Chapter 147 (Part 4) ~ Rumors Destroy the Reputation

Chu Fei Yang's gaze followed the figure of Yun Qian Meng. When he saw her sullen face with a hint of suffocation. He immediately got up and took her hand and told Xi Xi, "I will immediately prepare the carriage to the Fu Guo Gong Fu."

At this time, in the Han Lin Academy, all the writings were hand-written with a brush and copied. Han Che turned over a page of yellowed ancient books. The mentioned book was already written with good handwriting in a new booklet. On such occasion, even after the meal had arrived at noon, he never put down the brush from his hand

"Brother Han." Kong Fan, who was admitted to the Han Lin Academy with Han Che, walked in with the lunch of the two men. Seeing that Han Che was still buried in the sea of ​​books, Kong Fan could not help but shake his head. Then he placed the food box at a side table. And he reached out wanting to take away the brush that is held in the Han Che's hand. He did not know that the Han Che had grasped the brush extremely tightly. So even if Kong Fan sneaked, he still did not succeed in taking the brush in his hand.

King Fan saw that he continued to transcribe the ancient books in front of him without any effect. There was no pause in his actions even with external disturbances.

"Don't copy anymore. Just take a break. Hey, I brought our lunch, and brought a message that you couldn't even dream of." Kong Fan walked towards the side table and while taking the food box, he walked to the side of the table where Han Che was.

Kong Fan knew Han Che very well. So he did not expect him to take care of himself. But in this Han Lin Academy, there is a very old-fashioned senior scholar. Even though he came in the name of the second place, but he still couldn't enter the eyes of the old senior. If you talk about it, naturally there is only one person who entered his eyes. Kong Fan was very envious of Han Che.

Moreover, the rumor that he only heard was sort of related to Han Che. And Kong Fan naturally could not let go of any chance to test Han Che. He started the opening of the rumor, "Oh, such a good lady was actually passed down like that. It's a pity!"

However, no matter what Kong Fan said, Han Chu still carefully recorded the book in front of him. There was no sign of talking and there was no feeling of gossip with him.

"Okay, so in your life there is no need to eat? You will just sell your life to the king [1]?" Kong Fan this time to learned to be smart and did not pulled the brush from his hand. He went to grab the ancient book which was in Han Che's hand.

Those ancient books were very precious books. Even if they were only held in their hands, they could feel their historical value. Therefore, with Han Che's nature, naturally, he did not dare to compete with Kong Fan for the book. When Han Che noticed that Kong Fan's hand was about to touch the book, Han Che's left hand immediately shrank back, and that ancient book fell into his sleeve with his movements.

With a trace of coldness, Han Che looked at Kong Fan's over-excited face but with a hint of sarcasm Kong Fan said, "You really have a hard time doing this stuff. You can just hear some rumors while having lunch."

Kong Fan's eyes showed a little unpleasantness. He watched Han Che carefully placing the ancient books on the bookcase. The two of them sat together at the small table to eat lunch.

However, compared with Han Che's serious meal, Kong Fan was somewhat absent-minded. He was looking around and then put down the tableware in his hand. He pulled the stool where he was sitting close to Han Che and whispered to him, "Brother Han, I heard a shocking rumor when I was taking lunch."

Han Che took a bite of green vegetables and put it in the mouth. Then he took a bite of rice and ate it into his mouth. After swallowing, he said, "Haven't you already said it?"

Seeing Han Che's face was still cold, Kong Fan lightly wrinkled his brow, and then relentlessly said, "Is brother Han not curious about the lady in the rumor? Hey, it is so stunning to hear such rumors about that lady. She was a respected lady with good family background and could have married a high ranking official. Unfortunately, the reputation of this young lady is now completely ruined. Whether she can be married in the future will still a be headache."

Han Che served himself a bowl of soup and kept it at his hand to cool down. He inwardly sneered because of Kong Fan's words. Then he taunted, "Which lady makes Brother Kong feel so sorry for her?"

Seeing Han Che asking for the key point Kong Fan immediately approached Han Che and whispered in his ear, "It is the eldest lady of the Fu Guo Gong Fu."

After saying this, Kong Fan's eyes were fixed on Han Che, and even the slight fluctuations never escaped Kong Fan's eyes. He just wanted to verify whether the secret he found at the New Year's Eve Banquet.

However, Han Che was eating lunch. He saw him eating the last rice in the clean bowl. He reached out and touched the edge of the soup bowl. When the soup was warm, he drank it. Kong Fan gave a gaze only to meet Han Che's cold eyes.

Seeing Han Che looking at him, Kong Fan immediately took back his gaze and again started speaking, "I am afraid that this is a big matter. The emperor did not go to the morning assembly. And then he even imprisoned Prince Rui. It happened that Empress Dowager summoned Miss Qu last night and Miss Qu stayed in Feng Xiang Palace. You say all of this is so coincidental. So the people in the palace are saying that Miss Qu and Prince Rui were found together in the palace. The emperor wants to give the Fu Guo Gong Fu and the Empress Dowager an account. This led to the ban on Prince Rui. Unfortunately, the eldest lady of the Qu family, such a noble identity, still is getting rumored about. So many gossips are surrounding."

"I have eaten. Thank you, brother Kong, for today's lunch. I will get lunch tomorrow for me by myself." But to Kong Fan's dissatisfaction, Han Che packed the used tableware into the food box. He got up and walked back to his desk, flipped open the ancient book, and continued to transcribe.

Kong Fan was slightly disappointed to sit back in front of his tableware. But he still looked up and looked at Han Che from time to time, but he saw that his look was normal, the speed of his stroke was still the same. He snorted in his heart. And he turned around and left.

When Kong Fan turned his face, Han Che looked up from the book and looked at Kong Fan with cold eyes. His knuckles holding the brush were slightly white, and even the ancient books that were carefully taken care of were smashed a corner.

At this time, Feng Xiang Palace was still restless. After the Empress Dowager listened to Aunt Lan and Ming Ming that Qu Fei Qing was already back to the Fu Guo Gong Fu her heavy heart calmed down.

She immediately thought about it. It was obvious that last night she had let Qu Fei Qing drink the medicine, and she was taken to the Ganlu Temple. But why would it be the Empress's palace maid that eventually appeared on the dragon bed? Even though The palace maid was found with Prince Rui at last but her heart was not calmed down smoothly. Who could be the person that dared to interfere?

"The Empress Dowager." Although Aunt Lan saw her in the Fu Guo Gong Fu, she had heard a lot of whispers on the road after she entered the palace. These rumors were all about Miss Qu. Aunt Lan's face looked very ugly at the moment.

"When did you become so hesitant? What's the matter?" There was a murderous intent in the eyes of the Empress Dowager. She gave a look at her bodyguard, letting him secretly send someone to check what happened last night.

Aunt Lan saw nothing but she walked to the side of the Empress Dowager, bent over, and whispered a few words in her ear.

'Snapped' A loud noise rang in the quiet hall.

A circle of coral bracelets wrapped around the wrists of Empress Dowager's full of round coral beads immediately fell to the ground along with the broken silk.

But at this moment, she immediately stood up in an instant. Her voice was low, "Are they defying the orders? The Emperor has strictly forbidden to talk about this matter. They dared to discuss it in public. Who is bold enough to spread these rumors?"

Aunt Lan immediately kneeled in front of the Empress Dowager and did not dare to say a word.

"From which palace is this rumor spreading? Give all the palaces a check and see which palace is involved in this matter." The Empress Dowager's hands clasped into a fist, and her eyes were gloomy and staring at the hall as commanded to Aunt Lan.

"Yes, this slave will follow the order. Just Empress Dowager, if this thing is..." Although Aunt Lan was brought into the palace by the Empress Dowager and although she had deep feelings with the Empress Dowager, the master was the master after all [2]. And some words were not her to speak.

"Lan'er, have you been with me for so many years, what have you not seen in the palace? In this palace, what is impossible to happen? Just go and check it out and let the palace be peaceful." After that, Empress Dowager's head started aching but her heart is was feeling more pain.

"Yes, this slave is going to check." Seeing the Empress Dowager seemed to be a little tired, Aunt Lan packed up the scattered coral beads on the ground and went out of the hall.

Originally she thought that Yun Qian Meng would be married to Chen Household, but Chu Fei Yang married her.

And when she tried to get Qu Fei Qing into the palace, things didn't happen but they became filthy. If the rumors came out of the palace, she was afraid...

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager's head ached more and more. She has been fighting in the palace for so many years. She was not tired and she did not want to give up. This has already begun, how can she give up? If she gave up, you will only have one road....death.

Empress Dowager's back slightly shrank and closed her eyes, covering the sunlight that came in from outside. But the bottom of her heart was calculating countless tricks.

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[1] - Han Che was working very hard. Of course, it is for the nation and the nation's benefits in indirect ways. These benefits can help the Emperor in various ways. So we can say that he was selling himself to the Emperor.

[2] - Aunt Lan could not go and check the palaces carelessly. Everything belonged to the Emperor and naturally, he was the master of every palace. Although Empress Dowager gave her permission she was being hesitant.

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Very sorry for a day late update. Actually yesterday I was very busy as I had to attend 6 classes online continuously. Yes, 6 classes. It was very tiring for me. It is very torturous you know. So I updated it today. Hope you liked it. Have a nice day.

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