Chapter 027 Chapter 27
Chapter 27
"A-choo!" Marshal Bai, who was far away at the border, sneezed violently. Looking at the sunny sky, he couldn't understand how he could catch a cold in such weather.
However, the old marshal immediately put the matter behind him.
His dearest granddaughter and grandson wrote to him!
Marshal Bai took the lead and snatched the letter from his entourage, opened the envelope immediately with a smile on his face.
The old brothers who followed Marshal Bai looked at his useless appearance and teased him in a friendly manner.
When I turned around, I saw that Marshal Bai’s eyes were red.
"…We need to build a temple for Xiaoyue to accumulate merit."
Marshal Bai read the letter for a long time before muttering.
"Why didn't I think of this? Building a simple temple and giving away some bran would be a way of accumulating merit for Xiaoyue."
Marshal Bai had several sons, but Bai Yue was his only daughter and his most beloved daughter. When Bai Yue got married, General Bai cried for a whole day and almost cried his eyes blind.
None of his old brothers laughed at him. Marshal Bai loved his daughter, and they also loved their niece.
Who would have thought that the old emperor would...
Alas, it’s a pity for the prince and their niece.
The old brothers also fell silent. When their eldest niece died, their wives also dropped a few drops of cat urine. They even killed hundreds of barbarians that day as a sacrifice to their eldest niece.
"Grand Marshal, the construction of the temple requires His Majesty's approval. The little prince is truly loved by His Majesty as if he were his own son."
At this moment, a shrill voice was heard, and Marshal Bai's originally sad face immediately turned expressionless.
He turned his head to look at the source of the voice: "General Zhang."
There was no ups and downs in his voice.
Zhang Jianjun, who was obviously a eunuch, stood in place with a smile on his face that was not rude at all, but no one present liked this smile.
It looks fake.
"I am just expressing my feelings."
Marshal Bai responded, but Zhang Jianjun still insisted, "Just remember it, Marshal. Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to explain to His Majesty."
As Zhang Jianjun spoke, he bowed to the left.
That is the direction of the capital.
Military Supervisor Zhang's words were undoubtedly meant to disgust Marshal Bai Lao, but as a military supervisor specially appointed by Emperor Yuan Xing, his role was to disgust Marshal Bai Lao, and unless General Bai Lao wanted to imitate him, he could only swallow his anger.
Today was no different from the past. Marshal Bai just looked at him steadily without saying anything.
Just when General Zhang was feeling very proud, Marshal Bai suddenly spoke.
"What Supervisor Zhang said is true. We cannot set up temples without permission."
Marshal Bai slowly put away the letter, bowed in the direction of the capital and said.
"But as a grandfather, I have to give something to the children. After all, building a temple costs a lot of money. Unfortunately, their grandfather is poor and has no money. I can only contribute a little."
Marshal Bai looked at the frozen expression on the face of General Zhang opposite him, turned around and said to his old brothers with a smile.
"My old friends, if you have extra soldiers, please give them to me! Our prince and princess are still waiting for manpower to build the temple!"
Several generals who had long disliked this dead eunuch immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry, Marshal, we promise to select some strong soldiers for the prince and princess."
Military Supervisor Zhang's face suddenly turned ashen. After returning to his room, he began to write a letter to Emperor Yuanxing through a special channel.
“A-choo!”
Pei Muchu, who didn't know that he was about to face a wave of "construction workers", sneezed.
——Uncle Zhao and the others who were near the construction site were so scared that they jumped up.
*
"Your Highness, it's too windy here, so let's go back first."
Zhao Yong looked at the tiny little prince standing on the stage and wished he could pack him up and take him back to the garden.
Unfortunately, he was no match for the prince, and the prince himself was even more fearless.
"It's nothing, just a sneeze. Can I catch a cold in this day?"
Zhao Yong looked at the prince who was excited and sighed deeply.
The prince suddenly had the idea of building a temple. What else could they do but to honestly find people to help build the temple and ask their guards to keep an eye on the refugees and farmers who came out to find work.
Who would have thought that after the person was found, the prince, despite his noble status, would insist on coming over to watch these refugees being lectured, and as soon as he arrived, he sneezed for no apparent reason.
Fortunately, the sneeze was indeed just an accident. Zhao Yong finally put his mind at ease and looked at Butler Lin who was giving a lecture.
"You refugees are in luck. King Chungnyeong and Princess Funing need help rebuilding their gardens. The kindhearted prince and princess saw you and asked the chief guard, the official, to select you. The official is the personal soldier of the Grand Marshal and has a sharp eye, so he picked out honest people like you right away..."
Listening to the down-to-earth lecture from Steward Lin, Zhao Yong did not have many doubts. However, Lin Cao'er at the side opened her mouth wide, a little shocked by her new grandfather's tone that could be changed so easily.
Mother Lin looked at her granddaughter's adorable appearance and couldn't help but pull her to her side and give her a good rub. She thought she was so well-behaved and smart. She must have done great good deeds in her previous life to have such a granddaughter in this life. But then she became a little worried.
My little granddaughter has grown up to be so beautiful. What should I do when she grows up?
Mother Lin has seen many women who ended up in a miserable state because of their beauty.
Lin Cao'er looked at the sad look in her new grandmother's eyes when she looked at her little face, and she sighed deeply in her heart.
She was now very glad that she had followed King Chungnyeong. If she had followed some so-called noble families without knowing much about society, she would probably be...
Lin Cao'er shuddered subconsciously and touched her pretty little face.
Compared to a child from an aristocratic family who follows the feudal tradition, a greedy, willful child who believes in some fallacies is obviously easier to serve.
Although Lin Cao'er studied agronomy, she knew what kind of people the children of ancient aristocratic families were. They were said to be as beautiful as pearls and jades, and extremely talented, but that was only a small part of them. Most of the people she was likely to encounter were so-called talented people who were actually wasteful of human lives.
A famous scholar would even kill someone just because a young lady was forced to seduce him. In ancient times, human life, especially female life, was worthless.
Although the nobles were not easy to serve, King Chungnyeong was better than those rubbish who looked romantic but were actually made up of beauties. At least people would listen to his advice.
and……
To put it bluntly, even if I were as thin as a skeleton, I could still see the beauty of my bones. Lin Cao'er herself couldn't guarantee whether those young masters from wealthy families would take me away and raise me to facilitate them to do beastly things.
When she was selling pancakes in the city before, the Fourth Prince, who had given her a few ingots of silver, looked at her with admiration for her bone structure.
——This damn body is only eight years old! The Fourth Prince is almost sixteen!
Lin Cao'er took a deep breath. In modern times, beauty alone is a dead end, but in ancient times, unless it is paired with family background, it would be a dead end no matter what else it is paired with.
"Damn feudal society, I shouldn't have worked overtime to finish my doctoral thesis. Now, I'm dead and can't even guarantee my own safety!"
Lin Cao'er gnashed her teeth and lamented her miserable fate.
Fortunately, as long as she doesn't do anything stupid, her life can be guaranteed. King Chungnyeong himself is not a bully, and judging from his recent behavior, he is at most a spoiled brat who is incapable of doing anything bad.
What? Cursing Li Yushi to make him eat swill and fall into the toilet?
Young women in the new era never engage in feudal superstitions. Lin Cao'er completely disdains such rumors and even has a worse impression of Li Yushi.
First, he killed his own daughter because of the so-called etiquette issue, and then he didn't even want to take his wife and daughter home for the sake of face. If the little prince hadn't been a good child, this mother and daughter would have had no choice but to die.
Now he's blaming the child for his own carelessness!
What a garbage man!
Lin Cao'er thought indignantly while planning today's work with a charcoal pencil.
When she, the cook, was in Prince Chungnyeong's mansion, she was only responsible for Prince Chungnyeong's snacks. At other times, the people in the kitchen would not pay attention to her, after all, her grandmother was Mother Lin.
She still has time to do her own things, such as learning to read or growing some crops.
However, the entire Prince Chungnyeong's Mansion was in a mess right now because of the sudden whim of Prince Chungnyeong and Princess Funing. As a little cook, she had no way to hide away, so she took the initiative to apply to come to the garden. Coming earlier could also avoid being assigned to some sensitive positions.
——God knows that the position of maidservant beside King Chungnyeong is now so fiercely fought over, but she would not get involved. Just for her face, she is already doing a great deed by being able to live honestly in this era. If she still thinks about climbing up, she will not know how she died when the time comes.
Lin Cao'er was thinking about it, and seeing that Butler Lin had finally finished his lecture and assigned two women to cook for her, she also quickly put on the style of the senior sister in the laboratory and started to lecture.
She had no choice but to act this way, but she had suffered a lot in the countryside before she realized that selfishness and taking advantage of others were important means for poor families to save money. Everyone wanted to be more respectable, but life did not allow it.
But this does not mean that Lin Cao'er is willing to be a scapegoat.
So it’s better for everyone to explain it clearly one by one.
Lin Cao'er's demeanor was still useful. The two women saw that although Lin Cao'er was just a young girl, she had such a noble demeanor and a background that made her call Steward Lin "grandpa". In the end, they behaved themselves and did whatever they were told to do.
Lin Cao'er also breathed a sigh of relief. The heavy physical work was done by these women. As the one in charge of purchasing and cooking the big pot meals, she only needed to consider buying the most ingredients to cook with the least amount of money every day.
Lin Cao'er is very familiar with this kind of thing. When she was in the laboratory and funds were deducted from her supervisor, she said she was the first to do so and no one dared to say the second!
And she was soon called Kobayashi's housekeeper by the workers because of her cooking skills and ability to find cheap ingredients.
This made housekeeper Lin very happy. He had no son, and even if he adopted a son, he still had no son. But his granddaughter was no worse than his son. She was smart and beautiful.
Especially since the prince naturally had a protective mentality towards the cook he brought back, if he asked for the grace to marry her into the prince's family, their lineage would be able to continue.
However, Steward Lin didn't take Mother Lin's concern about her appearance too seriously. Both the prince and the princess were prettier than his own granddaughter. As long as the prince didn't like her, no one else could snatch his precious granddaughter away from him.
As Manager Lin thought about this, he worked even harder.
So in the next few days, with the help of both carrot and stick, the people in the entire garden managed to organize the garden very quickly and their work enthusiasm was very high.
Unfortunately, good things never last forever, this seems to be some kind of law.
The princess and the prince had just gone to talk to His Majesty about building the temple the day before, and the next day dozens of horse-drawn carriages arrived in front of the garden.
*
When the prince and his entourage drove their carriage to the so-called Temple of the Goddess, they opened their mouths wide when they saw that the entrance to the garden had turned into a construction site. Only now did they realize that... Pei Muchu was serious.
But even though they were surprised, they still disliked the dusty construction site, so they stood at the door to let people in to report, and while waiting, they started chatting in front of the carriage.
Sometimes he said that Funing was really badly harmed by her brother this time, and sometimes he said that when no one dared to marry Princess Funing in the future, King Chungnyeong would know what he had done wrong.
Some people also said that Pei Muli had not come yet because he must have prepared "good things" for King Zhongning.
The prince, who had the deepest grudge against Pei Muchu, was also merciless in his words.
"…Prince Chungnyeong is probably born with an unlucky fate. After bringing harm to his parents, he started to bring harm to his sister. I wonder if Princess Funing has been crying in the ancestral hall every day these days. No wonder those ministers are now reporting him every day, and even bringing Princess Funing with them."
The prince said this with a hint of sarcasm, and the princes beside him smiled a few times out of respect, and also said a few words about how the sons of the ministers looked down on Princess Funing.
This morning, the atmosphere in the court was not right because of this matter. Although no one said it explicitly, there were many people who tried to persuade His Majesty to control the princess and Prince Chungnyeong. Even the invisible Marquis Weiyuan said a few words.
The prince, who had coordinated for several days and begged his mother to finally be allowed to go out, naturally received the news.
The prince almost laughed out loud when he received the news. He had never gotten along well with King Chungnyeong, and he also disliked Princess Funyeong. Now that he had a chance to step on her, he naturally did not hesitate to do so and spoke louder than anyone else.
The princesses frowned, but seeing the look in the prince's eyes, they chuckled in cooperation.
The prince was about to say something when he was interrupted by a loud sneeze, and the princes and princesses were also startled by the sound.
The guards on the side hurried forward, fearing that it was a wild animal that would scare their masters.
However, when they saw clearly who was squatting in the bushes, they would rather it was a wild animal.
—— Pei Muchu was squatting in the grass wearing slightly muddy clothes, with a few streaks of dust on his face, but his iconic cat eyes were still eye-catching.
Judging from the shovel at his feet, he seemed to have been digging mud in the grass.
The princes and princesses now felt a little guilty. Anyone would feel very embarrassed to be caught talking bad about someone behind their back.
Pei Muchu stood up straight, looked at the princes and princesses in front of him expressionlessly, and asked softly.
"I ask you, what were you talking about just now?"
"Pei Muchu, where are your manners? You didn't even come forward to greet me when you saw me?"
When the prince saw Pei Muchu's face clearly, his heart subconsciously tightened.
Even though Pei Muchu got into trouble a lot, he never had such a serious expression. He always had that proud look that refused to admit defeat to anyone, like a cat that would stand up if touched.
Fierce, but cute.
But now…
After looking at Pei Muchu's expressionless face again, the prince swallowed his saliva. Although he was a little scared, he still bravely took a step forward.
After all, among his brothers and sisters, he has the highest status and is the only one who can suppress Pei Muchu, so naturally he is the first to take the lead.
"My uncle has given me the privilege that I don't even have to kneel when I see him, so, my brother the crown prince, let me ask you, what were you talking about just now?"
Pei Muchu said with narrowed eyes.
His expression was so frightening that the princes and princesses all felt as if they were being stared at by some ferocious beast.
"You won't say it, okay?" Pei Muchu saw that no one responded to him for a long time, so he nodded and said.
Then...
Inhale, turn your head, and call someone, all in one go.
"Uncle Zhao! Uncle Zhao! The prince bullied me. He bullied me! Hurry up and call for help!"
Before the prince could react to what a guard leader could do, he saw hundreds of people rushing out of the construction site with a rumbling sound as if the earth was shaking.
There were both men and women inside, but they were all strong men and women.
The prince looked at these men and women, especially some of the women whose arms and legs were as thick as his. He immediately lost his composure and shouted in a timid manner.
"Pei Muchu! What do you want to do? I am the crown prince, you are trying to deceive the emperor!"
Pei Muchu smiled coldly, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Who said these people are here to beat you?"
A quarter of an hour later.
Looking at the princesses standing obediently beside the princes who were knocked to the ground by his own hands, Pei Muchu spoke viciously to the people who were tying up the other party's guards.
"Uncle Zhao, leave half of the people here to guard, and the other half will follow me to the Daguo Temple!"
"Your Highness, are we going to the Daguo Temple...?" Zhao Yong asked hesitantly.
Pei Muchu blinked his cat eyes and smiled arrogantly: "Of course it's to clarify the rumors."
Zhao Yong breathed a sigh of relief.
"By the way, bring some young ladies and ladies to chat with my sister, including those women from the ministers' families who spread rumors about my sister."
Pei Muchu gnashed his teeth and said, "I'll let them bully my sister!"
*
Time goes back to half an hour ago. Gu Youxing was watching the ancient version of the speech with great interest, but he lost interest after a while.
[It is similar to the lectures given by modern leaders, which is to brainwash employees into devoting themselves. Fortunately, I have passed the civil service exam, so no matter how the leaders make big promises, I can still get the benefits.]
Gu Youxing said to 777.
Speaking of the real body, Gu Youxing is a tear of bitterness. All the other vests are powerful, and the worst ones are rich. Looking at the real body, it is a poor little civil servant. That is to say, civil servants in the capital are more valuable. If they were placed in other provincial governments, the salary would probably be even lower.
And because it is a presidential system, the officials elected by each party are capable of getting things done, but there are also those who can do nothing but shout slogans.
The job of these civil servants is to assist each other. One can imagine how great the pressure on the main body and materials is.
In modern society, two pseudonyms and one real person are all helping the real person to find a job to see if the real person can pass the exam. After all, the current jobs in the environmental protection department are simply not suitable for human beings. People come to complain every day, and once something happens, they will be taken out and scolded.
However, this department is still the most suitable place to achieve political achievements. After all, the entire country A will give a vote in good faith when one party makes a decision on environmental protection, no matter how small the environmental protection measure is.
It is not unbearable if they have a certain amount of power, but this is basically a place where people launder their political achievements. Whatever power they have, the officials at the top basically just take a vote and leave.
Fortunately, I recently found a job that I can try to take the exam for.
——A position in the environmental monitoring department.
Although it looks similar to the previous Environmental Protection Department, it is clear from the confidentiality measures required and the clean political record that this is definitely not an ordinary position.
Xie Yuanzhi also learned a little about it and realized that this might involve some things about the Physical Space Agency.
"Anyway, it's some weird stuff like space fluctuations. They're using our taxpayers' money to do this..."
The uncle who was in charge of this area at the table said in a daze.
This information made Gu Youxing prepare to apply for the position here immediately. When he asked Datui, Gu Youxing also got a hint.
Now the main body’s problem is solved.
But Pei Muchu's problem was not resolved.
His current mission was limited by the speed of information dissemination in ancient times and had reached a bottleneck. Although his reputation as a playboy had spread throughout the capital, it was only known among men and officials.
This does not match the third mission requirement of [Let the whole city know the name of the dude!].
However, Gu Youxing couldn't think of any good solution for the time being. He couldn't just go door to door to sell himself.
But fate is such a coincidence.
Gu Youxing said as he picked up the shovel and went to the door to dig a hole while thinking about what to bury and then brainwash Princess Funing.
As a result, dozens of carriages appeared in front of him.
And as soon as they got off the car, these princes and princesses started talking without thinking.
Gu Youxing's eyes immediately lit up.
It’s a publicity channel that comes to your doorstep.
After beating the man up in a few moves, Gu Youxing turned around and got on the carriage with a group of strong women in a menacing manner.
But once he got in the car, his expression relaxed.
[…Just when the mission was stalled, they showed up right at my doorstep. This is a perfectly legitimate reason to vent my sister’s anger.]
Gu Youxing smiled and said to 777 in his mind.
777 was silent for a long time and said: [Indeed, but the host...]
[Are you sure you weren't a playboy in your original world? You're too skilled!]
Gu Youxing burst out laughing: [It seems that my acting skills are pretty good. ]
777 wanted to say a few more words, but suddenly fell silent. Then Gu Youxing heard 777 say seriously: [Host, the situation has changed. The heroine is also in Daguo Temple! ]
Gu Youxing touched his chin and asked: [It seems that the heroine's father, Marquis Weiyuan, also said bad things about Princess Funing, right? ]
777 responded subconsciously: [Yes - wait, host, you don't want to...]
Gu Youxing sent a smiling emoji and said: [Aiya, what does a child who only cares about his sister know? ]
[Host! I've never seen you so eager to offend the protagonist! ]
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
