My younger sister insisted on marrying me and made me the Marquis' wife.

Chapter 695 Giving Others a Handle
Mr. Songshan, who had been watching the commotion, was startled by what he heard. These people... how come they have anything to do with me?

That's really a far-fetched analogy.

Mr. Matsuyama's beard twitched.

Qin Siyuan couldn't stand it any longer and shouted, "If I really am as Brother Wu says, a fraud, won't I be exposed in next year's imperial examination? Besides, does that mean I will never write poetry again from now on?"

The crowd calmed down and looked at Wu, the scholar, waiting for his reply.

Wu, the scholar, sneered and said, "This is the clever thing about your Qin family. First, you use other people's poems to make a name for yourself and get your name on the emperor's lips. Then you can improve your ranking in the palace examination. After you're selected as an official, you can just buy some more poems to show off, right?"

He delivered a passionate speech to the crowd, inciting many students of the Imperial Academy, who all clamored that Qin, the Imperial Academy Chancellor, was immoral and unworthy of the position.

Qin Yuan stepped forward and approached the railing, with Lord Gu closely following and protecting her. Wu Juren then exclaimed, "Although Marquis Dingbei has made unparalleled contributions, he cannot favor the Yue family; it would be unfair!"

A hint of murderous intent flashed across Lord Gu's cold face as he said to him, "Oh? You've also convicted me?"

With his broad shoulders and tall stature, he stood on high, like a god, and the people below dared not speak for a moment.

Scholar Wu hurriedly replied, "How dare I, a junior scholar, condemn Marquis Dingbei?"

"I see you're quite audacious. Just because you're not satisfied with Qin Siyuan's poetic reputation, you've accused the Qin family and me of crimes, and incited the students of the Imperial Academy to despise the Chancellor. Well done."

Lord Gu's voice was cold, and his words were even more stern.

"Do you know what the crime of a subordinate deceiving a superior is? Since you are a candidate who has passed the imperial examination and entered the Imperial Academy, you must know what punishment you should receive for disrespecting the academic officials and for disrespecting this Marquis?"

Upon hearing this, no one dared to speak.

Wu, the scholar, shrank back and dared not utter a sound.

Lin Ziqi hurriedly jumped out: "Brother Wu, how dare you say such things without any evidence? If the Chancellor reports to the Education Commissioner in the future to strip you of your academic title, it will be only right."

These words further enraged the students.

"The matter hasn't been clarified yet, and you're already trying to intimidate people with your power?"

Lord Gu sneered a few times and said, "Just for the fact that he fabricated charges to slander me, I can petition the court to strip him of his official title."

Wu, the scholar, turned and pushed through the crowd, then strode toward Prince Qi and the others. He suddenly knelt down, crawled several steps on his knees, and cried out, "Your Highness Prince Qi, Your Highness Ninth Princess, Your Highness Princess Fuyun, Marquis Dingbei is about to convict me in front of the royal family. Please, Your Excellency, do justice for me!"

Princess Jiu rolled her eyes and was about to speak when Prince Qi said, "I see that you are ruthless in convicting Marquis Dingbei and Chief Minister Qin. However, this matter was started by you, and everything is just your conjecture. How can it be verified?"

This answer is fair.

The Ninth Princess was feeling a bit unwell.

Brother Ximen muttered under his breath, "What this scholar said isn't impossible, but without evidence, isn't that just talking nonsense? And for a mere scholar to dare to publicly criticize the Chancellor and the Marquis of Dingbei, isn't that a bit too audacious? I don't believe there's no one behind this."

Upon hearing this, the Ninth Princess immediately understood.

If someone is giving her instructions, and that person is on her side, then she has to help.

However, her mother had always wanted to win over the Marquis of Dingbei.

So she said, “Brother Qi is right. You, a mere scholar, have ruined my enjoyment of listening to Young Master Nantang critique poetry in public, and you’ve also pinned such a serious charge on Qin Jijiu and Marquis Dingbei. There must be some evidence to support your claim. If you’re just spouting nonsense, I’m afraid you’ll lose your scholar’s ​​degree.”

Princess Fuyun also said, "Since you want to reveal this matter in front of us, how can you convict someone based on just a few words? If everyone acted like you, the ministers in the court would die countless times a year."

Everyone calmed down and said, "That's right. When people argue in court, they always say that this person should be executed and that person should be executed. If they were all sentenced in a few words, I really don't know how many would survive." The Ninth Princess turned to Brother Ximen and smiled, "You are insightful."

Brother Ximen hurriedly said, "I've seen countless disputes among ordinary people. When they quarrel, they start by listing a whole bunch of faults about the other party, which is truly heinous. They then boast about themselves, claiming to be benevolent, righteous, courteous, wise, and trustworthy in every way. If you really believe them, even the officials will be led astray."

The Ninth Princess found it amusing and laughed out loud.

A maidservant said, "Your Highness hasn't been this happy in a long time. With Young Master Ximen by your side, Your Highness will be happy for a few more days."

Brother Ximen laughed and said, "This humble subject is naturally willing to keep you company, but I'm afraid the princess might get tired of this humble subject in the future."

“How could I?” Ninth Princess tugged at Brother Ximen’s sleeve and whispered, “You are so charming and interesting, how could I possibly dislike you?”

Brother Ximen looked troubled and said, "This humble subject naturally wishes to stay by the princess's side for a long time, but..."

"Just what?"

The King of Qi asked Wu, the scholar who had been reluctant to get up and speak.

Wu, the scholar, said, "...It's not that I don't have evidence, but I dare not hand it over because I'm afraid it will be destroyed. I only wish to hand it over to His Highness Prince Qi and the two princesses for inspection."

"So you actually have evidence?"

The crowd whispered among themselves.

The King of Qi was somewhat surprised and raised his eyebrows, saying, "Bring it here."

Wu, the scholar, reached into his sleeve and took out a roll of paper, which he handed to the chief clerk serving King Qi.

Upon seeing this, Qin Siyuan couldn't help but gasp.

Mr. Songshan hurriedly asked, "Siyuan, do you have some kind of leverage over him?"

Qin Siyuan slammed his hand on the railing, gritting his teeth: "Damn it! Young Master Nantang once gave me a sample poem draft to study. I couldn't bear to burn it after reading it, so I put it in my book box, intending to ponder it later. Could he have stolen it? I really can't believe that a dignified scholar could do such a despicable thing."

Mr. Songshan sighed: "What can I say to you? You are so careless. If you enter the examination hall and are framed, you may not even know why. If you become an official, you may not even know if your official seal is stolen."

Qin Siyuan blushed and dared not look at Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan had instructed Shen Changle to carefully deliver the poem to him, and repeatedly told him that the secret should not be shared with more than six people, and that if the matter was not successful, it should be kept secret.

now……

Qin Siyuan whispered, "What should we do? This will drag you all into this."

Not to mention that both the Qin and Gu families were dragged into this mess.

The reputations of Mr. Songshan and Mr. Nantang are also difficult to preserve.

My younger sister was planning to make a big splash, but if her reputation is ruined, how can she succeed?

Qin Yuan sighed softly, "I even asked Shen Changle to tell you the story of Su Dongpo as the chief examiner, but I didn't expect you to still be so careless and give others a handle to use against you."

Qin Siyuan felt even more ashamed.

Qin Yuan said, "Things have come to this point, let's just wait and see. Your poetic talent has been unlocked, he'll have to submit no matter what."