Chapter 36
The Imperial Academy's Medicine Administrator's belief in ‘similar nourishes similar’ quickly spread throughout the court.
The emperor laughed: "What on earth is he thinking?"
It was fine to eat brains to nourish brains, but it was hard to tell with the naked eye whether it was really effective. But eating noodles made one taller, wasn't that a complete joke?
Wait!
Northerners ate noodles, southerners ate rice. Northerners were generally tall, while southerners were relatively short.
Could it be... that eating more noodles could really make one taller?
The emperor fell into deep thought.
After handling official business, the civil and military officials laughed at the Imperial Academy's Medicine Administrator for believing such nonsense. Once they talked about the height difference between the north and the south, they also fell into deep thought.
When Chu Hua heard this, she couldn't believe it: [If one want to grow taller, one must supplement calcium and get some sun. Why eat noodles? ]
The system also found it funny, otherwise it wouldn't have brought this melon out to amuse Chu Hua.
[If eating well can make one taller, that's fine. The reason of using shape to supplement shape is really a bit ridiculous. ]
Though it said this, it made Chu Hua consider another angle: [The staple food of northerners is noodles. Children from poor families basically have to work. Eating well, working, and getting some sun can also promote calcium absorption. ]
System: [...an unexpected bull's-eye? ]
Chu Hua: [Still have to consume foods rich in calcium, such as milk and goat milk. ]
System: [Oh, when the Imperial Academy's Medicine Administrator was a child, his neighbor raised sheep. Goat milk has a strong taste and many people don't like it. He thought it was a waste to throw it away and he drank a lot. ]
[Once he had sons and grandsons, he was about to become imperial doctors. With better conditions and better food, it’s a challenge for them to be short. ]
Since this day, the demand for goat milk and cow's milk in the capital had increased greatly. Even dairy products such as cheese have also sold well.
When the weather was good, one could often see many officials going out to bask in the sun. The women in their families would also go out to bask in the sun, no longer as afraid of getting tanned as in the past.
In response, the system that ate the melon almost laughed to the point of falling down: [I never thought that these people would have such a deep resentment about not growing taller! ]
[The emperor is already 42 years old and his bones have long been fixed. It is impossible for him to grow anymore. He has been drinking a bowl of milk every morning and evening, and goes to bask in the sun as soon as the sun comes out. It looks like he wants to grow one centimeter taller in two or three days. ]
[Afraid that people would know that he drinks milk every day to grow taller and is very concerned about his height, he told Chen Jiu to avoid others and sneak to get it. ]
Chu Hua was rolling with laughter: [Chen Jiu is the emperor's personal eunuch. He represents the emperor wherever he goes. What's the difference between this and directly telling everyone "I want to drink milk to grow taller"? ]
The system made a weird hahaha laugh: [After going once, the emperor felt it was inappropriate and stopped Chen Jiu from going. Instead, he told the royal guard to sneak out to get it. ]
Chu Hua almost laughed out loud: [The business scope of the royal guard is too wide! Fishing for water snakes, stealing milk, what kind of weird tasks are these hahaha! ]
[Hey, isn't the royal guard the intelligence chief, personal bodyguard, and private secretary? He gets one salary and does three jobs. The capitalists will cry when they see him. ]
System: [Even Grandet is not as stingy as him! ]
As soon as the gossip about the Imperial Academy's Medicine Administrator came out, those imperial doctors stopped chasing Chu Hua.
Of course, the main reason was that the Imperial Hospital had built a similar laboratory modeled after the Qianhuaju laboratory and it can be put into operation.
Whether their starting point was to gain merit and leave a name in history, or to be a benevolent doctor and save lives, as long as a large amount of penicillin was produced, more people could be saved.
It was a great thing for the people and Dasheng.
As for the cinchona cream proposed by Chu Hua, the emperor sent people to several trading ports in the south to inquire.
There were many foreigners from all over the world gathered there. As long as the news was spread, even if they couldn't get it this time, when the foreigners come to Dasheng for trading next time, they may bring the cinchona cream they need.
In fact, Chu Hua knew another drug that could also treat malaria: artemisinin.
The finished penicillin could not be mass-produced. It was not known how to store it for a long time and transport it safely. It was too ambitious to want to get artemisinin when there were so many things on hand.
Besides, when she heard that a female pharmacist in her motherland, Tu Youyou, won the Nobel Prize, she went to look up the bigshot and specifically how to extract artemisinin...
She had read some information, but it had been so long that her memory was fuzzy. She couldn't just tell the imperial doctors: Artemisinin can also treat malaria, but I don't know how to extract it. Can you try it yourself?
Chu Hua planned to try it herself first before handing it over to the imperial doctors when she had some ideas.
For this reason, a large amount of artemisia annua was piled up in the laboratory of Qianhuaju after the orange peels period.
After a few days, the system sent good news: [Elder Sis Hua, Li He’s side had been dealt with. ]
Chu Hua's eyebrows curved: [Great. ]
Yining County.
Fearing that excellent river management talents would be killed, the emperor specially approved a batch of mixed-blood Beidi horses that were good at long-distance raids to the royal guard.
Pei Mingcheng, the deputy commander of the royal guard, took a group of royal guards and rushed to the destination day and night.
The entire dam was made of inferior wood and stone and such a cruel thing was done to Lu Wei and Li He's family. Before Li Chen went to the capital to seek justice, no news reached the capital.
It could be seen that many people in the town, county, and state where Yining County was located were involved.
The royal guard brought the imperial edict to mobilize the local garrison, surrounded the manors of the relevant people involved in the case, and went straight to the place where the evidence was; collecting evidence, arresting people, detaining, and ransacking the house.
The speed was so fast that the garrison was stunned and stood in awe: the royal guard that everyone feared in the rumor was so capable! Royal guard was so terrifying!
The capable royal guard: "..." Guilt-stricken.
In fact, they would rather bear some exaggerated and vicious bad reputations than bear such a good reputation. Behind these matters were the credit of Chu Hua and the system. It only fell on them because it was difficult to explain the source of the news.
Forget it, just do it if it can be done.
At most, they could try harder and strive to live up to such a good reputation as soon as possible.
After the suspects were arrested and the situation was under control, Pei Mingcheng went to the county jail to see Li He.
He thought that Li He might be tortured beyond recognition and might not be able to hold on until he arrived. Unexpectedly, Li He's condition was better than expected - covered with wounds, pale, and still able to walk.
Upon his arrival, Li He retreated defensively.
Pei Mingcheng quickly showed his badge: "I am Pei Mingcheng, deputy commander of the royal guard."
Li He was just a small county magistrate. He had never seen a royal guard or a royal guard badge.
He felt that no one in Dasheng should dare to pretend to be the feared royal guard, but he was really forced to be afraid. He was worried that this was another new trick those people had come up with, so he didn't dare to answer for a while.
Pei Mingcheng: "Your son Li Chen rushed to the capital to seek justice for his father. The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. Evidence has been obtained, and the relevant persons involved in the case have been arrested. The personnel sent by the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Personnel to take over are following behind. Official Li, it is safe."
Li He believed it a little and saluted: "Thank you, Official Pei."
Pei Mingcheng asked the jailer to release him. Li He got out of the cell and accidentally pulled the wound on his body. Stumbling and about to fall, he was supported by the jailer who opened the door.
Pei Mingcheng understood: Li He was an honest official and was probably taken care of by the jailer during his imprisonment.
Li He thanked the jailer and asked Pei Mingcheng: "Official Pei, I wonder where my son went to seek justice? Is he safe?"
This was because he was worried that his son would be beaten with forty sticks for appealing beyond the level of authority.
Pei Mingcheng's expression was a little complicated: "He found the most suitable person in the whole capital to redress grievances. He was not beaten. There is an imperial physician who followed along to give treatment."
The emperor was afraid that the river management talent he had finally obtained would die halfway, so he ordered the imperial physician to follow and treat Li He later, killing two birds with one stone.
Li He was befuddled.
With his limited knowledge and experience, he really couldn't think of a reason why he avoided the beating for appealing to a higher level.
Who was the most suitable person in the whole capital to redress grievances? That kid wouldn't be so reckless as to go directly to the emperor to redress grievances, right?
Stopping the imperial carriage to redress grievances would disturb the emperor and would only be beaten more severely, right? Was the current emperor open-minded enough to listen to the redress of grievances by someone who stopped the imperial carriage? What if it was an assassin who used the name of redress to assassinate?
Pei Mingcheng: "A godly person who can calculate fate. You can ask your son the details when he comes back."
Anyway, he couldn't keep making it up anymore.
Li He was even more confused. Aren't godly people who can calculate fate just charlatans? Do people in the capital believe in charlatans? The royal guard didn’t expose them?
Could this be the reason why he stayed in Yining County for six years and couldn't get promoted for a long time?
The more Li He thought about it, the more he went astray.
By the time the large army arrived in Yining County, the royal guard had already arrested or killed those who should be arrested or killed. They had almost completed their job.
The Ministry of Justice tried and judged cases, the Ministry of Revenue checked and settled accounts, the Ministry of Works inspected and presided over the construction of new dams, and a group of officials temporarily transferred from the capital took up their posts with great urgency.
Under their multi-department cooperation, Yining County was in order and was not affected by the arrest of so many corrupt officials.
The only impact was positive: the people applauded the arrest of corrupt officials. There were voices praising them everywhere as well as sending them eggs and side dishes. This made these people hold their heads high, walk with wind, and work very hard.
After the imperial physician arrived at the county government office, he first took the pulse of Li He, who was ill and handling official business. Then he went to get medicine, leaving time and space for the father and son who had reunited after a long separation.
Li Chen knelt down and kowtowed three times to his father, choking and saying, "Dad, I am an unfilial son. I have never understood your painstaking efforts."
Li He helped his son up, "After this incident, you have grown up."
"Yes." Li Chen's eyes were red; regretful and scared, "I didn't expect that there were people on their side in the county, prefecture, and state. It was my recklessness that almost ruined your life."
"It's all over." Li He didn't want his son to blame himself too much, so he found a topic that he had been concerned about for a long time, "Official Pei said that you went to the capital to find a person who was most suitable for redressing grievances. A godly person who can calculate fate. Who is that?"
Li Chen held back his tears.
The most suitable person for redressing grievances was true. Except Chu Hua, whoever he finds, he would be beaten, but being able to calculate fates... well, it should be the excuse that Master Pei used to cover up the existence of the system.
Before leaving, a royal guard came to him and told him to keep the matter about Chu Hua secret.
He thought about it and asked if he could tell his father. The royal guard said yes without hesitation, obviously he had been instructed.
Li Chen picked out his experiences along the way and lightly breezed past the life-threatening parts to avoid worrying his father. He mainly focused on meeting Chu Qin and Chu Hua, as well as Chu Hua's magical ability.
After listening, Li He was in a dazed state of ‘Who am I? Where am I? Am I dreaming?’
After repeatedly confirming with his son that it was true, he had to accept it: "No wonder the royal guard seemed to be well prepared and arrested everyone overnight."
He thought that the emperor had placed royal guards everywhere. Although he was puzzled as to why the emperor did not deal with those people when the incident just happened, he did not ask Pei Mingcheng directly. He did not expect the truth to be like this.
In this way, it could explain the unreasonable part - it was not that the emperor didn't deal with it in time, but that the emperor only found out about it now.
Li Chen continued: "The emperor told Father to take care of health and continue to repair the dam. This time the treasury has money."
Speaking of this, Li He was even more confused. His expression was dazed and his voice was floating: "Dasheng has been founded for 127 years and the treasury finally has money?"
Was he really only in jail for two months, not two or even twenty years? Why did it change so much?
Li Chen: "En, Miss Chu went to the Ministry of Revenue on behalf of her elder brother to investigate corruption and confiscate the asset."
Li He: "..."
If she hadn't gone to court for her brother, he would have suspected that the emperor had got her to dress up as a man because he saw that Chu Hua could investigate corruption and fill the treasury.
Forget it, no matter where the money came from, it was good enough to have money to repair the dam.
As for the emperor... letting them know the inside story so well, he was afraid that he wanted them to support Chu Hua?
With the magic and power of the system, only when Chu Hua is an official in the court, Dasheng and the people can get the greatest benefits.
If a woman is an official, afraid there will be many people who will be anxious and there will be a lot of resistance.
Li He patted his son's hand: "The Chu siblings saved our lives. You and I must build a dam to repay their kindness."
Li Chen had a new idea: "Can also repay with the body."
Li He was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.
His stubborn son, who was giving his father a headache, just went to the capital for a few days… how could he be stained by that big dye vat like this?
The capital was so scary!
Chapter 37
The good news from Yining County finally arrived in the capital before the autumn hunt.
The emperor, officials and even many female family members had already learned about it through the system, but they were afraid to reveal the truth that they could hear the conversation between Chu Hua and the system and had endured it very hard.
As soon as the news came, the road to the autumn hunt was full of people talking about it.
"The royal guard rushed to Yining County at lightning speed. With just a few people, dozens of people involved in the case were held down. Each of them was fighting ten people at once."
"Li He was imprisoned and beaten three times a day. He was beaten so badly that there was not a single piece of good flesh on his body when he was rescued. Fortunately, the emperor sent an imperial physician. I heard that the miracle drug penicillin was used to rescue him from the underworld."
"If the royal guard hadn't arrived in time and if it had been a little later, this pitiful father and son would have been separated from each other and only Li Chen would be left in the Li family. They were all harmed by corrupt officials. This is too tragic!"
"From this point of view, the royal guard isn’t that scary."
Chu Hua, who passed by: "..."
It really was true that wherever one went, people were talking about Li He and his son and this corruption case that shocked the government and the public.
It just so happened that the content of what was said was exaggerated by many people and was quite far from the original facts. She had to work very hard to resist the urge to correct it.
The system was already rolling over and over in the private chat channel with laughter: [Hahaha, who on earth spread this rumor? ]
[Li He was indeed beaten badly when he was first imprisoned, but those people still wanted to use him as a scapegoat. They didn't dare to really let him die cause if commiting suicide with injuries all over his body. was telling everyone that this was a disguise after murder? ]
[An official did this before. He beat the scapegoat half to death, got a signature and stamped it, strangled the person to death and pretended that he committed suicide by hanging. Later, the emperor sent the royal guard to investigate. After discovering the truth, their house were raided. ]
[Those people saw that Li He was a hard bone to chew and shifted their target to Li Chen. They chased him all the way for so long and almost killed Li Chen. ]
[It was also because of this that Li Chen was forced to jump into the river and was rescued by your elder brother. He then went to the capital to find you and successfully redressed his grievances. I can only say that there may really be fate at work in the dark. ]
Chu Hua: [Maybe. ]
In her previous life, she did not believe in the theory of fate, but she happened to transmigrate. It would be a bit impolite not to believe it.
The capital was eight or nine days away from the location of the autumn hunting enclosure. As there were too many people and luggage on this trip, the journey took a little longer. It would probably take more than ten days to get there.
As it was getting late, the large group was camping outside in tents today.
Chu Hua had been sitting in the carriage for a day and felt uncomfortable all over. She took this opportunity to come out for a breath of fresh air. While walking, she complained and gossiped with the system. The walk seemed to be pleasant.
Since the system shut down the sharing function, the melon energy required for standby was immediately reduced by 80%. With the melon energy reserves accumulated by working diligently to deal with corruption, it no longer cared about the melon energy used for daily standby and often chatted with Chu Hua whenever she had nothing to do.
Chu Hua knew that she had offended many people by investigating corruption and her life was coveted by many people. She would not walk alone to a remote corner where no one was around and it was easy to be attacked.
Three steps behind her, Jia Yi and Cai Gang followed. The two of them never let go of their embroidered spring swords. There were at least a dozen people within a range of 50 meters, including civil officials, military generals, female family members and servants in case of emergencies.
"Official Chu!" The Second Prince’s Wu Cefei came hurriedly with her sisters, "You are here. I have been looking for you for a long time."
Outside, everyone still respected Chu Hua's disguise as a man and did not address her as a sister.
Chu Hua bowed: "Your Highness, do you have any order?"
Wu Cefei smiled and waved her hand: "It's too serious to say order. I heard something interesting and came to share it with you."
The system got excited: [Translation: I came to you to eat melon. ]
Chu Hua smiled: [Yes, came to you to eat melon. ]
System: [Hehehe... I'll start sharing right away. ]
Chu Hua looked around and found a fallen tree. The trunk was clean and suitable for a stool.
"If your Highness doesn't mind, why don't we sit down and talk?"
"I don’t mind." Wu Cefei was eager to eat melon. As soon as the maid spread the handkerchief, she sat on it, "Come on, let's start."
At the same time, Jia Yi and Cai Gang stepped forward silently. The civil and military officials who were walking in the distance slowly approached, while the servants who were fetching water and working in the distance pricked up their ears.
Everyone was ready to wait for the system to cut the melon and share it.
Wu Cefei: "This happened in Yuanzhou a few months ago."
"The governor of Yuanzhou has two daughters. The elder one was born to the first wife, and the younger one was born to the second wife and is one year younger. The elder one was betrothed to the marquis's heir, and the younger one was betrothed to a Xiucai of a poor family. Both daughters got married on the same day."
"In order to show his love for his daughters, the governor was impartial. The dowries and wedding clothes of the two daughters were almost the same, with only some minor differences."
Chu Hua complained openly: "The dowries and wedding dresses of the wife of the heir and the wife of the Xiucai were almost the same. How can this be said to be impartial? It’s obvious that he is biased to the younger sister."
The female members wanted to complain a long time ago. When they heard this, they all followed up:
"That's right! Who would prepare such a rich dowry when marrying a poor Xiucai?"
"For the sake of the husband's face, one would prepare some things within the specifications and slowly add them after marriage."
"I heard that when the younger sister was showing off her dowry, two northeastern pearls were seen."
"How can the second wife have northeastern pearls?"
"It should be taken from the dowry of the original wife. The original wife's grandfather used to be a capital official.
Chu Hua did not miss the exposure from girlies as she divided some attention to complaining to the system; the scale was very balanced.
[Married on the same day and similar wedding dresses? Could it be that there would be getting on the wrong sedan chair? All that is missing is a heavy rain. ]
The system was enjoying itself. When it heard this, it knew there was new gossip and it rubbed its hands excitedly.
Chu Hua: [The two brides must have married the wrong groom. ]
If the marriage went smoothly, Wu Cefei wouldn't have to bring it up.
Wu Cefei's eyebrows jumped and she thought: You are really amazing!
She pretended not to hear it and continued: "In a chaos, don't know what went wrong as the elder sister married the Xiucai, and the younger sister went to the marquis' manor."
The system didn't search for gossip. When it heard this, it was very surprised: [Elder Sis Hua, you were right! ]
Chu Hua: "There are so many days suitable for marriage in a year and they would have to avoid this and that due to the concern of offending the elders. Sisters born on the same day of the same month of the same year cannot get married on the same day."
"The elder sister and the younger sister were born on different days. Even if the dowry and wedding dress violate the regulations, the sedan chair used was prepared by the male party and the two families must be different. A family married two daughters on the same day. Aren’t they afraid of making mistakes?"
[Since they must get married on the same day, there must be something fishy. Tong'er, take a look. ]
System: [Okay! ]
Wu Cefei was delighted. She knew that when it came to eating melons, find Chu Hua!
"Ain't that right? Come, sit down for a while and take a rest." She found the best reason for everyone to eat melons in silence later. As expected of her! Hahaha!
"Yes." Chu Hua also found a place to sit down.
System: [Elder Sis Hua, I found out. This is what happened. ]
[The elder sister's mother and the wife of the Marquis's manor were close friends. They were of similar age and had a good relationship. They got married one after the other and had a daughter and a son. So they arranged a marriage for the two children. ]
[Later, when the elder sister was two years old, her mother died of illness. The governor brought back a woman and a one-year-old daughter from outside and made the outside mistress his principal wife. ]
Chu Hua was speechless: [What's habit is this?] Stinky man! Rotten cabbage!
Everyone was speechless after hearing this. What kind of brain was this?
Women from ordinary families rarely became concubines, because concubines were lowly, and the contract of sale was in the hands of the main wife. They were not much different from the slaves in the family and can be sold at any time.
In Dasheng, few families would help concubines to rise to power, let alone an outside mistress who had no status and was lower than a concubine.
Despite the rumors and strange looks from outsiders, he insisted on making the outside mistress his principal wife. The governor of Yuanzhou must really like this outside mistress.
But... before that, couldn't he take her in as a concubine? It couldn’t be that he was worried that the concubine's indenture being in the hands of the main wife would allow abuse, right?
Come to think of it, it could really be like that.
System: [The second wife set her eyes on the asset left by the original wife. Taking advantage of the fact that the elder sister was young and ignorant, she sent away all the servants left by the original wife, replaced them with older servants in the family, and held the original wife's dowry in her hands. She made the ignorant elder sister think she is the daughter of the second wife. ]
[The second wife drugged the elder sister, made her constantly sick and feeble, and didn't allow her to go out casually on the grounds that she was weak. The elder sister thought the second wife was doing it for her own good, so she really listened and recuperated at home and hardly went out for more than ten years. ]
[When it was time to get married, the second wife wanted to change the bride on the grounds that the elder sister was weak. The wife of the marquis's manor took a fancy to the daughter of her best friend, so how could she be willing to find a daughter of an outside mistress as a daughter-in-law? She firmly disagree. ]
[The marriage had been delayed for a year, and it was still unsuccessful. They can't stay single, right? It just so happens that the younger sister should get married at this time. So the mother and daughter came up with this idea. ]
Chu Hua: [Set the wedding date on the same day and made the dowry and wedding clothes similar, so it isn’t easy to be discovered. When the time comes, as long as they are married, the Marquis's manor will have to accept it. They can't marry both legitimate daughters, right? Then who is the main wife and who is the concubine? The Marquis's manor can't be so unceremonious, right? ]
That was right! Wu Cefei nodded internally. That was what she thought.
Others felt this method was a bit harmful, but the Marquis's manor would have to silently take this loss.
Unless they were willing to make a big deal and make both families look bad - the aristocratic family valued face and would often rather suffer a loss than do so, because they had a good few daughters. It was difficult to repair the relationship if it was broken.
However...the system laughed: [You can't imagine how things will develop. ]
Huh? Everyone’s interest hitched up. It seemed that there was an unexpected turn of events.
Chu Hua: [Quickly speak!]
The system said in a gloating tone: [As the wedding date approaches, the younger sister suddenly cried and yelled that she wanted to marry the Xiucai from the poor family, not the marquis's heir. She kicked up a fuss with the second wife.]
Everyone was stunned. This development was indeed unexpected.
Could it be that the marquis's heir was ugly as salt, while the scholar from the impoverished family was handsome as Pan An? Or that the marquis's heir had bad personal ethics, while the scholar from the impoverished family was upright? Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a scene before the marriage?
Chu Hua guessed: [Did the younger sister hear something? ]
[No. ] The system didn't keep it a secret anymore and finished it in one go, [The younger sister had a dream one night. She dreamed that the marquis's heir rebelled, the whole family was wiped out, and she was poisoned to death, while the scholar from the impoverished family passed the imperial examination, became a juren, a gongshi, and a zhuangyuan, and rose to prominence all the way to become the prime minister. And her sister became the prime minister's wife. ]
Chu Hua: "..."
Others: "..."
There were too many points to complain about, so allow them to sort them out and complain slowly.
First, let’s not talk about anything else, but where did Dasheng’s prime minister come from?
There was one in the previous dynasty. Because the prime minister often advised the emperor not to do this or that, the last emperor of the previous dynasty dragged him down and killed him. After that, no one dared to risk their lives to be the prime minister. Dasheng didn’t establish a prime minister after the founding of the country.
The younger sister was the daughter of a state governor, so how could she not know that there was no prime minister in the court?
Besides, wasn't it too absurd to believe everything that happened in the dream and make a fuss about it?
Changing the perspective, the younger sister was taken into the manor when she was one year old and raised like a legitimate daughter. For more than ten years, her father and mother doted on her. Despite marrying a poor Xiucai, the dowry was so rich. Even the Northeastern pearl that was impossible to have was prepared. She must have been very pampered at home.
Maybe she was spoiled?
Because she was spoiled too much, she couldn't bear the hardship of studying. Because she was spoiled too much, she cried and made a fuss if she couldn't get it.
The younger sister was accustomed to her parents giving her good things and got into the habit of crying and making a fuss to get good things. She was used to it and didn't know her limits.
System: [The younger sister insisted on getting married; crying, making a scene, and even threatening to hang herself. The second wife was exhausted and had to verbally agree to her. Afterward, the second wife made some small movement to marry the younger sister to the Marquis's manor on the day of marrying out. ]
This was consistent with what Wu Cefei said before.
System: [Do you think it's over? No! After the red veil was lifted by the heir in the bridal room, the younger sister found that she had married into the Marquis's heir. Her face changed immediately and she dragged the heir to the Xiucai's house. ]
[There were many guests on the Marquis's side, but few on the Xiucai's side. The two families were located in the east and the west and the distance was far. When they got there, the bridal chamber matter had already ended. ]
Chu Hua: [Didn't the elder sister meet the marquis's heir before she got married? ]
System: [The second wife was planning to change the bride, so how could she dare to let the elder sister meet the husband she was going to marry? The elder sister knew nothing and was surrounded by the second wife's people. She was completely controlled and married in a muddle. ]
[It was not until the heir and the younger sister came with people that she realized something was wrong. But seeing the younger sister's miserable expression as if her father had died, the elder sister thought it was just an accident. She said: "Since it had come to this point, let's make the best of it."]
Chu Hua: "..." How could the younger sister feel miserable? The position of the prime minister's wife that was going to obtain was gone.
[The younger sister won't give up, right? ]
System: [Of course! Even if the scholar and the elder sister have consummated their marriage and become real husband and wife, she said that the marriage certificate was present and the one who married the Xiucai was her. She insisted on changing the person back and put everything in its place. ]
[With this, the heir, the Xiucai, and the elder sister all disagree. ]
Everyone: "..." It would be strange if they could agree!
Dasheng didn't place too much importance on chastity and welcomed widows to remarry, especially widows who have given birth and still had standing, but that didn't mean they could allow themselves to have a green hat.
The Xiucai and the elder sister have already consummated their marriage. If the heir continued the marriage with the elder sister, he would feel he was green whenever he saw her. The Xiucai would also feel that his wife had been slept with by other men and his head was green. The elder sister was even more unwilling to serve two husbands and one of whom was her brother-in-law. The morals would be messed up.
Let's not talk about the heir and the younger sister for now. The best solution to the misplaced marriage between the Xiucai and the elder sister was to make the best of it.
However, things were a little different from what they imagined.
System: [The prince disagrees because he had a virgin complex and didn't want a woman who had been slept with by others. He has a girl he likes and doesn't agree to this marriage in the first place. It was the marquess who insisted on the marriage. Now, the prince was going to cancel this marriage and marry his beloved girl. ]
[The scholar disagrees because he thinks the elder sister is prettier and better educated than the younger sister. Under the arrangement of the second wife, the scholar secretly saw the elder sister. He originally liked her and didn't want the younger sister. ]
[The elder sister disagrees because she feels that the Marquis's manor is too complicated. She doesn’t go out often and is in poor health. She rarely interacts with people and is too simple minded and can not handle those scheming people in the Marquis' manor. Instead, a Xiucai husband from a small and impoverished family is more suitable for her. ]
[The reputation of innocence that may be important to others is not so important to her, because her assumed biological mother, the second wife had been someone else's outside mistress before she married her biological father, the governor of the state. Her level was set to be like her ‘biological mother’. ]
Everyone: "..." Only the younger sister was hurt in the world.
So, the younger sister and the second wife came up empty handed.
Well, not really. Because the mother and daughter had divided the dowry left by the original wife after her death.
Chu Hua knew it was wrong, but she couldn't help laughing.
The second wife deliberately raised the daughter of the original wife astray, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The elder sister seemed weak and cowardly, but in fact, she was bright-hearted, not greedy for power and wealth, and married a husband that suited her heart.
Because the second wife cared about her reputation and didn't want to be exposed during the sister’s dowry display, the elder sister's dowry was not much worse than that of the younger sister.
If the elder sister knew in the future that the second wife was not her biological mother and the dowry left by her biological mother was divided, it would be a cool plot when she tries to get it back and tear the hypocritical face of the second wife!
These unexpected reversals one after another completely aroused Chu Hua's curiosity: [What happened next? ]
System: [Of course the younger sister didn't accept it. She is still waiting to become the prime minister's wife. ]
Chu Hua: [Let me interrupt. She doesn't think she doesn't have to do anything, just marry and she can become the prime minister's wife, right? ]
System smiled and asked back: [What else? ]
Chu Hua: "..."
Others: "..."
How your life is lived is decided by yourself. If you do nothing and want everything, do you really expect a pie to fall from the sky?
If there was such a pie, it was poisonous.
This girl was really spoiled by the governor and his wife. She only knew how to sit back and enjoy the fruits of other’s labor.
If the system hadn't said that the younger sister was their biological daughter, they would have suspected that the governor and his wife were playing a game of raising the pedestal.
The system continued: [The governor doesn't care whether the two daughters exchanged or not. Anyway, it was fine as long one marry the heir and the other marry the Xiucai. ]
[Seeing that the elder sister and the Xiucai’s marriage was a success and there was no way back, the second wife was worried that her daughter would make trouble again and quickly urged the governor to change the name on the marriage certificate. The Xiucai guessed the truth, but he liked the elder sister. Feeling distress for his wife, he quickly cooperated and changed it. ]
[When things were settled at this side, the heir came to cancel the engagement with great fanfare. Seeing that the matter was settled, the Marquess could only agree to let the heir marry his beloved girl. Angry that the second wife was plotting against her, she agreed to cancel the engagement and signaled the heir to make the matter bigt. ]
[The heir is also a mischievous person. He took the opportunity to break off the engagement to expose the whole thing and pointed out that the second wife was promoted from the position of an outside mistress, stole the original wife's dowry, deliberately drugged and plotted to raise the original wife's daughter astray, etc.. This caused a sensation in the whole Yuanzhou. ]
Chu Hua gasped: [Wow! ]
Others: Wow! So satisfying! !
The heir did this for himself and inadvertently vented the anger for the elder sister.
When the news reached the ears of the Xiucai and the elder sister, it was estimated that the rest of the cool story would not be far away.
System: [No matter how much the governor liked this second wife, he can not tolerate being pointed at by everyone as soon as he goes out. Everyone scolded him for being blind, treating the original wife's daughter harshly, and coveting the original wife's dowry. ]
[In a rage, the governor sent the second wife and the younger sister to the nunnery to reflect. It is unknown when they will be sent back.]
[The governor himself didn't know how much dowry the original wife left behind and the dowry list was burned by the second wife. So he gave all of the younger sister’s dowry to the elder sister, which is much more than the dowry left by the original wife—the excess was earned by the second wife from lending interest over the years to subsidize her daughter.]
[The Xiucai found a doctor with good medical skills to treat the elder sister. He discovered that the elder sister had been given chronic poison for a long time. Fortunately, she is just weak and the poison was not too strong. She can recover after one or two years of recuperation. It’s just that they can’t rush to have a child. It just so happened that her elder sister is still young. After she recovers, it’ll be safer to have another child.]
Chu Hua: [Satisfying!!!]
She actually ate the real-life version of the ancient era rebirth style cool story plot. So satisfying!
Others: So satisfying!!!
Sure enough, following Chu Hua and the system, there were a lot of interesting melons to eat! It was delicious, serve some more next time!
It took another half an hour for the news to be recorded and transcribed by the royal guard and then passed to the emperor and officials who did not arrive at the scene in time and had no reason to arrive at the scene.
The people of Yuanzhou ate fresh and delicious first-harvest melons, while Chu Hua and others ate relatively sweet second-harvest melons, mainly because the plot was complete and it was refreshing to eat it all at once. While they ate barely ok third-harvest melons.
The emperor and his ministers: "..." Their feeling, was just a bit mixed.
Chapter 38
Since there were wonderful melons to eat every day, everyone happily rushed to the enclosure happily.
After a night's rest, the next day was the official autumn hunting.
The autumn hunting was held every three years. Not all officials were eligible to participate and many officials had to stay in the capital.
This was Chu Hua's first time participating.
She had no interest in hunting. She could ride a horse but was not good at it. Her shooting was passable, but it was not possible to shoot a moving prey while riding a horse.
So she didn't plan to participate in the alternative martial arts exam with the people who had been preparing for three years. She just wanted to...
Chu Hua: [Tong'er, are you ready? Let's go find the treasure together later! ]
System: [Ready! There are many small animals and big beasts here. You should be careful later, I will remind you. ]
Royal guard: ? ? ?
Others: ? ? ?
Wait, what were you two going to do?
Was it the treasure they thought? It turned out that the treasure of the previous dynasty was hidden near the enclosure?
Ah ah ah, why was it so unexpected!
Royal guard urgently passed the message. The emperor who was preparing for the opening speech was completely stunned.
When did the system say that the treasure of the previous dynasty was in the enclosure?
Since Chu Hua bound the system, royal guard had been hiding in the dark and had never heard of related news.
Forget it, let's talk about other things later. The treasure was more important.
The emperor quickly arranged for people to protect Chu Hua and sent a team of royal guards and guards to follow from a distance. Once the treasure is discovered, they’ll go to dig and transport the treasure in large numbers.
Half an hour later, everyone gathered near the pre-built high platform, waiting for the start of the autumn hunt.
On the high platform sat the emperor, the empress, and the favored consorts. On one side of the high platform were the princes, kings and other royal relatives. On the other side were the old Grand Preceptor, the old Grand Mentor and other important officials of the court, followed by many civil officials and military generals arranged according to their official ranks.
And the vast open space in front of the high platform was full of vigorous students.
They were either thin or muscular. Each of them carried a longbow and a quiver on their waist, like a sharp arrow ready to be shot out of the bow.
The Emperor: "You are all pillars of Dasheng. Today, you can show your skills during the autumn hunting. The total number of prey in three days will be counted. For the top five, reward..."
After briefly explaining the rules and the rewards for the top five, the Emperor issued an order: "Autumn hunting, start!"
"Dong Dong Dong--" the dense drums sounded.
"Woo woo woo--" the continuous horns blew.
The students had prepared for three years or even more to become military officers. As soon as they heard the start, they hurriedly stepped on the stirrups, mounted their horses, and rushed to the woods one after another. Chu Hua set off later than the students. Judging from her unfamiliarity with riding horses, it was obvious that she didn't ride much. Jia Yi and Cai Gang followed closely on both sides on horseback. They were very worried: Chu Hua's poor riding skills would be fine if she rode slowly, but once she rode fast, it would be easy to get into trouble. In addition to the embroidered spring swords for close combat, they also brought bows and arrows for long-range attacks and flares - in case of accidents, the royal guards, guards, and generals lurking in groups near and far will rush to help as soon as possible.
Chu Hua privately chatted with the system: [Tong'er, how many people are there? ]
System: [Two at the side, thirty-six within a fifty-meter range, one hundred and twenty-six outside fifty meters. Further out, some are exploring the way ahead, and some are driving away wild animals. ]
[The emperor also stealthily sent a secret guard to protect you. He is really afraid that you will die before you find the treasure of the previous dynasty. ]
Chu Hua: [He is also afraid that you will disappear after I die. ]
So far, her individual value was far less than the system's intelligence detection ability - cowpox, penicillin, and cinchona have not yet played their true value.
Chu Hua had people following, so it was not easy to go straight to the treasure hiding place. She rode her horse and wandered around like a headless fly.
After an incense stick, the system opened the sharing and showed Chu Hua and the others the way.
[Elder Sis Hua, go straight. ]
[Turn left. ]
[Go around the tree in front. ]
[Go up the mountain. ]
Following the instructions of the system, the group wandered around for half an hour and finally reached a mountain near the enclosure.
The mountain was enclosed within the enclosure. As this was the royal enclosure, no common people dared to come here on most days and there was no path to travel on. So it was difficult to move forward.
When they reached a place where the mountain road was steep and difficult for horses to climb, Chu Hua tied the horse to a tree and followed the guidance of the system to find a mountain wall covered with vines.
System: [Three steps to the left, ten steps forward, pull away the vines, there is a cave inside. ]
Chu Hua knocked there for a while, pretending to find a cave: "Hey, there is a cave here."
Jia Yi and Cai Gang had been waiting for a long time and finally had a place to use their skills, so he hurried forward to pull away the vines.
Cai Gang took out two fire sticks from the package he carried with him, blew to ignite it, and threw one into the cave. The fire sticks did not go out nor did it explode.
"Official Chu, I will go explore the way first." Cai Gang took the other fire stick and went in with caution.
The system was tired of seeing his cautiousness: [Why are you so careful? There is no mechanism here. ]
Cai Gang: "..."
Though he knew that there was no mechanism, he still didn’t dare to relax. After carefully exploring and checking, he turned back and said, "Official Chu, the cave is not big. There is a tomb at the end."
Chu Hua: "Let's go and have a look."
The three followed the faint light emitted by the fire stick into the cave. After walking about twenty steps, they saw a small tomb.
There were a few words engraved on the tombstone of the tomb: Tomb of the beloved daughter.
Chu Hua:?
[Tong'er, it’s not a tomb of a princess from the previous dynasty, right? ]
System:[Yes, but the tomb above is fake. If a tomb robber finds this, he can only find some nice jewelry after digging the tomb, which was mainly used to deceive people. ]
[Most people take the considerable amount of gold, silver and jewelry above and leave. No one would think that there was another tomb under the tomb. These were just baits. ]
Jia Yi and Cai Gang: "..." This idea was quite amazing.
If it weren't for the guidance of the system, the two of them would never think that the real treasure was underneath.
The system reminded: [Dig at the tombstone, at the lower part buried in the soil. There is a round mechanism on it. Press it to reveal the real secret passage leading to the real princess' tomb. The treasure of the previous dynasty is there. ]
Chu Hua:[...Isn't the location of this mechanism too hidden? What reason do I have to dig the tombstone? ]
Jia Yi and Cai Gang: "..." It was indeed a problem.
Although the location of the mechanism was known and it was easy for people to find the real tomb of the princess, the location was too concealed. so Chu Hua couldn't really say or do anything.
What a headache.
A lot of royal guards, guards and generals gathered outside the cave. Hearing this, they racked their brains and wanted to help find a passable reason.
It was obvious that the tomb was built so hidden. Therefore, there must be a mechanism inside.
With such a plug-in as the system, why should they waste time and manpower on breaking the mechanism?
It was just... a little difficult.
Can't let Jia Yi or Cai Gang say that they have the habit of digging up people's tombstones, right?
Oh, it seemed possible.
Jia Yi and Cai Gang shuddered all over. There was a feeling that they were being calculated. And it was a very miserable kind.
Chu Hua suddenly exclaimed: "Cai Gang, bring the fire stick over here and shine it under the tombstone."
"Yes." Cai Gang hurried over and was surprised with the discovery, "The soil here seems to have been turned over."
System: [That’s right. Tomb robbers had dropped by before. ]
This made it easier for them to move.
Cai Gang used the embroidered spring sword to dig the soil. Seeing this, Jia Yi said: "Official Chu, it is not clear what is here. I will go out and call more brothers and find some torches. It’s still too dark with the fire stick."
Chu Hua: "Okay."
Jia Yi swiftly went, while Cai Gang dug the soil even faster. As soon as the mechanism was dug out, Jia Yi came back with four royal guards and four guards.
"Official Chu, these eight brothers happened to be patrolling nearby and driving away wild beasts. They have both insect repellent powder and torches for driving away night beasts. I invited them all over."
What a legitimate and sufficient reason.
Chu Hua secretly admired their wit, "Sorry to bother you, sirs."
The eight people hurriedly said, "No bother."
It was really no trouble.
They almost broke their heads to get these eight positions and there were dozens of brothers waiting eagerly behind them.
After the rumbling sound of the mechanism, a staircase leading to the underground appeared at the junction of the land behind the tomb and the mountain wall.
Jia Yi: "Light the torch."
Cai Gang: "I'll go ahead to explore the way."
The group surrounded Chu Hua and slowly went down the stone steps.
Before the stone steps reached the bottom, they saw a half-body lying down, a bony hand clinging to the last stone step, and a long string of black blood in front, which looked quite old.
Cai Gang walked in front and threw half a skeleton to the side before Chu Hua saw it.
However, the system did not understand Cai Gang's kindness and was already reporting: [It was a tomb robber who wanted to escape. He was hit by a dragon-breaking stone weighing more than a thousand pounds and fell from a height. He was unlucky and his body broke in half. In the end, he climbed to this place and died. ]
Cai Gang and others: "..."
The people who followed quietly behind: "..."
Tong'er, can't you take into account that your host was still a thirteen-year-old girl and her psychological endurance is not very high?
No need to explain it in detail! Really.
Chu Hua was fine if didn't have the visual: [You can say it, and I can also not look. ]
System: [Okay. ]
As soon as the thought fell, Cai Gang and others changed the formation from a long strip to a circle, surrounding Chu Hua in the middle to prevent her from seeing the content that was easy to cause nightmares.
Lest she look at it a few more times, turn around and run away without taking them. Continuing along this straight road, the crowd saw many corpses of tomb robbers, scattered weapons, and some gold and silver jewelry that were stolen but not taken out.
System: [There are two stone Pixiu at the entrance. Put your hand into the mouth of the left Pixiu and press it down to open the door. ]
[Don't open with the right one, otherwise the Broken Dragon Stone will fall down soon after entering. Many tomb robbers died at this point. ]
Chu Hua kept it in mind: "Let's find the mechanism."
"Yes!"
While others were knocking around with swords, Chu Hua touched the Pixiu and pressed the mechanism.
Many mechanisms encountered later were also operated in this way.
System: [This section, you have to walk along the wall, otherwise you will be shot by arrows. In this section, you have to jump the grid. If you step on the wrong grid, there will be a trap. You have to bend down in this section. There are long spears on it that will shoot out...]
After passing through the strange 18 levels, Chu Hua finally reached the main tomb chamber and could not walk anymore.
"I can’t, let me rest for a while."
The main tomb chamber was built very spacious and magnificent. There were two jade coffins in the center. The jade was clear and one could clearly see two bodies in red clothes inside.
In front of the jade coffin, there was a kneeling skeleton wearing a men's linen shirt. It was suspected that he was put in to accompany the burial when the tomb was sealed.
Perhaps because they were afraid that the skeleton frame was too light and would be knocked down by the occasional earthquake in the capital, it supported it with a wooden frame.
This skeleton was definitely not a tomb robber. Most of the tomb robbers who broke in died in the previous 18 levels. There were fewer and fewer as they went further back and none of them entered the main tomb chamber.
Chu Hua sat on the steps, "I'll rest here."
"Yes." Jia Yi and others exchanged glances. Jia Yi stayed to protect Chu Hua, while the others went to other tombs to check the situation.
System: [Elder Sis Hua, aren't you curious about this skeleton? ]
Chu Hua's voice was panting when she replied: [Tell me, what melon. ]
People who were checking the tomb: ? ? ?
People who followed quietly: ! ! !
They could still eat melon now? This was too awesome!
Feeling nervous, they wondered what kind of melon it was and whether it tastes good or not.
System laughed: [Although the previous dynasty was destroyed, it had its heyday. The owner of this tomb was the emperor Jingwen, the emperor in the most prosperous period of the previous dynasty, and his most beloved youngest daughter, Princess Anle. ]
Chu Hua: [The Princess Anle who was said to love making money? ]
System: [Yes, she was very good at making money. She was afraid that her tomb would be robbed after her death, so she built several fake tombs in various places. Of course, what I found with you is real, otherwise how can it be called the treasure of the previous dynasty? ]
Chu Hua: [How much is it? ]
System: [It was twice the size of the Jingwen Empire Treasury and a little more than four times the current imperial treasury. ]
Chu Hua couldn't help but sigh: [Tsk tsk, the comparison is really miserable. ]
Everyone: "..."
The royal guard who recorded the conversation looked bitter. Could this be jotted down? The emperor will definitely be angry after seeing it.
System laughed: [Haha, let's not talk about this poor guy. ]
Chu Hua: [Is this the tomb of Princess Anle and her husband? ]
System hesitated: [En... kind of. ]
Princess Anle was a strong woman who liked to make money. She had a strong personality and didn't like men who were stronger than her. So she picked a third place scholar who came from an impoverished family in a certain year. He was good-looking, weak, had no family background, was easy to control, and wouldn't tell her what to do. ]
[The princess asked, "Are you married?" The third place scholar replied, "No." The princess sent someone to the hometown of the third place winner to ask and found out that he was not married. So she assuredly recruited the third place winner as her husband. ]
Chu Hua was slightly puzzled.
At the beginning, it sounded like Chen Shimei. But he was a third place winner had no wife and no children, so this was not the case.
System: [After seven years of marriage, one day Princess Anle found that the husband was acting sneaky, so she sent someone to follow and investigate. It was discovered that the husband often went to see a woman. ]
[The princess thought that she was the husband’s outside mistress, so she invited the woman to the restaurant. She wanted to see how beautiful a woman could be to fascinate the husband, but she didn't expect that she was just an ordinary white flower. ]
[The princess asked, "Are you Husband’s outside mistress?" The woman smiled and said, "No." The princess asked again, "Is he pestering you?" The woman hesitated and replied, "Yes." ]
Chu Hua: [Seven-year itch, mental cheating? ]
Everyone who was eating melons: ? ? ?
What did the seven-year itch mean? What did mental cheating mean? This one person and one system's words were really hard to understand.
[No. ]The system said, [Under the princess's repeated inquiries, the woman had to tell everything about the past. It turned out that she was a child bride bought for him by the husband's parents. ]
[The woman was a daughter of a good family, but unfortunately encountered floods and plagues. Her family suffered, her relatives died, and she was about to die, so she sold herself. ]
[The family was very poor to support the husband's imperial examination. Despite her young age, the woman helped the family everywhere. She went out to sell food before dawn and cleaned the house inside and out. The money she earned was all for the husband's study and the husband's parents. She had never bought herself a new set of clothes for several years. ]
Chu Hua almost guessed the follow-up: the script of a passionate woman and a heartless man was too common.
[Heartless man! Yuck! ]
Everyone was enraged: Yuck!
Many of them were still bachelors who hadn't even married yet. This royal son-in-law didn't know what hunger was when he was full. He didn't know how to cherish two such good women as his companions!
How despicable!
System: [The royal son-in-law won the third place in the imperial examination. The princess sent someone to the royal son-in-law's hometown to ask, but the person who went there said in advance that he was favored by the princess and would be the royal son-in-law. How could the royal son-in-law's parents possibly dare to say anything about a child bride? ]
[The people in the village also thought that a royal son-in-law was a royal relative. With the emperor and the princess as his protector, he would have a better future than being an ordinary third place in the imperial examination. Everyone worked together to conceal the news. ]
[The woman's relatives died and no one stood up for her. What could she do alone? The royal son-in-law's parents felt sorry for her and gave her a sum of money to let her go. ]
Chu Hua: "..." This was a typical example of sharing adversity but not wealth.
System: [That sum of money was quite a lot. The woman rented a house and hired a doctor to take care of her body. Slowly, her weak body got better, her rough hands became smooth, and she started embroidering. ]
[The woman's mother was an embroidery master and she herself also had talent in this area. It was just that she didn't have the time before. Slowly, her embroidery became famous. In seven years she had her business in the capital. Afterward, she was discovered by the royal son-in-law. ]
Chu Hua: [...If the royal son-in-law didn't pester her, then it would had been each to their own. ]
System sneered: [How could it be each to their own? Before the royal son-in-law left, he thought the woman would be his wife in the future and he slept with her before they got married. ]
[He was worried that the woman would find another man, so he pestered her in every way. He thought it was impossible for the woman to have her business in the capital alone and thought she married a man who did embroidery business. ]
[The woman denied it. The royal son-in-law was sure that she was either divorced or widowed and it couldn't be the woman's ability alone. He felt it was already a lot that there was one woman as powerful as the princess. There couldn't be a second one. What’s more, they were all his women. ]
Chu Hua vomited a few times: [This overwhelming smell of delulu scumbag rushed to me. ]
Everyone: "..." Another word they couldn't understand, it was too hard for them to eat a melon!
The system's tone became excited: [More than that! ]
[He pestered her so much that the woman was really troubled. She told the truth and swore that she really came to the capital to do business. If the princess felt troubled, she could leave immediately and never come to the capital again in her life. ]
[The princess believed it. If the woman really wanted to destroy her marriage, she would have appeared seven years ago. She could have even told the truth when she sent someone to enquire. She didn't have to wait until seven years later. ]
Chu Hua wanted to applaud these two like a seal: [That's how it should be! ]
[There are so many men in the world. If this one is not good, then say goodbye. The next one will be better, why bother hanging on a rotten cabbage? ]
Everyone: "..." Some were shocked by Chu Hua's remarks.
Forget it, it was not the first time. Just concentrate on eating melons.
System: [The princess did not drive the woman away, but because of the woman's experience, she took her as a confidant. The two were both women and they both like to do business, so they have too many common topics. ]
[For the sake of the child, the princess drove the royal son-in-law to the villa and did not let him live in the princess's manor. Instead, she invited the woman into the princess's manor and sent all the good things to the woman's yard. Sometimes the two would sleep together after chatting late at night. ]
[The royal son-in-law felt that something was amiss and rushed to the princess's manor one day when the princess was away. He drugged the woman, stripped her naked, and checked her body for any signs of intercourse. ]
Chu Hua: ? ? ?
A small head, a big question mark, [He thought the princess and the woman were having a lesbian relationship? ]
System: [Yes. ]
Chu Hua’s anger exploded into swearing [Two men can talk by candlelight at night, sleep with their feet touching, and have a pure friendship. Why can't two women? ]
[Dirty people see everything as dirty! Damn, I'm steaming mad! Damn scumbag! ]
[Don't be angry, don't be angry. The retribution of the royal son-in-law will come soon. ] The system comforted Chu Hua. Afraid that Chu Hua would still be angry, it quickly finished, [At the critical moment, the princess rushed back. ]
[The princess sent someone to beat the royal son-in-law and threw him into the woodshed, and invited the imperial physician to treat the woman. As a result, the imperial physician said that the drug was not a big deal, but the woman’s health had been damaged and could not be a mother in this life. ]
[The princess was shocked and angry, thinking that the woman had experienced some tragedy. So whenever was angered, she beat the royal son-in-law. When the woman saw that the royal son-in-law was about to be beaten to death, she had no choice but to tell the truth. ]
[It turned out that the woman got pregnant on the night before the royal son-in-law went to the capital for the exam. Later, the princess sent someone to ask around and she was sent away by the royal son-in-law's parents and became homeless. As it was difficult for her to take care of the child as a single woman, she went to the pharmacy to get medicine for an abortion. Then an accident happened. ]
[The princess was fuming. Since then, the royal son-in-law was not deposed, but he lost his official position and money. He became a foot-washing servant in the princess's manor. Although he was buried in the princess's tomb after his death, he was a kneeling skeleton. ]
Hmm? Chu Hua was slightly stunned, turned her head, and looked at the two jade coffins. There were clearly two here.
A flash of inspiration: [Could the coffin contain the princess and the woman? ]
System: [Yes, the two of them became sworn sisters. They couldn't birth together but could die together. They would go to the underworld together to continue to be good sisters.]
The woman died first. The princess ordered the royal son-in-law to kneel down and die and made the royal son-in-law kneel there to guard the coffin for them after death. He could only be a low-level foot-washing servant in the underworld.]
Chu Hua breathed a sigh of relief: [It feels good.] She pretended to get up and walk, walked to the skeleton, and quietly kicked it, [En, it feels even better.]
Everyone: "..." Although it was disrespectful to the dead and not right, the royal son-in-law's actions were indeed shameful.
She was already a child bride, couldn't he marry her and then sleep with her?
Since he was already determined that she was his future wife and slept with her, how could he still say that he was not married? Have all the hard work of those years been in vain?
Seven years have passed. She was happily living her life and not disturbing him. Why did he have to bother her? And to have such despicable suspicion?
Everyone who passed by had to kick the skeleton of the royal son-in-law to vent the anger of the two tomb owners.
Before Chu Hua left the tomb, she looked back and found that the royal son-in-law had already splatted down.
En, splatting down is good. Don't get up:)
Chapter 39
Perhaps she stayed in the tomb for too long because when she came out of the cave and saw the dazzling sunlight outside, Chu Hua actually had a sense of dislocation as if she had finally returned from the dark underground to the bright world. She stood there for a long time without moving a step.
Jia Yi had a feeling something was amiss and hurried forward: "Official Chu, are you feeling unwell?"
Chu Hua told the truth: "A little dizzy. It's okay, I'll be fine after a rest."
"Apologies for the offense." To be cautious, Jia Yi stepped forward to feel Chu Hua's pulse. After a while he said, "The tomb is full of yin energy. Official Chu, please stay in the sun for a while."
Chu Hua had no other advantages, but she was obedient to the doctor's advice. She immediately found a suitable place to bask in the sun.
System: [Elder Sis Hua, you didn't eat anything on the way here. Your blood sugar level is a little low, causing dizziness and weakness. In short: you are hungry. ]
As soon as the voice fell, Jia Yi took out cakes, candies, dried meat, and honey water that he had long prepared from his bag. The preparation was quite meticulous.
"Official Chu, fill your stomach."
"Thank you." Chu Hua often didn't feel hungry when she was occupied with work. Only when she took a break did she discover that famished to the point of no strength. This was a habit she developed when she was doing scientific research in her previous life. Unexpectedly, it tagged along to this life.
Chu Hua sat there and slowly munched, watching Jia Yi and Cai Gang and some people, who came on the pretext of ‘being notified by colleagues’, going up and down one by one and carrying treasures like ants.
"If the Minister of Revenue sees this, he will be so excited that he will faint?"
[This is four or so times more than the national treasury. The Minister of Revenue will definitely compete with the emperor. ]
Everyone nodded silently: That's a must.
Chu Hua's words came true. The Minister of Revenue ran to the emperor's tent that day and cried poverty in various ways and even dragged a few ministers and generals to accompany him.
"Your Majesty, the treasury is poor!"
The emperor had no expression on his face: "Not long ago, you said that the treasury had money."
The Minister of Revenue choked and stated calmly: "As soon as there was some money, it was allocated to build the Star Picking Tower."
The Minister of Works, who was over fifty years old, almost vomited blood. Did the Star Picking Tower provoke you? How many times had it been pulled out and whipped?
When it was said to be built, you all agreed. Now that there was no money, it was the Ministry of Works' fault?
The river hadn't even been crossed yet and you wanted to demolish the bridge? Too much! Too much! The Minister of Works was so irked that his beard fluttered.
The Minister of Revenue cried poverty without distraction: "This major corruption case in Yining County shocked the whole Dasheng. In order to avoid collapse and construction every year in the next few years, a huge sum was spent. The treasury only just got some money and a lot of it was allocated to build a good dam."
The Minister of Works' beard, which had just fluttered, fell quietly. He dared not get angry.
The dam's collapse and rebuilding happened every year. Although there were more floods in recent years and corrupt officials, it was also linked to craftsmen. He couldn't deny it.
The Minister of Revenue still insisted on crying poverty: "In the past month, the royal guard had seized a lot of corrupt officials to fill the treasury, but the vacant positions have to be filled. The salaries of these people add up to a lot."
The Minister of Personnel was speechless. This was not the fault of the Ministry of Personnel.
If you really have the ability, just give them a promissory note. Anyway, you will definitely be scolded in the end and he had nothing to do with it.
The Minister of Revenue wiped his tears, patted his chest, and cried even harder: "Xirong used such a vicious plan against Dasheng. The war is about to start, but there is not much money in the treasury. I am so panicked."
Generals: "..."
If it weren't for the purpose of having more money when fighting with Xirong, they wouldn't watch the old guy crying here and sobbing so ugly.
Tsk, it hurted their eyes.
The emperor knew very well that it would not cost much to build the Star Picking Tower and pay officials salaries. The previous reasons were untenable, but if he really wanted to go to war with the Xirong, the treasury was indeed not rich enough.
"I'll give you one."
Though the emperor seemed generous, in fact he felt a sharp pain in his heart.
That was all money! The money he had already put in his pocket! What was the difference between this and asking him to pay money to the treasury? !
The Minister of Revenue calmly stated: "Three."
The emperor's face turned pale. A total of four treasuries were moved out of Princess Anle's tomb. This old guy asked for three, leaving him only one. Truly greedy!
"It's good enough to give you one."
The Minister of Revenue refused to give in: "Three. Those were found by the Ministry of Revenue."
That was found by Chu Hua and she was not from the Ministry of Revenue!
The emperor wanted to say something but couldn't because he still needed Chu Hua, so he gave in: "One and a half."
The Minister of Revenue refused to budge: "Three."
The emperor and his ministers were just like people buying vegetables in the market, bargaining constantly. Finally the emperor erupted: "Two, take it or not!"
"... Two it is." The Minister of Revenue shuddered, as if he was frightened by the emperor.
Seeing this, the emperor reflected on himself slightly. His majestic demeanor collapsed. This was not good.
Then, give the excess as well?
Opening the treasure list presented by the royal guard, the emperor took a liking to this one and that one and was reluctant to give them away after glancing left and right.
Giving away two treasuries was already painful enough for him to breathe. For the sake of Dasheng's country, he could only bear it. But giving away a little more, even a little bit...
No, he was suffocating just thinking about it!
"Forget it, I am just a stingy emperor." The emperor decisively gave up the immature idea, closed the thick list, and put it next to the pillow.
Soon these treasures will leave him, so let them accompany him to sleep tonight.
Definitely more effective than any calming incense.
*
At night, before Chu Hua went to bed, she was poked by the system: [Elder Sis Hua, do you remember there was a subscription to the Minister of Revenue’s melon? ]
Chu Hua smiled: [What are you waiting for? Come on! ]
The system quickly opened the sharing and changed to a particularly happy tone: [Elder Sis Hua, Elder Sis Hua, the Minister of Revenue’s melon subscription has a follow-up, ithe e? ] {note, used scot gaelic for ‘eat it?’ since dialect are hard to represent}
Chu Hua: [Ithe! ]
Everyone within a radius of 50 meters quickly scrambled up. While getting up, they were a little confused: Where did it two learn the southwestern dialect? It's quite standard.
The system laughed: [Didn't we go to Princess Anle's tomb today to find the treasure of the previous dynasty? The Minister of Revenue is such a stingy old man. When he heard that there are four or so times more than the national treasury, he asked for three. ]
Chu Hua immediately did a sit-up: [The Minister of Revenue is so bold! Doesn't he know that the emperor is so short of money that his eyes are almost red? How dare he snatch money from the emperor's bowl? ]
People within 50 meters: "..."
People who hurried over to eat melons: "..."
System: [He didn't eat anything. He was just panicked because the national treasury has no money. He had saved a lot of money by investigating corruption and investigating corrupt officials, but he spent a lot of it in a blink of an eye. With so many departments eyeing the money in the national treasury, he is afraid of poverty. ]
Chu Hua: [Quite pitiful. I guess he had never seen so much money in his life. ]
System: [He insisted on three with the emperor on the grounds of worrying about the war. Annoyed, the emperor agreed to give him two. Seeing that the other party was scared by himself, the emperor felt a little guilty. He stared at the list for a long time and was reluctant to cross out more.]
[Guess what happened?]
Chu Hua was too lazy to guess: [What?]
System's laughter rang loudly: [The Minister of Revenue was pretending, haha! The honest man persona had collapsed!]
He knew that the emperor had no money in his private treasury and was reluctant to give three. He just wanted two. He pulled a few ministers and generals to give him courage and cried about poverty for a long time.]
Everyone secretly gasped: Oh my God, the honest people started to play tricks!
Chu Hua listened to the information revealed by the system, peeled off the surface information, and analyzed it briefly: [Dasheng is surrounded by four barbarians: Dongyi, Nanman, Xirong, and Beidi. They have been the biggest worries of the emperor and his ministers since the previous dynasty. ]
[Dongyi and Dasheng are across the sea from each other. There are often bandits burning, killing and looting on the coastline. It is hard to tell whether it was the people of Dasheng who have fled to the island and become bandits, or the Dongyi people in disguise. Nanman is located in a remote area, with many miasma and poisonous insects. ]
[The emperor of Xirong plays dirty and does everything he can. The battlefield of Beidi is temporarily guarded by the eldest prince, so he dare not invade. ]
[Due to the location and if these four tribes really need to be conquered, war is a hefty cost. Sending people to garrison is another large expense and the key is that there is no return. ]
System: [Translation: No money, no fight. ]
Everyone: "..."
The translation was correct, don't translate it next time:)
Chu Hua: [That's the meaning. Generally, war won’t break out. It burns money too much. The treasury can't afford it. But if they insist on fighting, Dasheng will naturally have no choice. ]
System: [Translation: I won't take the initiative to hit you, but if you buzz around too happily, I will have to beat you. ]
Crowd: Hahahaha——This translation was too mischievous and too vivid!
Comparing the four barbarians to fleas, it invisibly elevated the status of Dasheng and showed the demeanor of a great country. The emperor must like to hear it.
Chu Hua: [The war may not be fought, but the treasury must have money. Otherwise, when the time comes, use the emperor’s private treasury to fight the war? ]
System disagrees: [That means the emperor is rich; rich enough to rival a country! ]
Crowd: "..." Even if you praise it like this, the emperor will not be happy.
Chu Hua said faintly: [Who knows how many times the last rich person that could rival a country drank Old Lady Meng’s soup. ]
System was silent; it seemed so.
Money moved people's hearts.
The dragon throne only was enough to get people coveting. Adding the feature of ‘rich enough to rival a country’, even the emperor wouldn’t have a good ending.
System did not want to talk about those things that make people and system unhappy: [Elder Sis Hua, let's eat a happy melon and cheer up. ]
Chu Hua: [What? ]
System: [Before, I was curious about why Dasheng's treasury was always short of money and I ate the melon that Miraculous Kongkong broke into the treasury and left a note and silver for the emperor to buy candy. ]
Everyone was so shocked that their tongues were bitten until bleeding.
Hiss--Damn it! How come you two even ate this melon!
Chu Hua told the system about this melon in a private chat channel, [Afterward? ]
System: [Afterward, out of curiosity, I subscribed to Miraculous Kongkong. ]
[It turned out that this generation of Miraculous Kongkong has mastered his skills and is about to leave the mountain. He remembered the feat of the previous generation of Miraculous Kongkong, who is his idol since he was a child. ]
[He also had various drawings and experiences left by the previous generation of Miraculous Kongkong after breaking into the treasury and decided to follow his predecessors and go to Dasheng's treasury after leaving the mountain. ]
Everyone was terrified and their minds completely turned into screaming chickens: Ah, ah, it's over! ! !
In the past 127 years, Dasheng's treasury was always empty-handed. A few Miraculous Kong Kong broke into it, but could only steal some dust.
Why did this generation of Miraculous Kong Kong happen to come over when the treasures of the previous dynasty were dug up and making the treasury so rich it was equivalent to three treasuries?
Wasn't this equivalent to digging hard and then giving it all away in vain?
Want to ask why it was given away in vain?
Of course it was because the treasury had always been empty-handed. Dasheng's treasury had not been repaired since the founding of the country and the eighteen levels there were broken through by Miraculous Kong Kong of the previous generation!
After so many years, many parts have not been properly maintained and were almost broken.
The national treasury was like an open door in front of Miraculous Kong Kong, inviting him to come in and take whatever he wanted!
What if he leaves a note like the Miraculous Kong Kong he admires, with a few words like "Entering the national treasury is like taking something out of a bag" and "I helped you repair the mechanisms, no need to thank me".
Oh no! Just thinking about it makes them faint.
Many people almost rolled their eyes. Pinching their philtrum tightly, they barely avoided fainting.
While they were so worried that the internal heat flickered high and their mouths were blistered, Chu Hua and the system were laughing.
Chu Hua: [If he leaves another note, the emperor will be super furious. Haha. ]
She had already ‘reminded’ them so arrogantly. If the emperor didn't find a way to deal with it, then there was nothing she could do.
System: [The officials of Dasheng must all find noodles and hang themselves at the door of the national treasury. Haha. ]
Everyone: "..." Human joys and sorrows were so incomprehensible!
After an incense stick, the emperor and officials who heard the news: "..."
Compared to the fact that Miraculous Kongkong was about to visit the national treasury, the emperor felt that the fact that the Minister of Revenue was acting was nothing!
No matter how stingy the Minister of Revenue was, he wasn’t being stingy for himself, but for Dasheng. Those treasures of the previous dynasty would eventually be used for the people of Dasheng.
If Miraculous Kongkong was not handled well, he, the officials, and Dasheng would become the laughing stock of the people of the world.
If the mechanism was not strong enough, it would be laughed at; if there were too many treasures in the national treasury, they would be stolen; if there was too little silver in the national treasury, it would be laughed at; if there was too much silver in the national treasury, it would be coveted by the four barbarians.
In short, there was no good result.
The emperor and the officials had a headache and it was another sleepless night.
Chapter 40
Chu Hua slept well and got up early the next day. After breakfast, she went for a walk for two laps.
Yesterday she was occupied with exploring tombs and digging for treasures, so today she finally had time to check out the autumn hunting.
Students who were eager to pass the military examination and enter the government were riding horses and hunting in the paddock. They were heroic and brought back large and small, alive or dead prey, showing their true qualities as military generals.
After the melon-eating system 188 was produced, it only saw the text and pictures in the system. This was the first time it saw so many animals in reality and was like a child going to the zoo for the first time. Everything was new to it.
[Wow - there are rabbits! They are so cute and furry. I want to touch them!]
The system was a virtual technological product. It couldn't even transform into a physical entity. So how could it touch a rabbit?
Chu Hua was not sure whether the system would be sad. She pinched her voice to speak coquettishly: [The rabbit is so cute. It must be braised.]
The system expressed with great pride: [How can a single braised one be enough? Spicy, dry pot, dry stir-fry, pickled pepper, cold, boiled, pickled vegetables, I want them all! ]
Chu Hua was amused. This little silly system may not have the sad code installed. Her pinched voice couldn't continue anymore.
[You are so greedy, baby.]
System:!!!
Being called ‘baby’ all of a sudden, the whole CPU was almost burned. Its rationality and childish voice were in disarray: [You, you, what are you doing...]
Chu Hua deliberately called sweetly: [Baby?]
The system was silent.
It suspected that it was teased by the host, and there was evidence.
Chu Hua: [I won't tease you anymore. Let's continue to visit the zoo.]
The system was back to normal in a few minutes: [There are many animals in prison here, including pheasants, deer, and bears. There are 39 pheasants alone and each one looks very thin.]
[This person is good at archery. He shot the pheasant's eyes and brain with one arrow and accurately shot through. It died quickly without damaging the fur. ]
[This person's archery skills are a little worse. It takes two arrows to shoot a rabbit, one for the neck and one for the belly. The rabbit is covered in blood and its fur is mostly damaged. What a waste. ]
Although Chu Hua was a novice in shooting and couldn't even shoot a chicken laying eggs on the ground while riding a horse, she was good at talking on paper.
One person and one group discussed the prey of these students and selected the top five archers with the best archery skills.
The autumn hunt lasted for three days. No one knew who would be the final winner until the last moment. The two of them just chatted casually to kill time.
After chatting for a while, they felt bored and immediately decided to eat some melon to cheer themselves up.
In fact, the others watched the autumn hunt for most of the day yesterday out of curiosity. Today, they felt bored after watching for a while and kept glancing at Chu Hua again and again.
The system turned on the sharing function: [Elder Sis Hua, do you want to eat melon? ]
Chu Hua: [Eat! ]
Everyone was instantly refreshed. The melon was finally here, haha!
Even the emperor and officials who had been sleepless last night because of worrying about the treasury and the Miraculous Kong Kong became energetic.
System: [Last time we talked about the ten green hats of the Xirong Emperor. Three were given to him by women who looked like the Dasheng Emperor in revenge, and six were given to him by the queen who liked to have one beautiful man every day. ]
[And what about the last green hat? It is quite explosive. ]
Chu Hua was already tired of eating the melon of green hats. The only reason was because the plot was the same over and over again. When she heard the word ‘explosive’, she immediately became interested: [Expand and talk about it! ]
The emperor was the most excited one. This was the green hat of the Xirong Emperor!
He had been curious about the last green hat for a long time, but it was a pity that Chu Hua had not eaten the melon, making him pine on it.
Officials and female members could not help but move slowly toward Chu Hua's position for various reasons, like badger quietly moving forward in the melon field, with faint green light in their eyes. That was the emperor's green hat!
It was a waste if they didn't eat it. This could be savored for the rest of their life. When they are old, they could brag to the younger generation: I am also a great person who had eaten the emperor's green hat and had not been dealt with!
The system was not in a hurry to cut the melon. First, it gave some background information to complete the logical chain: [When Wanyan Hong was still a prince, he hooked up with Shi Zhanjiao and got the support and help of the general. ]
[His mother was a foot-washing maid. With his background and status, hooking up with powerful women was the lowest cost and most effective way. Generally, it was difficult to stop after tasting the sweetness of such things once. ]
Everyone listened and thought: Why did this beginning sound so much like the third prince?
Chu Hua also had the same feeling: [The third prince number two. ]
System: [It can be regarded as an enhanced and upgraded version. ]
After all, one was found to be defeated in the process of rebellion, and the other had been on the throne for many years. It was the difference between the immature version and the mature and successful version.
System: [He first hooked up with an older woman who was already old and had more money and power. ]
[This is not meant to discriminate against women. The main point is that if you want to become rich and powerful, without plug-ins and cheat codes, you have to work for at least ten or twenty years. ]
[And before they have the vision and ability to start working for all this, they must learn for ten or twenty years. By then, they will be at least 40 or 50 years old. In ancient times when the average life expectancy was low, this was a very normal description. ]
Chu Hua smiled: [Tong'er, you have a strong desire to survive. ]
The system immediately became alert: [So you can't give me a bad review for this. ]
Chu Hua: [No, don't worry, you continue. ]
So she could still give a bad review?
She’ll remember this; she can threaten this silly system next time. The system was relieved: [Scientific data proves that older women prefer younger men.]
[In order to meet the needs of different women, he can be salty or sweet, can be milky or fierce, and can be gentle or mean. He hooked up with many women and had his own power.]
[To ascend to the throne and become an emperor, the support of civil officials and military generals was indispensable. The military generals have generals and the people by the general’s side. He fell in love with the prime minister's legitimate and most beloved granddaughter: Tu Danlan.]
Chu Hua: "..."
[The prime minister's granddaughter was really unlucky to be favored by this rotten cucumber.]
Everyone: ? ? ?
Rotten cucumber? Was it the same meaning as rotten cabbage?
[Who said it wasn't? Oh!] The system sighed, [Tu Danlan had a childhood sweetheart who was engaged to her since childhood. The two have a good relationship and the date was set, just waiting to get married. ]
Hearing this flag-filled beginning and thinking of the last green hat, Chu Hua knew that this childhood sweetheart pair would definitely end in tragedy.
[The childhood sweetheart died? Most likely it was Wanyan Hong who killed him, right? ]
System: [Yes, but not all right. ]
Chu Hua:?
Everyone:? ?
System: [Wanyan Hong had turned himself into a prostitute in order to climb up. He had put in so much effort, so he must not want to lose. ]
[His years of experience in coaxing women have made him confident. He had created many encounters and even committed a hero save the beauty act. However, Tu Shanlan only had eyes for his childhood sweetheart and ignored him. ]
[Infuriated, Wanyan Hong roared, "If you don't want to face when I give you face, then don't blame me!". With that, he went to bed with the general's wife, yes, Shi Zhanjiao's paternal grandmother. ]
Chu Hua: "..."
Everyone: "..."
Chu Hua didn't understand, and was greatly shocked: [Tong'er, I've seen Shi Zhanjiao's photos and know she's very hot and beautiful. Her grandmother was very likely a beautiful woman with a lingering charm, but...]
[No matter how you put it, the grandmother was already over 50 years old? Wanyan Hong was only in his teens at that time, right? Isn't this a bit too far apart in terms of a grandma-grandson love relationship?]
What’s more!!
This guy hooked up with the granddaughter, and then hooked up with the granddaughter's grandmother. He slept with the granddaughter and then the grandmother. What was he trying to do? !
How could he be so unrefined? !
Wasn’t he disgusted at all? !
The emperor was already numb.
If he had known it was such a green hat, he would definitely not have been curious!
The unexpectedness of this green hat made everyone present who could hear it, whether men or women, feel like something was lodged in their throat.
The system's reply came belatedly: [At that time, Wanyan Hong was 17 years old, a young man in his prime, while Shi Zhanjiao's grandmother was 55 years old. A little more than three times older. ]
When Chu Hua was 30 years old in her previous life, her mother was exactly 55 years old. She got a few white hair and wrinkles, and was a southern beauty with a strong bookish air.
But 55 years old in ancient times… her biased grandmother was 57 years old this year, with wrinkles and age spots on her face, and a head full of white hair. She was an old lady who was very difficult to get along with.
Hiss - Wanyan Hong was too cruel to himself!
Such a person will either die halfway or become a local tyrant - obviously, he had succeeded.
Chu Hua stated expressionlessly: [If you said that Wanyan Hong climbed onto Shi Zhanjiao's mother's bed, I won't be surprised. ]
Everyone: "..." That's still a surprise.
This was a 17-year-old boy serving three generations by himself. Once spread, it would shock the world, okay? !
At least there was no such shameless person in their Dasheng!
The emperor was in a complicated mood. He was not very happy to know that Wanyan Hong was so unbearable.
It was because they were both emperors and Wanyan Hong really embarrassed those in the same position! He didn't even want to admit that he had such a fellow emperor!
System: [That's not the case.]
Chu Hua and others breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this guy hadn't broken the limit to this extent.
Before they could relax, they heard the system turn a corner: [Shi Zhanjiao's mother died from a difficult birth, so there was no chance.]
Chu Hua: "..."
Everyone: "..."
If Shi Zhanjiao's mother hadn't died, would Wanyan Hong really want to have one man serve three generations? Ugh——
Chu Hua's face was very ugly and she seemed to want to stop.
The system didn't want to share the same melon, so it quickly continued: [Wanyan Hong blew pillow talk, Shi Zhanjiao's grandmother blew pillow talk, and Tu Danlan's childhood sweetheart was the general's mortal enemy, the grandson of another general. So the childhood sweetheart was thrown out to go to war. ]
[Wanyan Hong had the person dumped to the border and then he conspired with the general to leak the border defense map, which delayed the rescue speed of the border and the childhood sweetheart's family died there. ]
Furious, Chu Hua let out a snort: [In order to eliminate dissidents, he chose to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, killing countless border soldiers and border people. What a rubbish! ]
[As long as he can become the emperor, human life, morality, and ethics can be trampled on by him, right? ! ]
She took a deep breath, [I knew that the emperor would use many despicable means to kill the generals who were too powerful. The way he did this... Damn! ]
This rubbish made her, who grew up in peacetime, couldn't help but have the intention to kill.
Many generals at the scene had a sense of sadness.
Even if the general who was framed and killed was from Xirong, few emperors were not afraid of being overwhelmed by their achievements. In the previous dynasty, more than a dozen generals with high reputations died. Who knew whether they really died in battle or were killed by the emperor's despicable means?
The emperor was so anxious that he almost jumped up.
That was another emperor! He didn't do it! Dear ministers, don't be depressed!
He wished that Dasheng had more powerful generals!
Otherwise, with how the treasury was so poor, why did the late emperor and him insist on holding an autumn hunt every three years? Wasn't it just to encourage the children of noble families and the people to practice martial arts and join the army?
The system rarely saw Chu Hua so mad. It was so scared that it shrank into a ball, not daring to let out any air, for fear of making her even angrier.
Chu Hua took a few deep breaths, silently repeating "It's not worth arguing with garbage", "It's not worth getting lymph nodes knotted because of garbage", "Sooner or later, kill that garbage" before successfully comforting herself.
[Tong'er, I'm not angry anymore. Please continue.]
System: [After learning that her childhood sweetheart had died, Tu Danlan quickly withered like a dying orchid. Wanyan Hong took advantage of the situation, asked about her well-being, and accompanied her through the most difficult times.]
[Tu Danlan married Wanyan Hong. Three years later, her childhood sweetheart returned with a half-disfigured face and a disabled leg. Her childhood sweetheart was determined to take revenge, but he couldn't find any evidence because he was alone. So he asked Tu Danlan to help him.]
[Tu Danlan felt love and remorse toward her childhood sweetheart. Her childhood sweetheart loved and hated Tu Danlan as well as hated and envied Wanyan Hong. Afterward, the two of them got together naturally.]
Hearing this, the green hat melon was almost done.
Chu Hua: [If you steal someone's wife, you should be prepared to be cuckolded.]
System echoed: [That's right! And there will be a sequel to this matter. ]
[Tu Shanlan gave birth to triplets, two princes and a princess. It was quite a sensation at the time. People said it was a blessing for the Xirong imperial family and boasted about it for many years. ]
[In ancient times, twins were taboo in the imperial family, especially princes who looked exactly the same and might inherit the throne. But these two princes look very different. ]
Chu Hua:[Huh? Could it be? ]
Everyone continued in their minds: Could it be that the three children were all the childhood sweetheart’s?
System chuckled: [Only one of the three children was Wanyan Hong's, the other two were the childhood sweetheart’s.]
Chu Hua:? ? ?
Everyone:? ? ?
All stood back in shock, how was that accomplished? !
System: [Because that prince looks a lot like Wanyan Hong, and the princess looks like Tu Shanlan, so even if the other prince didn't look like him or Tu Shanlan, he had no doubts.]
[After all, they were three children born from the same pregnancy~]
The overly undulated tone showed how much the system gloated over the misfortune. It probably couldn't stand Wanyan Hong being so inhumane.
Chu Hua: [Calculating the time, the prince who looks least like Wanyan Hong has grown into a teenager. Since Wanyan Hong confirmed that his childhood sweetheart was dead and the prince only look similar to the childhood sweetheart, but not exactly the same. ]
[Even if the childhood sweetheart was still alive and the adultery with Tu Danlan was discovered, the childhood sweetheart's face had been destroyed. Despite having doubts, Wanyan Hong have no way to verify them when seeing the prince that looks very much like him. ]
[After all, the blood and bone dripping methods commonly used in ancient times were not reliable and he didn't know the modern physiological and medical knowledge. I'm afraid he will never knew that two of the world-famous triplets are not his own. And he is still complacent about it. ]
Everyone: ? ? ?
Everyone: ! ! !
Wait, blood and bone dripping were not reliable?
The Minister of Justice and the Chief Minister of Court of Judicial Review were both numb.
Back when they confirmed that the third prince was a remnant of the previous dynasty, they vaguely felt that someone had tampered with the blood dripping method when the third prince was put on the royal jade book and had secretly checked the relevant people, but found no clues.
But they never expected that it was not a question of whether there was any manipulation or not, nor was it a question of whether the opponent's methods were so sophisticated that it was difficult to check, but that the blood test itself was not working!
In this case, what should ordinary people who rely on blood tests do?
What about the parent-child relationship that they have determined by blood test for so many years?
The system nodded repeatedly: [Yes, the most reliable technology at present is paternity test. ]
Everyone was anxious: Quickly explain it! Dasheng should also quickly produce one to use!
Chu Hua: [What a pity. I don't know how to do it. ]
Everyone choked there. Don't know how to do it? How could she not know how to do it!
She could even use cowpox that can prevent smallpox, create penicillin that could treat syphilis, and know quinine cream that could treat malaria, so why couldn't the paternity test be feasible? !
The emperor himself was fine. Judging from Chu Hua's interest in his green hat, if there were any princes and princesses who were not his own, he would have already feast on melons in delight.
This could be reversely proved: the five sons and three daughters were all his biological children!
Other people, mainly men, were a little uneasy.
There was no other way to prove whether the child was his own, which was not conducive to the harmony of husband and wife and family harmony.
Many women's eyes flickered, feeling panicked.
If one pregnancy could give birth to two children of different men, how could they tell whose child it was?
Just when they were in a panic, Chu Hua suddenly said: [It's not completely impossible. ]
The system couldn't think of it: [Look at the face? It's very limited in use. ]
Everyone's breath hitched again.
Chu Hua smiled and said: [Isn’t there you? ]
It instantly dawned on the system [That's right! I can eat the green hat's melon and judge whether they are related. ]
Everyone: "..."
If they hadn't been sure that this person didn't know they could hear it, they would have thought that the two of them had teamed up to tease them deliberately:)
Besides...
The melon-eating system could determine whether a child was their biological child, but Chu Hua would not always eat green hat melons. They don't have the right to choose actively. If they try too much, it would be exposed.
Moreover, the system could only exist in Dasheng while Chu Hua was alive, at most a few decades.
What should they do after Chu Hua dies?
Forget it, there were still a few decades to figure it out slowly.
Before that, it was better to send more people to protect Chu Hua, so that she won't be assassinated by someone in a rage.
If not, then think of a way to find her some elixir of life, detoxification pills, and 100-poison-proof pills?
This girl stirred too much trouble; from Dasheng to Xirong and from officials to the emperor. They were really worried!