I became an official of the imperial court by eating melons when I was still a baby

By the time Qin Yue finally entered the Golden Palace, the other court officials were already looking forward to it.

As a result, when everyone looked up, they were met with a pair of watery grape eyes, and they were immediately touched by how cute they were.

Oh, the little lucky official didn’t sleep this time…

Oh my, little Fuguan is so cute...much better than those disobedient brats at home!

I don't know whose melon to eat today... Hehe...

Qin Yue faced everyone's gaze and lay down in her own cradle.

Hmm...it's so comfortable...

Then, Qin Yue immediately asked the system: [Sister, whose melon should we eat today? ]

The court officials immediately pricked up their ears.

Emperor Yuan of Jin also started eating melons, moving his buttocks back and forth.

When Eunuch Li saw this, his eyes twitched.

Your Majesty is indeed in high spirits when happy events occur.

The five surrounding countries have all been eaten by the little official, and I guess there won’t be any melons that are too irritating to eat anymore.

Most likely it was a joke of the court officials...

Your Majesty will not feel any burden when eating this kind of melon, right?

Just for fun!

System: [Host, let me take a look~~~]

When the court officials heard this, they couldn't help but swallow.

Hiss, it's so tense and exciting...

I hope today is a good day! Let them have some fun.

There was no way. They didn’t know what medicine Minister Wei had taken that was wrong. It was really making them miserable and they urgently needed to eat some good melon to relieve the pain.

Ever since Minister Wei was caught in a scandal yesterday, he has been nagging them whenever he sees them.

Today he deliberately arrived at the Golden Palace first. He did not go inside the palace, but stood at the door and commented on them one by one as they came in.

What about the wrong step when entering the door, which is impolite...

What official uniform has too many wrinkles, it's impolite...

It's impolite to not clean the vegetable leaves off your teeth...

What about messy hair, which is impolite...

……

In a word, no one escaped.

Everyone felt tired of being naggard and really needed some good melons from Little Official Fu to relieve their depressed mood.

After a moment, the system's voice sounded again.

[Host, fresh melon, ripe, would you like to eat it? ]

Qin Yue: [Eat, eat, eat! Bring it up quickly!]

When Emperor Yuan of Jin and his court officials heard that it was fresh melon, they immediately became excited.

Wow! This time it’s not an old melon! It’s a fresh melon!

System: [Meng Shaoxuan, Junior Secretary of Guanglu Temple, Sir Meng, something big happened at home! ]

Upon hearing this, Lord Meng, who was named by "Lucky", felt as if he was suddenly struck by lightning.

My brain isn't working properly anymore.

What?

What did my sister say?

What happened in his family?

wrong!

Why is it his turn to eat the melon today?

And it doesn’t sound like a good thing!

Lord Meng realized that he had become the "lucky man" today, and his face suddenly turned bitter.

The court officials who were watching the fun around were delighted.

Hahahahahaha!

Oh my! This is going to be fun!

Lord Meng is usually very stingy, and the palace banquet he hosts is very shabby. And it’s a palace banquet!

But His Majesty really appreciates this point of his...

They said that Lord Meng knew how to save money for the national treasury. A palace banquet is a form of celebration and there is no need to be too extravagant.

That's fine.

The key point is that Lord Meng himself is also very stingy. When he goes to other mansions for banquets, he is very stingy with any gifts he brings. He only gives brushes, inkstones and the like, which are all worthless things.

This is nothing, anyway, inviting colleagues is just for fun, after all, "the gift is small but the thought is great"...

But Lord Meng's own family also lives a frugal life.

Although the salary from the court was quite high, their family continued to wear clothes even when they were washed white, and it was rare to see them buying new clothes.

Even their servants’ clothes have patches on them!

This is definitely not what the home of a fourth-rank official should look like!

On the contrary, his boy acts like a little devil all day long, wearing better clothes than Lord Meng, using the finest silks and satins.

Moreover, they once attended the birthday banquet of the old lady of Lord Meng's family. There was actually a separate table prepared for the little devil, which was much higher in quality than what the guests like them ate.

Even Lord Meng himself ate the same food as the guests, only the food for the little devil was specially prepared.

I guess, on ordinary days, only that little devil eats well in Lord Meng’s house!

Look at Lord Meng, he is less than 40 years old, but he looks like he is almost 50.

Very skinny... and very yellowish...

Tsk tsk tsk… Poor Lord Meng… He has exhausted himself to this extent… This is the first time they have seen…

Hehe, this time I want to see what kind of person Lord Meng is!

Qin Yue naturally didn't know about Lord Meng's situation, so she asked the system in her mind: [Which Lord Meng? What happened to his family? ]

System: [Look, that's the skinny guy standing behind Minister Wei! ]

Qin Yue was still wondering how there could be officials who looked pale and skinny. Could it be that the imperial salary was so high that they couldn't even afford to eat?

The result, at a glance.

Well, she is still superficial...

The system really didn't lie to her. Lord Meng was indeed pale and thin...

The clothes he wore looked like they were on a skeleton, and there was nothing inside his official uniform...

You can imagine how thin this person is...

And his complexion was really yellow... Compared with the officials next to him, Lord Meng looked like he was painted with yellow paint...

The court officials tried hard to suppress their laughter.

The phrase "pale and thin" is the most appropriate to describe Lord Meng.

Emperor Yuan of Jin rubbed his forehead helplessly.

Meng Shaoxuan was born in a poor family. Although he was a bit stingy, he always did a good job in the tasks he was assigned.

Although the dishes at the palace banquet looked a bit simple, Lord Meng had put a lot of effort into selecting the ingredients. Not only did he ensure that they were absolutely fresh, but he also always found some rare dishes.

It’s just that he may have been used to poverty since childhood, so even now that he is a high-ranking official, he still lives a frugal life.

Looking at the official uniform he was wearing, which was obviously a few shades lighter than those of the others around him, Emperor Yuan of Jin felt a headache.

It seemed as if the court had treated him unfairly...

Qin Yue: [Well, I didn’t expect that there are actually officials who are pale and thin…]

[So, sister, what happened to Lord Meng's family? ]

Upon hearing this, Lord Meng immediately pricked up his ears and leaned slightly towards Qin Yue.

Others also pricked up their ears, waiting for the next melon.

Emperor Yuan of Jin moved his buttocks again.

System: [Hey, Mr. Meng’s family had two relatives come from their hometown this morning. They are Madam Meng’s nephew and niece.]