Chapter 28 The world is in decline, people’s hearts are no longer the same
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"Your Majesty! I pay my respects to Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty." The Ministry of Revenue kneeled down tremblingly, "I pay my respects to the Empress, may Your Majesty live forever."
[And me, and me! Brother, give me a better appearance. ]
emperor:……
You really know how to order me around.
The Ministry of Revenue was stunned. What? The mysterious voice was also here?
At this time, the emperor spoke up and asked, "Why? Are you ignoring my child?"
The deputy director of the Ministry of Revenue looked up in surprise and saw the emperor holding the baby's armpits with both hands and lifting her slightly above his shoulders.
The little baby suddenly became the tallest person in the room. She raised her chin slightly towards him, as if waiting to greet him.
Ministry of Revenue: ...
Could it be... could it be that the previous voices were all from this little baby? !
Wait, your Majesty's reaction.
Can you also hear the voice of your heart?
The Ministry of Revenue was so frightened by this speculation that he fell to the ground.
Then he stood up and kowtowed repeatedly: "Please be well, little princess. I deserve death. I was disrespectful in front of you. It's all my fault!"
Yuan Ruan was stunned when he saw this:
[Why are you so scared that you kneel down? Is my brother so scary? ]
The emperor's mouth twitched slightly: ...
Why are you scolding me again?
Haven't I heard your voice?
Yes, the emperor also realized through the reaction of the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Revenue that the other party could hear Yuan Ruan's voice.
This made the emperor curious. He had never thought that there were people outside the palace who could hear the inner voices. What was the mechanism for this? And what were the screening criteria?
The emperor fell into deep thought.
The official's knees felt so weak from kneeling that they didn't even belong to him, but he still didn't dare to move.
After a long time, the one in the side room outside could not wait any longer and came in. She first asked, "What's wrong with you, my husband?" Then she knelt down and saluted the emperor, "Your Excellency, my husband..."
"Stop talking! Hurry up and pay your respects to His Majesty." The Ministry of Revenue's deputy minister quickly reached out and pulled the side room over, lowering his voice, "You are heavy, be careful."
At this moment, the voice in my heart echoed again:
System: [Host, I! I finally found some relevant information. Looking at these two people being so affectionate, I suspect that this person didn't really lose the things he offered as tribute, but deliberately set up a trap for the beauty.]
The emperor and the empress both looked gloomy.
When the Minister of Revenue noticed this, he was almost frightened to death.
Don't talk nonsense in front of His Majesty!
He is a well-known filial son in the countryside, and was recommended by three highly respected village heads!
How could someone deliberately steal items offered as tribute?
The Deputy Director of the Ministry of Revenue was so anxious that he wanted to confront the baby on the spot, but he was stopped by a warning look from the emperor.
At this moment, Yuanruan curiously asked the system:
[Hmm? Tell me what happened? ]
System: [Take a look.]
Yuan Ruan took a careful look, and his round eyes gradually smiled into crescent shapes.
[Hahahaha…exciting! No wonder I couldn’t find it, it turned out to be hidden in my stomach! ]
Everyone: ???
When Concubine Rong, who also walked into the inner hall, heard this, her eyes first fell on the side chamber.
She raised her eyebrows, stood up and pointed to the side room and said, "I see that you don't look well, it seems that the pregnancy is not stable. I have a good female doctor here to check your pulse."
The side room quickly covered his stomach with a panicked look on his face.
The Revenue Department's Deputy Director hadn't reacted yet. He just anxiously helped the side room up and said, "Did you fall? It's okay."
"I'm fine, but, but my child." The concubine lay on the official's body weakly, "I'm scared... I want to go back for a doctor."
The Deputy Director of the Ministry of Revenue began to react, but saw that his side room was looking at him dependently.
The Ministry of Revenue gritted his teeth and stood up to hold the concubine: "Your Majesty, I deserve death, but my wife is weak, I, I am afraid to go back..."
[Wouldn’t twenty kilograms of jewelry weigh too much? I’ve learned nothing. Women are really seven parts drunk. I’ll act until your heart breaks!]
The Ministry of Revenue's deputy director suddenly paused.
System: [Ah Ruan, I am actually more curious about how she did it. How could she make her fake pregnant belly look so real? She stuffed a lot of jewelry in her belly every time she went in and out, but she was never discovered by outsiders during a body search.]
The emperor's face turned slightly dark, he actually dared to leave his post.
The Revenue Department's Yuanwailang turned pale: ???
The pregnancy belly is fake? How is this possible...
But if it is fake, then there is a possibility that you will not be searched.
Because he relied on his status, he did not allow those people to search his wife's body.
System: [This should also be considered as custody theft. Considering that he raised a pair of children for others, it is also true that such a pitiful person must have some hateful qualities.]
Ministry of Revenue: !!!
Helped someone else raise a pair of children?
After he was in a trance, he suddenly raised his head and stared at Rongpin. Rongpin was not his daughter, but his son was not his son? !
How many times did his ex-wife cheat on him? !
If this is the case, then the only flesh and blood left to him are the two children born to him by his niece!
No, he must protect her this time.
The official in charge of the Ministry of Revenue clenched his fists and suddenly said, "Your Majesty, you and I know something very well. Those dowries should belong to my Liu family. If they can fill the vacancy left by Your Majesty, the mistakes your biological mother made in the past..." A hint of disgust flashed across his face, "I, I will forgive the past."
Rongpin sneered.
[What! Does this mean that Rongpin is not his flesh and blood? Hiss, then he raised four children, but none of them are his?! ]
The queen was directly choked by the water. This is so exciting!
The emperor also glanced at the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Revenue. Isn't there a hat of normal color on his head?
Ministry of Revenue Yuanwailang: ???
W-what?!
Four, four children?
Could it be that the two children the voice was referring to were not Rongpin's brother and sister, but...
The Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Revenue did not want to believe it, but the Emperor and Empress' trusting gaze was enough to prove that this mysterious voice was extremely correct.
He stared at the side chamber in a trance, unable to resist the urge to test it.
He suddenly asked: "You betrayed me?"
At that moment, he saw his wife's clenched fists, a flash of panic on her face, and then she calmed herself down after a moment of shock: "My husband, you are wronged! Since I was a concubine... my concubine has been devoted to you since she married into the capital!"
System: [Hahaha, great acting! She is clearly a once-popular courtesan in Huainan Flower House. It's hilarious. She redefines the concept of marrying off as a noblewoman. And when she came to the capital, she ran into three or four former patrons of Huainan Flower House one after another. She used her body to shut up those men. Well, it's not wrong to say that she is devoted to him. After all, her body and children don't count.]
emperor:……
Queen: ...
Even Rongpin gasped. Hiss, this, this is not only a fake identity? Is she still so romantic after getting married?!
Ministry of Revenue: ...
He was dumbfounded.
The lady from a noble family is not a lady from a noble family, but a former prostitute?
The children are all from former benefactors?!
Yuan Ruan: [Hiss… She only cares about her kidneys and not her heart? If she doesn’t get married, she’ll be a role model for our generation! ]
Emperor, Empress, and Concubine Rong: !!!
Sometimes it is difficult to keep a secret, for example, now you have to hold it in and not spank a naughty child.
System: [Wait, look at this... Rongpin's father may not be an accomplice. His wife was actually introduced by a fellow villager. Wow, his fellow villager was jealous of him for becoming an official and marrying a beautiful woman, so he deliberately bought a brothel girl to destroy his family. ]
Ministry of Revenue: ...
Others are about to cry.
The person he regarded as a close friend actually had always been jealous of him. That's right, it seemed that every time someone said that Rongpin didn't look like him, it came from him.
…
Yuansoft is querying the system:
[Look, now that I have found this gold, have I completed my mission of fulfilling my national destiny? ]
As soon as these words came out.
The emperor, empress and Rongpin all focused their attention on Yuanruan.
At this moment, everyone was startled by a scream of "Ah" in their ears.
When he turned his head, he saw the member of the Ministry of Revenue tearing the clothes of the person in the side room vigorously.
Yuan Ruan took a deep breath and covered her eyes.
[The world is going downhill, people’s hearts are no longer the same as before! ]
The Emperor, Empress, and Concubine Rong: ...
This statement would be more convincing if your big eyes didn't roll around behind your fingers.