"Granny, please speak quickly, I understand!" Yun Duoduo looked at Granny Liu, who seemed hesitant to speak. She couldn't afford to hold her breath at this crucial moment!
What she can't listen to is definitely the key point!
Seeing that Yun Duoduo was getting anxious, Granny Liu shook her head and said, "As for this person's character, he is truly unparalleled in history."
Wow, this is unprecedented and will likely never be repeated...
It seems Tan Biao really is no good.
"I've heard that Lord Tan is a dissolute man who spends his days in brothels and nights indulging in pleasure. Moreover, he has committed many evil deeds, abusing and torturing countless young women to death." Granny Liu's voice grew softer and softer as she finished speaking, and she couldn't help but shiver.
"I've heard that Lord Tan is hideous and cruel."
"Several wives have died!" Granny Liu's eyes were full of regret.
【Holy crap!】
How did he manage to kill so many people and remain unharmed?
Yun Duoduo was a little angry. She usually worked so hard to save people, but Tan Biao could kill a young girl in the prime of her life as easily as crushing an ant.
"Oh, didn't anyone report him?" Yun Duoduo asked.
[The reason this kind of scum hasn't been dealt with yet is either because someone is backing him up, making it impossible for others to take action against him, or because he's hiding his true nature so well that no one can find any evidence.]
“He has the backing of the Tan family and military merits, who would change his mind?” Granny Liu snorted.
"If the wives, concubines, or maids die, just say to outsiders that the wives and concubines who married into the household were unlucky and did not get to enjoy the wealth and glory of the Marquis of Chi Nan's mansion."
"Or, you could say that you contracted a sudden illness or died in childbirth; there are many other reasons."
So that's how it is; they're utterly lawless.
Here, power, status, and position are everything.
"This old servant has also heard that many loyal ministers in the court want his life." Granny Liu became quite excited when she started gossiping, and began to tell Yun Duoduo everything she knew without any regard for the consequences.
"Little princess, do you have no idea how many people want to send him to the imperial prison?!"
"How many?" Yun Duoduo also became interested.
"That's a really old one!"
"But in the end, some died, some were injured, some were driven insane by him, and some encountered bandits on their way back to their hometowns after retiring."
Yun Duoduo couldn't help but gasp; she was both angry and sad.
What kind of demon is this?!
Unexpectedly, Tan Biao wasn't a fool; judging from what Granny Liu said, he actually had some skill and brains.
"But such a person is a master on the battlefield. He defeated many enemies in his early years and has a reputation among military generals. In addition, he has military power and the Tan family values him highly. Even His Majesty is wary of him. Now he leads the Chi Nan Army and has been granted the title of Marquis of Chi Nan."
Even Father is wary of him?
It seems the Tan family wields considerable power!
The fact that Prince Jin and his wife were exiled to the northern frontier must have greatly displeased the Tan clan!
She always felt that the Tan family might be brewing something big, and perhaps the Prince of Jin had already gotten involved.
After all, it would be a great loss of face for a prince to be banished to the northern frontier.
"He committed so many killings, how could Heaven allow him to live so unharmed and intact?!" Yun Duoduo was furious.
“Princess, you are unaware of this. Not long ago, Lord Tan Biao married the niece of Prefect Xu. The very next morning after the wedding, a murder occurred.”
"Prefect Xu petitioned His Majesty to conduct a thorough investigation, but nothing was found. Prefect Xu's entire family was killed by bandits, and her niece's family members all went mad."
"The entire Xu family met a terrible end!" Granny Liu said, patting Yun Duoduo's round little head, afraid that her words would frighten her.
"Nobody can do anything about him!"
【This is outrageous!】
Is there no one who can subdue this beast?!
"Isn't there anyone who can control him?"
"It's true that God has eyes. He used dirty tricks behind the scenes, so those who didn't like him also used dirty tricks to scheme against him."
"Tan Biao got beaten up in the middle of the night with a sack over his head," Granny Liu said, covering her mouth and laughing.
Yun Duoduo's eyes lit up. "There are such chivalrous and righteous people?!"
She grabbed Granny Liu's arm as if it were a lifeline, "Who is it?"
Granny Liu glanced at her, raised an eyebrow, and said softly, "They didn't catch that person, but I heard it was Grand Secretary Guan."
"Grand Secretary Guan?!" Yun Duoduo was completely shocked.
Was Grand Secretary Guan not a weak and soft-hearted civil official, but a Grand Secretary of the Imperial Academy?
How could someone do something so disgraceful?!
"Tan Biao claimed that he wanted to marry Guan Ge Lao’s daughter. In order to get Guan Ge Lao’s consent to the marriage, Tan Biao had people spread rumors that Guan Ge Lao’s daughter had already given herself to him."
"How could Grand Secretary Guan tolerate this?"
"So they paid a lot of money to assassins in the martial arts world to ambush him in the middle of the night. When Tan Biao came out of the brothel, he was covered with a sack and beaten severely. He was covered in injuries and barely had time to breathe. It took him more than a month to recover."
Good grief, they'd rather take action than talk.
Yun Duoduo chuckled. This Grand Secretary Guan is truly a formidable old man!
So it seems that Grand Secretary Guan also disapproved of such petty people.
...
A month passed quickly, and the Mid-Autumn Festival arrived. The full moon shone brightly, and the autumn air was crisp and clear. Yunbei hosted a banquet for important officials of the court to celebrate the Moon Worship Festival at the palace.
Inside Anqing Palace, the palace servants from the Imperial Household Department had already arranged all the necessary furnishings.
Inside the main hall are six red inner pillars, each carved with a lifelike golden dragon coiling around it. Above the pillars are carved auspicious clouds, and below are carved blooming peonies.
The ceiling inside the palace was painted with patterns of various colors, displaying the prosperity and splendor of the Yue Kingdom. The floor was paved with almost flawless white jade, inlaid with golden pearls from the East Sea, arranged in the shape of lotus flowers, with the gaps between the pieces of white jade filled with gold.
The aisle was lined with fine purplish-black sandalwood tables, each with a jade and gold candlestick, and some cold dishes, including fresh fruit on lotus-patterned celadon plates, aged wine in ruby-patterned jade porcelain bottles, and desserts and snacks such as purple rice cakes, pomegranate cakes, and mooncakes on purple jade and coral plates.
Because Yun Duoduo, Sun Huohuo, and Jin Zhuangzhuang all enjoy lively gatherings, A Xiang and Granny Liu led them from Fu Shuang Palace early in the morning.
Yun Duoduo skipped and hopped along the way, with Sun Huohuo following behind her, sometimes picking leaves from the branches, and sometimes plucking a few delicate and beautiful flowers.
Jin Zhuangzhuang ran after him with a clattering sound.
"Erhuo, look, big red lanterns!" Yun Duoduo pointed to the big red lanterns that had been newly hung on the eaves, and continued running forward while turning her head to point them out to Sun Huohuo.
"Duo'er, watch out!"
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