Chapter 024 Chapter 24
Chapter 25
After Princess Funing finished speaking, not only Pei Muchu stared at his sister with his mouth wide open, but the other princes and even Emperor Yuanxing stared at Princess Funing in a daze.
'No, how did she come to that conclusion?'
Pei Muli was stunned and thought, in his impression, Princess Funing was just a pedantic princess who read too much. Who would have thought that she would say such shocking things today.
But the young prince, touched by his sister's words, immediately shut his mouth and said to Lord Li smugly, "Apologize quickly, apologize quickly. I treated your wife and daughter with courtesy."
Emperor Yuanxing was a beat too slow and failed to stop Pei Muchu in time.
Apparently, Lord Li's temper was not strong enough to allow him to endure such humiliation, so...
"How dare you, little boy!"
Censor Li's voice resounded throughout the imperial study. He immediately stood up with a flushed face, looking as if he was about to faint from anger.
The other ministers who were originally watching the show could no longer stand still and came to Censor Li and surrounded him.
"Old Li! Old Li!"
"Calm down, calm down!"
"Imperial Physician! Call the Imperial Physician!"
The ministers hurriedly pulled Censor Li back, and looked at Princess Funing standing beside them with surprise in their eyes.
They had also heard of Princess Funing's reputation for being dignified and generous. She had already gained such a reputation at the age of only 10, and the ministers who had sons of marriageable age were also quite attracted by her.
Especially those ministers who claim to be upright. Although being related to King Chungnyeong may not sound good, Princess Funyeong was brought up by the Queen Mother and is definitely not as good as King Chungnyeong.
Today, they had originally come to see Princess Funing with the intention of evaluating their daughter-in-law, but now...
These ministers silently withdrew their gazes from Princess Funing and began to concentrate on rescuing Censor Li.
Li Yushi, who just couldn't breathe, said: "..."
Please give me a chance to refute that ignorant kid!
Unfortunately, everyone present was a shrewd person. The emperor's expression after he realized what was happening was far from a happy one. If they let Censor Li go at this time, they might end up being used as a target.
The two who just spoke are the emperor’s favorites.
Moreover, Censor Li didn't feel ashamed of debating with a child in this form. They even felt that Censor Li was bringing shame to the Qingliu.
Prime Minister Liu winked at the two ministers nearby. Although they were scholars, they were quite proficient in the six arts of a gentleman. They quickly restrained Censor Li and prevented him from getting close to King Chungnyeong.
"This Li Sifang is really trying to compete with a kid," Prime Minister Liu thought with disdain.
But since Li Sifang is a member of his Liu Party, he still has to clean up his mess.
"Your Majesty, Imperial Censor Li agrees with Princess Funing's words, but he is a little excited to be in the same story with Your Majesty, so he can't speak for the time being."
Prime Minister Liu lied with his eyes open.
But looking at the way Censor Li and the young prince glared at each other, I knew that today's matter had not been resolved.
Emperor Yuanxing was also annoyed: "How are you going to deal with this matter?"
The young prince spoke first, "Censor Li must apologize for slandering me before. I will send Madam Li and Miss Li back to the Li family in a sedan chair carried by eight people, and apologize to them personally!"
The young prince played a trick and did not say that he was apologizing to Censor Li.
However, the people present did not care about this. On the contrary, this sentence seemed so reasonable when compared with the young prince's previous actions.
The people present were already exhausted from the tossing and turning. Several princes on the side began to quietly shift their center of gravity, trying to relax the other foot.
So when they heard this, everyone present showed a look of relief.
Now it’s up to Censor Li.
Everyone looked at Censor Li with anticipation.
——Then he met a humiliated old face.
“——Even if I die, I will never accept this humiliation!”
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In the end, they parted on bad terms. Madam Li and Miss Li from the palace were transported back to Prince Chungnyeong's palace in a horse-drawn carriage, naturally without damaging each other's reputation.
As for why they didn't just send Madam Li and Miss Li back to the Li Mansion...
Prince Chungnyeong was almost rolling on the ground, shouting that he would not be sent back unless they apologized, and that the palace would definitely keep them fat and plump. However, Censor Li was angry and did not even try to fight for it. Emperor Yuanxing sighed and made the decision to send the people back to Prince Chungnyeong's palace.
It was stated that Madam Li and Miss Li were invited back as guests by Princess Funing, and Princess Funing nodded and accepted the blame.
The young prince who achieved his goal did not seem very happy. When he saw that Li Yushi really did not say a word, his expression was complicated for a while, and then he spoke viciously.
"Don't worry, old man. I won't touch your wife and daughter, but you better be ready!"
When Censor Li heard this, his heart tightened, because King Chungnyeong had many talented soldiers who came from the army.
If I really do something to him...
"What does King Chungnyeong want to do to me?"
Censor Li shouted in a timid tone.
King Chungnyeong crossed his hands in front of his chest, raised his chin, and shouted to Li Yushi with a smug look in his eyes, "I can't do anything to you, but someone can."
Censor Li's heart beat faster now, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Could it be His Majesty?
Such a thought popped up in Censor Li’s mind.
The next second, he was hit back.
"——God told me that you will have to eat swill today!"
Li Yushi: "..."
The prince who had just walked to the door and was waiting to watch the excitement: "..."
Pei Muli, who was waiting for Pei Muchu to bully others, said: "..."
He shouldn't have thought that Pei Muchu, a kid, could have any decent means.
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"Pfft—cough cough cough."
Emperor Yuanxing almost laughed out loud, but because he was still thinking about his character of doting on Pei Muchu, he did not laugh in the end.
After forcibly coughing a few times to suppress his laughter, Emperor Yuanxing asked with a smile in the corner of his eyes.
"Did Yuanbao really say that?"
The chief eunuch in front of Emperor Yuanxing bent over and said with a smile in his eyes, "Yes, Your Majesty, what the young prince said is very serious. After listening to it, Censor Li just flicked his sleeves and left, while Prime Minister Liu smiled and asked the young prince a few questions. Encouraged by Prime Minister Liu, the young prince also walked away with his head held high."
It was after the young prince left that the princes at the door of the imperial study laughed heartily.
However, Emperor Yuanxing knew about it even without the chief eunuch saying it, and his sons did not avoid him.
Emperor Yuanxing raised his lips and said, "Then send more people to Yuanbao in the next few days to prevent this kid from getting into trouble. Li Sifang is not as resistant as the fourth brother, so send some people to Li Sifang as well."
Let's see what Lao Si thinks next.
The chief eunuch immediately nodded his head and said yes, then left.
However, after the chief eunuch left, Emperor Yuanxing had a good laugh in the imperial study.
But when the laughter in the imperial study died down, Emperor Yuanxing murmured with a complicated expression,
"She's still a child after all..."
At the same time, King Chungnyeong, who was still a child, was quietly and carefully placing a pillow of the same weight into the carriage.
——Then a kite flipped out of the carriage window.
But what was strange was that the carriage was surrounded by guards. According to common sense, King Chungnyeong should have been discovered as soon as he appeared.
But the guards seemed to be collectively blind. King Chungnyeong jumped from the carriage window to the sign of the shop next to him like a cat, and no one saw him.
Only Zhao Yong, who was leading the horse, was staring at the carriage beside him in a daze.
'Just now, it seemed like a dark shadow went out of the window?'
Zhao Yong frowned and looked inside the carriage through the window, but found that there was nothing unusual and the prince was just asleep, so he suppressed his doubts.
The real little prince was using his mental power to reduce his presence and was jumping lightly on the roof.
Most people only felt a gust of wind blowing by their side, while a very small number of people looked up in surprise. They seemed to see a black shadow rushing past in their peripheral vision.
But Gu Youxing didn't care, but ran towards the place where he had marked his mental power before.
[Host, what are you doing? ]
However, when 777 saw its host's operation, the entire system was confused.
【Confirming what I said before. 】
Gu Youxing answered with some difficulty in his mind. The child's body has too little mental power to mobilize, and this body has been pampered. The reason why it can move so lightly now is all thanks to the cheating of mental power.
【？】777 put a question mark.
[Religion has to have some magical aspects, right?]
Gu Youxing jumped over the last eaves and stood on the eaves of the teahouse. He watched the carriage slowly approaching the teahouse from a distance with cat eyes.
【For example... a prophet. 】
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"Ah, ah, ah, have you heard? The wife and daughter of Li Yushi's family have been snatched away by King Chungnyeong!"
"Your news is outdated. Li Qingliu has already gone to the palace to cry to His Majesty."
The roadside teahouse was bustling with people, all talking about this rumor.
"Zhang Shitou, if you keep keeping us in suspense, I won't pay for this pot of tea today." The man with slanted eyes said to Zhang Shitou who was keeping us in suspense.
"A pot of seasonal spring tea costs 100 wen, as if no one can afford it." Zhang Shitou retorted with a smile, and sat down after lifting up his robe that had turned a little white from washing.
"This morning, Li Qingliu just reported King Zhongning, saying that King Zhongning raped women." Zhang Shitou said mysteriously.
As soon as these words were spoken, all the guests present laughed out loud. Even the proprietress who had been humiliated by a few pedantic and shady scholars laughed out loud while hiding in the kitchen.
"Prince Zhongning is only 6 years old, how can he forcibly take a common girl home?"
He said with a smile.
"Yes, Prince Zhongning is just a child. He didn't forcibly seize a woman. He just hired a cook because he was greedy. And he happened to run into the cook's grandparents who wanted to kill the cook's family."
"Wow!" All the men, young and old, present pricked up their ears and listened. They drank pot after pot of the seasonal spring tea, which they originally felt a little reluctant to drink.
The shopkeeper was wiping the table, which was even darker than it was a few years ago, and listening attentively.
"The cook was only 8 years old. She used to sell pancakes at a stall in Pinglefang. The little girl had a serious illness before, but her grandparents were so cruel that they refused to let her see a doctor. Her parents couldn't bear it and borrowed money from a moneylender in the city. Only then did they cure their daughter's illness."
Zhang Shitou was a natural storyteller. He told a fascinating story about how Lin Cao'er's family earned money by selling pancakes, how they saved money to pay off their debts, and how they were driven to death by their own grandparents.
I also heard the audience around me gritting their teeth, lamenting how could there be such grandparents, and saying that it would be great if someone came to save them.
King Chungnyeong appeared under such circumstances, and brought the head of the Lin family with him. The head of the Lin family hated this kind-hearted elder so much that he let the Lin family go free without saying a word.
The cook naturally returned the favor and passed the secret recipe of pancakes to the Lin family.
"…So, Li Qingliu is not good enough at being a Qingliu in his own family, but he has to meddle in other people's affairs. He deserves that Prince Zhongning took his wife and daughter away. Prince Zhongning was even afraid that Li Qingliu would kill his wife and daughter after they returned home for the sake of his so-called Qingliu reputation. He didn't dare to let any man get within three meters of the car, and he didn't even dare to go in."
After Zhang Shitou finished speaking, he gulped down a large pot of tea. He must be very thirsty after talking so much.
"She is filial and courageous, and very smart. She is truly a heroic and filial daughter!"
The old scholar in a patched scholar's robe drank broken tea leaves and shook his head while speaking.
"However, Li Qingliu has always had a very good reputation among those scholars. Your Majesty will not punish Prince Zhongning for this, right..."
I don't know who said this, but everyone looked worried.
Fortunately, the waiter who had just been sent out by the shopkeeper to get information rushed in with the news.
"The carriage of Li Yushi has come out of the palace! It will pass by us soon. And I heard from a few ministers who just came out that Prince Zhongning said that Li Yushi's mouth stinks as if he had eaten swill!"
The waiter's voice was unusually loud.
All of a sudden, everyone in the teahouse, whether it was those drinking seasonal spring tea on the first floor, Lu'an Guapian on the second floor, or Dahongpao on the top floor, all looked outside. Some were so impatient that they rushed out with their hair tilted.
Fortunately, there were many people on the first floor, and they persuaded people to go to the teahouse. When Censor Li's carriage appeared in everyone's sight, dozens of people looked at the curtains of Censor Li's carriage with burning eyes.
If for no other reason, they just wanted to see what the mouth that Prince Zhongning said stinked like slop looked like.
Under everyone's ardent gazes, the coachman, feeling uncomfortable, subconsciously drove the carriage a little faster.
Meanwhile, a peddler was pulling a cart with his precious swill on it, intending to take the swill from the restaurant outside the city to sell to the disaster victims while it was still warm in the afternoon.
When the peddler saw the carriage coming towards him, he subconsciously pulled the cart to the side, just in time to run over a stone that suddenly appeared under his wheels.
The cart shook, and the swill in the wooden barrel splashed out.
If it happened in modern times, the trajectory of this swill would definitely make a fluid physicist exclaim that it is impossible.
Just as these swill were flying in the air in strange postures, Censor Li's carriage happened to pass by. A gust of evil wind blew, and the curtains of Censor Li's carriage were blown up by the wind.
Censor Li seemed to be cursing something in the carriage with his mouth open.
The small amount of slop that splashed up followed a strange trail.
——Hit Censor Li right in the mouth.
Censor Li only felt a salty, indescribable taste rushing into his mouth. He subconsciously closed his mouth and wanted to spit out the thing, but before he opened his mouth again, he heard a burst of enthusiastic cheers.
"Li Qingliu ate and ate. He really ate swill!"
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