Xiong Pei was stunned when he saw Xiangli Zhu. His first reaction was, who is this person? The second reaction is, has she ever been married?
But then, I heard Xiang Lizhu say that the world is indeed a round ball, and it was he, Xiong Pi, and not Jing Gao and Wei Tong who lost the bet.
Xiong Pi suddenly became furious, squinting and said, "Whose family are you a daughter of?"
When Xiong Pi asked this question, he had already thought about it. As long as Xiangli Zhu had no background, he would take her back first.
As for whether she was related to Huaiguzi, Xiong Pi was not worried. He had never heard of a banished immortal having a female dependent. She just came with Takumi, maybe a family member of Takumi.
As a result, Xiangli Zhu said calmly: "I am the sister of General Li Xin."
Xiong Pi was stunned for a moment.
The craftsman was also stunned: Is that so?
Xiong Pi was a little unbelievable. He looked at Xiangli Zhu up and down and said doubtfully: "General Li Xin has a sister? I've never heard of it."
Xianglizhu sneered: "Who are you? Do I also want to tell you about the affairs of my General's Mansion?"
Xiong Pi was a little discouraged. If this person was really Li Xin's family member, then she couldn't be touched. Who doesn't know that Li Xin is a jerk? If he got angry, even ten bears wouldn't be enough to kill him.
Xiong Pei left Xiangli Zhu and turned his attention to Jing Gao: "Brother Jing, if you are willing to admit defeat, that is what a man does. If you default on your debt, I will look down on you. If you hide behind a woman and survive, , that’s a laughing stock.”
Xiangli Zhu laughed and said to Jing Gao and Wei Tong: "I will enter the palace soon and explain the whole story to Your Majesty. You have already won this bet. If you want to kill Xiong Pi now, you can do it." of."
Xiong Pi's face turned livid: "You have such a loud tone."
Xiang Lizhu waved her hand, and the guards who had been following her came over, surrounding Jing Gao and Wei Tong. If Xiong Pi dared to make any move, they would take action immediately.
Xiangli Zhu smiled at Xiong Pei: "How about waiting for me to enter the palace and report to Your Majesty, and then we can discuss who will kill whom?"
Xiong Pi said nothing. Silence is acquiescence, Xianglizhu smiled at Wujiao: "Let's enter the palace."
Wujiao was a little speechless: Where did you get such confidence? Why do you think I can get you into the palace?
However, Wujiao didn't want to appear too embarrassed in front of so many powerful children.
He laughed dryly and said to Xiangli Zhu, "Miss Zhu, let's go."
The two of them walked slowly towards the palace.
When he walked to the door, Wujiao whispered: "I'll block it here, you can just sneak away and no one will know."
Xianglizhu looked at Ji Ming with a puzzled look on his face: "No one knows what? Why should I sneak away?"
Wu Jiao looked at Xiangli Zhu in surprise: "Is it possible that you really want to enter the palace?"
Xianglizhu said matter-of-factly: "Yes."
Wu Jiao said in confusion: "Why did you enter the palace? Just because you lied about being Li Xin's sister?"
Xianglizhu's eyes widened and he looked at Wujiao innocently: "You can't let me enter the palace? I thought you had great powers."
These words made Wu Jiao's self-esteem a bit hit. He was silent for a while and whispered: "It's actually okay to let you enter the palace. But you have to listen to me, don't talk nonsense, don't walk around, don't look around."
Xianglizhu nodded in agreement.
Wujiao gritted his teeth and walked towards the palace with Xianglizhu.
The guards in the palace naturally knew Wu Jiao, so they naturally let him go. Xianglizhu, on the other hand, followed Wujiao in a swaggering manner, so confident that the guard was a little suspicious that he also knew this girl.
Fortunately, they have been guarding the palace for many years, and the most important thing they lack is vigilance. So I stopped Xianglizhu immediately.
Xianglizhu still said the same thing: "I am General Li Xin's sister."
As a result, the guard did not acknowledge this at all and directly ignored her order to summon her to the palace. Naturally, Xianglizhu couldn't take it out, so the guards arrested her.
Xianglizhu looked at Wujiao as if asking for help, but Wujiao was also caught.
The two were taken to a small room. Xianglizhu looked at Wujiao with some disdain: "Didn't you just say that you could take me into the palace?"
Wu Jiao laughed dryly: "Didn't you come in now? I didn't break my promise, did I?"
Xianglizhu almost fainted from anger: "Does this count as entry? I want to see His Majesty to explain the problem of the exam questions. What does this count now?"
Wujiao comforted Xiangli Zhu and said, "Don't be impatient. I have asked someone to inform Mr. Fu Yao. We will be able to go out soon."
Xianglizhu sighed helplessly, then sat there in a daze.
A quarter of an hour later, Fu Yao's voice came from outside, and then the hut opened, and both Xiangli Zhu and Wu Jiao were brought out.
Xiangli Zhu looked up and found that not only Fu Yao but also Wei Yang were coming.
Wei Yang smiled slightly at Xiang Lizhu: "Are you too brave to even enter the palace?"
Xiangli Zhu sighed: "In the past, I always heard Huai Guzi and Li Xin boast about how they were doing in the palace. I thought that with this sign and Wu Jiao standing by to prove it, things would go smoothly. Now it seems , that’s not the case. I don’t know if it’s because Li Xin’s weight is too light or because Wu Jiao’s weight is too light.”
Wu Jiao said awkwardly: "Of course the slave is too light."
Wei Young didn't speak, just looked at Xiangli Zhu with a smile.
She simply didn't believe that Xiangli Zhu would be so reckless and break into the palace rashly.
Wei Yang and Xiang Li Zhu had met before at Shang Jun Courtyard. She knew that Xiangli Zhu was very smart, he seemed informal, but he was actually very thoughtful. So today...she probably expected that she would come to the rescue, so she chose the simplest way.
In fact, this is indeed the easiest way. Otherwise, why would a civilian girl see the emperor?
Weiyang saw through it without saying anything, and smiled slightly: "Are you going to tell my father that there are some problems in the imperial examination?"
Xiangli Zhu nodded: "Some questions were judged wrong. The candidates from Shangjun Courtyard were right."
When Fu Yao heard this, he immediately became elated and said to Wei Yang, "Sister, I have told you before, right? I am right, and my master is right."
Weiyang ignored Fu Yao and asked Xiang Lizhu with a smile: "Do you have evidence?"
Xianglizhu nodded.
Weiyang thought for a while and said, "Come with me."
Then, she led Xiang Lizhu towards Ying Zheng's study.
On the way, they went through several checkpoints. Xianglizhu was searched five or six times to prevent her from hiding sharp weapons and doing evil to His Majesty.
After waiting outside the study, Weiyang sent Wu Jiao to report.
Soon, Wujiao came back and said, "Your Majesty invites you."
Xiangli Zhu then followed Wei Young into the study.
In the study room. Chun Yuyue, Wang Wan and others have arrived. Only Li Shui is missing.
After Ying Zheng saw Xiangli Zhu, he was slightly startled and said in confusion: "Have I seen you before? You look familiar?"
Xiangli Zhu's expression did not change as he said, "My daughter is the sister of General Li Xin, and her surname is Li Mingzhu."
Li Xin looked helpless and thought: What does it have to do with me?
Ying Zheng said, "Li Zhu."
He looked at Xiangli Zhu up and down for a while, and suddenly said: "Li Xin has a sister? Why haven't I heard of it?"
Xiang Li's face didn't change his expression: "She's the adopted sister."
Li Xin thought with a speechless expression: "This reaction is really fast."
But Chun Yuyue couldn't help coughing.
Ying Zheng looked at Chunyu Yue for a while, and then suddenly said: "Last time I went to Shangjun Courtyard, I heard that Li Xin snatched a woman from Chunyu Yue's mansion. It seems to be you."
Xiangli Zhu was helpless. Why did Ying Zheng have such a good memory? I only met briefly a few months ago, but I can still recognize him now.
Li Xin helplessly lied to the side: "Yes... after snatching her away last time, I recognized her as my foster sister."
Ying Zheng added: "I remember that this woman lives in Shang Jun's Villa."
Xianglizhu said helplessly: "Yes, my daughter lives in Shangjun's villa."
Ying Zheng asked curiously: "Since you are Li Xin's adopted sister, why don't you live in the general's mansion?"
Xianglizhu could only go on: "Because Mrs. Li doesn't like me, so..."
Ying Zheng had a look of understanding on his face.
She is just Li Xin's adopted sister, why doesn't Mrs. Li like her? Obviously, this is not as simple as a foster sister.
Ying Zheng recalled that not long ago, the young eunuch reported to him that Li Xin went to Shang Jun's Courtyard when he had nothing to do.
It can be seen that Li Xin went to Shangjun Courtyard perhaps for his adopted sister.
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng shook his head and sighed in his heart: You people are so chaotic.
Fu Yao and Wei Yang, who knew the truth of the whole matter, looked at Xiang Lizhu and Li Xin, telling lies one lie after another, and finally turned themselves into adulterers, and they could not defend themselves. Suddenly he grinned.
Ying Zheng asked Xiang Lizhu: "Wu Jiao said, can you prove what the immortal said and that the human world is as round as a ball?"
Xianglizhu said: "Exactly. My daughter was in Shang Jun's courtyard, and she learned some skills in banishing immortals under the influence of her ears and eyes."
"Ever since I heard that the human world is as round as a ball, I have been thinking about it day and night and want to verify it. Unfortunately, the human world is too big. Such a huge ball, in the eyes of a small mortal, is just like flat ground."
"A few days ago, I couldn't sleep at night, so I went to sit in the courtyard. Occasionally I saw the Pleiades star in the sky. This star is in the north and is very low. So I thought, if the world is really round like a ball, what if I All the way south, the Pleiades will get lower and lower, and eventually disappear."
No one in the room spoke, thinking about Xiangli Zhu's words.
After a moment, Ying Zheng nodded: "So, you went to the south?"
Xianglizhu said: "Yes, the court lady and Wujiao, with some guards, rode fast horses, stayed day and night, observed and galloped, and after traveling thousands of miles, the height of Yingxiu was indeed extremely low, almost touching the ground. We have arrived in the human world. I remembered Xianyang, so I turned back instead of continuing southward. However, I believe that if I continue to go south, the Yingxiu star will disappear."
Xianglizhu said: "Everything I said is true, and Wujiao can prove it."
Wujiao nodded vigorously: "This slave can testify."
Weiyang looked at Xiangli Zhu not far away, and saw a look of exhaustion on her face, and couldn't help but admire her: "She is a weak woman, but she can run thousands of miles in order to verify a statement. This is the real woman who does not give way to women. "
