activa-t Chapter 260 Everything seems like a dream
Chapter 260 Everything seems like a dream
Tian Shang was filled with suspicion. How had the fake princess gotten in touch with Liu Huinian? Could it be related to the teacher's closed disciple?
The young man seemed to feel Tian Shang's gaze on him, and he gently raised his head to look at Tian Shang. His smile was warm, but it was like a bright firework that almost blinded Tian Shang's eyes.
Tian Shang had never seen a man with such a handsome face. Even though he was not a lustful person, and even less a man of the same sex, he still felt that all the beauties in the harem paled in comparison with this man.
Tian Shang stared at the man intently, and the man curled his lips as if it was normal.
It was the first time that Liu Huinian saw Tian Shang lose his composure when meeting a man for the first time, and he couldn't help but smile knowingly.
"Your Majesty, this is the top performer at the Xia Kingdom's Moon Landing Tower, a renowned actress throughout the Qiankun Continent. Even the Emperor of Song dreams of meeting her."
Sure enough, when Brother Shui came online, he attracted countless fans, and even Tian Shang was not spared.
Tian Shang withdrew his gaze awkwardly, and Guan Liushui bowed to him again.
"Your Majesty, it was my idea to propose that Princess Xian be a judge for the competition. I was fortunate enough to become sworn sisters with Princess Xian back in the Xia Kingdom. I later learned that Princess Xian was actually Princess Tian Shiliu from the Yue Kingdom!"
Guan Liushui pretended not to know that Tian Shiliu had already been replaced by Zhao Xuan, and looked at Tian Shang with anticipation.
"Princess Xian is His Majesty's biological sister and my adopted sister. She is well-deserved to be a judge of this competition!"
Liu Huinian also cooperated quite well and added another number.
"Your Majesty, this is a great opportunity to show the entire continent that our Kingdom of Yue is peaceful and prosperous, and that the people are celebrating together. If the virtuous king and his wife can accept the invitation, it will further convey our intention to establish friendly relations with all countries!"
Tian Shang gritted his teeth secretly. What Liu Huinian said was true, and Guan Liushui's suggestion was also logical, but all of this should be based on the fact that Tian Shiliu is Tian Shiliu.
Could he now tell them everything about the fake princess?
Obviously not!
The virtuous princess is Tian Shiliu, the popular choice among the ministers of the State of Yue, the queen mother, and now the great scholar Liu Huinian, as well as the famous actor Guan Liushui, who is admired by even the Emperor of Song.
Tian Shang pressed his temples and suddenly felt a little confused. He could no longer remember Tian Shiliu's appearance. What appeared before him was the bright and beautiful face of the fake princess.
Everything seemed like a dream. His sister only existed in his own dream. In the eyes of everyone in reality, the virtuous princess could only be this fake pomegranate.
Tian Shang suddenly felt powerless and sneered in his heart. It was obvious that Guan Liushui had persuaded the teacher to escort the fake princess. Xia Country really has many talented people!
He closed the invitation and put it on the table.
"Teacher, Junior Brother, I will accept the invitation and send someone to pass it on to the virtuous king and his wife. However, whether or not they will serve as judges will ultimately depend on their own decision."
"Okay, I'll follow your majesty's arrangements!"
Liu Hui chatted with Tian Shang again, and then said goodbye and left with Guan Liushui.
Tian Shang slowly sat down at the desk, trying to calm himself down, and picked up the memorial to read. However, every word on the memorial transformed into the fake princess's face, floating around him.
As they flew, they all turned into flies, buzzing around his ears and laughing wildly.
The laughter was full of mockery and gloating.
"Hahahahahaha, you useless piece of shit, what can you do to me?"
"The world only knows that I am Tian Shiliu. I am the one! I am the one! I am the one!"
Snapped!
Tian Shang threw the memorial to the ground, feeling angry and having no place to vent. Unexpectedly, someone bumped into the muzzle of the gun!
Shi Xiaofu came in to report to Tian Shang.
"Your Majesty, someone from the Ministry of Justice has just sent me to inform you that the chief and deputy envoys who escorted the princess to the Xia Kingdom for the marriage have confessed! Your Majesty, what do you think should be done?"
Tian Shang subconsciously clenched his fists. He suddenly stood up and looked at Shi Xiaofu, with a ghostly smile on his face.
"How should we deal with it? I will deal with it myself!"
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Prison Department of Punishment.
In the innermost cell where the most seriously convicted criminals were held, the chief and deputy envoys, five of them, were curled up on the ground with disheveled hair and blood all over their bodies.
The ground was covered with weeds, and even in the dim light one could still see that the weeds were stained with blood.
The air was filled with the stench of rotting corpses mixed with the sour smell of feces and urine, and just breathing it in could make one suffocate.
The candlelight on both sides of the corridor flickered, and the entire prison looked like the underworld under the dim candlelight.
Tap, tap, tap
The dull sound of footsteps came from afar, and soon a tall man in a black cloak stood in front of the prison door, followed by Shi Xiaofu holding a lantern.
Shi Xiaofu looked at the man in front of him in panic, then lowered his head silently, holding his breath desperately and enduring the unpleasant smell, trying to hold on as long as possible.
He had never expected that His Majesty would personally visit the Ministry of Justice's prison just for a few ant-like people.
The jailer trotted after him, breathing heavily and not caring about the choking smell at all.
When he learned that His Majesty had suddenly come to the cell, his hair stood on end and he was so frightened that he immediately jumped up from his chair, kicked over the chair, and knocked over the teapot.
If he makes even the slightest mistake in this mission, His Majesty will take his life!
The jailer shook a bunch of keys in his hand and opened the cell door.
"Stop pretending to be dead, come here!"
As he said this, he stepped forward, grabbed the man who was sticking his butt out and burying his head in the ground like an ostrich, and dragged him in front of Tian Shang.
"Your Majesty, he is the envoy."
Tian Shang looked down at the man at his feet. The man was crawling on the ground, shivering continuously.
"Are you the chief envoy of the diplomatic mission that escorted Princess Pomegranate to the Kingdom of Xia for marriage?"
The envoy suddenly crawled to Tian Shang frantically, raised his head in horror, and begged tremblingly.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, spare me! Your Majesty, spare me!"
Tian Shang kicked the envoy to the ground with a cold voice, without a trace of warmth.
"First, tell me, why should I spare your life?"
He was waving his hands frantically, and the bloodstains on his face began to bleed again as his face twisted, like a ghost from hell.
"I didn't do it alone. There were thirty-six people in the delegation. They all knew..."
"what do you know?"
Tian Shang's voice was flat, but it made the envoy's scalp tingle and he broke out in a sweat, as if he had just been pulled out of the water.
He was shaking like a sieve, with blood and tears mixing together, and sobbing.
"Know...know..."
The jailer standing nearby shouted impatiently at the envoy.
"Say it!"
"Yes Yes Yes!"
The envoy banged his head on the ground, crying blood with every word.
“The princess fell ill before we even reached the border town, so we had no choice but to stay at the wealthy merchant Qi’s house in the border town to recuperate.
Unexpectedly, one night the princess was kidnapped by bandits. Later, the bandits told us that the princess had died of illness and proposed that a woman be married off in her place!
Tian Shang laughed, his eyes cold.
"Really? And then, in order to protect yourselves, you shirk the blame for your poor protection and collude with the bandits?"
At this time, the four deputy envoys also got on all fours and crawled in front of Tian Shang like dogs, crying loudly.
"Your Majesty, I, your humble servant, had no choice but to do this! Your Majesty! Please spare my life!"
Tian Shang looked at the jailer and spoke in a very calm voice.
"The 36 members of the imperial envoys were all secretly executed. And that prefect of the border town wasn't a good person either. However, I'll keep him for now to avoid unnecessary chaos. I'll settle accounts with him once I've accomplished my mission."
The jailer looked a little surprised when he heard this. He was just a small jailer, how could he secretly execute so many officials?
But he quickly returned to normal. Who could disobey His Majesty's will?
The jailer hurriedly bowed to Tian Shang and said, "Yes!"
The envoy was so frightened by Tian Shang's order that he sat on the ground motionless.
The jailer waved towards the darkness, and several jailers quickly came running over, dragging the five people out of the cell.
Just then he realized that his life was over, and he screamed loudly at Tian Shang.
"Your Majesty! How could this humble servant have known that the neglected Princess Pomegranate would now be so popular? If I had known this, I would never have dared to act so recklessly! Your Majesty! Please spare my life, Your Majesty!"
Tian Shang was completely unmoved. He watched the five people being dragged away and the shouting gradually faded away.
He breathed a sigh of relief and was in a good mood.