Kong Jijiu looked at Jiang Xun meaningfully, and Jiang Xun understood what he meant.
He straightened Jiang Yueyang's messy hair and said softly, "Go home first, I'll be fine."
Jiang Yueyang shook her head decisively.
"Listen. Kong Jijiu is a fair man and will handle this impartially. If you were present, outsiders who didn't know would think that you and Kong Jijiu were protecting each other."
Kong Jijiu: “…”
Jiang Yueyang muttered, "Nonsense. He is the son of Prince Rong, and if Kong Jijiu is to be partial, he will lean towards him."
Kong Jijiu coughed twice, then glared at her secretly, signaling her to stop talking nonsense.
"No. Be obedient and go back first."
Jiang Yueyang was still worried and didn't want to leave.
The system said: [Host, go back first. Kong Jijiu is a fair and just official, and will give your brother justice.]
[Will the prince Rong steal my brother's poem and then accuse my brother of plagiarism? ]
Kong Jijiu narrowed his eyes slightly, and Yuan Sheng was startled for a moment. However, he soon showed a fearless expression again.
System: [That depends on whether your brother will talk to Kong Jijiu about this matter.]
【Kong Jijiu doesn’t know? 】
[He had gone back to his hometown to visit his relatives and only returned to Beijing yesterday.]
Hearing this, Jiang Yueyang tugged at her brother's sleeve and whispered, "Brother, tell Kong Jijiu that he falsely accused you of plagiarism."
"good."
Now Kong Jijiu knew it without him saying anything.
After receiving Jiang Xun's affirmative answer and the system's positive evaluation of Kong Jijiu, Jiang Yueyang went back with peace of mind.
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In Kong Jijiu's independent office, he stared at Yuan Sheng with a serious expression and asked, "What's the matter with plagiarism?"
"What's going on? The students don't know." Yuan Sheng played dumb.
"If you don't tell me, I will go and investigate it myself."
Yuan Sheng pursed his lips and said nonchalantly: "Liu Hongtai stole his poem and accused him of plagiarism."
Kong Jijiu looked at him with half-closed eyes, "Did Liu Hongtai steal it or did you steal it? Or did you instruct him to steal it?"
Yuan Sheng was angry, "Since Kong Jijiu has determined that it was this prince who did it, why bother asking so many questions!"
"Lord Xiao Jiang's words cannot be false!" Kong Jijiu slammed the table and stood up.
Yuan Sheng was so frightened that he trembled, but then he stopped trying to argue and directly admitted, "So what if I asked Liu Hongtai to steal it? Who told him to act so high and mighty and put me down everywhere? He deserves it!"
"You!" Kong Jijiu pointed at Yuan Sheng, his hands shaking with anger, "Do you know that doing that will ruin his future?"
"This prince is going to destroy him!"
"Asshole! You have done such a despicable thing. I will report it to His Majesty and punish you severely!"
"Whatever you want." Yuan Sheng walked away.
Kong Jijiu sighed heavily, "Jiang Xun, you should go back to class. I will give you justice in this matter."
Jiang Xun bowed and went back to continue his class.
Over there, Jiang Yueyang got on a carriage and turned to Wei Yushi's house to throw away the paper ball, and then went home.
As soon as she returned to Lanyue Pavilion, Xiangling handed her a note.
"Miss, the granddaughter of the Grand Tutor, Miss Gu Ruo, invites you to visit her home on your day off."
Jiang Yueyang opened the post and took a look. She didn’t expect that Gu Ruo really posted it to her.
"Girl, are you going?"
"Go. Now that I've left the house, I'm sure there will be more invitations like this in the future. I can't refuse them all. That would make me seem like I don't know etiquette, and who knows what the rumors would say!"
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As the sun was setting, the emperor's secret guards took the secret letter from the beam, wrote a copy and then lay in ambush nearby.
Not long after, the eunuch from Concubine Lan's palace sneaked in here. He looked around and made sure that no one was there, then he jumped onto the beam.
The young eunuch is good at martial arts and is particularly good at light skills.
Downstairs, the eunuch in charge of closing the library door shouted, "Xiao Guizi, where are you? Come out quickly. We are leaving."
Xiao Guizi took the secret letter from the beam, put it in her sleeve, and jumped down from the beam. She replied calmly, "I am coming."
The secret guard did not rashly follow Xiao Guizi, but took the secret letter back and presented it to Emperor Yuan.
At this time, there were three people sitting in Emperor Yuan's study: Crown Prince Yuan Ye, Left Prime Minister Wen Zhiyuan, and Minister Jiang Chengrui.
The secret guard covered his face and knelt on one knee, presenting the secret letter with both hands, "Master, it has been confirmed that the person who took the secret letter is the eunuch in Concubine Lan's palace. In addition, the eunuch knows martial arts, and his martial arts skills are not low."
If An Yi, the leader of the secret guards, had not gone to retrieve the secret letter today, it is very likely that they would have been discovered by the other party.
Li Fuquan went down and gave the secret letter to Emperor Yuan. When Emperor Yuan unfolded it, he found that it was not written in the Daxia language.
But it doesn’t seem to be the language of the Chishui people.
Emperor Yuan signaled Li Fuquan to give the secret letter to Wen Zhiyuan, "Mr. Wen, you are well-educated and talented. See if you can recognize the words on it."
Wen Zhiyuan glanced at the words on the secret letter, frowned and shook his head, "Even this old minister can't understand it, but someone in the Honglu Temple should be able to understand it."
The Honglu Temple was the department in charge of diplomacy, and the officials working there were required to be proficient in multiple languages.
Emperor Yuan knew this, but the secret letter was of great importance. If he could not be sure that the translator had no ulterior motives, he would not reveal the secret letter.
For this reason, he slowly looked at Minister Jiang.
"Lord Jiang, the secret letter needs to be deciphered as soon as possible. When you go back, find out what your daughter has to say. Make sure you find out from her who in the Honglu Temple is loyal to our Great Xia."
What else could Minister Jiang say? He could only stand up, bow and say, "I obey your order."
"There is no time to lose, my dear, please go back now."
"I will take my leave."
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