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

Chapter 2 The Emperor Was Cuckolded

Fang Lingchu glanced at her sister, bowed again, and said, "This humble woman is fine now, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

Fang Lingchu didn't understand why her family told others that she wasn't feeling well.

She's as strong as a tiger, I just don't understand.

"That's good"

Then the Empress turned to the others and said, "I have heard of the talents of all of you ladies before. Now that we have the opportunity, I am really looking forward to it."

The head palace maid quickly presented everyone's poems.

Fang Lingchu looked at the paper in her hand. Seeing that it was almost her turn, she could only write something random.

Write it quickly and submit it.

Fang Lingyan, who was standing next to her, was terrified by her younger sister. She had just seen that her paper was still blank and was quite startled.

The Empress smiled as she looked at Fang Lingchu.

Soon everyone's poems reached the Empress.

Fang Lingchu looked at the Empress [The Empress seemed quite kind].

The system chuckled lewdly twice.

Upon hearing the system's lewd laughter, Fang Lingchu asked, "What kind of laughter is that? Are you crazy?"

The system coughed and said, "[Host, I have some juicy gossip, do you want to hear it?]"

Isn't that obvious?

[Regarding the gossip about Your Majesty.]

Fang Lingchu asked in confusion, "The emperor's gossip? Didn't you say you can't see people and therefore can't read other people's gossip?"

Fang Lingchu ate the snacks in front of her while chatting idly with the system.

I only glimpsed a little bit through the Queen.

At that moment, a voice rang out.

"The Emperor has arrived."

The eunuch's words startled Fang Lingchu, and she quickly stood up and bowed.

"Greetings, Your Majesty the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!" The Emperor looked at the crowd with a somewhat displeased expression.

At this moment, Fang Lingchu's inner thoughts rang out again, albeit inappropriately.

Fang Lingyan, standing nearby, said: "Their whole family is doomed now."

[This is the emperor, he's quite handsome.]

The emperor understood this clearly and tried to find the source of the sound, so the empress quickly spoke up.

"Your Majesty, what brings you here?"

Only then did the emperor realize what was happening, and he quickly told everyone to stand up and sit down with the empress.

The Empress quietly unlocked the sound from earlier with His Majesty.

Fang Lingchu, who had just sat down, complained to the system again: "Guagua, is our emperor going to be a tyrant?"

[Wow, host, you're really smart! He's a tyrant, and a super unlucky tyrant emperor at that.]

【What's the meaning? 】

The Emperor and Empress were looking at the poems they had written together, while also listening attentively to Fang Lingchu's inner thoughts.

I don't know either. All I see here is that he's an unlucky emperor; I can't see anything else.

Fang Lingchu secretly glanced at the emperor above, and thought: "How can you be so useless? You don't even know about this."

The system retorted: "Is this just my problem? It's because you can't go out that I can't get any juicy melons and can't level up."

Fang Lingchu thought about it and agreed, then asked, "Didn't you just mention some gossip about the emperor's harem? Tell me about it."

Upon hearing Fang Lingchu's desire to gossip, the system excitedly exclaimed: "Your unlucky emperor has been cuckolded!"

Fang Lingchu paused in her eating, then asked, "[This is the harem, not the outside world. How could there be infidelity?]"

Fang Lingchu's voice was somewhat excited.

Everyone: Why are you so excited about the fact that His Majesty was cuckolded?

The emperor's face immediately darkened again.

The system excitedly said, "Listen to me."

[At the time, Consort Zhao was already engaged. The Guan family had two daughters, and the emperor had to choose one. Coincidentally, he chose Consort Zhao, who was already engaged. Minister Guan, fearing to offend the emperor, ignored Consort Zhao's desperate pleas and sent her directly to the palace.]

[So, this Consort Zhao wouldn't be having an affair with her ex-fiancé behind the Emperor's back, would she?] [That's right. When that man heard the news of Consort Zhao's entry into the palace, he was depressed for a long time and made a decision: he married Consort Zhao's younger sister, tormenting her daily. Later, he used his family's connections with the Guan family to enter the palace as a guard, getting closer to Consort Zhao, and the two of them became lovers. Then, to remain chaste for her beloved, Consort Zhao pretended to be sick every day, refusing to serve the Emperor.]

Fang Lingchu was surprised that Consort Zhao would go to such lengths for her beloved, and asked curiously, "Is he even more handsome than the Emperor?"

[No, he's quite average-looking. Consort Zhao already has his child. Host, what's on your mind...?]

What's wrong with that? I've always been a looks-obsessed person.

"Shall I continue?"

【continue】

Upon hearing that it was Consort Zhao, the emperor's face darkened even more. No wonder she had been in poor health all these years.

Seeing the angry emperor, the empress could only reach out and pat him to comfort him.

Fang Lingchu continued speaking to the system.

The person she was having an affair with wasn't the one she had always loved.

When Fang Lingchu heard what the system said, she almost vomited the tea she had just drunk.

What's going on?

What else could it be? You've heard of illegitimate children, right?

So this guy is the child of her boyfriend's father who is not with her?

That's right. Her fiancé was killed by his own father and his brother when they were engaged, and then his illegitimate son took his place. Who would have thought that the illegitimate son also loved her, and with such obsessive love at that?

[Paranoiacs are best left to fiction; if you encounter one in real life, it's best to call the police immediately.]

[Then her sister, who looked a little like her, was married off and repeatedly tortured; she's currently locked in the basement. Tsk tsk tsk, terrifying.]

Upon hearing what the system said, Fang Lingchu shuddered.

Don't their families care?

Her younger sister also enjoys being locked up; both are perverts. Her younger sister also has feelings for her older sister.

Fang Lingchu: [Birds of a feather flock together, as expected.]

Now?

The man is currently preparing to commit suicide with Consort Zhao.

[A double suicide? Why?]

【Yes. 】

Emperor: If you want to die, ask me if I agree.

The emperor glanced at the eunuch beside him, who understood and withdrew. He then selected a few people and headed directly to Consort Zhao's palace.

That's why I said, your emperor is really unlucky, he was cuckolded for no reason.

I feel like it's his problem. If he hadn't chosen the person he was engaged to, he wouldn't have been cheated on.

Emperor: She cheated on her husband and she still thinks she's right.

Seeing that His Majesty's face had turned green with anger, the Empress could only hand the poem in her hand to the palace maid beside her and say, "Caiqing, read this poem to everyone and see if you are qualified to win today's championship."

Caiqing, who was standing nearby, took the poem with both hands, glanced at it, stepped forward, and read it aloud: "Gradually, the west wind changes the beauty of things, and autumn chrysanthemums surround the house like those of Tao Yuanming. If people seek the elixir of immortality, they will only see flowers when all other plants wither. From 'Five Poems on Chrysanthemums' by Shi Zhu of the Song Dynasty."

Everyone was surprised when they heard the poem, especially the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, who loved poetry and songs.

There are also Su Shushuang and Qin Menglan, daughters of the prime minister, both renowned for their talent. Their fathers are both prime ministers, and the two have always secretly competed with each other, but unexpectedly, one of them was defeated by someone unknown today.

Everyone thought that today's champion would be chosen from these two, but unexpectedly, a dark horse emerged from the crowd.

Fang Lingchu was not surprised at all, after all, this was the work of a talented Song Dynasty poet, so it was naturally better than the works of these girls.

Sigh! She's just a little unhappy. She doesn't want to be in the limelight, and she doesn't want to be the Crown Princess.

She originally intended to submit a blank paper, but considering that the other party was the Empress, she wrote one anyway, and she did not choose any famous poets.

Hey!
So worried.

After surveying the room, the Empress said, "Ladies, do you think this poem deserves the top prize?"

Qin Menglan, the daughter of the Right Chancellor, was the first to stand up and said, "The undisputed champion."

The others echoed this sentiment, fearing that if they were late, the Empress would think they had a problem with it.

The Empress looked at everyone, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Both Miss Qin and Miss Su's poems are excellent, so they will be tied for second place."

At this moment, Su Shushuang mustered her courage and stepped forward, asking, "Thank you for your kind words, Your Majesty. May I ask which young lady wrote that poem just now?"

"It is Miss Fang Lingchu."

(End of this chapter)