than tens of millions of talented people in the Dashuo Dynasty. All I can do is to go all out!"

Su Xiaoxiao played with his fingers and thought to himself: [Brother Kang underestimates himself too much, you are a well-deserved top scholar! Xue Ruoxue thinks that she can change the outcome with a few poems written by predecessors, naive! ]

After hearing this, Su Changhe put his heart at ease. Xiaoxiao was right.

But the matter of Xue Chenguang's brother and sister still needs to be discussed with mother.

Zhao Wanyue was planning to go to Jing'an Marquis's Mansion. Su Xiaoxiao repeatedly said that the eldest prince coveted the throne. Zhao Wanyue felt that she should not be careless, so she decided to go home and discuss it with her father. So she took Su Xiaoxiao to Jing'an Marquis's Mansion. As soon as Zhao Wanyue

got home, she found that the atmosphere at home was not right, especially her mother Xu, whose eyes were red and she could see that she had just cried.

Zhao Wanyue was anxious, so she pulled Xu and asked, "Mother, what happened?"

Xu sighed and said, "It's your elder brother. He has been doing disaster relief for almost a year. Things were going smoothly and the project was about to be completed, but it rained heavily and a dam was destroyed. After checking, it was found that unqualified raw materials were used. Now the memorial impeaching him for corruption has reached the emperor. I'm afraid your elder brother is in big trouble this time!"

Zhao Wanyue's face froze, "How could this happen? Before elder brother left, didn't we tell him again and again to be careful of people in the original place? Did he tamper with the materials?"

Xu wiped her tears and said, "Who would know? Your eldest brother has always been cautious in doing things. How could he let someone switch the materials?"

Qian, the wife of Xu's eldest son Zhao Hongye, also cried, "I don't know what Hongye was thinking. He thought that if he did this job well, he would be promoted and his children would also benefit from it. Who knew that he actually embezzled disaster relief funds and used inferior materials to build dams. Now, not only can we not benefit from it, but we will also be implicated by him!" When

Zhao Antai heard his eldest daughter-in-law say this, his already ugly face became even uglier.

Zhao Wanyue couldn't listen any more, she said in a deep voice: "Sister-in-law, you have been married to my eldest brother for 20 years. Don't you know what kind of person he is? How can you say that he is corrupt?"

Qian said dissatisfiedly: "The impeachment has been delivered to the emperor, and it has been spread all over the streets and alleys. How can this be false?"

Xu glared at her. She must have been blinded by her own greed. How could she choose such a daughter-in-law for her eldest brother?

The daughter of the Minister of Rites, her family background is not low, how could she not have the temperament and brains of a lady from a rich family.

Xu scolded, "He's your man. If others say he's greedy, then so be it. Why do I feel like you're hoping something bad will happen to the eldest brother?"

Zhao Antai heard the problem in Qian's words, and asked vigilantly, "Eldest brother's wife, where else did you hear the news that something bad happened to the eldest brother?"

Qian lowered her head and said nothing.

Zhao Wanyue was angry when she saw her like that, "Sister-in-law, father is asking you a question, and you're dumb!"

Qian was a little afraid of this sister-in-law, not to mention that she had an imperial decree, her husband was a general, and her two daughters were a female official and a princess.

Therefore, as soon as Zhao Wanyue spoke, she wilted. She stammered, "I also heard about it from them when I went back to my parents' home!"

Zhao Antai frowned. Qian's return to her parents' home was three days ago, which means that the news had reached the capital three days ago.

This is not reasonable. Normally, the news sent to the palace should be sent at an expedited rate of 800 miles. How could the usual news channels be faster than this?

It was obvious that someone had already set up a trap to frame Zhao Hongye, but who was that person and why was it so urgent?

Zhao Antai only regretted that he was too far away to go to the embankment to check it out in person. Su

Xiaoxiao was also quite surprised to hear the news. Normally, with her reminder, her uncle would not let anyone take advantage of the opportunity.

It was also her fault for being careless recently and not knowing the news about her uncle.

Su Xiaoxiao struggled to get off Zhao Wanyue and walked out on her short legs.

As she walked, she angrily cursed: "Wait for me to go out and ask Fei Niao and Feng what's going on. I want to see who is behind this and framed my uncle! Let me find out, and I will make sure you pay the price!"