My bad words were heard by all the civil and military officials in the court

Huang Shikang was worried that he couldn't curry favor with his superiors, but Erya's move gave him an opportunity, and he immediately became furious:

"How dare you! How do you keep this beast under your watch? How dare you let it be rude to Marquis Pingqing? Are you..." He is fed up with living!

Before he could finish the rest of his words, his eyes fell on the commoner Emperor Jingming, who had not been noticed at all before.

His expression suddenly changed, "You, you, you...you are not..." that prince.

Emperor Jingming's eyes darkened, thinking that this man had discovered his identity as a fugitive. When Huang Shikang looked at him with wide eyes, he called out "Hao Duanzhuang".

And whispered: "Knock him out immediately."

Hao Duanzhuang knew the truth and did as he was told without saying a word.

A tiny black ball bounced towards Huang Shikang's forehead. Rong Anle reacted and subconsciously tried to block it.

Rong Ping, who was standing next to him, used his wide sleeves to block his hand and pulled it back without making a sound.

Huang Shikang was hit by the black ball and fainted immediately.

Rong Ping was very cooperative, his expression changed visibly, "Master Huang?"

"Come here, quickly send Mr. Huang back to the mansion? And quickly find a doctor to treat him."

Rong Anle promptly gave the reason why his father did not leave with him:

"Mr. Huang tends to faint when he gets angry. It's not a big deal, but remember to take good care of him after you bring him back."

The yamen runners should be.

After Huang Shikang's trouble was temporarily resolved, Emperor Jingming brought his three companions to Marquis Pingqing and bowed to apologize.

Rong Ping was quick-witted and took the lead in grabbing Emperor Jingming's arm. With a beating heart, he said:

"I am not an unreasonable person. Although this duck is yours, you should not be held responsible for its faults."

As he said this, he looked at Erya who was once again held in Cui Luoshan's arms and smiled cheerfully: "But this duck hurt me, so he must be punished."

Ye Shengxin was originally planning to praise the marquis in his heart for being a good and reasonable man, but he turned around and wanted to punish Erya.

Thinking that their life-saving duck might be killed, their favorability towards him instantly dropped to zero.

[What should I do? How can I save Erya from this marquis? ]

Rong Ping: ...

He was pecked innocently, so couldn't he fight back a little?

It's just letting Erya starve for two days. As a marquis, doesn't he have any dignity?

Thinking of his wife and daughter whom he had finally found, Rong Ping started thinking.

What should he say to make him go back on his previous words and not punish Erya?

Headache.

Rong Anle understands the sadness of his old father and is considerate of the original scene:

"Dad, it's just a lively duck. Both you and it were frightened. The duck didn't do it on purpose. Let's just forget about it."

Rong Ping: "Alright."

Ye Xingxin:!!!

Emperor Jingming:!!!

Ye Xingxin: [Are this Marquis and his daughter so kind? ]

[If this happened to a normal person, they would have to ask for some compensation, right? ]

[These father and daughter are not strong on the outside but weak on the inside. They are soft-hearted, right?]

Rong Ping\Rong Anle: ...

Seeing Ye Xingxin's questioning look, Rong Anle let out a sigh. In order to prove herself, she directly stretched out her hand towards Ye Xingxin:

"We can forget about the duck issue, but for my father's injury, you guys need to pay ten..." I wanted to say ten taels of silver.

But he felt that it was not in line with his status, so he immediately changed his words: "You need to pay one hundred taels of silver as the medical fee."

Ye Xingxin:!!!

Ye Xingxin looked at Rong Ping's forehead, which was red but not even broken, and shouted: [You've got the wrong person, this father and daughter are profiteers. ]

[It's too much to cheat ordinary people out of their money! ]

The ministers looking at the sky curtain: ...

Isn't this because you are holding yourself back?

Zhang Liang couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he opened his purse and was about to take out money. Emperor Jingming was the first to hand over a hundred taels of silver.

"We, the common people, did fail to take good care of the place, so we should pay compensation."

Rong Ping's fingers trembled as he took the banknote and put it close to his body.

His attitude was somewhat serious, which made Emperor Jingming look at him suspiciously several times.

Fortunately, Huang Changsheng, the head of the Huang family, received the news from the housekeeper and rushed over in time without caring about his son's affairs, thus interrupting Emperor Jingming's deep thoughts.

After being polite with Rong Ping, he looked at Emperor Jingming and his eyes suddenly fixed.

This person... this person's appearance is somewhat similar to the portrait of the current emperor.

The Huang family was feared by Emperor Jingming. In addition, the direct branch of the family had never served as an official and rarely entered the capital, so Huang Changsheng had never seen the true appearance of Emperor Jingming.

Only the portrait has been handed down, and it was from fifteen years ago.

Therefore, he only felt the similarity and did not think, nor could he imagine that the person in front of him was Emperor Jingming.

Zhang Liang knew some inside information about the Huang family, so he was not panicked. He just bowed and said, "My Lord, General, the compensation is here. I will not bother you any more."

As he was about to take Emperor Jingming and the others away, Ye Xingxin said boldly:

"Master Huang, are you still hiring?"

She rubbed her hands in embarrassment, with a look of embarrassment on her face:

"My three brothers and I are all hardworking people, and we are good at work. If you don't mind, we can sell ourselves as slaves. We only ask you to give us a place to stay."

"We gave the last hundred taels of silver we had to the Marquis as compensation, and only a few dozen copper coins are left."

"If you don't find a way to work, you'll end up being a beggar in a few days."

Ye Shengxin's unexpected words were spoken with great sincerity, and the linen clothes he wore to conceal his identity did not indicate that he was from a wealthy family.

For Huang Changsheng, who was so concerned about his reputation, it was difficult for him to refuse in front of the marquis and many common people.

His eyes fell on Emperor Jingming, who was looking down and wondering what he was thinking. His face was somewhat similar to that of His Majesty, which made him doubt Ye Shengxin's motives in public.

After thinking it over again and again, he was sure that Ye Shengxin and his companions wanted to sell themselves, so he asked the butler to give each of them fifty taels of silver on the spot.

Then she was brought into the palace to sign the contract of sale.

Ministers:...

One minister couldn't help it and started to criticize: "This Ye Xingxin is getting more and more outrageous. She even dared to take His Majesty to sell herself. It's really..."

He was so angry that he was panting and couldn't calm down his anger for a long time.

He turned and stared at Master Tongshan, questioning: "Master, Your Majesty is the king of a country. Even if you have lost your memory, how can you be a slave!"

"If the news gets out, how will Your Majesty face the people of the Zhou Dynasty and deal with the surrounding countries?"

Master Tongshan calmly glanced at the Dali Temple judge who was so angry that smoke was literally coming out of his head, and still smiled kindly.

Then he pointed calmly and said, "Master Zhang, look at the indenture, what's the name His Majesty wrote on it?"

Zhang Weichuan looked over and saw His Majesty write "Little Duck."

Ye Shengxin's name was "Da Ya", Zhang Liang's name was "Zhang Liang", and Cui Luoshan's name was "Cui Luosan".

Zhang Weichuan: ...

Master Tongshan looked at the ministers and said, "Now, can all the donors rest assured?"

The prince was okay, but he still felt a little uncomfortable when he thought about his father selling himself.

However, the matter was settled, and Prime Minister Shangguan wisely did not let the topic continue to spread, and brought up a new topic:

"What is Lord Ye going to do in the Huang Mansion?"