"Your Majesty, a few days ago my mother encountered a child crying for help on the street. She tried to help him, but the child suddenly died. The soldiers insisted that my mother was responsible and arrested her without distinguishing right from wrong. We are new here and have no way to help. My mother is still imprisoned." Tangyuan knelt down and cried.
Everyone was surprised again. Li Linfeng was starting to get nervous when he heard this and tried his best to remain calm.
"What?! Such a thing has happened! Someone come quickly! Bring his mother here."
"Wait a minute! My father is in prison too. Why don't you summon him in as well, Your Majesty?" Tangyuan said aggrievedly.
"What?! What happened? How did they all end up in jail? Tell me, what happened to your father?"
"My father didn't want to let my mother down by marrying someone else, so he offended someone and was framed and arrested," Tangyuan said boldly.
"Such a thing exists?! What's your father's name?"
"Zhao Moyan!"
"What?! The Marquis of Zhenbei is your father?! No wonder you look familiar." The Emperor looked at Mr. Jiang and then at Tangyuan.
"Guards! Bring them all up to me immediately!"
Seeing that the delegation was still somewhat embarrassed, the Emperor stepped forward to help Tangyuan up and said, "Well, I didn't know your father was already married and had children. I was wrong to blame your father. It's really a shame that your father didn't say anything earlier that he had a wife and children, causing this embarrassing situation. Come, come, get up first. Don't worry! I will definitely give your parents justice."
"On behalf of my parents, Tangyuan thanks Your Majesty!" Tangyuan said, bowing to the Emperor again.
"My good child, get up! Get up so I can have a good look at you."
The Emperor pulled Tangyuan around and looked her over. Then he said to Mr. Jiang, "Since that's the case, the outcome is decided. I think the delegation from Che Kingdom should leave now."
"We take our leave!" Seeing this, the delegation felt it inappropriate to linger any longer and all rose, bowed, and departed.
Mr. Jiang walked up to Tangyuan and said to her alone, "May I pay you a visit another day?"
"This!? I don't know either. My mother doesn't like to associate with outsiders."
"so?"
“But I can ask Mother. If Mother agrees, then the teacher can come,” Tangyuan continued.
“Alright! Alright! Then I’ll trouble you to pass on the message, young friend. Tell them that Che Guojiang Mingyuan wishes to see Mr. Tian.”
"good!"
"Mr. Tian, this old Jiang actually calls her Mr. Tian, that's incredible!" The ministers started discussing again.
"Don't worry, Elder Jiang, we'll have a chance to meet again in the future. Send someone to escort the Che Kingdom delegation back to the post station to rest," the Emperor said happily.
After the people of Che Kingdom had left, the emperor said to his ministers, "My dear ministers, you all heard that Elder Jiang has already addressed her as Mr. Tian. This is an acknowledgment of the scholars of my Wu Kingdom!"
"Yes! Your Majesty, in Old Jiang's eyes, there is no scholar in the world who can make him bow down and call him 'sir'. Even the elder of the Tang family, Old Master Tang, has never made Old Jiang call him 'sir'."
"Yes! Your Majesty, I have also heard that the only person in this world who can be addressed as 'Master' by this old man Jiang is none other than his late teacher. It is truly unimaginable that he would bestow this title upon a woman!"
"What a pity! It's a woman."
"Oh! In my opinion, it is an honor for my Wu Kingdom. If the women of my Wu Kingdom can be like this, why should we worry about not having good men?"
"Excellent! Tian'er is right. If the women of our Wu Kingdom are so talented, why should we worry that the men won't be even better!"
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