The legitimate daughter returns, and the princess goes crazy

Soon, rumors spread throughout Kyoto, and the story of the affair spread like wildfire.

It turned out that two female musicians in Tianlai Music Hall had a fight in the hall for their respective masters, and the fight even spread all the way from the hall to the street, attracting many people to stop and watch this farce.

Within a day, the news spread throughout Kyoto and became the topic of conversation after dinner.

Then an even more shocking piece of news came out, that the masters behind the two of them were actually Chief Censor Xu Yi and Lord Zheng of the Imperial College.

It is said that the quarrel between the two women was caused by the woman surnamed Chen, who boasted in front of the other woman that Lord Xu promised to take her as a concubine. The other woman, who was on good terms with Zheng Xuyin, could not help but show her mockery and told the woman what Zheng Xuyin had said to her: "Don't dream there. Lord Zheng has said that Lord Xu attaches great importance to his reputation and it is impossible for him to take a lowly woman like you as his concubine. We should just work honestly in the music house to make money. Don't be wishful thinking and be realistic."

After hearing this, the woman surnamed Chen was so furious that she couldn't help but curse Lord Zheng. The other woman, seeing her master being humiliated, naturally refused to let it go, so the two of them started fighting.

Originally, this matter was just a rumor among the people. Later, when Xu Yi's wife learned about it, she went to the music house in person, grabbed the woman's hair and beat her up in the street, cursing her for seducing her husband, and none of the guards in the music house dared to stop her.

This action directly confirmed the truth of the rumors. It was not a big deal for officials to have some private property, and it was not a big deal to have some girls they could date in the music hall. After all, everyone knew it.

But Xu Yike was a censor, a model of integrity among officials. He was known for his honesty, poverty, and non-partisanship. He had won a lot of reputation in the court. Even the current emperor had publicly praised his loyalty, which made many officials envious.

Now, not only was it rumored that he opened a private music hall, but he also opened it in collaboration with Zheng Xuyin, who were both disciples of King Xuan. This could not help but make people imagine a lot, and caused the personal image he had previously cultivated to collapse in an instant.

Not only Xu Yi, but the entire Censorate was subject to criticism and blame.

The Censorate was supposed to respect the law like a sword and enforce discipline in the court, but now even within its own ranks there are people who do not uphold the law. As a result, the entire Censorate has become a laughing stock in the court.

All the officials in the Censorate were furious about this bad apple. The Chief Censor, who was the head of the censors, led all the officials in the Censorate to impeach Xu Yi in the court, determined to eliminate this black sheep.

When the emperor learned about this, he was furious and ordered Xu Yi to be dismissed from his post and his property confiscated on the spot. All officials in the Censorate were fined half a year's salary.

As for Zheng Xu Yin, he was also convicted and his property was confiscated. The emperor even reprimanded King Xuan in public and confined him to his home for three days on the grounds that he did not discipline his subordinates strictly. After all, the fact that Xu Yin was King Xuan's disciple was known to all the civil and military officials in the court.

The emperor reprimanded King Xuan in public, not only because of Zheng Xuyin, but also because he was angry that he had reached out to the Censorate.

Although there is no solid evidence to prove that Xu Yi is his man, the fact that Xu Yi and Zheng Xu Yin opened a music hall together makes it difficult for him to escape the connection.

As soon as he left the court, Liu Liangcai, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, said to King Xuan with a flattering look on his face: "I really admire Your Highness King Xuan."

Mo Jingwen snorted coldly, "What are you admiring? Are you admiring me for being scolded by my father?"

Liu Liangcai hurriedly explained, "Of course not. Your Highness was only confined for three days, which shows that the Emperor still values ​​Your Highness and is reluctant to impose a heavy punishment. What I admire is that even the always arrogant Xu Yi can join you, which shows that you, King Xuan, are the people's favorite and the wise officials of the world all yearn for you."

Then he sighed again: "It's a pity that this man has such a wife. His bright future has been ruined. It's really a pity."

Mo Wenjing frowned and said indignantly, "Who said that Xu Yi surrendered to me? I did send Zheng Xuyin to win him over, but he refused with a firm attitude. After all, such things cannot be forced, so I didn't ask any more questions later. But I didn't expect Zheng Xuyin to turn around and cooperate with him in business."

Liu Liangcai looked confused and asked in surprise: "Are you saying that this Xu Yi is not one of your disciples?"

Mo Jingwen shook his sleeves heavily and gritted his teeth and said, "Of course not!"

But he also realized that something was wrong at this time.

Now, even Liu Liangcai felt that Xu Yi had secretly defected to him, which meant that the emperor must have given this matter a lot of thought.

The Censorate has always taken orders directly from the Emperor and must not form cliques for personal gain.

If his father becomes suspicious, it would be troublesome. After all, he hasn't even become the crown prince yet, but he is reaching out so far. The emperor will definitely be suspicious of him, and his path to becoming the crown prince will be even more difficult.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, his expression gloomy and unclear. He lowered his voice and ordered, "Go, immediately mobilize all the available people in the Privy Council to find out what is going on!"

"Yes!"