Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Chapter 921 The incident came to light
Seeing this, Xuan Xiao stood up and wanted to chase after him.

Gu Chan said coldly, "Sit down."

"Master, he..."

"If you go after him now, he will have more reasons to say that we are guilty. Besides, a scoundrel like him would definitely want us to beat him up so that he can accuse us of buying the test questions and kill him to silence him." Gu Chan interrupted.

Xuan Xiao was stunned when he heard this and could only sit down silently again.

"Woooooooo..."

At this time, Guo Yu couldn't bear it anymore and threw herself into Gu Chan's arms and cried bitterly.

Feng Hao and Fang Tianyi sat there, with their heads down, not knowing what to say.

Gu Chan reached out and patted Guo Yu's back to comfort him, "Don't cry. We also know that you did it for our own good, so you risked your life to buy the test questions for us."

"It's all my fault. I'm the one who harmed you. Now that scoundrel has caught me, he won't give up easily. Why don't I just turn myself in?" Guo Yu said crying.

Gu Chan pushed her away from his embrace, pulled her to sit down again, reached out to wipe the tears from her face, and said seriously, "Are you afraid of going to jail?"

"Don't be afraid. It's my fault anyway. As long as I'm not beheaded, it's fine." Guo Yu said in a firm tone.

Gu Chan's face darkened and she said, "Okay, then you listen to me and stay in this inn temporarily. If Gao Lin makes any move, you turn yourself in immediately. I will make sure you will not be beheaded."

"Brother Xu, are you really planning to let Miss Guo surrender herself?" Feng Hao asked in surprise.

"What else? This is the only way to protect her and ourselves right now. If the truth is revealed and she doesn't surrender herself, we will be the ones arrested. And if we are in jail at that time, who will deal with Gao Lin?" Gu Chan said coldly.

Feng Hao nodded helplessly.

Things have come to this point, and he has no choice but to listen to Gu Chan.

Of course, with his real talents and knowledge, he is really not afraid of so many things, but the key issue is that Gu Chan will be questioned, and if she wants to get rid of this matter later, it may not be so easy.

After this incident, no one was in the mood to celebrate, and Guo Yu could only go back to his room to rest in fear.

Gu Chan also locked herself in the room, calmed down and thought about countermeasures.

That night, Gao Lin ordered several of his men to secretly go to Kyoto City and spread the rumor that Gu Chan instigated Guo Yu to secretly buy the test questions, which was why he passed the exam and won the third place.

By early the next morning, the rumor had spread throughout Kyoto.

When Gu Chan went out with Feng Hao in the morning, even the innkeeper and several waiters in the inn couldn't help but secretly glance at her with unpleasant eyes.

Gu Chan acted as if she didn't see anything, and followed Feng Hao straight into the sedan chair sent by the palace to pick them up, and went to the south gate of the palace.

Half an hour later, the two arrived outside the South Gate.

At this time, all the civil and military officials in the court also came one after another to wait.

Gu Chan and the other person immediately stepped forward and, following Xu Zhenlin's instructions yesterday, greeted each official one by one.

Wu Zhengyuan, who came from behind them, did the same as them. He first went forward to greet the officials, and then walked up to the two of them. He glanced at Gu Chan with disdain and said, "Brother Xu, it seems that you will not have a good time in the palace examination today!"

"Brother Wu, what do you mean?" Gu Chan said pretending to be calm.

"Don't you know that everyone in the entire Kyoto city is talking about you instigating the daughter of the Minister of Revenue Guo to secretly buy exam questions for you! It was because of this that you passed the exam and got the third place." Wu Zhengyuan said mockingly.

"Brother Wu, the clear ones are clear, and the turbid ones are turbid. Whatever people want to discuss is their business, and I can't control their mouths, so I don't care so much." Gu Chan said calmly. At this moment, she really wasn't pretending, but she really hadn't seen the test papers that Guo Yu secretly bought, so she was confident to say this.

Wu Zhengyuan looked at her and sneered. He stood aside quietly and waited to watch the show.

Feng Hao put his mouth close to Gu Chan's ear and whispered, "Don't worry, we will work together well when we get to the Golden Luan Palace. Anyway, as long as you have real skills, you don't have to worry."

"Yeah!" Gu Chan responded quietly.

Then the two of them stopped talking and calmed down to wait.

About an incense stick of time later, the tall south gate of the palace was finally opened. Gu Chan and the other two immediately followed the civil and military officials and walked towards the south gate.

Soon after, everyone came to the Jinluan Hall and stood on both sides of the hall.

Gu Chan and the other two stood outside the hall waiting.

"Her Majesty has arrived."

Soon, a eunuch's loud shout was heard in the hall.

Leng Yixiu, wearing a dragon robe, walked out from the back of the hall and sat on the dragon throne.

"Long live my emperor."

Everyone in the hall knelt down and paid homage to her.

Leng Yixue said in a cold voice, "Stand up."

"Thank you very much." Everyone said in unison.

After saying that, everyone stood up from the ground.

Xu Zhenlin, the Grand Academician of the Imperial Academy, was the first to walk to the center of the hall and said, "Your Majesty, the top three candidates of this spring exam are waiting outside the hall. Would you like to summon them to see you?"

"No hurry. My dear ministers, do you have anything to report?" Leng Yixiu said calmly.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report." On the right side of the hall, a middle-aged man stood up and said.

As soon as Leng Yixiu saw him, her beautiful face turned gloomy.

This person is the Minister of Rites Wu Huaiyun, the most stubborn of the six ministers. Whenever any official in the court did something wrong, he would bring it to the court to impeach him.

So not only Leng Yixiu was annoyed with him, but most of the civil and military officials in the court also disliked him.

It’s a pity that he is the favorite student of the current Duke of Zhenguo, Gao Tianba, and has a strong backing. Anyone in the court who wants to touch him will have to see if they can afford to provoke Gao Tianba.

Leng Yixiu looked at him impatiently and said, "Go ahead! What do you want to say? I'm listening."

"Your Majesty, I heard that in this year's spring examination, someone in the Imperial Academy secretly sold the test questions to make money. And the daughter of Lord Guo, in order to pursue the man she loved, spent a large amount of money to buy test questions for him and help him pass the exam and get the third place in the imperial examination." Wu Huaiyun reported.

"What did you say? Is there such a thing?" Leng Yixiu frowned and asked in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. Since the people in Kyoto are spreading this matter, there must be a reason for it. The imperial examination is the top priority for selecting talents in our dynasty. If such favoritism and fraud occur, what will happen? I hope Your Majesty will investigate this matter clearly and give fairness to all candidates." Wu Huaiyun said righteously.

Leng Yixiu was furious, his face turned blue with anger.

She couldn't believe that such an ugly thing could happen right under her nose!