Chapter 604: Reborn Girl vs. Book-Traveling Girl 25
Since Marquis Xuanping is so ignorant, he will put all the people in Marquis Xuanping's mansion in jail. Then, he will take the opportunity of confiscating their property. He doesn't believe that he won't be able to find what he has been thinking about.
All of the prince's little actions were seen by the emperor and Zheng Yunxi.
Zheng Yunxi would come to the lake to practice every night, and the emperor also sent people with cultivation to sneak into the Xuanping Marquis Mansion to investigate the situation many times.
Before this, in order to avoid Prince Rong's search for his ghost sister, Zheng Yunxi had already figured out all the possible hiding places in the waterways of Marquis Xuanping's mansion.
Even when she was practicing, she would devote half of her attention to paying attention to the movements in the mansion, so those who came to investigate were never able to discover that she was practicing.
However, when the prince cleverly placed false evidence in the Marquis Xuanping's mansion that was enough to kill everyone in the mansion, Zheng Yunxi could no longer pretend to be dead.
The people sent by the emperor discovered what the prince had done.
Zheng Yunxi deliberately revealed a flaw so that those who came to investigate would discover the secret of his cultivation.
Not long after, the emperor made a private appointment with Zheng Yunxi to meet at a restaurant.
Zheng Yunxi arrived at the box in advance and waited. Not long after, the emperor quietly walked in from the secret door in the wall.
Zheng Yunxi stood up and saluted without being servile or arrogant, and the emperor smiled and waved his hand.
"No need for formalities. Since you have already embarked on the path of cultivation, there is no need to be bound by worldly formalities.
I guess no one has ever taught you these rules, so you don’t know them.
You are already a monk, so you can treat me as an equal in the future."
After saying this, the emperor sat down on the chair and motioned Zheng Yunxi to sit down as well.
"I think you deliberately lured me here because you have something to say to me.
Otherwise, with your cultivation and ability, it doesn't make sense for my people to discover your existence only now.
Tell me, what do you need my help with?"
The emperor was indeed sharp-minded and immediately understood Zheng Yunxi's intention.
In fact, Zheng Yunxi was worried that the stupid prince would implicate himself when dealing with the Marquis Xuanping's Mansion.
The emperor's men have discovered that the prince had tampered with the Xuanping Marquis's mansion and planted some evidence to frame him.
The authenticity of the evidence is not important. The key is whether the emperor wants to clean up the Xuanping Marquis Mansion right now.
If the emperor intends to deal with it, the fake can become real.
If he doesn't want to, he can just easily cover it up.
Zheng Yunxi doesn't need to expose more of his secrets just to clean up the mess for the Marquis' Mansion.
So, she simply went straight to the master and found out what the emperor meant.
Hearing the emperor's words about treating each other as equals, Zheng Yunxi naturally did not act shy and sat down opposite the emperor with confidence.
He said straight to the point: "Actually, there's nothing else to say. I just want to know what the outcome of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion will be this time."
The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect that such a young girl would be so direct. She didn't even bother with the greetings and just started asking questions.
The emperor took a sip from his teacup and asked, "Don't you want anything to happen to them?"
"Not really. If their crimes are truly unforgivable, I'd rather kill them as soon as possible to avoid interrupting my cultivation.
If there are extenuating circumstances and they are still of some use to the Emperor, then let them live. Even doing hard labor can be considered contributing to the court."
The emperor chuckled: "You don't remember our old friendship at all. Did they treat you badly?"
Before coming, the emperor had already found out about Zheng Yunxi's experiences over the years.
The Xuanping Marquis Mansion treated her neither well nor badly; it was just the treatment of an ordinary concubine's daughter.
If Zheng Yunxi really said something bad about the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, he would have to think carefully about how to get along with her in the future.
There are not many monks in the country, and this is a force that cannot be underestimated.
The emperor did not want to depose any of them unless it was absolutely necessary.
But if they go against the imperial power, they can be killed no matter how rare they are, otherwise the imperial power will be truly unstable.
Fortunately, Zheng Yunxi is not the kind of person who becomes arrogant when he is in power. His tone is calm, but his words are very realistic.
"It's not that I treat you badly, I'm just following the rules for a concubine's daughter.
The reason I say this is because I have always lived in the rear palace and do not understand the affairs of the court. I also do not know whether it is better for Your Majesty to kill them or keep them.
Another thing is, I don’t know whether the Xuanping Marquis Mansion really did anything bad outside.
So I think, as the ruler of a country, you know best how to deal with it."
The emperor smiled even more deeply. This guy is really cunning.
It seemed that he had handed the initiative to him as the emperor, but he kept saying that he didn't know whether the Xuanping Marquis Mansion was doing evil outside.
Are you trying to tell me, the emperor, not to accidentally kill good people?
After all, Zheng Yunxi said that committing too many sins would affect one's cultivation.
As an emperor who has committed many evil things, won't he be punished?
Every sentence is a reminder to myself to be a wise ruler.
Besides, the most obvious meaning is that whether the Marquis Xuanping should be killed or spared depends on what kind of result he, the emperor, needs right now. For long-term considerations, she can also understand killing people in a short period of time.
The principles understood by the teenage girl are comparable to those understood by an old fox who has been in the officialdom for decades.
This is indeed a good seedling, why is he not my own child?
"Don't worry," the emperor felt sorry, but Zheng Yunxi's willingness to reveal her ability to practice cultivation to him proved that she was willing to cooperate with the court.
His voice was gentle, yet filled with unquestionable certainty, "Nothing will happen to the Xuanping Marquis's mansion. The Xuanping Marquis is mediocre in ability. Although he made some minor mistakes, they were not major offenses. I am too lazy to dwell on them."
Having said that, the emperor had a relaxed smile on his face.
"For your sake, I'll let this little incident go. If they cross the line in the future and deserve a penalty, you must remember what I said today."
Zheng Yunxi nodded and said, "Of course. The country is your Majesty's country, and the people are your Majesty's people."
Your Majesty will weigh the pros and cons of which path is beneficial to the country.
If the situation in the Xuanping Marquis' Mansion gets out of control one day, as a cultivator, I will also be implicated and will naturally show no mercy."
The emperor and Zheng Yunxi smiled at each other. This was their first meeting, and both were quite happy.
Zheng Yunxi is willing to take the initiative to approach the emperor, which gives the emperor a signal that she is willing to help if he needs help in the future.
The emperor also promised that he would send people to properly deal with the false evidence placed by the prince in the Marquis Xuanping's mansion.
The two chatted for a few more moments about family matters, marking the end of the conversation.
All in all, both of them felt that the conversation was very harmonious.
Then the emperor turned around and stepped into the secret door again and left.
As for Zheng Yunxi, she was not in a hurry to return home. Instead, she leisurely enjoyed a sumptuous meal in the restaurant before returning to the Xuanping Marquis Mansion with satisfaction.
During the conversation just now, the emperor did not ask Zheng Yunxi why he practiced cultivation, and Zheng Yunxi did not mention it either. Both of them seemed to be deliberately avoiding this topic.
Behind every monk there is a master.
The emperor sent people to carefully investigate Zheng Yunxi's past, but found no one who could be her master.
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