After hearing her gossip, all the civil and military officials went crazy.

Chapter 118 Glass Cup

Mrs. Fang touched each of them tenderly and said, "Eat slowly, there's more at home. By the way, is your sister coming out?"

Fang Lingming said without looking up, "She's not coming back. She's going to the palace!"

Minister Fang said, "Yes, Chu Chu wants to enter the palace."

Minister Fang didn't say anything more, since it wasn't important.

Madam Fang glared at her husband fiercely, but said nothing.

However, Minister Fang understood the meaning.

Minister Fang touched his nose, then said somewhat guiltily, "I have something to attend to, so I'll be leaving now. I'll be back a bit late tonight."

Then they got off the carriage and left.

Fang Lingming glanced at his mother, then at his father's retreating figure, and finally asked nothing.

Given their parents' relationship, it's impossible for them to be arguing. So there's only one reason: something must have happened to their younger sister again.

However, seeing how quiet everyone in the family is, the matter shouldn't be serious.

Fang Lingming didn't say anything, pretending he hadn't seen it.

While the Fang family was enjoying themselves, things were very difficult in the palace!

Fang Lingchu arrived at the Hanlin Academy and found there was nothing she could do, which made her somewhat bored.

Then she started singing.

[Little white rabbit, whiter and whiter, two ears standing up straight, hopping and jumping, so cute...]

Fang Lingchu kept humming this one song on repeat, and then she got everyone hooked.

I couldn't help but sing along.

Having no other choice, Taibao secretly passed a note to the emperor, asking him to take Fang Lingchu away, otherwise the mission would be impossible to continue.

When the emperor saw the note, he thought the Grand Tutor and his men were making a mountain out of a molehill, but the examination papers were still quite important.

No matter what, we can't let Fang Lingchu interfere with those old guys' work.

Then he brought Fang Lingchu to his Diligent Governance Hall.

Fang Lingchu slowly arrived at the Hall of Diligent Governance and then bowed to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you summoned me?"

Emperor Chongde didn't even raise his head, and said, "Give Minister Fang a seat."

Then I continued reading the memorials.

Fang Lingchu waited, completely bewildered, not daring to chat with the system.

After waiting for a while, Fang Lingchu got a little bored.

Then, without even realizing it, I started humming a song I knew by heart.

"Little~ white rabbit~ white~ white again~ two~ only~ ears~ stood up, hopped~ hopped~ jumped~ so cute~"
Little white rabbit, whiter and whiter, with two strong ears, hopping and jumping, so cute…

When Fang Ling first sang, Emperor Chongde didn't think much of it.

When she sang it for the second time, Emperor Chongde finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"My dear Fang! When will your saltworks start operating?"

If he didn't say something to Fang Lingchu soon, this girl would lead him astray. Fang Lingchu looked at the emperor, sighed inwardly, and stood up to reply, "Your Majesty, we can begin soon. We have already found the salt source. The problem is the workers. I don't know how to select them yet. Does Your Majesty have any good suggestions?"

The emperor looked at her, and from the way her eyes darted around, he knew it wasn't anything good. He said directly, "Have the workers from the Ministry of Works follow you. As many as you want, have the Minister of Works arrange it for you."

Fang Lingchu blinked her big, bright eyes and asked somewhat shyly, "After I hand over all those things to them and complete the first use, can I stop going?"

The emperor rubbed his temples, looking troubled, and said, "Tell the method to the crown prince, and then he can go for regular checkups recently."

After all, let's leave professional matters to professionals!
Fang Lingchu happily bowed and cheered inwardly.

[Yay! I'm finally free from another job! So happy!]

The system felt that Fang Lingchu was happy too soon.

However, the system isn't the kind to spoil the fun; it'll make its host happy!

Feeling that she had finished speaking, Fang Lingchu prepared to leave.

"Your Majesty, if there's nothing else, may I return?"

The emperor thought for a moment and said, "Gao De, go and bring out the two glass cups that I have treasured and give them to Lord Fang. Lord Fang has worked hard this past month."

Upon hearing that there would be a reward, Fang Lingchu, who had just gotten up, moved her bottom further inside.

She placed her hands on her knees, looking very obedient.

heart.

【Ahhh, Guagua, did you hear that? The stingy emperor is actually going to give me something! What's a glass cup? It sounds like it must be very expensive!】
The phoenix hairpin Her Majesty the Empress gave me last time was very precious; I'm really looking forward to it!

Hearing Fang Lingchu's thoughts from above, the emperor gave a soft snort and muttered, "It must be expensive. This is something he has treasured for a long time. If it weren't for Fang Lingchu's good performance recently, he wouldn't have been willing to give it away!"

There aren't many of these in the whole country. If it weren't for the fact that he was the emperor, and that other countries had presented him with three pairs as tribute, he would have given one pair to the empress, leaving him with only two pairs. Now that he has given away another pair, he has none left.

Although the national treasury still had some, Minister Fang wouldn't let him touch it. Thinking of this, Emperor Chongde suddenly didn't want to give the things to Fang Lingchu anymore.

Unfortunately, it was no use; the little eunuch had already brought the things.

Fang Lingchu's heart broke the moment she touched the glass.

Her originally cheerful face fell when the little eunuch placed the place in front of her.

【Ugh, Guagua, what is this?! Does the Emperor have to be so stingy?! He's trying to fob me off with something that costs only two yuan from a street stall! He might as well not have given me anything at all! That damned Emperor! I've gone through so much for him, how can he treat me like this?!】
I can't take it anymore! I'm so angry! Waaaaah, I'm going to cry! Guagua, he's bullying me so much! He's gone too far! Waaaaah!

Fang Lingchu's sudden shout startled not only the emperor, but also the eunuch who brought her the gifts, who nearly dropped them.

The emperor listened to Fang Lingchu's rant with a frown, his teeth grinding together.

He gave her his most beloved and precious glassware, and good heavens, not only did she not appreciate it, she even scolded him.

I really can't stand it anymore!
The system was also having a headache watching Fang Lingchu's wailing cries!
[Host, is it possible that glass is very valuable in this world?]

Fang Lingchu retorted, "What's valuable about this? It's just sand mixed with limestone. What's so valuable about it? It's completely useless except for looking good. Only a fool would think it's valuable! It's not even as valuable as gold."

The system nodded seriously and said, "Gold is very valuable, but your emperor doesn't have any. All the money is with your father. There's nothing we can do."

Even the emperor was tempted to nod in agreement.

That's right, her father has the country's money, but even the emperor can't use it. What can he do? He's just as poor as anyone else.

Fang Lingchu understood this principle, but...

[But even the emperor wouldn't need to send me a mere piece of glass; it would have been better not to send anything at all!]

(End of this chapter)