Chapter 175
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Cheng Yeran went to see the emperor, wanting to speak for the second prince and take a look at the evidence and help analyze it.
He thought that the emperor was the biological father of the second prince and would never watch his child being wrongly accused.
But the emperor told him not to worry about it, and that he should use his energy to write some news articles or teach the Fourth Prince and others.
Cheng Yeran felt that the emperor's attitude was very strange. This was not what a father should do at all. Could it be that the evidence was too strong to convict the second prince?
He inquired from many sources and finally found out some evidence and discovered some loopholes, which basically confirmed that the second prince was wrongly accused.
He now has two guesses. One is that Xu Jiabao accepted benefits from the mastermind and helped him frame the second prince. The other is that Xu Jiabao was also used by someone and he had no idea that the evidence in his hand was false.
He found Xu Jiabao privately and wanted to get to the bottom of things.
Xu Jiabao said to him, "Don't investigate further. You can't afford to offend the person behind this. I am only reminding you for your own good. We are from the same village."
"Have you been threatened? If so, you can tell me. No matter who this person is, I can ask the emperor to protect you. Is the person behind you more powerful than the emperor?" Cheng Yeran asked him.
Xu Jiabao looked at him deeply, "If you continue to investigate, you will harm me, and your majesty can't protect me."
Cheng Yeran couldn't help but frown when he heard him say this. Although he had not found out who was the mastermind behind the scenes, he had a rough guess. He suspected that the mastermind was the Fourth Prince's mother.
Something happened to the Second Prince, and the Fourth Prince's mother was the one who benefited the most.
He took his evidence to the emperor. This was all he could find out for now, but he was afraid that the emperor had already convicted the second prince and punished him.
After receiving his evidence, the emperor frowned and looked at it for a long time, as if thinking about something. Finally, he said to Cheng Yeran: "It will be dangerous for you to continue investigating this matter. Leave it to me."
Cheng Yeran knew that although the emperor was very lustful, he was still reliable in these major matters. He still remembered that when he had just become an official, the emperor asked him to be an imperial envoy. The emperor specially investigated all the evidence and gave it to him, and attributed all the achievements to him.
The emperor's investigative skills are better than his. He has already handed over the clues of his investigation. He believes that it won't be long before the emperor can find out the truth.
After he left, the emperor looked at the clues and fell into deep thought. He knew that Cheng Yeran was smarter than he thought, but he did not expect Cheng Yeran to be so smart.
The second prince was indeed wronged, and the person who wronged him was the emperor.
The Second Prince had made many military achievements, and he had the Empress and the Prime Minister behind him. If he wanted to establish the Fourth Prince, he would face great resistance. He was also afraid of the Second Prince's ability, so he had to clip his wings before they were fully grown.
He couldn't tell Cheng Yeran the truth, but he couldn't continue to remain in this stalemate.
The Emperor is going to make a big move next. If Cheng Yeran continues to stay in the capital, given his personality, he will definitely hold on to the truth. It seems that Cheng Yeran should be expelled from the capital temporarily. After everything is settled, it will not be too late to let Cheng Yeran return to his original post.
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After Cheng Yeran returned home, Shen Yuntang asked him how he was. Shao Hui had been very worried recently. He couldn't eat or sleep well, and he was running around for the second prince.
Cheng Yeran saw that he was also worried about this matter, so he told him to relax. "I have handed over the clues I found recently to the emperor. After all, the second prince is his majesty's child. His majesty should be more anxious than us."
Shen Yuntang felt that what he said made sense. For example, if Xingxing encountered a similar situation, the most anxious people would be them, the parents.
But what Cheng Yeran didn't expect was that he was also implicated. At the morning court today, officials produced evidence, saying that Cheng Yeran had a close relationship with the second prince, and that he was also involved in this matter, and he also produced a piece of evidence.
Not only did Cheng Yeran fail to clear the Second Prince's name, he also got himself involved.
When Shen Yuntang learned that he was also thrown into jail, he was so anxious that his mouth was covered with bubbles. He hurried to find Yang Shiming and Shao Hui for help. Liu Ya also took the prince to ask the old prince for help.
Before they could help, the emperor had already made a conclusion and convicted them. The emperor took away the Second Prince's military token, assigned him a remote fiefdom, and drove the Second Prince there. He also ordered that the Second Prince would never be allowed to return to the capital in his lifetime.
Cheng Yeran was also demoted and assigned to be the prefect of a remote area. He was required to set off immediately without any delay.
This was Cheng Yeran’s second time in jail, and his feelings were different each time.
Last time he was imprisoned for amending the law, and even though he was imprisoned, he felt comfortable and had a sense of victory. This time he was indeed wrongly imprisoned, and he was trying to help the second prince find the truth, but in the end he did not find the truth and got himself imprisoned as well. He felt very aggrieved.
Shen Yuntang came to pick him up, but she didn't dare to speak on the way back in the carriage, fearing that any words of comfort would irritate him. She kept holding his hand, thinking that she would follow him wherever they went.
After this incident, Shen Yuntang felt that the capital was too dangerous. He could be thrown into jail at any time and might even lose his life. It might be a good idea to go to a small place, where the emperor was far away and no one could control him.
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They used to live quite comfortably in the small village. They could also buy things online and their lives were no worse than in Beijing.
As long as the three of them stayed together, he wasn't afraid of going anywhere.
Cheng Yeran saw that his mouth was ulcerated and he asked distressedly, "Why didn't you apply medicine?"
"How can I take care of that?" Shen Yuntang said dejectedly.
"I'll apply medicine for you when we get back." Cheng Yeran said calmly, "It seems that I've been a little too proud recently. No, I've been too proud to care about my favor. I thought the emperor was on my side, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was the emperor who personally drove me out of the capital."
Cheng Yeran thought a lot in prison these days. He seemed to understand the look in Xu Jiabao's eyes. The big man behind him was none other than the emperor.
And he foolishly helped the second prince to find out the truth. By doing this, he became a stumbling block for the emperor, so naturally the emperor wanted to get rid of him.
The emperor did not kill him because he was sentimental about their past.
He was also sad. Even if the emperor asked him to stay in the capital in the future, he didn't want to stay. The emperor could even get rid of his own son, let alone him.
They returned home and Yang Shiming and his friends came to see him. Yang Shiming felt very guilty for not being able to save him, and the teacher looked a little older because of this incident.
Cheng Yeran felt very guilty, and he said to his teacher: "Teacher, don't worry about me. Although the place I'm going to is remote, I will have more freedom there. I'm the prefect, I'm in charge of a province, and everyone has to listen to me. I'll be as comfortable as a local emperor."
Elder Feng knocked him on the head and said, "You are talking nonsense again. If you don't control your mouth, you will get into trouble again in the future."
"I'm just giving an example. A free and easy life suits me better. Before, I had to work on the newspaper and teach the prince, so I had no time to run my family's business. It just so happened that I opened a glass factory there."
The emperor gave him half a month, and he and Shen Yuntang packed up the family's luggage, took two maids and several servants, and also wanted to leave some people at home.
Liu Ya said that he would come over often in the future to check on their house and not let it become abandoned.
Jinyulou has half of Liu Ya's shares. In fact, it all belonged to Liu Ya at the beginning. He gave half to Shen Yuntang, and Shen Yuntang managed it while Liu Ya collected the money. Now that Shen Yuntang has left Beijing, the management of the company can only be handed over to Liu Ya.
The idols are taken care of by their agents, so he doesn't need to worry about it. It is still according to the previous regulations. After five years, it is up to the idol to decide whether to stay or leave.
Yuanbao and Lin Yu also managed a shop each, so he didn't have to worry about it. He just had to give instructions.
The sewing machine factory opened by my third brother and his father-in-law was also up and running. Many wealthy families bought a sewing machine as a dowry when they got married, and some shops also bought sewing machines to make clothes.
The selling point of their clothing store is style and color. Even if they sell sewing machines, it will not affect their business. Moreover, opening a sewing machine factory has also solved a large part of the employment problem.
Before he left, he went to meet the fourth and fifth princes. When the two princes heard that he was leaving, they were reluctant to let him go and hugged him and cried.
Cheng Yeran rubbed their heads and said, "You two must listen to Teacher Yang in the future. I left some books and toys for you to play with. You can write to me every year in the future, and I will write to you too."
The two princes cried and said goodbye to him. Cheng Zhao followed him. Cheng Zhao, who always liked to pretend to be mature, couldn't help crying and his eyes were red. "I will write to you in the future. If you dare to forget me, I will break off my friendship with you."
The two princes had always regarded him as the eldest. Breaking off a friendship was a very serious matter for a child. They shook their heads hurriedly, "We will definitely not forget you, and you must not forget us either. If you forget us, we will also break off our friendship with you."
Before leaving, Cheng Yeran asked Chu Wenqing to take his place.
Chu Wenqing has always been his little fan and regards him as his teacher. He also said that if Cheng Yeran encounters any trouble in the future, he will help him.
Zhou Hua said that he believed he would come back in the future, and he would wait for Cheng Yeran here.
At this time, except for Cheng Yeran's friends in the officialdom, everyone else was watching Cheng Yeran's fun with gloating.
They felt that Cheng Yeran was really doomed this time and would never be able to get up again.
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After they had explained everything that needed to be explained and said goodbye to everyone they needed to say goodbye to, they drove away from the capital.
When the people of the capital learned that he was demoted from the third rank to the fifth rank and was to be sent to a remote area to serve as a county magistrate, they all cried out for justice for him. But no matter how much they cried, it was of no use. On the day Cheng Yeran left, many people came to see him off spontaneously.
Cheng Yeran looked at the people who were seeing him off and couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.
He has lived in the capital for so many years and has developed deep feelings for the people and things here. Now that he is leaving, he feels reluctant to leave home.
The province he was going to this time happened to be the province where Xia Xiaowu was the county magistrate, and he became Xia Xiaowu's boss.
The prefect there had committed a crime and was demoted. Now he has become the magistrate of a county, and Cheng Yeran went there to take over his position.
Xia Xiaowu liked to hear the news of Cheng Yeran being demoted more than anyone else, but if Cheng Yeran became his boss after being demoted, things would not be so wonderful.
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