"Yinyin, Yinyin, am I still your sweetheart?! How could you be so cold, so heartless, so cruel as to hit my delicate body? Waaah, I won't stand for it!"
As Qingyin listened to the affected voice in her ear, she felt as if the non-existent bumps on her forehead and body were about to rise up.
Her eyes flashed sharply. "You bastard, can you please stop watching those melodramatic soap operas? Have you paid off your debts? Have you finished your work? Are you eligible for a promotion?"
The once energetic and spirited leader shrank back more and more under Qingyin's questioning, his eyes filled with tears: "Ahhh, host, please stop talking! I know, I will work hard from now on and reach the pinnacle of leadership as soon as possible!"
After using PUA on the system, Qingyin felt a sense of relief. Sure enough, when in a bad mood, cursing the scoundrel system is the best way to de-stress.
"Speak, what brings you here again?"
Tongzi immediately beamed and said, "Yinyin, let me tell you, your nephew and niece from the last world were really good. Not only did they release the deposed crown prince and the eldest prince, but they also put their capable brothers and sisters into their respective fields of expertise. Under your tutelage, they were able to cross the seas and expand the territory of the Qing Dynasty. They have brought you a lot of merit."
Qingyin nodded. Those two children were well-behaved and ambitious; they would succeed at whatever they did.
"But Yinyin, why don't you buy an emotional cleansing device? I've heard it's really useful."
When it came to money, Qingyin shook her head firmly, "I'll just go play in the small world, I don't need to waste money on this."
Upon hearing about the host's little world, the system's eyes lit up. It fawned over Qingyin, massaging her legs and patting her shoulders with extremely obsequious gestures. No one could compare to its sycophancy.
"Yinyin, Yinyin, Yinyin, Yinyin..."
Qingyin raised an eyebrow, "Speak!"
"Hehe, Yinyin, I also want to go in and try it out. I'll help you see if those games are fun, okay?"
Qingyin nodded, pleased with the licking of the system. After having a great time in the small world with the system, she returned to the system space to prepare for the next petitioner.
A court lady, almost too pale, with white lips, approached. Her features were beautiful, but her thin chin and lifeless lips made her appear sickly and pitiful.
When she first appeared, she was a little confused. But with the help of the system space, she seemed to understand and walked over with a slight sway.
"Dunke greets Your Excellency."
Qingyin sized up the woman in front of her. Although her palace dress was simple, the fabric and embroidery were undoubtedly of rare and precious quality. It seemed that this petitioner was of high status.
Facing the woman who looked like she was about to collapse, Qingyin couldn't help but soften her voice: "Get up first, sit here and talk."
"Thank you, Your Excellency." Dun Ke slowly walked up to Qing Yin, sat down, and every move he made was graceful and gentle, befitting his manners.
Dunke smiled slightly: "My story is a bit long, please listen to it slowly, sir."
Qingyin nodded, looking at Dunke with curiosity.
“My father was Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and my mother was Consort Zhangjia, the fifteenth in her family. My mother left me a few years after giving birth to me. I was of humble birth and had many sisters. My father did not favor me. I had an older brother who always blamed me for causing my mother's poor health. He was not close to me. I was sad at the time, but I got better after crying a lot.”
At this point, Dunke paused for a moment, then insisted:
"I think I cried too much at night back then, caught a cold and got a fever, which damaged my health and left me with a chronic illness that never really got better. My brother ran over from the palace and scolded me for being stupid. I knew he didn't mean to look down on me. When he hugged me, his tears soaked my clothes. He cared about me, and I was very grateful for that. From then on, my brother treated me even better and came to see me often. He was the person I cared about most. My brother grew up to be even more capable, excelling in both literature and martial arts. It was just that his family background held him back, otherwise he would have been even better. But my brother was smart. He sided with my fourth brother, who became emperor and bestowed upon my brother the title of Prince Yi of the First Rank. I was very happy for him."
"I have no wishes for my brother, I just hope that I won't be a burden to him."
Qingyin asked gently, "And what about you? What are your own wishes?"
Dunke smiled bitterly: "I hope you can save Lin Rouqing. She is my only wish."
Thinking of this, Dunke paused, his eyes filled with tenderness and longing.
"Lin Rouqing is the legitimate daughter of Lin Zhengjun, the third-rank Dali Temple Minister. I met her in the palace. She had a cousin who entered the palace and became my father's concubine, Lin Shufei. When Lin Shufei was favored, she brought her family to visit her, and Rouqing was inside."
“I was just eight years old then. I was hiding in the yard crying when she found me. I didn’t tell her who I was. I only said that my mother had gotten sick because of giving birth to me and that’s why she left. She firmly told me that it wasn’t because of me, but that the stars in the sky had come to take my mother away. She wiped away my tears and hugged me for a long time. She was really a very gentle person. I didn’t see that girl for a long time after that.”
"Later I learned that Lin Dali, the Minister of Justice, had been exiled to the Northwest by my father for embezzlement and bribery. It was the first time I realized that there were so many tears in my eyes and that they were so hard to shed."
"Fortunately, I saw her again, the spirited young Lin Qingse who had become the top scholar. She had lost a lot of weight, and her eyes held a more resolute look than before. Her face had changed, and she was even more beautiful. I knew that she and her brother were twins. I also learned about the death of 'Lin Rouqing' from her brother. I understood the reason and had been secretly watching her from behind."
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