After the imperial city was closed, the Ministry of Justice, located on the right wing of the Secretariat, welcomed the King of Qin.
The Minister of Justice, who was over fifty years old, invited the King of Qin to come into the hall to discuss matters. The King of Qin walked with his hands behind his back, his face gloomy. After he sat down in the room and drank a glass of water, the hot sweat caused by the heat outside seemed to be relieved a little.
The King of Qin let out a long breath and looked at the Minister of Justice who was standing beside him with his head bowed.
He sneered, "Uncle, tell me, what is the situation now?"
The Minister of Justice is the uncle of His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin, but there is a difference between the monarch and his subjects, and he is also very troubled at this time.
He said, "According to the law, Yan Erlang should be executed for killing people in public. However, it is said that in the past few days, there have been crowds of people outside the imperial city making trouble every day, and there are also those scholars who don't study hard. I don't know what they are doing at this time, and they write letters every day to praise Yan Erlang's actions."
Seeing the uncertain expression on the King of Qin's face, the Minister of Justice said, "According to what they say, Yan Erlang killed someone and became a saint instead. He should be worshipped."
King Qin said: "Isn't the current situation a blessing?"
The King of Qin said, "What a great courage! Killing one person won the hearts of scholars and people all over the world. If we kill him now, I'm afraid both he and I will go down in history.
"But he left behind a good reputation, while we left behind a bad reputation as 'cruel officials'."
The Minister of Justice said, "However, if we don't kill him, how can we explain the law? Do the government and the temple encourage such killings? If someone sees injustice and helps others, and kills whoever they want, won't the world be in chaos?"
The King of Qin said: "Then kill him."
The Minister of Justice remained silent.
The King of Qin glanced at the old man and sneered, "What's the matter, uncle? You said it was against the law and I told you to kill him now, but you don't dare to do it?"
The Minister of Justice smiled bitterly.
"Your Highness, please understand. We are all born as scholars. Besides serving the people, we also seek a reputation as officials. If we kill Yan Erlang, this reputation... will be gone. I am old and I really can't be so cruel.
The King of Qin said, "Oh!" "I told you to kill me but you didn't dare. I told you not to kill me but you said you couldn't... It seems that my uncle wants to leave this difficult problem to me."
The minister bowed his head and whispered: "This old minister originally serves His Highness. As long as His Highness gives the order, even if this old minister does not want to kill, he will approve it."
The King of Qin remained silent.
Because of his mother's family connections, he was able to easily take charge of the three major ministries: the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Personnel since entering the court.
Among the six ministries of the Shangshu, the Ministry of Personnel ranked first, followed by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue which were managed by the Crown Prince.
The fact that the Crown Prince is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue is the result of manipulation by the Yang family and others, and being in charge of the Ministry of Rites... is a good innate condition of the Crown Prince, and the royal family will definitely give the Ministry of Rites to the Crown Prince.
So, the Crown Prince is in charge of finances and the King of Qin is in charge of the military.
The King of Qin never thought that he would lose to the Crown Prince in the competition for the crown prince.
Things have come to this point today... and the King of Qin is secretly resentful.
Originally he wanted to rely on a maid, send her to Prince Jin's Mansion, and defeat Mu Wanyao, so that Mu Wanyao and the prince would become estranged, and even make the prince lose the support of the people because he sided with the powerful... Who would have thought that Mu Wanyao was no longer the same girl as before, and she actually reacted at the first moment, cutting off her own arm and killing the powerful man behind her.
The Zheng family!
The girl Mu Wanyao actually had such courage that not only did she cut off her own life, she also wrote a letter to the prince asking him to rectify the powerful people in the world.
Although the powerful are powerful, they are not aristocratic families after all. Mu Wanyao did not affect the interests of the aristocratic families. Those aristocratic families probably have a lot of trouble with the powerful over the years... It's just the right opportunity to take advantage of the situation and reorganize the power.
Mu Wanyao did not lag behind.
In the eyes of the King of Qin, the Crown Prince was already a sinister and cunning person, and he did not make any mistakes at this stage.
So at this point, Mu Wanyao lost a maid and seemed to have a dispute with the King of Jin... However, Mu Wanyao made a greater sacrifice for the prince. In view of Mu Wanyao's strong protection from Zheng, the prince would not alienate Mu Wanyao on this matter.
After all, she is just a maid. How can she be as important as a powerful person?
The King of Qin sighed, he really didn't know how the situation had come to this. Not only did he not get any benefits, but the Ministry of Justice was also being put in a fire pit by the Crown Prince. Everyone in the world was watching how the Ministry of Justice would handle this case...
After a long while, the King of Qin sneered: "The Crown Prince wants the Ministry of Justice to bear the bad reputation, how can it be such a good thing?"
He had an idea, and told the Minister of Justice: "Tomorrow you will report to the Central Government and tell them that Yan Erlang has served the country and the people, and that this is the righteous cause of the world. The Ministry of Justice dare not try the case alone. We must convene... three judges to hold a joint trial. Whether Yan Erlang has done a good deed or not, we will know only after the three judges hold a joint trial."
The King of Qin said jokingly, "Aren't these scholars trying to make Yan Shang a saint? Oh, I want to see when this saint will turn against them... This time Yan Erlang did what they wanted, but I don't believe that Yan Erlang's actions will always be in line with their wishes."
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The three-court trial is held by the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Dali Temple.
The Ministry of Justice is headed by the uncle of Prince Qin, so he is on the side of Prince Qin; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is headed by the Yang family, so he is on the lineage of the Crown Prince.
As for the Censorate, it exercises supervisory power, which is not part of the system of the Three Provinces and Six Ministries. However, this time, the central government directly sent someone to the Censorate, directly transferring someone from the Secretariat of the Three Provinces. The purpose of the Secretariat sending someone to the Censorate was to listen to how this case would be tried.
The official system of the Wei Dynasty consisted of three provinces, six ministries, and one agency.
The Tai is the Censorate, and the Six Ministries are the six ministries under the Shangshu Province, one of the three provinces. The three provinces are Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province.
The general procedure of the central administration of the Wei Dynasty was that the Zhongshu Province would discuss and draft the edict, and the Menxia Province would approve it. After the Menxia Province approved it, it would ask the emperor to approve it, and then the order would be delegated to the Shangshu Province. The six departments of the Shangshu Province were responsible for executing the central government's orders. The Shangshu Province only had the power of execution, not the power of decision.
Under this system, the Wei Dynasty also adopted the system of group prime ministers.
The result was that the prime ministers of the Wei Dynasty all came from the Secretariat and the Ministry of Personnel. No one from the Ministry of Shangshu was qualified to be the prime minister. This time, the Secretariat sent people to the Censorate because several prime ministers wanted to listen to the case and see how everyone would judge it.
After the proposal of a joint trial by three judges was submitted to the Central Secretariat, it was quickly approved and the Crown Prince had no objection. The scholars and students in the world had been paying attention to this case. When they heard that the court did not let the Ministry of Justice make a dictatorial decision but held a joint trial by three judges, they all breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the court was still cautious.
In the Imperial College, all the students gathered together to discuss this matter.
Someone raised his arm, stepped on the stone table, and shouted to the scholars and students gathered from all directions: "Yan Erlang cannot die! If Yan Erlang dies, doesn't it mean that the people's support is meaningless? Have we studied for so many years just to seek fame and fortune, and disregard the principles of heaven?
"Among the scholars in Chang'an, I would recommend Yan Erlang first! Just because he dared to kill the head of the Zheng family! If I were there, I would definitely kill him too!"
Some people below looked disdainful, watching the people shouting from above with spit flying, thinking that if they were there, they would have been scared to death and would not dare to kill anyone. However, the people above were generally right, and what Yan Shang did was in line with the universal concept of this era, and everyone thought he was right.
Once someone made an appeal, scholars would gather together, sign their names, and jointly write a letter to the court to plead for Yan Shang.
It is nothing more than the principle that there is love outside the law and the world is ruled by man.
After all, the students of the Imperial Academy, with their pens in their hands and their passion for literature, were the ones who had the most contact with the common people.
Students gathered to sign to clear Yan Shang's name. Wei Shu had just arrived at the Imperial College and was shocked by the violent crowd movement. He thought they were going to cause trouble. After he realized that they were going to write a letter to the court to plead for Yan Erlang's life, Wei Shu breathed a sigh of relief.
Anyway, if they really gathered together to cause trouble, Wei Shu would definitely turn around and leave.
Wei Shu came here because he thought that the Imperial College had the right to submit petitions directly to the court... Now that he couldn't see Princess Danyang and didn't want to ask the Wei family for help, he wanted to try this method. Unexpectedly, when he arrived, someone had already thought of this idea before him.
Now seeing them excitedly signing a joint letter... Wei Shu thought about it, then slowly blended into the crowd, intending to join in the numbers.
However, the person who was preaching and appealing above had a very loud voice, and it seemed that he had a very good relationship with Yan Shang.
Wei Shu thought absentmindedly, maybe they really had a very good relationship, he was not sure.
Wei Shu's servant followed his husband into the crowd, while Wei Shu stood quietly in the corner, cold and silent, not walking with others.
The book boy came back and excitedly shared with his husband: "Qilang, I found out everything. The man who was shouting for everyone to save Yan Erlang didn't say a few words to Yan Erlang. It seems that after Yan Erlang went to Hongwenguan, he came back to the Imperial College to see his teacher and smiled at that man. Then the other party regarded Yan Erlang as a close friend... This is crazy."
Wei Shu: “Hmm.”
He whispered: "Brother Yan has always had good interpersonal relationships."
Maybe he wasn't sick, but was really impressed by Yan Shang.
The book boy didn't believe it, he thought his husband was Yan Erlang's real friend. But seeing that such a good opportunity to become famous was taken by an inexplicable student, while his husband was mixed in the crowd... He said anxiously: "Qi Lang, you should jump out and be the leader as Erlang's friend! Instead of leaving a name here and leaving... If Yan Erlang comes out of prison, he will only remember the person who led people to save him, how can he remember you who is mixed in the crowd?"
Wei Shu said: "Second Brother Yan is not that kind of person."
He paused, and said with great resistance: "That's fine. I don't want to be in the spotlight."
Book boy: “…”
He was so disappointed: "Qi Lang, you are afraid of talking to people, right?! What's so scary about that? We are all human beings, why are you afraid of talking to them?"
Wei Shu, a boy of fourteen, blushed suddenly, as if his servant had spoken of his true feelings.
He remained indifferent and calm, not disturbed by anything, and said stubbornly, "I'm not afraid to talk to people. I just don't want to get involved with the mob."
The book boy said: "My dear, you are going to be an official, but you don't have many friends..."
Wei Shu said: "It is a crime to form a clique for personal gain, but what I am doing is not a crime. And who said I don't have friends? Doesn't Second Brother Yan have friends? Doesn't the princess have friends? I have a good relationship with the princess."
Book boy: “…”
Is that a good relationship?
Princess Danyang obviously smiled when she saw you because you are good-looking. To be honest, isn't the relationship between Princess Danyang and Yan Erlang better?
Oh, so sad.
The book boy thought, Qilang's teacher is obviously Li Gong, the uncle of Princess Danyang. Li Gong has long said that he hopes Qilang can marry Princess Danyang... Isn't this also the purpose of my husband coming to Chang'an?
As for getting married now...looking at my husband's attitude, it's so difficult.
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These days, the prince has vigorously cracked down on the powerful, and the noble families have also more or less checked themselves and cooperated with the prince. For a time, the whole Chang'an became lively, and every day there were letters sent to the East Palace at full speed for the prince to review.
Not only were the Zheng family members imprisoned, but even the powerful people in the countryside were in danger and sought help everywhere. However, the noble families who had tolerated them in the past now closed their doors and did not want to bring trouble upon themselves.
At one time, government officials and temples came to investigate. Some people directly confessed their crimes and asked for redemption, some offered to give away 70% of their property to ensure their safety, some were directly imprisoned, and some were beaten to death.
The people actively reported the case to the government and the temple, which used to make many excuses, now handled the case very quickly.
The most influential event in these days was that the Crown Prince personally went to investigate Princess Luling.
The Crown Prince wrote a letter to the Emperor, saying that Princess Luling was unable to control her servants, who had been causing trouble for years. Moreover, since Princess Luling had become a nun and built a palace to live in, why didn't she abstain from male pleasure and instead searched for handsome men everywhere?
In many cases, when there is no supervision, everyone turns a blind eye, but when they start to investigate, they are all sins.
It is said that the emperor said a few words for Princess Luling, and the princess's palace was not confiscated and she continued to live there. However, half of the princess's property was confiscated, and even though the princess cried and wanted to see the emperor, the prince refused to let her go to disturb the emperor on the grounds that the emperor was resting in the summer.
At this point, everyone in Chang'an with a discerning eye could see that Princess Luling's power was suppressed by the Crown Prince himself, and the Emperor would not rescue her. From now on, Princess Luling would no longer be as arrogant as before in Chang'an.
And those scholars who were aware of their good looks all breathed a sigh of relief, not caring whether the princess would look down upon them or not. They all felt they had escaped the clutches of the female demon.
Under such a lively rectification, the whole Chang'an seemed to be brand new. Ten days later, on the day of the three-court trial, Yan Shang was asked to leave the Ministry of Justice.
The people from the Ministry of Justice were afraid that someone would say they were humiliating Yan Shang, so they kindly asked Yan Shang to wash up and change his clothes.
However, even so, the students and ordinary people gathered outside the imperial city, shouting things like "Famous scholars should be like Yan Suchen" and "The court cannot kill Yan Erlang".
The noise of the people outside the imperial city came in through the palace wall. The official from the Ministry of Justice who took Yan Shang away glanced at Yan Shang, thinking that Yan Shang would be either ashamed or moved to tears after hearing the people outside the wall shouting, but when he looked over, he saw that the handsome young man seemed to be distracted.
Yan Shang was indeed distracted.
He was distracted all the way until he entered the lobby and saw the officials from all parties who were trying his case.
At first glance, the people from the Censorate, the Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Justice are clearly distinguished, and you can tell which side is which at a glance.
Yan Shang saw an acquaintance here, Yang Sanlang Yang Si.
Ten days ago, when Yan Shang was taken to the prison of the Ministry of Justice, Yang Si came to the Ministry of Justice and made a big fuss. He basically told the Ministry of Justice to treat Yan Shang well and that if they knew that they were humiliating someone, the Dali Temple would directly take the case away. Yan Shang thanked Yang Si.
And today... Yang Si sat in the leading position in the Dali Temple with his horse and sword. He took off the sword from his waist and placed it on the table, with the blade facing outwards, sharp and awe-inspiring.
With this posture, it seems that if Yang Sanlang is not satisfied with the result, he will take direct action.
The people in the Ministry of Justice secretly despised Yang Sanlang's unruly behavior, but they were wondering how such a man who liked to use violence could work with the Crown Prince when he should be hanging out with His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin?
The prince's way of constant conspiracy and intrigue... Can this Yang Sanlang really adapt to it?
Apart from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple, this was the first time Yan Shang had met someone from the Censorate. What surprised him was that everyone was very respectful to the people sent by the Censorate.
Yang Si crossed his arms and said impatiently, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and try me. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to supervise you today, so don't try to interfere."
An old man sighed and laughed, "Sanlang, how come you haven't developed more patience after so many years in the East Palace? Is this how the prince controls you on a daily basis?"
Yan Shang, who was standing in the middle of the hall, looked over and saw that as soon as the old man's voice came out, everyone in the hall stood up and faced outside to greet him.
Even Yang Si, who was carefree and arrogant because of his support of the crown prince, stood up and took the initiative to help the old man who came from outside. Although the old man's hair and beard were all white, he was in good spirits and walked into the hall without any stumbling steps, but with big strides.
Yang Si said awkwardly, "Mr. Liu, why are you here too?"
Yan Shang's eyebrows moved slightly. When he heard Yang Si addressing him as "Xiang Gong", he knew that it was the prime minister who came in person. He was slightly solemn. He didn't expect that he would trouble a prime minister to come.
Someone brought a stool and asked Mr. Liu to sit down. After Mr. Liu sat down, he looked at Yan Shang and sized him up and down.
Mr. Liu smiled at Yan Shang with a slight favor.
Yan Shang hurriedly bowed and saluted.
Liu Xianggong then casually replied to Yang Si: "Today when we were working in the government hall, several gentlemen talked about the three-court trial and they were all interested. Nowadays in Chang'an, Yan Erlang's reputation is well-known, and we old men are curious about what kind of person he is to be so admired.
"It just so happens that I am not busy with official duties today, so I came to take a look. You guys try your cases, don't worry about me."
The Political Affairs Hall, located in the Secretariat, was where several ministers of the Wei Dynasty governed the country.
The Wei Dynasty claimed to have a system of prime ministers, but in fact, the number of prime ministers at most was less than ten. Today, there are only five prime ministers.
Not to mention the Prime Minister Zhang whom Yan Shang had visited before when he was submitting his papers, the Prime Minister Liu whom he met today was another one. In total, Yan Shang had actually met half of the prime ministers.
Yan Shang knew very well that he was now pushed to the forefront of the storm, and if he was not careful, he would lose everything. However, if he won... this would be the best start before he entered the court.
Today’s situation is so important.
As this was such an important matter, Yan Shang glanced at the people in the hall and couldn't help but be distracted, which made him even more depressed.
Ten days.
Everyone had come to see this strange man, no matter if they were from the Ministry of Justice or somewhere else, people would come to see him every day and ask him questions, trying to find out the details of the conflict between him and Zheng that day.
In the past ten days, Yan Shang has met the Crown Prince, except for the Emperor. The Crown Prince told him not to worry, saying that fate was in his hands, and that he could get out after waiting a few more days. The Crown Prince was naturally trying to win people's hearts, and Yan Shang also acted as if he was moved by him.
Both parties are very satisfied.
However... so many people had come, why did Mu Wanyao ignore him?
Yang Sanlang said that she did not ignore the matter. She actively participated in the matter, stood up for the prince, and proposed a proposal to discipline the powerful. She actively cooperated with the prince, took the initiative to cut off the Zheng family's powerful, and reorganized all the powerful people who depended on her and surrendered to the prince.
Yang Sanlang said impatiently that Mu Wanyao wrote to the Eastern Palace more than ten times a day on average, which was very annoying.
In Chang'an, Princess Danyang began to gain a reputation as a virtuous woman.
She was so actively involved, why didn't she ask him a question, didn't she look at him. She was a princess, it was inconvenient for her to come to see him in person, why didn't she let the servants pass him a message, to show some concern for him? He was in prison, even the prince came to pretend, why didn't she even do the work of saving face?
Don’t you even want the relationship between monarch and subject?
Even if she was angry at his self-willed behavior, it was her reason to come and scold him. But now she just ignored him... that was the most chilling thing.
He said with his eyes closed.
The person in the hall called out, "Yan Erlang, start now. Tell us again what you did that day."
Yan Shang came back to his senses and stopped thinking about Mu Wanyao. He focused on the present. For many days, he repeated what happened that day again and again...
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The three trials lasted a whole day.
During this period, a high-ranking official questioned Yan Shang in a stern manner whether what he did was to gain fame and win the hearts of the people; Yan Shang answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.
There were those in higher positions who tried to appease him with good intentions but left traps in their words to interrogate him; Yan Shang spoke neither hurriedly nor slowly and was not provoked.
A member of the Zheng family was brought in for interrogation. Ben questioned Yan Shang loudly, but Yan Shang left him speechless and extremely ashamed.
Some people confronted Yan Shang, while others spoke for him...
Mr. Liu stroked his beard and watched quietly. Sometimes he looked at Yan Shang, sometimes he looked at the people who were targeting him. If he didn't express his opinion, the people here would treat him as if he didn't exist.
By the evening, almost everyone was tired, and half of them had already turned their attention to Yan Shang.
In fact, they are inclined to Yan Shang...but it is their duty and they have to judge.
After deciding on the verdict for the next day, the three-court trial ended, and everyone sent Liu Xianggong out. Yan Shang was also taken back to prison.
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Yan Shang was exhausted after a whole day of tension.
None of these court officials were easy to get along with. Yang Sanlang mixed in with them, as innocent as a fool.
Yan Shang had to muster all his energy to deal with these people, and did not care about the outcome. Yan Shang believed that he had done his best.
After returning to the prison, the door was locked again and a jailer diligently brought food. Yan Shang was too exhausted and had no mood to eat, so he asked someone to take the food back down in a nice tone.
The jailer advised, "My dear, you don't have to panic. I think our Lord will let you out of prison tomorrow. As long as the Dali Temple and the Censorate have no objection. The Dali Temple will definitely have no objection... The Censorate should also have no objection.
"I heard that when Mr. Liu left, he didn't look unhappy. My dear, you should at least eat a few bites. You might be tried again tomorrow."
Yan Shang said softly, "I really can't eat. Let me rest for a while. I can eat tomorrow. Thank you for taking care of me for a few days."
The jailer quickly said you're welcome, and kindly said, "Sir, go to sleep first. I'll come back to bring you food when I take over from someone else in the middle of the night."
Yan Shang: “No need to do that…”
The other party was very persistent: "There are not many people like you who speak for us. Erlang, you must get out of here. When you become a father and mother official in the future, if you remember today's meal and remember us, the people... it will be a blessing for us."
Yan Shang's eyes flickered slightly, he nodded and smiled at the clerk, no longer refusing.
After all, it is a prison cell. Even if the people in the Ministry of Justice want to take care of Yan Shang, it is impossible for them to really move the mansion to him.
It was just that other prisoners had no one to provide them with food, but he had it delivered on time; other prisoners slept directly on the straw, but he had a mattress underneath; other prisoners either slept or daydreamed, but he had candles and books to read when he was awake.
Basically everyone assumed that Yan Shang would definitely go out, and no one would deliberately make things difficult for him.
Yan Shang washed his face with some clean water, then lay down and put on his clothes to sleep. He thought that he might have to debate with a group of scholars again tomorrow, so he had to conserve his energy.
I don’t know how long I slept, but suddenly I felt something pushing my hand.
He moved towards the wall in a daze, but the thing still followed him and stepped on his hand again.
There was a rustling sound, which never stopped.
Yan Shang opened his eyes in a daze, and vaguely saw a young woman in silk and brocade clothes.
The gorgeous long skirt with red and gold colors and embroidered with colorful phoenixes was spread on the straw in the prison, and a pair of pearl shoes with raised toes were visible under the skirt. It was these pearl shoes that stepped on Yan Shang's hands bit by bit.
Yan Shang raised his head and met Mu Wan's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
Yan Shang sat up suddenly. He was in prison. He was not wearing prisoner clothes, but only a middle-aged shirt. Fortunately, it was summer and it was not too cold.
He sat against the wall, his long hair slightly scattered, a few strands brushing his face. When he looked up at her, his eyes seemed to be filled with stars and moving water, quite touching.
She appeared suddenly, like a dream, and Yan Shang couldn't react for a moment whether it was a dream or she really came to see him.
But when he suddenly saw her, he saw that she was as noble and beautiful as ever, with her eyelids drooping and her dark eyes staring at him... He felt infinite tenderness in his heart, but also a little resentment.
Yan Shang's heart was beating like a drum, and he murmured, "Palace..."
Mu Wanyao squatted down, right in front of him, so that he didn't have to look up at her. She put her hand in front of her red lips and made a soft "hush" sound. The moonlight shone in from the small window above her head and fell on her face.
She was right in front of him, clear and charming; ruthless and affectionate.
Mu Wan shook her eyes like spring water, slowly flowing into Yan Shang's heart: "Don't speak loudly. I came in quietly and didn't want anyone to know. Logically, I should still be in the Summer Resort, accompanying my father to escape the summer heat. I shouldn't even come to see a small person like you."
Yan Shang stared at her.
At this moment, her harsh words made him sure that it was not a dream, but real.
He said, “Then what are you doing here?”
Mu Wanyao: "Appreciate how unlucky you are now."
She looked at him intently: "It's not common to see Yan Erlang in prison. It's not common to see you in dishevel. It's not common to see you humiliated, to see you being scrutinized, and to see you treated like a thief... It's not common."
There are no words yet.
After a long while, he whispered, "So you are angry with me and don't want to see me? Are you unhappy because I don't listen to you?"
Mu Wan shook his head and sneered.
She reached out, her cold hand grasped his chin and made him look at her.
She said, "Do you know how I felt when I heard that you killed the head of the Zheng family? If you were in front of me at that time, I would have slapped you directly."
Yan Shang: "...So Your Highness doesn't want to slap me now?"
Mu Wanyao looked at him and whispered, "Did you do this on purpose? Do you think I'm ignoring you, so you're using this method to force me to look at you?"
Yan Shang asked back: "Are the people oppressed by Zheng family not important at all in your eyes? Do you think I am just being mad at you?"
Mu Wanyao asked back, "Aren't you angry with me?"
Yan Shang's eyes drifted slightly.
Mu Wanyao repeated again: "Aren't you angry with me?"
He pursed his lips and said nothing.
Mu Wanyao smiled and moved closer, almost touching his face, making him so stiff that he leaned against the wall and dared not move.
Listening to her talking to him face to face, she examined him: "So Yan Shang, you are not so selfless. You are angry that I ignore you, you are angry that I turn around and leave, you are angry that I don't read your letter... You want to be the master of the people, but also want to take revenge on me a little, so that I have to follow your pace... You calculated against me, and you still think that I ignored you these days, and I am wrong?"
Her breath wafted over, with a gentle fragrance.
His face was red and his fingers were curled up in his sleeves.
He lowered his eyes and said, "Since you are angry, you should come to see me, question me, and scold me."
Mu Wanyao looked at him and smiled delicately: "I thought so at first, but I just don't want you to. You want to see me, but I won't see you. What can you do to me?"
He suddenly raised his eyes to look at her, with a hint of anger in his eyes, but he tried hard to suppress it.
He took a deep breath and calmed himself down: "Your Highness..."
Mu Wanyao interrupted: "I came here tonight to punish you."
Yan Shang was startled and looked at her strangely.
She lowered her eyes, her slender fingers still stroking his chin, and stared at his slender neck and the smooth skin under his neck, over and over again.
Mu Wan shook her head and smiled: "Yanshang, you just need to be fucked."
Yan Shang: “…”
He was stunned for a moment, wondering if he had heard it wrongly. How could Mu Wanyao say such a thing? Although she had a bad temper, she was also a quiet and elegant princess. How could she... When he was in a trance, Mu Wanyao suddenly raised her eyes and glanced at him.
She leaned over and kissed him on the lips.
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