bayedsolid Chapter 291: A Big Disaster
Chapter 291: A Big Disaster
Mo Li turned around with a look of horror and looked at Heshen.
He Shen said again: "Shut up."
Mo Li forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, I still have three sections to read."
Emperor Gai Zhang said, "All the wandering ghosts have escaped, what's the point of reading? You, Mo Li, always do something disgusting when I'm happy."
Mo Li knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I will die."
Emperor Gai Zhang stood up and said, "This is a disgrace, a great disgrace. Let's get going."
All the officials knelt down.
Emperor Gai Zhang and his two followers walked in a certain direction and quickly passed by Mo Li.
He Shen came to Mo Li.
"Very good, Lord Mo. This poem has made great progress. Even Alvin and the Chipmunks have memorized it. The writing is so eloquent. Look at how the Emperor is praising you. It really spoils the mood. Do you want me to say a few good words for you in front of the Emperor?"
Mo Li forced a smile and said, "I am truly grateful to you for speaking well of me to the Emperor." After saying that, he knocked on the bamboo joints.
He Shen said angrily: "I won't knock you anymore, just wait for death."
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly stopped, turned around and said with a smile: "No, you really can't die. If you die, who will I fight with? I will be lonely. Humph." After that, he left.
Mo Li smiled, then immediately restrained his smile.
……
A hand placed the tea bowl on the table and the lid fell off with a clinking sound.
He Shen said, "Go down."
Liu Quan waved to the maid.
The maid left.
He Shen continued, "You go down too."
Liu Quan said yes and left with Heshen's official hat.
An official was sitting next to him, looking at Heshen quietly.
He Shen walked up to the official and said, "Tell me, tell me about Mo Li. I was reciting a poem for the Emperor today, and when I got to the crucial part, he burst into tears. I painstakingly prepared the two key lines praising the Emperor, but I couldn't pronounce them."
“What a shame,” the official said.
He Shen sighed and took two steps forward. "When writing poetry, the more you worry about not having a good beginning, the more you worry about not having a good ending. The key is my two key lines. It's such a pity that Mo Li ruined it."
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
The officials didn't know what to say.
He Shen glanced at him and said, "Master Shang, please sit down."
Lord Shang sat down, and Heshen sat down too. He said, "Look, I'm so angry, really. Oh, yes, you rushed here in such a hurry, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Lord Shang said, "Lord He, that Mo Li keeps talking about the Silver Mountain and the Golden Ship, and he almost reported the details of the garden construction to the emperor. I'm afraid..."
He Shen smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? What's there to be afraid of? Think about it, building a garden naturally costs money. Even though Mo Li desperately advised the emperor today, acting like a loyal minister, the emperor may not appreciate his kindness. Oh, didn't the emperor say that he's a real eyesore? Yes, a real eyesore. It's still uncertain whether he'll be alive tomorrow."
……
Mo Li was kneeling on the ground with a pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of him.
Beside him, the Emperor Gai Zhang said, "To publicly offend His Majesty, to insinuate himself against the current emperor, to sell one's integrity for loyalty, what crime should be committed?"
Mo Li said: "Behead."
The Emperor said, "Write it down."
Mo Li immediately started writing.
Emperor Gai Zhang said: "What crime should be committed by making unfounded claims based on hearsay?"
Mo Li thought for a moment and said, "Behead."
The Emperor said, "Write it down again."