"I, Lin Fei, pay my respects to the emperor!"
Seeing that Lin Fei did not kneel but only cupped his hands, Li Shimin was very unhappy. However, seeing that no one below stood up to share his worries, he could only pretend not to care and pinch his nose to let Lin Fei stand up.
"Were you the one who spread rumors outside the Vermillion Bird Gate this morning?”Although Li Shiming had helped Lin Fei get up, his tone was still sour.
"Yes, I am!" Lin Fei admitted.
Li Shiming was stunned. He didn't expect the kid to have the courage to admit it directly. This was completely different from his plan. In his plan, Lin Fei would not admit it at first, and then he would immediately call the witness. He had already had people investigate. The rumor that this kid made today was known to the entire Chang 'an City. It was easy to find a few witnesses. As long as the witness was there, Lin Fei would not even have a chance to argue. After he was convicted, he would be beaten up until he was paralyzed and then released.
This way, not only could he vent his anger, but he could also gain a good reputation for himself.
However, Lin Fei did not follow the routine, which made Li Shiming very uncomfortable.
"Lin Fei, you've already confessed. On account of your youth and ignorance, I'll sentence you to twenty feet. Are you convinced?”Li Shiming had no choice but to endure the pain and not kill Lin Fei for the sake of his reputation as a wise ruler.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"The first emperor of the ages!"
Sure enough, as soon as Li Shimin announced the verdict, the officials immediately flattered him and praised him.
One of the most shameless ones was Cheng Yaojin. He deliberately waited for the other officials to finish before saying loudly,"Your Majesty is wise. Just from today's matter, Your Majesty has already far surpassed the Qin Emperor and Han Wu.”
After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, everyone looked at him in shock. They really could not understand how a person could be so thick-skinned.
However, Cheng Yaojin didn't care about everyone's opinion. He just wanted to flatter the emperor because he knew that only by making the emperor happy could he get more benefits.
"I'm not convinced!"
At this moment, a sonorous and powerful voice with a hint of childishness sounded. Everyone remembered that there was a child present today.
"You're not convinced? The princess is a daughter of a thousand gold. You are just a commoner boy, what is there to be unconvinced about?”
The one who spoke was Wei Zheng. Although he often found fault with Li Shiming, he was very particular about the marriage between people of equal status. Therefore, he did not think that a young man was qualified to marry a princess.
"I am the Hui Wen Star who has descended to the mortal world. I know everything in the world and am extremely talented. In this world, only the princess is a good match for me.”When Lin Fei said this, he straightened his chest and was very confident.
When the officials heard this, they looked at Lin Fei and then looked back at Cheng Yaojin. In the end, they unanimously concluded that Lin Fei's skin was thicker than Cheng Yaojin's.
Moreover, they felt that not only was Lin Fei thick-skinned, but he was also much more suicidal than Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Yaojin usually did not pretend to be crazy and kill a few cows from time to time when he courted death. As for Lin Fei, he did it in front of the emperor and said that only the princess was a good match for him.
At this moment, everyone knew that Li Shiming's expression was not good.
"What a great knowledge of the world, what a great talent. Today, this old man will compete with you to see if you are really talented.”Wei Zheng's face turned purple. It had been many years since anyone dared to speak to him like this.
"How?" Lin Fei asked very calmly.
"Who can catch more fish at the same time without a net?”
"What if you lose?" Lin Fei agreed without thinking. Although Wei Zheng was a famous official, he had the Encyclopedia and could not lose to Wei Zheng.
Moreover, he was worried that he could not find an opportunity to prove his strength. Wei Zheng was just a stepping stone for him, so why not?
"If I lose, I'm willing to take you as my master!”
"Is that true?"
"Really!"
After negotiating the bet with Wei Zheng, Lin Fei turned to Li Shimin and said,"Emperor, if I lose to Lord Wei, will I be qualified to marry the princess?”
"If you can defeat Wei Zheng, I will personally bestow you with a marriage!”Li Shiming didn't even consider it. He didn't think that a twelve-year-old kid could defeat Wei Zheng.
If a twelve-year-old child could defeat Wei Zheng, he would indeed be qualified to be his son-in-law.
"I want to choose for myself." Lin Fei knew that Li Shiming had a few daughters with bad character. He didn't dare to have someone like Princess Gaoyang, so he had to choose one himself, a beautiful and sensible one.
When the officials heard Lin Fei's words, they no longer thought that Lin Fei was courting death. Instead, they admired Lin Fei's courage. In history, they had never heard of anyone who was not satisfied with the Emperor's marriage and still wanted to choose for themselves.
Li Shimin was so angry that his nose was crooked, but he couldn't be angry in front of all the officials." Alright, as long as you can defeat Wei Zheng, I will allow you to choose a princess to marry. But if you lose, what will you do?"”
"I'm Hui Wenxing, I won't lose.”
"Zhen asks you what will happen if you lose?”
"As the emperor wishes!"
"Alright, let's begin!"
At this time, Li Shi Min had already decided that as long as Lin Fei lost, he would definitely kill him.
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