Chapter 297 Debate
Chen Yu read the letter leisurely, and threw it away after finishing it. "There are many great scholars in the court. Whose knowledge is not higher than mine? I don't believe that they really have some questions that they can't figure out and want to ask me."
Xie Tingzhou's eyes fell on the letter she threw away. "It's more of a question than a request for advice. They want to use this to dampen our spirits."
Xi Feng pursed his lips, "This move is really vicious. It's clearly a debate, but they said it was a request for advice. Why go to the princess for a debate? The princess is pregnant, how can she debate with them?"
Xie Tingzhou's jaw tightened for a moment, "This post should not be accepted."
"I'm afraid not." Chen Yu said immediately: "This is the effect they want. If I don't agree, they will definitely use this to spread the word that we are guilty. I have a clear conscience, so why not go?"
Xie Tingzhou thought for a moment and said, "I'll go. You're pregnant, and it's only natural for a husband to take his wife's place. They can't find any fault with it."
Chen Yu smiled and said, "Since they posted the invitation with three questions, I'm afraid these three questions are not directed at you. It's useless for you to go. This is a trap set for me."
"Don't worry." Chen Yu held Xie Tingzhou's hand, "How can I be so easily bullied? They want to debate with me because they want to criticize me in front of the world and make our just cause become nameless. But in my opinion, this is an opportunity they gave us."
This is an opportunity to express yourself and to speak to the world.
The first winter snow of the first year of Yongning fell.
The palace maid lifted the curtain and saw that Emperor Yongning, who had been in a coma for many days, had opened his eyes. She immediately said in surprise, "Your Majesty is awake. Go and call the imperial physician."
Li Zhaonian stared at the ceiling of the tent, his mind still not clear. He seemed to have had a very long dream and felt that he had slept for a very long time.
"How long have I been unconscious?" Li Zhaonian asked.
The maid knelt beside the dragon couch and said, "Your Majesty has slept for five days."
Li Zhaonian's condition became more and more serious, and he was in a coma for much longer time than he was awake.
He was already on his deathbed, and even the imperial physician said that he was able to hold on until now only because of his Majesty's amazing willpower.
"How's it going out there?"
The maid answered truthfully, "Shen...Princess Beilin accepted the invitation and will debate with the courtiers outside the city today."
The maidservant thought of the word "shen" that she had just blurted out, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
A few months ago, a maid mentioned Beilin Princess Chen Yu, and was questioned by His Majesty. In order to please His Majesty, the maid bluntly said that Chen Yu was a traitor.
The thief should be cut into pieces as a warning to others.
At that time, Emperor Yongning had no expression on his face. He just nodded lightly and then ordered him to be beaten to death.
The palace maids and eunuchs were unsure of what Emperor Yongning was thinking, but from then on no one dared to mention Shen Yu in front of Emperor Yongning. Even when Emperor Yongning asked, they respectfully addressed her as Princess Beilin.
"Is it snowing?" Li Zhaonian looked at the closed window.
The maid said, "Your Majesty, today is the first snow, much earlier than last year."
A faint smile appeared on Li Zhaonian's face. "I didn't expect that I would be lucky enough to see another winter snow."
The sky and the earth were all white, and the features of the distant mountains could no longer be seen.
Xie Tingzhou fastened the cloak for Chen Yu, his fingertips still lingering on it, "Don't get too close."
"I know." Chen Yu nodded and smiled, "Don't worry."
Xie Tingzhou's hand dropped down, and he pinched her palm, and the back of his finger slid across her bulging belly, and he said softly, "Be obedient."
The towering walls of Shengjing are shrouded in snow and fog, as if rising into the clouds.
Civil and military officials stood on the city wall, leaning their heads to look into the distance.
"Someone is coming."
The man walked alone in the snow with an umbrella, very slowly, and finally stopped at the intersection in front of the city gate.
The edge of the umbrella was slightly raised, revealing a face as pure as a lotus, but her eyes and eyebrows were filled with the proud spirit of frost and snow.
"It's Chen Yu." Someone on the city wall said, "She actually dared to come."
Chen Yu nodded and saluted to the people on the city wall, "Chen Yu has come here today to accept your invitation."
Everyone looked at each other. In the past, Chen Yu had never worn women's clothes in the capital. If she wore women's clothes today, she might be showing weakness to the world.
"Chen Yu." Liu Cheng said loudly: "Today's conversation, I have three questions, I want to ask you on behalf of the people of this world."
"Sir, please speak."
Liu Cheng said: "First, the emperor's grace is so great, why do you want to be a rebel? Second, why do you want to cause chaos in the world? Third, if General Shen is still alive, how would he view you?"
The snow was falling so thick that the distant view was unclear. The snow was blinding, and Chen Yu squinted slightly.
"I am not a rebel, I am just a righteous rebel. Sir, you asked me why I caused chaos in the world. I have not done anything, so I cannot answer. As for the third question."
Chen Yu raised her head and said, "My father should answer how he sees me. Why don't you go down and ask him for me?"
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There was a sudden uproar on the city wall.
"You crazy, rebellious kid!" Liu Cheng pointed at the people below and cursed, "Shen Zhongan is a loyal and brave man, how could he give birth to someone as unkind and unjust as you!"
Xie Tingzhou stood on the shaft of the cart in the distance, and Xifeng stood beside him with an umbrella to shield himself from the wind and snow.
"This Liu Cheng." Xie Tingzhou said slowly, "Please pull out his tongue for me later."
Xifeng pursed her lips and didn't respond.
"Since we are talking, why do you have to be so emotional and hurtful?" Chen Yu said calmly, "I also have a question for you gentlemen. Do you know how many people have died of starvation and freezing this year?"
Someone on the city wall immediately shouted: "If you hadn't provoked the war, how could so many people's homes be destroyed and their families broken up?"
Chen Yu smiled and said, "Since you can't answer the first question, I will answer it for you. In Gan, Yong, Qing, and Ping, the number of people who died of starvation and freezing this year is half of that in previous years. The four states have accepted more than 100,000 refugees from other states."
A student on the city wall yelled, "You are talking about something else. Today we are talking about the traitors."
"Wrong!" Chen Yu said loudly: "Today I am discussing with you the people's livelihood!"
"You are a woman, yet you dare to talk about morality all the time. It's really ridiculous."
"Oh?" Chen Yu said, "Since you think that I, a woman, cannot talk, then why don't you, as a man, tell me what the people's livelihood is?"
The man was stunned by her question.
Without waiting for someone to answer, Shen Yu continued, "I am a woman, I don't understand the great principles you people are talking about. In my heart, people's livelihood is that the people have clothes to wear and food to eat. The sun is clear, my Shen family's 100,000 loyal souls are buried in Yanliang Pass, it was killed by traitors, the traitors are rampant and the people are living in misery."
"I am raising my arms for the people's livelihood. Thousands of people have used their bodies to ignite a spark, but they have not been able to put out the disease. I am just walking the path they have walked."
A student said, "The safety of the people is the result of the efforts of all wise men. If we want the people to have clothes to wear and food to eat, we must be united. Now that the external threat has been eliminated and the internal strife continues, why don't you and Xie Tingzhou submit to us and restore peace to the world?"
Chen Yu asked: "We were the ones who eliminated the foreign threat, what did the court do? Now you want to reap the benefits."
"The world belongs to all. Why differentiate between you and me? How can you understand the truth?"
"I don't understand anything." Chen Yu said, "But I know what I did."
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