The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1175 Testimony

Sheng Yuan stared in amazement at the confrontation between Princess Hongan and Concubine Cen. For the first time, he realized that talking to oneself could actually produce a verbal sparring effect!

Suddenly, my studious instinct began to stir.

  If she hadn't brought pen and ink, she would have wanted to take notes on the spot!

Tsk tsk tsk, not to mention anything else, just the concentration to not be disturbed by others is enough for her to learn.

If it were her, she would have to use physical means to interfere with the other party by now. How could she be like these two, who were talking so hard that smoke was coming out of their mouths, yet were still able to deal with each other peacefully!

Sheng Yuan, who was increasingly impressed, no longer cared about what they said. She was more focused on observing their expressions, complexion, eyes, speaking speed, body language, etc., hoping to get more inspiration from them.

Just as she was thinking about what she had gained, An Suiyun nudged her arm with his elbow.

"Wenzhen! Tell me, with the abilities of Grand Princess Hong'an and Concubine Cen, can we still get back the old accounts from them?"

When Sheng Yuan turned his head, he saw his own minister sighing with a worried look on his face. Suddenly, a row of capital question marks appeared in front of his eyes.

No, what's the matter with this old debt? Don't you know the difference?

  At this time, you are still thinking about asking for the loan? !

Perhaps the doubt in Sheng Yuan's eyes was too obvious, An Suiyun glanced at her unhappily: "You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you run a household! The Ministry of Revenue doesn't have much surplus grain! Before I played this card, I naturally didn't care, but who told you to come up with such an idea! The money they owe is in my account book, and I will be hurt even if I lose a little bit!"

An Suiyun was so frank about his reputation as a stingy person that Sheng Yuan was speechless.

Since she had nothing to say, she naturally ignored the content that the other party mentioned that was related to her.

Seeing that Sheng Yuan was planning to play dumb, An Suiyun felt frustrated and could only sigh helplessly.

  Poor Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, all the people under him are wasteful!

Without him in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, the national treasury would not be able to survive!

……

Sheng Yuan heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that her minister did not chase her for advice.

Haha, don't meddle in matters that are not your business. As a minister, she doesn't need to worry about the worries of a minister.

If she has the time, why not learn how to act dumb from Grand Princess Hong An and how to be strategically deaf from Concubine Cen? !

  It is always better to have many skills than to follow Mr. An and become a shrewd person!

Thinking of this, Sheng Yuan decided to calm down and continue her on-site learning.

But when she looked over expectantly, her sister picked up the paperweight and slammed it heavily on the table!

"That's enough! You two, one is a distinguished and illustrious Grand Princess who has served three dynasties; the other is a Grand Imperial Consort who has been praised by three generations of emperors and respected by the royal family. You should be reserved and self-respecting! Why are you behaving like this in front of all the ministers?!"

Sheng Ran's loud shout not only interrupted the confrontation between Princess Hong'an and Concubine Cen, but also frightened the ministers who were concentrating on watching the show.

Sheng Yuan was not frightened, but she knew her sister better than her younger sister. Although she did not know her sister's thoughts, she could hear the impatience in her sister's words. Soon, it was proved that she was right.

"Empress, the old woman has more evidence!" Concubine Cen reacted a little faster than Princess Hong'an. As soon as Sheng Ran finished scolding, she immediately changed the subject and pulled out another booklet from her sleeve.

"This booklet records the number and time of Yongping's births. It not only verifies the interval, frequency, and location of her births, but also contains information about the midwife, the female doctor present, the maids, and others."

This time, Concubine Cen handed the booklet to the eunuch and asked him to give it to Sheng Ran for a closer look.

Sheng Ran glanced at Princess Hong'an's expression and signaled the eunuch to turn it over to her.

Concubine Cen ignored Sheng Ran's caution and repeated the contents of the book in a deep voice: "...The old woman discovered that, except for the two born to Princess Yongping and Wen Shiyan, the rest were all the result of casual relationships. Although she had several legitimate princes-in-law later, none of them gave birth to children.

Feeling strange, the old woman ordered people to check one by one the people who delivered Princess Yongping. After taking a look, she felt something was wrong, so she went to look for Yang, the midwife employed by the Imperial Medical Bureau who was under the control of Princess Yongping.

Later, the old woman learned from her that the several births of Princess Yongping during the Yanping years were all delivered by Princess Yongping's trusted nanny named Azhi, but the birth records were written with Yang's name, so that there was an official seal as proof, so that it could be recorded in the royal family genealogy!"

"Ms. Cen, what do you mean? Are you trying to say that Yongping's birth was fake?!" Princess Hong'an suddenly felt uneasy and couldn't help but scold her again.

If she had not heard Azhi's name, Princess Hong'an would not have thought much about it; but when she heard this person in person, she could not help but think of those grandchildren who looked nothing like her daughter.

Although she couldn't understand why her daughter had to lie about her offspring, she couldn't help but feel uneasy when she thought of the faces of her grandchildren that didn't fit in.

The weaker she felt, the more she couldn't stand Concubine Cen's accusations.

But her rash interruption failed to stop Concubine Cen from speaking, and made Sheng Ran unhappy.

"Grand Princess Hong'an, you need to give Concubine Cen some time to speak!"

Sheng Ran's words sounded polite, but Princess Hong'an was frightened by her cold gaze and immediately pursed her lips and remained silent.

Seeing this, Concubine Cen sneered coldly and continued, "After the old woman took Yang's family away from Princess Yongping's secret villa, she learned from Yang that she, a court-approved midwife from the Medical Bureau, was detained by Yongping and became her exclusive midwife. Not only that, but the whole family was also monitored by her and could not move freely!

  The old woman was puzzled. What law of the Chu State allowed this? If there was nothing to be kept secret, there were so many midwives available in the official medical office in Kyoto. Why did Princess Yongping choose this one? Was she a skilled midwife? Or did she have some tricks? Even if Princess Yongping liked her, there was no need to detain her, right?

Although Yang was a midwife, she had official certification and represented the court! She was not a slave kept by Princess Yongping!

Even if Yongping is a princess or a noble lady, there is no law that allows princesses and noble ladies to arbitrarily detain civilians or use court officials and servants as domestic slaves!"

"Empress!" Grand Princess Hong'an seized the moment when Concubine Cen paused and hurriedly asked Sheng Ran to make the decision. "Yongping and I cannot accept Concubine Cen's accusation. Moreover, this accusation is too much. If Concubine Cen insists on accusing us, please ask her to produce solid evidence! Yongping and I cannot prove ourselves just because someone accuses us! Otherwise, I am afraid that someone will come out and frame Yongping and me at will, and we will have no choice but to prove ourselves!"

"Queen! Here, I have another certificate!"

Concubine Cen ignored Princess Hong'an and took out another booklet and handed it to the eunuch.