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

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Minister Fang was even more dumbfounded. Did his daughter even know what the crime of deceiving the emperor was?

Even the Crown Prince was somewhat surprised and wanted to take a look at Fang Lingchu to see if she had been beaten senseless.

Although her father is more lenient with her now, she is not someone who can be trifled with.

If he gets angry, it's not impossible for him to lock Fang Lingchu up and exploit her value.

Even the system was surprised by Fang Lingchu's matter-of-fact tone.

[Host, do you know what you're doing?]

Fang Lingchu realized the system had misunderstood her, so she quickly said, "Are you stupid? I may not know, but your system shop should have it, right? I'm bringing it up now so we can get the preparations done first. Then, when there are steps, we can just proceed."

Emperor: You can do that?

Minister Fang: How is this any different from deceiving the emperor?

Crown Prince: It's not impossible.

The system also didn't quite understand Fang Lingchu's thought process.

[Host, isn't this also deception?]

Fang Lingchu said nonchalantly, "Heaven, earth, you, and I know, no one else will."

Minister Fang: Now we all know.

Emperor: I already know, but what is the system mall that Xiao Chu mentioned?
The system didn't want to dampen Fang Lingchu's spirits, but it still had to say: "Host, believe me, the system store shouldn't have this kind of technical stuff. You'll probably need to complete a task to get it."

Fang Lingchu was dumbfounded.

[What? You said the system shop doesn't have these? Then what does it have?]

The system said somewhat embarrassedly: "For example, a banana peel that guarantees someone will fall, or Snow White's black poisoned apple... something like that!"

Fang Lingchu now felt like killing someone.

She's a humanities student. Although they talked about this in high school, she can't remember it at all!
Help!
[Guagua, you're going to kill me!]

The system was somewhat speechless, saying, "[Host, how can you blame me for this! It's clearly because you weren't paying attention in class and didn't remember anything. Trying to rely on me, this gossip-loving system, was out of the question in the first place.]"

Fang Lingchu almost fainted from anger.

[I'm telling you, if I'm killed for deceiving the emperor, I'll haunt you as a ghost and bite you to death, sob sob sob.]

Fang Lingchu's mesmerizing voice came again, and the system, finding it unbearable, said: "Host, you'll get it by completing your daily tasks, don't worry."

Fang Lingchu said irritably, "Was any of your prank missions even normal?"

The system warned: "Host, the issue isn't whether it's normal or not, it's whether it even exists."

Fang Lingchu understood this principle and asked, "Is there any?"

The system refreshed for quite a while before one appeared in the daily tasks.

(Find a person of the opposite sex, hold hands, gaze deeply into each other's eyes, and then loudly recite "Ode to the Goose." You have five minutes to complete this task.)
[Host, I feel this task is quite simple! There are so many people in the court, just find any person of the opposite sex, hold their fingers together, and then read aloud.]

Fang Lingchu rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky.

[Guagua, do you even know what it means to hold hands?! People will think I have feelings for those guys! Do you know how important a girl's reputation was in ancient times? Do you want me to be drowned in spit?]

The system thought for a moment and said, "Then go find the Crown Prince. You can become the Crown Princess directly. Anyway, right now, the only young man in the court who doesn't have a wife is the Crown Prince."

As soon as the system finished speaking, Gu Wangyan walked in from outside.

Just moments ago, the Crown Prince was fantasizing about holding hands with Fang Lingchu and gazing deeply into each other's eyes, but the moment he saw Gu Wangyan walk in...

He heard the sound of his own heart breaking.

The Crown Prince glared fiercely at Gu Wangyan, wishing he could throw him out.

Gu Wangyan was immediately met with the Crown Prince's resentful gaze upon entering, leaving him completely bewildered. Fang Lingchu was also torn between giving the Crown Prince a deep, affectionate look, as time was running out.

Then Gu Wangyan walked in; he was practically her savior!

Fang Lingchu immediately clicked to accept the mission, then stood up and grabbed Gu Wangyan's hands, their fingers intertwined. She then met Gu Wangyan's shocked gaze.

Fang Lingchu immediately looked at Gu Wangyan with affection and loudly recited, "Goose, goose, goose, with its curved neck singing to the sky. White feathers float on green water, red webbed feet stir clear waves."

Gu Wangyan was a little dazed, but when he met Fang Lingchu's deep gaze, he was instantly captivated.

At that very moment, Fang Lingchu read aloud once more.

System voice notification (Task completed, three minutes. The message has been transmitted to the host's brain. Transmission complete. Thank you for using.)
Then it disappeared.

Having obtained what she wanted, Fang Lingchu immediately released Gu Wangyan's hand, lay back on the soft cushion prepared for her by the emperor, and received the information.

Everyone was left completely bewildered.

Emperor: What just happened? Wasn't it said that we needed a crown prince?
Crown Prince: Why did that bastard Gu Wangyan come in at this time?

Minister Fang: Where am I? What am I doing? Is my neck still there?

Then I touched my neck, and it was still there. Great!

Gu Wangyan snapped out of his daze and understood when he heard Fang Lingchu's system notification.

He's being used as a tool.
She really is a heartless woman; she uses someone and then discards them.

Gu Wangyan did say these words, but in a low voice, and by sheer coincidence, they fell into the ears of the Crown Prince.

The crown prince became even angrier.

This has made him really want to do something for Gu Wangyan, which infuriates him.

Having obtained what she wanted, Fang Lingchu smiled and looked at the emperor, asking, "Your Majesty, is this alright?"

The emperor looked at Fang Lingchu and suddenly felt a headache.

Seeing the emperor's expression, Fang Lingchu assumed he was hesitating and couldn't help but start complaining in her mind.

[Guagua, what is this dog emperor thinking? Doesn't he know how unpalatable their salt is right now?]

The system said: "You probably don't know! But is salt any different?"

Fang Lingchu explained: "[Their coarse salt doesn't taste good, it's bitter, expensive, and the yield is low. My method produces more salt, has no side effects, and can also solve the salt monopoly. What's there for him to consider? Is he out of his mind?]"

Upon hearing Fang Lingchu's words, Minister Fang looked at the emperor with excitement.

Meanwhile, other officials had other matters to attend to, especially Gu Wangyan and the Minister of War, who were looking at the Emperor with bright eyes.

Emperor: I didn't say I disagreed, so why was I scolded?

"Alright, I agree."

Upon hearing the emperor's agreement, Fang Lingchu immediately beamed with joy and showered him with praise.

[His Majesty is such a kind person! He's truly a diligent and benevolent ruler! I'm so happy! His Majesty is absolutely the best ruler in the world. From now on, if anyone says anything bad about His Majesty, I'll fight them to the death...]

The emperor was delighted to hear Fang Lingchu praise him again, and forgot that it was Fang Lingchu who had just spoken ill of him.

The emperor had barely finished feeling smug when Gu Wangyan gave him some big news.

Gu Wangyan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, there are unusual signs in the northwest. The Xiongnu may be about to invade."

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