Chapter 33 Acting School
[Hmm? Tyrant, why are you looking at me? Have you finished your tea?]
Chu Liuzheng looked at the opened tea bowl on the desk.
【There's still more than half a cup left. 】
Xiao Jingfan: "..."
He picked up the tea bowl and took a big sip, then sneered at You Shaoyun, "Compassion?"
You Shaoyun felt uneasy when he saw him, so he pretended to repent and knocked his head to the ground: "I know I was wrong, but I dare not ask for forgiveness, Your Majesty. I only ask Your Majesty not to implicate my family."
"Youlang." Princess Mingxia called out with emotion, tears glistening in her eyes.
Chu Liuzheng carried a small copper kettle and walked forward to add water, sighing in his heart as he poured the water.
[Tsk tsk, Princess Mingxia is also a talented actress.]
What is an acting school?
Xiao Jingfan frowned and glanced at the woman beside him.
Chu Liuzheng thought that the tyrant wanted her to grind ink again, so she picked up the small copper pot and quietly quickened her pace, walking to the wall farther away from the tyrant and standing still.
[Phew~ Luckily I ran fast! If I stand here, the Tyrant won't remember to call me to grind ink, right?]
Xiao Jingfan: "..."
If you hate grinding ink so much, why not give this woman a different job?
Others: Let’s get down to business. Your Majesty, what are you looking at?
"Your Majesty." Marquis Wen Zhao coughed and reminded.
I know you like this tea-serving maid, but is now the time to admire beauties? Your beloved ministers are still kneeling!
Xiao Jingfan waved his hand to signal the two to get up. As for You Shaoyun?
Keep kneeling!
The two fingers on the armrest of the dragon throne moved slightly, and he called out to the empty space: "Eleven."
A black shadow appeared out of nowhere, startling everyone in the hall.
The eyes of Wen Zhaohou and others all fell on the man dressed in black and wearing a black dragon mask.
——Could this person dressed like the secret guard who protects His Majesty?
——I have always heard of it but never seen it, but now I can finally see it alive.
You Shaoyun's right eyelid twitched. It was said that the secret guards around His Majesty were extremely powerful. The fifth prince, who had the greatest hope of winning the throne at that time, died at the hands of the secret guards.
Can the secret guards find out information that the Jinyiwei can’t?
A bad premonition suddenly came over me.
As if echoing his premonition, Xiao Jingfan said to the secret guard, "Present it."
You Shaoyun's breathing stagnated. What was going on?
Xiao Shiyi also had the same doubts, what to present?
The master didn't give him any special tasks.
Although he was confused, Xiao Shiyi, a well-known smart guy among the secret guards, did not hesitate for a moment. He took out a paper roll only as long as his index finger from his sleeve and walked towards the desk.
"Please take a look, my Lord."
[Why does this paper roll look like it was torn from somewhere randomly? The edges are all frayed and not neat at all.]
Xiao Jingfan pretended not to hear this voice, took the paper with a serious face, and opened it with a cold face.
With the hand blocking the view, others cannot infer the contents of the scroll through the light shining through the paper.
Xiao Jingfan glanced at the paper scroll which was completely drawn by the little man, and looked at Xiao Shiyi meaningfully.
——When you’re not doing tasks, you just draw little people, right?
Xiao Shiyi resisted the urge to touch his nose and turned his eyes away slightly, thinking to himself, who told you not to tell me in advance? It's good enough to have the paper roll, how could he have the half-eaten cold steamed bun in his arms?
What's written on the scroll? I want to know.
[Wow! The secret guards actually used figurines to deliver messages? Damn! Why doesn't the system have pictures?]
Xiao Jingfan continued to pretend he hadn't heard, slamming the scroll onto the desk and glaring at You Shaoyun. "You have taken bribes and perverted the law, abusing your power to falsify confessions, imposing heavy sentences on those who received minor punishments and light sentences on those who received serious punishments, causing countless suffering. You Shaoyun, You Shaoqing, you are such a great Left Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. What else do you have to say?"
These words were like a bolt from the blue, shattering You Shaoyun's hope of luck into pieces.
——The secret guards have found out! Your Majesty knows everything!
——He’s finished!
"minister……"
"Your Majesty, my husband was just confused for a moment. Please give him a chance to redeem himself and make meritorious contributions." Princess Mingxia suddenly knelt down and begged for mercy.
You Shaoyun was immediately moved and looked at his wife.
——At critical moments, you can still rely on your own people! But, can you let him make some excuses first?
Princess Mingxia grabbed his hand and said affectionately, "Youlang, no matter what happens, I am willing to face it with you."
"Princess." You Shaoyun was so moved that tears came to his eyes. At this moment, he threw all his cousins and other beautiful women behind his mind. His heart and eyes were filled with the only thing left, the woman in front of him who was willing to live and die with him.
Subconsciously, he felt that his cousin could not do what Princess Mingxia did.
Thinking of the deep affection that Princess Mingxia had for him, he couldn't help but feel guilty and annoyed.
——He shouldn't have listened to his cousin and let the guards go to the bridal chamber with Princess Mingxia.
It doesn’t matter, there’s still time. As long as he can survive, he will immediately deal with those guards and never let Princess Mingxia know.
He was also willing to put aside past grudges and accept the princess sincerely.
He could give her everything except children.
[Wow! She's truly an excellent actress. Look at how genuinely moved Princess Mingxia is. If it weren't for the system, I'd have believed it.]
You looked very touched. Was he touched that the courtesan Princess Mingxia had prepared was useless, so that you and your group of girls would not get syphilis?
[Is it still touching that you and your cousin have tried so hard for so many years but still have no children? Is it actually because Princess Mingxia knew about your affair long ago and gave you a sterilizing drug before you married into the You family?]
[Or, are you trying to impress Princess Mingxia by not exposing you even though she knew it wasn't you she was spending her wedding night with, and instead preferring to have sex with the guards, even ranking each guard by their time spent having sex?]
[Tsk tsk, that You guy thought he was the one who secretly gave Princess Mingxia a sterilizing drug, causing her to be infertile for years. Actually, she didn't want to have children in the first place, and she was just using this tactic to solve the problem once and for all.]
[Oh, by the way, Princess Mingxia has also won the hearts of those guards. Now they all listen to her, and You is almost being sidelined.]
[Wow! Amazing! Princess Mingxia actually has a copy of You's evidence in her hands. She can kill You whenever she wants, and You naively thinks everything is under control.]
[Tsk tsk, You and his group of beautiful women are being played around by Princess Mingxia and still feel good about themselves. They're so stupid that I almost feel sympathy for the scumbag.]
[Forget it, the scumbag doesn't deserve sympathy, light a candle for the guy named You.]
Xiao Jingfan...was numb from listening to it.
Is this still the well-behaved and gentle Mingxia in his memory?
He looked at Princess Mingxia.
Princess Mingxia had a look of determination on her face, as if she would live and die with her husband.
With this expression and demeanor, even the most powerful person wouldn't be able to tell that this is acting.
Xiao Jingfan suddenly understood the meaning of the three words "acting school".
He asked in disbelief, "Mingxia, are you really willing to share the same crime as You Shaoyun?"
"Of course I don't want to. Has the tyrant forgotten that the Chongde Marquisate has a red-lettered iron certificate? Princess Mingxia is the only remaining heir of the Chongde Marquisate, so the red-lettered iron certificate naturally falls into her hands. Even if the You family commits a heinous crime punishable by the death of all nine generations of the clan, Princess Mingxia can still escape unscathed, right?"
Xiao Jingfan... really forgot.
(End of this chapter)
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