Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1658 Trouble
Everyone was whispering, but Fang Chongzheng, who was standing among them, was indifferent. All the officials were indignant for Chen Xu. Could it be that they had forgotten the original intention of the establishment of the Censorate, which was that no false statements were allowed?

The Su family was weak and didn't like to offend anyone, so they always acted as peacemakers. Today, the Censorate, under the control of the Su family, was almost like a fence-sitter.

If no one reminds the censors, in the long run, any unfounded rumors will be reported to the higher authorities, which will not only disrupt the court, but may also be used by those with ulterior motives to kill people without shedding blood.

Fang Chongzheng sighed imperceptibly. In the Censorate, there were people like Chen Xu who were indecisive and opportunistic, as well as people who were upright and prudent. If they were frightened by the current situation and were maliciously threatened a few more times, there would probably be no one in the court who would really dare to speak out.

"Your Highness, I only have friendship for you, not love between a man and a woman." Fang Zilan broke free from his hand, her expression calm, "I believe that with Your Highness's character, no matter who he marries, he will respect and love her and protect her for the rest of her life, but that person should not be me."

"Why?" Li Qiyou held her shoulders and forced her to look him in the eye. "You clearly know... Do you really have to be a pawn and wait for the imperial decree to come down so you can marry anyone you want?"

"I've been waiting for this, haven't I?" Fang Zilan raised her hand and pushed his hand away. "Your Majesty, if His Majesty hadn't respected me and was willing to ask for my opinion, what you said would have happened long ago."

Li Qiyou stared at her in a daze, and only heard her say word by word: "As long as I don't want to get married, even if it is an imperial decree, I have the courage to fight against it. What about you, do you dare?"

"Fang Zilan!" The Queen Mother's voice suddenly rang out, sounding particularly sharp in the huge palace, "How dare you..."

"Why not?" Fang Zilan glanced at the livid queen mother, then turned to Li Qiyou and said, "My Lord, I understand that you had good intentions, but when you asked for an imperial decree granting marriage in the name of what you thought was protection, at that moment you had become the kind of person you didn't want to admit."

"I..." Li Qiyou's tone weakened a little, "I'm afraid you will..."

"Your Highness, this is your problem." Fang Zilan interrupted him rudely, "You used coercive means to try to make me submit. This is because you knew very well that this was something I would never agree to."

"I'm sorry." Li Qiyou's voice was very soft, but Fang Zilan still heard those three words. However, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she heard the Empress Dowager say, "Lord Fang is so arrogant. Do you think that I and the Empress Dowager don't exist?"

Fang Zilan looked at the Grand Empress Dowager and said, "I have already said this when I came in just now. Today I came to see the prince. After all, the marriage is a matter concerning the two of us and has nothing to do with others. Now I have said everything I need to say..."

"Master Fang, marriage is always decided by parents and matchmakers. How can it be a matter between you and Qiyou?" The Empress Dowager raised her voice and said in a dignified manner, "Besides, Qiyou has never failed to get what he wants, and the same is true for people."

Fang Zilan's expression turned cold. "What does the queen want to say?"

"I will issue an edict to grant the marriage, so please be at ease and wait for your marriage, Lady Fang." The sudden change of the Empress Dowager caught Fang Zilan off guard. She was extremely confused, and Li Qiyou also looked bewildered.

"There is no need to say more about this matter. If Lord Fang feels that I cannot control you, then I will ask His Majesty to issue an order." The Empress Dowager said in a deep voice: "The princess of Qiyou must be you."

Fang Zilan didn't know how she walked out of Yuzhang Palace. She only felt her steps were extremely heavy. The last words of the Empress Dowager were repeated in her mind. "If Lord Fang thinks that he can be honored for his whole life because of his meritorious service and despises the majesty of the royal family, then how can people in the world have awe for our Dajing royal family in the future?"

For a moment, she was unable to refute such words. She had forgotten that it was a taboo to be more powerful than the master. Even if Li Shengxuan didn't care, even if she was a woman, even if she had never been proud of her achievements, as long as she had the slightest intention of resisting, she would be regarded as a traitor at any time and would be dragged down and trampled to death.

Murong Qing was in a trance for a moment, and Fang Zilan calmed down, and her voice became darker, "Your Majesty, I promised King Zhongzheng that I would protect your life. But if you have evil intentions, don't blame me for being ruthless. Next time, I will Kill you."

After she said that, she turned around and was about to leave, but Murong Qing called out to her, "Master Fang, you said that I have evil intentions. Then you worked hard to reach the position of Duke of Yue. Don't you have other plans?"

Any other plans? Fang Zilan chewed on these four words repeatedly, then looked back at Murong Qing, "I have other plans, but they are different from the prince's ambition."

"Ambition?" Murong Qing laughed out loud as if he heard something funny. After a while, he stopped and said word by word: "Master Fang, if you have the prophecy of destiny, will you fight for it? If so? Without fighting, where can we settle down?”

Fang Zilan laughed and said coldly: "There are many people in this world who do not have the prophecy of destiny. Don't they need to settle down and settle down? Your prince has come this way. Whether it is for the sake of settling down and establishing destiny or the prophecy of destiny, only you know best in your heart."

"No matter what Mr. Fang thinks, I will not stop here." Murong Qing clenched his hands into fists and said with a fierce expression: "I will never let Mr. Zuo's blood flow in vain."

When she heard Mr. Zuo, Fang Zilan was stunned. She pursed her lips and whispered: "Your Majesty, have you ever thought that Mr. Zuo's so-called help for you may be just to satisfy his own god-making?"

"What did Lord Fang say?" Murong Qing didn't seem to hear it clearly. Fang Zilan shook her head, "It's nothing. Your Majesty just needs to remember what I said today and stay safe. Otherwise, forgive me for not being able to fulfill my promise to your father."

After she said that, she walked out without looking back. Murong Qing looked at her back and felt a helpless and dejected feeling in his heart.

It wasn't that he didn't hear the last sentence he just said clearly, but he didn't dare to hear it clearly.

If Mr. Zuo is really like Fang Zilan said, he only helped because of the destiny prophecy, what does the friendship between teacher and friend in those years mean... and who does he mean? A tool to fulfill destiny prophecies?

Fang Zilan's heart-wrenching words were truly more cruel than killing someone.

Thinking of this, Murong Qing staggered a few steps, and finally stood up steady by holding on to the table. He gasped heavily, stretched out his hand and swept all the utensils on the table down, with a continuous clanging sound and fragments all over the floor.

Meng Tingyang heard the noise and rushed over quickly, "Prince..."

"Get out!" Murong Qing coughed a few times and his face turned pale.

(End of this chapter)