Ugh, these same old clichés again.
Rong Ning was getting tired of listening. She turned her head to look at Xie Chong and asked, "Do you want me to be your wife and mother?"
"How could I dare! Your Highness, you have the world in your heart, how can you be confined to your residence? I can take care of these things."
Hmm...very good!
Rong Ning shrugged. “Your Excellency, look, what you’re saying, men can do it too.”
The censor's face darkened as he looked at Xie Chong, wanting to say something, but before he could speak, Rong Ning interrupted him.
"You people always try to trap me with these useless arguments. Unfortunately, I have never received any proper lady-in-waiting education since I was a child, so I can't stand these things."
Of course, you are adults, and I will listen to your occasional words.
So you say that women will eventually get married? Fine, then I will get married, and incidentally, I'll also help you solve the problem of how to properly deal with Xie Chong.
You might as well think carefully about how much I have done for you and for the court since I returned to Nanyang City from the Northern Border.
Oh... now that the problem is almost solved, you're starting to bring up women and turn your back on us?
You always say that I am a woman and cannot do this or that, but ask yourselves honestly, what can you do that I cannot do?
Aside from not having your cunning and stinking ways, in what way am I inferior to you bunch of good-for-nothings?
Even things that I can do, you can't do. How dare you oppose what I want to do?
You always use your status as men to belittle me. To put it bluntly, this is all you can do to annoy me!
The censor's face was as black as charcoal. "Your Highness's words are far too harsh!"
"What? You're not convinced? Come at me!"
Rong Ning slammed her spear to the ground and shouted, "Don't even mention one person like you! You could invite all the talented young men and officials in Nanyang City here. I want to see just how many men you can find who have a harder fist and are more knowledgeable in military strategy than me!"
When Rong Ning finished speaking, she paused and stared intently at the Imperial Censor, waiting to see if he dared to respond.
The censor remained silent, only clenching his fists, glaring, and stubbornly holding back.
Hmph, coward!
Rong Ning sneered inwardly, but continued to curse, "Since the battle of Kangye City, I have paid a heavy price. Ask yourselves, do you want the military power of the Northern Territory for your own selfish reasons?"
no!
The northern border is adjacent to the Great Jing, whose army is strong and well-equipped. Do you not know what our Southern Dynasty army is like now?
I swear to Heaven that all I do is to ensure the Southern Dynasty's military strength and that its army can withstand the pressure from the Great Jing Dynasty.
This is so that one day in the future, when the Great Jing no longer wants to coexist peacefully with the Southern Dynasty, it will not be like it is today, groveling and begging for mercy.
Have you ever considered that if the Southern Dynasty doesn't prioritize building a strong military, one day your wives and daughters might end up like Princess Zhaoqing, forced to leave their homes and live in constant fear?
Yes... I'm not the only one who can wield military power!
But right now, I am the only one who can unite the Northern army. If I were not a woman, would you oppose me like this?
You always look down on women, saying things like "long hair, short wits," but in the end, it's you who are short-sighted, only focusing on that shallow difference between men and women, without considering the bigger picture.
But let's get back to the point, which of you didn't crawl out of a woman's belly, or which of you was born of a man?
I have never seen a man with this ability before!
Or perhaps you were born without a mother, sprang from a crack in a rock?
Neither is true...
If you can't deny that you came from your mother's womb, but you look down on women and forget how you came into this world, then you are ungrateful!
They're worse than animals!
So much reading of Confucian classics wasted!
Utterly disgusting!
Rong Ning's insults were direct, satisfying, and straightforward. She didn't care about saving face and even tore off the censor's face, slapping it hard!
This feeling is very comfortable!
The onlookers dared not make a sound, but they did dare to chirp softly.
Rong Ning's curses, along with the hushed chirping of crickets from the common people, all reached the ears of the Imperial Censor, making him dizzy!
He pointed at Rong Ning, his face pale and his lips trembling, but he couldn't utter a sound for a long time. Finally, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fell straight backward!
Oh dear, did you vomit blood from anger and even faint?
The Imperial Censorate was thrown into chaos. Rong Ning, finding it boring, said to A Ying, "Send someone to the palace to invite an imperial physician to examine the Imperial Censor!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Ah Ying suppressed a laugh and then sent someone into the palace.
Rong Ning stood up and said in a sarcastic tone, "Sigh~ The Imperial Censor debates with the scholars in the court every day. I thought he was as easygoing as I am, but I didn't expect that he couldn't handle being scolded so often. He couldn't take it after being scolded a few times."
"It's also my fault for being a young lady and speaking without thinking. I'll be more careful next time. Quickly carry him inside to rest, lest something bad really happens!"
When the people from the Imperial Censorate saw that she had spoken, they quickly carried the person inside. Rong Ning left two personal guards to watch over the place, and then led her people to the next house.
The other families, perhaps having heard that Rong Ning's insults were so vulgar that they had infuriated the censor, became extremely submissive, receiving her with trepidation and responding with utmost respect.
They were polite, and Rong Ning didn't speak recklessly like she would when scolding the censor. She actually sat down and reasoned with him, and it went very smoothly.
Before it got dark, Rong Ning had finished her rounds and headed home.
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