"Mother, is what they said true?" Sang Qi asked again with a stern face.
"They are making random accusations because Ye Qianning is dead. They cannot be trusted." Concubine Yuan didn't notice when the prince followed her and was not sure how much he had heard.
Sang Qi stared at her without blinking.
Concubine Yuan felt uneasy when she was stared at. She raised her hand to touch his head: "Qi'er..."
Sang Qi tilted his head to avoid it, turned around and walked towards the door
Emperor Beili was shaking with anger in the hall. No one had ever dared to contradict him like this since he ascended the throne. He also knew his teacher's character well. When he became tough, he was even more difficult to deal with than the ancestor of the Zhong family.
He didn't know how to respond to these words.
Concubine Yuan and Princess Dongyi did have contact, and the arson at Sifang Mountain would reveal this. This situation is difficult to resolve.
So he posthumously conferred a title on Ye Qianning, thinking that the matter would be settled, but this group of people kept on pestering him and he dared to return the imperial edict, which was undoubtedly a provocation to the imperial power.
"Teacher, are you reminding me that if I don't deal with the imperial concubine, you will collaborate with the enemy?" Saying such words in front of him so blatantly, it would be a disaster if such a person stayed.
Emperor Beili knew since his youth that Dean Chen was a person who could not be controlled.
"That depends on whether treason is a serious crime in the eyes of the emperor," Dean Chen asked.
Emperor Beili tightened his grip a little more.
"Your Highness..."
"Go away." Sang Qi pushed the young eunuch aside and rushed into the hall.
Concubine Yuan was startled and hurried to follow.
"Father." Sang Qi rushed in.
Emperor Beili looked at it with a serious look.
"Your Majesty, it's my fault that I didn't take good care of the Crown Prince. I will take him away." Concubine Yuan reached out to pull Sang Qi.
Sang Qi dodged again and took a few steps towards Dean Chen: "Father, I don't want Ye Qianning to be buried in the imperial mausoleum either."
"Prince." The Emperor of Beili was already angry, and his anger grew even greater after hearing this.
"Father, please think twice." Sang Qi knelt on the ground.
Seeing her son like this, Concubine Yuan didn't want Ye Qianning to be buried with the Crown Princess's reputation in tatters, so she knelt down immediately and said, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince didn't like Ye Qianning in the first place. Why should we tie them together after death? Please revoke your order."
Zhan Yi saw that Concubine Yuan was so angry that she wanted to hit someone, so he breathed a sigh of relief and suppressed his anger. After all, they didn't want the little girl to be buried in the imperial mausoleum.
The starting point is different, and the desired result is missing. It will not be too late to denounce Concubine Yuan after the little girl gets rid of this imperial edict.
Qian Fu snorted inaudibly and saluted the emperor, "Your Majesty, since no one is willing, Ye Qianning is the daughter of the general's mansion, so please come to the head of the Xiang family and stand in the Xiang family ancestral hall."
"That's what I think too. Your Majesty, please don't be so stubborn." Dean Chen struck while the iron was hot.
The Emperor of Beili could hardly control his anger. He wanted to kill people, those who disobeyed the imperial power. As an emperor, the thing he could not tolerate most was being oppressed.
There seemed to be a voice in his heart, urging the anger to ignite.
The Dragon Scale Hall suddenly became extremely quiet.
Concubine Yuan knew that silence was a sign of the emperor's rage.
Eunuch Li held the imperial edict with his head down, not daring to breathe. The edict in his hand was really hot.
"Your Majesty, the prefect, Lord Song, requests to see you." The young eunuch suddenly came in, breaking the silence in the hall.
Emperor Beili looked up coldly with a gloomy look in his eyes.
The young eunuch was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, trembling and not daring to say anything more.
"Your Majesty, what do you think?" Dean Chen's voice was steady, and there was no trace of fear on his cold face.
Emperor Beili was silent for a while, as if suppressing his impulse. After a long while, he said in a deep voice: "In this case, Ye Qianning does not need to be buried in the Xiang family. The body should be carried back to Nanyuan."
Carry it back to Nanyuan?
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Zhan Yi was shocked and angry.
"As a Beili person, my imperial decree is as good as heaven. I will never take back my words. If she is not buried in the imperial mausoleum, she has no right to become a Beili person." The Beili Emperor said solemnly.
Dean Chen lowered his eyes. The emperor's words undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to everyone.
If Marquis Xiang Ming acknowledges his little disciple as his daughter, she must be buried in the imperial mausoleum. If he does not want the child to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, he can acknowledge that Ye Qianning is a Beili person.
Zhan Yi and Qian Fu also understood the meaning. Ye Qianning had the blood of four families in his body. No matter which family he recognized, as a Beili person, he had to accept the imperial decree and be buried in the imperial mausoleum.
Cruel, really cruel.
Concubine Yuan frowned, feeling a little cold in her heart. If Ye Qianning was transported back to Nanyuan, he would be nothing. But he would be buried in the imperial mausoleum with a very high status, so there was no need to even think about it.
The label of Crown Princess on Ye Qianning’s head could not be erased, and she was buried in the imperial mausoleum.
She twisted the handkerchief with her fingers, feeling very unwilling.
Sang Qi pondered with doubt in his eyes. He was still young and didn't quite understand the meaning, but...
"Father, Beili is so far away from Nanyuan, how long can the body wait?"
Emperor Beili saw that Dean Chen and the others looked unhappy, and his anger finally subsided a little. Hearing Sang Qi's words, he said in an ambiguous tone, "It is indeed very far."
"Your Majesty, this is forcing someone to do something against their will." Zhan Yi said angrily.
"This is my greatest tolerance. It doesn't mean that the people of Beili are not allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum. As long as you are a Beili person, you must obey the imperial edict. Disobeying the edict is a serious crime punishable by beheading. In serious cases, all nine generations of your family will be exterminated. Teacher, you know this better than I do." The Emperor of Beili narrowed his eyes.
The choice depends on whether they want the baby's body to rot or accept the imperial edict.
Zhan Yi clenched his fists. No matter how angry he was, he didn't dare to attack the emperor. He turned to look at Qian Fu and Dean Chen.
Qianfu was at a loss for words and thought carefully.
Emperor Beili was confident that he would win. As long as he received the imperial edict, he would find a way to make them shut up about the Sifang Mountain matter.
Dean Chen thought for a while and said, "My disciple's body will not be buried on the land of Beili."
Beili Emperor tightened his fingers: "Teacher, what you mean is that Ye Qianning is not a member of Beili's ancestral family."
"If you don't, I will personally take my disciple's body out of Beili. Here, I also voluntarily give up my Beili citizenship and am no longer a Beili person." Dean Chen said.
"Teacher wants to renounce his nationality?" Emperor Bei Li was shocked.
Zhan Yi and Qian Fu also looked at him in surprise.
"yes."
"Teacher, have you ever thought about the consequences of losing your nationality?"
"What consequences will there be for an old man like me to renounce his nationality?"
The Northern Li Emperor's gaze sank as he took in Dean Chen's mocking expression. He gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, Dean, if you wish to renounce your nationality, I will grant your wish. Since you are not a Northern Li native, I will take back the Loushan Academy."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, my Qian family has recognized Ye Qianning as a member of the Qian family. Your Majesty does not allow her to be buried in the land of Beili. My Qian family can only follow Ye Qianning out of Beili." Qian Fu had long been disappointed with Beili.
Emperor Beili's brows turned cold and he asked, "The Qian family also wants to renounce their nationality?"
"Yes, the Qian family has experienced too many ups and downs. They should have woken up long ago. Fame, wealth and power are useless. For the rest of their lives, they just need to have food to eat and a roof over their heads. Qian will lead the Qian family into retirement from now on."
"Qian Fu, don't forget that you collaborated with the enemy..."
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