The Entire Court Can Hear My Thoughts

I have a completed novel next door, The Empress Consort System Made Me the First Emperor's Imperial Tutor. Take a look if you're interested. *Light ancient fantasy novel Bad news: Xu Yanmao has transmigrated to ancient times, and he's completely useless at physical labor or farming. His specialty, cybersecurity, is no use to the ancients. Good news: He's bound to a System. Bad news: It's called the Gossip System. Not gossip in the sense of fortune-telling, but gossip involving people's private information and juicy scandals. It's useless. Bad news number two: The System is broken, and no one knows what bugs it might have. Bad news number three: His new body belongs to a minor official who managed to make it into court. But he, a transmigrator, knows none of the Confucian classics and can't write with a brush. He could be accused of cheating in the imperial exams at any moment. Xu Yanmao: “...” Whatever. I'll lie flat and wait to die. Maybe if I die quickly, I'll transmigrate back. In court, the emperor flies into a thunderous rage over matters of state, and the ministers tremble in fear. Xu Yanmao pretends to listen attentively, while actually focusing on scrolling through the Gossip System. 【Whoa, His Majesty just took a sixteen-year-old consort yesterday! An old tree leaning over a pear blossom! Still going strong in his old age! And he spent the whole night in bed with her, so how is his voice still so loud and forceful? Impressive!】 【That consort used to be the Crown Prince's mistress too! Wow, the Crown Prince is into the waist-grabbing, red-eyed romance trope!】 【Whoa, whoa, whoa! The Crown Prince sneaked into his grandfather's harem... tsk, he hooked up with her while the old emperor was in court! Hurry up, hurry up! Why isn't there a video...?】 【Huh? Why did it go quiet?】 Xu Yanmao cautiously looks up and glances around. 【What happened? Why is everyone kneeling? Where's the emperor?】 The emperor went to catch them in the act in the harem. * The bombshell accusation of cheating in the imperial exams finally explodes. Xu Yanmao can't explain why his handwriting doesn't match the writing on his exam paper, or why he knows nothing about the Confucian classics. The Crown Prince, who has lost his mistress, has prepared evidence that hits the mark. His personal guards glare menacingly and rush to drag Xu Yanmao off to prison, where he'll be executed after the autumn harvest. Clutching gossip that could prove his innocence, Xu Yanmao is at a loss: How am I supposed to explain where I got this information... 【Should I say I met the chief examiner, the Vice Minister of Rites, in private three nights before the exam? Impossible. That night, the Vice Minister of Rites dressed as a woman and spent the night at the general's residence, with the general...】 The general's mighty frame trembles. He immediately cuts in: “Your Majesty!!!!” “Though the evidence of cheating in the imperial exams is conclusive, I believe there are still suspicious circumstances and this matter should be reinvestigated! Especially Xu... Xu... Xu Yanmao is neatly dressed! Someone who cares so much about his appearance would never sully his own reputation!” The Crown Prince, unable to hear Xu Yanmao's thoughts: ? 【Also, they say the examiner pretended to yawn and look sleepy to give me a chance to copy. He spent the night before the exam in a pigsty and didn't sleep a wink. Of course he'd be tired the next day. But who would have thought that the distinguished Hanlin Academy Lecturer would believe in pig's milk...】 The Hanlin Academy Lecturer turns pale and rushes forward. “Your Majesty!!!” “I... I agree with the general! How could Xu possibly cheat in the imperial exams? He... he... he made a point of drinking a glass of pure water before the exam, believing only kind people could use something so clean. How could such a kind person cheat in the imperial exams?” The Crown Prince, who thought victory was assured: ?? Xu Yanmao is deeply moved. 【They're all good people. Even if they're not very bright, they're doing their best to come up with reasons and excuses for me.】 【But there's really no way for me to turn this around. What a shame. I never finished the drama series I was watching. The old emperor angered the empress last night and was chased out of her chambers. I was going to die before I found out how it ended. It seems he plans to paint his face with ink today and pretend to be a cat to make the empress happy...】 “Bang!” The old emperor slams the table, forcibly cutting off the unending stream of thoughts. “I believe Xu Yanmao did not cheat in the imperial exams! Release him immediately!” The officials rush to agree, afraid that if they wait a moment longer Xu Yanmao will reveal more gossip. “Exactly! Release him!” “Your Majesty is wise!” “Your Majesty, please end court! Let Xu go home and rest! He's been standing so long, he must be exhausted!” The Crown Prince: ??? Did Xu Yanmao put a spell on all of you? Theme: Use the virtue of honesty to dispel the schemes and intrigues of officialdom. Honesty is the greatest virtue