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

Chapter 23 The person sent by the emperor.

The system continued: "Host, you're saving this country. If you don't eliminate them completely, they'll still scheme against your brother, and then they'll use your family's money to support the Xiongnu. Think about the Xiongnu…."

Fang Lingchu thought about the past history, especially the Song Dynasty, that hellish era where people ate each other.

Fang Lingchu instantly felt no guilt.

Then he asked: "What does this have to do with the Xiongnu?"

The system stated: "The Dragon Kingdom is a land of plenty, and both large and small nations want a piece of its spoils. Not to mention the Huns, who know nothing but plunder."

Fang Lingchu still didn't quite understand: "Why were they able to contact the Xiongnu?"

The system replied: "I don't know. I only know this information through gossip about your family and Emperor Chongde. I need to see their gossip to know about other gossip."

Zhang Gang and Fang Lingming, who were sitting outside, exchanged a glance and took note of each other.

Fang Lingming had just given Zhang Gang a reason to stay at his house.

Zhang Gang accepted the offer of tutoring; compared to becoming a male concubine and having his entire village slaughtered, accepting his friend's help was nothing.

They soon arrived at the Fang residence.

Afraid of being scolded by her father, Fang Lingchu went straight to her own courtyard when she got home, saying she was sleepy.

Zhang Gang has her brother with her, and since her brother has already brought the person back, tomorrow she will go to His Majesty to impeach the Prince of Dingbei. Hmph, that way Zhang Gang will be safe.

Upon hearing his son's explanation, Minister Fang arranged for Zhang Gang to stay in his younger son's courtyard.

Zhang Gang bowed solemnly and said, "I will remember this kindness. If there is anything I can do for you in the future, please don't hesitate to ask, Lord Fang. As long as it does not violate the country or morality, I will do my best."

Lord Fang waved his hand and said, "Just participate in the imperial examination again and do your best to share His Majesty's burdens in the future."

After seeing the person off, Minister Fang, dressed neatly, waited in his study for Fang Lingchu's picture of a thousand catties of grain per mu.

After waiting for a while, he finished dealing with all the public property, but still didn't hear any news.

It was getting late, and the emperor was still waiting.

After thinking about the four maids the emperor had sent him today, he realized he had no choice but to remind his daughter himself.

They brought the person along to Fang Lingchu's Lingchu Courtyard.

Fang Lingchu was eating fruit while reading a storybook with the system.

She didn't even know when her own father arrived.

As the light in front of her was slowly enveloped by darkness, Fang Lingchu looked up and saw her father's stern face.

Startled, she spat the fruit in her mouth onto Fang Yelin.

Fang Yelin frowned slightly as he looked at his clothes covered in his daughter's drool.

Fang Lingchu quickly put away the storybook and stood up straight.

The maid quickly wiped her master's clothes.

Minister Fang didn't want to see his troublesome daughter at all.

But now that his daughter is a princess, he can't just hit her.

Minister Fang comforted himself and then said, "His Majesty arranged four maids for you. Since you left in a hurry today, His Majesty asked me to bring them back."

Then four beautiful girls appeared behind Fang Yelin and bowed to Fang Lingchu one by one.

Fang Lingchu asked the system in confusion: "Why would His Majesty send me a maid for no reason?"

The system glanced at the girls and said, "Your Majesty really dotes on you. These are all skilled martial artists, and one of them even knows poison, though not very well."

Fang Lingchu was even more puzzled and asked, "Why did Your Majesty give me so many powerful people?" The system replied dismissively, "Perhaps it's because you're the only female official, breaking with convention, and these people are here to protect you."

Fang Lingchu thought about it and agreed, then said, "As long as they're not here to spy on me, that's good."

Then he asked his father, "Will these people only listen to me from now on?"

Before Minister Fang could answer, the four girls knelt down and said, "From now on, we will only obey the Princess's orders."

Fang Lingchu then asked, "Even if His Majesty summons you, you won't listen?"

The four people answered in unison, "Yes."

Fang Lingchu nodded in agreement.

The four of them breathed a sigh of relief, after all, the Queen had given the order that if they were not kept, they would have to go back to the training camp to retrain.

Fang Lingchu then asked, "What are your names?"

A composed-looking girl stepped forward and said, "Please bestow a name upon me, Master."

Fang Lingchu was terrible at naming things, so after thinking for a moment, she asked, "What were you called before?"

The woman replied, "I am Butterfly 3, and they are 13, 23, and 33."

Fang Lingchu twitched her lips; this was difficult to judge.

Fang Ling first asked the system: "Guagua, do you have any nice names?"

The system shook its head and said, "No, but aren't all your items food? Just follow this order."

Fang Lingchu thought for a moment and said to the two maids beside her, "My two maids are named Strawberry and Blueberry, so you can be named Raspberry, Blackberry, Cranberry, and Gooseberry."

Fang Lingchu looked at the fruits with the word "berry" in them that the system had given her and chose these.

Minister Fang, who was standing nearby, was speechless upon hearing his daughter's words.

Who would name their children after food? Besides, he'd never even heard of these fruits before.

Fang Lingchu looked at Minister Fang, who was still sitting beside her, and asked, "Father, is there anything else?"

Minister Fang… has this girl really forgotten?

Just as Fang Yelin was thinking of how to remind her.

The system reminded you: [Host, didn't you say you were going to give your father pictures of corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes today?]

After being reminded by the system, Fang Lingchu finally remembered and handed her finished drawing directly to her father, saying, "Father, could you ask someone to help me find out if these things are any good?"

Although Minister Fang was excited inside, he remained calm on the surface and asked, "What kind of nonsense do you want this time?"

Then quickly open Fang Lingchu's painting. Fang Lingchu may not be good at anything else, but this painting is very presentable, as is her beautiful handwriting.

Minister Fang looked at them for a while, confirming that he had never seen them before, but still reluctantly put them away, saying, "These are the three little things? I know, I'll let you know when I find them. I'm leaving now."

Despite his outwardly calm demeanor, Minister Fang was inwardly ecstatic. These things looked ordinary, but he never expected them to yield a thousand catties per mu.

He quickly left Fang Lingchu's courtyard and headed straight for the palace.

Fang Lingchu looked at her father as he walked away from the afterimage and asked curiously, "Guagua, why is my dad walking so fast? There's no ghost chasing him."

The system indicated it didn't know, and then asked Fang Lingchu to take out the storybook and continue reading.

Fang Lingchu had Strawberry arrange for the people sent by the emperor to be sent away, and then continued reading her storybook.

(End of this chapter)