389. Is it the distortion of human nature or the decline of morality?(1/2)
It was the ninth day of the seventh month, and there were six days left before the selection feast of the imperial daughter of Qingluan Kingdom. The royal family of Xuanye Kingdom and the royal family of Tianming Kingdom had not yet arrived in Fengming City, and Qingyu held a banquet in the palace to entertain guests of Qisha City and Shenbing City.
Tuoba Yan's words could be said to have aroused a thousand waves, and the atmosphere at the banquet became a little strange in an instant.
Qing Yu announced in public that she and Bai Yuan's granddaughter Bai Yi and asked Bai Yi to appear in front of everyone. If Bai Li Qing didn't speak, it would have been a very harmonious scene. Qingluan Country has another princess, but it was from Wushuang Sect. Bai Yi will undoubtedly participate in the next selection of the imperial daughters. As long as Qingyu recognizes it, all officials of Qingluan Country will not question Bai Yi's identity.
But Baili Qing spoke in public, doubting Bai Yi's bloodline, and even deliberately guiding everyone to think about Bai Yuan's use of Bai Yi's plan to seize the Qing imperial power.
Of course, this is not impossible. After all, no one knows who Bai Yi’s father is. Bai Yi did not grow up in Fengming City. When he suddenly emerged at this age, he said that he was Qing Yu’s granddaughter. Naturally, there is a possibility of fraud.
Bai Yuan's gloomy face instantly showed that Bai Li Qing's words had angered him, but Qing Yu was not angry and asked Bai Yi to respond to Bai Li Qing's doubts in person.
Everyone here, including Qing Yu, did not expect that Bai Yi, who looked soft and weak, had no weak personality at all. He treated him with his own way. Bai Li Qing questioned her identity, and she directly countered that Bai Li Qing's bloodline was even more suspicious.
Then the young master of Divine Soldier City suddenly spoke, looking as if he was not interested in the big deal. He also suggested that Qingyu check whether Baili Qing was her granddaughter first.
As for the several lords of the forces here, at this banquet, only the Divine Soldier City was completely outsiders and had nothing to do with the imperial power of the Qingluan Kingdom.
Everyone has their own judgment in their hearts. Objectively speaking, Baili Qing and Bai Yi have some similar backgrounds in Qingluan. Bai Yi won the confrontation this time. Because in fact, compared with Bai Yi, Baili Qing is more difficult to prove that he is Qing Yu's granddaughter.
After Bai Yi saluted Qing Yu, he had already returned to Bai Yuan and sat down. He did not wear a veil anymore, allowing others to secretly examine her. Her eyes were quiet. Those who thought that Bai Yi was Bai Yuan's puppet granddaughter and were just beautiful, and their minds changed.
Baili Qing could no longer control her expression, her expression was extremely ugly. She looked at Bai Yi coldly, clenched her fists under her sleeves, but she did not speak again. Because she dared to question Bai Yi's identity again, she might have put her in, because her identity and Bai Yi were half a dozen. She firmly believed that she was the blood of the Qing royal family, but it was difficult for her to come up with evidence of this kind of thing. Baili Qing was not stupid enough to ask Qing Yu to recognize her relatives with her. Such behavior would make Qing Yu very disgusted because Qing Yu was a woman with a strong desire to control her. She said yes, Baili Qing already regretted that she couldn't resist the impulse in her heart after seeing Bai Yi just now.
Bai Yuan snorted coldly, looked at Baili Qing and said, "Young Master Baili, take care of your own affairs! Yi'er is not like Young Master Baili. She has been showing up since she was a child and is very popular among women in Tianyuan Continent. She once had a special relationship with Master Li from Tianming Kingdom..."
As a master who has been famous for a long time, Bai Yuan defeated Bai Li Qing at least in terms of seniority. In addition, Bai Yuan guessed the reason why Bai Li Qing had never appeared, so he also knew that Bai Li Qing sent Lu Xiao to find trouble for Bai Yi last night. At the beginning of today's banquet, Bai Li Qing attacked Bai Yi. Bai Yuan would not be polite to Bai Li Qing. If he counterattacked, he hit Bai Li Qing's key point and deliberately mentioned the romantic affairs that spread throughout the Tianyuan Continent between Bai Li Qing and Li Yue in public. In most of the rumors, Bai Li Qing had long lost her innocence.
Baili Qing's expression froze and she interrupted Bai Yuan's words: "Be careful of your words! It is spreading rumors, and that is what the long-tongued woman does!"
Although it is not uncommon for women from Qingluan to be respected, it is not uncommon for a monogamous family to be a royal family, people with real identities still care about their reputation. At least before the official marriage, they will not let their reputation be stained. Bai Li Qing's reputation has long been completely destroyed. It's just that no one dared to mention it in front of her before, but Bai Yuan is not afraid of her.
Bai Yuan heard Baili Qing scold him as a tongue-in-law and looked dark: "It's really a good granddaughter from the Bishop of Baili City. How come I am also your elder? This is the education of Baili Family in Qisha City? Is what I said? Everyone here has a judgment in their hearts! What the Young Master Baili has done by himself is the one who knows the best! Originally, I didn't want to be a junior, but you don't want to be peaceful. I used despicable means to assassinate Yi'er last night, and today I slander Yi'er's background with red mouths and white teeth! Qing Emperor has recognized Yi'er, what is your identity? Is it your turn to question? Do you think Qing Emperor can't understand people clearly? Or do you think that his status in Qingluan Kingdom has surpassed Qing Emperor?"
Bai Yuan is not very good at making power, but he is naturally not a good person in the world step by step. Bai Li Qing has been spoiled since she was a child. She has never really seen a tongue-in-law like, and Bai Yuan has seen many of them.
Bai Yuan's words just now were a heart-breaking word to Bai Li Qing. Bai Li Qing looked extremely ugly, but she didn't care about quarrel with Bai Yuan. She stood up and knelt in front of Qing Yu, lowered her head and said, "Grandma, Qing'er has absolutely no intention of being arrogance! Qing'er has always been quick-witted, and she doesn't have so much scheming. What grandma knows best is that the leader of the Bai Sect is slandering Qing'er!"
"Why don't you say you slander Yi'er first?" Bai Yuan snorted coldly.
"Enough." Qing Yu looked at Bai Yuan with a faint expression, unable to see his joy or anger, but the original smile on his face faded a lot. She looked at Baili Qing and said, "Qing'er, go back and sit down. I've been thinking about it before speaking in the future. You are not a child anymore. I can tolerate you, but if you offend others, they may not forgive you."
"Yes, thank you grandmother!" Baili Qing lowered her head, stood up, walked back to the position of Qisha City, and sat down, his eyes lowered, covering the trace of resentment in her eyes.
"Since I have mentioned the bloodline, I will explain it clearly to you here." Qing Yu said calmly, "I am not old and confused. I can't even recognize my descendants. Whether it is Qing'er's identity or Yi'er's identity, I have checked it, and there is nothing suspicious about it. Although they have not grown up under my knees, they are all qualified to participate in the next selection of the royal daughters. Whoever questioned their identity again is questioning me."
After Qing Yu finished speaking, Baili Qing looked even more ugly, because she was the one who mentioned the bloodline at the beginning, and Qing Yu's words were clearly pounding her, telling her not to be smart.
Tuoba Yan blinked his eyes and smiled slightly and said, "Emperor Qing, I am confused about something, I hope Qing Emperor can give you advice."
Many people here have seen Tuoba Yan for the first time, and only know that Tuoba Yan is the adopted son of the lord of the Divine Soldier City. At this moment, when he saw Tuoba Yan, a young boy, sitting there calmly, his nobleness and pride emerge from his body. Even when he was talking to Qing Yu, he had no intention of looking up at him.
Hearing Tuoba Yan's words, Qing Yu smiled slightly: "I don't know what to call this young master of Divine Soldier City?"
"This young master's surname is Yan, Yan Lang." Tuoba Yan said with a slight hint of lips, "I want to ask, how did Qingdi verify the identity of Baili Master? No intention to offend him, but everyone knows that the prince of Qingning and the young master of Baili are no longer alive, and Baili is born in a country thousands of miles away. Even if Qingdi finds the mother who delivered the baby back then, that mother may lie."
Everyone here can hear Tuoba Yan's hostility towards Baili Qing, because he spoke twice, questioning Baili Qing's identity. Even after Qing Yu said that anyone mentioned this matter again was provoking her, Tuoba Yan still did not let Baili Qing go.
When Qing Yu heard Tuoba Yan’s question, he said lightly: “What does this matter have to do with Young Master Yan?”
"Of course it's related. As we all know, this young master is the adopted son of the lord of the Divine Soldier City, so this young master really wants to learn from the Qing Emperor and see how to investigate so that he can find the biological parents of the young master." Tuoba Yan said seriously.
Mu Lin picked up the teacup and covered the corner of his mouth that was slightly twitching. He thought silently in his heart, Tuoba Liang should cry when he heard this. Tuoba Yan was really hard to find Baili Qing's trouble...
Qing Yu smiled: "Young Master Yan wants to find his biological parents so much, aren't you afraid that Lord Ajiu City is unhappy?"
"My mother loves me very much, of course she won't be unhappy." Tuoba Yan said with a smile, "What do you think of this young master's problem?"
"I have nothing to tell you." Qing Yu shook his head slightly, "Young Master Yan, please ask others for advice."
"That's a pity." Tuoba Yan said, "By the way, does Young Master Baili look like Prince Qingning? Or is it like the young master of City Lord Baili? Can you identify your relatives by looking at your appearance?"
Bai Yuan smiled: "Little Young Master, I have seen Qingning and Baili Luochen. The appearance of this Baili Young Master is not much similar to them! But the children are not like their parents, and although they are young, they are not without them."
Bai Yuan's last sentence seemed to be helping Bai Li Qing speak, but his previous words had once again questioned Bai Li Qing's identity.
Baili Qing was so angry that she had just learned a lesson that she knew that she had many mistakes and no one here would talk to her, because Situ Yu never liked her very much, and now she was just drinking, as if nothing had happened.
"Come." Qing Yu spoke, completely ending the discussion about bloodline, and she seemed to have long believed that Baili Qing and Bai Yi were her descendants and could not be questioned by others.
A young man in white clothes walked in from the palace door. He had a fair face and a handsome appearance, holding a wooden sword in his hand.
This is a program prepared by Qing Yu for the guests, Jianwu, the performer is a beautiful man. Situ Yu glanced at the man and sneered softly.
Tuoba Yan asked Mu Lin in a low voice: "Uncle, what's going on with the red dot on this man's neck?"
Mu Lin glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze lightly: "It was bitten by a mosquito."
"There are still mosquitoes this season..." Tuoba Yan expressed his confusion and did not ask again, lowering his voice and said, "Uncle, do you think Qing Yu has really investigated the identities of Baili Qing and Bai Yi?"
Mu Lin said softly: "It shouldn't be. Qingyu never thought about letting Baili Qing and Bai Yi inherit her throne, so Qingyu doesn't care whether they are Qingyu's bloodline."
Mu Lin and Mu Yan both believed that the heirs trained by Qingyu had not yet appeared, and Baili Qing was just a chess piece used by Qingyu to control Qisha City. Because Baili Qing wanted to be the princess of Qingluan Kingdom, she and Baili Xun had been trying their best to please Qingyu over the years. Qingyu got a lot of benefits from Qisha City through them. As for Bai Yi, it was afraid that it was the granddaughter who emerged outside Qingyu's plan, Qingyu could not choose Bai Yi, but Bai Yi and Bai Yuan's Wushuang Sect can be used by Qingyu to suppress Qisha City, which has gradually escaped from her control.
Therefore, for Qing Yu, it doesn’t matter whether Baili Qing is Qingning’s biological daughter, because Qing Ning is just a damn rebellious woman in her eyes, let alone Qing Ning’s daughter who elopes? Bai Yi is the granddaughter in Bai Yuan’s mouth, which is enough. For Bai Yi, Bai Yuan will deal with Qisha City, and Qing Yu’s goal has been achieved.
Tuoba Yan turned his head and saw Mu Yan drinking and watching the sword dance performance in front of him with interest.
Tuoba Yan frowned, but Mu Lin was separated by Mu Yan. He whispered to Mu Lin: "Uncle, take care of your sister."
Mu Lin's lips curled slightly: "I can't help it."
When Mu Yan heard the conversation between Tuoba Yan and Mu Lin, he said calmly: "You don't know how to appreciate it. I think this sword dance is very good."
Tuoba Yan said, Dad, come back soon, my mother stared at a strange man and couldn't take her eyes off...
The sword dance ended, Mu Yan took the lead in applauding. The sword dancer looked at her, her eyes were very complicated, and she seemed to want to talk about a lot of things...
"Get back." Qing Yu said with a faint expression.
The sword-dance man lowered his eyes slightly and turned away. Mu Yan looked at his back and walked out of the hall, but none of this escaped Qing Yu's eyes.
Situ Yu, who had been sitting there eating and drinking, finally spoke, but what he said had nothing to do with Qisha City and Baili Qing. Instead, he looked at Qingyu and asked: "Qing Emperor, I don't know where my Qingxue Guru is now? I went to Qingye Mansion to visit yesterday, why was there no one in the mansion?"
Baili Qing looked at Situ Yu coldly. She was humiliated just now, but Situ Yu didn't say a word for her. Now he actually asked Qingxue's whereabouts?
Everyone here knows that Situ Yu is Qingxue's master, but many people have never thought of this before. Qingyu blocked the news about Qingxue's disappearance, and outsiders don't know, but the important officials of Qingluan Kingdom knew that Qingye, Rong Qian and Qingxue's family were all missing. As for where they went and who was taken away, no one had a definite answer, and Qingyu didn't.
Hearing Situ Yu's question, Qing Yu said lightly: "Xue'er defected with her parents. I have driven her from the Qing royal family. I don't know where she is."
"Defection? She is so good, why do you want to defect?" Situ Yu frowned.
"For this matter, Master Situ found your beloved disciple and asked her personally. I also want to know about it." Qing Yu said.
Situ Yu did not ask any more questions, but Bai Yi looked at Mu Lin silently because she had heard of the Qingxue Princess of Qingluan Kingdom, but this time after coming to Fengming City, Bai Yuan investigated and told her that Qingxue disappeared from Fengming City three months ago, and Qingxue's parents Rong Qian and Qingye were also missing.
Bai Yi didn't think much at that time, but at this moment, she suddenly thought of the first time she met Mu Lin in Shidu City. Mu Lin and his group, including a family of three, and several servants, left Qingluan Kingdom to go to the Divine Soldier City. At that time, the time when Qingxue disappeared from Fengming City was comparable. It was rumored that the biggest feature of the Qingxue Princess was that she was good at piano and had extremely superb piano skills. Bai Yi was on the boat more than once on the heart and sighed in her heart that Miss A Zheng's piano was so far beyond her reach...
Bai Yi is almost certain now that Qingxue is A Zheng, and Mu Lin took their family away from Fengming City! However, at first Bai Yi misunderstood that Mu Lin and A Zheng were a couple, but later he realized that what Mu Lin said was only treating A Zheng as his sister, which was the truth, because A Zheng was the woman of his good friend.
"Yi'er, what's wrong?" Bai Yuan glanced at Mu Lin and frowned and asked Bai Yi. Even though Bai Yi deliberately concealed it, Bai Yuan still found that Bai Yi had looked at Mu Lin more often, and his eyes just now were a little wrong.
Bai Yi was shocked, immediately withdrew his gaze, shook his head slightly and said, "It's nothing, I'm just distracted."
The banquet was over, and the tit-for-tat at the beginning did not lead to any blood test of a relative. Perhaps others would think that Qingyu had already found out everything and was confident, but Mu Yan and Mu Lin both felt that Qingyu actually didn't care. She had many children and grandchildren, and even if she died a few, she wouldn't feel sorry for her. She only needed a granddaughter or granddaughter she liked to inherit her position and become the second Qingyu, that's enough.
Qing Yu did not leave Bai Yi to live in the palace. Even if she wanted to stay, Bai Yuan would not agree, because the palace was even more dangerous. Bai Yuan had to stare at Bai Yi at all times now and could not give others the opportunity to take advantage of it.
Baili Qing supported Qingyu as she did at the beginning and sent Qingyu back. When she was about to leave, Qingyu called her.
"What are the instructions for grandma?" Baili Qing said respectfully.
"Qing'er, the position of the princess, the capable ones are here." Qing Yu looked at Baili Qing and said, "I have to take a bowl of water to convince the public. It is not that you don't let you do anything behind your back, but if you do it too obvious, not only will you fail, but you will be discovered, and you will be inferior. It is even more wise to argue in public for a while, not just a wise move."
Baili Qing lowered her head: "Grandma, I..."
"No need to say too much." Qing Yu looked at Baili Qing and said lightly, "I have said that your personality is the most similar to me, but your grandfather spoiled you too much, and your temper should be restrained. This selection is a test for you, don't let me down."
"Yes, grandmother." Baili Qing finished speaking and stepped back with respect. As soon as she went out, her face turned gloomy and terrible. Qing Yu knew everything he had done to Baili Qing, but she did not punish Baili Qing, and even said that Baili Qing's personality looked very similar to her. Baili Qing was really confused, and she didn't know what Qing Yu was thinking...
But Mu Yan and the other two left the palace, the rain had stopped when they left. The Wushuangmen left first. They walked out slowly, leisurely watching the scenery while walking. They also asked the palace maids who led the way to give them some simple introductions, which seemed like a one-day trip to the Qingluan Kingdom Palace.
Walking through a corner, there was a pavilion in front of it. There was a man kneeling inside the pavilion, with his back straight and his eyebrows and eyes lowered. It was the young man who had performed sword dancing at the banquet.
The palace maids took them around the pavilion and continued forward, but Tuoba Yan stopped and asked, "Why is this young man kneeling here?"
The palace maid seemed to have seen someone she shouldn't have seen, shook her head and said uneasy: "Don't ask, a few distinguished guests, I don't know anything. Please here."
As she was about to walk over, Mu Yan turned around and the man who was kneeling there looked up at her. There seemed to be humiliation flashing in her eyes, and then she suddenly lowered her head.
The three of them left the palace and rode back to the inn.
"Xiao Yan, you really don't want Baili Qing to have a good life!" Mu Yan said to Tuoba Yan.
"I'm serious about causing trouble for her." Tuoba Yan snorted lightly, "Who told her to ask her uncle for trouble? She wanted to marry her father, but she didn't look in the mirror. Just like her, she was more compatible with Li Yue!"
"Baili Qing and Li Yue both wanted to hit you after hearing this." Mu Yan's lips curled slightly, "But Qing Yu really doesn't care about bloodlines. To be precise, it's because Baili Qing and Bai Yi are not the heirs she chose, so it doesn't matter to her. In fact, if we have the opportunity, we can ask, how can Qing Yu know that the heir she chose must be her bloodline?"
Tuoba Yan was stunned for a moment. He knew that Mu Yan was just saying it casually, but after thinking carefully, he said: "If the heir chosen by Qingyu was her granddaughter, it should not be fake. The daughter she gave birth to herself, and the daughter her daughter gave birth to under her nose could not be fake. But if the heir chosen by Qingyu was her granddaughter, it would not be certain. If her daughter-in-law steals someone on her back and gives birth to another man's daughter, it would be interesting, haha!"
"It's true." Mu Yan nodded, "We will soon know whether Qing Yu chose a granddaughter or granddaughter. If it was a granddaughter, then we will be kind enough to help Qing Yu investigate."
"Mom, why do you feel that there is a big drama in Fengming City next? Qingyu thought everything was planned. She played so much this time. If the game collapsed in the end, it would be interesting." Tuoba Yan said expectantly.
Although it is a bit cruel to Qingyu's heir to curse that Qingyu was not her biological granddaughter, Tuoba Yan still cursed her very seriously. Who made Qingyu so confident that he secretly chose an heir and treated Baili Qing and Bai Yi as pawns, as if she was the heaven of Qingluan Kingdom, and no one could escape her control. Tuoba Yan hoped that Qingyu's favorite heir could successfully become the princess, and then Qingyu discovered that she was a bastard. When he saw it, could Qingyu still say calmly, who dared to question her granddaughter's bloodline, just question her...
To be continued...