She had a good reason to do so?
Her will was the most reasonable reason.
To Jiang Pengji, the strategy of holding the emperor hostage to command the nobles was of little value.
Not only would holding the young emperor hostage not bring her any benefits, but it would also become a burden to her.
Therefore, even when the audience in the streaming room urged her to try holding the emperor hostage to command the nobles, Jiang Pengji was indifferent.
"Bogao, are you alright?"
Jiang Pengji extended her hand in front of Huang Song. He stretched out his hand in a daze. She pulled him up with all her might.
"Thank you, Lanting."
Huang Song let out a long sigh of relief. He was about to wipe his sweat when he realized that his sleeve was covered in blood. The urge to vomit that he had tried so hard to suppress surged up again. He hurriedly bowed in apology, turned around, and vomited again. This time, he didn't even have the stomach acid, only the unbearable retching.
As for the fact that Jiang Pengji was a woman, Huang Song had completely forgotten about it. Or rather, he didn't have the energy to think about it.
When the old woman had torn apart a few palace guards, Yang Jian had protected the young emperor with his own body. Now that he was safe, he rejoined the crowd of officials.
"Liu Zhongqing … Is that really your daughter?"
Yang Jian was a military officer. His rank was not on the same level as Liu She's. Taking advantage of the chaos, he took the opportunity to approach Liu She and ask.
Liu She smiled calmly, but the moment he opened his mouth, he choked. "If she's not my daughter, then is she yours?"
Yang Jian almost lost his composure. "Who's arguing with you? I'm asking you a serious question. "
"Lanting is my daughter, of course. It's been hard on her to dress as a man all these years," Liu She said calmly.
Yang Jian was speechless. His expression became very strange and awkward.
Liu She asked him, "What? Your expression is so strange. Could it be that you've suffered at Lanting's hands and now feel defeated? "
Yang Jian snorted, turned his head, and ignored Liu She.
However, Liu She had indeed said what he was thinking.
After losing to a young man, Yang Jian could still say that the new generation surpassed the old. He was old and not as good as the young. But now, he was told that the young man who had defeated him was a young girl. While Yang Jian was shocked, he also felt an indescribable sense of defeat.
However, when he recalled the scene of Jiang Pengji killing people with the ivory baton, he couldn't help but be impressed.
With such godly strength and skills, he did not lose unjustly.
The eunuch and the imperial guards cleaned up the old woman's body and cleaned up the bloodstains on the ground. The young emperor was also carried away to change into a set of royal robes. It was not nice to hear that the Emperor had peed himself in fear. It would be too absurd if the Emperor continued to attend the court meeting in a robe that reeked of urine.
With the help of the incense burner, the stench of blood in the air was diluted, but the thrilling scene just now was deeply imprinted in the minds of the officials.
The ministers returned to their respective positions. Yang Tao patted his chest with some lingering fear. "Father, is Liu Xi really a woman?"
Yang Jian used the ivory bat in his hand to slightly cover his face. He tilted his head and said to Yang Tao, "Liu Zhongqing has already admitted to it. How can it be false?"
Yang Tao widened his eyes in shock and nervously swallowed his saliva.
He recalled Jiang Pengji's ruthlessness in killing people on the battlefield and found it hard to accept.
"It's hard to imagine. He was originally a brave man, but how did he become a woman in one day?"
Yang Jian's army had cooperated with Jiang Pengji before, and Yang Tao liked to play with swords and spears. He had always regarded Jiang Pengji as a brother and confidant.
"So what if he's a woman?" Yang Jian glared at his useless son. "It doesn't matter whether he's a man or a woman. What's important is that he's now the governor of Wanzhou! Look at you. If it weren't for Shaoyang helping you out, I wouldn't have dared to bring you out of the house. "
Yang Tao's personality worried Yang Jian a lot.
If it weren't for Yan Lin, his caring nanny and best friend, watching over him, Yang Jian wouldn't have dared to bring Yang Tao out.
He only had one son in this life, and he was afraid that his son would be too simple-minded and torment himself to death.
Yang Tao hung his head and pursed his lips. Yang Jian was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.
"From what I can see, you look more like a noble lady than Liu Zhongqing's daughter! You're a man, what are you feeling wronged for? Raise your head! "
Yang Tao felt wronged every day.
On the other side, Wuma Shang, who had finally escaped danger, returned to his seat. The officials around him moved away, avoiding him as if he was a poisonous snake.
Although Wuma Shang kept saying that he was innocent, the scene just now was too horrifying. The officials were traumatized.
Xu Bei was silent. Xu Fei seemed to have remembered something. He raised his hand and poked his cousin's waist with his ceremonial tablet.
"What are you doing?" Xu Bei glared at him angrily.
Xu Fei raised his eyebrows and said gloatingly, "Brother Pei, if I remember correctly, you had a dancer serve Liu Xi?"
Xu Bei's expression darkened.
It would have been better if Xu Fei hadn't brought that up. Now that he did, he got angry.
Everyone here was a descendant of the Xu family. Xu Fei's backstabbing tactics were too vicious.
Xu Bei had always believed that Xu Fei had tried to drive a wedge between him and the Liu family. Naturally, he wouldn't be nice to Xu Fei now.
"Hmph, you remember correctly. So what? There are men out there, and you don't allow Liu Xi to like women? Is such a small matter worth being surprised by? You're acting like you've never seen the world before. " Xu Bei was in a bad mood. His pig-like cousin had been stupid once or twice, but he'd just ruined his plans. He'd missed a chance to make the Liu family owe him a favor.
Xu Fei had wanted to see his cousin embarrass himself, but he hadn't expected him to have such a bad temper. Instead, he'd scolded him.
This time, Xu Fei also snorted coldly. The two brothers continued to stare at each other in disgust.
As the subject of the discussion, Jiang Pengji was very calm.
This time, she'd safely removed her appointment as Wanzhou's magistrate. The officials couldn't be jealous of her. They just stood there like background characters.
How dare they be jealous?
Think back to that old woman. One blink of an eye, she'd been alive and well. The next, she'd turned into a pile of dismembered corpses.
They were all ordinary people. Their bodies weren't as tough as demons and ghosts. Five ceremonial tablets weren't needed. One was enough to send them to the next world.
The court meeting ended anticlimactic. The hundreds of officials and officials floated out of the main hall, still confused.
In less than half a day, the news that Jiang Pengji was a woman spread like wildfire throughout the imperial city of Chenzhou.
"Hahaha … Master Yang, Master Feng, I've heard an especially funny joke today!"
Li Yun and the other generals were staying at the camp outside the city. However, he had nothing to do after training his troops, so he entered the city for a stroll.
Halfway there, Li Yun heard an especially funny piece of news. He immediately came over to share it with Yang Si and Feng Zhen.
Yang Si wasn't around. Feng Zhen held a scallion pancake in one hand and wrote cursive calligraphy. When he heard Li Yun's laughter, he almost made a mistake.
"What's the funny joke? Let me hear it."
Feng Zhen put down his brush and stuffed the last piece of scallion pancake into his mouth. He drank a mouthful of tea to moisten his mouth.
"Someone outside says that our lord is a woman. Hahaha, don't you think it's funny?"
Feng Zhen looked at Li Yun with pity, as if he was caring for his retarded child.
Li Yun laughed. When he realized that Feng Zhen didn't laugh with him, he stopped writing in boredom.
"You don't think it's funny?"
"This is reality. Our lord is a woman. Why should she laugh?"
Li Yun was speechless.
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