Chapter 217: Survival Comes First! (2 / 2)
Xu Yanmiao pondered for a moment before carefully selecting a piece of information he might plausibly have heard about in his position. “Does His Majesty recall the ‘Paragon of Filial Piety’ from Dingyuan County in Fengyang Prefecture?”
Seeing His Majesty’s face filled with a “does this person even exist?” expression, the old censor helpfully reminded him:
“Your Majesty, this man is renowned for his filial piety. After his parents passed away, he was so grief-stricken that he couldn’t bear to leave them. He moved into the tomb and has been mourning there for twenty years.”
The old emperor pondered this for a moment, then smiled. “Ah, a dutiful son indeed. Xu Yanmiao, you…”
Before he could finish the sentence with “have a keen eye,” Xu Yanmiao’s next words spilled out uncontrollably:
“He drank wine, ate meat, and even fathered five chubby children in that tomb!”
After speaking, Xu Yanmiao immediately shut his mouth, not daring to say another word.
The old emperor: “…”
Do you think this is the kind of thing that will make me happy?