Gongbu suddenly raised his head.
Emotions kept swirling in his eyes, and suddenly Gu Sang's words in Lingnan flashed through his mind. Her firm and confident expression seemed to mock his blind trust in the emperor.
The Ministry of Industry suddenly felt that his trust was a joke!
He shook his head in panic: "Your Majesty, fifty lashes will kill me!"
"It's not that I'm incompetent, but when I arrived in Lingnan, the princess had already monopolized the sweet potatoes seven days ago. Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
"ah--!!"
The guards dragged the Minister of Works away swiftly.
Inside the hall, the hoarse cries and pleas for mercy from the Minister of Works lingered in the minds of all the ministers.
All the civil and military officials in the court felt that the Ministry of Works had been wronged, but no one dared to speak out at this time. They all lowered their heads, and no one knew what they were thinking.
Pei Changying stared at Gu Sang with the eyes of a mad dog, wishing he could rush into the screen and tear her to pieces.
Every word he spoke was filled with strong hostility.
Pei Changying: "You vicious woman! You're the one behind this! You're the one who instigated Pei Weiqi to go look for the sweet potato vines! Do you really disregard the friendship we once had?!"
Gu Sang smiled brightly: "I don't care."
Pei Changying clenched his fingers tightly. "You think you can fight me with just sweet potatoes?! I have an army of over a million. I can easily destroy that traitor Pei Weiqi!"
"I want you to see with your own eyes how I executed Pei Weiqi!"
"Anyone who dreams of overthrowing my kingdom deserves death, and you are no exception!"
Facing Pei Changying's hateful gaze, Gu Sang did not show the slightest fear.
Since Pei Changying wants to break up, there is nothing more to say!
It's a fight to the death!
Suddenly!
Gu Sang looked at the third split screen, where tens of thousands of people were watching outside the palace wall.
Every word she spoke was sharp and heartfelt, asking, "What crime has the Princess committed in saving the city from plague? And what crime has she committed in seeking sweet potatoes for disaster relief?"
"Do we have to wait until you, the high and mighty Emperor, lose face before you're willing to give the people a bite to eat?!"
"People, open your eyes and take a good look at your emperor. He has long known about sweet potatoes and knows that planting them in large quantities will ensure you have enough to eat!"
"It was him. He kept saying that sweet potatoes were foreign and that eating them was beneath one's dignity, and he ordered that no one should look for them."
"What crime has the princess committed? She simply ordered people to search for sweet potatoes because she cared about the people."
"What crime did Concubine Zhao commit? She simply told the Princess where the plague had broken out and asked her to bring the imperial physician to save people."
"As a result, your high and mighty emperor felt offended that someone dared to disobey him. He immediately flew into a rage and imprisoned Concubine Zhao and the Zhao family."
"You envy my country, where everyone has ample food and clothing and lives a happy and fulfilling life. That's because we have a ruler who truly cares about the world, not a selfish, dog-like emperor who only cares about himself and doesn't care about the people!"
“.......”
Uproar——
The whole audience was in an uproar!
A large number of people outside the palace walls did not know the inside story of the court. When they heard Gu Sang's scolding, they didn't know what was going on.
It was not until the people asked each other that they figured out the reason.
turn out to be.
In the afterlife where the immortals live, there is a kind of food called sweet potato. It is delicious, and more importantly, it can keep people from being hungry!
But their emperor did not send anyone to look for sweet potatoes that could save lives!
turn out to be.
A plague broke out in a faraway place, but their emperor, who was high above everyone else, ignored the lives of the people and refused to allow the imperial doctors to save them.
It was the eldest princess who personally brought the imperial physician over and cured the plague.
When the truth was revealed, the people did not immediately become angry, but instead felt desolate, numb, suspicious, and condemned.
"Is what the immortal said true? Does the emperor really disregard the lives of us people? Could he be lying?"
"Isn't Concubine Zhao unclean? The Emperor wouldn't slander a concubine, would he? What exactly is going on? Can anyone tell me the inside story?"
"Haha, if this is true, then the emperor is a tyrant!"
"We can't even get enough to eat, and yet he thinks he has no dignity in eating this meal! We are all dead, what dignity do we have?"
“.......”
"Why didn't the princess bring back the sweet potatoes she found? These royal children are so selfish and never care about the lives of us ordinary people."
"What is the truth? Let the court come out and explain it!"
"Yes, let the court come out and explain!"
There was a small commotion among the crowd, but hundreds of soldiers drew their swords in an instant.
The entire crowd was silent, unable to even raise a whisper of resistance.
Gu Sang looked at this scene indifferently. The ancient people had already engraved the imperial power into their bones.
Even if they had momentary impulses, the ideas deeply rooted in their bones made them suspicious, fearful, and disbelieving, and they dared not easily go against the imperial power.
Gu Sang was not disappointed.
Her words today were like planting a seed in the hearts of the people, and this seed would eventually sprout: "Pei Changying, whether the truth is true or not, the people will know it one day."
"I only know that Pei Weiqi will die before the truth is revealed!"
"Gu Sang, please stop provoking me. Your troops are nothing compared to my millions of strong troops!"
Yeah?
But next, it was Concubine Zhao's turn to appear.
By then, Pei Changying will know that a million-strong army will be nothing in the face of the people's hearts!
In Xuyang Palace.
Li Bin stood quietly in the corner, watching the live broadcast. She knew that the Minister of Works had returned from Lingnan.
She is really scared!
She was afraid that if she helped Concubine Zhao, she would suffer the same fate as her.
"Sister Zhao, I really don't know what to do."
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”
"Wow, I'm scared. I don't know whether I should help you pass the message. I promised you, but I'm afraid of getting myself into trouble..."
Just when Concubine Li was struggling!
A movie that will make her make up her mind is about to begin!
Gu Sang had long planned to take Gu Ren to see a movie. Since he had some time this afternoon, he went to the cinema with Lu Mufei and chose the latest movie, Earthquake Rescue.
After buying the ticket and entering, you will see a MAX giant-screen 2D cinema.
Li Bin had a painful expression on her face, twisting her handkerchief continuously and looking at the live broadcast of the cinema.
The concubines exclaimed, "Oh my god! What a huge screen! Is that thing with sound a TV? How can it be so big?"
"Hey, why did it suddenly get dark?"
Gu Sang and Lu Mufei found a seat and sat down, then said to the live stream: "I'm free today, so I'll take you to see a movie. This is the cinema."
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