Chapter 1: Flower Viewing Banquet
"What?" Fang Lingchu, who was happily chewing a big pork elbow, was dumbfounded when he heard his father ask him to enter the palace to be an official.
Fang Yelin was so angry when he looked at his silly daughter.
"Your Majesty wants you to follow me to court tomorrow."
"Why?" Fang Lingchu didn't understand. She was also very famous in Beijing, but the way she became famous was different from her sister's.
Her sister did it because of her talent, and she did it because of her wealth.
Your Majesty doesn't know what I look like, but doesn't my father know?
"There's no need to worry. Just follow me tomorrow."
Fang Lingchu looked at his father pitifully and said, "Daddy, I can't get up. Can I refuse?"
Minister Fang said with a look of dismay, "Your Majesty has already issued the imperial decree, and now everyone in the court knows about it. Do you want our entire family to be executed for disobeying the decree?"
Fang Lingchu looked pitiful. She really didn't want to go to work.
What is the difference between this court session and her previous work?
At this time, the system came out and said: [Host, why are you so resistant to going to court?]
Fang Lingchu explained weakly: "In my previous life, I was already very tired from working 996. Now I have to go to court, which is 001, and it's so early. I can't sleep in."
The system said: [Okay, but judging from your father's expression, it seems that he cannot refuse.]
When Minister Fang heard his daughter's inner voice, he really wanted to beat this lazy girl to death. He didn't want to see her cold anymore, so he could only snort and leave.
Fang Lingchu looked at his father's back and complained to the system unhappily: "It's all because of that poem."
Memories go back to yesterday.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen, may Her Majesty be blessed with good health and happiness."
The Queen looked at everyone, raised her hand slightly, and said, "No need to be polite."
"Thank you, Queen."
The noble ladies knelt down and took their seats, and Fang Lingchu returned to her mother and sister.
"Looking at the flowers in full bloom in the palace, and thinking that I haven't seen you all for a long time, I thought of inviting you all into the palace for a chat."
"Yes." Everyone stood up and responded.
Fang Lingchu followed behind her sister, mumbling softly, "It's so tiring to be in the palace. I might as well be at home..."
Before she could finish her complaint, she was pulled by the sister next to her and finally reacted and sat down.
She didn't know how many times she had gotten up, she was really tired.
The eldest princess pulled the queen's clothes and said coquettishly, "Mother, didn't you say that we should write a poem on the theme of chrysanthemums? Then have you thought of a lucky number?"
The Queen fondly scratched the eldest princess's nose and said, "You! It's just a prize, and you still need your mother to pay for it."
The eldest princess giggled.
This one was ostensibly a flower viewing banquet, but in reality it was a banquet for the Crown Prince to select a concubine.
The Queen smiled as she watched, then said to those below, "Whoever wins first place today will receive a phoenix hairpin from me."
The noble ladies all looked delighted, for they knew that today was not just an ordinary flower-viewing banquet, but a banquet for selecting a concubine for the Crown Prince. However, they did not expect that the eldest prince or even his princes would also be selecting concubines. If they could not get the Crown Prince, the favored one, their other brothers could also accept it.
As long as you get the prize from the Queen, it means you have a chance to participate in the selection of concubines, and everyone is very excited.
After all, all the royal children are outstanding.
Soon the palace maids presented paper, ink, brush and inkstone to the noble ladies present.
Fang Lingchu looked at the things on her desk. She didn't want to touch them. She now had aversion to these things. In her previous life, she had experienced the brutal college entrance examination, and then the job exam. She didn't want to take any exams in this life.
Fang Lingyan, who was standing next to her, looked at her sister like this, shook her head helplessly, and continued writing her own.
Although she did not want to be the Crown Princess, given the abilities of her father and brother, someone in her family must enter the palace.
Fang Lingchu propped up his head and looked around, seeing everyone writing furiously. He wailed with a sense of despair, "Ahhh... This is so boring..."
Everyone!!!!
Everyone's hands shook a little, and some of the words were crooked.
Everyone glared at him
Who is howling like a ghost!
The Queen Mother above was also looking at the noble ladies below in confusion. Seeing that everyone was keeping their heads down and keeping silent, she thought she had heard wrongly.
At this time the voice sounded again.
Guagua, can you help me think of an ancient poem about chrysanthemums?
The system said with some gloating: [Host, I am a gossip system, not a top scholar system, I don’t have any knowledge in that area.]
Now the Queen heard it clearly and looked around, trying to find the source of the sound.
At the same time, observe other people and watch their micro-expressions so that you can hear them.
The Queen looked at the eldest princess next to her and frowned slightly.
No one else dared to move. If the Empress knew that she could hear this strange sound, not to mention the Crown Princess, she might even be arrested as a person with epilepsy.
Only Fang Lingyan knew what was going on among those present, but they couldn't say it. At the same time, they were also afraid that their sister would start to think too much, and then their entire family might be executed.
So, everyone present went about their own business, pretending they hadn't heard anything.
Fang Lingchu hung his head unhappily and said, "Then tell me some gossip. Let me take a moment to think about it. See if I can remember anything."
The system chuckled and said, "Do you see the girl across from your sister? She's the granddaughter of a university scholar. She's known for her gentleness, grace, and elegance, but she's actually quite extravagant in private and even keeps a male lover!"
Fang Lingchu looked up in surprise. Lu Chuyu across from her said, "No way, she can even participate in the selection of the Crown Princess after playing such a stunt. I heard my mother said that the Empress Dowager likes her very much. Can such a person be the mother of the country?"
These words reached the Queen's ears accurately, and also reached the hearts of everyone present.
Some are happy and some are sad.
At the same time, everyone also knew that it was not themselves who were wrong, nor was there any monster in the palace, but the voice of the girl sitting opposite Lu Chuyu.
Everyone looked at each other, everyone should be able to hear it.
Just like that, the reputation that Lu Chuyu had built up for so long was completely gone.
Lu Chuyu's face was pale, and the hand holding the brush was shaking. When she looked up, she saw strange looks coming from all directions, and she wanted to explode immediately.
Fortunately, the girl next to her pulled her back in time. She calmed herself down, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I am not..."
"What's wrong with Miss Lu? She looks so pale. Someone, take Miss Lu away and let her have a good rest."
The maid behind the queen immediately pulled the person away.
We are all smart people. The Queen's words are telling everyone that Lu Chuyu has no chance of becoming the Crown Princess.
Fang Lingchu looked at the person being taken away in confusion.
Fang Lingchu was stared at inexplicably by the other party.
Fang Lingchu: [??? What's going on? Why is she glaring at me? Did I provoke her?]
Fang Lingyan, who was standing next to him, said silently in his heart, "You've exposed all my secrets in my heart. I don't just want to glare at you, I want to kill you."
Fang Lingyan is so scared now, and prays that her sister will not eat melons carelessly.
Otherwise, their family would really die.
This palace is full of noble people.
Guagua [Tsk tsk tsk, you can tell from the first glance that he has a bad temper, and yet he plays so extravagantly]
Fang Lingchu nodded subconsciously, looked up to see her sister, and then met everyone's eyes...
What's going on? Why are they all looking at me? Do they know I'm not answering the questions properly?
Everyone...
Everyone quickly looked away and went about their own business.
The Queen above also found the source of the sound.
The Queen looked at everyone and said, "How are your poems going?"
"Your Highness is ready. Please review it..."
A neat voice came, and Fang Lingchu looked at the blank paper in front of him.
[Did they rehearse secretly without telling me? They speak so uniformly.]
Everyone...
System: [This is called a lady from a noble family. Look at your sister.]
Fang Lingchu said unconvincedly, "Me too."
System: [Yes, yes, host, you are a lady from a noble family.]
You want to be punished again, don't you?
The Queen listened to her cute conversation with that little girl and couldn't help asking, "Whose family are you from?"
Fang Lingchu saw the Empress looking at her, and hurried forward, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am from the family of the Minister of Revenue."
The Queen Mother looked at Fang Lingchu kindly, and seemed surprised to ask Mrs. Fang in private. She had two daughters in her family. The younger girl looked healthy, but she had never appeared in public. Could it be...
She entered the palace today, probably because she said she would bring all the young ladies of marriageable age with her, so they let her in.
"I heard that Miss Fang is not feeling well. I happened to be in the palace today. Would you like to ask the imperial physician to take a look at her?"
annotation:
1. You can only hear the conversation between the heroine and the system. Some parts that cannot be heard will be blurred.
2. No one can express their inner feelings in front of the heroine, otherwise they will suffocate to death. However, they can discuss their inner feelings with others.
3. There are too many CPs, please exit if you mind.
4. There will be many tasks after the gossip system is upgraded.
5. The system can only be used for gossip and issuing tasks, and has no other functions.
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