Chapter 362: Changing Sides (2)
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The wound on his forehead had stopped bleeding, but it was still red and swollen. With his pale face and blood- stained official robe, he looked like a wandering ghost at first glance.
Eunuch He hated those officials who threatened the Emperor by hitting the pillar for no reason. He despised him very much, but he still got a small eunuch to help him up.
Even the censor glanced at the smiling Gu Yanfei with a complicated expression. With the help of the servant, he staggered forward.
Although his footsteps were unsteady, he took one step at a time, leaving bloody shoe prints on the unstained ground. It was a shocking sight.
This scene exuded an inexplicable sense of tragedy.
The officials standing in front subconsciously made way for him. Everyone’s gazes were focused on the censor.
The expressions of Xiao Shoufu, Wang Kangyin, and the others became uglier and uglier.
The few clear censors were deep in thought as they thought about the conversation between the censor and Gu Yanfei. The words were ambiguous, but there was too much information revealed, making one’s imagination run wild.
These censors weren’t stupid. A possibility couldn’t help but appear in their hearts. They were already about to say, Could it be…
The censor knelt down with a plop and placed his forehead respectfully on the smooth ground.
“I’m guilty.”
“I was instructed by Feng She to hit the pillar.”
He was a little weak, and his voice was a little hoarse, but his words were still powerful.
These two short sentences caused the atmosphere in the hall to undergo a world -shaking change.
It was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over their heads. The expressions of the few clear stream censors who had helped Feng She defend Feng He froze instantly, and they felt their faces burn.
They all looked at the thin official on the right, who was the eldest brother of the capital’s magistrate, Feng He, Feng She.
So that was the case. Feng She was clearly using them as cannon fodder.
Feng She wanted to avenge his brother and force the Emperor to punish Gu Yuan and even the Eldest Prince. He secretly used shameful methods to force the censor to crash into a pillar in the Qianqing Palace and die. Using this method, he aroused the dissatisfaction of the poor in the court and made them stand on the side of the aristocratic families.
What a sinister heart!
An old censor who was past his sixties raised his hand and pointed at Feng
She’s nose. He questioned angrily, “Feng She, is what Lord Lian said true?”
” ” Feng She became the target of public criticism for a moment, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.
He wanted to say that Censor Lian was maligning him, but in front of Censor Lian, who had risked everything to die just now, those words were too weak.
Feng She glanced in a certain direction and immediately retracted his gaze.
The Emperor’s cold and dignified voice came from above. “Feng She, do you have anything else to say?”
Feng She was sweating profusely.
The old censor immediately bowed to the Emperor and said righteously, “Emperor, Feng She is vicious and intends to provoke a dispute in the royal court. His intentions are punishable! ”
“That’s right. If everyone in the court is like him, wreaking havoc in the court for their own personal grudges, won’t it cause chaos in the world…” Another clear-flowing official hurriedly echoed.
Most of these censors were straightforward and became more and more agitated. Towards the end, they already had the intention of asking the Emperor to drag Feng She to the Meridian Gate to be beheaded.
In less than ten minutes, the situation in the hall had completely reversed. No one mentioned that Gu Yuan had killed the capital magistrate, nor did anyone impeach Chu Yi.
“Ridiculous!” An old and dignified voice suddenly sounded, interrupting the chaos in the hall.
Xiao Shoufu looked at Gu Yanfei, who was standing under the eaves of the main hall, with displeasure. He reprimanded her high up in the air, ‘Young lady, what did you do to the censor?! This is an important place in the palace.
It’s not a place for you to play tricks!”
Xiao Shoufu suppressed the anger in his heart. The anger he had suffered at the hands of the British Duke today was still pressing heavily on his chest. At this moment, his anger was also directed at Gu Yanfei.
“Pretending to be mysterious?” Gu Yanfei burst out laughing.
When the Emperor saw this smile, his mood immediately improved. He couldn’t help but turn to look at his son, only to see him looking at the girl with a burning gaze and a smile.
The Emperor waved at the eunuch beside him, Zhao Rang, indicating that he should hurry up and look at this couple.
Gu Yanfei patted the cat’s neck on his shoulder and smiled uncontrollably. “Since you’re sincerely asking, I’ll let you see what it means to be pretentious.”
“Meow?”
The scarfed cat, who was originally half asleep, suddenly opened its eyes. It changed from lying on the ground to squatting elegantly on Gu Yanfei’s left shoulder. It raised its head and stuck out its chest.
On the round cat’s face, a pair of green cat eyes shone.
It had been kidnapped for a full seven days this time, but its master hadn’t come to save it. This wasn’t good.
It had to let its master know that it was very useful.
The cat thought ambitiously. Before it could ask Gu Yanfei what he wanted it for, it felt its body being grabbed from his shoulder and then it was thrown out again…
“Meow! The cat enjoyed the feeling of being thrown. It meowed happily and quickly adjusted its posture in midair.
” ” Xiao Shoufu saw a black shadow flying towards him and thought that it was a hidden weapon. He was shocked and quickly took a few steps back.
The calico cat landed steadily in front of him. When it landed, it was silent and elegant.
Cat?! Xiao Shoufu, Wang Kangyin, Feng She, and the others were all stunned.
How could there be a cat?!
“Meow–”
Qing Guang was much shorter than them, but her aura wasn’t inferior to theirs. She scanned her surroundings like a king.
A strange light flashed in the charming cat’s eyes..