Chapter 179: Choosing a colleague is like choosing a concubine?

When Jian Yue finished speaking, there was silence in the room for a moment.

Just when Jian Yue thought that Huangfu Chengyu was unmoved and didn't want to pay attention to him, Huangfu Chengyu opened his mouth and asked, "Are you married?"

Jian Yue: “Ah?”

Huangfu Chengyu reminded him: "There are old people above and young people below."

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Jian Yue coughed lightly and was about to speak.

Huangfu Chengyu looked down at him and said slowly, "The crime of deceiving the emperor will punish all nine generations of your clan."

Jian Yue: “…”

Depend on!

I almost forgot that this dynasty was a time when emperors would play the Nine Clans Candy Crush Saga when they were unhappy!

But I just said something like that in an excited tone. If I change my words now and say that I have no elders or children, wouldn’t that also be considered a crime of deceiving the emperor? I’ll be punished now!

Jian Yue could only bite the bullet and say, "We're not married."

Huangfu Chengyu was calm and composed: "Continue."

Jian Yue whispered, "Little ones are my brothers and sisters."

Anyway, it doesn’t say that brothers and sisters must be human beings, right? If he finds a dog on the street and says it is his brother, it won’t be considered as deceiving the emperor, don’t do it!!!

Huangfu Chengyu said: "It seems that you have worked very hard. This job in the palace must be unfair to you. Can you support your family?"

Jian Yue shuddered all over and said quickly, "It's not hard, it's just my fate. No, it's my honor. It's my great honor to serve Your Highness. I don't feel it's hard! Your Majesty, please don't kill me!"

Huangfu Chengyu looked at him for a moment, then asked, "When did I say I wanted to kill you?"

Jian Yue was stunned. Not killing?

He looked up at him in a daze.

He saw Huangfu Chengyu's handsome eyes looking at him. The man was wearing a simple dragon robe, but still couldn't hide his majesty. The gold-plated brocade robe was silky, but it had an icy temperature. It was a symbol of imperial power and status. He slowly reached out and pinched Jian Yue's chin. The face in front of him had slightly red eyes and tears in the corners of his eyes. He forced the person to look up at him.

Huangfu Chengyu curled his lips, lowered his eyes and looked at Jian Yue and said: "My chief eunuch is dead, and now there is no one to serve me. What do you think I should do with you?"

Jian Yue was stunned.

The audience in the live broadcast room who thought he was going to be punished were also stunned:

“Oh my god!”

"Isn't this the heroine's line?"

"Haha, little prince, you are getting better too."

"I thought he was going to flip over!"

Jian Yue was confused for a moment. He didn't know what the emperor meant and thought the emperor was going to blame him. He said, "Your Majesty, Manager Zhao is disloyal and unjust. You deserve better and more capable people to serve you!"

Huangfu Chengyu still maintained his posture and looked at him. His fingertips with thin calluses brushed across Jian Yue's fair chin. He curled his lips and said, "You can stir up my concubines to kill each other, and even send me flowers that the imperial guards can't find. I think your ability is very good."

Jian Yue felt a deep malice!!

To be fair! He did everything according to your Majesty's arrangement!

Although being appreciated and promoted by the boss is a good thing, he is not stupid, as the boss is so smart and wise, and may even chop off his head if he is not satisfied with something. It is like living with a tiger to serve the king!

Jian Yue hesitated and said, "In fact, my ability is not that great. The steward around your majesty should be someone more outstanding and capable. I am afraid that with my limited ability, I am not up to the task..."

Huangfu Chengyu curled his lips and said, "Really? I don't like to force people. If you can't be used by me, I won't force you. Since I can't keep you, there's no need to..."

When this sentence started to be said.

Jian Yue was horrified to see the safety value on the system panel suddenly plummeting:

[The current safety value is 15%]

【10%】

【5%】

【3%】

The red safety value represents the speed at which danger is approaching. Once the safety value is cleared, life will also be reduced to zero!

Jian Yue interrupted Huangfu Chengyu without even thinking: "Your Majesty!"

Huangfu Chengyu raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

Jian Yue said earnestly, "Your Majesty, I have thought it through. I will not force it. Why would I force it? I am willing. It is my great honor to be your man. I dare not even dream of it. Just now, I just did not dare to believe that such a great blessing would fall on me. Since Your Majesty is willing to give me this opportunity, I will do my best to be a good steward!"

Huangfu Chengyu asked, "When did I ever tell you to be the chief steward?"

Jian Yue: “…”

Huangfu Chengyu curled his lips and smiled. The man looked at him and said slowly, "From today on, you will be my personal eunuch and temporarily handle the affairs of the palace. As for the position of general manager, we will discuss it later."

Jian Yue choked up, isn't this just a trial period? !

It doesn't matter!

Normal, it is convenient for him to check things!

Jian Yue said: "What about the other people in the hall?"

Huangfu Chengyu said: "You can choose from the other people in the palace. I trust you."

Jian Yue felt his body tremble when he saw his smiling eyes. This could be considered a test. If he arranged for the empress dowager's people to come in, or the imperial teacher's people, or some other force, the emperor would know what was going on.

The system panel also refreshed: "

Trigger limited-time mission: [Emperor's Test]

Mission details: Please select a successful palace maid for the palace, who must not belong to any faction and must have a clean family background.

Mission reward: 500 points. "

This task seemed to be much simpler than those tasks that required risking one's life. It only required selecting a few palace servants, but in fact it was not easy at all.

Moreover, this is the first task assigned to me by the emperor during my probation period.

Jian Yue's mind was spinning rapidly.

Huangfu Chengyu said: "Okay, get up."

Jian Yue stood up, his knees numb. Seeing that the emperor was walking outside instead of toward the bedroom, he asked in confusion, "Where is your majesty going now?"

I thought I was going to do something confidential or important again. This was the first time I accompanied my boss to do something since I took office! Jian Yue was cheering himself up in his heart. He must do it well!

Huangfu Chengyu paused, looked back at him and said, "Let's continue with breakfast, what else?"

Jian Yue: “…”

"I didn't even have a sip of porridge when you smashed it. You won't forget this, will you?" Huangfu Chengyu said, "Do you want me to stay hungry forever?"

Jian Yue: "...I will serve the meal."

Because they needed to talk, there was no one in the entire hall.

Huangfu Chengyu raised his hand and said, "There's no need to be so troublesome. If there's no porridge, just drink some soup or eat something else. There's no need to go to great lengths to deal with floods in various places."

Jian Yue nodded and said, "Okay."

The emperor sat at the table. In fact, after all this fuss, the dishes on the table had already gone cold, and the soup was also cold. Huangfu Chengyu, the most noble person in the world, just sat on the chair without any scruples, eating his meal slowly, without a trace of the arrogance and luxury of an emperor.

Jian Yue then remembered that he had not slept the whole night because of the flood. He had finally been able to eat a meal in the morning, but was poisoned and betrayed. He had to face the conspiracy of the Queen Mother and a group of people while forcing himself to recover from a serious illness. Even now it was not over until noon. However, Huangfu Chengyu was too strong-willed. He never showed any weaknesses and always looked like he was in control of everything, so everyone ignored his own condition.

Even Jian Yue almost forgot about this matter, and thought that the emperor was going to kill someone again.

He looked at Huangfu Chengyu at the table and took the initiative to walk over. Huangfu Chengyu glanced at him sideways. Jian Yue said, "There is a stove for boiling water in the side hall. The soup is too cold. Your Majesty has just recovered from a serious illness and cannot drink something so cold. I will heat it up for you before you drink it."

Huangfu Chengyu said: "My body is not that weak."

Jian Yue smiled and said, "Your Majesty is certainly not that weak. I know that Your Majesty is worried about the people, but it is also good for the people to ensure that Your Majesty is healthy. These cold foods will accumulate over time, so you should eat something else first."

Huangfu Chengyu looked at him meaningfully but did not try to stop him.

Jian Yue took the soup to heat it up.

The system panel popped up: "In line with the character's behavior value, the safety value has risen back to 15%!"

Jian Yue walked away with the soup, feeling relieved. He had made the right bet. The emperor was suspicious, and if he performed well, he could improve his safety. This was the right thing to do. If the emperor trusted him, he might protect him, and then his situation would be much safer. This was true no matter where he was. So even if it was just to survive, he had to strive to become the hero's most capable younger brother, get a promotion and a raise! He was on his way to the pinnacle of being a eunuch!

The audience in the live broadcast room were all amused when they saw this scene:

“Isn’t this a horror copy?”

"How did it become The Miracle Little Prince's Promotion?"

"Hahaha, talented people can become officials anywhere."

"But this position is high, so there are more eyes on it, and the threat is greater."

Jian Yue heated up the soup and brought it back. The emperor still ate some and was reading memorials and urgent reports. Jian Yue put the bowl of soup next to him for convenience. He watched the emperor busy at the side. The emperor didn't eat many bites of such a large table of food. The big boss must be very tired!

Huangfu Chengyu looked up and found Jian Yue staring at the food on the table. He said, "Why, you want to eat too?"

Jian Yue: "I dare not."

But my stomach was growling.

Who would have known that he had been digging the underground palace for the entire night, and was called here to work like a slave with only a few hours of sleep, and he is still starving now.

Huangfu Chengyu casually pointed to a chair not far away and said, "There's no one here. I've already finished my meal, so I'll give it all to you. Sit there."

Jian Yue hesitated and asked, "Is it proper to eat with His Majesty?"

Huangfu Chengyu said calmly: "It seems that you are really not hungry, so let's get people to leave..."

"Hungry, I'm hungry!" Jian Yue interrupted him immediately and sat down. He also gave him a flattering smile and said, "I love eating with Your Majesty the most! It brings honor to our family! I have to frame this story when I get home and pass it down to my ancestors!"

Huangfu Chengyu: "..."

Forget it. He was silent for a moment and did not remind Jian Yue that he was now a eunuch. He continued to read the memorials.

Jian Yue at the table didn't know that he had been pitied. After finishing a delicious breakfast, he just finished reading the urgent report from the emperor and returned to his desk to review it. Jian Yue called the people outside to come in to clean the table, and asked everyone to clean the main hall. Fortunately, the emperor's bedroom was not here, otherwise the environment and smell here would be difficult to get rid of.

After reviewing the urgent documents, the emperor would rest.

Jian Yue's skills in helping people change clothes have improved a lot, but the emperor basically does not need anyone to serve him closely, so he only needs to help carry the clothes.

After Huangfu Chengyu has rested, Jian Yue will be able to come out.

He has something urgent to do now.

After coming out of the main hall, there were a lot fewer eunuchs and palace maids outside. They had all been dealt with and replaced. Jian Yue found someone and asked, "Where did Eunuch Zhao live before?"

The palace servants pointed in a direction.

Jian Yue immediately said: "Thank you."

He ran over quickly. There must be a lot of clues on Eunuch Zhao. Now that he is dead, at least he can look through his belongings to see if he can find any other useful clues.

Jian Yue quickly rushed into the courtyard where Eunuch Zhao lived. As he was the chief eunuch, he naturally lived in a private courtyard. It was quiet inside. Jian Yue pushed the door open and walked forward. The door was half-open. After pushing the door open, Jian Yue stopped before taking a step forward.

A knife was pressed against his neck.

"Don't move!"

Jian Yue raised his hand: "I won't move."

The man shouted, "What are you doing here?"

Jian Yue said: "I will do whatever you come here to do."

The man said angrily, "You want to die, don't you? Don't think I dare not kill you."

Jian Yue said: "You really don't dare, otherwise you will kill me as soon as I enter the door."

The man said: "Where do you get your confidence from? Your life is still in my hands."

Jian Yue smiled and said, "Of course I am confident, because..."

He paused.

Shouting loudly: "Brother Killer, come and save me!"

A man flew over from the eaves not far away and quickly subdued the person who was pressing against Jian Yue's neck. The man fell to the ground and screamed. Jian Yue turned around to look at him. It was Manager Zhao's apprentice, the deputy manager Xiao Quanzi.

Jian Yue said, "What are you doing in your master's room?"

Xiao Quanzi was pinned to the ground with a distorted expression as he said, "Find some money to take away."

Jian Yue asked: "Did you find it?"

Xiao Quanzi said bitterly: "Your Majesty has sent people to search and destroy them all. How could there be any left?"

Jian Yue looked around the room thoughtfully, then said, "It seems that His Majesty is faster than we thought."

Xiao Quanzi just relaxed his guard and thought Jian Yue believed him.

Jian Yue walked over and almost without hesitation, he took away a sachet from Xiao Quanzi's waist. He poured out the contents, and a black stone fell out. Jian Yue was very familiar with the shape and appearance of this stone. He remembered seeing it next to Eunuch Liu's pillow. How come Xiao Quanzi had it too?

"What is this?" Jian Yue took the thing directly to Xiao Quanzi.

When Xiao Quanzi saw this thing, he was horrified, but at the same time, he seemed to be afraid that Jian Yue would take it away. He shouted loudly, "Give it back to me, give it back to me quickly, I can't live without it, I will die without it!"

Just like that drug addict.

Jian Yue put the thing under his nose and smelled it, but he didn't smell any scent of opium or anything. This might not be an addictive drug, but it was something that Xiao Quanzi and others treasured so much.

"Tell me where it came from and I'll give it back to you," Jian Yue said.

Xiao Quanzi was probably desperate, so he replied, "I took it from the bedside of Zhao Zongguan."

Jian Yue asked: "Why did he put this thing next to the bed?"

Xiao Quanzi gritted his teeth and said, "How should I know? I only know that he spent a lot of money and effort to buy this thing. He spent a lot of money and effort for this."

Jian Yue frowned. In fact, he believed this sentence. After all, these powerful people would not just put some things next to their pillows. He looked at the things in his hand carefully and asked the killer brother next to him: "Do you know?"

The assassin took a look and sneered, "We don't know what the people in your palace use."

Jian Yue asked: "No one outside?"

The killer brother said: "The shell of this thing is only found in black mineral black gold mines. How can ordinary people get access to it?"

Black gold mine.

Jian Yue asked: "Who owns the Wujin Mine now?"

The killer shook his head. Xiao Quanzi was being held down. He struggled to speak: "The Black Gold Mine belongs to the Queen Mother. Everything mined from it is used by the royal merchants under the control of the royal family."

"What do you mean by empress dowager?" The killer interrupted Xiao Quanzi and said, "Everyone in Daqian knows that the black gold mine used to belong to the Xue family!"

Xiao Quanzi cursed angrily, "Why are you yelling at me? The Xue family has been wiped out, and now it's the Queen Mother. It's rumored that the sand from the black gold mine has the effect of prolonging life and is the spiritual head of the dragon vein. Everyone knows this."

Jian Yue listened to the two people arguing, and he interrupted weakly and said, "You two couldn't explain it clearly, why do you seem to be very clear now?"

Both of them turned their heads and glared at Jian Yue.

The killer brother said: "Da Qian does not allow anyone to mention the Xue family's affairs."

Jian Yue said: "Then why did you bring it up?"

The killer brother was furious: "I just can't stand some people occupying the nest of others and confusing right and wrong!"

Xiao Quanzi felt very wronged. He said, "You two are here to divide the spoils. Why do you still claim to be innocent? Manager Zhao's finances have been divided up long ago. Can you let me go?"

Jian Yue asked the killer brother to release Xiao Quanzi.

Xiao Quanzi ran away as soon as he was free. Jian Yue looked around the room by himself. It seemed that everything had been cleaned out, but Jian Yue always felt that there was still some place he could look for.

He walked around the house.

The assassin leaned against the door and said, "You haven't helped me find a way to chase the oiran."

Jian Yue said: "There is no rush for this matter. The Oiran sister just dislikes you for having no money, no house, and no car. You protect me well in the palace."

The killer was curious: "You will give me money."

Jian Yue replied, "No, but there are many people who want to kill me. You can make a lot of money just by collecting the deposit. In order to collect more, you have to keep me alive."

Killer: “…”

Jian Yue searched around but couldn't find it. Just when the killer was getting impatient, Jian Yue stopped and finally said, "I know what's wrong with this room."

The killer asked, "Where?"

"There are no paintings in this room." Jian Yue said, "Every servant's room here has paintings hanging on it, except for Manager Zhao's."

The killer thought for a moment: "Maybe it's just his nature to not like to hang up."

Jian Yue said: "Praying for Da Qian is something every servant is required to do. As the chief steward, it is impossible for him not to know this and it is impossible for him not to be worried."

Unless, Manager Zhao knew that the painting was wrong. He was the Imperial Master's man, and the Imperial Master asked everyone to hang paintings for blessings, but Manager Zhao did not hang them. This means that the painting was probably not used for blessings.

There is black gold ore on Manager Zhao's bed, which must be of some use.

The black gold ore once belonged to the Xue family, but the Queen Mother took it for herself. Could it be that the extermination of the Xue family was related to the black gold mine?

Jian Yue asked, "Is black gold ore very rare?"

The killer brother replied, "Isn't this nonsense? The lifeblood of Daqian is the black gold ore. It is said that when the Daqian Dynasty was conquered by the enemy, the Xue family led their troops to fight back to the death. When they passed by Wushan, they prayed to God. As a result, God felt that Daqian should not perish, so he sent down 300,000 troops to kill the enemy overnight and protect the mountains and rivers of Daqian."

Jian Yue said: "Is it so mysterious?"

Brother Killer said, "People say so. Later, the Wujin Mine was worshipped as a sacred mountain. The Xue family built temples in various places to attract people to worship. People from all over the country are proud to be buried on the temple mountain after death. It is said that if you are buried under the sacred mountain, you will ascend to heaven after death."

Jian Yue seemed to be thinking: "If that's the case, then the Xue family has done a great deed, so why would the entire family be executed?"

The killer brother's face was solemn: "The Xue family's crime is treason."

Jian Yue was shocked.

It doesn't make sense. The Xue family was executed, but the child born by the Xue family's daughter still ascended the throne. This doesn't make sense. They shouldn't have rebelled.

"No..." Jian Yue said, "This is totally wrong."

The assassin brother said: "This crime was determined by the late emperor and the national teacher. Now Daqian does not allow this matter to be mentioned. I advise you to find out as soon as possible."

Jian Yue thought to himself that he had to find out, this was his mission. Not only did he have to find out, but he also had to fulfill the Xue family's last wish, so he had to find out everything clearly.

There's nothing to search in this house.

After Jian Yue left, he remembered his own business and went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to coordinate the selection of new people for the main hall.

In the middle of the day.

As soon as Jian Yue arrived, the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to greet him. He said enthusiastically, "Manager Wang! We have already received the imperial decree and have already selected several groups of people. We have been waiting for a long time!"

Jian Yue didn't expect the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be so accommodating. He asked, "Really? Take me to see it."

The chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs took Jian Yue and said, "Bao Zhen, these are all servants who work efficiently and honestly!"

Jian Yue thought to himself that being innocent was good, and that was what he wanted. After he made up his mind, he stepped into the yard. When he looked up at the people in the yard, he was stunned and froze in place.

I saw it in the yard not far away.

A group of first-rate little eunuchs with fair and tender looks. Their skin is so tender that you can pinch water out of it. And they don’t look like they are working. Their bodies are like little white willows.

Jian Yue stuttered: "This, this is?"

The butler of the inner service came over and said, "Everyone knows about your promotion. His Majesty has not been interested in women in recent years, and no one thought it was because of this. Butler Wang, you are usually very tired and hard-working. His Majesty has entrusted this matter to you. We have specially selected some sensible people who can share your worries. Don't worry and choose boldly. They are all carefully selected from various families. I guarantee that you and His Majesty will be satisfied!"

Jian Yue: “…”

He was promoted to supervisor, not queen.

How did choosing a colleague turn into choosing a concubine? Isn't this a copy of ancient Chinese stories? Is this right? ! What the hell did you do to me, system?