Chapter 40. She...got promoted?
"Humph, you think this king wants to talk to you!"
Prince Su looked at Duke Ningguo indifferently. He couldn't teach his daughter well, and his youngest son was a complete rotten boy. He really lived his life in vain.
"Duke Ningguo, if there's anything, let's talk about it after court. We're discussing national affairs now!"
"Don't pollute the emperor's ears with your trivial matters."
Duke Ningguo looked grim and trembled with anger.
The inexplicable deaths of a concubine and a princess are nothing more than trifles!
"Prince Su, don't go too far!" After all, they are his daughter and grandson.
[Wow, is Prince Su's fighting ability so strong? ]
"Of course, Xiao Huahua, you didn't see yesterday how Prince Su made Duke Ning faint."
Prince Su raised his head proudly.
But in the eyes of Duke Ningguo, he looked down on him.
It really makes him angry!
Duke Ningguo felt that confronting Prince Su would be a thankless task, and he might even lose half his life because of his anger towards him.
So, he suddenly opened his mouth.
"emperor!"
Duke Ningguo cried out in a hoarse and shrill voice, slamming his head against the ground. "Please...Please, Your Majesty, thoroughly investigate the cause of death of the Imperial Concubine and the Princess..."
That was the only daughter that made him proud, and she passed away just like that.
He swore that he would make the murderer pay the price!
As soon as these words were spoken.
All officials were in an uproar!
The imperial concubine and the princess...dead?
Emperor Wenxuan's face was as gloomy as ink at this moment, and he wished he could throw Duke Ningguo out of the hall right now.
Yun Xiaotian and Chen Zhehan twitched their lips when they knew the truth.
Does this matter need to be thoroughly investigated?
It must have been the Emperor who ordered his death.
[Xiao Huahua, look at the emperor's face, it's as ugly as if he's constipated.]
Sitting on the dragon throne, Emperor Wenxuan felt that something was wrong when he heard the little scholar's joking voice.
Sure enough, it was just as he expected!
The next second, the sound of Yunhua eating melons echoed throughout the hall.
[It's not hard to see why he's being weird. How could he thoroughly investigate and find out that the imperial concubine is having an affair and the princess is a bastard? Doesn't the emperor have any shame left?]
Everyone: “…”!!!
Emperor Wenxuan chuckled.
He has no face left!
never mind.
With this girl around, there are no secrets in the entire Donglin.
Emperor Wenxuan has now figured it out. If he can't defeat one of them, then join them!
If we are going to die socially, let’s all die together.
Things change over time, and you can’t escape it sooner or later.
At least from now on, he won't have to worry about being embarrassed by this girl all day long!
Emperor Wenxuan looked at Duke Dingguo, who was still crying bitterly and wanted to appeal for that bitch, with a cold expression on his face.
Why are you crying!
He was obviously the one who wanted to cry the most.
Just like what the little book said, he also paid "three compensations". Who can he go to for these losses?
"Duke Ningguo failed to educate his daughter properly. His daughter's behavior was immoral, defiling the palace and conflating the royal bloodline. I caught her in the act and yesterday, she and her bastard Le'an were executed on the spot. From this day forward, Duke Ningguo will be fined one year's salary and confined to reflect on his mistakes for six months."
"Duke Ningguo, are you satisfied with this thorough investigation?"
Emperor Wenxuan spoke in a stern voice, and every word he said was like ice chips, chilling to the bone.
When Duke Ningguo heard this, he was struck by lightning, and his originally grief-stricken face froze in an instant!
“Yo!”
"You can't stand this?"
Prince Su, with a look of sarcasm on his face, glanced at Duke Ningguo, only to find him sitting on the ground in a daze. He said, "Didn't I just remind you not to pollute the Emperor's ears with trivial matters? You still don't believe it."
"So, if you don't listen to the old man's advice, you'll suffer the consequences. Even though the emperor has let you go, you still have to jump around and make trouble. You won't give up until you make trouble!"
"Look at the trouble you've caused. The Ningguo Mansion has lost face, and now you've been punished to reflect on your mistakes behind closed doors. Tsk tsk tsk, in one word: acting like a spoiled child!"
Everyone: ...
Duke Ningguo's face was pale and his lips were trembling. He seemed to want to say something, but the words were stuck in his throat.
[Hahaha, little scholar, this Prince Su is truly a talented person. Look how angry he's made Duke Ningguo. Be careful, or he might run out of breath and die!]
Yunhua was so happy that if she wasn't in court, she would have grabbed a handful of melon seeds and eaten them while listening.
[Xiao Huahua, don't worry, I've seen it, he still has a few years to live.]
Everyone:!!!
Duke Ningguo never dreamed that he would be slapped in the face the moment he was sighing that his daughter was his pride.
She actually cheated on the emperor!
Just wear it, can't you be a little more careful?
And produced a bastard.
What’s worse is that he was caught red-handed by the emperor!
The Ningguo Mansion is really finished this time. With such a shameless daughter, can his youngest son still marry a girl from a good family?
Emperor Wenxuan glanced at Yunhua who was eating melon, raised his eyebrows and cleared his throat.
"Master Xiaoyun?"
[Xiao Huahua, stop eating melons. The emperor is calling you.]
Yunhua was stunned, quickly stepped out of the team and bowed.
"I am here!"
"Regarding the matter of the Imperial Concubine and the fake princess, although I gave you something yesterday, I still feel it is not enough."
Yunhua's eyes lit up!
Does this mean that you want to reward me with some gold?
Duke Ningguo: What do you mean, she was the one who reported the Imperial Concubine's affair?
Emperor Wenxuan narrowed his eyes.
"Historian Yunhua has performed his duties conscientiously since assuming the position. However, I recently learned that Master Xiaoyun has been secretly studying divination and fortune-telling, and his predictions have always come true. I hereby decree that Yunhua be promoted to the fifth rank of Deputy Director of the Imperial Observatory. Together with Master Yan, he will calculate the fate of the nation and help me understand the will of heaven and bring peace to the world."
Everyone: ...
They said they were no longer envious and that the emperor could pamper them however he wanted!
"I...I got promoted...to the Imperial Observatory!"
Yunhua was stunned for a moment, confused and unable to understand why.
"Xiao Shushu, is the Emperor...is he sure his brain is okay? I'm an ordinary person now, I don't have the ability to tell fortunes or read faces. What was he thinking of letting me be the Imperial Observatory?"
Emperor Wenxuan glared at her!
He is so ungrateful that he is not willing to give promotion to others even when they want it!
"...Xiao Huahua, is it possible that you told the old emperor yesterday that you could tell fortunes, and then you even pretended to count on your fingers? And then, he believed it!" The Book of Life and Death warned cautiously.
Yunhua: ......
[Wuwuwu—it’s all my fault for having such a lousy mouth! ]
"Xiao Shushu, can you tell me to ask the Emperor to change my position? I don't want to be the Imperial Observatory!"
Yunhua wanted to cry but had no tears. She was not as relaxed as the historian!
"It's okay, little Huahua. With me here, you're still worried about not being able to handle the Imperial Observatory. It's not something that can be mastered in a matter of minutes."
[But Xiao Shushu, I'd rather be a hands-off boss who doesn't do anything!]
Everyone: ???
Just be content!
Yun Xiaotian's mouth twitched. He must have guessed the emperor's intention.
The last time, the March Stinky Pill not only brought a shock to everyone's sense of smell, but also made them afraid that every time they intercepted it, this girl would be jealous and resentful, for fear that the little scholar would use some weird things to punish people.
The emperor gave the little girl just the right excuse.
With the help of 'Xiao Shushu's' magical powers, the little girl can become a little sorcerer in the future, so that her credit will not be taken away by others.
Those ministers also breathed a sigh of relief!
“Ahem—”
"Master Xiaoyun, Master Xiaoyun?"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was closest to Yunhua and gave her a crazy look.
"Thank you, thank you!"
Yunhua finally came to his senses and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, I bow to thank you for your grace!"
From now on, her position will change from the most inconspicuous corner to the front and the brightest place.
Almost as tall as her father!
In an instant, Yunhua felt like the sky was falling!
[Xiao Shushu, I can't take naps secretly anymore.]
Book of Life and Death: ...
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