Chapter 635: How can we proceed without laying the groundwork?

Then, on the first day of May, the twists and turns of the palace examination rankings were finally announced.

Then, the officials who were gearing up and holding back their energy were all surprised to find that the 'scum' who had lost their integrity during the palace examination and praised the emperor's servility and servility were not ranked as high as the rumors, but were instead concentrated in the second place.

A midstream position.

Moreover, according to reliable information, this ranking was the final decision made by the emperor. The courtiers were a little surprised by this at first, and then began to speculate on the emperor's intentions.

Some people felt that the emperor's move was to show weakness to the civil servants; some felt that the emperor's move was under the control of the Supreme Emperor, and based on this, they arranged a drama of palace fighting; and some...

In short, everyone was discussing and expressing their own opinions.

It wasn't until the palace examination that those who spoke positively of the New Deal were recruited into the Ministry of Industry as bachelors of political science, and everyone suddenly realized this.

However, although Emperor Longyuan's intentions were obvious, everything was within the institutional framework and there was nothing inappropriate or illegal.

Coupled with the fact that several top officials wanted to stay out of the limelight for the sake of 'future matters', and through various means, hints or pressure, most officials also stopped and acquiesced to the results of this imperial examination.

There were only a few who were determined and still criticized the plan according to the original plan. However, the emperor remained silent and the ministers were silent. Naturally, these noises could not become a reality.

At this point, the imperial examination turmoil came to an end for the time being, and what became the focus of the court next was the case of the Guangdong and Guangxi Navy.

It is said that although Wang Ziteng brought it upon himself this time, it was because of Mr. Jiao that he suffered an unreasonable disaster - before the emperor had suffered a stroke, the officials in the court had vigorously supported engineering studies, and the civil servants have not forgotten it.

If engineering is the enemy of the new generation, the nobles who were so domineering in the Sejong Dynasty are the old enemies of the civil servants.

The civil servants were once very nervous about the trend of the two converging. Although the nobles now have the intention of retreating, since the leader among the nobles has taken the initiative to hand over the handle, the civil servant group will naturally not miss this opportunity to establish its power.

As a result, the government and the public were shaken for a while, and "just men" came together to attack. Even though the officials of the two Zhejiang provinces, who were the victims, tried hard to excuse Wang Ziteng before he could reply, they were unable to defeat the general trend of the government.

On the sixth day of May, the two palaces issued decrees at the same time, ordering the Inspectorate, the Ministry of War, and the Longjin Guard Town Fu Division to send commissioners south to Guangdong and Guangxi to jointly investigate the case!

As soon as this decree was issued, Prince Teng's wife fell ill.

After Wang Xifeng got the news, she hurriedly searched for the hut in Qingtang and prepared to go back to her parents' home with Mrs. Wang to visit.

I didn't want to wait until I met Mrs. Wang, but saw that she was frowning and distracted, and her words were inconsistent. I couldn't help but tentatively asked: "Mrs., is she feeling a little unwell too?"

In fact, she had a vague guess in her mind that Mrs. Wang was probably frightened by the fake letter she had secretly forged a few days ago, so she spoke to test her.

Mrs. Wang composed herself, shook her head and sighed: "In these troubled times, how can I dare to call myself sick even if I feel a little unwell?"

After a pause, he added: "Don't leave in a hurry. I have just sent someone to deliver a message to the Xue family. When your second aunt comes, it won't be too late for us to visit the Wang family together."

Although she was strict in her words, Wang Xifeng's thoughts were completely revealed to her.

Although her brother's affairs were important, what she was more concerned about now was who the person who wrote the letter was. After all, once the adultery with Jiao Shun was exposed, she might not even be able to protect herself, not to mention helping her mother's family.

For this reason, she even secretly communicated with Jiao Shun two days ago to see if Jiao Shun had any suspicious candidates.

When Jiao Shun heard about this, he naturally thought of Wang Xifeng.

If it were just Wang Xifeng, it wouldn't be that he couldn't tell the truth. The main reason was that he had stolen Mrs. Wang's biological daughter-in-law, Li Wan. He certainly couldn't tell the truth until he was sure of Mrs. Wang's attitude towards this.

So I just told Mrs. Wang to be careful and not to be taken advantage of.

As for Wang Xifeng, he didn't dare to break up the matter easily before the Wang family's matter was settled, for fear of backfiring and having his aunt and nephew join forces to force him to stand up for the Wang family.

It was precisely because of this that Mrs. Wang pointed her suspicion at Li Wan and Lin Daiyu.

There is no other reason. The main reason is that after thinking about it, these two people were the only ones with the motive to commit the crime.

Needless to say, Li Wan didn't say anything at all, but she clearly wanted to hand over the family property to Baoyu. How could she not have any grudges in her heart?

Or perhaps, she noticed the clues, so she tried to seize her own handle, so that she could use the opportunity to blackmail herself to benefit Lange'er.

As for Lin Daiyu...

She and Baoyu had been inseparable since childhood. Later, although she was beaten by him, they turned against each other and almost became strangers.

But that's because Lin Daiyu was unable to resist!

This girl is obviously someone who dares to love and hate. If there is a chance, who can guarantee that she will not take risks?

To be honest, if she could choose between the two, Mrs. Wang would rather choose the former - at least Li Wan can still have a discussion, but if Lin Daiyu is allowed to hold the hand, with her love of trying to get into trouble,

, I am afraid that I will be forced to break off the engagement with the Xue family immediately.

That was Yuci’s wedding!

When the time comes, those who listen to her will resist and disobey her orders, and those who don’t listen to her may be destroyed together...

Because she was worried about falling into such a predicament, Mrs. Wang had focused most of her energy on Lin Daiyu these days. Every time she caught a few words from the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, she would think about it suspiciously.

Then the more I thought about it, the more suspicious Lin Daiyu became!

Just by scaring herself like this, Mrs. Wang had not slept well for several days, so Wang Xifeng noticed that something was wrong.

But she said that she was just trying to keep herself up, and like a blind person like Wang Xifeng, trying to figure out the situation at hand, Aunt Xue led Xue Pan, brother and sister Xue Baochai over in a hurry.

As soon as they met, Aunt Xue hurriedly asked: "Sister, what's going on? Girl Feng came over a while ago, didn't she say that the matter has been suppressed? Why is this..."

"Alas~"

Mrs. Wang sighed, shook her head and said, "This matter is really difficult to explain in words. Let's go, let's talk about it on the way back to Wang's house."

With that said, he sent someone to call Baoyu to accompany him.

But her eyes glanced at Baochai, and she immediately changed her mind, thinking that if the two of them were together and irritated the girl Lin, wouldn't it be an extraneous problem?

He simply didn't tell Baoyu and took Wang Xifeng and the three members of the Xue family together, and hurried to the Wang family.

On the way, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng talked to each other and told Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai what they knew about the cause and effect.

After listening to this, both mother and daughter looked panicked.

The Xue family's biggest support now is actually not the Rongguo Mansion, but Wang Taiwei, who has great power in the southeast. If Wang Ziteng collapses, and the Rongguo Mansion is not as powerful as before, I'm afraid...

Of course, Xue Baochai was mainly thinking about this section, while Aunt Xue was more worried about her brother's safety.

Unknowingly, the carriage stopped in front of Wang's house.

Wang Xifeng opened the curtain and eagerly urged the woman driving the carriage to quickly arrange the steps. Unexpectedly, the woman hurriedly walked around to the back of the carriage, but her hands were empty.

Wang Xifeng was about to be scolded when she heard the woman pointing to the front and trembling: "Second Grandma, there are officers and soldiers, there are officers and soldiers guarding the front!"

"What's the point of being guarded by officers and soldiers..."

Wang Xifeng didn't react for a while. After all, Taiwei Wang's house was usually guarded by personal soldiers. But mid-sentence, he suddenly realized that the woman driving the carriage was also a veteran. If she was just guarding the door by personal soldiers, how could she have such an expression?

But Xue Baochai woke up one step faster than she did. He rushed to the bed and opened the curtain to peek in front.

I saw a lot of officers and soldiers gathered in front of the Wang family's house, and judging by their attire, they were clearly Dragon Guards!

Seeing this, Xue Baochai couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

Seeing that she looked strange, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue also hurriedly crowded over to take a look. Their expressions changed at the same time. Aunt Xue was the most outspoken. She immediately sat back in the carriage and exclaimed in surprise: "This, is this a house raid?"

Can’t do it?!”

"Mom is overthinking."

Xue Baochai hurriedly expressed relief: "Look at this posture, they are just surrounding my uncle's residence, there is no sign of raiding the house."

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief, but they were not much relieved either.

Wang Xifeng urged her servants to come forward to inquire, and soon came back to report. As Xue Baochai expected, the Wang family had not been ransacked, but was temporarily restricted by the Dragon Guards and was not allowed to enter or exit at will.

Everyone discussed in the car for a while, but couldn't think of any way to deal with it, so in the end they had to turn back the way they came.

But when she returned to Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng got out of the car worriedly, and was about to follow Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue back to Qingtang thatched cottage when she suddenly saw Caiming hiding in the corner, winking at her.

This Caiming was the literary secretary that Wang Xifeng took to Ningguo Mansion when Qin Keqing died. Now that he is getting older, he is more and more trusted by Wang Xifeng and has taken on many errands left by Lai Wang.

So seeing him like this, Wang Xifeng just thought that there was some important housework that she needed to deal with. Although she had no intention of doing it for the time being, she still stopped and called Caiming to come closer, wanting to hear what the matter was and then decide whether to postpone the matter.

Unexpectedly, Caiming stepped forward and whispered a few words. Her eyes shone brightly and she blurted out: "Take it, of course! It's mine, why not?!"

For a moment, even the affairs of the Wang family were forgotten.

The other side.

Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, and Xue Baochai returned to the hut in Qingtang to discuss it, but still could not come up with any solution. Although Xue Baochai was smart, he could not make a living without rice.

Seeing that they were at an impasse, Xue Baochai tactfully reminded Mrs. Wang that she should ask the man of the house to come up with an idea.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang shook her head and said that because of Wang Ziteng's deception, Jia Zheng now had the intention of turning her back and looking for him at this time would be in vain.

After hearing this, Aunt Xue lowered her head and hesitated.

After a while, Baochai suddenly asked Baochai to go take a look at Sanchun Daiyu and others. After Xue Baochai left with doubts, she took another deep breath and said, "If not... let's ask Brother Shun for an idea?"

Because she didn't want too many impurities between them, Aunt Xue had never mentioned this matter to Jiao Shun until now.

She judged others by herself, and thought Mrs. Wang was the same way.

Mrs. Wang secretly smiled bitterly, she was not just thinking about herself, even Feng Yatou came to the door several times to press her. If Jiao Changqing was willing to help, it wouldn't have been delayed until now.

Among the three, she was the least dependent on Wang Ziteng, and she felt ashamed in front of Jiao Shun, so she had no intention of pushing him again.

but……

She had another worry, and wanted to ask Jiao Shun for help.

Immediately he said: "You are thin-skinned, I'm afraid you may not be able to speak clearly. Let's do this. When the time comes, you will stay outside and I will talk to him about it - but now that things have happened, don't have high expectations."

Aunt Xue naturally agreed wholeheartedly.

Regardless of whether it was rude or not, he immediately called Xue Pan and Xue Baochai, and took Mrs. Wang back home.

After nightfall.

Jiao Shun arrived at the old place by a familiar road, and saw Aunt Xue approaching her expectantly. When she got closer, she stopped talking.

He guessed that this was probably for the Wang family. When he was feeling embarrassed, Mrs. Wang poked her head out of the house and motioned for him to come in quickly.

After entering the door, he found that Aunt Xue had not followed, and Jiao Shun was relieved - he and Aunt Xue were in a relationship, so it was not easy to refuse bluntly, but if it was just Mrs. Wang, that would be a different matter.

But I heard Mrs. Wang say: "If you can help with the Wang family's affairs, then try your best to help. If it really doesn't work, then that's it."

This statement was obviously beyond Jiao Shun's expectations.

Jiao Shun raised his eyebrows, put his arms around her plump body and asked, "You came to me just to say this?"

"Of course not."

Mrs. Wang looked outside, then lowered her voice and said, "I came here this time mainly for the fake letter. After many investigations, I have found some clues about this matter."

Jiao Shun was shocked when he heard this, and wondered if she had already found Wang Xifeng?

Could it be that Feng Lazi deliberately left a loophole so that Mrs. Wang could fall into a trap?

I didn’t want to hear Mrs. Wang say again: “I suspect it was Miss Lin who did it!”

Um?!

Jiao Shun was confused by her again. This was too unusual, right?

Could it be that I guessed wrong that Wang Xifeng did not do this?

He couldn't help but ask: "How can I say this? Has any evidence been found?"

"There is no concrete evidence yet, but her recent words and deeds are very suspicious!"

Mrs. Wang was convinced, and then she explained her reasoning. Jiao Shun secretly exclaimed, "Logic genius."

To be honest, at this stage, she can still regard her son as a treasure that everyone loves, and she can be said to have a firm will that cannot be shaken.

Jiao Shun sighed and comforted casually: "Even if she really suspected something, she probably hasn't proven it yet. Otherwise, how could she take such risks and use my name to set up a trap? You just need to be careful.

Stop…”

"But in this world, you can only be a thief for a thousand days, so how can you guard against a thief for a thousand days?"

Mrs. Wang retorted disapprovingly.

"What do you mean?"

"It's best to send it off early."

"You put it lightly."

Jiao Shun said: "Rongguo Mansion is currently in a troubled period, especially when Sun Shaozu comes to visit from time to time to cause trouble. In addition, the Wang family sees that the building is about to collapse. Where can they find a suitable match for her at this time?"

"If you come from such a bad family, how can your old lady agree? Then all you need to do is say: Her uncle died not long ago - and she will be able to shut your mouth!"

How could Mrs. Wang not know this? She could only look at Jiao Shun hopefully and said, "Then what do you think we should do?"

"this……"

When Jiao Shun heard this, his heart moved. He had always been regretful and troubled that he could not get close to Chai Dai in the world of Red Mansions. Now, isn't this a God-given opportunity?
Chapter completed!