"Shi Mei, immediately send someone to the imperial post station to the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and another person to the Emperor of the Northern Lu Dynasty. My first test is: I am now considered a femme fatale who has brought ruin to the country. As the man who is about to marry me, what should he do?"
As soon as Hailing finished speaking, Shimei responded and walked out, immediately sending messages to the post station and the imperial palace in Beilu.
As for Makino, who happened to be there, he stood up and looked at Hailin.
"I'll handle this."
Hai Ling raised an eyebrow and nodded. Since she had given them three questions in the main hall, Mu Ye, as the emperor of Shao Yi, was naturally qualified to handle this matter.
"good."
Mu Ye stood up and strode out, a hint of joy on his face. He was sure he would handle this matter well and answer the three questions correctly. If she answered the three questions correctly, she would have no choice but to go to Shaoyi with him.
Mu Ye led his men away, and Ji Shaocheng led his men in as well.
"Ling'er, don't go out. Your brother will handle this."
“Hmm,” Hailing nodded. Actually, it wasn’t that she couldn’t handle it, but she wanted to see how these men would react.
Ji Shaocheng led his men out, and Hailing called Fuyue in: "Fuyue, go and keep watch outside the gate. Report in if anything happens."
"Yes, Miss."
Fu Yue walked out and headed straight for the gate of the mansion. In the main hall, Hai Ling got up and went back to her room to read, not taking the rumors about this vixen who brought ruin to the country to heart.
Outside the gates of the Ji residence, a large number of people from Beilu had gathered. The Ji family had always been heroes in the hearts of the people of Beilu, so although these people were gathered in front of the gate, they did not make any violent moves, but simply shouted loudly together.
"Ji Hailing is a wicked woman who brings disaster to the country. General Ji cannot protect her. Hand her over. We in Beilu cannot keep her, otherwise there will be war."
"Yes, General Ji, hand her over."
"Let her leave our Beilu. She just appeared out of nowhere. She must not be General Ji's daughter. She must be a fraud."
"Yes, he's a fraud."
In no time, the area outside the Ji residence became a noisy mess, with more and more people gathering.
The gate was suddenly flung open, and Ji Shaocheng, his face dark, led his men out. Beside him was Emperor Mu Ye of Shaoyi. The two looked down at the crowd outside the Ji residence, a dark, dense mass of people. As more and more people gathered, the crowd soon became uncontrollable. Ji Shaocheng angrily shouted.
"shut up."
Upon hearing his angry shout, the people in front of the door all fell silent, not daring to say anything more for a moment.
Ji Shaocheng spoke slowly and deliberately: "How could you be so ungrateful? Our Ji family has been loyal ministers for generations, dedicated to protecting everyone's safety. Now that my sister Ling'er has finally returned, you have been manipulated and accused of being a wicked woman who brought ruin to the country. What did she do to become a wicked woman who brought ruin to the country?"
As soon as Ji Shaocheng finished speaking, someone in the crowd blurted out a sentence.
"If she weren't a demoness, how could she dance so peacefully that the flowers and plants would bloom in competition? She's clearly a demoness."
As soon as one person spoke, the others immediately echoed him, shouting one after another.
"Yes, if she weren't a demoness, how could she make flowers bloom in winter?"
"How could a woman possibly want the emperor to marry only her?"
"Now the emperors of three countries all want to marry her. I'm afraid these countries will start fighting because of her. If it weren't for her, would our Northern Lu be at war?"
Ji Shaocheng's face grew increasingly dark. Clearly, these people had been manipulated. Who was behind this?
Mu Ye, who was on one side, had been watching the people in the crowd. When Ji Shaocheng spoke earlier, the people were clearly still, but when one of them shouted, everyone else was stirred up.
Makino's eyes turned cold, and he waved his hand, ordering his men behind him: "Arrest that man."
The subordinates behind him leaped forward and grabbed the leader of the disturbance. The man was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he was caught by Mu Ye's men. He shouted in a rough voice.
"Murder! Murder! The emperor of Shaoyi has killed people in our Beilu."
As soon as these words were spoken, chaos erupted in front of the Ji residence, with more and more people gathering and shouting together.
"Murder! Murder!"
Even if Ji Shaocheng gave orders to those people, he couldn't stop them now.
Everyone crowded around Muye and his men.
Muye's men did not release the captured man because there were troublemakers in front of the gate. Instead, they held him even tighter and dragged him to their master.
"Master?"
Outside the mansion gate, the scene was chaotic and impossible to speak. Mu Ye frowned, scanning the people in front of the gate. If he were to deal with the person he had captured in front of these people now, Shao Yi and Bei Lu might really clash. So this person could not be touched, but he could not be released easily either. He could tell that this person was the one who started the uprising.
Ji Shaocheng looked at the noisy crowd in front of the mansion gate, suddenly gathered his strength, focused his energy in his dantian, and roared: "Shut up, stop making trouble."
The sound was like thunder, and everyone's heart skipped a beat. They stopped talking and looked at General Ji. It was not hard to see that the general was very angry, so the onlookers dared not shout any louder.
Makino looked at the person his men were holding and questioned him in a deep voice.
"Tell me, who instigated you to cause trouble? Hand over the person behind it all!"
Upon hearing Mu Ye's words, the man refused to admit it and shouted loudly.
"I didn't, I didn't. You all rushed to marry the Ji family's young lady, and were even willing to forgo marrying other women for her sake. What else could she be but a vixen? She has the ability to bewitch people, and she has bewitched you, which is why you agreed."
The man's shout stirred up the crowd, and they joined in the shouting.
"She must be a witch."
The place was in chaos when suddenly the sound of orderly hooves rang out from the street. Someone galloped over, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of horses stopped outside the gate of the Ji residence. The person in the lead was none other than the handsome and unrestrained emperor of the Northern Lu Kingdom, who sat high on his horse and coldly glared at the crowd in front of the Ji residence.