When Princess Ruihua calmed down, she realized that there must be someone behind the scenes fanning the flames.
Otherwise, it was just a statement made in anger, and it didn't specifically point out that poor students were looked down upon. Why did it spread so quickly?
They also spread such vicious rumors about her and Yun'er.
Thinking of this, his face turned cold. "Someone, go investigate who spread this news."
"Yes, Princess." The subordinate replied.
Princess Yunying didn't know that her behavior yesterday had been spread. She was happily waiting in the house for Princess Ruihua to bring her good news.
When the maid came in to report that the eldest princess had returned, she wanted to come over immediately to ask whether the emperor had agreed to grant the marriage.
But just as she left the yard, she ran into Yu Ru, Princess Ruihua's personal maid, who said that the prince consort was with the princess, and the princess asked her to wait a while before going over.
Princess Yunying thought that her father might have something to ask her mother, so she went back first.
She didn't know that her father had already found out about her affairs and was about to teach her a lesson.
During the lunch break, Shen Nian listened to Mu Chen's report on the rumors on the street, nodded, and asked him to continue. It would be best if it could reach the ears of the censors or imperial censors.
He believed that as long as these censors or imperial censors heard about this, they would definitely impeach Princess Ruihua during the court session.
When the emperor finds out, he will definitely send someone to verify it, and then he will naturally know what happened at that time. If he goes to the emperor for a decision, he will have a better chance of winning.
The emperor loves his people like his own children, and what he hates most are those who oppress the people at will and do not take the people into consideration, especially the royal family, princes, and ministers.
Sure enough, before even two days had passed, the emperor received more than one memorial impeaching Princess Ruihua during the morning court session.
The memorial said that Princess Ruihua did not take the students from poor families seriously in front of all the students, and Princess Yunying did not regard human life as human life and even beat and killed people from bad backgrounds in public.
When the emperor saw this memorial, he became angry and ordered the secret guards to investigate.
The emperor saw the memorial in the morning and knew the whole story before noon.
He kept a sullen face and said nothing for a long time.
It seems that his imperial aunt is a little bit arrogant now. She even allowed her daughter to drown Shen Nian's wife in public and dared to come to him to ask him to grant a marriage between Yun Ying and Shen Nian.
You really don't take the gossip of the world seriously!
She probably doesn't know how powerful the criticism of writers is.
After Princess Ruihua left that day, the emperor wanted to summon Shen Nian to ask her about it, but he was delayed by official business and forgot about it.
There was no time to find Shen Nian.
Now that he knew, he immediately sent someone to summon Shen Nian to the imperial study to see the emperor.
When Shen Nian heard the emperor summoning her, she tidied her clothes and followed the summoning eunuch to see the emperor without asking anything.
"Your humble servant pays homage to His Majesty." Shen Nian saluted.
“No need to bow.” The emperor sat behind the desk and watched Shen Nian finish bowing before walking over from behind the desk.
"Chu Xuan, is your wife okay?" The emperor asked with concern. The secret guards investigated and said that Madam Shen Nian fell into the lake that day. It took a long time for Shen Nian to pull her out, and then she fainted. No one knew what happened to her.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. My wife just caught a cold and is not seriously ill." Shen Nian replied respectfully. She was not curious about how the emperor knew this, nor did she pretend to be surprised.
"Chu Xuan, my aunt, Princess Ruihua, came to me and wanted me to grant you a marriage with Princess Yunying." The emperor looked at Chen Nian with a sharp gaze.
See if he has any friendship towards Princess Yunying.
When Shen Nian heard this, he immediately knelt on one knee and refused in a firm tone, "Your Majesty, I am deeply concerned about your wife and will not marry any other woman. Please grant your wish."
The emperor looked at Shen Nian, who looked like he was facing a great enemy, and helped him up with a smile, "I didn't say I wanted to separate you and your wife, why are you so nervous?"
"I am not planning to take a concubine." Chen Nian blocked all other options.
The emperor paused, then laughed again, "Don't worry, I'm just telling you, I won't randomly match you up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chen Nian's heart finally settled down. He had just thought that the emperor was really going to grant him and Yun Ying a marriage.
But speaking of arranged marriages, Chen Nian actually wanted the emperor to arrange a marriage for him and Xia Tian. With the emperor's arranged marriage, no one would bring up her background anymore.
However, it is not the right time yet. When the time is right, we can ask the emperor to grant the marriage.
"Chu Xuan, have you heard about the recent rumors on the streets about Princess Ruihua and County Lady Yunying?" the emperor asked tentatively.
His secret guards went to investigate, and although they found out the whole story, they could not find out how the news was leaked.
"I have heard about it too." Shen Nian replied calmly.
The emperor looked at Shen Nian’s expression, which hadn’t changed at all, and thought that maybe he had guessed wrong.
That should be the students who participated in the poetry meeting who were dissatisfied with Princess Ruihua's actions and spread the news.
"Chu Xuan, Princess Ruihua and County Lady Yunying did something wrong. How do you want to deal with it?" Since he already knows about this, he must give an explanation.
Although Chen Nian also threw Princess Yunying into the water at that time, it was considered even.
But Princess Yunying was at fault in this matter, so she still had to give Chen Nian an explanation and not let him down.
Besides, if it is not dealt with, those censors and imperial censors will not give up easily. They are all stubborn guys.
"Your Majesty, I leave it to the emperor to decide." Chen Nian did not directly say what punishment he wanted to impose on Princess Yunying. After all, the emperor was here. If he took a tough stance, and the emperor did not want to punish her too severely, he would be embarrassed.
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