Chapter 10
(19) Shang Shisan's Bagua Theory
After hearing what I said, the man laughed again and said, "I still think you are very honest."
I looked up seriously at the stranger who looked like an unusual person and sternly corrected him, "I usually tell a lot of lies, but I didn't lie to you. The main reason was because I didn't want to be spanked with a wooden board."
As I said this, I squeezed out two tears and said, "Are you really going to beat me to death?"
As I spoke, I deliberately revealed an expression of searching and feeling miserable.
I guess maybe my crying posture was quite successful, making me look miserable.
The man looked at me, then hesitated for a moment and said, "I can not hit you, but you have to do something for me."
"What's going on?"
After I said that, I grabbed my collar tightly.
"Although you don't know which royal relative he is, I have decided to marry the young marquis, and I won't follow you!" I swore loudly.
The man was stunned for a moment, "So you are a woman?"
The coldness on his face was finally broken by me, and he naturally revealed an expression of shock, no longer as calm as a lake.
He even rubbed his eyes and looked me up and down.
"Ah, aren't you coveting my beauty?" I was also shocked that he was not shaken by a beauty of my level.
The man rolled his eyes at me.
"Why would a grown man like you, a neither-male nor female?" the man said, even sneering.
That sneer hurt my self-esteem badly.
"What do you mean?" I stood up suddenly, holding my waist and yelling.
The man took out a folding fan from somewhere, unfolded it and started waving it.
"I've heard that your Yunniang is unparalleled in beauty, but who are you?"
I also suddenly realized, "So you like Yunniang..."
I thought to myself: Oh, another sucker who gave me money. Yunniang and I can make a small fortune again, and I feel a little happy.
The man probably felt that his folding fan was too pretentious, so he put it away and shook his head.
"I don't like Yunniang either." After saying that, he took another sip of tea and said to me, "I need you to help me clarify the scandal between the young marquis and the emperor. If you can do it, I will spare your death penalty."
"Oh." I suddenly understood again.
"No problem." I accepted the task without thinking.
The man had a strange smile on his face and looked at me and said, "Don't play tricks on me. If you do that again, I won't forgive you."
I immediately lay back on the ground and replied respectfully, "I will follow your instructions!"
The man seemed satisfied with my response. He nodded and asked me, "Is there anything else you need me to do?"
I scratched my head and thought about it.
"Yes..." I said hesitantly, "There's one thing I want to confirm."
"What?" The other person said to me nonchalantly, tilting his head and taking another sip of tea.
"So." I looked at the other person's calm expression and asked slowly, "So, do you like the emperor or the young marquis?"
The man seemed shocked again.
He began to cough violently.
He finally calmed down his cough and glared at me unhappily.
"Is this important?"
After saying that, he seemed to be still not satisfied and continued to rage at me, "You damn girl, you're about to be beaten to death, why are you still gossiping like this every day?"
At this moment, I look serious and solemn.
I shook my head and said to the man, "It's not gossip. You know, the best way to bury a piece of gossip is to create a new, more explosive piece of gossip."
(20) Shang Shisan's Bagua Theory
Before leaving the big house, I couldn't help but ask that person, "How is the young marquis?"
The man still looked nonchalant, sipping his tea and saying to me, "I'm not dead, but I was seriously injured by your blow."
Once again, it dawned on me.
"It turns out that my boxing skills are so powerful. I'm so amazing." I waved my fists happily and wildly in the air.
The man looked at me for a while, and probably thought I was funny, so he lowered his head and laughed to himself.
"What's so funny..." I rubbed my wrist and muttered as I walked through a small bamboo forest and out of the strange mansion.
When I got home, Yunniang had already prepared a table full of delicious food for me.
"Who assigned you the task?" Yunniang asked me during the meal.
My mouth was full of oil. I wiped the corner of my mouth with the back of my hand and said, "I don't know, but he looks like an important person. The skin on his face is as delicate as yours. And he's a grown man, but his hands are white and slender. You can tell at a glance that he doesn't do farm work."
Yunniang was stunned for a moment. "Does the official title look higher than that of the young marquis?"
I shook my head. "I don't know, but it looks like it's at least close to the same."
"Otherwise." Yunniang's eyes rolled, and I knew what she was going to say.
"That guy did compliment you on your beauty, but he doesn't seem interested in women."
"Ah, another man who likes men." Yunniang looked unbearable. "Why do all these men like the same sex? This world is really strange."
Yunniang picked up a pig's trotter and started to eat it, without any ladylike image at all.
While we were chatting, the aunt next door came into the yard.
As soon as she entered the room, she started gossiping with us, "You know, it's said that the emperor is in our city. People say he lives in the mansion over in the bamboo forest."
With the sound of my chopsticks falling to the ground, Yunniang and I were so shocked that we couldn't even pick up the food with our chopsticks.
Yunniang quickly asked, "What is the emperor doing here?"
The aunt next door said, "It's a private visit. Doesn't the emperor often go out like this?"
I endured and endured, but in the end I couldn't hold it in any longer and confessed to my aunt that I had probably just met with the emperor.
"Really? The emperor said it himself that he has no interest in the beautiful Yunniang?" The aunt ate a chicken foot and was obviously still not satisfied. While talking, she wanted to reach out for another chicken foot, but I hit her back hard with chopsticks.
She sucked her fingers unwillingly, her expression shocked.
I continued to say to the aunt with a mysterious expression, "Don't tell anyone else. The emperor even asked me to clear his relationship with the young marquis."
The auntie suddenly became excited. "You know, after the young marquis was beaten by you, he seemed to live in the mansion behind the bamboo forest."
"The truth, this is the truth!" After hearing this heartwarming fact, tears welled up in my eyes. I put down my chopsticks and hugged Yunniang and cried bitterly.
"The Emperor truly loves the young Marquis the most. Those beautiful women around him are just there to highlight the beauty and purity of their love!"
I finally summarized the entire content of this gossip incident in a highly summarized manner, and greatly elevated the level of this gossip scandal.
After the aunt finished eating the melon and left contentedly, I realized that I still had a mission to accomplish.
However, not only did I fail to clarify the already unclear relationship between the Emperor and the young marquis, I also helped to fuel their gossip and scandal.
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