People's words are scary.
Li Shengyi had never experienced a life of being slandered by rumors before.
Now that she was here, she realized how terrifying rumors really were.
Faced with the girl's continuous questioning, Li Shengyi put down his chopsticks and turned to look at her.
"Why would my father hit me? My brother just went home, he wasn't hurt or anything."
"Why do you want to spread rumors about my father like this?"
The little girl is Lin Miaomiao, the youngest daughter of the president of the Hanlin Academy. She is lively and has made many friends.
At the palace banquet, she noticed Li Shengyi as soon as he arrived.
Now seeing Li Shengyi coming back alone with no one behind him, she couldn't keep up her pretended gentle personality anymore and turned back to her old self, moving closer to Li Shengyi in a familiar manner.
Now she heard Li Shengyi's answer and nodded to herself.
I heard the other party's questioning again.
Her face flushed crimson instantly. Lin Miaomiao raised her hand to scratch her temples and whispered, "That's what they all said. They said your father killed people like crazy..."
Li Shengyi frowned upon hearing this. "You heard it from someone? Did you see it with your own eyes?"
Seeing Lin Miaomiao shaking her head, she immediately put on a stern face, pursed her lips and said unhappily, "Since you've never seen my father kill anyone with your own eyes, then you just believe what others say?"
"If I say your father committed adultery and treason, would you believe me?"
"My dad wouldn't!"
Lin Miaomiao is eight years old. She is lively and pretty.
Many young masters from officials' families had expressed their kindness to her.
She could vaguely sense what it felt like to have a little bit of love.
She thought that if she wanted to find a husband in the future, she would definitely look for someone like her father.
He only loves his mother and teaches her to study, wanting her to become a pillar of the country!
Her father is such a good man, how could he commit adultery and treason!
Seeing that Lin Miaomiao's eyes were filled with tears because of what he said, Li Shengyi grabbed the teacup beside him and calmly took a sip of the slightly cool tea.
The bitter taste instantly spread across the tip of her tongue, and her little face instantly wrinkled.
After she spit out the tea leaves in her mouth, she spoke again, "I was just giving an example. Why are you still crying?"
"How is it? It feels bad to be slandered, right?"
"If my father really killed so many people, would he have served as prime minister for two dynasties and would he always be respected by His Majesty?"
"Miss, sometimes what you hear from others may not necessarily be correct. You are already a grown-up child, and you need to have a certain level of judgment on your own."
When Li Shengyi said this, he clearly felt someone's eyes falling on him.
When she raised her head to look for that gaze, she saw Yun Rusi hiding in the corner, looking at her with a pair of gloomy eyes.
Seeing that she was discovered, Yun Rusi quickly looked away, not daring to meet her eyes again.
Li Shengyi curled the corners of his lips at this scene.
When she lowered her eyes and looked at the person in front of her, she saw that Lin Miaomiao, who had just looked like she was about to cry, had stopped crying and was looking at her with admiration.
"You're right!" Lin Miaomiao frowned. "My dad says I'm smart, but I never thought so."
"Now that you've enlightened me, I think you're right. We shouldn't just believe everything we hear. So I'm not smart, you're the smart one."
"You are younger than me. Prime Minister Qin can teach you so well, so he doesn't seem like a bad person."
For the first time, Li Shengyi realized that he actually had the ability to control other people.
Seeing Lin Miaomiao looking at him with an expression of admiration.
She immediately smiled and waved her hand, "I'm not as good as you say. Don't be obsessed with me. I'm just a legend~"
However, Lin Miaomiao had already determined that Li Shengyi was smarter than herself.
She sat down on the cushion the maid brought for her, a serious look on her face. "My mother said, children can't lie."
"If I say you're smart, you are."
Li Shengyi curled his lips for a moment, but his eyes were filled with smiles. "Well, since you insist on saying that I'm smart, then I will humbly accept it."
"By the way, who told you that my father killed countless people and was cruel by nature?"
The two little girls put their heads together and whispered to each other, which caught the eyes of Qingfeng who was serving them.
The latter couldn't help but raise his hand to his forehead when he heard the young master brainwashing the little daughter of the president of the Hanlin Academy.
He did not intervene in their conversation.
Now that he saw that the two had begun to exchange internal secrets, he swallowed his saliva and bent his waist slightly, trying to hear some useful information from them.
Li Shengyi was just about to listen carefully to what Lin Miaomiao had to say.
She felt a dark shadow in front of her, and the moment she looked up, she saw Qingfeng bending over to eavesdrop on the conversation between her and Lin Miaomiao.
He raised his eyes and glared at the other person. Seeing him touch his nose with his hand guiltily, Li Shengyi said, "Qingfeng, go to the side."
Qingfeng uttered an "owl" and took a step back.
Li Shengyi then bent down again and continued chatting with Lin Miaomiao.
Just as Lin Miaomiao was about to speak, she suddenly raised her hand to cover the other person's mouth, then turned her head and glared at Qingfeng who was about to eavesdrop again.
Girls' Day is always a time of bright moon and sparse stars.
Qingfeng stood outside the side hall and looked up at the night sky above his head.
At the family table, Li Shengyi's eyes widened instantly after hearing what Lin Miaomiao said, "Is there such a thing?"
Lin Miaomiao nodded vigorously, "It's genuine, I heard and saw it with my own eyes and ears."
Li Shengyi narrowed his eyes upon hearing this and raised his hand to stroke his chin.
After a while, she finally uttered a sigh, "You're familiar with all the young ladies in the capital, right?"
Seeing Lin Miaomiao nod, she continued, "When you have any gatherings in the future, can you invite me along?"
"Don't worry, I won't say much. I just want to see the world and hear some gossip."
Lin Miaomiao enjoys making friends.
Especially since Li Shengyi had taught her.
As the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father.
Although she couldn't call Li Shengyi "father", she had no problem taking him to attend gatherings among young ladies.
The two of them had made their plans, and the palace banquet was almost coming to an end.
The family banquet should have been presided over by the Queen, but she died early, and now Concubine Su is the head of the harem.
It happened that Imperial Concubine Su was not feeling well today, so there was no one to preside over the family banquet. Everyone just lowered their heads and ate and drank.
As Qin Songmo said, there was really nothing fun about the palace banquet.
When the palace banquet was over, Qingfeng led the young master to find Qin Songmo.
Li Shengyi was in a good mood along the way.
On the other hand, Qingfeng, who did not hear the gossip, lowered his head and looked depressed.
When the master and servant went to look for the carriage of the prime minister's mansion, a woman's soft sobbing fell into their ears. This chapter has been read (please click on the next chapter to continue reading!)
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