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

Chapter 51 Prime Minister Qin is a Thousand-Year-Old Green-Haired Turtle

Fang Lingchu's words were a blatant accusation that the adult was incompetent.

Others wanted to say something, but they remembered how Fang Lingchu usually cursed.

They're scared.

Don't say they're disloyal; compared to being scolded and just watching the drama unfold, they're probably cowards!

A true man knows when to yield and when to stand firm.

Seeing that the other party did not refute, Fang Lingchu continued, "Feeling pain is a human instinct. Even if I am not a woman, I am still a child. Isn't it normal for me to be afraid of pain? Besides, doesn't the adult know that childbirth is a life-or-death experience for a woman? Why don't I cut open the adult's stomach, take out your internal organs, stuff them back in, sew it up, and see if you can endure it?"

Your wife, your mother, they are brave women. They endured the pain of childbirth; they are heroes for eating. Without them, you wouldn't be making such a fuss.

Seeing Fang Lingchu's serious expression, the adult who had just been mocking her was too scared to say anything.

After all, they all knew how much the emperor favored Fang Lingchu.

What if he gets upset and they actually cut him in the stomach?

Looking at his timid and frightened appearance, Fang Lingchu said sarcastically, "It's truly shameful for a man to be so afraid of pain."

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

Fang Lingchu's words made the men present, who were concerned for their wives, think seriously.

Their wives were all so delicate and soft, so afraid of pain, yet they could bear children for them. It seemed that, as Master Fang said, pain was indeed a human instinct.

Fang Lingchu rolled her eyes at the man and walked towards her father.

He couldn't help but mentally complain to the system: "They have the nerve to call themselves men! If they were made to cut their stomachs, pull out their intestines, stuff them back in, sew them up, and then have to rest for a month before going to court and work, they definitely wouldn't do it. They have the nerve to say women can't endure hardship? It's hilarious!"

Fang Lingchu's voice was full of sarcasm.

Minister Fang looked at his daughter and felt heartbroken. His little girl was so afraid of pain, and she would have to bear children for others in the future. Minister Fang felt very distressed.

Seeing her father's pained expression, Fang Lingchu immediately said in a spoiled tone, "Daddy, it hurts."

Minister Fang, having no other choice, reached out and rubbed the area, saying, "Alright, get ready for court. Go home and have your mother make you a braised pork knuckle, okay?"

Fang Lingchu was instantly delighted when she heard that she could eat pork knuckle again.

The farce at the palace gates quickly reached the emperor's ears, as well as those of his wives.

This is the first time someone has said that having the courage to have a child is something to be proud of.

Some women think: But childbirth is something women should do, so what's there to praise?

If Fang Lingchu knew what they were thinking, she would definitely say: Protecting one's wife and children, raising them, and providing them with safe shelter and food are things that men should do. What is there to be proud of?

Soon the palace gates opened, and the court officials quickly and orderly entered the court.

After three cheers of "Long live the emperor".

The emperor and his ministers began to discuss matters of state.

Fang Lingchu started to feel sleepy as she stood at the back.

The system, seeing Fang Lingchu leaning against a pillar and nearly falling into a deep sleep, quickly said: [Host, wanna share some gossip?]

Fang Lingchu was so sleepy that she couldn't even open her eyes.

However, she still replied to the system: "Whose gossip is this? What type of gossip is it? Tell me."

The system chuckled and then said, "[You'll definitely like this juicy gossip: Prime Minister Qin is a perpetual cuckold.]"

Fang Lingchu instantly snapped to attention. [What? Who got cheated on again?]

The Prime Minister Qin's discussion abruptly stopped, and his expression froze.

He...he's been cuckolded, and he's a thousand-year-old green-haired turtle! What is this Fang family girl talking about?

Who dares to cheat on him?

Prime Minister Qin then thought of the emperor. Even the emperor had been cuckolded, so it seemed quite normal for a prime minister like him to be cuckolded as well!

The system chuckled and said, "Prime Minister Qin! He's that old man who's always going against your father."

Fang Lingchu knew who it was as soon as the system said that.

Then she secretly peeked out and looked at the adults in front of her.

Then you see Prime Minister Qin standing in the crowd with a stiff expression on his face.

What's wrong with him? Is he expressionless? Why can't he make any expressions? What were they just discussing?

The system said: "It's nothing much. Prime Minister Qin asked your father for money to repair the river embankment, but your father refused, saying that the money was just given last year and Prime Minister Qin has already used it all. Your father suspects Prime Minister Qin of embezzling funds."

Fang Lingchu asked, "The money we received last year was just used up, wasn't it?"

Minister Fang: As expected of his daughter, she thinks the same way.

Prime Minister Qin: He's innocent! He didn't do it!
The system said: [Host, then you and your father have really wronged Prime Minister Qin. He is a veteran of two reigns and is absolutely loyal to the emperor.]

Prime Minister Qin immediately became defiant, looking at Minister Fang with his head held high and chest puffed out. "See? You've wronged me!"
Minister Fang: I didn't expect that Prime Minister Qin really didn't embezzle the money. Where did it all go?

He had already calculated that the money would definitely be enough to repair the river embankment, and there would still be some left over.

Fang Lingchu asked, "What happened to the money?"

The system sighed and said, "[Prime Minister Qin's incorruptibility doesn't mean that those around him and his subordinates aren't corrupt. I just checked the original plot; according to the original storyline, your father didn't allocate funds to them. Because of this lack of funding, the river embankment did collapse, causing tens of thousands of deaths, displacing people, and creating a year of famine. This was one of the triggers that led to the downfall of the Dragon Kingdom.]"

Upon hearing the system's words, Emperor Chongde forcefully broke off his armrest, unable to feel anything.

Upon hearing the system's words, Prime Minister Qin's face turned pale, and he immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

The others followed suit and knelt down. Before Fang Lingchu could react, someone pulled her down to kneel as well.

Fang Lingchu once again felt the sensation of her kneecap making intimate contact with the floor.

[Waaaaah, Guagua, do you have any pain-blocking abilities?! It hurts so much!]

The adult who pulled Fang Lingchu... he didn't do it on purpose.

The system, feeling sorry for the host, made his face look like a steamed bun, snoring softly, "It doesn't hurt, host."

[Host, good heavens, it's all the Emperor's fault. Why did he get angry for no reason? He made you kneel again.]

Emperor Chongde: What does this have to do with him?

Other adults: They don't know either!

[Why hasn't this damn emperor told us to get up yet? My knees are killing me!]

Emperor Chongde suddenly didn't want them to get up.

But the little girl kept yelling, which was quite annoying, so I decided to let them get up.

"My beloved subjects, rise!"

(End of this chapter)