Chapter 163 Wow, wow!

Yu Xingmian walked forward calmly until he reached Zhou Deyu's side.

Everyone's heartbeat skipped a beat.

Well-informed officials had already found out about Yu Xingmian's background, and the minister who had a criminal record five years ago reached a consensus with just a glance -

If they cannot squeeze this person out of the court today, they will live in fear all their lives!

Yu Xingmian almost ignored the gazes of everyone in Chongyun Palace and said calmly, "Lord Zhou."

Zhou Deyu snorted heavily and responded to the greeting.

All his violations occurred during the five years that Yu Xingmian was in prison, and at this time, he did not have much fear of this man.

Yu Xingmian was not in a hurry and slowly threw out the news he had prepared bit by bit. Just the first sentence made Zhou Deyu shudder subconsciously.

"Mr. Zhou has been an official in Beijing for ten years. Do you miss your first wife whom you left behind in Changxi Town?"

The color on Zhou Deyu's face instantly faded away.

What Yu Xingmian said was not the most fatal thing in his official career, but it was what he least wanted to expose to the public.

Ten years ago, he went to Beijing to take the imperial examination and was ranked second. Just when he was in high spirits, he was noticed by the concubine's daughter of Pan Jifeng, who was a Hanlin scholar at the time. The Pan family sent someone to hint that they wanted to recruit him as their son-in-law.

The Pan family is a third-rank official in Beijing, a height that he may never be able to reach in his lifetime.

How could he not grab the olive branch thrown by the superior? !

The only obstacle to this matter is his wife who is not presentable in his hometown.

But he believed that he had handled the matter perfectly, and even the people of the Pan family were not able to find any clues. How did Yu Xingmian know about it? !

The Pan family father and son looked over angrily. Zhou Deyu's heart was beating fast, but he still pretended to be calm: "I, I and Zhao have already..."

"Has he already sent a divorce letter?" Yu Xingmian asked loudly, interrupting Zhou Deyu's words, "Or did he send two thugs with him?"

"And he also ordered that if your wife disobeyed, they should take away your wife's clothes and spread rumors that she was having an affair?"

There was an uproar in the court.

Some ministers who were unable to hear the little guy's voice were facing such an exciting scene for the first time. They were breathing rapidly, worrying that the private affairs in their own homes would be ruthlessly revealed like today, but they also wanted to continue listening to the explosive news from their colleagues' homes.

At the same time, he said "tsk" twice with disdain.

Although they each have dark pasts that cannot be told to outsiders, at least they are not as heartbroken as Zhou Deyu.

It's a shame that he could think of hiring thugs to destroy the reputation of the original wife.

And the part that can be heard——

Jiao Hongmiao stood there for a long while, but he couldn't hold back his urge to watch the show. He glanced around and joined the condemnation team. "I remember that not long after Zhou Deyu graduated from high school, he started to go boating and watch lanterns with the little girl from Lord Pan's family. They were inseparable."

Chu Jiaxu quickly glanced at the livid Pan father and son, and whispered back, "That's right, Zhou Deyu once wrote a poem for Pan's daughter, loudly claiming that she was the only love of his life!"

Although it was said in a low voice, the volume was loud enough for the ministers around to hear clearly.

Pan Jifeng, who was standing in front of the group, had no way to avoid it and heard all the discussions clearly.

People were so angry that their faces turned red.

Although Ruoxin was an insignificant concubine's daughter in his family, she represented the reputation of his Pan family after she got married. Now she was implicated by Zhou Deyu and was subject to comments from others. For him, this was simply a great shame and humiliation!

Pan Jifeng gritted his teeth, turned around and glared at Zhou Deyu, and began to think about how he could save his family's face in the future.

As for Zhou Deyu's fate, it was not within his consideration.

Zhou Deyu, who was in the crowd, was so shocked by Yu Xingmian's words that he lost his composure. He couldn't hide his trembling body any more: "You, you dare to accuse the court official without any evidence. Your Majesty, I beg you--"

"Oh, I forgot to mention..." Yu Xingmian said lazily, without any sense of being in the upper echelons of the court, "The wife you abandoned was already several months pregnant at the time. Even though you were so ungrateful and unfaithful, she stubbornly kept the child."

At this point, Yu Xingmian turned around and smiled at Zhou Deyu with a hint of sarcasm: "Do you think this child has something that can prove his identity?"

Zhou Deyu seemed to be strangled by someone and suddenly lost his voice.

The reason why he felt he had no worries all these years was because he heard that Zhao was depressed and passed away before he got married. But now someone told him that he still had an offspring?

"You, you..." Zhou Deyu had a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat, "Don't slander me..."

The voice had long lost its previous momentum.

All the civil and military officials looked at him with disdain.

Yu Xingmian was forced to hide in the imperial prison because he knew too many secrets about other people. They subconsciously believed 70% of the gossip he told.

Now seeing Zhou Deyu's horrified expression, he believed it 100%.

Someone sneered out loud and finally said "Pah" loudly.

Just as Jiao Hongmiao was about to make a few more sarcastic remarks, he heard the young man on the golden platform exclaim "Wow!"

He paused as he turned around, then turned back calmly, ready to continue eating the melon.

[Cheng Cheng asked how Uncle Yu knew so much, it turned out that Mr. Zhou's son was in his Mo Yu Sect! ]

[Your only son was raised by someone else. It would be fine if you didn’t kowtow to Uncle Yu on the spot, but you even want to chase Uncle Yu away?! ]

The boy smacked his lips, looked around the table, picked up a cookie and took a bite: [Hehehe, the cookie is so delicious~]

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty: "???"

Eat a small biscuit halfway through eating melon?

How will these old folks who are eager to know what will happen next live?

What does the only son mean? They clearly remember that Zhou Deyu and his wife Pan had two sons and two daughters, which could be considered a complete family!

Why don’t you let them finish the melon first and then eat the biscuits?

Jiang Yingcheng had no idea what the ministers were thinking. She happily finished a whole cookie before starting her melon-eating career.

[This Pan girl is also a strange person. She has four children and four fathers, but none of them is Zhou Deyu's. This can be considered as revenge for Aunt Zhao! ]

Ministers: Wow——

Although they had guessed it based on the boy's thoughts, they were still shocked when they heard it with their own ears.

His own son is living away from home, and none of the children he has raised at home are his own? !

Wow, wow!

【ah!!】

The young man suddenly cried out in surprise, which successfully made the ministers' eyes sparkle again.

What big news have you uncovered?!

[That's right!] Jiang Yingcheng's eyes sparkled, [Chengcheng has successfully bribed Uncle Yu, so all the revelations given by Brother Tong in the future can be said to be told to Chengcheng by Uncle Yu!]

[Wow!! Then Cheng Cheng can just say whatever he wants about Zhou Deyu embezzling people’s property to buy murders!!]

Jiang Yingcheng felt that he had found the perfect excuse, and he became visibly happy, not noticing at all the sudden change in Yu Xingmian's expression below the stage.

The gentle smile that Yu Xingmian had on his face since he stood in the center of the court finally cracked.