Chapter 171 Everyone present owes my little girl a life
Chapter 171 Everyone present owes my little girl a life
"So, Censor Leng, what do you think?" Emperor Xuanwu asked calmly. He knew Censor Leng well. He was upright and stubborn, but he did not have bad intentions.
"Your Majesty, I have a suggestion. Why don't we let Zheng Anning learn etiquette and rules and then go to Tongji Academy to study? What do you think?" Censor Leng bowed with a righteous look on his face.
All the officials were shocked when they heard this. Is this a punishment?
Is this a reward? Tongji Academy was only established in the past two years. Women can also go to school, but this Tongji Academy is a place where men and women study together. Basically, they are the children of officials, but they are separated.
"Your Majesty, I don't think this is appropriate. Although my little daughter is naughty, she has never done anything bad. Since she returned home, she has either been saving people or on her way to save people. If it weren't for my little daughter's help, how could all the people present here survive until today?" Zheng Yuanshan was unhappy and spoke with a dissatisfied look on his face, his eyes were sharp and his expression was a little ugly.
Humph, these old guys just bully their own daughter and keep staring at her. Do you have the guts to do it yourself?
"Also, at the Jiang family's birthday banquet yesterday, if it weren't for my little girl, everyone would have probably died, right? Is this how you treat your savior?"
"You are so ungrateful and don't repay my kindness. You even speak ill of my daughter behind her back. Is this what you call etiquette and rules? Although my daughter grew up in a Taoist temple and is a little naive, it doesn't mean you can bully her."
"Etiquette and rules, what etiquette and rules? Why don't you follow etiquette and rules in the face of disaster? Don't forget, you all owe my daughter a life." Zheng Yuanshan said word by word, pointing at everyone without any hesitation.
Humph, a bunch of ungrateful dogs, now they come to accuse An An of being arrogant and domineering?
"Yes, although Zheng An Ning is naughty, she is still innocent and naive. She is kind-hearted when she exorcised the demon and threw feces. As for beating the fifth prince, the fifth prince is almost an adult, and he still bullied a little girl. Who can he blame if he loses the fight?"
"Who didn't do a few stupid things when they were ten years old?" Master Lin also came out to speak for Zheng An Ning, his old face smiling.
All the officials dared not say a word for a moment. They looked sullen, lowered their heads and tried to reduce their presence.
"Yes, Prime Minister Ye, you were also at the Jiang family yesterday, right? Those rebels are practicing witchcraft, how come you are still alive?" General Weiwu also spoke with dissatisfaction.
"Also, Censor Leng, you were here yesterday, right?"
Censor Leng looked embarrassed when he heard this. He had attended the Jiang family's birthday party yesterday, and he did know that Zheng Anning was not an ordinary person.
Moreover, he really shouldn't have impeached Zheng Anning. He felt a little regretful for a moment. Although the other person was wrong in many ways, he also saved everyone.
"You are all talking about these things, but what about Zheng An Ning who forcibly robbed the lantern in public yesterday? What about that? He stole needles when he was young, and stole gold when he grew up. If Zheng An Ning can steal lanterns today, he will dare to steal the country one day. If he is dissatisfied with the fifth prince today, he will dare to disrespect His Majesty and usurp the throne one day."
Prime Minister Ye was still dissatisfied, his eyes were filled with resentment, he was so excited that spit flew everywhere, and he pointed at Zheng Yuanshan and the others.
"Yeah, what does she say?"
"......"
One sentence stirred up a thousand waves, and the atmosphere was on the verge of breaking out. People with different opinions stared at each other with eager eyes.
Emperor Xuanwu rubbed his temples with a headache. He would definitely stand on Zheng An Ning's side. Not to mention that her father was his good brother, Zheng An Ning alone had helped him a lot.
Moreover, he quite liked the character of this little girl Zheng Anning. What's wrong with being arrogant? If his daughter was so capable, he would happily applaud if she wanted to poke the sky.
"Alright, alright, she's just a little girl, how can she have such a big grudge? Besides, children don't know much, and you don't know much either? A group of old guys are still arguing with a ten-year-old kid, isn't it shameful?"
"Since there's nothing wrong, let's let the tide go!" Emperor Xuanwu waved his hand, impatiently signaling everyone to leave.
Zheng Yuanshan threw his sleeves arrogantly and gave Prime Minister Ye a provocative look, "Hmph, you are just jealous of my daughter's ability. I envy you to death."
Prime Minister Ye was so angry that he cursed inwardly, "What bad luck, Zheng Yuanshan, let's see how long you can be so proud. With a troublemaker like Zheng Anning around, it won't be long before the Zheng family collapses."
Censor Leng held Zheng Yuanshan's arm tightly and said, "Prime Minister, I was inconsiderate before. Please don't blame me."
Zheng Yuanshan shook off his hand and snorted coldly, "Humph, Censor Leng, don't say any more."
"Prime Minister, I would like to take your daughter as my apprentice. What do you think?"
Zheng Yuanshan was surprised to hear this, and didn't understand what Leng Mingjue meant. Did he want to change An Ning at a close distance? Or did he want to find something to hold against him?
"Prime Minister Zheng, I am serious. Although I am not as virtuous and respected as my father, I am not bad. And although your daughter is naughty, jade cannot be made into a useful object without being polished. Can this stubborn stone also become a rough jade?"
Zheng Yuanshan thought what he said made sense. Recently, he and his wife were planning to find a teacher to teach Zheng An Ning a lesson so that she wouldn't go out and complain about being uneducated.
Are you proud of being uneducated? You don't do your daily work. It's important to study hard while you are still young.
Zheng Yuanshan thought for a moment and refused. "Don't worry, Imperial Censor Leng. I can teach my daughter myself."
He now refused with a solemn oath, completely unaware of how much he would regret it later. He rejected Leng Mingjue's kindness and wished he could tie him up overnight.
Leng Mingjue felt a little depressed when he saw Zheng Yuanshan refuse, but he still respected him.
He said with regret: "If necessary, I will accept Zheng Anning as my apprentice."
He still doesn't believe it, so this student must be taught.
If time could be reshaped, his future self would come back and slap his present self in the face.
Are you out of your mind? Why are you trying to be a teacher for others?
He was in such a bad situation. Other students went to other places to study, but he went to other places to ask Zheng Anning to teach him.
"Boom, boom, boom" a burst of drum sounds came, sometimes urgent, sometimes hurried, echoing throughout the imperial city.
In front of the palace gate, there is a magnificent building. In front of the luxurious vermilion gate, there is a drum platform, and someone is constantly beating it.
Mo Qiu beat the drum hard, as if beating his heart, bang bang bang, beating again and again.
Enthusiastic people gathered here and talked about it.
"Ha, who is that? Someone actually knocked on the door?"
"Don't you know? Isn't this Master Mo Qiu? I heard that the master's new work was snatched away by Prime Minister Zheng's daughter last night."
"Ha, is this true?"
"Of course. I also heard that Prime Minister Zheng's daughter raised a vicious wolf, and she instigated the wolf to steal."
"what?"
"You don't know, this Zheng An Ning is arrogant and domineering. He first threw feces to exorcise the devil, insulted General Chang, beat up the noble lady, and even beat up the prince. I heard that he also behaved in a vulgar manner. He is a fool!"
"........"
Before the court officials left the palace, they heard the sound of drums and were puzzled as to why the drum had not been struck for a long time.
Once the drum for reporting is struck, Your Majesty must take up the matter and redress the injustice no matter when.
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