Chapter 987: Rumors Can Make a Difference
If Guan Ying had only given a subtle warning just now, now it was already an explicit threat.
All the civil and military officials were very angry.
The hot-tempered Minister of War jumped out and pointed at Guan Ying and scolded him.
"How dare you speak to the emperor like that? You are so brave!"
Facing the angry glares from the Dasheng officials, Guan Ying was not afraid at all.
He said loudly: "Am I not telling the truth? Shengjing City is the capital of the Great Sheng Dynasty. We are all under the feet of the emperor. Logically, this should be the safest place in the Great Sheng Dynasty. However, our third princess was assassinated here. Shouldn't you give us an explanation for this matter?"
Now not only the Minister of War, but even the censors joined in the attack on Guan Ying.
Guan Ying only has a mouth, how can he convince so many people?
Soon he was red in the face and speechless.
In Yi Zhou's eyes, this scene showed Guan Ying being bullied by a group of people.
Yi Zhou's eyes immediately turned red and he accused in a tearful voice.
“You guys are going too far!
We were full of goodwill towards the Great Sheng Dynasty and traveled thousands of miles to Shengjing to meet your emperor, but what did we get in the end?
My third sister was assassinated and her life or death is unknown. We wanted to seek justice but were besieged by a group of you!
Is this how you, the Dasheng people, treat the Thousand Islands?
You are really bullying me!"
The Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple immediately took on the responsibility of translation and translated the little prince's words into the Dasheng Mandarin.
Yi Zhou was born thin and frail, with skin paler than that of ordinary people. With his red eyes, he looked even more fragile and pitiful.
It was as if he would burst into tears on the spot if you said something harsh to him.
All the civil and military officials present shut their mouths.
They can criticize Guan Ying together without any pressure. After all, Guan Ying is big and strong, with a full beard, and looks very tough.
But the little prince Yi Zhou is different, he is just a half-grown child.
No one is so shameless as to yell at a half-grown child in public.
There was a brief silence in the meeting hall.
Luo Qinghan said calmly: "Just tell me, what do you want?"
Guan Ying: "We heard that the government of the Great Sheng Dynasty has caught the assassins. We hope to see those assassins with our own eyes to see who sent them and why they wanted to assassinate our poor Third Princess?"
Luo Qinghan looked at Mei Guangtao, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, and asked.
"Have any of you captured the assassin?"
Mei Guangtao quickly denied: "No, I was at home last night and did not receive any news."
Luo Qinghan then looked at Yong'an Earl Xiao Lingfeng and asked.
"What about you guys?"
Xiao Lingfeng also shook his head: "I didn't see any assassins last night."
Luo Qinghan glanced at the other officials.
"Have any of you caught the assassin?"
Everyone said in unison: "No!"
Guan Ying: “…”
Guan Ying almost cursed.
Clearly, there were soldiers operating in the city last night, and many civilians saw it, but how dare these people say no?!
Liars! They are all a bunch of liars!
Luo Qinghan: "It seems that the Privy Councilor made a mistake. The government did not catch any assassin last night."
Guan Ying held his breath and said, "But many people in the city saw it. There were indeed soldiers marching through the city last night, and some people saw the third princess being attacked with their own eyes. It can't be fake!"
Luo Qinghan said slowly, "If that's the case, then please ask the Privy Councilor to find all the people who saw the soldiers capture the assassin and send them to Jingzhao Prefecture to confront Mei Fuyin. As long as the matter is true, I will give you a satisfactory explanation. How do you do?"
Guan Ying knew that the other party was deliberately making things difficult for him, but he had no choice but to agree.
"Okay, we will find those people as soon as possible!"
After the morning court session ended, civil and military officials left the council hall in groups of three or five.
They were all talking about the assassination of the third princess.
Soon the news that the third princess of the Thousand Islands had been assassinated spread throughout Shengjing City.
At first, the common people did not care much about this matter. After all, they did not know where the Thousand Islands were, and they had no impression of the third princess of the Thousand Islands.
It was not until later that someone revealed the news that the Thousand Islands Kingdom might be planning a marriage alliance with the Great Sheng Dynasty that the gossip spirit of the people was activated and they began to take the matter seriously.
Influenced by the gossip news in Shengjing Daily, a large number of people in Shengjing are now fans of the emperor and the imperial concubine. The happiest thing for them every day is to try their best to eat sugar.
There are many ways to eat sugar, and the most common way is to eat sugar from the daily descriptions of the imperial concubine and the emperor in the Shengjing Daily.
Some CP fans are not satisfied with this little bit of sweetness, and they will produce their own sweetness. They secretly write some picture book stories with the emperor and the concubine as the protagonists, and circulate them to each other in a small circle.
In the eyes of these CP fans, the emperor and the imperial concubine are a match made in heaven, and no one can separate them!
Upon learning that the third princess of the Thousand Islands might marry into the palace and become the third party between the imperial concubine and the emperor, CP fans were immediately furious.
They immediately took action and tried their best to find out the background of the third princess of the Thousand Islands.
They want to know where this woman came from? Why does she dare to compete with the imperial concubine for the emperor? !
At the same time, the Thousand Islands delegation was also trying their best to track down the civilians who had witnessed the officers and soldiers capturing the assassin last night.
Since no one in the delegation could speak the Da Sheng official language, Guan Ying, as the only person in the delegation who could speak a foreign language, had to go there in person and travel around to many places to ask the people one by one.
No matter how Guan Ying threatened or bribed them, the people all said in unison that they saw nothing and knew nothing.
After working so hard for two days and one night, Guan Ying's voice became hoarse, but he still got nothing.
In the guest room of Honglu Temple, Guan Ying took a big gulp of tea.
He put the teacup down on the table with force and said angrily.
"The Emperor of Dasheng must have done it on purpose! He knew everything, but pretended to know nothing, and asked those who knew to keep silent. All our efforts were in vain!"
Yi Zhou said worriedly, "What should we do next? There is still no news about the third sister, and we don't know whether she is dead or alive."
Guan Ying tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart and keep himself calm.
He took two steps back and forth and spoke in a deep voice.
"No matter what, the third princess was indeed assassinated and disappeared in Shengjing City. As the master of this place, the Great Sheng Emperor must bear the responsibility!"
Yi Zhou: "But judging from the attitude of the Great Sheng Emperor, he does not think he has any obligation to take responsibility."
Guan Ying sneered: "Then we will drag his favorite concubine into the water. Rumors can melt gold. I don't believe he can still be so calm at that time."
(End of this chapter)
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