Chapter 8: Give the Emperor a Little Scare
"Chicken fat... stone. Hurry, put it away. You kid, you have to keep the good stuff, it can save your life at the critical moment!" Master Fan didn't have time to lament at this time, for fear that Chu Ci would exchange the piece of chicken fat in his hand if he was not careful.
Chu Ci smiled and said, "Life is nothing but eating and drinking. Now is the critical moment, isn't it?"
Seeing that Mr. Fan was still upset, Chu Ci continued to persuade him: "Grandpa, it is more important than anything else that the whole family arrives in Yazhou in one piece."
"The whole family arrives in Yazhou in one piece? Is it really possible?" Mr. Fan looked a little dazed.
"Why not? Others rely on walking. We can be the ones who are about to own donkey carts. The advantages are obvious. Starting tomorrow, all the old people and children will ride on the donkey carts. As long as you are optimistic, living a long life is not a dream." Chu Ci said in a deliberately playful tone.
The road to exile that everyone seemed to be afraid of was just an ordinary journey in Chu Ci's eyes, and the terrifying officials were just guards.
Old Master Fan didn't know what kind of family could raise a girl like Chu Ci, but at this moment he fell in love with his granddaughter-in-law from the bottom of his heart.
"Kid, you're a good kid. We were just overthinking it before."
Is Master Fan so innocent? So the old lady has no choice but to be the villain?
Emma, how could she have forgotten, just a few words in the book. But how could a person's life be so simple? Chu Ci secretly despised himself, but couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.
As long as he can win over this big boss, his status in the Fan family will rise sharply!
By then, saving the Fan family will become easy!
Thinking of this, Chu Ci looked at Master Fan with eyes full of anticipation, as if he was looking at a rare treasure. "No, no, no, you can't overthink the situation of the Fan family at that time."
Sure enough, Master Fan sighed again.
But this time, he was more filled with joy. "In short, I'm glad I made that decision. Perhaps, in some mysterious way, you are a gift from God to the Fan family!"
The old man's words were quite sweet, and Chu Ci really enjoyed them. "Old man, you praise me too much. I really don't deserve it."
Turning back to look at the embarrassed Fan Jingrui, he was speechless. If Fan Jingrui had half the eloquence of the old man, he would have stayed because he met his aesthetic standards.
Maybe try to discipline him a bit? Isn't it said that good men are made through discipline?
After a while, Chu Ci's attention shifted from Mr. Fan to Fan Jingrui, who knew nothing about it. He excitedly started chatting with Chu Ci about "chicken fat yellow," completely losing his previous dejection.
"Help! How would she know anything about Fengmenqing, Yuncaihua, and Qiancengwen?" Even "Jiyouhuang" was something I had heard about online in my previous life when the internet was well developed. I had no choice but to respond perfunctorily with "hmm" and "ah".
The disguised Chu Ci saved Mr. Fan, but it seemed that he had sacrificed himself.
Night finally fell, and Chu Ci was no longer able to save face for anyone. She pretended to eat two mouthfuls of steamed bread and said, "I'm tired. If it's nothing important, don't bother me."
Madam Fan opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end, she said nothing and silently lowered her hand. Chu Ci pretended not to notice and waited until everyone was asleep before quietly leaving the group.
After making sure that no one would notice, he took out the electric four-wheeled vehicle from the space and headed straight for the palace.
Imperial Palace
Emperor Jian'an also liked elegant things when he was young. Now, seeing many rare and unique books of the Fan family being collected into his own warehouse, he couldn't help but recall the past.
He began to read the books with great interest, and did not show any intention of leaving until it was time to light the lamps.
Therefore, when Chu Ci came here following the location left by Xing'er, the emperor was still reminiscing about the past with the eunuch beside him.
Emperor Jian'an stroked the book in his hand and muttered to himself, "My teacher taught me that governing with virtue will win the hearts of the people, but governing with force will make it difficult for them to win their hearts. But why did my teacher change in the end? Is it really true that people's hearts are hard to win over?"
At this point, Emperor Jian'an's eyes revealed a rare hint of confusion.
Great! Does Emperor Jian'an really think he's a victim? It's truly a case of the cat crying over the rat, and Chu Ci is practically nauseated.
Same technique, almost the same time.
The difference is that this time it happened under the nose of Emperor Jian'an. The rare calligraphy and paintings that had just been confiscated and had not yet been kept warm by Emperor Jian'an disappeared.
Even the "Long and Short Sutra" in his hand was forcibly snatched away.
"Hu--" Before he could even utter the word "jia" ("Protecting--"), a cup was stuffed into his mouth. He withstood the shock and took it out to examine it. "Your Majesty, this is your 'Yushang'."
Yuchang was the emperor's favorite cup, which he usually kept high up on the antique shelf and was reluctant to use. Now he was using it to stuff his mouth. Zhang Rang couldn't imagine what the emperor would do to him in the future.
Emperor Jian'an's mind was full of what had just happened, and he was in no mood to care about a eunuch.
After a long while, he finally came to his senses and ordered Zhang Rang, "Go and tell, no, go and invite Master Tongxuan. Also, invite Lian Dehai to the imperial study. This matter must not be spread to anyone else. Do you understand?"
"Understood, understood. Hu Deping is worried that he won't have the chance to make amends, so let him do this. It will be absolutely foolproof." Zhang Rang's eyes turned when he heard this, and he had a candidate.
However, it was not Zhang Rang who shocked Chu Ci, but the great con man called "Tong Xuan Zhenren". It was because of this con man's deception that the later emperor, after excessively taking elixirs, became incompetent and neglected state affairs.
Therefore, if there had not been the liar "Tongxuan Zhenren" fooling people in front of him, Zhang Rang, despite his political skills, would have had no chance to stand in the court.
After figuring this out, Chu Ci took out the ice arrow he had made out of boredom in his previous life without any hesitation, and shot it through Tongxuan's eyebrows cleanly and neatly.
The ice arrow melted when it encountered heat, and it looked like Tongxuan was killed instantly from a distance. The emperor's heart immediately turned cold!
Of course, he was the emperor. Staying calm in the face of danger was fundamental, and remaining composed in the face of adversity was ingrained in him. "Who are you? Could you please leave a reason?"
Chu Ci was deeply impressed.
But admiration for her didn't stop her from giving the emperor a fright. She pulled out a voice changer and a loud speaker from the space and shouted, "Those who disrupt the fate of the nation shall be executed!"
I heard that this person is disrupting the country's destiny, so his identity is in doubt?
Zhang Rang couldn't help but be shocked. In name, he was the one who introduced this person to the emperor. Now that such a thing has happened, he cannot escape the blame.
At that moment, he was so frightened that his legs went weak and he fell to his knees on the ground, begging for mercy: "Your Majesty, I don't know, I really don't know."
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