Chapter 59: Inheriting These Excellent Qualities
The Emperor was having a headache. This kind of thing hadn't happened for over a month, and now it was happening again. This family squabble... The Emperor didn't want to deal with it. Just as he was getting annoyed, a voice suddenly came from inside.
[Hey, who on earth hit the son of the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel?]
"Of course, it's Lord Hu's son."
Why?
Didn't your dad beat you up yesterday?
[What does this have to do with me? Why bring this up? Don't I have any dignity?] Ji Yingying snorted coldly, she hated this matter the most.
[Heh, host, those people probably wanted to teach their own children and grandchildren a lesson, and then go back and beat their own kids too, but the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel didn't beat his own child when he went back.]
[Because his son is quite well-behaved; he does what he's supposed to do, very methodically, just like his father.]
What does that have to do with Lord Hu's son?
Aren't the two families neighbors? This Lord Hu often thinks the son of the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is an exceptional child, far superior to his own, and frequently mentions it, urging him to study under him.
[Oh, this Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is quite good at educating people; even his own son has become the subject of gossip. Impressive, impressive.]
[Host, the important thing is, yesterday Lord Hu's son was beaten, and there was a lot of crying. Meanwhile, the house of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel next door was peaceful. Then his son got jealous and, when Lord Hu came back from playing, he brutally beat him up.]
Good grief, he doesn't dare hit me, so he goes and hits someone else. This guy's no good. If it were me, I'd beat him up again.
[Lord Hu's son, hmm! He's definitely not a good person. He forcibly abducted a famous woman, indulged in pleasure-seeking to the point of neglecting his duties, and even nearly caused someone's death. If it weren't for his father being an official, he would probably have been thrown into the moat ten or eight times over by now.]
Even Lord Hu can't control him?
Lord Hu is too busy with official duties to know anything about this. Although he knows his son is a spoiled brat, he doesn't know he's abducting women and bullying the common people. He wouldn't dare let his father know. If he did, he'd be beaten to death.
Moreover, all of this was instigated by Madam Hu. Poor Lord Hu, who was upright and honest throughout his life, never abused his power or bent the law, yet in his old age, he regretted it all because of this son.
[This is what happens when you don't educate someone properly. Now his main account is ruined. I told him I'd suggest he teach a new account instead.]
What is a large size? What is a small size?
Lord Hu thought absentmindedly that if it weren't for Ji Yingying, he probably wouldn't even know about his own child.
After Ji Yingying finished eating the melon, Rong Yi came in and wrote down everything he had just eaten for the Emperor.
"Lord Hu, your son..."
"Your subject will certainly give Lord Liu an explanation." Lord Liu is the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Lord Hu thought to himself that after the morning court session, he would definitely ask Lord Ji what the "big number" and "small number" meant.
[Rong Yi is getting more and more handsome. As soon as this matter broke out, he knew immediately and was even able to share the gossip with the Emperor right away. Emperor, you're so lucky to have such a loyal minister.]
Suddenly, Ji Yingying became particularly interested in Rong Yi and even asked Xiangxiang, "Xiang'er, do you think Rong Yi has any gossip?"
[Rong Yi has some gossip... but it's all trivial stuff. Would you like to hear it, host?]
Listen to it!
Rong Yi, hiding in the shadows, became extremely nervous, silently praying that Ji Yingying would quickly change the subject and stop thinking about him.
Rong Yi is a bodyguard. He trains very hard and is extremely loyal. He has been diligent and meticulous since childhood, always doing exactly what his master tells him to do.
That's it?
【yes. 】
[Isn't there any gossip about farting, pissing, eating shit, or smelling stinky farts? If all else fails, how about treason, illegal trading, embezzlement, bribery, etc.?]
No, but he's short of money; the emperor hasn't paid him his salary for three months.
[What?! That damned emperor! He's confiscated so many properties, the national treasury is practically overflowing, and he still isn't paying salaries! What if he doesn't pay mine either? I was hoping to get the emperor involved in business and make some money, but look what he's done… How can I trust him?]
Your Majesty: ...He just forgot. Issue it today.
Ugh... I can't eat breakfast anymore.
[Moreover, nobody knew about this. Later he learned that you can't eat feces, so he brushed his teeth until they bled. For a while, he even wanted to change his mouth, staring at other people's mouths every day, wanting to have one too.]
【What?】This is fun!
Yes, they stopped after he saw blood. But over the years, he's rarely used his mouth except for eating, and he even disinfects it each time.
Poor prince, hehe~ But I also quite like his scandals.
The ministers were laughing so hard they were almost falling over, but they didn't dare to laugh out loud.
[Xiang'er~ Let's not eat the pungent gossip anymore, how about we eat some heartless gossip? Or maybe some gossip that will bring disaster to the country.]
【Host, you might as well tell me about treason and collusion with the enemy.】
What? What? There are traitors and collaborators here?
[Yes, there are two more. I didn't notice them before, but Xiangxiang just used location services to check the gossip and found two.]
Upon hearing the rumor of treason, everyone became suspicious and waited to see who was so blind as to do such a thing under Ji Yingying's nose.
[Two officials, Lord Dong and Lord Wu, are eating.]
【Huh? No way, aren't these two generals guarding the city? They only returned after the Empress Dowager's death, how did they become traitors colluding with the enemy?】
The two men were so frightened that their legs went weak, but when they thought about it carefully, they realized that they had never done anything like that before.
[Oh, it's because the imperial court couldn't provide enough rations for the troops, and they didn't want their soldiers to go hungry. So they pretended to be colluding with the enemy to obtain grain from other countries, all so that their soldiers could have enough to eat.]
[Good heavens, that damn emperor! The national treasury is overflowing, how can he be so shameless as to withhold the soldiers' rations? No way! When I have time, I'll definitely have Mu Kaiji make instant noodles. Then each of our soldiers will have a bag filled with a whole case of instant noodles. They can just add hot water and eat, without having to wait for the emperor to distribute rations.]
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