Chapter 163 Ji Yingying Asks for Leave
Ji Yingying returned to the main seat and was about to sit down when the Emperor asked, "Why did you pull Eunuch Cao?"
"Bribe him so he won't keep calling me," Ji Yingying said with a smile, but in her heart she was thinking: [Aren't you angry? I've even figured out the Emperor's intentions and bribed Eunuch Cao, hehe~ Quickly issue an edict to banish me from officialdom forever.]
As a result, the emperor waved his hand, indicating that Eunuch Cao was not so easily bribed.
Not long after, Eunuch Cao returned and whispered a few words in the Emperor's ear. The Emperor immediately glared at Ji Yingying and then fell silent.
She was clearly angry, but Ji Yingying seemed to ignore it.
Today, even officials of the fifth rank and above dared not utter a sound. Even after Ji Yingying sat down, they dared not breathe or raise their heads.
It's already a great honor to be able to enter the palace today, and to even hear the legendary Ji Yingying scolding the Emperor.
The emperor was already used to it. Everyone says you can't touch a tiger's backside, but he had long since gotten used to touching his tiger's backside.
"Your Majesty, this is so delicious!"
Ji Yingying picked up a piece of chicken and had a maid serve it to the Emperor. After seeing the chicken, the Emperor pondered for a moment and asked, "What are you trying to say?"
"Your Majesty, I would like to request leave tomorrow?"
"reason?"
I wanted to say that it will snow heavily tomorrow, and besides, Chinese New Year is just a month and a half away, so it's time for a holiday.
"I am feeling unwell and would like to request a day off tomorrow."
"Someone, please bring Judge Liu here."
"Your Majesty, I am a physician, and I am well aware of my own health."
It's snowing already, why do you still want me to go to work? I don't want to go to work, I want to take a day off...!
"My dear minister, don't be lazy. There are still many things for you to do in the court. I heard that there are already quite a few bok choy ready to be harvested at the estate. I'll have the Minister of Agriculture bring you a bunch of greens when the time comes."
No one can eat these vegetables right now, so giving her a bunch won't hurt!
[Heh, just empty promises. I don't lack vegetables.] Ji Yingying certainly didn't. Ever since supermarkets came along, she'd never lacked modern food.
"Your Majesty..." Ji Yingying called out, clearly unhappy. The Crown Prince, standing nearby, said, "Yingying, don't bother asking for leave. There are only a few days left until the holiday. The end of the year is the time for auditing accounts. You're good at math, so why don't you go to the Ministry of Revenue tomorrow and help with the calculations?"
"Your Highness, when did you start exploiting the working people?"
[It's over, even the Crown Prince has turned bad.] Ji Yingying was utterly shocked.
"What if we change the crown prince now? A crown prince who doesn't exploit me."
No, that won't work...
Crown Prince: ...This sister can still be kept after a wash!
"Yingying, how about this, tomorrow you go to the Ministry of Revenue to help check the accounts, and tomorrow I will have the Crown Prince prepare a delicious chicken dish and send it over."
Ji Yingying gave him a disdainful look: [Are you crazy? You think a delicious meal can kill me?]
Do you think you can fool me with just a delicious meal? You think you can fool me? You've got two dishes to work with.
Even the crown prince couldn't help but fake a cough; it was hilarious!
"How about two? We can pack them together."
This person knows me so well!
【No, why are you taking leave? I don't believe you're saying you're sick. Don't lie to me, I don't believe you. And what you're doing is self-deception!】
[Okay, actually, I've been recommending a lot of storybooks lately. I want to read them all, even if it means staying up all night. I just checked my spatial dimension and realized I've accumulated so many storybooks in the last six months. This won't do; I want to read them.]
Ji Yingying felt wronged. It seemed like she was running around every day lately, doing this or that.
Moreover, she didn't even have time to sleep, especially at the Ministry of Works. Sometimes she would be tricked into going to the government office and wouldn't be able to leave for a whole day.
Going to Zhuangzi was even worse; she was like a Baidu Encyclopedia entry, constantly being asked questions.
Don't be fooled by the fact that she can go back right after court; by the time she gets back, it will already be dark.
It's dark. What does that mean?
Since her brother passed the imperial examination at the beginning of the month, she hasn't had any time.
Her person was forcibly split into several pieces for use. Today she was in the Ministry of Works, tomorrow in the Court of Judicial Review, and the day after in the Ministry of Justice. These two officials from the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review came to snatch her away every day. The time she spent in the Ministry of Justice was the same time she had to spend in the Court of Judicial Review.
And the same goes for the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of War. These six ministers don't treat her like a human being; they try to snatch her away as soon as court is over.
I know it's the end of the year, busy, auditing accounts, dealing with all sorts of things, but I'm just a kid too. Look at me today, I still have to socialize. I'm so tired, I want to climb over the wall, I'd rather not go out at all, I'm just going to give up!
[I've been so busy lately, I haven't had much time to follow the gossip. If I don't catch some soon, my 500 points will be gone, and I might not even have any snacks left.]
"I'll laugh at your sister!" Ji Yingying ate her food listlessly.
"Yingying, give her five days to rest tomorrow. She should return to court in five days."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. You're so kind." She then ran up to him eagerly and gave him a bag of spicy strips.
"Here, have this as a bribe. It's Weilong spicy strips, you deserve it. But you're an old man, so you can't eat too much. Just have one pack tonight. If it's too spicy and you can't handle it, call the imperial physician!"
The Emperor: ...You even bribed him with a bag of spicy strips?
Do you really think he's never eaten it before?
Ji Yingying had Fu Yunjie open a snack shop that sold a lot of modern snacks. They were expensive, but delicious. He once sent someone to have Eunuch Cao buy some of them.
It tastes really good and is quite addictive.
"Your Majesty, you are such a kind person, just like my father, tough on the outside but soft on the inside."
[This old man is becoming more and more amiable, completely different from when I first met him. Back then, he was like... well, his energy was incredibly depleted.]
[Their national treasury is now overflowing, they have plenty of grain, there are no reports of people freezing to death in the winter, and they have powerful weapons. Tell me, isn't that old man happy?]
[He's so happy! He's so happy right now.]
That's right, when the old man is happy, he naturally becomes kind.
【I'm so unhappy. I feel like a vengeful ghost right now, filled with resentment.】Then it evolved into her becoming a vengeful ghost in red, enveloping everything around her, and there was also... a skull hovering in the sky.
In short, she imagined another story of vengeful ghosts destroying the world.
Ji Yingying was overjoyed with her five-day holiday. She was so happy that she would hug a Coke bottle and drink it, taking a sip of Coke and a bite of meat, having a wonderful time!
After returning from the palace, Ji Yingying fell asleep, and it was Xia Mama who carried her home.
She slept soundly until dawn. Ji Yingying lay in bed in a daze. Xia Mama and Apple kept trying to persuade her to get up, but she couldn't. She was so hungry that she finally got up to eat. Then she started reading storybooks. She read almost one a day.
"Brother, why are you dressed so flamboyantly today?"
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