"What? The emperor was assassinated? Tell me about it." The gossipy heart was burning.
"I went to town early this morning and had a cup of tea in a teahouse. Then I heard that the emperor was assassinated in the palace the night before. I heard that the assassins were looking for something and couldn't find it, so they stabbed the emperor in anger and he is still unconscious now."
"Oh wow, that's scary."
"That's not all. There's something even more exciting!" The person who spoke picked up the tea bowl on the tea table, took a big sip, and kept the other person in suspense.
"Hurry up and tell us, don't keep us in suspense." someone urged.
"I heard that the palace was robbed and emptied, and all the valuables were gone. Not only that, but a lot of the large furniture, tables, chairs, beds, etc. were moved away. When the assassins got into the palace and saw it, they were all dumbfounded. When they got into the emperor's bedroom, they were even more shocked. The entire palace was empty, without any decorations. Not only was the dragon bed tattered and shabby, but the assassins even saw that the emperor's underwear had several holes in it!"
"What? That's impossible? The emperor is the ruler of a country, how could his clothes have holes? Could it be that the emperor is so poor that he doesn't even have the money to replace his torn underwear?" Some people didn't believe it and looked at the person who was speaking suspiciously.
The person who was speaking was very excited. He slapped his thigh and spit all over the place. "Hey, you are right. It is not that he is too poor to change his underwear. Everything in the palace was stolen. It is not that the emperor is too poor to change his underwear."
"How is this possible? It must be a rumor. The palace is a very well-guarded place with imperial guards patrolling all the time. How could it be stolen? And no news of it leaked out. Besides, how could the large items in the palace be stolen? Didn't anyone notice? How did the thief steal them?"
"Hey, don't disbelieve me. My mother's brother's mother's cousin's distant cousin said that he was a eunuch in the palace. He could hardly survive in the palace. He couldn't even eat enough every day, and he had no monthly salary. As for how those things were stolen, I don't know."
"Hey, now that you mention it, I remember it now. It seems that many mansions such as the East Palace and the Prime Minister's Mansion were robbed and emptied. Even the Zhenbei General's Mansion, which was confiscated, was robbed and emptied before the Jinyiwei raided it. When I heard others say it before, I didn't take it seriously, but now I think it must be true."
"It's really strange. These strange things seem to have happened since the Zhenbei General's Mansion was raided. What do you think? Could it be that our Great Yan Dynasty has offended some gods?"
"Shh! Do you want to die? There are officials over there. Why are you talking so loudly? Come on, we have finished our tea, let's go home quickly." The person who spoke shrank his neck and glanced at Meng Liang and the other officials.
Wang Datou and other officers glared at a few people fiercely, and several ordinary people turned pale with fear.
"Okay, okay, let's go back right away."
"Hurry up, the evil spirit over there is staring at us."
After that, they paid for their tea, hurriedly picked up their firewood, and trotted back home.
The words of several people caused a sensation.
Most of the people in the exile team were from noble families in the capital. When they heard that the homes of their colleagues in the court had been robbed, they felt a sense of gloating.
Hehe, even the emperor has become a pauper, and the underwear he wears has several holes in it.
It's so hilarious!
Moreover, the East Palace, the Prime Minister's Residence and other mansions were actually robbed clean by thieves. Well, that sounds really refreshing!
After hearing about these people's miserable experiences, they suddenly felt that exile was not so hard to endure. At least they had steamed bread for every meal, while the emperor might not even be able to afford steamed bread.
Thinking of this, everyone felt much happier. Their mouths were wide open, almost reaching behind their ears.
The horse-faced woman and her few handkerchief friends were so happy that they ate a big meat bun to celebrate the emperor's fate. They gathered together and talked in a whisper.
Song Ning and Song Chen stared at each other in astonishment, and then they saw strong joy in each other's eyes. The brother and sister looked at Feng Jiuyan excitedly.
"Sister Feng, do you think what those uncles said just now is true?"
Feng Jiuyan shook his head in a serious tone, "I don't know either."
In fact, there was a little person in her heart who was shaking his hair wildly with joy.
Of course it’s true, she did all these things.
She was the one who emptied the Imperial Palace, the Eastern Palace, the Prime Minister's Residence, and other residences. She even facilitated the assassination of the emperor.
At that time, the little beggar wanted to sneak into the donkey cart to search them, but Feng Jiuyan asked her mother to cooperate with her to act out a play, making the little beggar believe that the Black Feather Order was in the hands of the emperor.
So the little beggar believed it and sent a message to his master. Then, the emperor was assassinated.
Thinking that the whole capital was now saying that the emperor was too poor to even afford to buy new underwear, Feng Jiuyan wanted to find a place to secretly laugh.
Her eyes were sparkling, and the curve of her mouth couldn't be suppressed. She looked refreshed and in high spirits.
Qiao Ping, who was not far away, saw Feng Jiuyan's charming look and smiled as well.
Feng Jiuyan felt that someone was looking at her again. She raised her eyes and accurately caught the owner of the gaze.
Qiao Ping was stunned, thinking that this little girl was too mysterious. He would be caught every time he peeked at her.
He reacted quickly and looked away seemingly unintentionally.
Feng Jiuyan: “…” Don’t think that just because you look away, I don’t know that you are observing us and trying to attract our attention!
She thought the little beggar was stupid enough, but she didn't expect that the killer this time was even stupider than the little beggar.
She curled her lips, looked away and looked at Song Ning.
She noticed that the corners of Song Ning and Song Chen's mouths, which were raised just now, had drooped down. Feng Jiuyan sensed something unusual in it, "What's wrong with you? Weren't you so happy just now? Why are you so sad now?"
Song Ning looked at her brother, then at Feng Jiuyan. After seeing her brother nod, Song Ning whispered, "Sister Feng is not an outsider anyway. In fact, my brother went to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination. But one time when I went to the street to buy vegetables, Prime Minister Su's son Su Chang took a fancy to me and wanted to take me back to be his tenth concubine.
Fortunately, my brother arrived in time and rescued me. My brother beat Su Chang, and when Prime Minister Su found out about this, he found a crime and threw my brother and me into prison, and asked the jailer to exile us together.
Feng Jiuyan also remembered that it seemed that the dog emperor wanted to recruit talents, so he made an exception this year and added an imperial examination.
At this moment, Feng Jiuyan also figured it out. No wonder Song Ning and Song Chen were not tattooed on their faces by the jailers even though they were prisoners. So that's why.
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