Can't a princess ascend the throne?

Chapter 7 He is my biological father

Ying Jiuque blinked and nodded.

"There's no need for that. We're both working for His Majesty, so let's encourage each other."

At this moment, Xie Mingchen also spoke out about his observations with a serious expression.

"Yu Zhuangyuan died of poisoning."

Not only that, Xie Mingchen also found a blood-stained morning glory flower in Yu Lang's clothes. However, after looking at it, it was just an ordinary morning glory flower. Although it was a bit early in the season, it was still possible to find one if you looked carefully.

Ying Jiuque sighed; things were indeed not that simple. Remembering Xin Tanhua, who was still imprisoned, Ying Jiuque made a hand gesture.

"Perhaps that person knows some inside information."

Xin Tanhua was initially indignant, but upon hearing the news of the top scholar's death, he burst into laughter three times, eager to see the remains of the deceased with his own eyes, for upon seeing them, something was clearly amiss.

Ying Jiuque and Chunyu Shuang exchanged a glance, then silently made their agreement.

"You and Scholar Yu are very close?"

"good?"

Xin Tanhua stopped laughing and spat viciously on the ground.

"Pah! That bastard! I wish I had absolutely nothing to do with him! Who would want to be on good terms with him!"

"You seem quite excited? Speaking of which, I suddenly realized that you look a bit like that top scholar? Maybe it's your eyebrows and eyes..."

Xin Tanhua was a man who had fought his way up from among thousands of scholars. Even if he had acted a little too excessively due to a moment of anger, he had already recovered. He calmly glanced at the newly appointed county princess in front of him and, without any hesitation, revealed his relationship with Yu Zhuangyuan.

"That Yu Lang is my biological father!"

hiss--

Ying Jiuque felt a slight pain in her gums. Good heavens, so this third-ranked scholar's brave act was actually to stab his own father? She was guilty; her thoughts were too impure. She thought someone dared to do something... cough cough... something else in the solemn palace.

"I wonder what deep-seated grudge you two have that would lead you to resort to such extreme measures to resolve this?"

While I admire this brave man, in this era, to lay a hand on one's own father is to be condemned by everyone! Especially since the third-ranked scholar is a scholar, one must know that in this world, the words of a scholar are like sharp knives. If outsiders find out, no matter how great the reason, one will be attacked.

She'd probably given up entirely. Xin Nan straightened her clothes and slowly recounted her past.

"That Yu Lang used to be nothing more than a penniless man. Relying on his education and decent looks, he used sweet words to deceive my mother and get me pregnant. After that scoundrel swindled all of my mother's wealth, he ran away. My mother waited for him for twenty years! If it weren't for my passing the imperial examination today, I would have thought he was long dead in some remote mountain forest! But it's not too late now, since he's dead after all!"

“Princess Ying, let me tell you, you don’t need to investigate any further. Just consider it retribution, don’t you? I think there are many people in the court waiting to see you make a fool of yourself, and some are even ready to trip you up. If you don’t want to be condemned by everyone, you should stop as soon as possible.” Although this young scholar was quite handsome, Ying Jiuque didn’t like to hear this. She carefully examined Xin Nan for a while, and suddenly laughed out loud as his expression gradually darkened.

"It seems that Scholar Xin knows something we don't, otherwise he wouldn't be obstructing my investigation like this. Or are you deliberately protecting someone? If not, you're deliberately trying to mislead us. I must say, Scholar Xin probably doesn't know me very well. I'm a stubborn person. If you hadn't said anything, it would have been fine, but now you've rattled off a whole bunch of things. How am I supposed to let this go?"

Xin Tanhua looked as if someone had stepped on her foot, her face suddenly turning terribly gloomy. Ying Jiuque, however, did not notice at all, or rather, she did not care about the other party's expression.

She never wanted to live anyway; people are afraid of losing their will to live. If you don't want to live, what's there to be afraid of?! She's indifferent to life and death; if you're not convinced, then fight! Anyway, she's just a worthless life; if she dies, she dies, what's there to be afraid of!
I initially thought this young scholar was different from those rule-abiding officials, but I never expected that she would try to make me back down in this way.

[Tsk tsk tsk, the old emperor was the best. At least in his eyes, men and women were all just donkeys under his command. We're all cattle and horses, what's so special about you that you have to act superior? Men, no matter how well they hide it, still have that disdain for women.]

Hidden in the forbidden room, Emperor Jingtai managed a strained smile. Mainly, he wasn't sure whether to laugh or be angry. Did this sound like he was praising himself? Unsure, he listened again.

The tall figure standing in the corner silently watched Emperor Jingtai's intrigued back, not quite understanding why the Emperor was so interested in this matter. He could have easily handed the case over to the Ministry of Justice or the Court of Judicial Review, yet he had chosen to give it to an unmarried woman. Leaving aside the indignant ministers, even he found it hard to comprehend.

At this moment, Jiu Fu, who was standing next to Emperor Jingtai, turned his body slightly to the side and gave him a disapproving look. The dark figure immediately fell silent.

Xin Nan hadn't expected Ying Jiu Que to be such a troublesome person, and fell silent.

Seeing the other party's uncooperative attitude, Ying Jiuque sighed.

"Very well, it seems I'm not the kind of person who can find the real culprit. I can only let Scholar Yu continue to enjoy the title of Scholar. I guess he'll have to be listed separately in the family genealogy, after all, he's someone who brought glory to his ancestors by becoming the top scholar!"

"you dare?!"

The Nine Palaces rejoiced.

"What do I have to be afraid of? Scholar Yu didn't make things difficult for me. I don't even know him, so there's no need to get involved. It's embarrassing to not be able to find out, but admitting my failure doesn't seem like a difficult thing."

Shrugging, Xin Nan admitted that Ying Jiuque's gesture was unbecoming of a lady from a respectable family, but precisely because of this, she wasn't sure if the other woman would really do it. If she had to watch Yu Lang return home in glory, she'd rather die! That kind of scoundrel didn't deserve to live!

Looking at the three people before him, Ying Jiuque was obvious; despite her frail and beautiful appearance, her shamelessness was evident in her words. Chunyu Shuang, the clerk of the Ministry of Justice, was even more so. As one of the few female officials in the court, she was always cautious and composed, and her slight concession to Ying Jiuque clearly indicated that she was in charge. The only man among the three was a useless student who had received special favors! And after being here for so long, he hadn't uttered a single word, ultimately listening to Ying Jiuque in the end.
Her face flushed red and blue, like a dye vat, and Xin Nan tried to speak several times, but each time she backed down. Seeing Ying Jiu Que about to turn and leave, Xin Nan stared at her retreating figure for a long time, until she was almost out of sight, but she couldn't hold back any longer.

"Wait! I, I'll talk!"

Ying Jiuque stopped and sighed sincerely.

Why didn't you do this earlier? This is exhausting; I'm sweating buckets.

"Yu Lang does not have a legal wife on the surface, but he has a private residence in Tonghua Lane..."

(End of this chapter)