Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

As soon as Jiang Yueyang saw the Emperor's frown, he knew he had seen the drawbacks of using Arabic numerals for accounting. He feigned regret and said, "Unfortunately, this type of writing is easily altered. I saw this drawback, so I chose to conceal it from Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Emperor Yuan raised his eyelids and glanced at her, not believing a single word of what she said next.

She definitely didn't hide the fact because of the drawbacks of that accounting method, but because she was afraid of trouble!

Emperor Yuan nodded in agreement. "You're right. This is indeed a huge problem, but it would be a shame to give up on it just like that."

Jiang Yueyang had a bad feeling.

"I've just thought of a solution." Emperor Yuan pointed to the end of the paper. "We can use the existing numbers to record the total. That way, even if someone tampered with the Arabic numerals, the total can still be used to verify the authenticity of the account."

The system said "Yo!" in surprise, "The Emperor has suddenly become smarter!"

Emperor Yuan: "..."

He thought Xiaogua was praising him.

Jiang Yueyang ignored the system and said with a curl of his lips: "Your Majesty is wise."

"Since you think this method is feasible, then you will teach the people in each department how to use Arabic numerals."

The smile on Jiang Yueyang's face slowly froze. She knew things would turn out like this.

If she had known earlier, she would rather...

Woohoo...it's too late to undo what's been done...

Seeing her bitter smile, Emperor Yuan asked cheerfully, "Jiang Yueyang, what are you standing there for?"

Jiang Yueyang came back to his senses and said with a stiff upper lip: "Your Majesty, I am not well educated. How can I teach the various departments..."

Before she could finish her words, Emperor Yuan interrupted her, "You are the only one who knows Arabic numerals now. If you don't teach me, who will?

Don't worry, I don't need you to teach everyone, just teach Kong Jijiu and the heads of various departments."

"That would be even more inappropriate. Lord Kong and the heads of the various departments are all more experienced and knowledgeable than I am. How dare I show off my skills in front of them?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yuan said without hesitation, "I say you can teach me, and if anyone is dissatisfied, let them come to me."

Now that things have come to this, Jiang Yueyang had nothing else to say but to accept his fate and take on this tough job.

She couldn't even imagine teaching a group of knowledgeable high-ranking officials elementary mathematics.

Emperor Yuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Once you have taught Kong Jijiu and the others, I will have him set up a special class in the Imperial College to study Arabic numerals.

If this accounting method is feasible, I will also promote the use of Arabic numerals. Then, you will have accomplished a great feat!

Hearing Emperor Yuan's words, Jiang Yueyang immediately bowed and said, "I dare not take credit for it. I did not invent the accounting method and Arabic numerals. I hope Your Majesty will not credit me for it."

Emperor Yuan feigned confusion. "Although you saw the words in your dream, aren't your dreams created by you?"

"No!" Jiang Yueyang didn't know how to explain, "I can't explain it clearly at the moment. Anyway, Your Majesty, please don't take credit for it."

"No, merit deserves reward!"

Jiang Yueyang tried his best to decline, "Your Majesty, I am still young and I am afraid I cannot bear such a great blessing. I hope Your Majesty will understand."

After saying that, she couldn't help but complain in her heart, "I'm already a first-rank princess and a third-rank official. What else can you give me? Please don't cause trouble for me."

The system laughed heartily. [You haven't received a plaque yet. Perhaps the emperor will give you one!]

Emperor Yuan: “…”

Jiang Yueyang said disdainfully: [What's the use of that thing? I find it too much trouble to even chop it up for firewood.]

Emperor Yuan listened to their conversation and wanted to retort, but he couldn't do that.

So, he just said angrily: "Forget it, it's too early to talk about rewards now. You should teach Kong Jijiu and the others first, and we can talk about other things later."

"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty."

Emperor Yuan waved his hand and said, "If you have nothing else to do, please leave."

"Yes." Jiang Yueyang turned around and was about to leave.

"Within three days, I want to see you teach Kong Jijiu and the others Arabic numerals."

Jiang Yueyang paused and turned back to respectfully respond "Yes" again.

Emperor Yuan felt a little surprised that Jiang Yueyang didn't curse him in her heart at this moment.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yueyang's figure had just disappeared at the door of the hall when sarcastic curses were heard outside.

"Within three days, I want to see you teach Kong Jijiu and the others Arabic numerals." Jiang Yueyang repeated the Yuan Emperor's words sarcastically, "Why don't you tell me to ascend to heaven within three days?"

Emperor Yuan: “…”

Sure enough, the scolding came late but it arrived.

The system's voice came, "Host, you should be grateful. At least the Emperor didn't ask you to start teaching right now. You know, the Emperor originally asked him to start teaching the Crown Prince the very day he took office as the Crown Prince's Junior Tutor."

[The Prince's tutor is full of knowledge and can teach people with just a word. What about me? I have learned it myself, but I don't know how to teach students!]

[Your Majesty thinks too highly of me. He's not afraid that I'll teach his ministers a lesson and make them lose all their sense of right and wrong!]

The system laughed out loud...

[The words above make my head explode! Your Majesty, you don't have to be so cruel if you want to kill me, right?]

Emperor Yuan suddenly stood up and was about to go out to argue with Jiang Yueyang, but after a few steps, his rationality returned and he stopped.

System: [Host, it's just elementary school math, it shouldn't be that difficult to teach, right?]

Elementary school math isn't difficult, but I don't have a lesson plan. Can I really explain addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to them just by talking?

"Host, are you going to teach us so deeply? I thought you only taught basic addition and subtraction."

[That’s right, it’s just account keeping, there’s no need to learn multiplication and division…] Jiang Yueyang’s voice became smaller and smaller, and soon disappeared completely.

Emperor Yuan could no longer hear his inner voice, but he heard the four words "addition, subtraction, multiplication and division".

He knows what addition and subtraction are, but what is "multiplication and division"?

On the other side, after Jiang Yueyang decided to only teach addition and subtraction, he felt relieved and stopped scolding Emperor Yuan.

It was at this time that the immortal master Jun Bufan sent a message through the store's customer service box.

The system saw it and reminded: [Host, that immortal master sent you a message.]

【Hmm? Why did he look for me?】

Jiang Yueyang opened the system mall in confusion, and saw the message sent by Jun Bufan as soon as she went in.

[Do you have anything of Zheng's?]

[Brother Zheng?] Jiang Yueyang didn’t react for a moment to who he was talking about.

My charming ancestor.

Jiang Yueyang: "..."

Do all boys admire Ying Zheng?

She thought about it and replied: [No, this is an imaginary world.]

[oh. ]

After the conversation ended, Jiang Yueyang said nothing more, exited the system mall and continued walking towards the outside of the palace.

As she walked, she asked, "Xiaogua, do you think Jun Bufan is weird?"

【He is just too obsessed with Ying Zheng.】

【Then why didn’t he ask yesterday? 】

The system chuckled, "Yesterday, he was left speechless by your unconscious Versailles behavior."

【……All right. 】

After that, they were all alone and didn't communicate anymore.

It wasn't until they were almost at the palace gate that the system spoke again: [Host, walk faster.]

【what? 】

【You’ll know if you walk faster. 】

Jiang Yueyang quickened her pace and soon reached the palace gate. Seeing Ye Wuhen standing outside, she hurried over.

"How did you come?"

"My dad wants to see you."

"what?"