Chapter 31 This melon is actually connected
The west vegetable market entrance of Daxia capital.
In the morning, officials would come here to post the policies promulgated by the court. At noon, some people would be dragged here to be beheaded. Occasionally, there would be people beating drums nearby to protest their injustice.
Everyone is curious about eating melons, so this vegetable market is bustling with people even though it is past the market point.
On this day, a dark-skinned woman with slightly curly brown hair and wearing a bright red long skirt walked towards the big drum with an imposing manner, carrying a huge wooden box in her left hand and a huge wooden stick in her right hand.
A man in white clothes and wearing a jade crown rushed over and stopped the woman: "Don't knock, really don't knock! This is a drum of injustice! Wait a little longer, I'm thinking of a way to let you see His Highness."
"Don't try to fool me anymore!" The curly-haired woman waved the man's hand away. "From Xiongnu to Daxia, you have been trying to fool me for so long! I want to see the prince, this ungrateful man!"
"Stop talking! Stop talking! Be careful with your words!" The man sounded like he was about to cry.
…
After the words "Prince is a traitor" appeared, many people suddenly appeared in the market, whispering to each other:
"Oh my god, is Qianli chasing her husband?!"
"The prince has only been an adult for a few years! Has he been on the battlefield for too long? How can he be so picky about everything?"
"What do you know? A woman three years older than her husband is holding a golden brick. Look at that woman, she is covered in gold. She is holding a mountain of gold!"
…
The prince, who had hurried over, turned green when he heard these words.
The young officials who had run out with the emperor to eat melons held their breath and stared at the woman in the distance.
However, there were a few young people who hadn't heard anything and had followed the crowd and asked in confusion, "Why should we watch? Is there anything special about the person beating the drum?"
The Minister of Revenue who was being questioned was shocked: "Didn't you hear it?"
"What did you hear?" The man looked confused.
Just as the Minister of Revenue was about to speak, he heard his inner voice echoing again:
[Wow, it turns out that my nephew knew she would follow him! Is this going to be a wife-chasing funeral scene? ]
Upon hearing that there was new news, the Minister of Revenue no longer paid attention to his colleagues who could not hear his thoughts.
He immediately joined the group of young officials who could hear his inner voice, and they all watched in shock: What is this about chasing your wife to the crematorium? The prince has promised her the position of the legal wife, so what should the princess do?
The Minister of War suddenly poked the Minister of Revenue in the waist and whispered, "The prince's big money sponsor has come after us, and it looks like we're about to get married. Should we also increase our military pay?"
The Minister of Revenue took out his abacus and said coldly, "Get lost."
The prince's face darkened: He had never had any real relationship with this woman, don't just accept it like that! Why put such a accusation on him?
"Come here, arrest the two rumormongers!"
Following the prince's order, the palace guards rushed forward. Both the man and woman had some kung fu skills, but perhaps because she saw that they were sent by the prince, the woman only struggled for a moment before she strode over obediently. Seeing this, the man sighed and also came over with his head down.
"Your Highness!" The man knelt down, his voice trembling.
The prince's aura was fully revealed, and his face was expressionless. He looked like a cut above the emperor, and was intimidating. The prince took a big step forward and grabbed the man by the collar.
"It's you? Do you know that framing the royal family is a capital crime?" The prince looked at the other party coldly.
“Your Highness, Your Highness…”
The woman suddenly broke free from the palace guards, stood in front of the man, and angrily said to the prince, "Kill me if you want to. He is just an innocent man who was forced by me to come to you! Come on, stab him here, you ungrateful person."
As she spoke, she took the knife of the palace guard next to her and pointed it at her neck.
When the palace guards heard the prince being called a treacherous person, they did not dare to actually hurt him.
Crowd: !!!
The young official could not help but whisper, "Your Highness, it is normal for young people to be romantic."
"Yes, Your Highness! I'm sure the Crown Princess will forgive you."
The prince was so angry that his throat was fuming. His expression was almost evil: "You, you woman, when have I ever had anything to do with you..."
"Then where did my child come from!" The woman pointed at her belly openly, "You came to discuss the beehive coal matter that day, you were drunk, and I was the one who sent you to the chapel. What's the matter, you Daxia people dare not admit it?!"
The prince was in a daze for two seconds, then suddenly turned his head to look at the man kneeling on the ground.
Yuanruan was watching with great excitement when the system suddenly became suspicious:
System: [Ah Ruan, how come this woman didn't even know she slept with the wrong person? ]
Everyone???
Wait, you slept with the wrong person?
Is it possible that the woman has no relationship with the prince?
Yuanruan was shocked, as if the cantaloupe had turned into a watermelon:
[What? She is not the prince's true lover? ]
System: [No! She had her eyes on the prince, but she slept with the man kneeling on the ground.]
emperor:……
Prince: !!!
Tears welled up in his eyes. Finally, someone cleared his name!
The young officials looked at each other in bewilderment, especially the official who had advised the prince earlier, his expression was extremely embarrassed, he wished he could beat himself to death just a minute ago, I deserve to die!
Only the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue had a look of despair, as if he had seen the golden bag grow legs and run away.
Yuan Ruan: [What?! How could he be mistaken for the prince?]
Crowd: !!!
We are curious too!
System: [This man was born a savage. For his own ambition, he deliberately pretended to be a prince to get close to this wealthy woman. They both drank alcohol, so it was dark and there was no light, so it was a misunderstanding, right?! ]
Everyone: ???
Is there such an operation? Even the storyline doesn't dare to write it like this!
Some poor officials suddenly wondered whether they should pretend to be a noble and then get close to him.
Yuan Ruan: [Huh? I still find this weird. Can't this be explained with just one mouth?]
Everyone felt that this was a bit strange.
Indeed, this is not a big misunderstanding.
System: [Hiss! My god, this person's melon is actually connected to the previous person. ]
Crowd: !!!
Tell me quickly, what’s the reason!
Yuanruan: [Wait, I can’t hold it anymore, I need to pee. ]
Crowd: …
What? Does this mysterious person still need to pee?!
It was so down-to-earth all of a sudden that they were a little overwhelmed!
The emperor quickly ordered the palace maid to take Yuanruan to the toilet.
The mysterious sound stopped here.
At this time, the person who didn't hear the inner voice asked again in confusion: "Why are you all standing here without moving? Why didn't His Royal Highness take any action suddenly?"
He had just finished speaking when he noticed that the Minister of Revenue was looking at him thoughtfully and suddenly asked, "You really can't hear me?"
The man thought the Minister of Revenue had gone mad and could not help asking, "What did you hear? The sound of birds singing and flowers blooming?"
At this point, the man pulled another clerk over and asked, "Can you hear me?"
The clerk shook his head in confusion.
The Minister of Finance looked at him carefully and said, "Screening. It seems that this is the real reason why His Majesty asked me to come here today."
That person: ???
The assistant minister of the Ministry of War also nodded and said, "I have observed that officials of the sixth rank, or to be more precise, officials below the sixth rank, cannot hear it."
That person: !!!
What?! Are you still discriminating against officials based on their positions?!
All the young officials who were deaf and whose official positions were below the sixth rank had their faces turned black, as if they had been shot by an arrow.
It was also at this moment that all those who could hear their hearts realized that today was specially arranged by His Majesty in order to test who can hear and who cannot, and what is the difference between those who can hear and those who cannot.
The person who made the mysterious sound was the sweet and docile little baby. His Majesty was so cautious, which was enough to show how much he cared about and wanted to protect the little princess.
As everyone was thinking, a familiar voice came again:
[I see. I finally understand what's going on.]
Everyone staggered:? ? ?
Wait, what do you understand?!
You ate the whole melon secretly by yourself?
What should we do with the remaining badgers in the melon field?