After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

"Heh..." Zhong Ning sneered, pushed the man away, stood up, and looked at him sarcastically:

"Master Qi is still too young. He doesn't know that the promises you men make change every day. If God has eyes, I wonder how many scumbags he would kill!"

"Go ask those ministers' families, who among them was not deeply in love before getting married? But now, after having a wife, they still want a beautiful concubine, and after having a beautiful concubine, they still want a concubine."

"Now that I have a concubine, I still feel it's not enough, so I have to linger in the land of pleasure, and I don't want to leave..."

"However, if you are really setting foot in a place of pleasure, a brothel, I understand, but that fragrant garden..."

Zhong Ning's voice suddenly rose, filled with grief. "All the children in Fangyuan were stolen from good families by them."

"The beauty's withered bones buried in the dry well were never able to return home until her death."

"If the parents knew that the child they had been searching for so long had been carelessly thrown into a dry well... how desperate they would be!"

"How could these people, these people, take human life so lightly?"

"They are officials appointed by the imperial court..."

"If the court of Dayong is filled with people who indulge in extravagance and debauchery... then what is the meaning of Dayong's existence?"

"If a judicial office cannot make decisions for the people, then what is the point of its existence?"

"Master Qi, can you tell me?"

"Can you?"

"You can't, because these are the very people your Black Dragon Guards are protecting."

"The Black Dragon Guards are the eyes and ears of the Emperor, monitoring all officials. I absolutely do not believe that you are unaware of these matters..."

Qi Yu was silent. He knew about this and had reported it to His Majesty two years ago. But His Majesty said at the time that court officials should not be restricted too harshly, so he just turned a blind eye to the matter.

Your Majesty only gave him full authority to monitor the movements of Prince An's Mansion. If there is any illegal activity, he will report it. But if Prince An just wants to make some money, then let him do it.

As for those children bought by Prince An and disappeared inexplicably?

His Majesty was silent for a moment, then said, "After all, I owe Prince An a debt by keeping him in the capital for so many years. If those children can make him happy for a moment, it would be a blessing for them."

Even though Qi Yu didn't understand, he was still young at the time and was devoted to being loyal to the emperor and serving his country, so he absolutely obeyed Emperor Yong's orders.

Although he was a martial artist, his family was very wealthy since he was young, so he had only heard that some poor families had to sell their children because they could not make ends meet.

In this day and age, human trafficking is a normal phenomenon, and he just thought that those children were sold by their parents for money.

Besides, it is common for masters to beat one or two servants to death these days.

Since those children were bought by King An, he has the right to dispose of them.

So I didn't care about anything else.

However, he ignored the shamelessness of King An. Buying a child is not as exciting as stealing one. As long as he locked on the target, he could do it without any hesitation.

Not only does it cost no money, the quality is even higher than before.

Some of these children who were thrown into dry wells and died were caused by his neglect back then.

If he had paid more attention at the time and had not framed the matter as the buying and selling of singing girls and slaves because of Prince An's noble status, would these things have not happened?

A trace of guilt flashed through Qi Yu's eyes, and he looked at Zhong Ning with more shock. Because of the internal energy of listening to sounds, he knew that Zhong Ning came from another world.

But no one expected that she would react so strongly to the Fangyuan corpse case.

Does she even know what she is doing?

If this matter involves at least half of the court officials, then if she insists on continuing the investigation, she will be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, fighting against dozens of ministers on her own.

Although His Majesty ordered her to be confined to her house.

But isn't it also a protection for her?

There is also Gu Mingzhe. Although he doesn't like this person, according to his investigation, he found that Gu Mingzhe had indeed gotten involved by mistake.

In other words, he was brought in unintentionally and chose to leave as soon as he found out.

"Your Highness..." Qi Yu said softly, "I am very ashamed... I have no face to defend myself. As long as Your Highness can let go of the knot in my heart, no matter what you ask me to do, I am willing..."

"And the young master of the Gu family... Your Highness, there is no need to be sad. He did not betray you... He was simply implicated unintentionally..."

Zhong Ning stared at him with a deep gaze. After a long moment, she spoke: "Qi Yu, I want to ask you, if my father and I disagree on political issues, what will you do?"

"Your Highness..." Qi Yu's face turned slightly pale, and his voice was filled with pleading, "Don't be like this..."

One is the king he is loyal to, and the other is the woman he loves.

Don't force him to take sides.

Qi Yu was in a dilemma.

"Loyalty to the emperor?" Zhong Ning smiled faintly, then sat down on the chair with a slight curl of his lips. "Qi Yu, you should ask yourself, what do you mean by loyalty? Is it loyalty to the people of the world, or loyalty to the emperor alone?"

"If your king cannot make decisions for the people and ignores their voices, is he really worthy of your loyalty?"

"There's no rush to answer this question. I'm here to advise you to first go outside of Qingliu Lane, to the outskirts, and see how the real people actually live before you think things through."

"After the Spring Examination, I want an answer... If you choose my father, please tell me. I will not make it difficult for you..."

"Your Highness..." Qi Yu stood in place, then took two steps forward, wanting to hug the person in his arms, but was avoided by Zhong Ning again.

"Master Qi, please go back! This is not the place for you!"

When Zhong Ning said this, Qi Yu's breath was suddenly choked and his heart ached!

"Your Highness, the cousin from the Prime Minister's Mansion is here to visit. She said she has something important to discuss!" Su Xin's voice came from outside the hall, and Qi Yu came back to his senses.

He bowed and looked up to see that Zhong Ning still had no expression on his face, so he turned around and left silently. When he left, his figure was lonely and desolate, without any of his previous high spirits.

He didn't look back until he walked out of the princess's mansion.

Everything I heard today kept echoing in my mind.

About Zhong Ning's true origin, about her strange skills, and about her rapid improvement in martial arts in just a few months.

She, a person from another world, actually wanted to make decisions for the people of this world!

Even that group of poor people who were forgotten by the imperial power and treated as ants would actually have people who felt guilty and sad because of the injustice they suffered.

How ridiculous!

Even he thought that His Highness was so sad because Gu Mingzhe went to that kind of place.

But she never expected that she would be sad because of the corpses thrown into the dry well and the children imprisoned in the dungeon.

Moreover, she had clearly caught the murderer behind the scenes, but was forced to be trapped in the mansion due to the suppression of imperial power.

What kind and compassionate person is this?