Inside the Sifang Pavilion, Qin Jialuo looked through the carved window lattice and saw the growing crowd outside, with a hint of excitement in his eyes.
OK!
The more people come, the better the effect of her becoming famous by stepping on Princess Da Chu.
Qin Jialuo straightened his clothes and was about to add more fuel to the fire when he heard a sudden commotion outside the door.
Ge Zhong and Meng Ping are here.
Both of them had anxious expressions on their faces, and were followed by a team of guards with serious expressions.
They originally wanted to enter the city in a low profile, but they didn't expect Qin Jialuo to make such a big fuss that half of the people in the capital were attracted.
When Ge Zhong saw the people watching outside the Sifang Pavilion, as well as Pei Yuan and Xie Yunqi standing at the front of the crowd, his eyes suddenly turned dark.
“Oh no!”
"Princess, I'm afraid you won't be able to get away with it this time." Ge Zhong whispered.
Meng Ping tightly grasped the saber in his hand: "Is it too late to squeeze in and stop them now?"
Ge Zhong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's too late, you see——"
At this moment, the door of the hall creaked open, and Chu Qingluan appeared on the steps.
The sunlight gave her a golden edge, and the bright red riding suit embroidered with gold outlined her slender and plump figure.
She calmly swept her eyes across the crowd, finally stopping on Qin Jialuo.
"Master Qin." She smiled slightly, "Now, we can have a good discussion."
The moment she stepped out of Sifang Pavilion, the originally noisy hall suddenly became quiet. Everyone held their breath, their eyes moving back and forth between her and Qin Jialuo.
She walked calmly to the center, smiling, "I heard that Master Qin has some complaints about women participating in politics?"
Qin Jialuo opened her folding fan and refused to give in: "I am just speaking the truth. As a woman, it is my duty to take care of my husband and children. It is against etiquette to participate in politics."
Chu Qingluan chuckled: "The Zhou Li does say 'a woman's words should not be spoken outside the house', but the Shang Shu also says 'a hen crows at dawn, her family is in trouble' - this statement is a warning to the government, not to women themselves."
Her eyes turned, "If we judge men and women by their talents and virtues, then I would like to ask you, Master Qin, the Shang Dynasty had Fu Hao who conquered the four directions, and the Han Dynasty had Empress Lü who governed the country and brought peace to the nation. Did they ever have 'unworthy of their positions'?"
Qin Jialuo was speechless for a moment, but quickly counterattacked: "Those were special times——"
"Okay!" Chu Qingluan interrupted her, "Then, now that there are frequent wars in the north and floods in the south, does this count as 'special'?
I am implementing new policies to relieve the suffering of the people, but has this become a sin?"
When everyone present heard this, they all nodded secretly and showed approval.
Qin Jialuo narrowed his eyes and said, "The princess boasts of her extraordinary talents, but if she doesn't have this status, how can she push forward the new policy?"
Chu Qingluan smiled and walked forward: "Since Master Qin knows that I was divorced, you should understand that the title of 'Princess' is no longer a talisman."
She looked around at everyone present and said, "Three years ago, I proposed to reform the canal transport system, but was impeached by the noble families. I also proposed to reduce taxes, but was criticized for being 'soft-hearted.' These are all your personal experiences."
At this time, several ministers in the crowd who had jointly submitted a petition lowered their heads in shame.
In the crowd, Xie Yunqi and Pei Yuan looked at the woman on the platform with burning eyes, as if all the dazzling light in the world was concentrated on her.
She stood there, neither hurried nor slow, her words as sharp as knives, yet calm and composed, as if everything was under control.
Similarly, this scene also fell into the eyes of a pair of people on the second floor of the teahouse not far away.
Qi Che stood by the window, quietly watching the scene on the stage, with flames seeming to dance in his eyes.
"So, this is the real you..." The man murmured slowly, and the face hidden under the mask became more and more gloomy and ferocious, with a determined light flashing in his eyes.
At this time, Qin Jialuo realized that the atmosphere at the scene had changed, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
"So what? But the princess is a woman after all. Women are emotional and can easily be trapped by personal feelings. For example..." She glanced in the direction of Pei Yuan and Xie Yunqi with a meaningful look, "Having close relations with court officials?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole audience was in an uproar!
This is really vicious.
After she lost the previous debate on state governance, she immediately turned her attention to Chu Qingluan's private life. This is a typical sophistry of "if you can't win the argument, attack the character." She attempted to use the erotic imagination of a love affair between a man and a woman to eliminate Chu Qingluan's political legitimacy.
Not only that, this move is also intended to sow discord and create suspicion between the emperor and his ministers, and it may even intensify the conflict and force Chu Qingluan to lose her composure in public.
As expected, Chu Qingluan's eyes suddenly turned cold, and her tone was chilling. "Mr. Qin, are you questioning me? Or are you questioning the government of the Chu Dynasty?"
She slowly approached Qin Jialuo, her eyes like a knife: "Or - you represent the Great Qin, and you come to judge the internal affairs of my Great Chu?"
boom!
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar!
Ge Zhong secretly thought that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to apologize, saying, "Princess, please forgive me! My son is young and hot-tempered..."
"Young?" Chu Qingluan insisted, "If he can say 'Cheating the Chickens to Cry at Dawn', he must be well-versed in the classics, Princess Jialuo, don't you think so?"
As the words "Princess Jialuo" were uttered, everyone in the room was shocked!
Hundreds of eyes present were fixed on Qin Jialuo, as if they wanted to stare a hole through her.
Doubt, confusion, anger, and feelings of solidarity filled everyone's heart.
Qin Jialuo realized that his identity was exposed, his face changed suddenly, and the fan in his hand fell to the ground with a "pa" sound.
The next second, the people of Da Chu present were in an uproar:
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