Chapter 256: Reward, such a big reward
Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth and glared: "But I also told you not to lie to me!"
Yuan Langjun bit his lips lightly, staring at her with a hesitant look, and after a moment, a tear rolled down his cheek.
System: [Wow. This "I feel pity" scene, tsk tsk... my code is so weak, I recorded it and saved it to watch over and over again.]
Yuanruan was moved: [Send me a copy. ]
The angry Second Princess paused and subconsciously looked at Yuan Langjun: Hiss, don't say it! Really don't say it, these tears, these eyes, this swan neck...
Cheng Weining quietly pulled the second princess back with a fake smile.
Mrs. Wang was still indifferent. She suddenly glanced at Yuan Ruan, and then said to Yuan Langjun coldly: "Swear! If you dare to swear to heaven, I will believe you!"
Yuan Langjun quickly raised his finger and said, "I swear, if I break my oath, I will be struck by lightning!"
Mrs. Wang looked at Yuan Ruan again.
Yuan Ruan felt that the situation was a little strange. She felt that Mrs. Wang wanted to teach the other party a lesson on purpose. No, maybe she just wanted her to give up quickly.
Yuanruan gives a heart.
——"Crackle!" Mr. Yuan, begging for thunder, got thunder instead. He fainted from smoke and was dragged away by servants.
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The emergence of daily tasks allows Yuanruan to pick up the ambition to chop off scumbags again... No, it's the fighting spirit of watching the emotional melon.
At the beginning, Yuanruan accepted all recommendations.
But as he ate, Yuanruan started to feel a little irritable.
The main thing is that the men and women who come to ask for help seem to be in harmony with each other, but in fact, either the man is a scumbag or the woman is a scumbag. Yuanruan really has no way to match them up against his conscience.
In addition, the subsequent treatment of some people also increased Yuanruan's blood pressure.
For example, they have already known from Yuanruan that their other half is not a good person, but they still ask questions unwillingly, "Is the Imperial Master's calculation inaccurate?" "Is Imperial Master, what should I do then?"... and so on.
Yuan Ruan wanted to point at the group of people smoking and say: You've been struck by lightning and it's like this, why don't you give up? !
But Yuanruan doesn't have the energy to argue. There are too many scumbags and he is suffering from severe emotional exhaustion.
Finally, he only said one sentence: "Believe it if you want, or not." and let them go.
After nearly three months of hard work and eating nearly a hundred melons, Yuan Ruan finally completed the task of picking ten couples.
At the moment the mission was successful, Yuan Ruan cried with joy and lay down in the Imperial Master's Mansion.
The system was worried: [Aruan, are you okay? ]
Yuan Ruan said listlessly: [It's nothing, I'm just tired. I don't even want to see my eldest nephews anymore. When I see them, I'll think of those couples they recommended that raise my blood pressure.]
As soon as these words came out.
The prince, who had just walked into the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, froze instantly.
System: [Aruan, your nephew who caused your blood pressure to rise is here. ]
Yuanruan yawned lazily, turned his back and pretended to sleep.
The prince smiled helplessly, covered Yuan Ruan with a blanket, and left in silence.
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It was no secret among the top management that Yuanruan was rewarded with glass for completing the couple's mission.
Several adults were looking forward to this.
When the emperor saw his ministers like this, he simply took them to a side hall to drink tea and wait for the prince's decision.
So when the prince returned to the side hall, he saw the Minister of Works and the Minister of Revenue immediately stand up and walk towards him happily.
"Your Highness, you are back."
"Your Highness, is Glass here too?"
Prince: ...
He shook his head and said, "No. The glass is not urgent."
The Minister of Industry was anxious when he heard this: "Your Highness, I am sorry to hear your honest advice. The young Imperial Master said that glass is comparable to printing! How can this old minister not be anxious?"
The prince stretched out his hand and pressed down, saying, "Well, but Ah Ruan is a little tired."
The emperor immediately put down the cup and raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's going on?"
The prince thought for a moment and said helplessly, "He must be a little tired of those melons. He just said that he didn't even want to see me anymore."
The emperor became a little restless after hearing this.
He had felt sorry for Yuan Ruan's hard work, but he could not change Yuan Ruan's insistence, so the emperor let her go. Even so, the emperor ordered the crown prince, the third prince and others to investigate and screen couples. As a result, Yuan Ruan increased his success rate, successfully matched several couples in the last month, and successfully completed his daily tasks.
The emperor stood up and said, "If you don't want to see him, you should avoid him recently. I'll go and take a look."
After saying this, the emperor asked the court officials to leave the palace without giving them a chance to speak, and hurriedly walked towards the residence of the young imperial tutor.
Courtiers: ...
Looking at the emperor's back, the Minister of Works could not help but reach out, "This...that glass..." He turned his head to look at the Minister of Revenue.
The Minister of Finance crossed his arms and said, "Wait. Not opening new sources is also a way to save money. If it really doesn't work, we can save money from other places."
The Minister of War became nervous, thinking of the war horses that were still fighting and crying for food, and the military funds that were about to run out.
He stretched out his hand and hooked it around the neck of the Minister of Revenue. Just as he was about to say something like "Brother, don't save on military expenses, keep on being proactive," the Minister of Revenue suddenly grabbed his hand and half of his body was flipped over.
When the Minister of War landed safely with the help of his powerful muscle memory, his expression was dazed and he stared blankly at the Minister of Revenue.
The Minister of Finance sneered: "I will not give anyone a second chance to strike back!"
The Minister of War was startled, and suddenly remembered the time when he and the Minister of Works kidnapped the Minister of Revenue to attend court dressed as women in order to complete their mission.
He coughed lightly and lowered his voice: "My Lord, why are you so stingy? I have also dressed as a woman and risked my life to accompany you. Besides, haven't the two silver mines that were awarded to me filled the national treasury?"
The Minister of Finance sneered: "Yes. But half of the money goes to your military expenses."
The Minister of War turned his head away in embarrassment and forgot to say anything.
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At the same time, the emperor had already arrived at the Imperial Master's Mansion.
He was worried that Yuanruan would be curled up in the quilt, but he didn't expect that before he walked in completely, he heard Yuanruan's laughter like a bell.
The emperor stopped abruptly.
He raised his hand, signaling the palace maids and eunuchs not to inform them.
Then he gently lifted the curtain and happened to see Yuan Ruan nestling in the Queen's arms. The Second Princess and Qi Yue were sitting opposite her. One of them was holding her pregnant belly while the other was holding the sleeping Eighth Prince and Eighth Princess.
The second princess was talking about some of the things she saw in the market because of the imperial examination system.
The Second Princess said, "Ninth sister, do you know? Those students are very superstitious about the imperial examinations. In order to have a good start, they write words like "good luck", "lucky" and "unlucky" on paper, crumple them into a ball and draw lots. If they draw good luck, they are ecstatic. If they draw a neutral, it's okay. But if they draw something unlucky, they will cry loudly. When I passed by last time, I saw a student pouring wormwood water on himself in the street and asking passers-by to whip him with a whip. He said he wanted to get rid of bad luck."
When these words came out, the queen almost bent over with laughter, and the others also smiled.
The emperor felt relieved by the happy scene.
However, the next second, the expression on his face could no longer be maintained.
Because the Queen said, "Haha, gentlemen seem to be fascinated by these things. Do you know why the Great Xia Festival and even your father's birthday are not fixed every year? Because these dates are all decided by His Majesty by drawing lots... And His Majesty never chooses books when he goes to the study to read. He likes to close his eyes and touch them randomly. When he touches a book, he says which book has a connection with him today, and he reads that book."
Yuan Ruan almost laughed out loud: [Even your birthday is chosen by random drawing of lots? Brother is so superstitious. ]
System: [Haha, actually your brother did this because of some childhood reasons.]
Yuanruan was a little curious: [What? ]