My Lord, your wife is spreading rumors about you again.

Chapter 62 Burning the Ancestral Hall
Ming Boyuan did not meet Ming Li in the study, but chose to meet him in the Ming family ancestral hall. The moment Ming Li entered the ancestral hall, Meng wisely retreated.

Ming Boyuan changed into a dark black gown embroidered with a dragon pattern. He closed his eyes, held a yellowed document in his hand, and lay in a rocking chair.

His expression now was completely different from the one he had just had in front of Wen. Ming Boyuan now had a calm face and a relaxed mood. He lay there swaying from side to side, with a kind look on his face.

"coming?"

Ming Li had never thought that he would meet such a Ming Boyuan. Was this the man who had risen from a common scholar to a powerful minister? Was this the man who could control the king of a country?
She called out calmly, "Father."

Hearing this, Ming Boyuan opened his eyes. He stared at Ming Li for a moment and said, "You have done a good job in recent days in Kyoto. You have overthrown the Mo family and removed the second prince's salt transport power. But in today's Kyoto case, you openly opposed the second prince and stood on the side of the crown prince. You were careless."

Mingli frowned. What does this mean?

Ming Boyuan only said carelessly about her actions in the Kyoto government office? Mo Zhao and he were both disciples of the Second Prince, and the power of salt transportation was of great importance, but Ming Boyuan actually said that she did a good job?
Could it be that the relationship between my sister and Ming Boyuan is not as simple as I imagined? But if that is the case, my sister never mentioned it in her many letters. No, my sister only said in the letter that my father was not happy, and did not mention anything else.

If there was some hidden story between father and daughter, how could Shancha, who has been following her sister for so many years, not notice anything?

Ming Boyuan did not notice anything unusual about Mingli. He stood up with the help of the armrest of the rocking chair. Mingli could see the layers of white hair on his temples.

He smiled approvingly at Ming Li and said, "But it doesn't matter. Your achievements in the past few days have made up for your mistakes. It's been three years, and your father has not waited in vain. I thought you agreed to marry into the Zhou family to evade responsibility, but I didn't expect that it was a result of your hard work." Ming Boyuan handed over the document in his hand, "Your Majesty, the selection is coming soon, you must trample Queen Lin and Imperial Concubine Yun under your feet. Remember, you are my eldest daughter and the child who is most like me. I have seen your forbearance for many years. Whether the Ming family can reach the top depends half on me and the other half on you."

Mingli's doubts grew deeper. After hearing these words, why did he feel that his sister was... a counselor under Ming Boyuan?

Seeing that Mingli did not answer for a long time, Ming Boyuan was not angry. He reached out and pointed at the document in Mingli's hand.

"I have also heard about what happened the day you returned home from the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion. Since you want to get back the Wen family's dowry and private property, it is no problem for you to give it to me. Every item is in the document, and you can check it yourself when you have time. It will also be beneficial for you to bring these things into the palace. Money is needed everywhere in the palace. If there is any inconvenience, please feel free to write to me, your father..."

"Father."

Ming Li interrupted Ming Boyuan's words. She raised her eyes and said in a sonorous voice, "I don't want to enter the palace."

As the last word fell, Ming Boyuan's face became gloomy. He raised his hand and slapped Ming Li in the face.

The next moment, Mingli did not back down. He lowered his eyes, gritted his teeth, and struck back with a palm.

In order to participate in the archery competition, she had been throwing discus in her hands every day, which had trained her strength. However, Ming Boyuan was a scholar, and his hands were not very strong when he was writing.

"You dare to hit your biological father?!"

Ming Boyuan looked at his daughter in front of him in horror. He never expected that Ming Li would slap him without hesitation.

Mingli glanced at him indifferently and sneered, "Father, do you still think I am the same as before, and I can let you beat and scold me?"

Ming Boyuan was stunned by these words. Three years can indeed completely change a person.

There is no other daughter in the Ming family who can replace Ming Li and enter the palace. If he wants to completely destroy the Shen royal family, he must have someone in the harem. For the sake of the great cause of eternity, what can he not tolerate?

"That's all."

After a while, Ming Boyuan uttered these two words silently. He sat back in the rocking chair with a dark face, "I can pretend that I didn't hear anything you said just now. But you must enter this palace. As early as when I returned to Beijing, your name had been reported to the Imperial Household Department and submitted to the Chuxiu Palace. It cannot be changed."

"I don't want to say the same thing again. Everything else is negotiable, but I don't want to enter the palace."

There was a faint smile on Mingli's lips, but his words were firm and could not be changed.

This completely annoyed Ming Boyuan. He changed his fatherly appearance and became extremely mean, like a giant beast that was angry out of shame. "Ming Li, don't forget that you are a daughter of the Ming family. You are a member of the Ming family in life, and even in death, you will be a ghost of the Ming family!"

Ming Boyuan stared at Ming Li and said word by word, "You will never be able to sever the bloodline of the Ming family in your life. If you get into trouble outside, I will protect you. But when the Ming family needs you, you must not fear life or death, and sacrifice yourself, even your life, for the future of the Ming family!"

"Didn't you hear what I said, father?" Mingli stopped smiling and said in a sharp voice, "If you insist on doing this, then why don't you put on women's clothes, castrate yourself, and climb onto the dragon bed to serve the king yourself!"

Ming Boyuan pointed at the ancestral tablets on the altar and said angrily, "Do you dare to say that again to the tablets of our ancestors? You knelt down here and swore an oath. Have you forgotten it?"

"Heh." Ming Li glanced at the wooden plaques and took out a fire starter from his pocket. Ming Boyuan's eyes widened, "You, what are you going to do!"

"Didn't my father tell me that I swore an oath here? Then I'll just burn it and let those damn oaths and my ancestors be annihilated and turned into dust!"

Mingli threw it forward, and the flames suddenly rose up, roaring and sweeping. A slightly crazy smile hung on Mingli's face.

The ancestral hall was made entirely of wood and cloth curtains, and a single spark would ignite a raging fire. Ming Li looked at Ming Boyuan and said with a smile, "Father, next time, don't force me again."

After saying that, Mingli turned and left. The moment she turned around, the corners of her mouth raised, revealing a cheerful smile.

"Mad man! Mad man! How could you become so crazy?!" Ming Boyuan shouted frantically: "Someone! Someone! Someone, come and put out the fire!"

Aunt Wang and Ming'an had been standing in the corridor not far away. They watched the flames gradually engulf the ancestral hall, watched the arsonist Mingli walk out calmly, and watched groups of servants and maids rush to put out the fire.

"Is this person crazy?" Aunt Wang shook her head in fear. "Fortunately, we didn't surrender to Mingli at the beginning. She was too bold and reckless. She dared to challenge the Prime Minister like this before she was fully grown. I think it won't last long."

"But my daughter doesn't think so." Ming'an withdrew his gaze until he could no longer see Mingli.

Aunt Wang frowned: "What do you mean?"

"My daughter feels that the second sister is definitely not an ordinary person. One day she will fly out of the Xiangfu and go to a wider world. Mother, I want to join the second sister."

(End of this chapter)