Chapter 4
Chu Huan asked as she walked: "Tong, how come the melon from the Minister of Revenue arrived so quickly just now?"
The Minister of Revenue paused. How could this have anything to do with him?
However... he and other officials thought about it and felt that there was indeed something strange about it.
According to the system's usual practice, it would wait a while to find the melon and finish reading it before replying, but the speed of the reply just now was so fast that it was as if it was talking about a melon that had already been eaten.
No way? All the officials looked strange.
System: [Yesterday, the Minister of Revenue's behavior in the court was simply pointing his finger at everyone else and calling them idiots. His attitude was so aggressive that I thought he might be harassed, poisoned, or assassinated when he returns, so I subscribed to the news.]
All the officials were confused and felt that their intelligence was being looked down upon.
What misunderstanding did the system have about us? Tricking us? Poisoning? Assassination? Just because the Minister of Revenue said a few words, they killed him that same day. Did they think their own death wasn't quick enough? Were you, the Jinyiwei, the imperial guards, just there to do nothing?
The Jinyiwei: "..." They had something to say but couldn't, feeling frustrated.
Chu Huan was just curious: [Can I subscribe to melons?]
System: [Hehe, this is the advanced feature of our "Eating Watermelon" system. It's unique and no other system has it.]
After boasting about himself, he went on to say something in plain English: "It's just like reading a novel. If you see something interesting, subscribe to it so you can see the latest updates. Of course, this also requires a lot of time, so I wouldn't use it unless I'm really interested or sure there's something new."
Chu Hua: [Every function of your system is quite expensive to use.]
The system nearly cried out: "Isn't it? Even my daily startup and standby use melon energy. If it were modern times, I could use wireless networks, but in ancient times, I would have to use extra melon energy to set up a network myself, otherwise it would be inconvenient to use melons. You have no idea how much melon energy I use in a day."
[Because it hurts to spend all that energy, usually when you're not looking for me, I'll actively go into low-energy mode, using as little energy as possible and using every bit of it effectively.]
Baiguan: This system has quite a lot of limitations.
Chu Huan didn't know if the system deliberately chose a child's voice, but at least she felt a little soft-hearted when she heard the slightly milky voice crying pitifully.
"If you're running out of energy, come find me. I have plenty of fresh melons. Can these melons replenish your energy?"
The system was extremely excited: [Yes, yes! Sister Huan, you are so kind to me! I want to follow you forever!]
The officials' ears twitched slightly. What's the ready-made melon? The emperor hasn't arrived yet, so why not tell us about it?
The emperor who came hurriedly: "..."
He missed the live version and could only watch the paper version recorded by the eunuch, which made him feel a little regretful.
Last night, he cracked down on a corrupt official, gained two million in the national treasury, and obtained new usage of Chu Huan and the system. He was in a good mood and had some fun with the concubines. Unexpectedly, he didn't get up on time in the morning and missed it.
He's only 42, and he has to admit he's old already? He's unwilling to accept this.
[Actually...] The system rubbed its hands, [I don't lack melon energy right now, but Sister Huan, can you make me one?]
If they were not afraid of being discovered to be abnormal, the emperor and all the officials would have applauded the system.
Chu Huan thought for a moment and said, "Let me tell you a story about my brother."
Chu Ping suddenly looked up with a miserable expression: Why are you trying to trick me again?
System: [I've eaten almost all the gossip about you and Chu Qin. I could even write a book called "Chu Qin's Blood and Tears of Being Tricked Over the Years."]
Has it reached the level of a bloody and tearful history? The emperor and his officials gasped.
Soon, they remembered that although Chu Qin had been defrauded of his private money, he had received a shop as a gift from his sister. He didn't have to worry about anything and could just sit back and wait to receive the money. His sister had opened a grocery store in Songshan Academy for him...
If it’s all about this kind of blood and tears, they want it too!
Chu Huan said indifferently: [I have more than one brother.]
System: [Okay, I've already sensed the arrival of this big melon. Slurp! Sit in the front row and wait for the melon!]
The emperor and his officials learned and applied what they learned on the spot: sitting in the front row waiting to watch the show!
Chu Huan's tone became even more indifferent, as if she were discussing something completely unfamiliar: "My second brother, Chu Qi, was born to my aunt. My aunt was adopted by my grandmother, and she was the niece of my grandmother's younger sister. My mother was kind and generous, and she had a good business sense. She didn't care about such small matters. She was filial to her parents-in-law and managed the Chu family well. She never treated concubines or illegitimate children harshly. In her words, anything that can be solved with money is not a big deal."
Chu Ping was full of questions: Are you sure this melon belongs to your second brother, not your father or me?
Chu Huan continued, "Now that we've covered the background, let's talk about the characters. Remember when I was seven and I swindled all my brother's private money? Actually, I also swindled Chu Qi back then. Guess what?"
System: [What's going on?]
The emperor and all the officials opened their mouths in silence: What?
Chu Huan sneered: "Chu Qi agreed to it in person, gave me a jade rabbit, and said he would go back and collect the money and give it to me the next day. Then that night, he and his aunt went to my grandmother to complain, saying that I had stolen his favorite jade rabbit. My grandmother didn't even ask any questions, but convicted me and forced me to kneel in the ancestral hall."
My mother tried to dissuade me in every way, but she eventually took the jade rabbit Chu Qi had given me back and gave it back to him. She also gave him a better jade rabbit as compensation, a white jade bracelet as compensation to my aunt, and the jade Guanyin in the house as compensation to my grandmother.
The emperor and all the officials were so angry that they clenched their fists.
Many of them also play one thing in front of others and another behind their backs. It is normal for them to be deceitful and deceitful in officialdom and to set traps for each other. But what are their ages, what are their experiences, and why are they doing this? What is Chu Qi doing this for?
It's normal for people to be scheming and calculating. Chu Huan did that just to take the opportunity to test her two brothers, and she actually uncovered a big secret.
And Chu Qi...
If you don't want to, can't you just refuse? Chu Huan won't steal your money.
First, they agreed to it, used the deposit to appease Chu Huan, then turned the tables, using the deposit as evidence and filial piety to pressure Chu Huan into kneeling in the ancestral hall. If Chu Huan's mother hadn't acted decisively and used money to settle the matter, who knows what would have happened to seven-year-old Chu Huan.
Chu Ping opened his mouth. He didn't know about this. Wen had never told him.
For the first time, he realized that he didn't seem to know his wife, son and daughter very well. Even his mother and concubine seemed to say one thing to his face and another behind his back. They were hiding things from him.
The system was almost mad. A system that was so stingy with melon energy actually used melon energy to create the special effect of throwing rotten tomatoes and rotten vegetable leaves.
[Sister Huan, you definitely can't let this go like this, right?]
"Of course." Chu Huan smiled. "Two years later, I gave my brother a shop. My grandmother asked me why Chu Qi didn't have one. Guess what I said?"
The system guessed: [Did you tell me about what happened two years ago?]
The emperor touched his chin: With this girl's personality, it can't be that simple.
Chu Huan shook her head: [I said: What are you dreaming about?!]
System: [Oh wow!]
The emperor and all the officials: Oh my!
It’s a bit unfilial, but I have to say: it’s awesome!
More please!
System question: [And then what? ]
Chu Huan: [She was so angry she wanted to hit me and make me kneel in the ancestral hall. That very day, I stopped the monthly allowances for my concubine, Chu Qi, and the concubine's daughters. My mother gave them too much in the past few years, leaving them all without a sense of propriety. I'm going to teach them a lesson. The concubines and concubines' sons and daughters should keep what they were entitled to, and take back what they weren't entitled to. If they can't, their monthly allowances will be stopped until they're paid back.]
System: [Wow! Anything else?]
Emperor and officials: Wow! Keep going! Hurry up!
Chu Huan touched her throat. Although she was communicating with her thoughts in her mind, she always had the illusion that her mouth was dry from talking too much.
Later, I asked my mother and brother about the money they used for their business. Every penny they earned belonged to the three of us. Anything they took from the shop was deducted from their monthly allowance, and they refused to return the excess. I sent someone to report it to the Shuntian Prefecture. They were stopped before they even left the house. It was Chu Qi who had to take the imperial examination and worry about his reputation. Ha, you think you can take advantage of me? Dream on!
The emperor slapped his thigh with joy.
This stingy, vindictive, and vindictive look is so much like me! I like it!
It's a pity she's a girl, otherwise he would definitely give her an official position. Wait, isn't she already holding her brother's position? With such a willing personality and the ability to make money, wouldn't it be a shame not to go to the Ministry of Revenue?
The emperor suppressed his little thoughts as soon as they came to mind.
He was just promoted to the sixth rank the day before yesterday, and he cannot be promoted any further in a short period of time. The court is not his place to have the final say, and the censor might even bang his head against the pillar.
However, the emperor was hiding behind the door and did not notice that the imperial censors in the court were eating melons with great relish. Two old imperial censors with poor hearing even exchanged seats at the back so that they could hear more clearly.
The system was quite satisfied with its melon-eating experience. [Sister Huan, your melon-eating was too brief. It just so happens that there's something else. I'll go look at the details. Call me if you need anything.]
Chu Hua: [Go ahead. I'm tired too. Let me get some sleep.]
emperor:"……"
Officials: "..."
You took a nap the day before yesterday, but you slept today? Did you just lie down one day?!
Too much! Too much!
Chu Huan didn't mean it. She had never woken up at three in the morning for three consecutive days.
Unfortunately, these days are the days for reconciliation of accounts. The monthly and quarterly accounts have to be reconciled. She has to continue working after returning from court. She can't move the account books to the Hanlin Academy, right?
After waking up, he followed Liu Ziang back to the Hanlin Academy and immediately started reading unofficial history with great energy.
Hanlin Academy officials: "..."
The peeked Jinyiwei: "..."
Chu Hua: [System, come quickly!]
System: [Here we come!]
Chu Hua: [It's said here that the last emperor of the previous dynasty particularly enjoyed having sex with two women at night. Is this true?]
I searched the system and came back with a whoosh: [Wow—the ancients actually had so much fun! This is truly eye-opening!]
The Hanlin Academy officials and the Imperial Guards listened in whispers. How did this happen? Why was it so eye-opening? Let's talk about it!
Chu Huan coughed and said earnestly, "Tong, if you have good things, you should share them with your friends. You can't eat them all by yourself. That's not good. Look, I have a big melon myself, didn't I tell you?"
Officials from the Hanlin Academy and the Embroidered Uniform Guards: That’s right!
The system was in a dilemma: [It's not that I don't want to say it, but our Chigua system has a protection setting for minors, and this kind of pornographic content will be blocked.]
Chu Huan: “…”
Hanlin Academy officials and Jinyiwei: "..."
Wait, Chu Huan is not an adult yet, but they are.
Everyone's eyes flickered, not knowing how to remind the system to continue. Chu Huan couldn't hear, but there were many adults present who could hear.
Chu Huan wasn't sure what the standard for being underage was, or whether it counted as a previous life.
【Try saying a few words.】
System: [The last emperor of the previous dynasty ordered the construction of an open-air white jade pond. He poured over two hundred jars of precious wine into the pond, summoned the thirty most beautiful concubines from the harem at the time, and roasted venison and beef on the spot, creating a veritable wine pool and meat forest. Then they beeped, then beeped again, and then beeped again.]
Chu Huan was annoyed by the beeping: [I can't hear you, stop talking.]
System: [OK.]
Adults who are listening with gusto: ? ?!
Damn it! I’m halfway through having sex and there’s no toilet paper!!!
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