Seeing how polite Miao Yi was, Yuan Venerate Qing chuckled. "Why aren't you saying anything? Did I make you feel that I'm too arrogant and difficult to deal with? When your wife went to see Imperial Mother, this consort has met with your wife many times. Did your wife say something bad about this consort to make you so afraid? "
Once Miao Yi braced himself, he was definitely someone with quick reflexes. He spoke without hesitation, "Your Highness is exaggerating. Your humble servant was only thinking of something else after what just happened. I heard that many of the palace maids serving the Lady Consort were executed by Your Highness. I wonder if that's true."
Yuan Venerate Qing chuckled. "That's indeed the case. These people had evil intentions, so I purposely found fault with them to vent my anger." She smiled casually, as if she didn't take the Xiahou Family's funeral seriously.
Miao Yi sighed. "Your Highness, there are some things that even if you don't care about the Lady. Killing a few evil servants is a small matter, but it will affect Your Highness's reputation in the long run."
Yuan Venerate Qing couldn't help laughing. "How good can your reputation be? I heard that it stinks in Sky Avenue. You're actually reminding me to pay attention to my reputation? "
Miao Yi rubbed his nose awkwardly. "How can I be compared to Your Highness? It's fine if my reputation stinks, but Your Highness is different."
Yuan Venerate Qing chuckled. "Speaking of Sky Avenue, I don't have much to do either. I was thinking of asking Father for a job. What do you think about Sky Avenue? Why don't this empress ask for Sky Street's management and you transfer to Sky Street to help this empress? I heard that the people in Sky Avenue are extremely afraid of you. You'll scare them into closing their shops and running away. "
'Are you kidding me? It wasn't easy for me to gather a group of people and I'm not short of money. Why would I go to Sky Avenue with you? You must be crazy. ' Miao Yi cursed silently and quickly waved his hands. "Your Highness, this is inappropriate! Forgive me for being blunt, but Sky Avenue involves the interests of all the officials. It's difficult for anyone to go there. It's fine if Your Highness doesn't want to achieve anything, but if you do, you'll definitely offend many people. It'll only bring harm to Your Highness. "
Yuan Venerate Qing said, "You're afraid of offending people? I heard that you killed so many people from the noble families in Tianjie that their blood flowed like a river! "
To him, he hadn't even been born when Miao Yi had made a name for himself, and he had never come into contact with Miao Yi before. Hence, he had only heard about Miao Yi's affairs.
Perhaps there were people with even more illustrious reputations in the world, but no one ever mentioned them in front of him, so he didn't have much of an impression of them. On the other hand, because Miao Yi was his mother's only direct subordinate, he had heard Xiahou Chengyu mention and praise him a lot. When he asked around, he found out that Xiahou Chengyu was full of misdeeds. In his heart, Miao Yi was a legendary figure.
Miao Yi smirked and said, "I have nothing to lose, so I'm not afraid of those who wear shoes. If someone wants to force me to my death, then I naturally have to risk my life. It has nothing to do with whether I'm afraid of offending people or not. Actually, I'm quite afraid of offending people."
Yuan Venerate Qing said, "I heard that when His Majesty married the Heavenly Concubine back then, you made a scene and even pointed at Heavenly King Ying's nose and scolded him?"
"..." Miao Yi broke out in a cold sweat. 'As a son, you actually brought up the matter of your father's woman to make irresponsible remarks?' This was his first time meeting this fellow, so how could he know if this fellow was just testing him with his words? He hurriedly explained, "There's no such thing. Someone is exaggerating."
Yuan Venerate Qing chuckled. "Really? Could it be that everyone is lying? I heard that you were even banished to the Primordial Death Grounds for a thousand years because of this incident. Could that be false as well? "He was obviously implying that Miao Yi was lying.
Miao Yi replied awkwardly, "At least it wasn't that exaggerated."
Yuan Venerate Qing laughed. "I also heard that you have always been at odds with the Heavenly Concubine. During the Purgatory Trial, you severely injured her and almost killed her. Later on, you even captured her when you were in the imperial guards and hung her on a flagpole to humiliate her for several days. Quite a few of the Ying Family's grandchildren died at your hands. Is that true?"
Miao Yi finally understood. It wasn't that this fellow didn't respect his father. He just didn't like the Heavenly Concubine. It was understandable. After all, Xiahou Chengyu was his mother. Everyone knew how much Master Qing doted on Zhan Ruyi. Furthermore, Xiahou Chengyu probably spoke ill of the Ying Family and Zhan Ruyi in front of this fellow. It would be strange if this fellow had a good impression of the Ying Family and Zhan Ruyi.
'Fine!' Miao Yi understood that he had somehow been placed in the same camp as this fellow. He smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, that's all in the past. Your humble servant doesn't really remember it."
"You're just pretending to be ignorant! You've already done it and everyone knows about it. Do you think you can shut people's mouths? " Yuan Venerate Qing shook his head to express his disdain. He continued to ask, "I also heard that you led half a tiger flag to defeat the million-strong army of the Yuding Domain in order to snatch the current wife. You used fifty thousand men to kill hundreds of thousands of people. Is this true?"
Miao Yi immediately replied, "It definitely has nothing to do with snatching a woman. Even if I didn't know my limits, I wouldn't have done such a thing. It was only because I discovered traces of the perverted Jiang Yiyi that the Yuding Domain's troops wanted to snatch the credit. They attacked my troops first, so I was forced to retaliate."
Yuan Venerate Qing chuckled. "Even Mother said that you purposely set up a trap to lure the troops of the Yuding Domain into killing them. Do you think Mother would lie to me?"
Miao Yi lowered his gaze and said, "Perhaps Your Highness remembered wrongly." Even though he knew that everyone knew the truth, how could he admit to it? Hundreds of thousands of lives had been lost, and so many of his subordinates had died in battle. If he told the truth, he would be letting down his subordinates who had died in battle.
Yuan Venerate Qing strolled slowly with his hands behind his back, admiring the strange scenery before him. He shook his head and said, "Why do I feel that you never speak the truth? You don't admit to any of the bad things you've done. Mother even said that you're someone worthy of her trust. Don't tell me you lie to her often?"
Miao Yi really wanted to strangle this guy. He quickly waved his hands and said, "Absolutely not. Everything I said is true. Your Highness must have been deceived by someone and believed in slanderous rumors."
Yuan Venerate Qing was obviously in disbelief. "Is that so?"
Miao Yi replied seriously, "That's definitely the case. Your Highness will know once you ask around. I've offended too many people. I don't find it strange that someone would slander me at all."
Yuan Venerate Qing asked curiously, "I heard that battle made you famous. You fought against a million elites with fifty thousand men, and even though you were at an absolute disadvantage, you still managed to win. Even Mother praised you as a valiant general. Tell me, how did you deceive them? How did they fall into your trap?"
'I've explained in vain. I lied to your ancestors!' Miao Yi cursed in his heart. He didn't believe that Yuan Venerate Qing, who had been trained under him for so many years, could be so pure. He had learned the ways of an emperor. How could a pure person be born in the palace, where there was so much intrigue? He would be a fool if he told the truth. Miao Yi lowered his gaze and said, "Your Highness, there's really no such thing as lying."
Yuan Venerate Qing immediately said, "Alright, I'm not lying. Can you at least tell me how you fought that battle?"
Since Yuan Venerate Qing had already said so much, and given his status, Miao Yi couldn't just tell him to go to hell. Miao Yi couldn't just ignore him either, so he could only omit the process of lying and start from the moment he caught the fake Jiang Yiyi and attacked by the Yuding Domain's troops.
As soon as Miao Yi recalled the tragedy of that battle, his thoughts gradually sank into the situation at that time. There was a tinge of sadness in his voice as he recounted the scenes.
Yuan Venerate Qing was moved when he heard that the defeated soldiers, who had fallen into a predicament, cried and fought to the death for Miao Yi. They even shouted for Miao Yi to leave first, but Miao Yi fought to the death without retreating. Yuan Venerate Qing was moved when he heard that after defeating a million elites, half of the Tiger Banner was almost destroyed, and everyone seemed to have crawled out of a pool of blood. Almost everyone was covered in wounds, and many of those who survived only had broken limbs. Yuan Venerate Qing sighed. "I understand now. Soldiers with righteous indignation will always win!"
Miao Yi was still immersed in the situation at that time, and he had a sorrowful look on his face. Yuan Venerate Qing, who had regained his senses, stared at Miao Yi's expression and smiled. "I heard that you are a disciple of the Asura of Fire?"
Miao Yi sighed. "Yes! I can only be considered a cross-generational disciple. I just happened to come across his relics by chance. "
Yuan Venerate Qing said, "I also heard that after that battle, a few Heavenly Kings fought to make you their son-in-law."
Miao Yi really wanted him to shut up. However, Yuan Venerate Qing's status made it difficult for him to not answer. Otherwise, he would have turned around and left long ago. Shaking his head, he said, "Your Highness, I really don't remember."
Yuan Venerate Qing asked again, "I heard that you got your position as a lieutenant through deception. How did you trick all the officials into agreeing to a bet with you? Tell me about it."
'I lied to your ancestors!' 'Bastard, where did you get so much information from?' Miao Yi cursed inwardly. However, on the surface, he raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, looking confused. "What deception? I was forced into a corner by Ying Wuque, and in a moment of desperation …"
"Stop! Don't give me that! " Yuan Venerate Qing raised his hand and interrupted him. "You don't have to say anymore. I understand. I'll say it again. As long as you are the one who did it, you will not admit to it. There is no point in me asking. How about this? Answer one more question. As long as you are willing to tell the truth, I will not make things difficult for you. How about that? "
Miao Yi said sincerely, "I am telling the truth."
Yuan Venerate Qing sneered. "Don't give me that. I am only asking if you agree or not!"
Miao Yi refused to give in. "I will definitely tell the truth in front of Your Highness. However, I am afraid that I won't be able to remember things that happened a long time ago!"
Yuan Venerate Qing chuckled. "You will definitely remember this matter clearly."
He was being stared at and refused to let go! Miao Yi was forced to say helplessly, "I will try and see."
Yuan Venerate Qing suddenly said with a faint smile, "As far as I know, you were originally a member of His Majesty's personal guard. Why did you betray His Majesty and join the Kou Clan …" Without waiting for Miao Yi to explain himself, Yuan Venerate Qing continued, "Don't talk nonsense with me. If you say it was for your wife, I will believe you. However, I want to ask you about what happened afterward. Why didn't you join His Majesty's side when you were in dire straits? Why did you choose to join Mother Empress now?"
'Why is this guy picking a topic that I can't talk about in front of him?' Miao Yi could tell that this guy was pretending to be very knowledgeable. The situation back then was so complicated that it couldn't be explained with just one sentence. Realizing that he couldn't explain things clearly to this guy, Miao Yi fell silent for a moment before asking, "Your Highness, do you really want to hear the truth?"
Yuan Venerate Qing asked, "What do you think?"
Miao Yi replied, "I am just afraid that I will not be able to bear the consequences if I tell the truth."
Yuan Venerate Qing said, "I will forgive you! Besides, there are no outsiders here. Since you are the one who said it, I will hear it. Heaven and earth will know, you and I will know. After you are done, you can deny it. Once you leave this place, you can pretend that nothing happened. "
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