Liu Zhengshu's handsome face turned red with anger, and he looked at Bai Qiqian with a bit of resentment in his eyes.
Bai Qiqian rolled her eyes and said slowly: "What? Didn't I apologize to you just now? What else do you want, do you want to be unreasonable?"
"You are a woman who really knows how to play tricks." Liu Zhengshu stared at Bai Qiqian fiercely, "I have already apologized to you on behalf of my little sister, but you deliberately hurt her. You are simply looking for trouble."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Feelings, when you, the Prime Minister's Mansion, hurt people, you were careless, and Prince Yuan's Mansion hurt people because you were deliberately looking for trouble?" Bai Qiqian smiled disdainfully, "Is it a big deal if you apologize? If the apology is useful, what else do you need from the Yamen?
use?"
"What do you want?" Liu Zhengshu stopped Liu Xinmei behind him, "Xinmei, don't act rashly."
Liu Xinmei stamped her feet: "Brother, I can't beat her, how can you not beat her? If we don't teach her a lesson today, our Prime Minister's Office will really have no face to stand here in the future. Humph, isn't it possible for everyone to bully her?
Come to the door."
"Haha, Miss Liu Er is so courageous. Since you want to fight, I will accompany you." Bai Qiqian smiled more and more, "I am worried that I can't find a good opponent, so you brothers and sisters come together."
After saying that, Bai Qiqian raised her fingers in disdain.
"Bitch, let's see if I don't give you any color." Liu Xinmei did not dare to underestimate the enemy this time and treated her sternly.
"Xinmei, please step aside. I'll come and meet her for a while." Liu Zhengshu shouted back to Liu Xinmei, "You are right. If you don't give her some color, you really think that our Prime Minister's Office is easy to bully."
Just when the two people were about to take action, a majestic voice came from the door: "Stop."
Prime Minister Liu finally couldn't hold himself back anymore and walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion with a solemn face and a hint of anger: "I wonder what Princess Yuan did when she came to my Prime Minister's Mansion and hurt my servant in broad daylight?"
This sentence captured the rudeness of Bai Qiqian. An old fox is an old fox. As expected of someone who has lived in court, his words are unusual. Relatively speaking, Bai Qiqian still likes to deal with old foxes. At least this kind of person knows how to measure.
Bai Qiqian raised his head slightly, with an extremely arrogant smile on his face: "I'm here to ask for justice."
There was a burst of exclamation from the people around. They did not expect that this princess would be so bold and dare to question the crime in front of the prime minister. It seems that either this princess is not smart, or there is a backstage behind her.
When Prime Minister Liu heard what Bai Qiqian said, his face became even more angry. However, the habit he had developed over the years prevented him from showing his emotions easily in front of outsiders. His voice remained calm: "I want to ask the question. The truth is, I want to know what the princess wants to ask."
What's the crime of the prime minister's office?"
When Liu Xinmei saw the Prime Minister coming out, her face turned a little pale.
Liu Zhengshu also knew that his sister had always spoken openly, and since Bai Qiqian had come prepared, the Prime Minister's Office might not be able to gain the upper hand. He quickly winked at Prime Minister Liu and signaled them not to talk in front of the Prime Minister's Office.
However, Prime Minister Liu was forced out by Bai Qiqian's momentum. If he invites Bai Qiqian to speak in front of everyone now, the Prime Minister's Office will probably lose all face.
What's more, according to Bai Qiqian's behavior today, even if he lowers his face to invite her, Bai Qiqian may not come into the mansion. By then, his face in the Prime Minister's Palace will be even worse.
Bai Qiqian spoke so arrogantly that Prime Minister Liu also wanted to see how arrogant she could be.
Bai Qiqian raised the corners of her mouth, her voice was clear but with an irresistible meaning, and she said in a cold voice: "Contempting the Holy Majesty, ignoring the Holy Orders, and slandering important ministers are the following offenses. Prime Minister, do you think these are enough?"
Everything Bai Qiqian said was a serious crime that could kill one's head.
Prime Minister Liu took a few steps back in shock, stood firm, and frowned: "Princess Yuan, you can eat this food randomly, but you can't talk nonsense. I am loyal to the emperor, and the world is clear, how can I allow you to do this?
Framed? Huh, if you can't produce any evidence, I will also testify against you in front of the emperor today, saying that you slandered the ministers of the imperial court."
He is a dignified prime minister, and he has worked hard in the court for so many years, and his reputation is not unearned.
Bai Qiqian knew he would say such a thing, her smile did not diminish, and she said coldly: "If you want evidence, I will give you the evidence." She stretched out her finger and pointed at Liu Xinmei, "Liu Xinmei belongs to your Liu Mansion.
Second young lady, right?"
Prime Minister Liu looked sternly and said loudly: "Yes, Liu Xinmei is the second daughter of the original prime minister."
"Prime Minister Liu doesn't know. Today, in front of many soldiers in the school, Liu Xinmei falsely accused me of being untalented and unvirtuous. At the banquet that day, she played the zither song "Feng Qiu Huang", which was a way to deceive the current emperor.
.”
The soft golden whip in his hand swept towards the ground, which immediately shocked everyone.
"I am the Princess of Fuyao whom the Holy Emperor has personally appointed. When Liu Xinmei saw me, not only did she not be polite, but she yelled at me. Humph, our Jinhui Dynasty is a great country and a country of etiquette. Liu Xinmei
Being so ignorant of dignity and inferiority, doesn’t it mean that you are contemptuous of the current way of governing the country?”
Listening to Bai Qiqian's talk, cold sweat kept falling from Prime Minister Liu's forehead.
Every one of the charges mentioned by Bai Qiqian was tied to the imperial power. The most serious charges of this kind were not only the loss of one person's head, but also the annihilation of nine tribes. Prime Minister Liu looked at Liu Xinmei and glared fiercely.
She glanced at her.
It seems that he really needs to discipline Liu Xinmei well. If he continues like this, she will be killed sooner or later.
"I have the dignity of Princess Fuyao, and I married into Prince Yuan's Mansion, and my status is even more noble. But Liu Xinmei insulted me verbally, and insulted me again and again in public. How could she be dissatisfied with my status?
?”
Liu Xinmei's face turned pale for a moment, her body was shaky, and she was very pitiful.
Liu Zhengshu's complexion was also livid, and he supported Liu Xinmei beside him.
"Being dissatisfied with my status means questioning the current Empress Dowager's decree, ignoring the Holy Orders, and defying the Holy Orders." Bai Qiqian clapped her hands and continued, "Of course, this cannot be said entirely."
Bai Qiqian changed the topic, but what she said was even more frightening: "Miss Liu Er is so disrespectful to me, is it because you, the daughter of the prime minister, can override my royal princess?"
"You have repeatedly said that I have robbed you of your position as princess, but my marriage was approved by the Holy Emperor. Huh, what the Holy Emperor said does not count. Does it mean what your Prime Minister said?"
This last sentence was like a thunder that shook the sky, frightening Prime Minister Liu until his face turned pale.
These words are rebellious and simply challenge the current imperial power.
There was silence all around. Prime Minister Liu's back was dripping with cold sweat and his clothes were soaked.
He hurriedly moved towards the direction of the imperial city and cupped his hands: "I dedicated myself to the emperor until my death. I am loyal to you and can be learned from heaven and earth. How can I allow you to slander me like this?"
Bai Qiqian's words were like frost and snow, but she herself didn't know it at all, and she still said lightly: "Is it slander? Prime Minister, do you want me to bring all the certifications to you? All the guards in the school, and the prince, including
Your sons are all present."
Liu Zhengshu frowned and said nothing.
Prime Minister Liu also frowned. No matter how powerful he was, he could not make everyone change their opinions overnight.
Bai Qiqian looked at his serious expression and smiled even more cheerfully: "Of course, right at the door of the Prime Minister, Liu Xinmei has insulted me many times. How about asking, Prime Minister, now? Let's see what I said.
Are there any untruths?"
"Princess Fuyao, what happened today is my daughter's fault. I apologize to you on her behalf." Prime Minister Liu didn't want to hear any more words about how his prime minister's office despised the imperial power, so he quickly interrupted Bai Qiqian.
"Apologise? Prime Minister, I regard you as the head of the dynasty and respect you, but don't think that I, Prince Yuan, are easy to bully. This is the Jinhui Dynasty, and it is not your turn to dominate the sky."
Prime Minister Liu suppressed the anger in his heart and still looked at Bai Qiqian calmly.
Liu Xinmei had never thought that those few words she said to her would have such serious consequences, and she immediately panicked. Her pale face wanted to take everything on herself: "I... I was wrong... I
I don’t want to despise His Majesty’s will, nor do I have any dissatisfaction with the Queen Mother and His Majesty’s will... I just... I just..."
Prime Minister Liu calmed down and said to Bai Qiqian: "Princess Yuan, all of this is a mistake of mind and mouth. She is only a child. Please forgive her for once, Princess Yuan."
It seems that their family wants to protect Liu Xinmei to the end.
Liu Xinmei is still a child? Then she is also a child, and she is not much older than Liu Xinmei.
Seeing that Bai Qiqian remained silent, Prime Minister Liu continued: "My sister made a slip of the tongue, and she did not mean to despise the current emperor. Even if the emperor knew about it, he would forgive her."
Bai Qiqian smiled: "The prime minister is right, Liu Xinmei is a child, and I shouldn't care about her. However, this is not the fault of a godfather. Since the prime minister cannot bear to let his beloved daughter be punished, then
Let the prime minister personally take the punishment for my daughter."
Prime Minister Liu was a little stunned. He heard it right. Bai Qiqian actually wanted to punish him?
However, Prime Minister Liu has not been in the officialdom for so many years in vain. He said in a deep voice: "The truth about this matter will naturally be explained to the emperor and he will be punished."
Bai Qiqian took out the Yi Zhi in her hand and said loudly: "Prime Minister, I have come to ask for my life under the decree of the Empress Dowager and Queen Mother Yi. Therefore, I will not bother the Prime Minister to go to the Emperor to ask for punishment."
She actually even requested a portion from Yizhi first. She was indeed well prepared.
Prime Minister Liu was itching his teeth with hatred, but he was helpless.
Liu Xinmei had some backbone at this time and stood up and said: "Princess Yuan, what happened today is my fault. I am responsible for everyone's actions. I am willing to be punished. Are you satisfied now?"
Bai Qiqian applauded: "Okay, if that's the case, then accept the punishment."