Chapter 30: Consort Xiao was truly hungry and ate everything.
"Since there's nothing to do tonight, let's go to the brothel and listen to music." Suddenly, neither the Crown Prince nor Ji Cailiang stopped them. Fang Yulan only gave them a couple of slaps before dragging them out like chicks.
As she left, Ji Yingying gave the shopkeeper a slight smile at the door, even waving politely and whispering, "Shopkeeper, I'll come again next time. Your ducks are quite good!"
Fang Yulan took the person away directly, with Ning Qingran and Ji Cailiang following behind, shaking their heads helplessly.
As soon as they came out, Fang Yulan immediately poked her forehead: "You, a young lady, how could you come to a place like this?"
Ji Yingying didn't say anything on the surface, but in her heart she thought: [What kind of place is this? It's just a brothel, I know that. Besides, they're masters at being male prostitutes, it's not bad at all. Earning money with your own skills is much better than those corrupt officials.]
"Okay, Mom, I won't come next time." Looking at her aggrieved expression, if Fang Yulan hadn't heard what she was thinking, she would have believed that she had already corrected her mistake.
Back at the manor, Ji Yingying originally thought the whole family would respectfully see off the Crown Prince, but it turned out that the Crown Prince also came into the manor.
"Your Highness, aren't you going back to the Eastern Palace to be with the Crown Princess?"
[These two are always threatening to die; they'd be better off going back to spend more time with their wives and children!]
"Today, Father Emperor said that I should supervise Minister Ji's writing of three large characters. This is my plan, so Minister Ji, please do not let me down."
Ji Yingying took the booklet from him, but instead of looking at it, she looked towards the room next door.
Someone came out.
[Oh ho~ Finally, we see the neighbor next door. Let me see just how many people they've killed! That's a ruthless killer, formerly known in the martial arts world as the Jade-Faced Young Master. But he was once an absolute bloodthirsty maniac. If anyone dared to lay a finger on him, he'd take their life. Don't even mention a word to him; he'd send them to their death. The corpses are currently piled up in a manor called Kang Mansion. Tsk tsk~ It seems like they're stacked up like a mountain; there's hardly any room left to bury them.]
But what is he doing living here?
"Host, he's coming for you." Xiangxiang suddenly spoke up, startling not Ji Yingying, but the Crown Prince and his wife Ji Cailiang.
Why are you coming after me? Do you have a crush on me? Want to drag me into murder? Am I crazy? No way, absolutely not. I wouldn't kill anyone. I wouldn't even kill a chicken, let alone someone; that would be against my conscience.
[No, host, new gossip has been detected and updated for you.]
[Good heavens, he's from the Xiao family. Prime Minister Xiao once saved him, and now he's seeking revenge. But the one who killed Prime Minister Xiao was the Emperor, not me. Besides, what does the affairs of Linfeng Kingdom have to do with me?]
[Tsk tsk~ What did I just see? He actually liked Consort Xiao. When she found out he was a serial killer, Consort Xiao was so scared that she ended up having sex with him. He was Consort Xiao's first man. Tsk tsk~ Consort Xiao's feelings are still based on her body. I wonder if the old emperor would be happy if he knew he once liked such a woman?]
Emperor: I don't know if I'm happy or not, but I'm about to die of anger.
[Consort Xiao's success over the years is entirely due to him. Moreover, in Consort Xiao's eyes, the Second Prince is her second son, one of whom is his child, but he is completely unaware that he has a child.]
That child is a minor official in Shuntian Prefecture. If he knew he had such a father and mother, he would be incredibly moved.
Wait a minute, that minor official actually married the youngest daughter of Prime Minister Xiao! The two often fight over children, since marriage between blood relatives always has problems with offspring – either they'll be disabled, won't live long, or they'll end up as conjoined twins.
The Xiao family was in real trouble. Luckily, most of them were beheaded by the emperor, and there were hardly any left in the family. The old emperor was quite reasonable after all.
Ji Yingying was hiding on the threshold, eating melon seeds. The other party wasn't there; otherwise, if they had heard her revealing such secrets, they probably would have killed her with a single blow.
[Host, you should be worried about your life now. These people who moved here are here to kill you.]
[I know, but I have absolutely no fighting skills. If I really face someone like him, I can only hope for a quick death, to avoid so much suffering. Just remember, in the next life, Xiangxiang, you must find me, and bring my spatial dimension with you. Who knows, we might need the supplies inside?]
[Okay, Xiangxiang will always belong to the host. Wherever the host goes, I will go. I will always be the host's person.]
[This sounds like a scumbag making a vow. Xiangxiang, you seem to have gone astray?]
【No, no, Xiangxiang loves her host the most.】
The one-woman show of power eventually turned into a quarrel, and the three people beside her looked at each other in dismay, realizing that someone was actually planning to harm Ji Yingying.
"Wait, what's going on?" Suddenly, officers rushed in and surrounded the next room.
[The host is the Imperial City Guard]
[What? The Imperial City Guard is that powerful? They actually found out that the serial killer lives across the street.]
The Crown Prince sighed, "It's not that the Imperial City Guard is so powerful, it's that the Imperial City Guard, who are protecting you, took action immediately after hearing your thoughts."
"Ji Yingying, let's go. I'll supervise your calligraphy practice."
"Oh, Your Highness, you see, my parents don't care about me at all, so please don't worry about me so much."
"No, I have already promised the Emperor. Here, these three pieces, you finish writing them and give them to him. Have Eunuch Lin take them back to the East Palace. From now on, Eunuch Lin will come every day to bring the calligraphy back for me to review."
【Oh, I don't want to, I don't want to at all! I just want to be a happy couch potato. Besides, my penmanship is excellent, why would I need to practice calligraphy?】
"Here's what we'll do, Ji Yingying. As long as you write beautiful calligraphy, I'll put in a good word for you with the Emperor, and you won't have to write any more characters."
"Are you sure?" Ji Yingying asked to confirm.
"Sure!"
【Very well, come on, I'll definitely amaze everyone. After all, in my past life I was a teacher, and no one ever said my handwriting was ugly.】
Ji Yingying took out a fountain pen from her spatial storage: "Yes, watch this!"
What should I write? Yes, I'll write... "Have you not seen the Yellow River's waters come from the sky, rushing to the sea never to return? Have you not seen the bright mirror in the high hall reflecting white hair, like black silk in the morning turning to snow by evening? Enjoy life to the fullest when you're successful, don't let the golden goblet face the moon empty. I was born with talent, which will surely be put to use; though a thousand pieces of gold are spent, they will return..."
Ji Yingying recited "Bring in the Wine, But You Are Not Here" from memory once, but she forgot the rest...
"Here, take this and hand it in. I'll use this pen to write memorials from now on."
Anyway, this pen will last a long time.
Ning Qingran was shocked; the handwriting was neat and pleasing to the eye.
"Okay, this pen of yours...?" It looks like it works very well.
"Would you like to give it a try?"
"May I?"
Ji Yingying nodded: "Of course, you can give it a try."
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