Chapter 392: Don’t Play Intelligence with Mom (6)_1
Knowing the mistake and yet refusing to correct it, Shen Songming was beside himself with frustration. He knew full well that the award should have been given to Sister Peiqin and her brother, it was now crystal clear that Pei Zongli didn’t deserve it. But they weren’t correcting the mistake!
If he hadn’t been concerned about his reputation, Shen Songming would have started cursing in the palace itself.
This battle, however, made the Emperor remember Shen Songming, recognizing that the Shen family had such a sharp-tongued member.
But the outcome couldn’t be changed, which was utterly useless. What Shen Songming wanted was to alter the outcome, to have the award given to Pei Qin! What was this situation now? Telling Peiqin that the Imperial Court made a mistake and the award had gone to Old Pei’s House, and now admitting the error would tarnish the court’s image, so they must persist in the mistake and expect her to endure it!?
Shen Songming recalled the rumors he had heard before, that Peiqin, even before graduation, had joined a laboratory, working under an old professor and reportedly achieving results, only to have the credit taken by that old professor. It wasn’t a significant achievement, but after that incident, that professor ’fell and broke his leg’, who would believe that! They all said it was Peiqin’s doing! The old professor had been bedridden for three months!
Later, when she achieved something and was awarded, people brought this up again, saying that Peiqin relied on her family’s power, made others do the work and took the credit, standing on the shoulders of giants.
At that time, Shen Songming didn’t know what Peiqin had done, so now he was very nervous and worried. He had told her to come to Capital Jingcheng long ago, yet she insisted on staying in that small town. Was she really planning to build a nuclear bomb or cannon!?
The Emperor was in a tough spot too, as he couldn’t slap his own face. It wasn’t a big deal; after all, Sister Peiqin and her brother were still descendants of the Pei family. The mistake had to be persisted with, and they would compensate somehow if such an incident occurred again in the future.