The mistress of the Hou family worked herself to death, and she did not serve after her rebirth

The Taoxi Academy, which was once praised by everyone, suddenly lost its reputation.

The teacher is no match for the boy, and his fame and fortune are all gained through cheating.

The key point is that the academy actually blatantly shields someone who belittles students, especially when the other person is the legitimate son of a marquis.

If this is how the legitimate son of the Marquis is treated, what about others?

Taoxi Academy, where people used to be vying to send their children, is now deserted after this incident.

Even the merchants who usually curry favor with the locals are no longer willing to send their children there.

Later, it was revealed that a student who was originally hailed as a child prodigy, found his faith in Taoism shattered and he even suffered from a serious illness after entering Taoxi Academy.

Later, some people found out that many students from ordinary families became like ordinary people after entering Taoxi Academy, and some even said nonsense like "If you are not a child of the royal family, it is useless to study hard".

At first, everyone thought that these were students from ordinary families. They looked good at first, but later they were outshined by the children from families who had been carefully nurtured and had a strong academic atmosphere since childhood. Only then did they express their heartfelt envy.

But thinking about what happened recently, some people were surprised to find that in Taoxi Academy, and even in other academies of all sizes in the capital, it seemed that all the famous students were either from the Wang family or from other families who were friends or related to the Wang family.

Especially among ordinary families, very few can read it.

For a time, there was widespread talk that the Wang family and the academy monopolized education and the imperial examinations, shielded their own children, and prevented the children of ordinary families from becoming successful.

Later, it gradually developed to the point where someone posted a notice to send his own children to study in the academy where Wang's family members worked, but they were bullied and forced to leave by the dandy students headed by Wang's children.

The death was posted.

Some people even brought students with dazed expressions, broken legs, or broken fingers to beat the drum to seek justice.

In the main hall, there was even a censor who was seeking fame and, contrary to his usual practice, spoke for the marquisate who was of military origin.

"I have a petition to make. A few days ago, I heard that a teacher in Wang's Academy actually bullied and slandered the son of the Marquis. Marquis Gu has led troops for many years and defeated the enemy. He has not been able to reunite with his wife and children for five years. After returning to Beijing, he did not dare to slack off. He cooperated with the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to arrest criminals and made great achievements. However, his son was actually ostracized and slandered by the people in the academy. This matter is simply horrifying. If it cannot be strictly investigated and curbed, won't it make the meritorious officials feel discouraged and dare not serve the court anymore?"

"I also have a report to make. Recently, there have been many rumors about the Wang family in the capital. Although they may not be completely true, I have found that in recent years, there have indeed been many things that hindered children from outside the family, especially those from poor families, from studying and becoming successful. This is simply a blatant violation of Your Majesty's purpose of recruiting talents from all over the world through the imperial examination, and it also shakes the foundation of the country. Their intentions are worthy of death."

Before the current Majesty ascended the throne, the court suffered greatly from the power of the aristocrats. Therefore, after His Majesty ascended the throne, in order to weaken the aristocrats, he opened more schools and eased the way for poor students to enter officialdom.

The Wang family originally had the deepest roots among the noble families. In order to prevent the noble families of the previous dynasty from controlling power and weakening the imperial power, His Majesty deliberately marginalized the Wang family, giving them enough respect without allowing them to get involved in the center of power.

He also praised the Wang family several times as the leader of Confucian teachers, and praised the Wang family's achievements in teaching and imparting knowledge, giving them enough respect and allowing them to continue to make progress in teaching and imparting knowledge and answering questions.

He always thought that the Wang family had been law-abiding and diligent over the years, cultivating talents for the court. In recent years, he has gradually relaxed his guard. He even wanted to let Wang Qi, the head of the Wang family in this generation, preside over the Spring Examination, and has hinted to Wang Qi that he can make preparations early.

Even the summons had been written.

But no one expected that at this critical juncture, something would happen to the Wang family.

He trusted the Wang family, but he didn't expect the Wang family to...

No wonder that no matter how he encouraged the establishment of local schools in recent years, there were no children from poor families passing the imperial examinations, but more and more people spoke well of the Wang family.

He thought the Wang family had done their best, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen.

His Majesty's face looked worse and worse.

All the ministers broke out in a cold sweat.

Especially the ministers who had close contacts with the Wang family dared not say a word, let alone speak well of the Wang family.

Originally, they had promised Wang Qi to plead for him and keep the position of presiding over the Spring Examination, which was the stepping stone for the Wang family to return to the court.

But who would have thought?

I heard that the cause was that a scholar from a branch of the Wang family made things difficult for the legitimate son of the Marquis’s Mansion?

A thousand-mile dam collapsed due to an ant hole, Wang Jia...

Wang Qi's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He didn't dare to raise his head, let alone look at the emperor's expression.

When the memorial was presented, His Majesty only glanced at it and threw it aside, brushing past Wang Qi.

Wang Qi's legs trembled and he fell to his knees on the ground.

He did not dare to get up until the court was over.

His Majesty refused to see him, and finally ordered the eunuchs to carry him out of the palace.

He has been respected all his life and has students all over the world, but he has never suffered such humiliation.

When he was carried back to Wang's house, he spat out a mouthful of blood as soon as he entered the door.

The Wang family is in chaos.

Old Madam Wang stopped worshipping Buddha and went to look after Wang Qi herself. When Wang Qi woke up, she asked someone to investigate what had happened.

Why has it come to this?

He didn't think about whether the Wang family had really done those monopolistic and humiliating things. He just wanted to know who he had offended to cause such harm to the Wang family.

All the Wang family members in the room didn't dare to breathe.

Until the sound of Wang Ju'niang crying was heard outside the house.

"Master, my son was murdered. Master, please save my son..."

Hearing this, Liu was a little flustered and hurriedly asked someone to drive Wang Juniang away, but Wang Juniang rushed in first.

She even exposed it directly in front of the head of the family, Wang Qi, "It was Liu who tricked my son into getting into trouble with the eldest son of the Marquis's mansion. Damn Liu, she harmed my son. I hope the head of the family will take care of my son."

Liu was startled and trembling. Just as she was about to explain, the old lady slapped her in the face.

"Liu, you might as well tell the truth."

Facing the old lady's angry and sinister eyes, Liu felt a chill in her heart. In the end, she could only hide it from the old lady and hinted at her, admitting that she wanted to make plans for her cousin.

Wang Qi, the head of the Wang family, was Liu's father-in-law. After hearing this, he immediately wanted his son Wang Jin to divorce his wife. Finally, the old lady pleaded, "Master, she didn't expect things to come to this point. Considering that she took the initiative to confess, please forgive her this time.

There must be another reason why the court is so one-sided now. Why not give her another chance and let her help the Wang family get through this crisis?"

Hearing this, Wang Qi remained silent.

Upon seeing this, the old lady quickly had Liu thrown out and asked her to find a solution.

Liu knew clearly that the reason why Old Lady Wang helped her was because she was afraid that she would talk too much.

But what can she do.

But she couldn't just stand there and watch being divorced.

With nothing else to do, Liu could only return to her natal family for the time being and tell her parents about what happened. When they learned that the Wang family's current predicament was related to their daughter, Liu's parents were shocked and angry, but they could not just watch their daughter being divorced.

"Tell me, what does your half-brother's marriage have to do with you? Is it necessary for you to give advice?

Forget it, he... Forget it, don't involve the Liu family. By the way, nowadays, people outside are saying that the Wang family offended the Gu family of the Marquis' Mansion, and that's why the Gu family got involved with the people in the court to target the Wang family. Why don't you go and apologize to the Marquis's wife? By the way, didn't you say that you and that lady in the Marquis' Mansion..."

Liu's eyes lit up, and she suddenly remembered that the root of all this was Gu Lanzhi's late-night visit.

After thinking it through, Liu knocked on the Chu family's door that night.

Gu Lanzhi had hardly gone out these days and had been staying at the Chu family the whole time, but she had heard a lot of rumors outside saying that the Wang family was going to be in trouble.

Her father-in-law was so worried that he couldn't even eat, fearing that the court's direction would change and civil officials would no longer be welcomed.

She never expected that Liu would come to see her. Thinking of how she had to curry favor with Liu for Brother Zhou in the past, she felt furious and wanted to take the opportunity to ridicule Liu.

Unexpectedly, he was scolded directly by Liu.

After hearing what Liu said, she was stunned.

"Gu Lanzhi, if you hadn't hinted at me to cause trouble for Gu Yu, the Wang family wouldn't have been implicated? If you didn't help? Then I'll tell you about how you spread the news that the Marquis's eldest son was a fool and instigated me to cause trouble for him?"

"you?"

Gu Lanzhi was both angry and furious, but she didn't dare to refuse, she didn't dare to gamble, but she was unwilling to be a submissive to Pei Jiuniang.

"If you agree, I can convince the father-in-law to let your brother Jiazhou enter the Wang Family School. You should know that the books in the Wang Family School are not for ordinary people to read..."

Hearing this, Gu Lanzhi's eyes lit up. She had heard her father-in-law mention Wang's Family School by chance. Her father-in-law said that when he was young, he went to Wang's Family School for a year. It was at that time that he suddenly became enlightened and made progress in his studies.

So Gu Lanzhi had been trying to curry favor with Liu since then, but Liu never gave in, and even said that even the children of their Wang family could not all enter the Wang family school, let alone children from other families.

After weighing the pros and cons, Gu Lanzhi decided to accompany Liu to the Marquis' Mansion.

She gave Liu some advice on the way. Pei Jiuniang suddenly became particularly concerned about Gu Yu. As long as she agreed to let Gu Yu go to the clan school with her, Pei Jiuniang would have no reason to refuse.

When Liu heard this, she also thought it was feasible.