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Chapter 697: Duet (Part 1)

"I have my own notes!"

Under the watchful eyes of the courtiers, a girl in a blue official robe stepped out holding an ivory wat and loudly reporting.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes focused on her swinging black gauze hat wings.

Others thought she was very powerful, but Jing Hedi was sitting across from her and happened to see this girl gnashing her teeth.

"Accurate!" Either out of dissatisfaction with Shen Lianong or simply because he didn't mind the trouble, Emperor Jinghe gave Shengyuan the stage with a wave of his hand.

Very good! When Sheng Yuan heard this, she held her wat and saluted. After she stood up straight, she rolled up her sleeves and said vigorously: "I sincerely request your majesty to limit the power of the censor to comment on the affairs of the officials!

I sincerely request your Majesty to hold accountable those who slander others for the sake of reputation!

I sincerely request your Majesty to hold those who do not care about serving the country and the people, such as a certain minister surnamed Shen, who do not care about serving the country and being loyal to the emperor and the people. They only want to carve up a good reputation and do not hesitate to ignore the facts and the laws of conscience. They are like flies and dogs!"

She asked loudly and forcefully three times in a row, but everyone in the court fell down.

Everyone: To return a certain minister with the surname Shen, you can just give him the name Shen Lianong!

Everyone else was shocked when they heard this, not to mention the left deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Shen Lianong, who had to be named by Sheng Yuan!

"Sigh! How dare you slander Shangguan in front of the court! Marquis Yongxing is a good tutor! I don't think I will impeach you again!" Shen Liannong's beard was so angry that he waved the white jade scepter tremblingly and said angrily.

Sheng Yuan was extremely angry at this time, how could she be afraid of his threat?

He immediately started speaking at a rate of sixty words per second and asked questions in one breath: "Hey, you old man! You and I are officials in the same dynasty. Since we are impeaching each other, we should discuss the matter. Why do you mention tutoring in your words?!

If we talk about family education, your Shen family is really well-educated! Let me ask you, who taught you to wantonly spy on the affairs of the prince's house?!

You were so sure about the affairs of Prince Hui’s Mansion before, as if you had seen it yourself. Could it be that you sent spies to sneak into Prince Hui’s Mansion? What is your intention in doing this?!

Today you can spy on the prince, but tomorrow you will dare to send someone to sneak into the palace to spy on His Majesty's every move!"

"Silence!" Shen Liannong was shocked and angry, and loudly interrupted Sheng Yuan's accusation.

He didn't care to throw the eye knife at Sheng Yuan. His face turned green and white, and he knelt down. He put his forehead on his hands and cried bitterly to Emperor Jinghe: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I have served the emperors of the two dynasties. The late emperor always encouraged me. Don't be afraid of the emperor, relatives, ministers, nobles, and dignitaries, but be loyal to the emperor!

Today, I am just upholding my duty as an official and a censor, but I am being slandered like this. How can I be ashamed of myself!"

Seeing him crying so sadly, Emperor Jinghe couldn't help but feel a little irritated and looked at Sheng Yuan angrily: "You have something to say! How can you attack me personally?!"

"Your Majesty, I am a newbie. I only learned from the books of sages to be sincere and loyal and to speak my mind. However, I don't have the acting skills of Shen Yushi who cried whenever he asked. If I act immaturely, I am not as thick-skinned as my predecessors!"

As soon as Sheng Yuan said these words, Shen Lianong paused in embarrassment from crying.

Emperor Jinghe knocked on the imperial case impatiently: "Tell me the important point!"

"The important point is that Shen Yushi replied to the minister. Your Majesty, please let him tell you how he knew about the affairs of Prince Hui's house! Don't avoid the important and take the easy! Don't use the late emperor to pressure Your Majesty! Bai Letian of the Tang Dynasty once said in a poem,' The Duke of Zhou was afraid of the day of rumors, but Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the throne... Shen Yushi, do you need me to repeat the next two sentences?"

"How dare you slander me!" Shen Liannong suddenly raised his head and stared at Sheng Yuan with splitting eyes.

"Slander?! Why are you so proud when you slander Princess Hui? When it comes to yourself, you want to eat my flesh? If you are more lenient to yourself than to others, who has thick skin?!"

Sheng Yuan laughed angrily, and asked Shen Lianong, who was trembling with anger and seemed about to faint in the next second: "Don't stare at me so righteously, you are accusing my father and sister of all kinds of wrongdoings. Where is the evidence?! If you just make the accusation based on hearsay, then we will have to explain it in front of the emperor!"

"If people don't know it, they have to do it themselves. Everyone in Kyoto knows that King Hui lets his concubine interfere in politics! He competes with the people for profit, and whips officials in front of everyone! There is a man and a woman in charge of Prince Kuang's palace, and there are two teams. It's just a swagger! Princess Hui's escort team often goes to the army for training. With all this, why should I ask someone to investigate? Everyone in Kyoto knows about it!" Shen Liannong roared in grief, which instantly attracted the sympathy of all the ministers.
Chapter completed!
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