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

Ye Shengxin asked anxiously, the sound of jumping up and down was so loud that everyone held their foreheads.

In order to keep her safe, I had to find an opportunity to let her in.

As soon as Ye Shengxin entered the room, he heard Wen Xinhou say this and snorted coldly.

[Who knows if you would have asked the tenants to give a unified statement at the time in order to prevent the truth from being exposed? ]

When Wen Xinhou saw Ye Xingxin, he was anxious and resentful, but he still argued:

"Your Majesty, I did not lie. Please understand clearly."

Ye Xingxin was furious. He resisted the urge to smash the teapot on his face and shouted in his heart:

[You didn’t lie? If you did lie, I wish you would be struck by lightning! ]

When she said this, the ministers, who had been relatively calm before, first took a deep breath.

Then he suddenly became agitated.

Dozens of civil and military officials looked terrified and rushed towards the door.

Prime Minister Shangguan's expression also changed drastically and he pulled the right hand of Emperor Jingming, who was closest to Marquis Wenxin.

Xu Zhong hurriedly grabbed Emperor Jingming's left hand.

The three of them quickly passed Ye Shengxin and ran out of the yard amid the crowd.

In the middle, Emperor Jingming had his foot stepped on by someone and one of his shoes accidentally fell off.

Just as everyone was about to stand still, there was a loud "boom" in the sky.

The foreboding thunder is coming.

Then there was a flash of lightning.

In the dazzling white light, Rong Anle, who was not a high-ranking official and was outside the courtyard and could not enter the house, did not see Ye Shengxin.

I feel bad.

She wouldn't still be in the house.

As soon as this thought came to his mind and before he could act on it, a heavy thunderclap struck down from the sky.

The thunder passed through the roof unhindered and landed directly on Wen Xinhou, who was anxious and wanted to run away but couldn't move at all for a long time.

During the scuffle just now, Ye Xingxin was pushed several steps closer to Wen Xinhou's position.

When the thunder struck, the branches fell on her.

Marquis Wenxin: “Ahhhhh…”

Ye Xingxin: “Ahhhhhhhhh…”

Marquis Wenxin was struck the hardest by lightning. His entire body turned black and charred. He could not bear the tremendous pain and was struck unconscious.

Ye Shengxin was still able to move, but her whole body was numb and her hair was standing on end.

He screamed in fear: "Help...Help!"

"God is going to kill me!"

She panicked and ran to Rong Anle, whom she trusted.

He grabbed her arm and cried.

"Anle, I was almost struck to death just now."

"I'm so scared!"

Rong Anle: “…”

She patted Ye Xingxin's head and said like an old mother, "Be good, don't cry."

Ye Xingxin: ...

As soon as she stopped crying, she quietly moved away from Rong Anle and began to sob softly in fear again.

[Wow, where did this thunder come from? ]

【very scary! 】

[Marquis Wenxin has committed many evil deeds. If God wants to punish someone, then just punish him. Why punish me? ]

Ye Shengxin felt very wronged.

Everyone: ...Has this person forgotten again that he was the instigator?

Rong Anle sighed.

I didn't expect that Lord Ye would be struck by thunder one day.

The system was still in shock: [Host, have you ever thought about why the thunder didn't strike anyone else, but only struck you and Wen Xinhou? ]

Ye Xingxin stopped whimpering: [I feel like I was implicated by him.]

System: [Have you ever thought about the 1,000 taels of silver you took from Marquis Wen Xin? ]

One thousand taels of silver?

Ye Shengxin thought about the relationship between the two.

Enlightenment.

[This 1,000 taels of silver is dirty money, the hard-earned money of the people. If I take it, does it mean that I have shared the evil consequences of Marquis Wenxin, and therefore I am being punished? ]

System: [This explanation is the most reasonable. ]

[Then I will return the money to those oppressed people. God will not strike me down, right? ]

System: [I think so.]

It's also uncertain.

Ye Xingxin said with a bitter face: [Then I won’t get into trouble again before I go back, right? ]

As she spoke, she carefully glanced at the sky above her head which was covered with dark clouds.

The fine rain from the sky kept falling and hit her eyes. Ye Shengxin blinked uncomfortably.

At this time, thunder sounded again overhead.

But this time it was just intermittent muffled thunder, and no loud thunder struck again.

Ye Shengxin hugged herself with lingering fear.

After a casual glance, his attention immediately shifted.

[Hey, why is your majesty only wearing one shoe? ]

[Who stepped on your majesty's shoes? How brave! ]

Emperor Jingming felt guilty for not taking Ye Shengxin with him when he fled in a panic.

Her words now directly focused everyone's attention on him.

Emperor Jingming coughed awkwardly, then glanced around with sharp eyes.

He also wanted to know who was so bold as to step on his shoes.

It's really hateful!

Don’t you know he is the emperor?

The audacious prince: ...

He turned his head away, not looking at anyone, pretending it wasn't him.

[Wow, system, I found that your Majesty's feet are a bit small, not much different from a girl's. ]

[He wouldn't wear size 37 shoes like me, would he?]

Everyone's eyes fell on Emperor Jingming's feet again.

Wow, Lord Ye, it’s true what you said.

Why do your Majesty's feet feel a little small and delicate when placed among men?

Emperor Jingming: ...

Being stared at with strange and curious eyes by everyone, Emperor Jingming was so angry that his forehead twitched.

He glared at Ye Shengxin with gritted teeth, secretly warning her not to cause trouble.

Let’s not forget the purpose of their coming here today.

Ye Xingxin shrank his neck, puzzled: [Your Majesty, why are you glaring at me? ]

Noticing the ministers' gazes, she understood.

[I also have bound feet. Your Majesty, you won't feel ashamed because your little secret has been discovered. Look at me, you're ready to get angry with me. ]

[No way, right? 】

[Is your Majesty so petty? ]

Emperor Jingming: ...

He held his breath and looked around, but couldn't find a suitable weapon to deal with Ye Shengxin.

So in a rage, he got really angry.

In the end, there was really no other way but to slowly get over the anger myself.

Ye Shengxin wanted to divert his fear, so he held on to this point.

After finding out that the only shoe Emperor Jingming had left was not a size 37, but rather a bit larger, he analyzed:

[System, do you think that His Majesty's shoes were always made bigger on purpose in the past, just to prevent his ministers from discovering the secret of his bound feet?]

The system nodded: [It is possible, otherwise why didn’t other people’s shoes fall off, but his did! ]

[What does this mean? It means his shoes don’t fit him! ]

The ministers blinked.

Recall carefully your Majesty's previous shoe size.

I was surprised to find that Ye Shengxin was right.

Your Majesty did wear large-sized shoes before.

Thinking of this, Ye Xingxin wiped away bitter tears for Emperor Jingming:

[Your Majesty has been wearing large-sized shoes all year round in order to maintain his face and dignity. He has really suffered over the years. ]

【It must be very uncomfortable to walk, right? 】

Emperor Jingming: ...

Hey, who said it wasn’t!

He also wiped away the bitter tears for himself.

As he wiped it, he clenched his fists and pursed his lips.

Who on earth stepped on his shoes with bad intentions?

The little secret he had kept hidden for many years was made public by the careless Ye Shengxin!

Sensing his father's anger, the prince, who was watching the show secretly, touched his nose.

Move away from him calmly.

The system suddenly exclaimed when it saw the prince.

[Host, your majesty has small feet, and the prince...]

Ye Shengxin's eyes suddenly lit up.

But when she turned her head and saw the prince's tall and slender figure, her eyes darkened even more.

[Although His Royal Highness is Your Majesty's son, he is half a head taller than Your Majesty, and is considered very tall among men, so he should not have small feet.]

The prince smiled proudly.

He faced the suspicious gazes of hundreds of ministers to prove that his feet were really not small.

He lifted the corner of his robe intentionally or unintentionally.

Showing off his feet which were much bigger than his father's.

Emperor Jingming stared at the crown prince with a deathly gaze and said in a low voice:

"Your feet are bigger than mine, are you proud of it?"

Prince:......

The prince shrank his feet.

Woo woo, I feel like I have hurt myself, what should I do?