Guagua: [Yes.
Censor Yuan was upright and incorruptible. Whenever he submitted a memorial accusing someone of wrongdoing, he first investigated the matter himself and obtained evidence.
He might have been a little stubborn, but he truly was an honest official, with nothing but clean breezes in his sleeves.]
Song Yaoyao: [Mm.
So what injustice did Yuan Jibai suffer?]
Guagua: [That is a long story.
Host, let me start from the beginning.]
Song Yaoyao: [All right.]
As Guagua finished speaking, the screen above Song Yaoyao's head lit up.
Yuan Jibai appeared on the screen.
Guagua's voice drifted out steadily:
[While Censor Yuan was still alive, he arranged a marriage for Yuan Jibai.
The bride was Zhou Jiuer, the eldest legitimate daughter of Zhou Ningxuan, the Marquis of Suning.
What sort of man was Zhou Ningxuan, the Marquis of Suning? The sort who spoke human words to humans and ghostly words to ghosts.
Zhou Ningxuan had little ability and no real power at court, but he was extremely slick in his dealings.
Censor Yuan had initially opposed the match, but Yuan Jibai insisted that he would marry no one but Zhou Jiuer.]
In the video, Yuan Jibai knelt on the floor and said:
"Father, Mother, Jiuer is Jiuer, and her father is her father.
Jiuer is completely different from her father.
She is intelligent and talented, the woman I wish to take as my wife. Please grant us your blessing."
With that, Yuan Jibai solemnly kowtowed to Censor Yuan and his wife.
Madam Yuan glanced at her husband beside her and sighed. She stepped down from the seat of honor, stopped in front of Yuan Jibai, and helped him up, saying:
"Jibai, whatever you have to say, stand up first."
"Yes, Mother."
After rising, Yuan Jibai continued:
"I know Father is upright