Spoiling my mistress and swallowing my dowry? After my rebirth, I changed my marriage to a powerful

Chapter 18 Demotion, salary reduction, and expulsion from the palace

Gu Chengyan and Gu Jiaojiao were sweating profusely. What was going on? How could there be a collection of poems?

These days, Gu Chengyan has been with Guan Yingying. Why would he go to the bookstore when he has the poems written for him by Guan Yingying?

Gu Jiaojiao would not go to the bookstore either. With her brother writing for her, she just needed to memorize the books. Why bother reading these things?

She was thinking about how to dress herself up to be the most beautiful and catch the eyes of the Crown Prince and the Empress.

Originally, the prince could have gotten away with it, but when Gu Jiaojiao accused Liu Xian and Li Tang of stealing their poems, things began to ferment.

Madam Liu and the Duchess of England firmly demanded an explanation from the Marquis's Mansion.

The key point is that Concubine De added fuel to the fire.

There are currently three adult princes. The Crown Prince is the legitimate son, Prince Qi is the second son, Prince Jin is the third son, and the fourth prince Zhou Jingyi is still young and has not yet been crowned king.

Apart from the Crown Prince, Prince Qi is the most popular candidate to inherit the throne.

Prince Qi's biological mother was Concubine De.

Empress Defei will definitely not let go of the opportunity to flatter the Crown Prince.

Seeing that the peony flowers were about to be smashed, she was so happy...that she didn't dare to show her joy.

He instigated, "The prince is too kindhearted. He was deceived by a minister who was ignorant of the depths of heaven and earth and made excuses for him everywhere. Even if Prince Gu gave his life to the prince, it would not be enough to repay him."

Not only did he say that the prince was stupid and would never achieve anything great, he also wanted the queen to kill Gu Chengyan and offend Lord Gu.

The Queen frowned and said, "Your Highness, please be careful with your words. I am your Majesty's subject and I must repay your Majesty."

The two of them were exchanging witty remarks, and just as His Majesty was about to get angry at the Crown Prince's "too kind", Gu Jiaojiao rolled her eyes and came up with a new trick.

She cried and said, "Your Majesty, calm down. These poems are really my brother's. He, he asked someone to print them into a book and exchange them for some silver during the Peony Flower Fair."

The whole audience booed, and Old Madam Hou wanted to throw this unfortunate granddaughter out.

The queen found the steps and said with a smile, "Gu Shizi, you should print out your poems and sell them as books, so that more people can read them and learn from them. This is a good thing."

He turned to Emperor Hui and said, "Your Majesty, today's flower show has been long awaited by everyone. Can we continue with it?"

Upon hearing what the queen said, Gu Chengyan immediately kowtowed and changed his words: "Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty, and thank you for your understanding. I am honored to be able to do something small for the students..."

What was Emperor Hui not clear about? He had always disliked Gu Chengyan, and now he hated him even more.

However, he had to save some dignity for his beloved Lord Gu.

He looked at Lady Yinggong and Lady Liu and said, "Tell Prince Gu to go to Liu Mansion and Lady Yinggong Mansion to apologize later."

He said to the prince calmly, "Go on."

Gu Chengyan and Gu Jiaojiao immediately kowtowed to express their gratitude and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

The queen wanted to gloss over the situation, but someone wouldn't allow it.

One of the invited scholars stood up and knelt before the emperor. "Your Majesty, those poems were not written by Prince Gu. They were collected from folk manuscripts by my grandfather when he traveled around the world when he was young. I sorted out the old man's letters and compiled a total of 156 poems about flowers and birds, so the name of the poem is "Skylark Collection".

The man presented two stacks of original manuscripts.

One stack is letters that look a bit old and quite vintage. The handwriting in the manuscript is inconsistent and it seems that they were not written by the same person.

One stack contains new manuscripts, some handwritten and some printed, all of which are manuscripts for organizing letters.

Hua Zisheng kept saying "it's over" a thousand times in his heart, and had no choice but to take it and hand the manuscript to Emperor Hui.

Emperor Hui looked at the manuscripts. The handwriting was old, and the two stacks of paper and the handwriting were indeed different. The refinement and revisions from the draft to the finished product were clearly visible.

The man took out another box, and Hua Zisheng took it and presented it to Emperor Hui.

The whole box was filled with printed fonts. Emperor Hui instructed Hua Zisheng to take out a few words printed on paper, which were exactly the same as those in the published poetry collection.

What's not unclear about this? The poem is someone else's poem, and the book is someone else's book.

It’s just that I don’t know why it was such a coincidence that the other party was so fully prepared, as if they were waiting for Gu Chengyan to run into the muzzle of the gun.

The man seemed to have guessed what Emperor Hui was thinking, and replied: "Your Majesty, I didn't know that Prince Gu wanted to read this poem. I just wanted to present the achievement of movable type printing to Your Majesty.

Who would have thought that Prince Gu would actually claim that my ancestor's poems were his own, and that the collection of poems I printed was his own creation for the benefit of students all over the world. I had no choice but to come out and clarify. "

His intention was to present the movable type model to His Majesty, and the manuscript was for comparison, not targeting Gu Chengyan.

He just wanted to show His Majesty that this printing technology could greatly improve printing efficiency and reduce book costs.

The prince looked at the man and found him unfamiliar. He asked in a gloomy tone, "Who are you?"

The man was dressed in white clothes, more beautiful than snow, and he was extremely elegant. He said in a clear voice, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, my name is Lin Mengzhou, I am from Zhuozhou, and I am a ninth-rank official in the Ministry of Works."

A small odd job in the Ministry of Industry.

Emperor Hui now completely understood that no one stole Prince Gu's poems, but Prince Gu stole Lin Mengzhou's poems.

They have printed a collection of poems, and the original manuscripts of letters from decades ago are all there. Isn't it obvious who stole from whom?

Looking at Gu Chengyan, with a hint of anger: "Gu Shizi, what do you want to say?"

What could Gu Chengyan say? He had completely collapsed.

What happened to Guan Yingying? Why did she copy other people's poems?

By the way, Lin Mengzhou’s book has been published and distributed a long time ago, and I guess Guan Yingying also bought a copy.

Stupid woman!

Harmful spirit!

He was so frightened that he begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I know I was wrong. These poems... I, I..."

unspeakable trouble.

"Gu Shizi deceived the world and stole the reputation. He is truly despicable. He is demoted from the fifth rank of the Ministry of Rites to the seventh rank, fined for three years, and expelled from the palace."

"Gu Jiaojiao's words and deeds are outrageous and she has been full of lies. She will be expelled from the palace and will never be allowed to step into the imperial palace again."

Gu Jiaojiao will never have a chance to join the royal family again.

At the Peony Flower Festival in her previous life, she was betrothed to the Crown Prince as his concubine. When the Crown Prince ascended the throne, she was promoted to the position of Concubine. She returned to the Marquis' Mansion in great glory, wearing a yellow robe and a phoenix crown.

Xie Zhaozhao was summoned and told that she did not kneel properly, and she was punished to kneel in the snow for five hours.

Xie Zhaozhao suffered from joint pain in both knees from that incident, and he could not stand straight on his knees until his death.

In this life, Gu Jiaojiao will never have the chance to show off like that.

Xie Xiangxiang stayed in her seat, her mind blank.

"How could this happen? Isn't his poetry unrivalled in the world? Why would he plagiarize other people's works?" Tiffany Xie muttered in a low voice.

Not only Xie Tingting was muttering, but everyone present who knew about the marriage between the Xie Mansion and the Marquis Mansion was looking for the Xie family.

Xu's face looked extremely ugly. She had lost all her dignity and face.

Xie Zhaozhao has always been very well-mannered, and no one could see how this incident had any impact on her.

She just glanced at Lin Mengzhou who acted as if nothing had happened. What was the relationship between this man and Dongqin?

The arrangement was so perfect, and the evidence was so complete, hitting Gu Chengyan's weak spot, leaving him with no chance of recovery. How could he be just a ninth-rank official?

As she was thinking to herself, she heard Emperor Hui say calmly, "I heard there is a student named Ling Xun who writes good poems. Is he here?"

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