jdhmnovel Chapter 138 About reputation
Chapter 138 About reputation
The sunlight shines through the curtains onto the girls' energetic faces. Their tears are bright and crystal clear, just like their pure hearts.
Shen Xingxi looked at the girls with red eyes, her eyebrows curved and her smile gentle.
Walking to the podium, she took the lead in bowing to all the students and said, "Thank you all for your trust and support. I suddenly feel that everything is worth it."
"Students, you have been busy these days and have not come to the academy for classes. Today is the best time to teach you a lesson about 'reputation'."
She wrote the word "Fame" on the slate.
The students stared at the slate blankly. How come the class suddenly started?
The noble concubine outside the door burst into laughter, the Queen's brain was really beyond their comprehension.
Shen Xingxi raised the corners of his lips slightly, "I'm sure you've all heard the rumors about me, which are nothing more than 'a woman must have paid the price of her body to ascend the throne' and 'the world will be in chaos if a woman is in power'.
I want to set a precedent. I have to endure these criticisms. I can prove the ignorance of people who slander me with my own strength. Those who make malicious speculations and spread rumors will be punished by law. "
She smiled and said, "In the past day and a half, we have caught countless people spreading and discussing rumors, which has added a lot of silver to the not-so-rich treasury. This is not a bad thing. After all, the next time there is a famine, this silver alone can save the lives of a village.
Everything has its pros and cons. If I don't care, no one can hurt me."
The students lowered their heads with mixed feelings. The Queen was slandered in such a way, and yet she was thinking about saving the victims.
This is what it means to truly care about the country and the people, right?
Shen Xingxi continued, "Let's get back to the point. People love to use slander to attack a woman. Reputation is also very important to women. What I want to say is that reputation is other people's evaluation of us and does not represent the real us.
We can use fame to motivate ourselves and improve our moral character, cultivation, knowledge, words and deeds, but we should not be trapped by fame.
Let me tell you a tragic example. A woman was kidnapped by kidnappers. In order to survive, she pretended to be stupid, endured beatings and scolding, and escaped back home when the kidnappers were off guard.
But her parents saw her disheveled and scolded her: "How dare you come back after losing your innocence?"
Neighbors pointed fingers at her, even slandering her for having a dirty disease, and avoided her as much as possible.
Her fiancé broke off the engagement, saying that she was not worthy of him.
Rumors and reality were like a knife, constantly torturing her until she heard her parents blame her for affecting the reputation of her sisters, and she took her own life.
Shen Xingxi punched the table. "She escaped from the abyss with great difficulty. She thought she could see the bright sunshine, but she didn't expect to enter the abyss."
Shen Xingxi raised her voice, "Students, do you think she was wrong? Was it wrong to live? Those people stood on the moral high ground, used their own morality to deprive a life, and finally said coldly: 'It served her right', is this justice?
But this is not an isolated case. Many unmarried girls from many families would hang themselves if they were touched by beggars in order not to affect the reputation of others.
Students, of course I hope that your life will be smooth sailing, but if you really encounter slander from others, you can report it to the authorities as soon as possible and have the courage to face the storm.
Remember, you live for yourself, not for the roles others see you as.”
Miss Zuo pursed her lips and stood up. "Mr. Shen, even so, people are all made of flesh and blood. When I encounter problems, I will think of your words to encourage myself, but I still feel sad when I think of the rumors about you. Can I take two days off and go home?"
The students stood up one after another, "Mr. Shen, we also want to ask for leave."
Shen Xingxi smiled and said, "Since everyone wants to help me so much, I really can't refuse your kindness. In this case, I will give you two days off in four days, but you must do it according to your ability. I don't want you to be punished by your families for this, and I don't want to see my students agree to any conditions from their families for me."
The students nodded in assurance, not knowing that Shen Xingxi had ascended the throne four days later and the focus of the people in the capital had already changed.
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Shen Xingxi dealt with some things in the academy and asked the teachers and students about their recent situations. He returned to the palace only when it was completely dark.
She had dinner with Mo Hongyun, then poked his abdominal muscles, "How about I take you out of the palace tonight?"
Mo Hongyun did not look happy, his breath was beside her ears, his voice was seductive: "I would rather my sister play with me in bed at night."
Shen Xingxi pinched his face and said, "Yunyun is really becoming more and more shameless. If that's the case, then take off this layer of skin tonight and go for a stroll around the various mansions and courtyards."
Mo Hongyun was stunned, "You want me to pretend to be a ghost to scare them?"
"How about we play the Black and White Impermanence?"
"Okay." Mo Hongyun was helpless. He wasn't taking him out to play, he was clearly asking him to help.
However, he didn't expect that Shen Xingxi would disguise himself to look like his father, and even used thick clothes to stretch his body into his father's shape.
The good news is that those officials believed it to be true and thought that the two deceased emperors had come to the world specifically to support the Empress.
Sadly, he was forced to call his father many times.
Seeing Shen Xingxi's smug smile, he couldn't help but threaten her, "Be careful or I'll call you dad in front of everyone!"
Shen Xingxi's eyes widened: "Is there such a good thing?"
Mo Hongyun was discouraged. Xingxi's thickness could not be estimated with normal thinking.
Because of the two men's mysterious actions, there were fewer ministers spreading rumors, but there were still diehards who attempted to achieve their goals by setting a fire and tampering with the coronation ceremony.
The day before the coronation ceremony, Shen Xingxi summoned all the officials and took out the evidence that he had prepared long ago.
In the court today, the people promoted by Mo Hongyun personally have good character and did not participate in this turmoil. The forces of Minister Chen entrusted to her by the former queen did not dare to go against her because she has the handle. Only the forces of the deceased prime minister are making trouble.
The Prime Minister's forces had previously joined forces with Minister Chen, so it was inevitable that they had ulterior motives. Shen Xingxi had always been paying attention to the affairs of the court, and had anticipated this day, so the evidence had already been prepared.
She had a smile on her face and her voice was as gentle as a spring breeze, but she deprived more than a dozen people of their lives, confiscated three mansions, exiled more than a hundred men, and demanded that none of their descendants be allowed to hold official positions for three generations.
Xingshuang was personally in charge of the confiscation of property, and the gold, silver and jewelry found filled one-tenth of the national treasury.
Shen Xingxi picked up the list given by Xingshuang, put it in front of Mo Hongyun, and said with a smile: "Look, the fastest way to fill the treasury is to confiscate the property."
Mo Hongyun was silent for a moment. "I am more concerned about the women and children who were not exiled. Aren't you afraid that they will retaliate against you?"
"I have my own laws to punish them, but I will give them a way to redress their grievances. If they can really find evidence to prove their innocence, I will also give them justice and compensation." Shen Xingxi looked out the window, "I can't let innocent people be implicated just because I'm worried about possible retaliation."