Chapter 92: Accusations of a Scumbag
Yu Shengsheng turned her gaze to Qi Mubai who spoke.
He said, no?
Why?
He asked the emperor for a marriage in public, asking to marry Su Zhiyi, without caring about her feelings or her life or death. Now he has the nerve to dictate her affairs?
But at this moment, Yu Shengsheng really didn't know what to say.
Kong Dezhao sneered: "Why? The number one scholar wants to control my son's marriage?"
Qi Mubai came back to his senses, retracted his gaze and lowered his head, saying: "Your Highness has misunderstood, that's not what I meant."
"Then what's wrong with what you said?" Kong Dezhao's voice was filled with obvious anger.
He was not a civil servant at all, and he had no scruples at all about this eloquent top scholar.
The emperor was calm and composed: "No. 1 Scholar, I also want to know why you said no."
The emperor originally wanted to bring Kong Dezhao and Yu Shengsheng together, otherwise he would not have allowed Kong Dezhao to come to Beijing. But later, because of the prediction of the Imperial Observatory, he could not take the risk of the country's destiny.
Kong Dezhao spoke in public, and he had not yet figured out how to refuse. He couldn't say that a small Kong Dezhao's marriage could affect the country's destiny.
It was just right that Qi Mubai spoke up. He also wanted to hear what reasons the new top scholar could give.
Qi Mubai kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am from the same hometown as Yu Shengsheng. I have seen her when I was in a farm in the countryside. She..."
Yu Shengsheng looked at Qi Mubai's profile, his empty eyes gradually focused, dark and gloomy like a bottomless abyss.
Every word he said was like a whistling arrow, piercing through her thin body with sharpness and ruthlessness.
"She has no parents and grew up in the wild forest. She doesn't know etiquette, let alone poetry and books. When she slaughters small animals, she cuts them with a knife without blinking. She has also had conflicts and beats with her adoptive father many times. She once hit her adoptive father on the head, causing him to be dizzy for several days."
"In the village, she...she has no friends or playmates. The elders in the family all warned their children not to play with her, lest they be cursed."
There was an uproar.
The male guests were fine, but the female guests were in an uproar.
"Let me tell you, she has a very strong life, otherwise how could she be without a father and a mother?"
"Have you forgotten when the Su family held the Lotus Appreciation Banquet? Miss Liu once said that she was just unlucky. She brought bad luck to her father and mother, and also caused frequent accidents to the Su family."
"Now that you mention it, I remember Miss Liu. She also died tragically!"
"Oh my god, isn't it because of what I said to her that she got suppressed?"
“It’s horrible!”
Hao Mengye stood at the bottom of the stairs, motionless as a mountain, but his hand holding the hilt of the knife tightened involuntarily. He frowned slightly and looked at Yu Shengsheng.
He had seen with his own eyes that this slender and frail girl had a strong and persevering heart.
But Yu Shengsheng's persistence and patience should be waiting for Qi Mubai. This is her only hope to break through the difficulties and leave the Su family.
Hao Mengye still remembers that Yu Shengsheng once ruined her own reputation in order to avoid being married to Kong Dezhao. She said that she didn't care.
But now, the things she didn't care about were used as knives and arrows by the people she trusted the most, stabbing her mercilessly.
It doesn't shed blood, but it costs lives.
Yu Shengsheng sat there, motionless, with no expression on her face. No one knew what she was thinking.
But her face was pale, without a trace of blood.
She didn't want to recall what Qi Mubai had said before. Suddenly, in an instant, the image of Qi Mubai, who once had a smile on his face and eyes full of tenderness, became blurred.
After Qi Mubai finished speaking, he glanced at Yu Shengsheng out of the corner of his eye - he was really worried that Yu Shengsheng, who seemed weak but was actually unwilling to back down, would rush up to him and fight with him.
But Yu Shengsheng didn’t.
The emperor frowned and said nothing. The queen hesitated a little and said softly, "Hearing what the number one scholar said, Miss Yu... is indeed different from other people. Prince Kong should think about it. You are new to the capital, so don't be in a hurry. There are many good girls. You can take your time to choose."
To others, the queen's words might sound nice, but to Kong Dezhao, they sounded like provocation.
The queen understood the emperor's thoughts, but she wanted to help the prince and make this happen.
What incompatibility of horoscopes, what influencing fate, it was nothing but lies made up by the Imperial Observatory. She had seen this kind of trick many times in the harem.
If there is nothing fishy going on in the Imperial Observatory, why would Zhao Tianliang run away?
Sure enough, Kong Dezhao fell into the trap.
Someone among the female guests was saying that Yu Shengsheng had an unlucky fate, so Kong Dezhao picked up a wine glass from the table nearby and threw it at that person.
With a "bang", it hit his forehead and blood came out on the spot.
The scene suddenly became quiet.
The emperor frowned: "De Zhao."
Kong Dezhao pretended to kowtow and said, "Your Majesty, I just can't stand hearing these nonsense, such as unlucky father and mother, and having a tough life. She is just a little girl, no matter how tough her life is, can it be tougher than mine?"
"Could it be that once she goes to Nanshun, my father will die? If so, wouldn't she become a hot commodity for the enemy country? Why send troops? Just take her away and keep her as a sacrifice. When the two armies confront each other, just send her into battle and kill my father."
emperor:"……"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Kong Dezhao laughed loudly: "Your Majesty, there are also military generals present. You can ask them, who believes this bullshit? Who cares about this?"
"Only those scholars who only know how to study hard all day and think they can talk people to death would believe such nonsense."
Kong Dezhao glanced at Qi Mubai and said, "You said Shengsheng and you are from the same hometown. How come you are from a small place, but you are praised for your talent and talent? How come Shengsheng, who is from the same place, should be scolded for having bad luck and no rules? Zhuangyuan, is this what the sages taught you?"
Qi Mubai frowned slightly: "Of course not."
Kong Dezhao sneered: "What is that? You said yourself that you met her when you were a child, but she didn't kill you. On the contrary, you became the top scholar."
"Your number one scholar..." Kong Dezhao paused, "Isn't this fake?"
"Your Highness, be careful with your words!" the Crown Prince shouted, "The imperial examination is a major event for our dynasty. Father personally set the questions for the palace examination, so how could there be any falsehood?"
Kong Dezhao said nonchalantly: "I was just joking, why are you so anxious? You didn't organize the imperial examination, so you can't be blamed."
The prince choked.
Qi Mubai glanced at Hao Mengye who was not far away: "Your Highness may not believe in the things that happened in the countryside in the past, or the theory of fate, but does Your Highness Kong know how many days and nights Yu Shengsheng stayed in Zhenqiao Tower?"
Kong Dezhao narrowed his eyes slightly, and a dangerous light flashed in his eyes.
Qi Mubai continued: "What is Zhenqiao Tower? Even though I've just arrived in the capital, I know it. I'm sure everyone knows it, too. Among them..."
Before he finished speaking, Hao Mengye's voice was cold and hard, like cutting gold and jade.
"What is my Zhenqiao Tower? Zhuangyuan, why don't you explain it clearly?" Hao Mengye's eyes were heavy, and his tone was like a sword being unsheathed. "The Red Dragon Guards follow the emperor's orders to catch adulterers. There has never been a single false case or wrongful conviction in the Zhenqiao Tower. We have never wrongly accused a good person."
"The champion has just arrived in the capital and seems to have some misunderstanding about us. I would like to hear where this misunderstanding comes from."
Qi Mubai was stunned and pursed his lips.
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