Jiang Yueyang, a 21st-century office worker, died from a cerebral infarction after working overtime and staying up late. In her dying moments, she bound to a 'Gossip System'.
She then...
The civil and military officials heard Jiang Yueyang's thoughts in the gaps between the noisy voices, but they couldn't hear them clearly.
So, they all lowered their volume at the same time.
The system said: [We won’t eat the melons of these old men today. ]
【Whose food should I eat? 】
【The Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince.】
Emperor Yuan secretly thought, has Jiang Yueyang already met Xiao Ba and Xiao Jiu? Have they not done anything to her?
General Zhenguo and Duke Yingguo felt a headache whenever they thought of the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince. Why didn't those two troublemakers stay out for a few more years before coming back?
Prince Yan covered his face. It seemed that today was the court meeting to summarize the “glorious achievements” of his eighth and ninth brothers over the years.
The King of Qi shuddered subconsciously. Ever since his eighth and ninth brothers came back, he had been avoiding them.
I heard that the two of them caused trouble again the day before yesterday, and it was quite a big deal.
Jiang Yueyang said in a calm voice, "I think I can probably guess what kind of gossip you are going to talk about."
[Is that so?]
[It's just the twins' silly things. ]
[Yes, but not all.] The system cleared its throat, [Concubine Li died of heavy bleeding when she gave birth to the eighth and ninth princes, so they were sent to the Empress.
The emperor loved the twins very much at that time and would hug them almost every day.
One time, when he was holding the Eighth Prince, he peed. Originally, he wanted to call the Eighth Prince's wet nurse to deal with it.
But when he thought of General Zhenguo showing off that he could change a baby's diaper in front of him, he felt a desire to win. So he changed the diaper of the eighth prince himself. 】
After listening to the system's words, Emperor Yuan already knew what the system was going to say next, while General Zhenguo had a bad feeling.
The civil and military officials were a little surprised. They didn't expect that Emperor Yuan would change the prince's diaper himself.
Jiang Yueyang asked: [Your Majesty, have you successfully changed the diaper? ]
[It was changed, and it was a good change, but he also succeeded in confusing the Eighth Prince with the Ninth Prince by himself. ]
Jiang Yueyang: [……]
The King of Yan and the King of Qi turned their heads to look at each other at the same time and talked silently.
Is the Eighth Brother still the Eighth Brother?
It doesn't matter, they were born not much apart in time.
King Yan nodded.
All the civil and military officials looked at Emperor Yuan who was sitting above them with indescribable expressions, and Emperor Yuan turned his head away guiltily.
Suddenly thinking of something, he turned his head and glared at General Zhenguo below.
General Zhenguo was speechless. Could he be blamed for this?
The system said: [The Queen came out and saw the two princes were wrapped in the same colored swaddling clothes, and she wanted to stuff the emperor into the swaddling clothes.]
[Then, did they clearly distinguish which one was the eighth prince and which one was the ninth prince? ]
[No. The two princes look the same, and there are no distinguishable marks on their bodies, and their body shapes are even harder to tell.]
[What should I do then? ]
The system chuckled, [The Emperor and the Empress are waiting for the Eighth and Ninth Princes to pee! They think that the Eighth Prince just peed, so the Ninth Prince will definitely pee first.]
Hearing this, Jiang Yueyang was speechless.
As expected, like fathers, like mothers, like sons; and the same family members all have very unique ways of thinking.
Prince Yan and some officials present thought that there was no problem. The Eighth Prince had urinated before, so he definitely wouldn't have urinated that quickly.
The remaining officials felt that the Empress had been successfully led astray by Emperor Yuan.
Jiang Yueyang held his forehead and asked: [So... who peed first in the end? ]
[Hahahaha…] The system laughed, [They peed together.]
Civil and Military Officials: This...
[The wet nurses of the Eighth and Ninth Princes were confused and fed the Eighth Prince twice, but they didn't know it.
There was really no other way, so the emperor and empress each chose a child, and then drew lots, and whichever one they drew got it.】The system continued.
Jiang Yueyang sighed, [It should have been done a long time ago. Anyway, the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince are twins, and there is no throne to inherit, so it doesn't matter who is older. ]
Hearing this, Emperor Yuan couldn't help but ask himself, is this talking about Xiao Ba and Xiao Jiu's gossip, or is he talking about me and the Queen's gossip?
The system continued: [Gradually, the Eighth and Ninth Princes learned to crawl. This is a big deal. If you don't keep an eye on them for a while, the two babies will crawl to who knows where.
Once, the eighth prince climbed into the flowers and almost had his fingers cut off. The eunuch who was taking care of the flowers and plants was almost frightened to death.
The ninth prince crawled into a hollow round stool and almost suffocated himself to death.
When they grew up, the Eighth and Ninth Princes became experts at destroying houses. The Queen's Ning'an Palace was always in a mess, and she had to change a lot of furnishings every day.
Later, the Queen Mother could not bear it anymore, so she sent the Eighth and Ninth Princes to the Queen Mother Defei.
Concubine De was the mother of the Fourth Prince. She had never given birth to another child since the Fourth Prince died.
Therefore, Concubine De was extremely fond of the Eighth and Ninth Princes, and could be said to have granted them all their requests. As a result, the Eighth and Ninth Princes were raised to be very spoiled.
The civil and military officials nodded secretly. The word "spoiled" could not be used to describe this. Instead, they had to use words like "lawless", "little devil", "little bad guy", etc.
Jiang Yueyang also nodded, "From the way they ordered me to do things yesterday, it can be seen that those two are indeed very arrogant."
[Oh! That's nothing.] The system said, [As they grow older, the Eighth and Ninth Princes will start practicing martial arts. So the Emperor invited General Zhenguo to help them.
General Zhenguo taught them how to do the horse stance, but they took advantage of General Zhenguo falling asleep and cut a big hole in his crotch, forcing him to hold his legs together while leaving the palace.
The next day, they brought a gift of apology to General Zhenguo, which turned out to contain a woman's bellyband.
They shouted that General Zhenguo liked bellybands and spread rumors that General Zhenguo kissed those bellybands.
On the third day, General Zhenguo refused to teach them even if he was beaten to death. 】
Jiang Yueyang looked at General Zhenguo with sympathy. His entire life's reputation was ruined by two little brats.
The system talked endlessly about the battle records of the Eighth and Ninth Princes, including the Duke of Suguo, the Duke of Yingguo, the King of Qi, the Right Prime Minister, the Grand Tutor...
Finally, it ends with the King of Qi.
[That day, the King of Qi went to Shangguan's house to attend a banquet. The Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince said that Shangguan Fu was looking for him.
As a result, when the King of Qi followed him there, he saw several dancers changing their clothes.
Thanks to the Eighth and Ninth Princes, the King of Qi became a little pervert who peeked at girls changing clothes. 】
The King of Qi raised his hand and wiped away his bitter tears. At that time, his cousin Fu'er hid when she saw him, which made him cry to death.
Jiang Yueyang glanced at those who had been deceived by the Eighth and Ninth Princes one by one. [The Eighth and Ninth Princes have had a bad reputation since they were young. Why don't they know how to be more careful? ]
[Stupid? ]
Those who have been cheated: "..."
Emperor Yuan saw that the faces of the civil and military officials were not very good. He coughed lightly and said in a loud voice: "My dear ministers, do you have anything else to say?"
No one responded, and no one stepped out.
With Li Fuquan's shout of "dismissal", today's morning court came to an end.