This news reached the palace.
Emperor Xuanming, already very displeased with this group of officials who had united to pressure him, became even more angry.
When the Son of Heaven gets angry, it is not something that these noble families can hinder.
Moreover, Chu Heng was waiting by the side to exact revenge.
Thus, when the mon folk heard that the discoverer of high-yield rice and high-yield potatoes, as well as the reformer of the weaving machine, Madam, was being unjustly insulted by that group of officials for writing a mere novel.
Gradually, there were people who went to the yamen to appeal for Ye Muyu, requesting the Son of Heaven to stand up for Ye Muyu.
Initially, when only a dozen or so moners showed up.
The yamen paid no mind.
When the number rose to over a hundred.
The yamen sensed something was amiss and prepared to drive them away.
However, they found that the guards who let these moners into the city were all trusted by the Emperor.
And also soldiers under Chu Heng’s mand.
At this point, the officials from noble families could not ignore it; this was retaliation from Chu Heng and Emperor Xuanming.
As they were deliberating how to respond, they discovered more and more moners appeared, even those residing in the capital participated.
Initially, many moners only knew that high-yield rice seeds, potatoes, and weaving machines were donated to the imperial court.
But did not know by whom.
Today, someone spread the news that it was Madam Chu, and instantly, the moners who had been living better and better days, were more than willing to step forward.
More and more petitions appeared.
Emperor Xuanming was long prepared.
He came out of the palace, appeased the public, and expressed he would not be influenced by these remarks; he would treat all meritorious officials well.
Then, on the spot, he had Imperial Censor Zhang arrested.
With the Emperor’s words, the moners felt at ease; over a thousand people kneeled in the streets proclaiming the Emperor’s enlightenment.
Originally, Emperor Xuanming did not need to arrest Imperial Censor Zhang on the spot.
But he did it anyway, and then quickly confiscated his assets and exiled the entire Zhang family for thousands of miles, acting swiftly and decisively, which made the skin of all imperial court officials tighten.
Zhang Lin couldn’t care less about taking the imperial examination; now he’s bee a prisoner, uncertain if he will ever regain his freedom.
When being led out of the mansion, shackled, being a prisoner, seeing the moners outside pointing fingers, yet not seeing a trace of the Qi family’s servants, let alone the masters themselves.
Zhang Lin was so furious his eyes turned red: "Father, had we known it would e to this, we wouldn’t have stood out as the bird taking the first shot."
"It’s too late to say anything now." Imperial Censor Zhang instantly aged ten years, his temples going white, realizing he had been abandoned, harboring hatred for Minister Qi, having been so casually used.
The Qi family suffered no loss, but the Zhang family was finished.
"It was my fault, shouldn’t have taken sides," Imperial Censor Zhang sighed slackly, taking one last look at the capital, never to return afterwards.
As for Zhang Lin, he was a petty man; after leaving the capital, he didn’t forget to spread pre-prepared news.
Qi Yuan’s reputation swiftly soured, students at his school who had been friendly started to distance themselves.
Even those who previously followed him blindly began to have independent thoughts, no longer acting so mindlessly to help Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan faced setbacks at school, resentful to the extreme, wanting to unite with Clan Youngsters.
But after this incident.
Emperor Xuanming used public sentiment to directly warn the noble families.
Several individuals with ties to the Qi family were ousted.
It was due to the magnitude of this uproar, the officials opposing Emperor Xuanming were all dealt with.
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