Chapter 70: The Battle of the Court

Out of An Qingyuan's small courtyard, strolling through the dim and dirty alleys, Xu Mengmeng's mood was unprecedentedly heavy, stretched out her hands, stared carefully, and a wisp of dazed eyes quietly covered her eyes.

Once upon a time, the self who has always insisted on being a man to 'walk upright and sit upright' was also blackened by this illusory mortal world, and became unscrupulous in order to achieve the end? Is such a self a ruthless person, or a loving person?

Bai Wanchu, have you ever blamed me? If you were to experience it all on your own, what would you do?

Not long after leaving West Street, the East Street on the other side faces it across the street, different from the dark and dirty West Street, East Street will always be so prosperous and bright, the same city, but forming two completely different worlds.

Stepping on the smooth bluestone road of East Street, listening to the bursts of enthusiastic and energetic shouting in my ears, the heaviness in my heart was washed away little by little by the happiness of the people who passed by, and Xu Mengmeng's floating heart returned to calm again.

Although the night in February is still a little cold, but Xu is just after the New Year, the street is still crowded, but this kind of excitement is subconsciously separated from Xu Mengmeng, where the iconic silver face passes, no one dares to approach him for half a meter.

Even when she was about to stop in front of a certain stall, she saw the stall owner suddenly take a few steps back without saying a word, and swallowed her saliva in fear, she sighed lightly when she saw this, and walked forward alone, her back helpless and lonely.

Seeing that he was about to walk a few steps out of this lively street, suddenly he caught a glimpse of an old couple selling wontons cleaning up their stalls, and they were pulling forward with tables and chairs on a small cart.

Suddenly, the wheels crushed against a bulge, and a wooden stool fell out under the bump.

Flying directly towards the child next to the woman in front of the stall next to her, Xu Mengmeng didn't want to rush to the child's side, the stool smashed directly on her right leg, making her tears burst out of her eyes.

"General, you ...... You okay? The two old men were also frightened when they saw that the person they bumped into was Ning Jun, who was known as the "Silver-faced Hades", stopped the wooden cart, and looked at her with a frightened expression.

"I'm fine!" Xu Mengmeng shook his head lightly, picked up the chair on the ground to help them fix it in the car, and said with a smile: "It's not early, go back quickly!" Stay safe on the road! ”

The two old men bowed to her and pushed the car away, Xu Mengmeng gritted her teeth to endure the pain in her right leg, turned around and continued to walk forward, a small "thank you" came from behind, she turned to look at the woman holding the child: "It's okay, pay more attention in the future!" ”

After speaking, Xu Mengmeng continued to walk forward, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked, it turned out that there were some lovely people whenever and wherever they were! Maybe I am the same in the eyes of some people!

Before going to court on the second day, Xu Mengmeng knew that she would be troubled by the people of the Seventh Prince, but she was not worried, after all, Sima Ji would protect her.

Sure enough, she didn't have to wait long, and a crusade against her began.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do!" As soon as the court discussion began, a military attache behind Zhu Ping, who was also wearing a dark red court uniform, stood up.

"Quasi" Sima Jian looked at the people who came out of the ranks, and his eyes were unfathomable.

"Your Majesty, this time Ning Jun has a holy order, and the minister feels that he should be punished!"

"Your Majesty, although General Ning is wise and brave, he is still young and has limited experience, so the minister thinks that he should be allowed to sharpen his skills and then entrust him with important tasks!" The military attaché's words fell, and a civil official in a black blue official uniform also stood up and said, his words were not as direct as the military attaché, but the meaning of the words was nothing more than wanting the emperor to demote Ning Jun's position.

When this person's words fell, many people jumped out to second, and just when Xu Mengmeng was about to stand up and prepare to save herself, a person she didn't expect stood up.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say!" Li Wenqi saluted to the top and then spoke.

"Aiqing, please speak!" As one of the few courtiers he could trust, Sima Wei was only slightly surprised by Li Wenqi who stood up at this time, and then remembered a rumor he heard recently and was relieved.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, the imperial examination has been the top priority of our country, General Ning Xiao has always been sincere and upright, I don't know that Zhao Jing would do such a big thing as poisoning other people, let me ask you, if you let you go to guard the safety of the examination room, do you guarantee that you will be able to detect it in advance?

And after the incident, General Ning actively maintained the order of the examination room, and used the fastest speed to find out the person who planned the incident. So in my opinion, General Ning has enough ability and compulsion to sit in his current position! Li Wenqi stated impassionedly.

"What do you two think?" Seeing that the views of the ministers had been determined, Sima Wei turned his attention to the five princes and the seventh prince in front of the courtiers.

"The son is stupid, and this matter is all up to the father!" Although Sima Xun didn't say it explicitly, the clever two had already guessed that he didn't intend to punish Ning Jun severely, and his intuition told Sima Xun that he had better not get involved in this matter, so he wisely chose to play stupid.

"It's all up to my father to decide!" Sima Xi is not stupid, since his father does not plan to move Ning Jun, then he will naturally not be stupid enough to do meaningless things to arouse suspicion.

"Ning Aiqing, do you have anything to say?" Although it was only a matter of Sima Wei's words to protect Ning Jun, his intuition told him that Ning Jun must not be unprepared.

Xu Mengmeng stood up from the crowd, bowed to Sima Ji and looked at him, and then said loudly:

"Your Majesty, I have betrayed your trust, Wechen is guilty, Wechen was negligent for a while, so that Zhao Jing and other villains succeeded, so that ten years of hard work in the cold window of the dozen Shizi were in vain, Wechen is ashamed of them, Your Majesty gives the minister any punishment Wechen is willing, Wechen only asks Your Majesty for one thing, I implore Your Majesty to give the dozen or so poisoned sons another chance, after all, they are not easy!"

Xu Mengmeng's words fell, and she really felt that the gaze projected on her body above was a little sharper, this was the result she had guessed a long time ago, but she said it on purpose, this Sima Ji made a ruthless move to pull out so many chess pieces from Sima Xun, and also buckled the pot on his head, so he had to give him some gifts in return!

In this case, send him back a few more pieces that he pulled out, so that their father and son can continue to fight, so as not to think about calculating themselves all day long! However, although he teased the tiger's whiskers, he still had to hold the measure, so he spoke again:

"Of course, the other two lifters involved in this matter, Ma Yuchuan and Zhao Junyan, Weichen feels that no matter whether these two people have real talent or not, they should be disqualified from this examination, after all, no one can guarantee whether they are innocent!"

Sure enough, although her words fell Sima Wei's gaze at her was still a little sharp, but it was somewhat relaxed, as for the Seven Princes, although she still felt a little regretful in her heart, she was still satisfied with this result, so almost all the ministers stood up and seconded it for a while.

"In this way, let's follow what Ning Aiqing said! In addition, Ning Aiqing's matter is indeed caused by your negligence, so you will be fined for half a year as a warning! ”

"Thank you, Lord Longen! Long live the emperor, long live, long live! Xu Mengmeng knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said loudly.

Since then, this spring turmoil has come to an end with satisfactory results for all parties......