Qin Yining couldn't help but laugh.
If it were left in the past, although Pang Xiao was highly popular among the people and respected by the people, he always had a sense of superiority, and he was not as close to the lives of the people as he is now.
The current scene is exactly what Qin Yining wanted.
It is sometimes very simple to reverse the trend of public opinion and make a person who still has a sense of distance become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
It can be seen that it is man-made.
Qin Yining was curious about what was going on outside, but since she was going to pretend to be someone whose whole family had died, it was not fun to wear a heavy filial piety, and she couldn't go out to hang out in a big way, so she had to go quietly in disguise.
After listening to a few books, Qin Yining's blood boiled. Those things that were obviously not there were made by the storyteller so reasonable that even she almost believed them. What the storyteller said with his thin lips was the battle on the battlefield and the struggle for power, which was much more exciting than what the people who were in it had experienced.
By the beginning of February, even the women in the deep house in the capital knew about the book of Pang Xiaozhiping Nanyan, and Yuchi Yanen's image of a mean villain who wanted to take revenge became more and more ingrained, even the old woman who got together to bask in the sun would sneer when she mentioned this person. Shaking his head in contempt.
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In the garden of the Nanwang Mansion in Yuci Town, the capital, Yuchi Yan stood with a sullen face and hands behind his back. His gray hair was tied into a bun, and the newly made silk shirt on his body seemed to be a little wider. on a bamboo pole.
The two older daughters-in-law knelt in front of him shaking like chaff.
"What did you just say? Huh?"
"King, lord, slave, slave or slave..."
"Say!"
Yuchiyan let out a roar, causing the two maids to sob and kowtow.
"I don't know, slave, slave, when I was out shopping, I heard someone talking about a book next to a small tea stall at the market, just, just..."
"Presumptuous! How can you really believe the nonsense of the muddy legs outside?"
"The slaves don't believe it, the slaves absolutely don't believe it!"
The servants kowtowed again and again.
Yuchiyan clenched her fists tightly, her forehead was full of blue veins, trembling all over her body, she gritted her teeth and said, "Someone!"
"My lord."
The head of the royal palace came forward to salute.
Yuchiyan pointed at the two women and said ruthlessly, "Slap their mouths! Hit me! Hit me hard!"
In charge, he waved his hands to the servants behind him.
The servant immediately stepped forward, held the two servants on the shoulders, and took a bamboo board and held it in his hand.
The two servants and women were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they repeatedly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "My lord, the servants will not dare!"
"Your Majesty, spare your life, these are not what the slaves said, it's outside, it's being spread like this outside..."
It's good not to say this. When he heard "It's spreading like this outside", Yuchiyan's eyes were red, and he shouted: "Hit!"
The servant immediately responded, raised his arm, and slammed the bamboo piece down, only to hear the sound of "slap" and "slap", the two servants were beaten and could not let out the wailing sound, but after two or three times, the face became high. Tall swollen.
Yuchi Yan clenched his teeth and clenched his jaw, staring at the two servant girls.
The two servants who were tortured each beat a dozen times, watching the two servants and women shed tears, their cheeks were swollen like balls, and there were dark purple marks on them, I'm afraid they would smash their faces if they were beaten again. , he couldn't help but slow down the movements of his hands, and hesitantly peeked at the head of the palace.
The manager was also a little hesitant, "Your Highness, you..."
"Continue to fight! Did this king tell you to stop! Are you all unwilling to listen to this king's orders?"
"Small dare not!"
The two little servants were shocked and pale, and hurriedly moved again.
He hesitated to speak, and lowered his head, unable to bear to look any further.
However, Yuchi Yan stared at the two maids who had been beaten and vomited blood. Seeing that the blood they vomited had their teeth mixed in, their faces were swollen and bruised beyond recognition, and the repressed qi in her heart seemed to have an outlet .
He can't control the nonsense of those people outside, so can't he control the people at home
Just when Yuchiyan stared at the two servants, obviously wanting to watch the servants beat them to death, Gu Shixiong came over with the help of the two servants.
"Stop." The old man's voice trembled, coughing occasionally.
The two servants who were executed heard the sound of amnesty, and immediately stopped.
Yuchi Yan was in a good mood, but was suddenly interrupted, and suddenly turned to look at Gu Shixiong.
"My lord, these two servants are talking nonsense, and the punishment is deserved. They must have been taught a lesson, and they won't do it again." Gu Shixiong cupped his hands and said, "I also ask the lord to open the door and leave them a way out."
Yuchi Yan pursed her lips tightly, but the gentle eyes that used to be gentle in the past have now faded away.
"They are the servants of the palace. If they do such things, the king will punish them!"
"What the lord said is." Gu Shixiong sighed, "It's just that the lord is always kind, you..."
"Benevolence?" Yuchiyan raised her chin and sneered at the cloudy sky, "What's the use of kindness?"
Seeing that he was about to say something in his heart that could not be heard, Gu Shixiong quickly waved his hand to the master.
The supervisor immediately understood, and ordered the two fainted daughters-in-law to be carried out, and the servant also quietly stepped back.
In the blink of an eye, only Yuchiyan and Gu Shixiong were left in the garden.
"My lord, this old man knows the anguish in your heart, but you have to think about it in the long run. You can't throw away your greatest strengths for these things."
"Advantages? What other advantages does this king have? Are you talking about being soft-hearted and kind? Ha! It's ridiculous!" Yuchiyan raised her head and laughed, her eyes gradually turning red, Gu Shixiong's words of persuasion seemed to hit the most hidden in his heart. I don't want to be embarrassed to see.
"This king is soft-hearted and kind, and it is the representative of weakness! Look at what people outside say about this king? Despicable villains, ungrateful! This king is the king of subjugation, a useless coward! They call this king a For a bastard who licks his shoes and steals his life, no one knows the pain of this king!"
"My lord! Be careful!"
Gu Shixiong hurriedly stopped it, for fear that Yuchiyan would continue to say something outrageous.
This is the capital, under Li Qitian's eyelids. As long as Li Qitian thinks about it, Li Qitian may know what kind of underwear Yuchiyan is wearing! They have been misunderstood by the people of Nanyan and lost their hearts. They fled back to the capital after being attacked by Pang Xiao.
But seeing Yuchiyan as if going crazy, Gu Shixiong only felt powerless.
Yuchiyan is still the same, not good at politics, and now he is almost crazy, even forgetting the patience and forbearance in the past.
Yuchiyan clenched her fists tightly, panting heavily, her teeth clenched.
Looking at Yuchiyan like this, the thoughts that had long been lingering in Gu Shixiong's letter became clear again.
He is old. In order to restore the country, he has paid enough. Except for his old life, his family, and his future, he took everything into it.
But things are still the way they are now.
Maybe he should let go.
"My lord, you are probably tired. It's better to have a good rest. As for the storytellers outside who started talking about Pang Zhixi, it must be someone behind the scenes, or even Pang Zhixi himself is establishing a positive image for himself. Facing opponents slander, you don't need to be so angry, let's think of something to fight back."
"Counterattack? How to fightback?" Yuchiyan was stunned for a moment, then asked eagerly.
If you don't know how to use your brain when you encounter something, ask him first. Being so dependent makes Gu Shixiong smile bitterly.
"Think about it again."
"Think about it again? Just thinking about this king's reputation was trampled underfoot!"
Does he have any good reputation now
Gu Shixiong sighed inwardly, shook his head, only said that he would go back and think about it, and then retired and left the palace.
Yuchiyan couldn't find a solution to the problem, she was angry when she remembered that the two maids were talking behind his back, and that night she ordered the two maids to be thrown out of the palace, and no one was allowed to save them.
The next day, news spread that two bodies were found in front of the Zhennan Palace.
Bingtang frowned and said to Qin Yining: "This is too cruel, I heard that the faces of the two servants were horribly swollen, all the teeth were knocked out, and one cheekbone was broken, that's all. They were thrown out when they had a high fever. The weather was freezing, but the water was freezing. The two of them were thrown on the cold ground and died overnight... "
Ji Yunting was filled with righteous indignation, "It's really a waste of life! There is a reason for punishing the servant, either punish or sell it. Although it is not that there is no such lynching, but it is not so blatant. Is King Zhennan disregarding his face?"
Qin Yining sighed and said, "He must be in a hurry."
With Yuchiyan's temper, it is not unusual to do such a thing. Qin Yining didn't know what to think about the kind-hearted people who used to be like this now. Anyway, they were on the opposite side and they all wanted to get the treasure, so they would never be able to look back.
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Daxing Farm.
Hu Zi said brightly: "My lord, there are people all over the capital praising you now, and even a three-year-old knows your deeds! Hey! The princess is really amazing! In just a short period of time, your voice among the people has become It's become so high! Why didn't we think of such a method before?"
Pang Xiao said with a smile, "In the past, she needed to keep a low profile, but now she has become a high profile."
Hu Zi asked, "My lord, can we enter the city?"
"Yeah." Pang Xiao stood up, stretched out his stiff muscles and bones, and said, "Go on. Prepare the carriage and set off immediately."
Pang Xiao led two dozen Jinghus and two advisors, Xie and Xu, and rushed to the capital, twice as fast as Qin Yining at that time.
But when he arrived at the city gate, Pang Xiao ordered to set up camp and not enter the city gate.
On the main road in front of the city gate, there were many people, carriages and horses coming and going. The camp with several tents that Pang Xiao's team of more than 20 people had set up not far away was extremely prominent, especially when the camp was still on the ground. A flag was planted brightly, with the word "Pang" written in a neat clerical body.
Anyone who is literate among the people who come and go will know that it is the team of Prince Zhongshun who came to the outside of the city.
Soon, news spread that Prince Zhongshun returned to Beijing but did not enter the city.