Chapter 151: It’s unlucky to have such relatives (Part )

Wei Bin sat aside with his head slightly lowered, looking like he was about to fall asleep, but in fact he pricked up his ears, wanting to hear how Ou Zanghua would answer the trap set by Huai Wang Zhu Youqi.

One must know that Prince Ning has been building up his power in the capital. Even if Ou Zanghua is one of the youngest Nine Ministers in the history of the Ming Dynasty, it is likely that he will not be able to cope with Prince Ning's counterattack.

Ou Zanghua looked calm, and even his tone did not change, as if he was really answering Zhu Youqi's question: "Just as the fifteenth chapter of the Book of Filial Piety says, when something is unjust, the minister must argue with the king."

After hearing this, Wei Bin's eyes suddenly lit up and he almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

You, Zhu Youqi, used the sage's view that "if he is a junior, he will blindly obey the orders of his elders regardless of whether they are appropriate, which will put his relatives in an unjust position" to force Ou Zanghua to express his position.

Then Ou Zanghua could naturally retort with the reason that "When the monarch or parents make mistakes, as a subject, you should immediately give advice and stop them, so as to avoid putting the monarch or parents in an unjust position."

You said your elders don't do anything about it, so how good are you now?

Zhu Youqi was stunned for a while after hearing this, then he smiled and said, "Ou Xiuzhuan is indeed worthy of being the third place in the imperial examination. He is indeed very smart."

"My lord, you have given me the reward."

Ou Zanghua said politely, but Zhu Youqi's next sentence was very direct: "Uncle Ning hopes that I can give up my family heirloom, the Tianfeng Ring and the lakeside land to him."

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Ou Zanghua was speechless. Are you not going to let me go today?
wrong!

As a vassal king, why would Zhu Youqi tell me this?
What does he want from me?
Ou Zanghua's mind moved, and when he looked across, Wei Bin had already been lying on the table, looking like he had fallen asleep.

"How could you, as my teammate, sleep when I was in such a difficult situation?" Ou Zanghua stood up decisively, walked to Wei Bin, and shook him awake.

Wei Bin couldn't pretend anymore and had to open his eyes and look at Ou Zanghua.

You kid, are you not going to let me go today?

Ou Zanghua said seriously: "Minister Wei, did you hear that? The Prince of Huai wants to file a complaint with the emperor!"

Without waiting for Wei Bin to respond, Zhu Youqi stood up excitedly and shouted, "I didn't, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"

Are you kidding? The last time he filed a complaint with the emperor, he couldn't even offer sacrifices to his own father. If he files a complaint again, who knows if he can still keep Tianfeng Huanpei and Binhu land? !
It's so unlucky to have such stupid relatives like Emperor Hongzhi and Prince Ning!

What's even more unlucky is that he can't offend either of them, otherwise he will be the one in trouble.

The reason why he wanted Ou Zanghua to express his position was that he planned to use his status as a clean civil servant to fight against Prince Ning and at the same time shut up other civil servants.

You yourselves say that my actions are similar to those of saints, so what grounds do you have to oppose me?
As for whether Ou Zanghua will be excluded by the civil service group in the future.
What the hell does this have to do with him?
What Zhu Youqi didn't expect was that this young man Ou Zanghua was even more reckless than he was back then. He directly woke Wei Bin up and came up to file a complaint.

"No?" Ou Zanghua was stunned and asked doubtfully: "Didn't the prince just say..."

"I just drank too much and just wanted to complain a few words. You don't have to take it seriously, Mr. Ou." Zhu Youqi forced a smile and interrupted Ou Zanghua.

"Oh," Ou Zanghua nodded, then bowed and said, "I was drunk and my thoughts were slow. I misunderstood your intention, Your Highness. Please forgive me."

Wei Bin smiled and said, "Your Highness is magnanimous and will not blame me. It just so happens that this year's top scholars all have average alcohol tolerance."

"It seems that Ou Xiuzhuan and Wei Zhongxiang are indeed drunk. Let's rest in the palace tonight!" Zhu Youqi sat back in his seat, his expression returning to his previous gentleness, as if it was not him who had just lost his composure.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!"

Ou Zanghua and Wei Bin looked at each other and agreed with a smile.

The two left the banquet and walked towards the guest rooms under the guidance of the maid.

Wei Bin arrived at his courtyard first. He stopped, looked at Ou Zanghua and gently reminded him, "Ou Xiuzhuan, the palace is different from other places. You must pay attention to etiquette!" "Thank you, Prime Minister Wei, for the reminder." Ou Zanghua bowed and, led by the maid, walked into the courtyard next door.

When he was about to enter the house, he found that the two maids were still following him.

Ou Zanghua paused and looked back at the two women. They had oval faces with graceful lines, long eyebrows, and a pair of crystal clear eyes, just like carefully carved jade articles. They were beauties that could make people feel amazed.

What surprised Ou Zanghua even more was that the two girls were actually twin sisters with exactly the same faces.

He retracted his gaze and said calmly: "You guys retreat!"

The two sisters immediately knelt down, and said in clear and gentle voices with a hint of pleading: "The prince ordered me to serve you. If I fail to serve you well, you will beat me to death. Please have mercy on me, my lord."

Ou Zanghua rubbed his brows and asked, "Do you know music?"

"This slave can play the flute."

"This servant can play the zither."

"Very good," Ou Zanghua smiled and said, "Go get some musical instruments. Let's have some fun with music tonight."

The two women were stunned, but since Ou Zanghua said so, they couldn't refuse, so they asked the servants of the palace to deliver the musical instruments.

"Have you heard of "Butterfly Lovers"? " Ou Zanghua looked at the two women and asked gently.

The two girls shook their heads in confusion, and Ou Zanghua then told them the story of "Butterfly Lovers".

This time it is not Ou Zanghua's "original" work, because the earliest written record of "Butterfly Lovers" is "Records of Ten Regions and Four Barbarians" written by Liang Zai Yan in the early Tang Dynasty.

In the late Tang Dynasty, Zhang Du's "Xuanshi Zhi" was further embellished with literary elements. Except for the absence of the butterfly transformation, the rest of the content was basically completed.

Of course, Ou Zanghua was not planning this for this story, but was preparing to launch "Butterfly Lovers".

With the blessing of stories, music can touch people's hearts more.

But after hearing this story, the two little girls didn't react much.

Ou Zanghua was a little surprised, so he asked, "How do you feel?"

The two girls looked at each other, and one of them pretended to be moved and said, "It's very touching. I really hope they can be husband and wife."

The other also nodded and said, "We don't ask to live together, but we ask to die together. Mr. Liang and Miss Zhu can be considered happy!"

This is too insincere!
Do the two little girls look down on him, Ou Tanhua?

So, Ou Zanghua frowned and said, "Tell the truth!"

The two girls were stunned for a moment before they spoke under Ou Zanghua's sharp gaze: "Miss Zhu's father sent her to school, arranged a marriage for her, and prepared a betrothal gift. He is a very good elder. Miss Zhu secretly met with Mr. Liang. This is wrong at all."

“That’s not a private meeting.”

"What should it be called?" A girl asked in confusion, "A man and a woman, so different, living together every day, little by little, Mr. Liang didn't notice it. If he becomes an official, I'm afraid..."

Another girl nodded and said, "So it's a good thing he died early, otherwise he might have been another confused official."

Ou Zanghua was stunned. It's not you.
What you said makes a lot of sense!
"You guys go out! I'm going back to my room to sleep." Ou Zanghua stood up, opened the room with one hand, went in, and then used his internal energy to close the door.

The two girls stood outside the door, looking confused.

They looked at each other. It was obviously Lord Ou who forced them to tell the truth.
(End of this chapter)