After the villain was defeated, she still had power in the government

The words were spoken sincerely and the content sounded fine.

Unfortunately, Feng Xingling is not someone who knows how to hide his emotions, which made Fu Yutang see the clue immediately.

Seeing his evasive eyes and guilty expression, as if he had done something to let her down, Fu Yutang narrowed her eyes and couldn't help but guess in her heart: "Could it be that he didn't find the source of the rumor during this period of time, so he came to apologize?"

Otherwise, why would you bring so many gifts?

Seeing him looking around with an expression that seemed to want to say something but hesitated, Fu Yutang became more certain of his guess - he wanted to apologize, but there were so many people around and he was embarrassed to speak in public.

Thinking of this, Fu Yutang calmly winked at Wang Dagui and the others.

Wang Dagui and the others understood each other, and after serving tea, they each found an excuse to leave.

Fu Yutang and Feng Xingling were the only two people left in the hall.

Feng Xingling straightened his back, clenched his fists and placed them on his knees, his nervousness was evident.

What should he say?

Atang is a weak scholar, who is powerless and cannot even tie a chicken. Being treated like that by his royal brother, Atang will definitely be hurt.

Should he care about Atang's injury?

No, no, if I ask, with Atang's intelligence, he will definitely realize that he knows about the Imperial Study.

In this case, Atang would definitely not be able to face him calmly as before.

But if he didn't ask, he would really feel uneasy.

What should we do?

He hesitated and didn't know how to start.

Fu Yutang mistakenly thought she had guessed his intention and changed the subject first, "It's been a while since we've met. By the way, how has Lord Ling been doing lately?"

Feng Xingling woke up from his dream when he heard this. He looked up at Fu Yutang's concerned eyes, and said with a "hmm" and averted his eyes, "It's, it's not bad."

Fu Yutang nodded and looked at the young man in front of him calmly.

After the other party said something, he immediately kept silent. I guess it would take a long time for him to prepare himself mentally before speaking. After thinking about it, I took the initiative to speak up and said, "By the way, didn't Lord Ling say last time that he would help me track down the source of the rumor? Have you found any clues?"

Speaking of this, Feng Xingling's attention was immediately distracted. He restrained his expression and explained the results of his investigation in a clear and orderly manner.

Of course, the fact that the rumor originated from the imperial palace was omitted.

After all, if we really want to get to the bottom of it, the culprit is the emperor's brother.

Now that the emperor has made a big mistake, Atang must be extremely disgusted with the emperor. He should not add fuel to the fire of their precarious relationship.

"So it's all the work of rats, ahem, was it He Zhiyong and Qian Youcai who did this?" Fu Yutang said.

Feng Xingling nodded solemnly and said, "Indeed. The rumor about you forcing the old man was first spread by He Zhiyong."

"……Oh."

Fu Yutang was not surprised by this result. He nodded slightly to indicate that he knew it, and then he turned his attention back to Feng Xingling.

If he wasn't feeling guilty for not finding out who was behind the rumor, then what was it?

Since the original body and Feng Xingling were very good friends, Fu Yutang was afraid that he would reveal clues and make Feng Xingling realize that he was not the original body, so he had been avoiding too much contact with Feng Xingling since he traveled through time. As a result, the number of times they met was very few.