Kill the sadistic male protagonist and become the emperor

As the music started, Chen Lanyue spun with her hands hanging down, her posture light and graceful, like a blooming flower or a rolling cloud.

As the rhythm of the melody quickened, the dance steps became more passionate and enthusiastic. Then the song ended, the four strings stopped abruptly, and Chen Lanyue was like a phoenix folding its wings, ending quietly and beautifully.

At that moment, all the noise seemed to be frozen.

Even a laywoman like Ren Baozhi could not help but be deeply attracted by Chen Lanyue, and the guests were speechless for a long time.

It was not until Ren Baozhi started clapping first that people seemed to come to their senses. There was thunderous applause and cheers in the hall.

The applause gradually died down, and Bai Chi's untimely voice rang out again: "She is beautiful, but it is a pity that I was not able to see the graceful demeanor of Chen Shiyu's daughter."

Ren Baozhi maintained basic courtesy: "How dare a mere firefly compete with the bright moon for brilliance? I'm afraid it would be a disgrace to the elegant mood."

"If you don't dance, how can I tell you how you feel?"

"If you have such taste, why not dance for my father again?" Ren Baozhi smiled and looked at the man, but there was no warmth in his eyes.

"You..." Bai Chi was about to get angry, but his colleague stopped him in time: "Mr. Long is still here, don't do anything stupid."

Chen Gongzheng also tried to smooth things over: "My child is stupid and doesn't know etiquette. I hope Mr. Bai will not blame me. I will teach this ignorant child a lesson tonight."

Bai Chi glared at Ren Baozhi fiercely and had to give up.

Ren Baozhi also observed that Long Aotian's favorability had decreased by 1% and had become 8%.

She recalled the two times when her favorability dropped, and she roughly figured out some things. This Long Aotian should be the kind of woman who doesn't like to argue with others in public.

However, arguing with others in public is always risky. If there is a chance in the future, I can continue to test Long Aotian's other bottom lines.

The more Ren Baozhi thought about it, the brighter the future seemed to him, and he gave a thumbs up to his own intelligence.

Chen Lanyue returned to the banquet with great joy, her smile brighter than the spring sunshine. She held Ren Baozhi's hand affectionately and said, "Jiangluobo, you are so kind. My mother and I wanted to make things difficult for you tonight, but now I have decided to let you go."

She looked at Yunjia again and said coquettishly, "Mother, let's not embarrass my sister tonight, okay? I think Jiangluo is a pretty good person~"

Ren Baozhi was stunned after hearing this: "Huh? Is this something you can say?"

"Heh...heh," Yunjia smiled very reluctantly, her expression awkward and complicated, "No...it's not difficult, it's not difficult."

The system announced: [Yuan Du's fate rewriting progress increased by 1%, earning 10 points. The total fate rewriting progress is 1%.]

Ren Baozhi sighed in her heart. It seemed that Yundu had suffered a lot of torture in the mansion before. As long as Chen Lanyue and Yundu didn't make things difficult for her, her favorability would actually increase.

Everyone lived in harmony until the evening.

After everyone in the family had given their gifts, Chen Gongzheng shamelessly began to ask Ren Baozhi for a gift: "Where's Zhi'er's gift?"

Ren Baozhi took out the scroll she had prepared long ago and handed it to Chen Gongzheng.

Seeing the opportunity, Yunjia said, "Zhi'er, why did you give this kind of thing to my husband? Don't you know that my husband hates seeing these things the most?"

Chen Lanyue, who was standing by, frowned and complained in a low voice: "Mother, didn't you promise me not to embarrass the pickled radish?"

"Mother didn't embarrass her. Mother was just stating the truth. Does your father have little interest in books?"

"Oh, it seems so." But Chen Lanyue still felt something was strange.

Just as Yunjia said, Chen Gongzheng hated reading the most. When he saw the scroll handed to him by Ren Baozhi, the smile on his face suddenly drooped.

He reluctantly unfolded the scroll, and what caught his eye was the title written in bold, large characters: "Teaching You How to Win the Hearts of the Nobles."

Immediately afterwards, the first chapter of the book came to life: "Eagle Eyes, Golden Pupils, and a Wise Eye for Recognizing People."

He expanded on the topic further, with the second chapter, "Moderate Speech and Appropriate Behavior," and the third chapter, "The Art of Gift-Giving: The Thought Comes First."

"Good! This is an incomparable article! A masterpiece! Zhi'er really put a lot of thought into it! You are worthy of being my good daughter! Hahahaha——"

Haha, I knew that Lao Deng liked those messy success theories.

Ren Baozhi had long realized that Chen Gongzheng was a person who liked to flatter others, so she simply combined some flattery skills and used it as a birthday gift. The most important thing was that it didn't cost any money.

Just when she was about to search for relevant information online and thinking about writing a guide to flattery, the first search result that popped up was a book - "Teaching You How to Meet Noble People in the Workplace".

Chen Gongzheng was so fascinated by the book that he couldn't help himself. He had never been so immersed in studying as he was at that moment.

Seeing Chen Gongzheng like this, Yunjia was so angry that she secretly clenched her fists, but she still tried to keep smiling: "Zhi'er is really thoughtful."

Ren Baozhi smiled sweetly at Yun Jia: "Thank you for the compliment, Auntie. I hope you can be as attentive as me in the future."

"The pickled radish is really powerful! Ouch! It hurts!"

Chen Lanyue also imitated her mother, clenched her fists and cheered for Ren Baozhi, but was pinched on the thigh by Yunjia, and cried out in pain.

She looked at Yunjia with grievance, not knowing what she had done wrong.

Yunjia falsely apologized: "Alas, my eyesight is blurry and I wanted to pinch myself to wake myself up."

Chen Lanyue looked at Yunjia with tears in her eyes and asked, "Mother, why don't you pinch yourself?"

Yunjia said angrily, "Is there any need to ask? Of course it was you who woke me up with your shout!"

Chen Lanyue buried her head, feeling even more aggrieved.

In the following days, Ren Baozhi's life seemed to have returned to some normalcy, at least on the surface it appeared calm.

But for a modern person, it is still difficult for her to adapt to the poor living conditions in ancient times.

Although the original owner's background was much better than that of a poor family, after all, this cheap father he picked up for free was at least a sixth-rank Imperial Censor.

For most Wu Zhou officials, being able to rank among the sixth rank was the pinnacle of their career.

But status and position cannot change this fact which was still the case in ancient times!

Mid-May is the hottest and most unbearable time of the year in Chang'an.

Although few people entered Ren Baozhi's room, there were still many uninvited guests. Even though she had lit incense that had insect repellent effects, it could only reduce the number of guests, not eradicate them.

The scariest thing is that as time goes by, these mosquitoes are no longer afraid of the power of incense!

Every day when it was getting dark, Ren Baozhi would hide behind the bed curtains early. She would first try her best to drive away insects and swat mosquitoes, then lie on the bed, listening to the buzzing of mosquitoes outside the tent, and would not fall asleep until midnight.

Not only that, taking a bath and washing hair has also become a very difficult task.

Fortunately, there is a well at home. Otherwise, if I want to take a bath in the hot summer, I have to fetch water from the public well in the center of the town.

The hot water generated by charcoal burning at home became an exclusive benefit for Chen Gongzheng and his family. He and Yundu could only draw water in advance and heat it in the sun before they could take a hot bath.

Her hair was so thick and long that Ren Baozhi had to kneel down, bend over and stick out her buttocks to soak it in water with great effort. She secretly swore to herself that sooner or later, she would cut off this annoying hair with her own hands!

To be honest, she missed her modern short hair a little bit, no, very much!

Ren Baozhi could endure all of the above by gritting her teeth, but she really couldn't bear going to the toilet!