The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 316: How dare you call yourself a big country
Chapter 316 How dare you call yourself a great power?
“Your Majesty, the imperial physician is here. Why don’t you let him examine you first?” Gao Demao said in a low voice.
The emperor covered his head in pain and stretched out his hand to Gao Demao, motioning him to bring him another ice towel, but he did not ask the imperial physician to come in: “From last year to this year, the Dengwen drum has never stopped beating! From Emperor Gaozu to Emperor Father combined, the Dengwen drum has not been sounded as many times in the past few months! How… are you using the Dengwen drum to let me know that I am a tyrant?!”
Lu Jin knelt down and saluted: “Students definitely don’t have such thoughts! Your Majesty, please calm down!”
“Calm down?! How dare I be angry!” The emperor snatched the ice handkerchief from Gao Demao and pressed it on his head. He closed his eyes, his chest heaving violently. “Your death remonstrance is fake, but your intention to embarrass me is real! This is trampling on my face… and serving as a stepping stone for their false reputation! Let the censors write about me as a tyrant like King Zhou of Shang!”
The emperor couldn’t bear the headache anymore, and was so angry that he fell backwards on the couch.
“His Majesty!”
“His Majesty!”
The hall was in chaos. Gao Demao supported the emperor and shouted in a shrill voice, “Imperial Physician! Quick! Imperial Physician!”
Inside the palace, the emperor fainted from anger.
Outside the palace, the students of the Imperial College were sitting cross-legged outside the Wude Gate. They were probably exhausted from shouting, and only a few of them shouted in unison with hoarse voices…
“Powerful officials are all over the place, and the common people have no way to redress their grievances. The nobles and aristocrats are protecting each other and colluding with each other to cover up the crimes. I beg Your Majesty to severely punish the murderer! Severely punish the brutal criminals and restore the reputation of the powerful and benevolent people of Jin.”
One sentence includes Lu Yuanpeng and Bai Qingyan.
“Everyone! Everyone…” the prince shouted, “The Dali Temple has taken over this case. The coroner is now performing an autopsy. As long as it is confirmed that Lin Xin’an died from Lv Yuanpeng’s serious injuries, I will never cover up! And the coroner who will perform the autopsy this time is Liu Sanjin, the most virtuous old coroner in the capital city. Please rest assured.”
Liu Sanjin was famous for his straightforward personality. He told stories based on corpses and never avoided the powerful. Many big cases were solved in Liu Sanjin’s hands. When the old case of Censor Jian Congwen was retried, Concubine Tong’s father bribed Liu Sanjin with a hundred gold coins, but Liu Sanjin directly handed the gold over to the Dali Temple.
This is also why Liu Sanjin became famous.
When the students of the Imperial College heard that it was Liu Sanjin who was performing the autopsy, they all looked at each other and nodded.
“We will stay here with Brother Lin’s mother and wait for the result!” said several students in high spirits.
Someone else asked, “How will your majesty and the crown prince deal with Bai Qingyan? Brother Lin’s death… is closely related to Bai Qingyan. She killed the captives without permission, causing all nations to regard our Jin as a cruel and ruthless country. Bai Qingyan damaged our Jin’s reputation for benevolence and virtue, and is a traitor to the country! Your majesty has also made Bai Qingyan a princess, and we are not satisfied! Please punish the traitor severely!”
“You can’t say that. We are only here to seek justice for Brother Lin!” A student frowned in disapproval. “We don’t want to ask Your Majesty to punish the Princess Zhenguo. No matter what, the Princess Zhenguo was also trying to protect the country. She defeated the enemy with fewer troops and didn’t kill the captives. Now it is our Jin country that is being slaughtered by the Xiliang people!”
“Have you forgotten what the Wei man said in Fanque Tower? My Jin State has become notorious among the nations because of this incident! Just as Brother Lin said, Bai Qing said that if we kill 100,000 surrendered prisoners from Xiliang, the nations will kill 100,000, 200,000, 300,000, 400,000 of my Jin State in the future… or even more! Since ancient times, gentlemen have established themselves in the world with virtue, wise rulers have established their countries with benevolence, and great powers have benefited other nations with great benevolence. My Jin State has dominated other nations for decades and has always been a role model for other nations. If other nations follow suit and burn and kill the surrendered prisoners this time, the world will become a purgatory.”
“So why didn’t you use your virtue to repel the Xiliang army at that time?”
The prince watched as the students started arguing with him, not giving him a chance to speak for Bai Qingyan. He could only stand aside and watch quietly.
Suddenly, a young eunuch sneaked out from the Wude Gate and whispered in the prince’s ear that the emperor had fainted. The prince’s scalp tightened and he hurriedly followed the eunuch into the palace.
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At the hour of Mao on the second day, Bai Qingyan had just gone out when he heard that Mr. Guan Yongchong’s carriage came in from outside the city and headed towards Wude Gate.
Bai Jinzhi, who was going to accompany Bai Qingyan to the clan, tightened his grip on the reins when he heard this and turned to look at Bai Qingyan: “Elder sister…”
Mr. Guan Yongchong is Bai Qingyan’s mentor and a great scholar of his time who can be compared with Cui Shiyan.
The core ideas of Confucianism are benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness.
Mr. Guan Yongchong was a great scholar at the time, and Bai Jinzhi was worried that Mr. Guan Yongchong would not be able to accept that her eldest sister had burned and killed the surrendered prisoners. If even her eldest sister’s teacher thought that she was wrong, then her eldest sister would have no hope of defending herself.
Those Confucian masters and scholars are far away from the battlefield, so they don’t know how cruel the battlefield is. It’s either you kill me or I kill you!
Bai Qingyan jumped on his horse and said, “Let’s go and take a look…”
When Bai Qingyan arrived, Master Guan Yongchong’s carriage stopped outside the Wude Gate. The students of the Imperial College knew that Master Guan Yongchong had arrived, and thought that Master Guan Yongchong was coming to support them, so they went forward to greet him and saluted him politely: “Master Guan… Why did we trouble Master Guan to come here?”
With the help of his servants, old Master Guan Yongchong bent down and got off the carriage with bright lanterns hanging on the four corners. He glanced at the excited Confucian scholars holding lanterns and said, “I heard that the students of the Imperial Academy forced Your Majesty to severely punish the grandson of Prime Minister Lu outside the Wude Gate. I came here to see you, along with my direct disciple Bai Qingyan.”
The faces of the students in the Imperial College changed again and again. Bai Qingyan was actually the direct disciple of Master Guan? !
Bai Qingyan is a woman!
“I have heard about the killing of 100,000 surrendered prisoners from Xiliang in Wengshan Gorge a long time ago! Just now, I heard a student say that a gentleman establishes his reputation with his moral character, a wise ruler establishes his country with his benevolence, and a great country benefits other countries with its great benevolence. I also agree with this!”
Hearing what Mr. Guan Yongchong said, the student who had just said this hurriedly bowed to Mr. Guan Yongchong with a smug expression on his face.
But Mr. Guan Yongchong changed the subject: “But… Xiliang invaded, hundreds of thousands of the most valiant Bai family soldiers of our Jin State fell into the conspiracy and were all killed. The Tianmen Pass of Jin State was breached, the gates were wide open, and the people were panicked! Jin State was defeated by Xiliang and retreated step by step. How dare we call ourselves a great power? We should reflect on ourselves and why Jin State went from being strong to declining.”
Mr. Guan Yongchong spoke slowly and in a deep voice like a bell: “It is true that you can benefit other countries with your benevolence, but you must not forget what the saints said… If you are poor, you should take care of yourself, but if you are rich, you should help the world! The people of Jin are suffering and have no time to take care of themselves, so how can they help the world and benefit other countries? Although the battle in Wengshan Gorge was to end the war with war, it was also forced to fight. Otherwise… As a girl, she was seriously injured and lost all her martial arts. She could have hidden in this big capital city, taken care of herself, and avoided the war.”
The third update is here. Good night, my dears! The male lead will be released tomorrow…