"Father! Emperor!"
"Well, then Ming'er, tell me, how could he commit suicide?"
"Rather than being imprisoned in the Grandmaster's Mansion for life, it is better to commit suicide and be free!"
"Nonsense!" Dugu Qian said, "You leaked the news, didn't you? I'm having someone investigate. We'll find out whether he's innocent or not!"
"How do we investigate?" Dugu Shuming said loudly, "Father, how do you say we investigate? The Ziyang Sect member is already dead, and there is no evidence. How can we investigate?"
Lu Zhang took two steps back quietly, trying his best to reduce his presence.
Dugu Qian said: "I will never wrongly accuse him! ... Humph, did he commit suicide out of fear of punishment?"
"Father—Emperor—!" Dugu Shuming's face turned red with anger, and he shouted: "If he was afraid of the crime, why didn't he just resist in the first place!"
"What a nonsense!" Dugu Qian shook his head and said, "You commit suicide after suffering such a small injustice? You are too petty!"
"Father, you don't say you are suspicious and wrongly accuse good people, but you blame him for being narrow-minded? He saved my mother and my fifteenth brother, but you treated him like this. You repay kindness with hatred to such an extent, and you still blame him for being narrow-minded!"
“How dare you!” Dugu Qian slammed the dragon table and said, “Dugu Shuming, who gave you the courage?!”
"You are so presumptuous just because I told the truth? Father, you can't stand a word from me, and you still think he is narrow-minded?!" Dugu Shuming said loudly, not wanting to be outdone: "You are not narrow-minded?!"
Dugu Qian's face flushed red, and he slammed the dragon table with a roar: "Asshole!"
"Crash!" The dragon desk broke into pieces and the memorials were scattered all over the floor.
Lu Zhang shuddered.
Dugu Qian roared and pointed outside the hall: "Get out!"
"I'm not going away. I haven't finished talking yet!"
"Shut up, I don't want to hear a word!"
"Then I want to say it too!" Dugu Shuming puffed out his chest and slender neck, and said loudly: "Father, are you getting old and confused? Why did that guy commit suicide? Obviously there was something fishy, ​​but you turned a blind eye and insisted on imprisoning Li Chengkong. Why? Is it because Li Chengkong saved my mother and made you angry, so you intend to punish him!"
"Asshole, he saved Yu'er, why am I angry?"
"Because you don't want mother to live, you wish she would die soon!"
"Evil creature!" Dugu Qian's face turned purple, and he stepped forward and slapped Dugu Shuming.
"Pah!" A bloody handprint suddenly appeared on the extremely beautiful jade face, and it expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Dugu Shuming covered his face and stared at him coldly: "I was right, wasn't I? Father, you really have a cruel heart!"
"If you don't shut up, you'll never speak again!" Dugu Qian's face turned pale and he stared at him coldly.
Dugu Shuming snorted, "I want to take Li Chengkong back and bury him myself!"
Dugu Qian sneered: "In your eyes, a small eunuch is more important than me!"
"He saved my mother and my fifteenth brother!" Dugu Shuming glared at Lu Zhang: "Why don't you write an edict?!"
Lu Zhang looked at Dugu Qian.
Dugu Qian gritted his teeth and said, "Give her the order, and let her bury Li Chengkong's body!"
"Your Majesty, this..." Lu Zhang hesitated: "All eunuchs must be buried in the Xishan Cemetery after death..."
"I will find another Feng Shui treasure land to bury him!" Dugu Shuming snorted: "Why, Lu Zhang, you don't allow it?"
"Let her be!" Dugu Qian said coldly.
"Yes." Lu Zhang had no choice but to go back to his desk, quickly write the imperial edict, and present it to Dugu Qian with both hands.
Dugu Qian glanced and waved his hand.
Lu Zhang presented it to Dugu Shuming with both hands.
Dugu Shuming took it, looked at it, put it into her sleeve with satisfaction, hummed "Father, your daughter will take her leave", clasped her fists, turned around and left.
Dugu Qian stared at her back until she left Guangming Palace, gritting his teeth and saying, "Pass the decree, Princess Qingming is not allowed to leave the Princess Palace for half a year!"
"Yes!" Lu Zhang responded in a low voice.
He sighed to himself.
Princess Qingming is so bold. She is simply courting death. She dares to say and curse anything.
Even though she had offended the emperor so much, she was only sentenced to house arrest for half a year. The emperor was really too lenient towards her.
Other princesses were granted fiefs and farms, but she only had a princess mansion. It was obvious that the emperor did not like her.
But he was very tolerant of her and she was rarely punished even if she offended the emperor.
"This Li Chengkong, go check what's going on?" Dugu Qian tried his best to calm down his anger and said, "He has a very bad temper!"
"Yes." Lu Zhang waved his hand, and the palace maid not far away hurriedly brought the teacup, which he handed to Dugu Qian with both hands.
Dugu Qian took it and shook the teacup gently in his hand.
Seeing how angry he was, Lu Zhang became even more cautious and said softly, "Your Majesty, Li Chengkong is a master at a young age after all, and he is proud and arrogant, and will not tolerate injustice."
Dugu Qian took a sip of tea, his breathing gradually calmed down, and he shook his head: "I originally wanted to temper his temper, but now it turns out... he is useless!"
"Your Majesty, he is not blessed enough." Lu Zhang said.
…
Dugu Shuming came to the Grandmaster's Mansion.
Six old men were surrounding Li Chengkong. When they saw Dugu Shuming, one of them, with white eyebrows drooping down to his cheeks, said solemnly, "Princess, did Li Chengkong really commit suicide?"
"Yes." Dugu Shuming handed him the imperial edict: "Master Yan, this is the imperial edict. I want to take Li Chengkong away."
“Your Highness.” The white-browed old man Yan Kuan shook his head and said, “Li Chengkong may not be dead. He cannot leave the Grandmaster’s Mansion for the time being.”
"Master Yan, do you want to disobey my order?" Dugu Shuming's heart sank and his face became even gloomier.
She had used a magical medicine on the way here, and her face, which was originally swollen to half its height, had now subsided, leaving only a faint red mark.
"I dare not disobey the order, but the imperial edict says to take away Li Chengkong's body. If Li Chengkong is not dead, then it is naturally not a body."
"You have been watching him for a while. Do you think he is alive and not dead?"
"Although he is dead, there are some strange martial arts in the world that can put a person into a state of suspended animation."
"Master Yan!" Dugu Shuming stared at him coldly: "Do you think Li Chengkong performed some kind of miraculous feat to fake his death?"
"We have to be on guard." Yan Kuan said slowly.
"Then what are you going to do?" Dugu Shuming sneered, "Are you going to keep his body for a hundred days and wait for it to rot before carrying it out?"
When one reaches the Grandmaster level, the body undergoes fundamental changes, resulting in a long lifespan and incorruptibility.
After the master's death, his body will not decay within a hundred days and will remain lifelike.
The more advanced the master's cultivation is, the longer his body will remain intact. There are even masters whose bodies last a year without decaying.
"No need." Yan Kuan shook his head and said, "Break his heart. Even if he fakes his death, it will become real death."
As he said this, he stared at Dugu Shuming, trying to see her subtle expressions.
Dugu Shuming frowned and said, "After he died, you still want to degrade his body like this? How cruel!"
She felt awed in her heart and cursed him for being treacherous.
As expected, the older you get, the wiser it gets. Yan Kuan's move was too ruthless, hitting him directly in the three inches. If they really destroyed his heart, Li Chengkong would not be able to come back alive even with the Nine-Turn Flying Immortal Technique!
They can't be allowed to do this anyway.
"Your Highness Princess, you can understand, right?" Yan Kuan said, "After you start, obey the imperial decree!"
Dugu Shuming flashed to Li Chengkong's side, picked him up by his back, and said coldly: "Let's see which of you dares to make a move!"
Yan Kuan raised his eyebrows and said slowly: "Your Highness, if he is dead, he is dead. His soul has already been scattered. Why is Your Highness so persistent? Do it!"
He waved his hand.
Two white-bearded old men floated behind her and were about to attack Li Chengkong.
"You dare!" Dugu Shuming shouted angrily, turned around and faced the palms of the two white-bearded old men. He did not resist and met them with his chest.
The two old men with white beards could only stop abruptly.
With a "pop" sound, it was as if a ball exploded inside Li Chengkong's body. The sound was dull but crisp.
Yan Kuan was already standing behind Dugu Shuming. He slowly withdrew his palm and said calmly, " Your Highness , I'm sorry!"
Dugu Shuming was furious and stared at him: "Okay, okay, Yan Kuan, I'll remember it!"
She turned around and left with Li Chengkong on her back.
"Goodbye, Your Highness." Yan Kuan bowed.
As the lord of the Grandmaster's Mansion, he was directly responsible to the Emperor and did not need to care about the expressions of the princesses and princes.