Chapter 582: Natural disasters are not to be feared, and ancestors are not to be followed
At this time, Wu Yingqiu, who had just returned to the square after resting for a whole night in the side hall, looked at the people around him and suddenly frowned.
He discovered that some of the civil and military officials had disappeared.
Although there were not too many people, he still discovered them.
So he whispered, "What's going on?"
Wu Ding lowered his voice and whispered in his ear, "I heard that last night, Jian Ruocheng and people from the Queen's side met with the six ministries and some officials from the Censorate."
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"These people later -"
"Humph, these two-faced things!"
Wu Ding looked around and said softly, "Father, should we continue?"
"Of course!"
Wu Yingqiu said, "It has come to this point. We cannot give up halfway. We must not let the Emperor appoint her as a noble concubine."
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"Besides—"
Wu Ding carefully leaned over and heard his father whisper, "Isn't the Emperor going to enthrone the King of Wei in a few days? This scene will prevent the enthronement of the King of Wei from happening."
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"Your sister finally entered the palace and became a concubine, but unfortunately her time was too short and she was unable to give birth to a child for the Emperor."
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"We can't decide on the heir to the throne before this."
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"Otherwise, our family will be left empty-handed in the future. Everything will go to the Xu family."
Wu Ding immediately nodded and said, "Yeah, why didn't I think of that."
Anyone who had a daughter in the palace hoped that she could give birth to a son or daughter for the emperor, or even be made a crown prince, so that the entire family could stand firm in the court.
However, for so many years, Zhu Feng had only one son, which left many people at a loss.
Wu Wan had not been married into Prince Yan's Mansion for long. Although she was very popular, she was not really favored. So after all this time, there was no sign of pregnancy or childbirth.
But we cannot give up on this road!
At this moment, a figure walked up to the hall.
Everyone looked up and saw Si Nanyan wearing the imperial concubine dress she wore at yesterday's enthronement ceremony, appearing in front of the Fengtian Hall again.
She walked over slowly.
No matter how many people were in front of the hall, how many people were below, how many pairs of eyes were looking at her, and with how many emotions.
In her eyes, there was only Zhu Feng.
He also seemed to have not slept all night.
His eyes were bloodshot, and his stern face was filled with ice that seemed to have not melted for a thousand years.
Seeing her coming, he slowly turned around and faced the courtiers who were looking up at them. At this time, the officials below the hall began to shout as soon as they saw Si Nanyan -
"Your Majesty, Si Nanyan is a spy!"
"She is a spy from the Kingdom of Dan!"
"Your Majesty, the laws established by our ancestors cannot be changed. Your Majesty absolutely cannot appoint a foreign woman as your Imperial Concubine!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
Listening to these people's voices, Nan Yan frowned, and clenched his fists with the hands hidden under his sleeves.
At this moment, Jian Ruocheng suddenly took a step forward.
He said to the officials below, "My colleagues, please do not be deceived again. Si Nanyan is absolutely not a spy from the Kingdom of Dan."
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"The Ministry of War has detailed records of the Battle of Peking. The female official used a strategy to disrupt the morale of the Dan army, causing great chaos in the enemy army, and thus averting the danger to Peking."
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"If she were a spy, would she do such a thing?"
At this time, Concubine Kang beside her said coldly: "Master Jian, this might be her plan?"
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"You haven't heard of the "torture trick" before, right?"
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"Suffering a small loss so that she can gain the emperor's favor is not a loss for the Kingdom of Dan."
Jian Ruocheng said seriously, "This is just your Majesty's guess, it's not credible."
Someone immediately said, "If the guess is unreliable, then isn't that letter also unreliable?"
"It's just a letter without a beginning or an end. How can it prove that Si Nanyan is a foreign woman?"
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"How many of you have read that letter?"
Some people were stunned.
But Wu Yingqiu immediately said: "Since Lord Jian asked, then I might as well tell you that we have all seen it."
"oh?"
Jian Ruocheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
At this moment, Concubine Kang, who was standing nearby, pushed Simulan. She stumbled forward and said, "Master Jian, I have shown the letter to Concubine Kang, and she has also made several copies."
Zhu Feng turned around and gave her a cold look.
"You, on the other hand, are—trying your best."
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Hearing this, Simulan suddenly shuddered.
Jian Ruocheng said calmly, "If that's the case, then everyone should understand. The letter simply stated that Si Nanyan was reported back by the Minister of Rites of the previous dynasty. She is indeed not Si Zhongwen's daughter, but there is no direct evidence to prove that she is from the Neng Kingdom."
Someone immediately said, "How could a baby girl brought back from the Kingdom of Dian not be from Dian?"
Jian Ruocheng said calmly, "If you transplant Yan Nation's orange trees to Nian Nation's territory, will the oranges that grow there be Nian Nation's oranges?"
Everyone was stunned.
At this time, someone else stepped forward and said, "That's right, we really can't be sure that Si Nanyan is from Neng."
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"But Master Jian, you can't be sure that Si Nanyan is from Yan Country, right?"
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"Since nothing is certain, anything is possible."
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"How can we take such a risk?"
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"The emperor's offspring is closely related to the future of our Great Yan Dynasty. We cannot allow a woman of unknown origin to enter the harem and become a concubine."
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"By then, I'm afraid our entire Yan Nation will become the laughing stock of the world!"
Someone immediately echoed: "That's right."
"The Emperor Gao originally established this ancestral precept to prevent the royal bloodline from being tainted."
"The laws established by our ancestors cannot be changed!"
Upon hearing what they said, Jian Ruocheng frowned.
Just then, a tall figure slowly walked forward.
Zhu Feng.
His face was filled with arrogance that looked down upon the world, and he looked coldly at all those who were kneeling at his feet.
When his cold gaze fell, everyone felt a gust of icy wind blowing through their bodies, freezing their blood as if it were about to turn into ice.
For a moment, the shouting voices stopped.
Then, Zhu Feng spoke coldly.
"The laws established by our ancestors...why can't they be changed?"
Just this one sentence was like a thunderbolt.
Everyone was stunned.
Everyone couldn't believe what they heard, staring at the high and mighty Zhu Feng in amazement, and then they heard him slowly utter the next sentence that was even more heartbreaking:
"I want to say, natural disasters are not to be feared, the teachings of our ancestors are not to be followed, and the words of others are not to be pitied."
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