The Empress’ Livestream

Of course they wouldn’t stay silent!

The Xu family could only bask in glory today because of their ancestral blessings and the maintenance of the family line by its successors.

For slandering their ancestors, regardless if it was done by the current emperor or not, the Xu family would keep their grudge and find a way to deal with them later, let alone a solitary Wu Ma Shang.

Xu Pei’s solitary “Mister Wu Ma” was followed immediately by Xu Fei’s clean hit—the baton in his hand landed heavily on Wu Ma Shang’s face. In the blink of an eye, a bright red mark appeared on his face, silencing the entire crowd in the assembly.

Everyone’s attention turned to the Xu brothers and Wu Ma Shang, but Jiang Pengji’s gaze remained fixed on the woman, Zhao Jia.

Watching, she discovered something very interesting.

When Xu Fei swung at Wu Ma Shang, the latter couldn’t dodge in time and took a direct hit from the elephant tooth baton.

At the same time, the kneeling Zhao Jia moved and discreetly held up her hand to cover her face.

Jiang Pengji’s lips curled up, her eyes filling with hints of humor as she gazed at Zhao Jia with newfound interest.

Just as the situation in front of them was about to devolve into a fistfight between the Xu brothers and Wu Ma Shang, the ministers close to Wu Ma Shang stepped in to mediate.

“Please calm down. Chief Wu Ma was not targeting General Xu, he was only addressing Liu Xi.”

Xu Pei shot back a cold, sharp glare as he hummed in anger, clearly not giving this mediating minister much credit.

What kind of drama king would come in and give himself more screen time?

Xu Fei’s personality was slightly more aggressive and stubborn, which always manifested in his actions. He didn’t care about staying professional in public.

“Are you deaf or were you simply in a daze earlier? This old man opened his mouth to say, ‘such a disgrace to womanhood’, which wasn’t just a shot at Liu Ci, but at General Xu and all our brave predecessors. If I stayed silent in the face of this slander, I would not be a true descendant of the Xu family! Listen up, old man, if you don’t explain yourself here and now, you can leave the assembly, but you will not leave this palace!”

The expressions on all the ministers’ faces changed dramatically.

Wu Ma Shang was perhaps most dumbfounded by this slap in the face. He only managed to pull his attention back after thinking for a moment.

He attempted to rebut the Xu brothers and said, “I was wondering how great the Xu descendants are, but now I see that they are simply two young men who are silly enough to be used by others. This is clearly all a conspiracy by Liu Xi’s to cause disturbances. General Xu was a respectable woman, how could she be compared to normal women and children? Liu Xi is a vile character who uses clever talks to trick people and cause friction between them. It’s all very loathsome.”

The Xu brothers didn’t calm down when they heard that. They sneered back disdainfully at Wu Ma Shang.

Did they really need Wu Ma Shang to explain?

Even the blind could see that the Xu brothers had been dragged into this matter. At the end of the day, by Wu Ma Shang bringing up this matter, would the brothers end up as collateral damage?

“Old man, don’t try and stray away from the topic of discussion by talking about others. We will not let go if you don’t give us an explanation!”

Wu Ma Shang snorted as his gaze cooled down. “General Xu and Liu Xi are two separate issues. The two Xu gentlemen do not need to mingle in the matters regarding Liu Xi. I will personally visit the Xu household after I reveal Liu Xi’s crimes, is that satisfactory?”

Xu Pei wanted to say no. Jiang Pengji had dragged them down here to interrupt Wu Ma Shang’s accusations and attacks. If they were to simply leave now, it would be quite dishonorable. Helping a friend wasn’t something to be taken for granted, so Liu Xi would owe a great debt to him after this.

Xu Pei’s plan was quite refined, but unfortunately, the two brothers were functioning on two completely different brainwave channels as Xu Fei ripped up his plans without a second thought.

Xu Fei glanced at Jiang Pengji and said, “Good! I’d like to see what kind of gold you can spew out of that dirty mouth of yours!”

This young man was as stupid as a pig!

Xu Pei’s face remained expressionless as he mentally cursed at Xu Fei.

It wasn’t just Xu Pei who thought that his brother was throwing him under the bus. The audience in the livestream was also upset at Xu Fei for throwing his teammate out.

Yimo ShenHong: Holy crap! What a bad teammate! Someone like Xu Fei would make a bad teammate!

Midnight Epilepsy: I can’t believe that the advantageous situation that the host created just got destroyed by Xu Fei’s stupidity.

Fallen Dust Not Dusk: I take back what I said earlier. Xu Fei isn’t cute, he’s only stupid. What a great chance this was! The host already has such powerful attacks that even if the brothers don’t do anything else and just support her on the sidelines, they could still claim a war prize at the end. Great, now they straight up got talked out of that by that dumb old Wu Ma! They refused to join the party to beat up the old man and now they’re just going to wait and watch their party leader get beaten up!!!

Little Penguin MeowMeow: Last commenter, I don’t agree with your statement there. Our host’s power level is over 10,000. She can carry the whole fight herself!

Without the Xu brothers’ help, Jiang Pengji looked as if her strength was declining.

Wu Ma Shang laughed and questioned her. “You’re definitely worthy of being Liu Zhongqing’s descent. Your ability to distort an argument is almost impressive. It’s only unfortunate that everyone here has clear eyes. No matter how much you try to prove your innocence, they’ll still see an excuse as an excuse. Stop trying to bring in your elders as a shield! How could a perpetual liar and identity thief like you be speaking on the same level as the heroes and great figures of the past? Liu Xi, what else do you have to say?”

To his surprise, Jiang Pengji looked at the red mark on his face and sneered mockingly.

“Chief Wu Ma, do you know how the second child of the late emperor died?”

This question didn’t stun just Wu Ma Shang, but everyone else in the assembly was stumped as well.

How was the second prince’s death related to the matter at hand?

“You’re again trying to deceive us by talking nonsense!” Wu Ma Shang frowned in disgust.

Jiang Pengji replied, “You’re wrong, I’m not trying to deceive anyone, nor am I speaking nonsense. The late prince was discovered using witchcraft to murder the late emperor and the demon queen. He brought the curse of death upon himself, then his mother’s family got dragged into it and had their house confiscated. I suspect that you’ve been cursed by someone using witchcraft!”

The crowd was in an uproar!

This turn of events was a bit too scary. They felt as if their brains couldn’t keep up with the situation.

Wu Ma Shang’s expression darkened. He nearly stomped his foot on the ground from anger.

“Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous!”

“Chief Wu Ma, please don’t rush to deny this. I dare to say this because I have proof, just as Chief Wu Ma has this Zhao Jia lady as a proof. I have my own evidence to present. However, I am not Chief Wu Ma, so I will not request that you strip naked in front of the assembly. I just need you two to fulfill one small request I have.” Jiang Pengji sneered as she said, “You and this elderly woman, one of you say in Langye County dialect the phrase ‘the green bamboo is at the snake’s mouth, the hornet’s needle at its tail’, and the other say in Zhangzhou dialect, ‘glory to the emperor, long live the emperor.’”

As she made this strange request, the ministers were still in a daze at everything.

After a while, the elderly woman awkwardly said the phrase in Langye dialect. Wu Ma Shang followed it up with the Zhangzhou dialect.

Jiang Pengji kept her sneer. “You two seem to misunderstand my request. I told you to say it at the same time, not one after another!”

Wu Ma Shang stood up and complained, saying, “Worthless person, don’t get too ahead of yourself!”

Jiang Pengji’s voice rose as she pressured him slightly. “Are you two unwilling to say it, daring not to say it, or… is it that you can’t say it?”

Wu Ma Shang’s face turned pale as he took a step back. The elderly woman’s eyes revealed a hint of what seemed like toxic and murderous intent.