As an official, what's wrong with raising a few monsters?

Chapter 93 The First Original Stock
Haven’t you thought about it?

How can it be!

She is the second child, and she is also a royal family member.

Who wouldn't have thought of sitting on that supreme position and leaving a mark in history?

But this is impossible!
The emperor has done a good job. If she fights for those things, it will only make the country worse.

Xiao Xinyue shook her head and said to Mingchen, "No, sir, I haven't thought about it. I don't want to compete with my royal brother."

Points deducted.

Mingchen shrugged and said, "Your Highness, let me ask you another question. You are in the palace now. There are no guards. The emperor is sleeping soundly in bed. You have a sword in your hand, and on the table next to you are the imperial seal and the imperial edict..."

Mingchen leaned closer to Xiao Xinyue and said in a low voice, "Will you choose to take action?"

As the words fell, Xiao Xinyue's eyes suddenly widened and she froze in place.

As night falls, the wind howls and the cold words enter my heart with the wind.

She shuddered unconsciously.

"what?!"

What a bold and reckless person!

Does this guy know what he's talking about?

If this gets to the emperor's ears, both of them will die!
Mingchen had already overstepped his bounds in the previous question, and this time, he asked this question even more bluntly.

This is treason, this is rebellion!

This guy is absolutely crazy.

That’s the emperor!

He wants to... kill the king?!

This already unpredictable person has become even stranger and more dangerous.

Sure enough, the previous guess was correct. This person is not someone who can work for the emperor with peace of mind.

"Mingchen! Do you know what you are saying?"

Xiao Xinyue looked around, frowned, and stared at Mingchen intently.

This time she didn't call him 'sir'.

"Of course I know!"

Mingchen was not afraid of this noble princess at all.

He even had a slight tendency to overpower her, and looked at her with burning eyes: "Your Highness, please answer my question."

Xiao Xinyue: ...

She had a vague feeling that her answer to Mingchen's question would change her life.

As the two walked,

"Wow~"

"Mom~don't...please..."

"No!"

As night fell, the sound of children crying loudly came from the houses nearby.

With a mournful cry, the voice stopped abruptly.

Xiao Xinyue was shocked, stepped forward quickly, kicked open the door beside her, and rushed in.

However, when he entered the dilapidated house, his eyes widened.

The smell of blood was particularly pungent, and the woman's face turned pale and she was sweating profusely.

The boiling water in the pot was bubbling, and the scarlet color spread out.

The skinny kid next to him had already widened his eyes and lost his voice.

The woman gnashed her teeth, holding a bloody kitchen knife in one hand. On her other hand, only one finger remained, and blood continued to seep from the ring finger. A finger could be vaguely seen tumbling in the pot.

The woman was afraid of wasting anything, so she quickly stuffed her hand, which only had one finger left, into the child's mouth. The blood gushing from the severed part stained the child's terrified face.

It seemed as if it noticed someone coming.

She suddenly raised her head, holding a kitchen knife, and blocking the pot with one hand, looking at the two people with vigilance, thinking they were here to fight for food: "Who are you and what are you doing here? Get out!"

Xiao Xinyue looked at this scene and felt dizzy and dazed.

The other person was a commoner woman whose status was completely different from hers, but she seemed unable to say anything.

When she came to her senses again, the man had already walked out the door.

That scene always lingers in my mind and is hard to forget.

"Sir, why... can the magistrate eat such a meal?"

Not long ago, in the county magistrate's mansion, the air was filled with fragrance and the table was filled with fine wine and delicious food.

Here, in stark contrast, human fingers tumble up and down in boiling water, creating a tooth-aching meat dish.

Xiao Xinyue felt her steps were a little heavy and she was a little breathless. She couldn't help but ask Mingchen beside her.

She actually knew the answer to the question, she just wanted to talk and get some fresh air.

The night was shrouded in darkness, and Mingchen's face showed no expression. He simply said lightly, "So everyone likes to be an official."

After this interruption, he did not forget to bring the topic back: "Your Highness has not answered my question yet."

"Your Highness, you just gave away a piece of bread, and you paid the price of going hungry. But there are millions of people in this world who need your bread every day, and you can't give away so many bread even if you work yourself to death or starve to death."

"There is only one person in the world who can overturn the magistrate's table, give bread to these people, and not starve himself."

He pointed to the house of the woman he had just seen and said, "There are many people like this in the world. Even... they might not be cutting off their own fingers."

"Your Highness, if given the opportunity, would you like to take control and do something? Or would you rather hand the opportunity over to others and let them decide their life and death..."

"kill!"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Xinyue suddenly raised her head, her eyes bloodshot, staring at Mingchen intently, gritting her teeth and saying word by word: "I will do it!"

Why was it shocking at first?
Because the moment Mingchen asked this question, her answer was exactly the same as what she was saying now.

She didn't know why she wanted to do such a heinous thing.

She was a little frightened and excited, her heart was beating wildly, and she didn't know what to think.

She put herself into the scene Mingchen described, and her subconscious choice was to take action.

As for the family, his father never treated her as his own child and didn't even remember her.

For the country, this absurd scene at the moment is the masterpiece of her father who lives in seclusion in the deep palace.

Is he really worthy of sitting on that supreme seat?
If that’s the case, what if she comes instead?
These questions began to linger in Xiao Xinyue's mind.

The atmosphere was somewhat silent.

After Xiao Xinyue gave the answer, the evening breeze blew on her face, and the fear seemed to disappear. She inexplicably felt as if her whole body was more relaxed, and her breathing became smoother.

This is just a hypothetical question. Not to mention whether such a scenario is possible, it is still unknown whether she can come back alive this time.

There's no one else here, so it's okay to speak your mind.

But somehow, after giving this answer, she felt that she might have changed a little.

"Hahaha, it's just a hypothesis, Your Highness, please don't take it seriously. I spoke nonsense without restraint, please don't blame me~"

Mingchen, who had just interrogated Xiao Xinyue, seemed to have disappeared. This eccentric man blinked, smiled casually, and completely brushed off all the rebellious actions he had just taken.

These words will naturally never come true. The reason I say this is just to change the perspective and inspire Xiao Xinyue to face her own heart and her own desires.

Go plant a seed.

Maybe one day, it will take root, sprout, and grow into a towering tree.

Now, Mingchen has purchased the first original share of Xiao Xinyue's stock.

(End of this chapter)