Shangshu Lin was proud and said, "Emperor, please give a clear explanation to the crime of deceiving the emperor Yi Shuihan committed."
Yi Shuihan smiled: "Shangshu Lin, you said I have committed the crime of deceiving the king. Why did I deceive the king? Please pay attention to your wording and be careful that I will accuse you of false accusations!"
Shangshu Lin was angry and hum, and he was still so arrogant when he died: "You have admitted that you are a woman, isn't it a crime to deceive the emperor?"
Yi Shuihan's smile became deeper: "Shangshu Lin, did I say I am a man? Did I say I am not a woman? No, right? Then why did I deceive the emperor?"
Shangshu Lin said angrily: "You pretended to be a man to take the imperial examination and became an official in the court, and you still want to make a quibble!"[
Yi Shuihan smiled unabated: "Shangshu Lin, please pay attention to your wording. Which law in Beiming Kingdom clearly stipulates that women cannot take the imperial examination? Which law instructs that women cannot enter the court to become officials?"
When the ministers heard this, although there were indeed no explicit regulations, it was an unwritten rule, and everyone in the country knew it.
Shangshu Lin immediately retorted: "Hmph, there has never been a woman in Beiming Kingdom taking the imperial examination and becoming an official in the court."
Yi Shuihan said impatiently: "Shangshu Lin, it did not mean that there is no one in the past, and nothing has evolved from it to it. This is a historical trend and no one can stop it."
When Ling Xiaoran heard this, his expression changed. No one could stop the trend of history? No, he is an emperor of the ages, and there is nothing he can't stop!
Shangshu Lin snorted coldly: "Yi Shuihan, no need to quibble. As a woman, you are dressed as a man. This is a disrespect and deceiving the king!"
Yi Shuihan said: "Shangshu Lin, how did I dress up as a man?"
Lin Shangshu smiled sinisterly and said, "You are wearing men's clothes, and your outfit is no different from a man!"
Yi Shuihan said: "Shangshu Lin, which law in Beiming Kingdom stipulates that women should not wear men's clothing? Is it a disrespectful thing for women to wear men's clothing and deceive the emperor?"
The Golden Palace became a dispute between Shangshu Lin and Yi Shuihan. The ministers remained silent and kept watching the show, and even the emperor looked like he was watching the show.
Shangshu Lin said angrily: "Hmph, you, a woman, interferes in political affairs!"
Yi Shuihan said: "How did I interfere in political affairs? I have never even written a poem in the Hanlin Academy, and my official position is granted by the emperor. When will it be the turn of Shangshu Lin to comment?"
Shangshu Lin was refuted every sentence and said furiously: "You, you do not follow the female commandments, you are restless and obey yourself, and you are swaying."
Yi Shuihan still looked calm and said, "Shangshu Lin, are the women who do not keep the female commandments committed the crime of deceiving the emperor? Then do you want to arrest all the women who do not understand the female commandments in Beiming Kingdom.
Get up and say they have committed the crime of deceiving the monarch?"
When the ministers heard this, some people covered their mouths and laughed. Yi Shuihan was clearly quibbling, but every sentence was reasonable, which made people unable to refute it.
Lin Shangshu was speechless and held it in for a long time before saying, "Hmph, you are making a point!"
Yi Shuihan said: "If Shangshu Lin thinks that I am inappropriate, then I have to find a reason."
Lin Shangshu was speechless and had to say to the emperor: "Report to the emperor, Yi Shuihan's evil words are confusing the public. Please give it a clear view."
"Your Majesty, I have never said that my minister is a man, nor that my minister is not a woman, nor that I have interfered in the affairs of the court. Also, where do I look like a man?" Yi Shuihan said narcissisticly.
What does the implication mean is that you are all blind?[