Does Bai Qingyuan dare to take Su Mochen's newspaper?
Even if he dared, he'd be too embarrassed!
He glared fiercely at Jing Zhe for a couple of seconds, then retreated.
Jing Zhe smiled and ignored him.
Who told you to be so foul-mouthed? You deserve it!
He had originally prepared a newspaper for everyone, including Bai Qingyuan. As for Su Mochen's, it was with Hanhan, and he planned to give it to him later.
But who knew that Bai Qingyuan had such a foul mouth and maliciously mocked him, so Jing Zhe deliberately set him up and made him suffer the consequences of his own actions.
However, few people listened to their conversation; everyone's attention was focused on the newspapers in their hands.
Civil officials like Hao Junguang would first look at the literature section. When they saw that the poems and lyrics on it were actually written by the siblings Jing Zhe and Zhu Xinning to each other, they were a little surprised and quite curious.
Most people still chose to look at Jing Zhe's poems first, after all, he was now famous, and the title of "the number one talent in Anguo" was not given for nothing. When they saw the line "What I love is separated by mountains and seas, but mountains and seas can be leveled", their eyes became strange, and they looked at Zhu Xinning.
Zhu Xinning seemed to have noticed this beforehand, and lowered her head, her earlobes turning bright red.
As for the long annotation that follows the poem, it is nothing more than an explanation that it expresses the longing of the brother for his sister after many years of separation. Perhaps the common people would believe it, but which minister in the court did not know that Zhu Xinning and Jing Zhe were half-siblings with no blood relation? Even if they did develop some other feelings, it would not be incomprehensible.
Zhu Xinning's poem was relatively plain. The officials glanced at it and were filled with gossip, but they kept it to themselves because they were in the court and would wait until the court session ended.
Hao Junguang looked at Jing Zhe with some admiration.
For someone who can casually write "Shuidiao Getou," this poem isn't particularly high-level, yet he was willing to place it in such a crucial place, indicating that he was "confessing his feelings" to Zhu Xinning.
He shook his head and smiled: It's good to be young!
Military generals like Yu Sheng naturally focused on the military section, and when they saw that Liu Jinghong was mentioned, no one was dissatisfied. After all, Liu Jinghong was a god of war in the Anguo army.
However, the story described above is about how Liu Jinghong defeated the number one warrior of Southern Qi and won the martial arts test.
Most of the ministers in the court were present when the martial arts test was held at the hunting grounds that day, so they naturally knew that this was nonsense.
But upon closer reflection, it's understandable. Jing Zhe killed the greatest warrior of Southern Qi and made such a great contribution, yet he didn't receive the reward he deserved, and the people didn't even know about it—so it wouldn't be a big problem for him to give the credit to his sister, right?
...
If the reactions in the literature and military sections were normal, then it was the entertainment section that first ignited the atmosphere in the court, because according to the newspaper's layout, the literature section was at the top, followed by the military and entertainment sections.
"This monkey story is quite interesting!"
The first to finish reading was surprisingly Xiang Wang Su Mowu. After finishing, he was still a little unsatisfied, so he asked, "President Jing, is there any sequel to the story?"
Jing Zhe nodded: "Yes, Your Highness."
"Where is it? Let me see!"
Su Mowu said excitedly.
"Your Highness, you cannot see it, because it is in my mind."
"..."
By this time, the other ministers had also finished reading, and their reactions were not much different from those of the diners at Wenxiangju the previous night. They were all pleading for the monkey's safety and discussing when it would be allowed to leave the mountain...
Bai Qingyuan, the only one without a newspaper, felt itchy as he listened to the heated discussion. He glanced around and then fixed his gaze on Wu Xianyong, who was engrossed in reading.
Hey, this guy surnamed Jing, don't let his appearance fool you, he writes a really good story!
As Wu Xianyong was thinking, he suddenly felt a gaze fall on him. When he looked up, he found Bai Qingyuan looking at him with a smile that seemed... ill-intentioned!
"Grand Tutor Bai...is something the matter?"
"Let this old man see the newspaper!"
Without waiting for Wu Xianyong's agreement, he snatched the newspaper away. Wu Xianyong stood there, his mouth half-open, wanting to say something but holding back.
Bai Qingyuan's first stop was naturally the entertainment section, which was the subject of heated discussion. Of course, his motivation was different from the others; he was there to find fault.
How can you be called a nitpicker if you don't argue?
"His Majesty!"
After reading it once, Bai Qingyuan found the key point.
"What's wrong, Grand Tutor Bai?"
"Your Majesty, this story about the monkey is inappropriate!"
As soon as Bai Qingyuan said this, everyone put down their newspapers and looked up at him, wanting to hear what was wrong with him.
Emperor An glanced at Jing Zhe, almost laughing to himself, thinking that it was fortunate Su Mochen had reminded him in advance.
"What's wrong with it?"
"Your Majesty, this monkey looks exactly like an ordinary person, while the Heavenly Court is the imperial court. Isn't this monkey's rampage in the Heavenly Palace inciting those people who are unhappy with their lives to rise up in rebellion?"
As soon as Bai Qingyuan finished speaking, the court fell silent. After thinking about it, everyone felt that Bai Qingyuan's words seemed to make sense.
Seeing this, Bai Qingyuan was quite satisfied and continued his attack: "I wonder if this is just a coincidence, or if President Jing had this idea in mind and deliberately wrote it this way? Is he trying to incite the people to rebel?"
These words were rather aggressive, and they directly accused Jing Zhe of "inciting the people to rebel," which would be dangerous if he couldn't get rid of the accusation!
A group of ministers began to worry about Jing Zhe.
But Jing Zhe smiled and showed no sign of nervousness: "Grand Tutor Bai, some people feel that everything is dirty."
"..."
After a moment of silence, Bai Qingyuan said with displeasure, "What, are you saying that my heart is dirty?"
I don't know if it's dirty or not, but it's definitely not very clean!
"..."
"I just wrote a story casually for everyone's entertainment, something for everyone to read in their spare time, a way to relax, and I didn't think much of it. But Bai Taifu, a mere bystander, managed to misinterpret it as a rebellion. I have to admire Bai Taifu's imagination. If he were doing a classical poetry reading comprehension exercise, the original author would probably crawl out of the ground and have a chat with him!"
"..."
Jing Zhe's words were sharp and sarcastic, leaving Bai Qingyuan speechless and stunned, unsure of what to say.
Jing Zhe, however, had no intention of letting him off the hook, and continued, "They say what you think about during the day, you dream about at night. For Grand Tutor Bai to come up with such a conjecture, it certainly wasn't a spur-of-the-moment thing; he must be thinking about this kind of thing every day, right? What, Grand Tutor Bai, are you planning a rebellion?"
"..."
One stone stirs up a thousand waves!
Bai Qingyuan's face darkened!
The other ministers who were watching the spectacle blushed!
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