Both worlds are like dreams

Seeing that no one was talking around, Xue Huang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Changle's next words may be a little rude, please forgive me."

"Just say it." said Emperor Ling.

Xue Huang turned and looked at the court officials, her cold gaze like frozen snow on a mountain, "Which officials were the ones who accused me just now? Please step forward."

Everyone looked at each other, not understanding what she meant.

Emperor Ling said, "Do as she says."

The people who had been the loudest in impeaching Xue Huang came out one after another. Xue Huang did not recognize any of them, but judging from their official uniforms, they were both civil and military officials, and their official positions were not low.

Xue Huang first clasped her fists and bowed, without saying anything, but just glanced at them with a smile.

Amid the doubtful gazes of the crowd, her expression suddenly changed the next moment, and her tone became colder, "May I ask, my lords, you say that I disregard the law and despise the court, may I ask where I despise?"

"You brought weapons into the palace for a banquet without permission. This is a serious crime of disrespect in our dynasty." An old man said with a beaming face.

"If I remember correctly, Minister Du's daughter even performed a sword dance at the Imperial Concubine's banquet. If you are punishing me for disrespect, shouldn't Minister Du's daughter also be punished for the same crime?"

Before the old man could even open his mouth, Du Shangshu argued, "The weapon my daughter used was approved by the Imperial Concubine beforehand, so how can it be confused with the others? And you pointed your sword at my daughter in front of everyone, scaring her so much that she didn't leave the house for several days. You clearly wanted to kill her!"

Xue Huang tilted her head, "I was wondering why Miss Du was so arrogant and unreasonable. It turns out that she inherited the character of Minister Du!"

"you……"

"What do you mean?" Xue Huang interrupted him. "Your daughter lost to me in Feihua Ling, so she held a grudge against me and hired people to spread rumors about me in the city to smear my reputation. What's wrong with me returning the favor?"

"That's nonsense! How could my daughter do such a thing?"

"Aren't you embarrassed to say that? Who among the noble ladies in Shangyang City doesn't know that your daughter is bullying and arrogant?"

Du Shangshu was speechless for a moment. He knew what kind of person his daughter was, but how could he admit it? "You are slandering me! What evidence do you have to accuse my daughter of spreading rumors?"

"Of course I have evidence. Would you like me to present it to His Majesty?"

Du Shangshu's face froze and he said nothing.

"Mr. Du, since you can't discipline your daughter, I will be kind enough to discipline her for you. You should thank me! But I have always distinguished between gratitude and resentment. When I see injustice, I will help. I never ask for a word of thanks, so you don't have to be polite."

Du Shangshu pointed at her and held his breath in his heart, "You..."

Xue Huang ignored him and continued, staring at an old man: "Just now you said that I beat the prince in the street, offended my superiors, and offended Long Wei, right?"

"good……"

"Not bad, what's not bad?" Xue Huang continued to interrupt, "Did you forget to bring your brain when you went out or do you not have a brain at all?"

"you……"

"It's true that I beat the prince in the street, and I don't deny it, but what does it have to do with you? Even His Majesty said that I beat him well, but you are here to publicly report me. Do you think His Majesty is wrong?"

The old man was horrified when he heard this, but Xue Huang didn't even give him a chance to plead, and continued to say: "You dare to say that I look down on others? I think you are the one who looks down on others, right? Shut up and reflect on it."

After Xue Huang finished speaking, she didn't even look at him and walked up to a younger man. "You just said that I changed the river course privately, which might affect farming, right?"

"That's right." The man had a look of disdain on his face. Changing the river course without permission was a fact. Could he still deny it?

Xue Huang clapped her hands and smiled innocently, "Sir, you are indeed a young and promising man with a great sense of the overall situation!"

The man was a little confused about what she meant, so he just said, "Thank you for the compliment, Princess!"

"You really have a long-term vision," Xue Huang looked at her with a fake smile, "Excuse me, are you blind?" In the shocked eyes of everyone, Xue Huang launched another barrage of attacks, "The rainfall this year was drastic, and the upstream continued to drain water, causing a sharp increase in the water volume downstream. The dam in Guyan County has been damaged again. May I ask this lord, if the river course is not changed, the water volume will rise and the dam will inevitably be destroyed. What will happen to the tens of thousands of people downstream? Are they waiting to be drowned?"

When the man was questioned by her, his face turned red and he was speechless.

But Xue Huang did not let him go easily. She had been holding back her anger for a long time. The next words were even more merciless, "If you want to criticize me, at least find a reason like those idiots just now! What are you talking about here? How will the reduction of water affect farming? Will it affect your family's farming? Now the water volume of the Bishui River is about to flood the entire Qinghe County and Guyan County. Do you know what this means? It means that the harvest of the people who work hard from dawn to dusk this year has been wasted again. This is called affecting farming. Go away. I don't like you the most. You think you know the sufferings of the world after reading a few volumes of books. I tell you that this is called people's miserable lives. Go back and read a few more books, or you can also go to the fields to experience what farming is."

The man who was scolded by Xue Huang blushed and buried his head deeply.

He couldn't handle the princess's eloquence.

Xue Huang's eyes became colder and colder as she swept through the pale-faced officials one by one. "While you were plotting in the city how to frame us, you knew that the Fifth Prince and his soldiers, in order to protect the dam from being destroyed, braved the heavy rain and the danger of being swept away by the turbulent river. They jumped into the nearly one-person-deep water and used their flesh and blood to block the cold river water, just to hold on until the water receded and to save the people downstream from suffering. And you, as officials appointed by the court, are living in dire straits, but you are not loyal to the emperor, you don't think about the suffering of the people, you don't think about your contribution, but you shamelessly report and frame us here. Who gave you the courage?"

Xue Huang's voice was as cold as ice and as clear as snow. Every word was sonorous and powerful, and it fell on the entire court like a heavy hammer, silencing everyone.

Even the historians may not be able to match his eloquence in scolding people.

Mo Ruilin let out a long breath, and a trace of anger rose in his heart. He said loudly: "Princess Changle first saved Muhua City from the danger of plague and repelled Tianqi's 100,000 troops. She made contributions in the court of Beiling that were recorded in history. Now, in order to save the lives of tens of thousands of people in Guyan County, she has been running around, regardless of the danger to her life, forcibly opening the river and freezing the dam, saving countless lives. But you are here making accusations without distinguishing right from wrong. Aren't you unworthy of being a minister?!"