Late at night, Wen Jingchi was about to take a rest when his men rushed in.

"Your Highness, something bad has happened. There's a fire in the Dali Temple's archives."

Upon hearing this, Wen Jingchi's expression changed instantly: "How could this happen? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on it?"

The men knelt on the ground and trembled violently, unable to explain what was happening for a while.

I put on a coat and hurried to the file library, where there was only a huge fire and billowing smoke.

Several guards ran out covered in dust, holding some files. They were choking and coughing violently, but they were unable to rescue all the files.

It was not until dawn that they put out the fire.

After some cleaning, it was found that only about half of the files were preserved.

Everything related to the Ouyang family was burned in the fire, and Wen Jingchi's face was extremely gloomy.

With no other choice, he could only go and report to the emperor.

It was not yet time for the morning court session and the emperor had just gotten up to wash. Upon hearing this, shock flashed in his eyes.

He grabbed the water cup in front of him and smashed it to the ground, the anger in his eyes reaching a crazy level.

"This abominable traitor actually dared to go against me like this! Come, immediately throw the Grand Tutor and his men into the death row, and execute their entire family."

Before the eunuch could convey the imperial edict, he was stopped by Wen Jingchi.

"Father, although the Grand Tutor is the Prince's teacher, I hope you can let him go for his hard work and contributions. Besides, he was just pushed out as a scapegoat. I think there must be someone behind him, so why not interrogate him carefully?"

Hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but snort.

"I'm afraid it's too late. The Grand Tutor attempted suicide in prison last night but failed. Now he is lying in bed and can't even take care of himself, let alone torture!"

Wen Jingchi frowned and said nothing.

The emperor sighed deeply, and there was a hint of regret in his eyes as he thought of their past interactions.

"Forget it. Considering our past friendship, I will let him go. Pass on my order that the whole family of the Grand Tutor be exiled to the frontier. Set off immediately!"

The guards received the order and immediately reported the matter to the Dali Temple.

The Dali Temple immediately arranged personnel to escort the Grand Tutor and others to the border.

Originally, the granddaughter of the Taifu was going to go with him, but the Taifu acted without authorization and asked someone to write a secret letter for him to carry with him.

Before he left, he gave the letter to the guards, who took it to the palace and delivered it to the emperor.

The content of the letter was very short, explaining the whole story. It turned out that his granddaughter and Wen Chenxuan had already developed a secret crush on each other.

After reading to the end, the emperor's brows were tightly knitted together, his expression was gloomy, and the letter he was holding tightly was crumpled into a ball of paper.

"Bring that beast Wen Chenxuan to me right now."

The emperor's voice carried a violent storm, especially the anger in his eyes, which showed signs of spreading like wildfire.

A quarter of an hour later, Wen Chenxuan came hurriedly, but before he could even salute, he was kicked hard by the emperor.

"Wen Chenxuan, you are really going too far! Tell me the truth. In addition to being intimate with Chu Ranxin, how many other women have you been involved with? Why did the Grand Tutor say that you had physical contact with his granddaughter?"

“If this matter gets out, it will be a disgrace to the royal family. Besides, even if something happened to their family, the status of the Grand Tutor was still considered noble.

If we don’t give them an explanation, not only will the civil and military officials talk about it, but even the common people will be unable to stop talking about it, and they will say that the royal family is heartless.”

Women are inherently pitiful. If no one marries them, their fate will be to wander around and they will probably spend the rest of their lives in fear.

The emperor naturally knows these principles.

He pretended to be afraid, and after a long time he let out a long sigh.

"Father, I was just drunk when I met Sun Weiwei last time. Who would have thought that we would..."

He didn't say anything else and could only lower his head with a helpless look.

"At this point, I don't know what to say, but I will leave it to the emperor to punish me."

"Punishment?"

"If I punish you, will I be exempted from all responsibility? How do you think you can stop the gossips? How can you feel at ease?"

Such a question made Wen Chenxuan have no idea how to answer him.

I know my father's temper very well. He is angry and nothing I say will work.

He could only keep a gloomy face and let the emperor scold him.

After reprimanding him a few words, the emperor was obviously helpless in this matter.

"Since it's done, why not marry Sun Weiwei to you as a concubine, and marry her off together with Chu Ranxin. The Taifu Mansion will be kept for the time being, and only the three clansmen of the Taifu will be exiled to the frontier. As for his young people, they will be kept in the capital for the time being to see what happens next."

Where the emperor couldn't see, Wen Chenxuan's eyes flickered, revealing obvious surprise.

But he still pretended to be reluctant and knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Thank you, father, for your help."

The emperor rubbed his temples helplessly and tried to comfort her earnestly.

"If you want to be the emperor in the future, you must not be idle like in the past. If a man only knows how to indulge in flowers all day long, he will definitely not be able to achieve anything great. So your father advises you to focus on the real things and learn more from your ninth brother!"

Originally, he would have thought that the first half of the sentence showed his father's concern, but with the second half as a comparison, Wen Chenxuan could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

His eyes were as red as blood, like a terrifying beast, but he kept his head down, not letting anyone see the ambition in his eyes.

After learning about this, Sun Weiwei was heartbroken.

"I am the granddaughter of the great master, how can I be a concubine? It would be better for me to die than to be a concubine."

She raised the hairpin and stabbed herself hard in the chest.

Several little girls were so frightened that they rushed over to stop them.

"Miss, think carefully and don't die. If you die, everything will be over and there will be nothing left."

"What do you think I have now? The emperor exiled three of our clans to the frontier, and now only some young people remain in the capital.

If I became Wen Chenxuan's concubine, wouldn't they laugh at me? Rather than let me live in shame, it would be better for me to die gloriously, which is better than being humiliated."

For someone of her status, being a concubine is a huge humiliation, a thousand times more difficult than letting her die, and she simply cannot do such a thing.

The little girls began to cry and try to comfort her, but no one could stop her.

Sun Weiwei kicked everyone away with all her strength, and was determined to die.

At this moment, the housekeeper ran in in panic, knelt on the ground crying, and kowtowed to Sun Weiwei.