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Chapter 291 I Don't Believe
There was silence in the hall.

But in everyone's ears and minds, Xie Yuan's words are still echoing:

"...Chen, it's a girl...it's a girl..."

The emperor was completely dumbfounded. He was so angry one moment ago, wishing he could pull out the young man across from him and cut him off, but the next moment he abruptly turned into shock and doubt.

Even though he had fought for half his life and was the founding king of the country, he had never seen any kind of turmoil, and at this moment, he was also excited by Xie Yuan's words, his head went blank, and he couldn't turn his head for a long time.

"You...you say it again." The emperor looked at this heroic young man, but couldn't understand, so he began to doubt his ears.

"I'm a girl, Your Majesty." Xie Yuan repeated it again, as if he had let go of a big stone from his heart, with a sense of relief.

This secret has been kept for too long, she is not Shen Liuzhen, and lying and deceiving is an extremely burdensome thing for her.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty, who was nearly fifty years old, had a gray beard, looked at Xie Yuan with flickering eyes, and unconsciously stretched out a hand to point at her, but did not respond for a long time.

Princess Huaizhen, who was half lying on the ground, turned her head to look at Xie Yuan, with a dull look on her face that had been struck by lightning.

At this time, she finally had a reaction, got up from the ground, and walked to Xie Yuan's side step by step, her pupils shook violently, and her sharp eyes carefully looked at Xie Yuan's appearance and eyes.

Xie Yuan also raised his head and looked at her calmly.

Princess Huaizhen's lips began to tremble suddenly with grievance, she squatted down, tears rolled in her almond eyes, and growled bitterly:
"You can even say such absurd things in order to quit the engagement? Are you still a man?!"

Xie Yuan said frankly: "I am not... the princess, this is the crime of deceiving the emperor, and there is no need for me to lie to you."

Princess Huaizhen was mad with anger, her whole body was trembling, with stubborn hatred flashing in her eyes, she gritted her teeth and shouted:
"Say it again! I'll let you talk again!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand to slap Xie Yuan across the face.

Xie Yuan frowned, and could no longer bear Princess Huaizhen's nonsense, his bound hands suddenly exerted force, and there was a soft "pop", and the rope snapped.

Xie Yuan instantly raised his hand and held Princess Huaizhen's wrist that was waving in front of his eyes, his voice was low and cold: "Princess! A soldier can be killed but not humiliated!"

Princess Huaizhen was already in tears, struggling hard while cursing: "You said you are a girl, and a girl is a shitty taxi, let go!"

Xie Yuan's hand tightly grasped her wrist, as firmly as a pair of pliers.She couldn't move, so she changed her other hand to slap, but Xie Yuan raised her hand and caught her.

Xie Yuan imprisoned her with both hands, and the broken rope was still wrapped around her arm. Because of Princess Huaizhen's crazy struggle, the yellow and white rope dangled from the sleeve of her black gown, which had a strange beauty.

Xie Yuan's powerful Danfeng eyes were filled with anger, and he said loudly unwillingly: "What about the girl? God made me like this, and I have nothing to do. But it doesn't mean that I can be bullied by others!"

Princess Huaizhen watched Xie Yuan's eyes flicker, as if frightened.

"Emperor, that's enough, come here." The Song Emperor said in an old voice, with a lot of exhaustion.

Princess Huaizhen just gave up, Xie Yuan let her go, she got up, dragged her winding clothes and walked in front of the emperor, knelt at his feet, raised her face in grievance, and cried softly:
"Father, I don't believe it. You have someone do a medical examination. He must be lying."

The Song Emperor looked at Xie Yuan again.

Just now when Princess Huaizhen was making trouble, he took a good look at Xie Yuan's appearance.

Because of her young age, the lines on her face are still soft, but she has thick eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and her demeanor is handsome, quite heroic.

He understood what his daughter meant in his heart: such a handsome and heroic young man is unmatched among men, and he doesn't look like a girl no matter what.But……

"Huanger, there is no general who would joke about his gender, so there is no need to test it."

"Father...he..." Princess Huaizhen pointed back anxiously, panicking in her heart, but she just didn't know what to do, so she started crying again.

The emperor's mood was very low.Although he reprimanded Xie Yuan just now, he looked like he wanted to kill her.

But it was because he had too high hopes for the general Xie Yuan.

God knows what kind of mood he felt a few years ago when he led an army full of confidence to fight Wei, but was chased by Shi Yufoli to the edge of the Yangtze River and almost perished.

Since then, he has grown old, he is afraid, and he no longer dares to be as confident as before. Even when he learned that Shi Yu Fuli had died, he was afraid because of the tragic memory of that year. , He dared not mobilize troops for a long time.

He wasn't the only one, the morale of the whole country has been low since then, and it's not a heart-wrenching humiliation and aggrieved that can be summed up in one word.

It is conceivable that this is why the appearance of Xie Yuan made the emperor and even the subjects of the whole country extremely excited.

But now...he said he was a girl?

The emperor's mood suddenly collapsed, and there was a sense of despair that the hope of turning over had been snuffed out.

If it hadn't been for Princess Huaizhen's crying and crying at the side, which annoyed him, he probably would have shed tears of disappointment.

After a while, the emperor sighed long, looked at Xie Yuan and asked:
"How do you want me to deal with you? To punish you for the crime of deceiving the king and beheaded for public display?"

Xie Yuan gave a "thump" in his heart, clasped his hands in front of him, and saluted: "I joined the army at the beginning to defend the country of the Han people. I implore your majesty to forgive me and allow me to continue serving the country."

After finishing speaking, he solemnly bowed down, and did not get up for a long time.

The emperor looked at her, feeling lost in his heart. His ears were filled with the sobs of Princess Huaizhen. He was very upset, so he shouted angrily:

"That's enough! Why are you crying?! I only thought you were crazy with your words. I didn't expect that you are acting more and more perverted now. The old Liu family has lost all face! If you cry again, I will even cut off the title of princess." !"

Upon hearing this, Princess Huaizhen knew that her father was really angry, so she opened a pair of pitiful big eyes and looked at him, covering her handkerchief and twitching, but she didn't dare to make a sound again.

Seeing her appearance, the emperor softened his heart, let her go again, and turned to Xie Yuan and said:

"Defending the country and serving the country is the job of the men. Unless the men are all dead, you don't need a girl to fight the enemy."

"Your Majesty, but I can do it! I'm as capable as a man!" Xie Yuan raised his head suddenly when he heard this, and said excitedly.

But she didn't know that when she said that she was a girl, she was useless in the emperor's heart.

Because she was a girl, the emperor even began to suspect that the battle reports and resumes about Xie Yuan that he had heard before were all exaggerations or luck.

The emperor frowned impatiently, and said angrily, "I don't need you in the Song Dynasty! Letting a woman go to battle to kill the enemy, wouldn't it make those Beiyi people laugh at me that there is no one in the Song Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)