The next day, at the palace gate.
Jiang Yueyang got off the carriage carrying a heavy bamboo basket and saw the long line in front of the palace gate from afar.
Two imperial guards were checking the official's personal belongings.
"What's going on?" Jiang Yueyang frowned, "Why did everyone rush to the palace together today?"
No one responded, and the system remained in the small dark room and refused to come out.
Jiang Yueyang carried the basket and walked to the end of the team. She turned sideways and counted, and there were at least thirty people in front of her.
She had never done any work since she was a child, and after carrying the basket for only half a minute she felt her hands were about to break.
[Wow... If I had known I wouldn't have pretended so much. ]
The bamboo basket was filled with sprouted potatoes and sweet potato seedlings, which she brought into the palace today to present to His Majesty.
[Little melon, if you don’t come out now, you won’t have to come out anymore. ]
After a while, a mechanical laugh came from my mind.
[Host, good morning. I haven't seen you for a long time. You have become more beautiful again. ]
The official who heard the inner voice said: You lackey, I despise you!
Jiang Yueyang said sarcastically: [Are you willing to come out? I thought you were giving birth in there and died of dystocia! ]
The system smiled and said: [Host, you are joking. I am a male system and cannot give birth to children. ]
[So you were squatting in there to poop? ]
The official who was eating a bun: Ugh~
System: [Host, don't talk like that. I'm scared.]
Jiang Yueyang snorted coldly. As a system, how could he abandon his post without permission?
So unprofessional!
Seeing that Jiang Yueyang didn't say anything else, the system secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the host was no longer angry.
Jiang Yueyang was not angry about what the system said yesterday, but she was angry that he locked himself in a small dark room and refused to come out, as if she was so reasonable.
[Xiaogua, do you know why everyone came to the palace at this time today? ]
When the system heard Jiang Yueyang's tone return to normal, it immediately replied: [At 7 o'clock this morning, two carriages collided on the road leading to the palace, causing a traffic jam.]
Jiang Yueyang said "oh" and didn't ask any more questions.
After a while, footsteps were heard behind her and someone lined up behind her.
The team moved forward slowly. Jiang Yueyang changed hands several times and finally couldn't help complaining: [Ahhh...what are you doing dawdling in front of you? Can you hurry up? I'm so tired!]
Because Jiang Yueyang was screaming in her heart, even the people at the front of the line could hear her thoughts.
When Xu Zheng (an official from Wenyuan Pavilion), who was standing at the front of the line, heard this, he immediately snatched the book from the imperial guard's hand and decisively threw it aside.
“I won’t bring this book in.”
Because the imperial guards suspected that the book Xu Zheng brought was a banned book, they checked it page by page.
This caused the team to move forward very slowly.
The imperial guards glanced at the book thrown on the ground and let him in without saying anything.
Seeing this, the others went through the things they had brought and threw away those that might be carefully inspected.
If something is lost, it is lost. We cannot make Lord Xiao Jiang unhappy, otherwise we don’t know who will suffer.
The system gives a suggestion, [Host, why don't you ask the person in front of you if he is willing to switch places with you? ]
Duke Su, who was standing in front of Jiang Yueyang: "..."
[Don't give me such bad advice. If I do this, the officials in the Censorate will impeach me, and His Majesty will have a reason to deduct my vacation time. I'd better pack up my things first...]
Emperor Yuan: Am I that kind of person?
Before Jiang Yueyang could finish her words, a hand appeared on the bamboo basket in her hand.
She looked up along the bony fingers, and saw... a face that was a little too handsome.
Lu Yunting took the bamboo basket from her hand with just a little force. Their eyes met and the atmosphere around them instantly became very subtle.
[Xiaogua, has Lu Yunting always been standing behind me? ]
[No, he swapped places with someone else to get here.]
Jiang Yueyang slightly raised the corners of her mouth and said "oh", feeling happy in her heart. So this is what it feels like to be remembered by someone?
But then I thought about it, I had experienced several embarrassing narcissistic situations, and I couldn't help but wonder if I was being too self-indulgent again.
[Xiaogua, do you think Lu Yunting likes me? ]
As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Yunting's ears turned red instantly, and the others also held their breath and listened.
The system was in a dilemma. [Host, I am a melon-eating system, not a love system, so I cannot give an accurate answer. Judging from the current situation, he should like you... right?]
【What kind of answer is this? 】
[Host, you have to judge for yourself. ]
The officials present had different thoughts. Did they hear it right?
Lord Xiao Jiang likes General Lu?
Isn't she the future Crown Princess?
Your Majesty can't sleep.
Your Majesty is going to break up the couple.
Your Majesty is going to kill someone.
The emperor, who was changing into court robes, sneezed several times in succession and cursed Jiang Yueyang casually.
Humph! That damn girl Jiang Yueyang is saying bad things about me behind my back again.
Before they knew it, there were two more people whose turn it was for Jiang Yueyang to check before entering the palace.
After a while, Duke Su walked up with empty hands.
He patted himself and said, "I didn't bring anything."
Previously, Duke Su lost all the things he brought with him.
The guards symbolically checked his sleeves and let him in.
Seeing that it was her turn, Jiang Yueyang turned around and wanted to take back her bamboo basket, but Lu Yunting put the bamboo basket directly in front of the imperial guards.
The imperial guards lifted the blue cloth on the basket, revealing the sweet potato sprouts and potatoes underneath.
"What are these?"
Jiang Yueyang answered honestly: "Sweet potato seedlings and potatoes."
Duke Su, who had not walked far, paused, and Lu Yunting also shifted his gaze from Jiang Yueyang to the bamboo basket.
Is this a potato?
What are sweet potato sprouts?
The imperial guards routinely asked, "Why did you bring these things into the palace?"
"To His Majesty."
Seeing that she said she wanted to send something to His Majesty, the imperial guards did not dare to take it lightly and questioned her carefully, fearing that it was something poisonous.
At this time, Duke Su found Xie Xu from somewhere.
Xie Xu coughed heavily, and the imperial guards turned around when they heard the sound.
"grown ups."
Xie Xu glanced at the bamboo basket without leaving any trace, and then secretly winked at the imperial guards, "What are you dawdling about? The time for court is almost up, finish the inspection quickly and let the adults in."
The imperial guards understood immediately and let Jiang Yueyang pass.
Lu Yunting took the bamboo basket first, and the two of them walked in one after the other tacitly.
The system took a look at the imperial guard and said hesitantly: [Host, there is something I don’t know whether I should say or not.]
Jiang Yueyang said unhappily: [Say, stop dithering.]
[The imperial guard just now might die tonight. ]
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