Shen Hechuan and Gu Jingchun had already gone downstairs.
The ministers followed suit and withdrew.
But Jiang Chongfan suddenly shouted.
"Your Majesty, I beg you, please open your eyes!"
"Our Great Cheng can no longer withstand any more turmoil!"
...
Soon, news of today's morning court session spread throughout the entire capital.
In particular, Jiang Chongfan's final, emotionally charged words, "Your Majesty, this old minister begs you, please open your eyes!" quickly spread among the people, bringing tears to their eyes.
It is said that Jiang Chongfan truly lives up to his reputation as a veteran official of the previous dynasty, and genuinely cares about the future of the Great Cheng.
On the other hand, Gu Jingchun is a wicked concubine who will bring ruin to the country and will surely become a great scourge in the future!
Therefore, the people began to praise Jiang Chongfan and curse Gu Jingchun.
She was nothing like she was when she was saying that Gu Jingchun was the daughter of the former crown prince.
These words reached the palace, and Shen Hechuan was so angry that he threw the memorial onto the imperial desk.
"Are these people brainless?"
"They always just jump to conclusions based on hearsay. They say whatever others tell them to say. Don't they have any judgment of their own?"
Gu Jingchun smiled upon hearing this.
"Why are you still so easily angered!"
"Haven't the people always been like this?"
"They don't just say whatever others say; they simply don't know the whole story."
They only know part of the story, so they naturally assume that's the case.
The people you should be criticizing most are not the ordinary citizens, but those who manipulate them.
Shen Hechuan then realized what was happening and abruptly turned to look at Gu Jingchun.
What do you mean by that?
"Is someone manipulating these people?"
Gu Jingchun nodded.
"That's natural."
If no one was manipulating things, how could the people know the content of the morning court so quickly?
Gu Jingchun even smiled as he said this.
"They thought that this would ruin my reputation and force you to despise me."
Little did they know, this was exactly what we wanted.
The greater the public's admiration for Jiang Chongfan now, the greater the backlash he will suffer later.
Shen Hechuan couldn't help but shiver.
"Your Majesty, do you feel unusually cold today?"
Gu Jingchun shook his head.
No, do you have a fever?
As she spoke, she reached out to touch Shen Hechuan's forehead, but Shen Hechuan stopped her and grabbed her hand.
"Oh, then I was chilled by Her Majesty the Empress's coldness."
"It seems I should be more obedient in the future and must not offend the Empress, otherwise I won't even know how I died."
Gu Jingchun: ...
She punched Shen Hechuan in the chest, but Shen Hechuan caught her.
By this time, it was already dark.
Shen Hechuan picked Gu Jingchun up in his arms.
Gu Jingchun: What are you doing!
"It's not even dark yet!"
"We haven't eaten yet."
Shen Hechuan: "Let's eat later, let's have something good first."
"Hate……"
What happened next spiraled out of control.
Little Shadow had already closed the door, unfazed.
The secrets of heaven on the roof also fell down.
Lanxin was originally about to go and deliver food to Gu Jingchun.
Seeing them all standing outside, and looking at the tightly closed door, there was nothing more to understand, so they immediately stopped in their tracks.
Tianji had good hearing, so he took a few steps outside.
He then walked to Lanxin's side.
Lan Xin glanced at him, also full of surprise.
How did you get here?
"You're not a eunuch; you can't just come and go as you please in the harem."
Heavenly Secret: ...
"I... due to my special circumstances, His Majesty permitted me to come along."
"Besides, my job is to protect His Majesty's safety, not to serve him every day, so why would I need to..."
Lanxin, however, was very direct.
"But you've also been entering and leaving the harem!"
Heavenly Secret: ...
"Do you really want me to be a eunuch?"
Lan Xin was puzzled. "No!"
"Then why would you say it's because you're curious and bored?"
Lanxin stood outside, resting her chin on her hand, gazing at the moon in the sky.
"I don't know when this will end. I'm so bored, so I thought I'd talk to you to relieve my boredom."
Tianji was speechless.
"Then let's talk about something else. Why do you have to keep bringing up the matter of making me a eunuch?"
The eunuch Xiao Yingzi coughed softly, took a step back, and did not intend to participate in their conversation.
Lan Xin: "I don't know what to say either. Why don't you tell me about your relationship with His Majesty?"
That's a whole other story.
Tianji sat down directly on the steps.
"This can be explained slowly."
Lanxin also sat down on the steps.
"Then I'll listen slowly."
In fact, the relationship between Tianji and Shen Hechuan was just a very ordinary thing.
As a crown prince, he wanted to select a few suitable guards.
However, Shen Hechuan was not favored by Shen Wanshan at the time, so his status in the palace was not high.
Even though he was the crown prince, some servants in the palace still looked down on him.
Therefore, those strong and powerful guards were all sent directly to the palace where Consort Hui was at that time by the head of the guards.
Shen Hechuan, despite his young age, personally selected his own guards.
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