After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Chapter 291 Things come to an end

Five days after Shui Changqing went south to serve as military supervisor, the accusations made by Pei Qing against Qi Wushuang finally spread in Chamdo.

If these accusations were in Andu, not only would no one believe them, but even if they did, they would automatically find excuses for Qi Wushuang and say that those Embroidered Uniform Guards deserved to die.

But this is in Chamdo after all.

Qi Wushuang's influence in Chamdo is not great. Although the scandal of the former emperor was exposed some time ago, making the people of Chamdo hate the former emperor, it does not mean that the people of Chamdo trust Qi Wushuang.

Just as the people of Chamdo were discussing the matter, rumors were also spreading in Chamdo City.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard was originally disbanded because its commander, Pei Qing, was caught in bed committing adultery with the wife of Concubine Yuwen's cousin. In order to save the reputation of the Yuwen family, Grand Tutor Yuwen submitted a petition to disband the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

This gossip was spread by Ye Wuwei.

At the same time, Ye Wuwei also deliberately let people lead the rhythm, saying that Yuwen Taishi gave the woman who had an affair with Pei Qing to Pei Qing, and that was why Pei Qing gave false testimony for Yuwen Taishi to frame Qi Wushuang.

The story was spread with details and details.

As Ye Wuwei expected:

People love to gossip about these romantic news. They often don't care whether the news is true or not, they just follow the crowd and say what they like.

For a while, Pei Qing's romantic scandal overshadowed the incident of "Qi Wushuang killing the Embroidered Uniform Guards".

Just as Pei Qing's romantic scandal was slowly fading, the main streets of Chamdo posted another imperial notice:

The announcement is a statement from Qi Wushuang himself.

Qi Wushuang admitted that he had killed five hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards, but he had no idea beforehand that those five hundred people were Embroidered Uniform Guards sent by the former emperor to kill him.

A few years ago, he was sent by the former emperor to Anping County to investigate a human trafficking case. At first, he thought that the former emperor was afraid of him, but later he found out that the former emperor wanted to kill him while he was away from Chamdo.

On his way back to Chamdo from Anping County, he encountered several assassination attempts. Fortunately, the guards around him tried their best to protect him and bring him back to Chamdo safely.

They killed nearly five hundred people along the way, but he had never known that those five hundred people were the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

It was not until Pei Qing testified that he had asked Humu Khan to kill 500 Embroidered Uniform Guards in exchange for 50,000 dan of rice that he found out that the 500 killers were actually Embroidered Uniform Guards.

Therefore, although he killed 500 Embroidered Uniform Guards, there was no such thing as "asking Humu Khan to kill them in exchange for 50,000 dan of rice". It was purely a false accusation by Pei Qing.

As for colluding with Humuhan, reselling grain and enriching himself, it is even more absurd.

At that time, the Ati people occupied the south of the desert and had the possibility of moving south to occupy the Central Plains at any time. However, the Qi Dynasty lacked war horses and had no ability to fight the Ati people without them.

In desperation, he had to exchange food for horses from Humu Khan.

It turned out that his decision was right.

It was because of those war horses that he was able to drive the Ati people out of the south of the desert and back to the north.

The death of the former emperor had nothing to do with him, he died of convulsions.

In addition to Qi Wushuang's statement, there is also relevant "evidence":

1. The assassination attempt that Qi Wushuang encountered on his way back to Chamdo from Anping County.

2. Qi Wushuang used the money from his private treasury to fill the deficit in the national treasury left by the former emperor.

3. The account of Qi Wushuang and Humuhan buying horses.

4. A diagnosis report on the cause of death of the former emperor issued by the Imperial Medical Service and certified by important officials such as General Qi, Imperial Tutor Zhuang, and Imperial Preceptor Yuwen.

5. Evidence of the former emperor’s collaboration with the enemy that was announced a few days ago.

6. The last will of Emperor Jingzheng.

At the same time, Ye Wuwei also asked people to lead the pace among the people:

Since the new emperor admitted that he was the one who killed the 500 Embroidered Uniform Guards, there was no need to deny exchanging them for 50,000 dan of grain. It seemed that Pei Qing had indeed framed the new emperor.

The new emperor drove the Ati people out of the south of the desert and back to the north, so it was even more impossible for him to collude with the north.

The new emperor has used all his money to build roads, water conservancy projects and reclaim wasteland. How can there be any case of embezzlement?

The former emperor clearly died of convulsions, and even Grand Tutor Yuwen signed to prove it. But now they want to blame the new emperor for the former emperor's death. This is really despicable.

Just as Ye Wuwei expected:

The people are not too interested in the intrigues of those in power; they are more concerned about their own lives.

Under the guidance of someone, the public opinion leaned towards Qi Wushuang.

Since the new emperor did not give 50,000 dan of grain to the north in vain, and also used his own money to benefit the people, what's wrong with such an emperor?

Seeing the change in public opinion, Ye Wuwei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

That night during dinner, Ye Wuwei said to Qi Wushuang:

"Things are finally over. Although your reputation has been negatively impacted, it's not irreversible.

In the future, you should implement more policies that benefit the people and make their lives better. Only then will they truly respect you."

Qi Wushuang doesn't value his own reputation as much as Ye Wuwei does. If Ye Wuwei didn't care, he wouldn't bother with Master Yuwen.

Seeing that Qi Wushuang didn't take it seriously, Ye Wuwei put down his chopsticks and said:

"Wushuang, do you think I'm just trying to gain fame and reputation by fabricating evidence to build a good reputation for you?"

Qi Wushuang picked up some food for Ye Wuwei:

"I don't think you're being hypocritical. I know you're doing this for my own good."

"Really?"

"it is true.

If you were truly someone seeking fame and reputation, you wouldn't have deliberately led the court officials to fear you and the Qi'an tribe."

Seeing that Qi Wushuang understood him, Ye Wuwei said:

"Before you were not an emperor, it was okay for you to act more recklessly, because reputation was not that important to you.

But now you are the emperor, and your every word and action affects the people of the entire Qi Dynasty.

If the Qi Dynasty wants to be stable and government policies to be implemented smoothly, the emperor's reputation is also a very important factor."

If Qi Wushuang was not the emperor, Ye Wuwei would not want to worry so much.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Seeing Qi Wushuang's perfunctory answer, Ye Wuwei felt helpless.

Forget it. He should worry more about it in the future and make sure Qi Wushuang doesn't make the same mistake of "exchanging 50,000 dan of grain for 500 lives" again.

……

That night, after the two of them had sex, Qi Wushuang put his arm around Ye Wuwei's shoulders and asked:

"Wu Wei, if I were just Prince Qi of Andu, would you be willing to make our relationship public?"

Ye Wuwei thought for a moment:

“Although it won’t be widely publicized, there won’t be as many concerns as there are now.”

"So, do you go out of your way to avoid me in public?"

Ye Wuwei thought for a moment and said, "I won't deliberately avoid you."

Qi Wushuang touched Ye Wuwei's shoulder without saying anything.

Seeing Qi Wushuang didn't say anything, Ye Wuwei turned around and looked at Qi Wushuang: "You don't want to make our relationship public now, do you?"

"I won't make it public without your consent."

“Wushuang, it’s not that I mind my relationship with you, but once our relationship is made public, it will bring a lot of trouble to you and me.

Especially me, I will be pointed at by everyone."

Qi Wushuang paused as he touched Ye Wuwei's shoulder, "I understand."

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