After hearing my voice, the whole court went crazy

"Then open your eyes wide and take a good look. In broad daylight, in this bright and clear world, is there any evil ghost crawling out from hell to take your life?" Zheng An Ning said coldly, his eyes were deep, and his dark pupils made people feel scared.

"Mo Linglong, come here!"

Everyone was terrified, and then they saw the lantern on the ground suddenly float up into the air, as if it was leaping with joy.

It swayed left and right, and floated up and down around Zheng An Ning.

"Ah, really, this lantern actually has a spirit?"

"What do you mean by spirit? Is this a ghost?"

"Ha, ghost!"

"......"

Everyone was whispering and taking a few steps back, staying away from the lantern. What if the lantern hurt someone?

Tsk, this Mo Qiu looks like a decent human being, but he is so heartless and does such a wicked thing.

Some officials originally doubted whether what Zheng Anning said was true, but when they saw the lanterns flying up, they had no choice but to believe it.

"Mo Qiu, look up and take a good look at your child, your life's work. Oh, it's your daughter's flesh and blood, her skin and bones."

Mo Qiu looked up and saw the lantern flying up. He was a little scared, but then he was ecstatic, "Hahahahahahahaha, it really is true. The lantern spirit has succeeded."

"So what? She is my daughter, she should sacrifice for me. I raised her carefully, made sure she had enough food and drink, and was carefree. I even taught her to read and write. I gave her everything she liked."

"She is my daughter, she should sacrifice for me. I gave her life, so she should be returned to me." Mo Qiu looked calm and spoke in a firm voice without feeling that he had done anything wrong.

"Even you, Zheng Anning, you will have to sacrifice for the family in the future. For the sake of family marriage, your reputation cannot even be tainted. Otherwise, your father will still give up on you."

"Bullshit, what are you talking about, you dog? You don't consider yourself a human being, so you think everyone is the same as you?" Zheng Yuanshan was furious, gritted his teeth, grabbed his collar and knocked him to the ground with a punch.

He kicked her viciously a few times, cursing, "Fuck you, get out of here, who are you talking about? No matter how bad my An An is, I will never give up on her. She is my daughter, Zheng Yuanshan, and no one can bully her."

Everyone was shocked. Zheng Yuanshan, who was usually calm and elegant, was now beating people with his eyes wide open. Was this him?

"Isn't it? Wasn't it because Zheng Anning was unlucky that you sent her to the countryside?"

"You have a bad fate. You have a bad fate. Your whole family has a bad fate."

Emperor Xuanwu slapped the dragon chair and shouted angrily, "What are you doing? Pull it open quickly."

The officials around them finally came to their senses and rushed over to pull the two apart.

Censor Leng grabbed Zheng Yuanshan and signaled him to calm down and not to bother with such a person.

Mo Qiu knelt down quickly and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, this is a national treasure!"

"I would like to present it to your majesty. Your majesty, you must accept it."

"How dare you, you heartless bastard, say such things." Emperor Xuanwu was so angry that he picked up the teacup and threw it at him, what a bastard.

Mo Qiu was hit on the head unexpectedly, his head was buzzing, and he wanted to say something.

"You are absolutely hopeless. How dare you present yourself to His Majesty? Bah!" The mighty general at the side spat in anger at his face.

Mo Qiu was angry, and he stood up instantly, looking up and laughing, "What do you know? Do you know how much effort and hard work I put in?"

"You know, Mo Linglong should be honored and should thank me. I didn't make her into a lantern and make her a short-lived ghost. It was me, I, who gave her endless life."

"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. Do you know the wonderful use of this lantern?"

"I spent a lot of time on this. I had to choose a woman from an yin period, yin day and yin year, and I had to use precious medicinal herbs and spices every day to make her skin smooth as cream. She couldn't be exposed to the sun at all."

"Her skin must be white and translucent, her whole body must be cool, and her bones must be like jade, crystal clear. The time must be carefully chosen, she must be made into a lantern on a full moon night, and her mind must be pure, without any resentment."

At this moment, Mo Qiu stared at the lantern with an obsessive look, his face was ferocious and his eyes were crazy.

"You know what? You may not be able to find such a high-quality person among a thousand people."

"You bastard, you are so vicious and morally corrupt. Isn't your daughter's life a life?" Emperor Xuanwu glared and slapped the dragon throne hard. Unexpectedly, he hurt his hand, gasped, and groaned secretly.

"What if I say this lantern can make people immortal? Your Majesty, do you still think I am vicious?"

"Your Majesty, I know that people of your high position want immortality the most. If I give it to you, won't you be able to live forever?"

"Oh, immortality? Mo Qiu? You are using your daughter's life and even the lives of countless people to seek immortality. Do you really dare to think so?"

"This lantern can do everything except prolong your life. Believe it or not? You will die suddenly after using it for just one day." Zheng An Ning sneered disdainfully, holding the lantern high and motioning him to look.

Zheng An Ning didn't want to waste time talking to him. Immortality? Just dream about it.

Emperor Xuanwu didn't want to waste any more time. Since he admitted that he had used his daughter and killed someone, he would be executed directly.

"Come here, take people to search his residence, find out the evidence of his crime, and put him in death row first, and wait for his punishment." Emperor Xuanwu ordered in a cold voice.

"Qi Zheng, this case must be thoroughly investigated and justice must be done to the victims."

"No, Your Majesty, listen to me, this lantern can really prolong life," Mo Qiu knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously. Only then did he really begin to be afraid.

"No, no, no, I'm not guilty!"

"Come here, drag him away." Emperor Xuanwu waved his hand impatiently, signaling the guards to stay.

"Wait, stop it"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Chu Jifeng supporting a beautiful and graceful woman with a dignified demeanor.

She had a dignified look on her face, was dressed in the dress of a queen dowager, and had a cold aura about her.

Everyone immediately knelt down and bowed, shouting in unison, "Greetings to the Queen Mother, may the Queen Mother be blessed with good health and good health."

Only Zheng Anning stood straight, motionless, standing out from the crowd.

The Queen Mother signaled to everyone to skip the formalities and glanced around the hall, but saw that Zheng An Ning did not salute. Her eyes became stern, and the sense of oppression from a superior poured out and pressed towards Zheng An Ning.

Chu Jifeng took the lead and said fiercely, "Zheng Anning, you are so brave that you don't even show respect?"

Zheng Anning rolled her eyes, crossed her arms over her chest, and acted like the world was the boss and she was second only to him.

The Queen Mother did not get angry but laughed instead, "You are Zheng An Ning? You are quite courageous, aren't you?"

Then she said to Emperor Xuanwu:

"Your Majesty, is there any misunderstanding here? This Master Mo Qiu has superb craftsmanship and has been making exquisite palace lanterns for our Great Zhou for many years?"

[Is this the Queen Mother? Emperor Xuanwu may not know that this is not his biological mother. His biological mother was killed by the Queen Mother.]