Carnivorous Princess and Herbivore Consort

"No, it's okay." Wei Muqing smiled at the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment who looked at him.

At this moment, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice looked as if he had swallowed a whole shelled egg, but he dared not speak out.

The other onlookers couldn't help covering their mouths and giggling, and some of them were glad that they were not the ones judging the case today.Only Qi Shilang looked gloomy and kept staring at Wei Muqing, fearing that she would do something wrong again.

The hall suddenly became chaotic, and the Minister of Criminal Affairs had no choice but to pat the gavel again, "The defendant Shen Dongxue disguised herself as a man, participated in the imperial examination, disturbed the court, and deceived the emperor..."

"and many more!"

"His Royal Highness... what advice do you have?"

"Dong Xue's 'women disguised as men and disturbed Chao Gang' is recognized by this palace, but where does this deceitful king come from?"

Hearing this, Qi Shilang was the first to hold back, and stood up and asked, "What does the princess mean by this?"

"It means literally." Wei Muqing smiled at him.

"Forgive me for being stupid, I hope the princess will make it clear." Qi Shilang

"Master Qi insists on telling me what you said?" Wei Muqing sneered, "Then I will tell you: Dong Xue is a woman's matter, and my father knew it early in the morning. Now Lord Qi But what else do you not understand?"

"Princess, please don't open your eyes and talk nonsense." Qi Shilang was not convinced, "When the courtiers exposed Miss Shen, His Majesty was very angry and shocked. The adults here can also testify."

"Father told me and Dongxue to hide this matter early in the morning, but you suddenly exposed it in public. Anger and shock are inevitable."

"Forgive me for being rude, I really don't believe that His Majesty will ask the princess and Miss Shen to hide their identities and disturb the court!"

"Lord Qi is indeed rude. If you don't believe me, Lord Qi will ask Father Emperor himself."

Seeing that Wei Muqing was angry, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice hurriedly came out to smooth things over and said, "Princess, I think Lord Qi may not really question His Majesty's behavior and the princess's personality, but Lord Qi may be the same as the official, and I really can't figure it out Your Majesty." What is the reason for asking Miss Shen to hide it. I hope the princess will clear up the confusion for the officials."

"Forget it, on the day Dong Xue's identity was revealed, I knew that this matter would never be concealed anymore." After speaking, Wei Muqing stood up and turned his back, but after a while, he turned around with his coat uncovered. Come over, revealing the snow-white tunic and... the flat chest against the tunic, and holding two balls of sewn cotton cloth in his hand, "This matter was originally a royal secret, but now it has to be made public."

"This, this, this!" All the ministers were dumbfounded.

"My lords, are you satisfied with this answer?" Wei Muqing lowered his voice, but he looked more like a king than the prince.

The officials present knew that Wei Muqing was a woman, but they couldn't refute it.At this moment they also understood that since Wei Muqing was able to do this, he must have obtained the emperor's permission, and the emperor intended to keep Shen Dongxue.

"Master Shangshu, the sentence can now be passed."

The reason why the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs was able to get along until now is also very clever, he quickly knocked on the gavel, cleared his throat and said: "The defendant Shen Dongxue, although she disguised herself as a man and disturbed Chao Gang, there was a reason for the incident, and she also contributed to protecting the royal reputation. Now the merits and demerits are offset, and there is no reward or punishment. If there is any objection, you can appeal to His Majesty and try again."

"The daughter of the people has no objection."

"En?" Wei Muqing walked over to help him up, "You are a princess and concubine now, calling yourself a 'minister of the people' is a disgrace."

"What Your Highness said is true." The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment said, "His Royal Highness should go back to recuperate earlier. I have suffered a lot these days."

"Hmph!" Qi Shilang was very disdainful of the sycophant's flattery, and snorted coldly, "I reserve my own opinion."

"Then I'd like Lord Qi to go and express his opinion with Emperor Father himself." Wei Muqing helped Shen Dongxue who had been kneeling for a long time to go out, and when he passed by Minister Qi, he turned and gave him a sinister smile.

"If the emperor finds out what the princess did today..." Shen Dongxue nestled in Wei Muqing's arms, feeling a little worried.

Wei Muqing patted her head and said: "Don't worry, everything I said today is approved by the emperor."

"That's good." Shen Dongxue felt relieved.

"From tomorrow onwards, there will be no more Princess Qinghe and her son-in-law in the world, only King Qing and her concubine Qing."

"kindness?"

"I'll find out tomorrow. You just have to rest and leave the rest to me. It's time... to settle with them."

After Wei Muqing finished speaking, he didn't get a response. When he looked down, he saw that Shen Dongxue had already fallen asleep, but his sleep was very restless.

Shen Dongxue tightly grasped Wei Muqing's tunic with both hands, her brows were tightly furrowed, and her eyelashes were trembling uncontrollably.Wei Muqing felt distressed seeing him, and hugged him even tighter.

"The case of Ms. Shen's family was closed yesterday. Here is the dossier. Please have a look at it." In the early morning, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment reported to the emperor.

"En." The emperor took it and finished it, and asked, "Ai Qing who went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to listen yesterday, do you have any objections?"

"Weichen finished listening yesterday, and there is one thing that I don't understand."

"Qi Aiqing, how can you be the only one who doesn't understand something?" The emperor squinted his eyes and looked over, "Forget it, let's talk about it."

Qi Shilang shuddered, but still bite the bullet and said: "I really don't understand, if Princess Qinghe is really a prince, why does your majesty have declared that your majesty is a princess for nearly 20 years?"

"Coincidentally, I also want to announce something today. Presumably the sharp-eyed Ai Qing has already discovered that there is one more person in the court today."

It was only then that everyone realized that there was indeed a person wearing a black official robe standing beside Wei Mucheng today, but the position was at the front, so no one could see his appearance.

The emperor didn't intend to show off, and said directly: "Standing beside the crown prince is my real fourth prince, Wei Muqing, who is also my former favorite Princess Qinghe."

There was an uproar in the hall.The courtiers who didn't attend the trial yesterday didn't know what happened. Everyone didn't know why the most favored princess became the prince overnight?

"Let the prince explain the reason."

"Yes, father." Wei Mucheng stepped forward and said, "I have to go back to 19 years ago, the year when the emperor was just born. At that time, the emperor was not born yet, and the father and mother went to the ancestral temple to pray for blessings and returned to the palace. On the road, I met a wandering Taoist priest. The Taoist priest once asserted that there was a prince with a strange fate in the mother's womb. If he was not raised as a daughter, he might not live to be ten years old. The father didn't believe it, but the mother was sure. The empress felt sorry for her mother and agreed to announce that the emperor was a princess when he was born. Coincidentally, there was a disaster when the emperor was ten years old, and he almost couldn't get through it."

This set of rhetoric is full of loopholes, and everyone understands it in their hearts.But the emperor and the crown prince both talked about this, so they could only pretend to be stupid and sycophant.

"No wonder the princess, no, His Royal Highness has been so talented since he was a child!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Highness."

Wei Mucheng turned around and cupped his hands at Daoxi's minister, "Originally, the queen mother never planned to disclose the identity of the emperor's younger brother, but due to the mistakes of the emperor's younger brother and my palace, Miss Shen's identity was not concealed well, and she was caught by 'unintentionally' People's "good intentions" have been exposed. If this royal secret is not disclosed at this time, Miss Shen will be charged with the crime of "deceiving the emperor" and die. I am afraid that this infatuated younger brother of this palace will blow up the entire palace .”

"In the eyes of the emperor, is this minister so unreasonable?"

"It's not that the emperor is unreasonable, it's just that he is very affectionate." Wei Mucheng laughed.

"Since Qing'er's identity can't be concealed anymore, and he has reached the age of becoming a king, he can be crowned as King Qing. Qin Tianjian should choose an auspicious day and hold the ceremony of becoming a king."

"Thank you, Father."

"I remember asking the etiquette department to change the plaque on your house."

"Yes, my son obeys."

After the court was over, Wei Muqing did not return to the palace, but followed all the ministers out of the palace and walked outside the palace, but met Minister Qi on the way.

Wei Muqing stopped Qi Shilang with a smile, "Is Lord Qi satisfied with today's results?"

"My lords are just forced by the emperor's prestige, princess, don't really think everyone is a fool!"

"Really? I'm afraid that a smart person will never be Mr. Qi." After speaking, Wei Muqing threw away the folding fan and swaggered out of the palace without looking back.

As soon as the court was over, Miao Qing was surrounded by several colleagues who had a good relationship, and was dragged into the restaurant, "Master Miao, you have always been on good terms with Miss Shen..., what His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince said today is the truth?"

Miao Qing had seen Qing He in women's clothing and also in men's clothing, she was indeed more feminine, but before that, he had never thought that Shen Dongxue would be a woman disguised as a man, so he could only say: "Thank you for your love, my lords, Xiaguan and His Royal Highness Wang Hao are just classmates for several months and won the first place together, and they are worthy of brothers because of His Highness's love, but in any case, they are not qualified to let His Highness tell Xiaguan the secrets of the royal family."

"But it's strange to say, if that person is really the prince, how did he hide it for the past 20 years?"

"Oh, look, Miss Shen... hasn't Miss Shen been hiding the truth from her colleagues for so long? What's more, the emperor and the empress hid it together."

"Hiss—in that case, why did His Majesty not stand up and explain when Master Qi exposed Miss Shen, but put her in jail and let the Ministry of Criminal Justice interrogate her? It took so long to release this so-called 'truth'?"

"Oh, didn't you hear what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said today? Your Majesty also didn't expect that what he had ordered would be exposed. I'm afraid he became angry from embarrassment. After all, our Majesty loves face so much, and it would be embarrassing to be exposed in such a public way. Think Thinking back to Princess Meisu, it was just a dispute between the couple, and the royal family was ashamed, so they even sent the Xue family back to their hometown."

"That's right, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also said today that the Empress did not intend to clarify for His Royal Highness the Princess. Sure enough, the royal mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can't escape the feud between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, tsk tsk tsk."

"However, to take a step back, even if that is a princess, she is still the most favored by the Holy Majesty, not to mention marrying a woman, but raising a few faces, I am afraid that the Holy Majesty will not mind. The Majesty only cares if you can hide it. Outside, just don’t lose face.”

Seeing that the topic was getting more and more out of bounds, Miao Qing hurriedly raised his wine glass and said, "It's all right for you to talk in private today, the royal affairs are not what we courtiers should care about. Come on, I would like to offer you a toast." !"

"Master Miao said yes."

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