Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

This time it was Shen Lanxi who persuaded earnestly.

"Father, you have been in the imperial court for so many years, but His Majesty has never used you. You don't know how to understand His Majesty's intentions at all!"

Shen Congwen: “…”

"Your Majesty, are you a person without a plan in mind? You really don't understand what he meant by asking me to preside over the civil service examination!"

What's with that tone of disappointment?

Shen Congwen was stunned.

Shen Lanxi taught him patiently: "Your Majesty has long been fed up with the sour scholars in the court. He doesn't want the old master to be the chief examiner, nor does he want the people from Wenyuan Pavilion to interfere. He chose me because I know nothing. Father, do you understand?"

Shen Congwen was puzzled: "That's the imperial examination. How can it be so casual?"

Shen Lanxi was too lazy to let him guess, as his guesses would only be useless.

"I am a military officer and I know nothing about the imperial examination. Your Majesty chose me instead of anyone else, which shows that Your Majesty is really eager to seek talents."

Shen Congwen was stunned at first, and then felt annoyed.

Why didn't he think of the deeper meaning of His Majesty? No wonder Lan Xi was so calm. It turned out that His Majesty had already told her about it.

"Since this is a task assigned by His Majesty, you must do it well. Do not bend the law for personal gain just because your sons are going to take the imperial examinations." Shen Congwen warned calmly.

Shen Lanxi: "Of course, father should supervise the studies of the sons at home more!" She was afraid that she would be partial to her own sons and the sons at home would not give her this opportunity.

The crisis of the Shen family was resolved, and Old Madam Shen returned to the Shen Mansion the day after Shen Lanxi woke up.

After learning that His Majesty had arranged an official position for Shen Lanxi and bestowed many gifts on her, he even asked people to buy firecrackers and hang them in the two mansions to drive away the bad luck.

Shen Lanxi missed the martial arts examination because she was recuperating, so all attention was focused on the literary examination.

In other words, throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, everyone's attention was focused on Shen Lanxi alone.

It doesn’t matter if the small mountain village doesn’t know who Shen Lanxi belongs to. Just mention two things and they will definitely know everything.

One was to call for water three times in one night. The other was to recover Dongchuan and the northwest.

No matter how great Shen Lanxi's achievements are, her ex-husband Zhou Ruyuan will always be brought out first.

Wei Dongzhu left the day after Shen Lanxi woke up. There was still a little bit of work to be done to build a platform to deal with King Li.

Before leaving, Wei Dongzhu handed something back to Shen Lanxi.

"wait me back!"

After Wei Dongzhu left, Shen Lanxi stared at the tiger talisman in her hand in a daze.

Although the unrest in the northwest had stopped, Emperor Renxiao still had concerns.

On the tenth day after Shen Lanxi was detoxified, Liang Shaoshen Yuanjing led the Zhenbei Army to the northwest.

Shen Lanxi stood on the city wall and watched them leave, with Ban Sicao and Che Mingyuan following on her left and right.

"We have found out that the person who accused you of fifty crimes in the palace was instructed by the eldest princess Zhou Yunshang."

Shen Lanxi raised her eyebrows: "Zhou Yunshang?" This surprised her a little.

Che Mingyuan: "Those ministers are very close to the prince consort and often drink together."

Shen Lanxi was puzzled: "Have I ever offended her?"

Che Mingyuan said in an ambiguous tone: "You have to ask yourself this."

What did you say?

"I... was favored by the Queen Mother in the palace. She treated me better than her own grandchildren. I vaguely remember snatching clothes and jewelry from princesses, playing tricks on princes and punishing them, snatching their swords and fighting for rewards... There are too many things to list here."

Che Mingyuan and Ban Sicao: “…” Stunned.

From the words between the lines, they could already feel how arrogant Shen Lanxi was back then.

In a word, he made many enemies!

"Sir, how about we talk about Zhou Qiwu? There are only a few days left before His Majesty asks her to leave Beijing." Che Mingyuan quickly changed the subject.

Shen Lanxi responded seamlessly: "We can't just let her go like this!"

Che Mingyuan: "I think so too."

Shen Lanxi thought carefully: "I heard that Zhou Ru'an is coming back, so I thought I should give him a big gift!"

The next day, the story of Zhou Ru'an's affair with the third princess' daughter, Wang Xiangyi, spread throughout the capital. Before noon, more than a dozen versions of the story had been spread.

The most fascinating thing is that Zhou Ru'an and Zhou Qiwu had a son and a daughter. They were very close, and the news that the three of them lived on the same bed spread like wildfire.

Zhou Qiwu was already unhappy when he learned that Shen Lanxi was not dead, and he scolded the servants to pack up and leave Beijing. Now he almost fainted when he heard the news.

Fortunately, Yuan Lang has always been by her side, providing care and comfort.

"Yuan Lang, it must be that little bitch Shen Lanxi who spread the rumors. We should have killed their entire family back in Tianjin!" Zhou Qiwu's handkerchief was torn to pieces, his eyes full of hatred.

Yuan Lang felt that this matter was not simple.

"Princess, after Shen Lanxi returned to Beijing, our people did not attack her. She would not target us."

Zhou Qiwu's eyes flickered, and he said vaguely: "If she didn't spread this, who else could have spread it?"

Yuan Lang thought deeply, could it be the home of her husband who was killed by Wang Xiangyi?

Before he could list them out, the maid came outside the door to announce that Wang Xiangyi and her brother had arrived.

Zhou Qiwu hurriedly stood up from Yuan Lang's legs. The latter was reluctant to let go and pulled him onto his legs and rubbed him for a while before he hid away.

The two siblings rushed in and started crying.

"Mother, it must be Shen Lanxi. There is no one else except her!" Wang Xiangyi accused while crying.

Wang Xiangrong looked at her with a murderous look in his eyes, gnashing his teeth and saying, "Shen Lanxi, she and I cannot coexist."

Zhou Qiwu had already decided on Shen Lanxi in his heart, and after hearing his children say this, he became even more determined.

"Mother, please think of a way to cure Shen Lanxi quickly!" Wang Xiangyi kept shaking Zhou Qiwu.

"Mother, I will make Shen Lanxi die a miserable death!" When Wang Xiangrong thought of the humiliation he suffered while recuperating from his injuries, his heart was dark and twisted, and he also wanted Shen Lanxi to have a taste of that pain.

"I can't let her die in vain. I want her to die in torture and humiliation!"

Zhou Qiwu looked at his son's painful expression and became furious.

She couldn't just leave the capital like this, she had to stay and watch Shen Lanxi become disgraced and die in pain.

Zhou Qiwu went to the palace and cried to Emperor Renxiao that day.

"Your Majesty, this is about the innocence of the prince and the two children of the princess. I implore Your Majesty to catch the culprit who spread the rumors and clear the three children's name!"

Emperor Renxiao was also angry. Even if Zhou Ru'an was incompetent, he was still his son. How could he allow people to smear and slander him like this?

The royal dignity cannot be damaged!

Zhou Qiwu stayed in the capital smoothly.

……

Emperor Renxiao sympathized with Shen Lanxi as she had just recovered from a serious illness, so he allowed her not to go to court, but to rest at home while preparing for the imperial examination.

Shen Lanxi made a special trip to the palace to express her gratitude. When she left the palace, she saw the old Grand Tutor Mei Nanhua still kneeling at the palace gate. She looked up at the scorching sun, then got on the carriage and left without stopping.

Just a hundred meters away from the palace, a man came to report.

"Sir, there is someone who claims to be Princess Yuxue, waiting outside the Marquis' Mansion!"