"It's because of shameless people like you that there are rumors and swords that kill people."
Yu Shu raised her cup and splashed it. Shui Yun didn't have time to turn her head to avoid it. Half of the warm tea splashed on her face, and some of it splashed into her eyelids. She quickly closed her eyes. The burning pain made her raise her hand to rub her eyes in panic. However, the powder on her eyebrows was ruined, and there was a bruise on her face. It was as if she was punched in the eye. It was quite funny.
"My, my eyes, Senior Brother, Senior Brother!" The more Shui Yun rubbed her eyes, the more painful it became. She couldn't open her eyes. She helplessly called out to Jing Chen with a hint of crying.
Jing Chen was silent for a moment. He suddenly got up, strode forward, and grabbed Shui Yun's wrist to stop her from moving. Then he opened her eyelids and checked. He picked out a small piece of unknown residue from her lower eyelid.
"Go get some water." The Head Teacher was the first to react. He ordered someone to get some water for Shui Yun to wash her eyes. Then he looked at Yu Shu, who was standing there with a confident face. He sighed and didn't know what to say to her.
By the time Shui Yun was able to open her eyes again, her eyeballs had already been rubbed out of shape. It was as if she had a red-eye disease. She stared fixedly at Yu Shu, looking somewhat frightening.
How could Yu Shu be afraid of her? She crossed her arms and looked down at her, saying, "Why are you glaring at me? You're allowed to speak rudely to me, but I'm not allowed to retaliate. I'm a reasonable person. You're just a mountain girl who doesn't care about a woman's reputation. When you meet other chaste girls, you shamelessly say that they should strip you naked and fight you to the death. You still have the face to glare at me?"
She was a dignified female immortal of Mount Longhu, but she called her a wild girl who didn't care about chastity. Shui Yun felt extremely humiliated. She was so angry that her voice trembled. She raised her hand and poked her nose.
"How dare you insult my Zhengyi Sect!"
Yu Shu slapped her hand away. She didn't care if she had just regrown her tendons.
"Don't play this game with me. When did I mention your sect? I was clearly scolding you, a shameless girl. If you had any sense of shame, you would have found a hole to hide in. "
Yu Shu was a person who could turn black into white. She wasn't afraid even if she ignored her, let alone when she was in the right. Shui Yun was acting shamelessly with her. She really didn't know herself.
Shui Yun bit her lower lip, her eyes filled with tears of shame and indignation. Looking at the people around her, they all pretended to be deaf and mute, as if they hadn't seen Yu Shu attack her just now. In her eyes, everyone here had become that person's accomplices.
As the beloved daughter of Immortal Huai Yun, she had always been the one to bully others. She had never swallowed her pride like this.
She blinked her eyes, and tears rolled down her cheeks. She pursed her lips and looked up at Jing Chen, "Senior Brother, even though she insulted me like this, you still want to protect her, right?"
Jing Chen looked tired. These days, he saw Shui Yun sink deeper and deeper. She stubbornly did what she thought was right, regardless of whether it would hurt others or not.
He still didn't understand why she always targeted Yu Shu. No matter how he persuaded her, she wouldn't let go.
Shui Yun became like this, which made him feel guilty, but he couldn't do anything about it.
"I didn't protect anyone. You were the one who was unreasonable. You were wrong first."
Yu Shu, who was at the side, sneered inwardly when she heard his pointless accusation. She had long seen through Jing Chen's cold exterior, soft heart, and indecisiveness. It would be best if she could be friends with him, but if she were to talk about romance with him, she would just be looking for trouble.
She was glad that she realized it early. Before she fell in love with him, she had reunited with Xue Rui, who was dead set on her.
Otherwise, she would have suffered a lot now. Just Shui Yun alone could make her die several times over.
To Yu Shu, these words were not painful, but to Shui Yun, it was unbearable. She tightened her jaw and squeezed the words out of her teeth.
"Anyway, it doesn't matter what I say. You'd rather believe her sophistry."
It was obvious that she insisted on blaming Yu Shu, and she refused to admit her mistake even in the end.
"Let's go." Shui Yun asked her servants to push her away. She didn't care about the director of today's assessment at all, which made the people present unhappy.
"You're the only one who dares to speak righteously, and we're all fools who don't know right from wrong?"
The director was always calm, not arrogant, and not rash. But Shui Yun's behavior today made him doubt whether his decision to agree to her becoming an official in the Celestial Commissioner was too hasty.
Look at how a proper assessment had turned into such a mess. It had actually been used by the girls to fight over it.
"Don't be in a hurry to leave." Yu Shu rushed in front of her and opened her arms to stop her. "You're fine, but I haven't finished speaking."
Shui Yun raised her head with red eyes. "Get out of my way!"
Yu Shu didn't care about her bluff. She turned to the director and said respectfully, "This lowly official is bold. There are some words that I have to say."
The director's eyelids tightened. He knew that what she was going to say was not good, but he couldn't stop her from speaking. He could only nod in approval.
Sure enough, as soon as Yu Shu opened her mouth, it made his teeth hurt.
"This lowly official is deeply puzzled about your appointment of Miss Shui Yun as the Shaoqing of the Taicheng Division. Throughout the history of the Celestial Commissioner, there were few officials who didn't come from the Great Evolution Master background. Even if there were, they were all extraordinary people, or they had meritorious service to the imperial court. For example, the Right Commander Daren. He prayed for the people of Da An on behalf of his mother, Princess Luyue Royal. He joined the Dao Sect when he was young.
"May I ask the director, Miss Shui Yun is not a Great Evolution Master. What is so special about her that you can make an exception to hire her and jump five ranks to become an official of the imperial court?"
To put it simply, what was Shui Yun based on?
Her words reflected the thoughts of Cao Zuoling and the others. In fact, when Shui Yun was promoted to the position of Imperial Astronomer, it aroused the dissatisfaction of many people. Other people who had studied hard for ten years might not even be able to touch the threshold of the Imperial Astronomer. There were also those who had spent many years in low-ranking positions, unable to make a name for themselves. But Shui Yun, a little girl who was not even a teacher of Yi Shi, easily occupied the position that countless people dreamed of. Who could accept this? Who didn't have resentment?
It was just that no one was willing to come forward and argue with the director.
Now that Yu Shu said it, people were not unhappy. Especially Xie Lan, an ordinary Great Evolution Master who relied on herself to get to where she was now. She almost wanted to stand up and applaud Yu Shu.
The director sighed inwardly and was about to speak, but Shui Yun cut in first —
"Hmph, I am a direct disciple of Mount Longhu's Zhengyi Sect. I have been taught since birth. It's just a Great Development Test, how difficult can it be? I don't want to participate. Only you ordinary people care about fame and fortune and are arrogant. You don't know that any Perfected Master of Mount Longhu, or even all the Great Evolution Masters of the Celestial Commissioner combined, can't compare."
She used a big move to look down on everyone. She attacked indiscriminately, including the director.
Yu Shu opened her mouth. She had a new understanding of Shui Yun's arrogance. Even though she already knew that Shui Yun looked down on ordinary people, she was still shocked by her words.
She thought that she was brave enough to stand up and question the director's decision. But compared to Shui Yun, she was nothing.
"Ignorant child!" Cao Zuoling was the first to flip out. He slammed the table and stood up.
Xie Lan and the official from the Secretariat also stood up and glared at Shui Yun. They were so angry that their faces and necks were red. They almost rolled up their sleeves to beat her up.
Cui Xiuyi was the most direct. He turned around and knelt down in front of the Grand Preceptor, pointing at Shui Yun with a pained expression and shouting, "Such an arrogant person who looks down on all the scholars in the world, how can she be fit to be a member of our Imperial Astronomer? I beg the Grand Preceptor to retract his order and remove her from her position. Otherwise, the dignity of our Imperial Astronomer will be completely gone!"
Yu Shu turned her head to look and saw the Great Tiandi coldly staring ahead. There was no anger or indignation in his calm gaze, but it made one's hair stand on end and a chill run down one's spine.
The pitiful Shui Yun didn't turn around. She was laughing foolishly because she had angered everyone. She continued to boast shamelessly, "Don't you think I'm a useless person because I have a broken leg? Let me tell you, I don't want to be a minister of the Celestial Commissioner!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a voice came from behind her.
"It was me who forced you. Since Miss Shui Yun can't bear to be condescended, please leave this place."
The director casually said and no longer cared about Shui Yun. He turned to the others and asked Cui Xiuyi to come with him. He then announced,
"In today's assessment, the female imperial official of the Kunling Bureau, Yu Shu, received four first and one second. She is qualified for her position. Starting from the beginning of next month, she will be given court clothes and will participate in the morning court. Please take care of yourself, be loyal to your duty, and be strict with yourself. Don't let down the reputation of the Celestial Commissioner."
Yu Shu reacted very quickly. She immediately bowed and said in a clear voice, "I accept the order. I don't dare to be negligent."
Then she stood up and thanked the five officials who came to participate in her assessment. Her posture was graceful and her clothes were straight. Just like the rising sun outside the building, she was full of vigor.
In contrast to her was Shui Yun, who was sitting in a wheelchair a few steps away. She looked embarrassed and haggard. Her weak body and anxious aura made it difficult for people to approach and hide from her.
"Hurry up and leave!" Shui Yun couldn't stay any longer. She clenched her weak palms and couldn't bear the humiliation. Her face turned blue and she urged the attendants to push her away. In the eyes of others, it looked like she was fleeing.
Others wouldn't pity her. Only Jing Chen looked at her back and sighed softly.
Yu Shu smiled and responded to Cao Zuoling and the others' thanks while looking coldly at Shui Yun's fleeing figure.
…
After the assessment, Yu Shu and Cui Xiuyi were the last to leave Taixi Tower. The two walked on a small path. When there was no one around, Cui Xiuyi couldn't help but ask Yu Shu in a low voice,
"What grudge does Official Yu have with that Miss Shui Yun? Why does she have to deliberately deal with you?"
Yu Shu walked beside him with her hands crossed. She laughed and said, "Let's not talk about it."
Cui Xiuyi saw that she didn't say anything, so he didn't pursue the matter. He sincerely complimented her, "Fortunately, you have a good foresight and provoked her into cutting off her own path of retreat."
Yu Shu also flattered him, "It's all thanks to Official Cui's righteous words. Don't worry, I always keep my word. I promised to waive half of your gambling debt, so I won't go back on my word. Come to Wangji Tower tonight and we'll make a new contract. The original sixty thousand taels you owe me will become thirty thousand taels. "
Cui Xiuyi secretly shushed her. There was finally a smile on his face, but he felt scared in his heart.
The night before, Yu Shu treated him to a meal and had a secret talk with him behind closed doors. She made him promise to act according to her eyes during the assessment. As a result, the Taicheng Shaoqing, who had just been appointed, was expelled from the Celestial Commissioner.
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