Chapter 227 The Enemy Seeks Revenge
"I'm not eating. Why don't you come home for dinner after court? Why are you always running around?" Fang Yulan poked her head in exasperation.
Ever since she was allowed to attend court, she has lost control of people.
"I really want to lock you up at home. Aren't you afraid that if you go out and run into your enemies, they'll kill you?"
Upon hearing that she had an enemy, Ji Yingying's eyes widened.
"Mother, tell me, did my father offend someone, or did my eldest brother offend someone? If neither, then it must be my second brother. My second brother is a Qingwei (a type of guard), and he will kill people when necessary, right?"
[If they're seeking revenge, they must have offended someone they shouldn't have.]
[Not necessarily, what if it wasn't someone we shouldn't have offended?] It's hard to say.
"None of them..." Who else but you would offend someone like that?
"That's my second sister-in-law, Mother. It's alright. She's family. We can't abandon her just because she offended someone!" After saying that, she glanced around furtively and then asked, "Mother, who did my second sister-in-law offend?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Your second sister-in-law is not like you, going out all day long."
"That's true. Since Second Sister-in-law doesn't go out, she can't offend anyone. So who is it?"
Then...then Ji Yingying saw her mother staring intently at her.
"Hiss~ No way, no way, did I offend someone?" Ji Yingying started to wonder who she had offended.
[Xiangxiang, check if the badger in the melon patch is because of my melons?]
No, you can't possibly find any gossip about people you know well, unless...
Unless what?
Unless you go back to your hometown.
[Xinhe County... no, is it Ningcheng Village? It's so far away, I don't want to go back.]
[Then don't even think about it. There's nothing bad happening that could kill you yet.]
“Mother, I haven’t offended anyone. I’ve always been very respectful to the Emperor. I do whatever he asks me to do. I’m practically his weapon, doing whatever he tells me to do in the Ministry of Works. Yesterday when I went to see him, he even tricked me into handling his food, clothing, and housing.”
"Look how obedient I am, so there's no way I could offend the Emperor."
[Since my direct superiors treat me well, they must be my colleagues. I plan to start visiting their homes every day from tomorrow. I want to see who's trying to kill me.]
[Ridiculous! You have time to visit other people, but don't forget, the Emperor ordered you to look after the estate.]
[...That damned Deng, a capitalist!]
Fang Yulan: ...You still dare to say you haven't offended the Emperor? Look how filthy your insults are.
The fact that the emperor didn't blame you is already a great act of mercy.
"Alright, alright, it's time to go back. Stop running around all day. Your birthday is coming up soon. This year, you'll probably have to spend it in the palace or at your princess's residence."
"The Princess's Residence?"
"Yes, I went to see it at the beginning of the month. It's been renovated very well, and we're just waiting for you to move in."
Ji Yingying remembered that she had never been there, and didn't know where it was.
"My birthday is still a long way off, it's June 1st, and it's not even May yet, how could my birthday be so early?"
It was still early, and Ji Yingying felt she should go and stay at the Princess's residence sometime. Now that she had her own house, she could live there from now on.
Hehe~
[Host, why are you smiling so lewdly?]
If I live in the princess's residence, my mother won't know if I stay out all night or go out to play, and she won't have to worry about me so strictly anymore.
[Host, honestly, Mom just said you've offended someone, someone's going to die, and you're still thinking about going out to play. What if you died out there and someone disposed of your body with bone powder? I'd like to see who's sadder, you or your mother?]
[We're all heartbroken, and I'm heartbroken too. But I have the truth: no matter how fast his martial arts are, can they outrun my Gatling gun?]
[Where did you get that Gatling gun?] Xiangxiang had never seen a Gatling gun in her space.
Yes, I have one, and I also have a grenade.
"Alright, let's go back!" Fang Yulan led the people out, and at the same time said goodbye to the Fifth Prince and the Fifth Prince's wife. After they came out, they encountered two people pulling bicycles.
The bicycle was covered in mud, which was stuck in the wheels and made it impossible to move.
Having a bicycle is great, but this road is terrible; look how muddy it is, it's jammed up everywhere... I'll get the Emperor some good stuff later.
Is this a cement road?
Yes, let's give the Ministry of Works some more challenges. I heard they plan to select another batch of people for the Ministry this year, so let's give them a few more problems.
Good heavens...
Back home, Ji Yingying actually went to the mall to look up cement manufacturing methods and how to repair roads.
Having lived in the land of the infrastructure madman before, I'm bound to come up with at least one or two of them now.
[Host, you actually managed to create the method for making cement roads?]
【I can't make it, but I can contribute!】
What a joke! She's not cut out for this. She can only learn a little bit of everything and doesn't understand anything. What's the point?
The next day at court, Ji Yingying was the first to stand up and said loudly, "Your Majesty, if you want to get rich, build roads first. I have a very good road to offer you. Would you like to take a look?"
Upon hearing this, I realized it was an excellent method for road construction.
Everyone stared wide-eyed and strained to hear what was going on—that method of road repair?
[Host, a lot of people are watching; they all want to see what kind of road-building method this is.]
Ji Yingying immediately glanced around; it seemed that many people did indeed want to know the news.
"Excellent, excellent, excellent idea indeed." The Emperor handed it to the Crown Prince, who was also very excited after reading it.
"This matter will be handled by the Ministry of Works. As for the money..." The Emperor was troubled again; he was afraid there wouldn't be enough money.
"Yingying, what do you think we should do with this money?"
"Do we need to deal with the money?" Ji Yingying asked back. If you have money, you spend it; if you don't, you don't use it. What else can you do?
[His question was: What if I don't have enough silver? No, I don't have enough silver. What should I do?]
What can I do? I guess I'll just have to accept it. I don't have any money, and even if I did, I couldn't afford it; it's a lot of money.
[That's true, we don't even have enough money for snacks.]
"Oh dear, I was referring to the money for road repairs. Do you have any other ideas?"
Ji Yingying immediately shook her head warily: "There's no way, you'll have to figure it out yourself."
After saying that, they returned the money immediately, not caring about what would happen next. They had already paid the money, so they could do whatever they wanted with it!
[Xiangxiang, have some watermelon. Pick one to eat.]
Alright, let's eat Eunuch Cao's food!
Eunuch Cao panicked immediately. What kind of gossip could he have? He hadn't done anything wrong recently.
People panicked, and their hands started shaking.
What's the juicy gossip surrounding Eunuch Cao? Wasn't he supposed to be quite loyal?
[He is loyal, but that doesn't stop him from having his own gossip. We can enjoy other gossip.]
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