Even emperors have it tough, so don't be too picky about the entries.

......

What does that mean?

What does it mean to always have a chance to run into this scene?

Chen Shao pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening.

So it was a romantic encounter.

Such a sensual encounter!

Although it's not very useful, it's better than nothing.

The scene shifts to a cold, old woman.

A general covered in wounds was chained to a rack.

His hair was disheveled, but his face remained resolute and his spine straight.

The official presiding over the case slammed a confession in front of him and began to interrogate him sternly.

The general looked up at the sky and laughed loudly.

"I, Yue Fei, have been utterly loyal to my country; what crime have I committed?"

The judge sneered, slammed the confession on the table, and uttered only three words—

It's baseless!

Chen Shao almost knelt down; he had actually drawn the card that belonged to the old man.

Yue Fei, he is an idol and a source of deep regret for almost everyone.

It's a pity Qin Hui isn't here, otherwise Chen Shao could have dragged out his whole family and executed them by slow slicing.

General Yue's biography is exceptionally good.

[Loyalty to the Country] [Martial Saint] [Man Jiang Hong] [Invincible] [Turning the Tide]...

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn a general card and obtained the entry: Fabricated Accusation!]

[Unfounded accusation: You're very good at finding all sorts of baseless reasons to find fault.]

Chen Shao looked utterly dejected, realizing he had seriously underestimated the system's abstract capabilities.

But I've gotten used to this sense of loss.

The next scene shows a shimmering lake, in which a man dressed in a dragon robe is splashing around.

People nearby shouted in a panic: "His Majesty has fallen into the water!"

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn the Emperor Card and obtained the attribute: Easily soluble in water!]

[Easily soluble in water: Your swimming skills are very poor, please remember this.]

"..."

The scene freezes again, showing the Mahavira Hall filled with the smoke of incense and the sound of wooden fish drums.

The emperor, dressed in a kasaya, sat cross-legged on a futon, his head shaved clean.

With hands clasped together and a devout expression, he stood in prayer.

The people around were wailing and crying:

"Your Majesty! You cannot become a monk! The nation and its people are waiting for you."

"Oh, Emperor Wu of Liang." Chen Shao recognized this oddball who preferred monks to concubines at a glance.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn the Emperor Card and obtained the entry: Becoming a Monk!]

[Becoming a monk/nun: There are always a few days each month when the desire to become a monk/nun burns fiercely.]

"???"

What kind of entry is this about periods?

Chen Shao suddenly became somewhat secretive about this ten-pull.

[Easily soluble in water] [Becoming a monk], these are already abstract terms, but why are there negative entries as well?

I'm eighteen years old now, and if I really acted on impulse and became a monk...

How can that be fair to my second brother?

Before I could think any further, the style of the scene suddenly changed.

In the deep of night, candlelight flickered in the palace.

A group of palace maids, carrying ropes, strips of cloth, and pillows, stealthily made their way to the dragon bed.

They exchanged a glance and pounced on each other.

He yanked the emperor hard.

"Another familiar face," Chen Shao almost burst out laughing.

This is the only awesome emperor who was almost strangled to death by a palace maid.

The Jiajing Emperor has a lot of stories to tell.

[Cultivation][Local Monarch][Riddler][My Money!][Fire Star Lord][Crane-like Form][Heavenly Fortune]...

Too many, far too many!

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn the Emperor Card and obtained the entry: Palace Maids' Rebellion.]

[Palace Maid Uprising: You can easily incite palace maids to launch a coup; palace maids' affability ++++++]

The sixth picture.

A cavalry unit is galloping across the Gobi Desert.

The pebbles kicked up by the horses' hooves rolled into the deep valley, and the echo didn't resound for a long time.

The leading old general had a flowing silver beard and was still vigorous despite his advanced age.

He suddenly reined in his horse and looked around.

His brows gradually furrowed into a deep frown.

"Where...where are we?"

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn a general card and obtained the entry: Lost!]

[Getting lost: You will often get lost when you are on a long journey.]

"..."

Another debuff!

"Next one, next one."

As dusk settles and incense smoke curls in the Imperial Garden, a man dressed in an ochre-yellow dragon robe is wielding a brush, his slender, gold-style calligraphy on the Xuan paper sharp as a knife.

The table next to him was covered with chess manuals, calligraphy, and paintings.

There's also a golden pheasant that's only half-painted.

He looked at his work and nodded repeatedly.

"I am truly a genius!"

Chen Shao knew who this was just by smelling the scent.

It's an old acquaintance, Zhao Ji, who's good at everything but utterly incompetent at being an emperor...

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn the Emperor Card and obtained the entry: Great Artist!]

[Great Artist: Your skills in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting have increased dramatically.]

Chen Shao breathed a sigh of relief.

It's a stroke of luck amidst misfortune that there wasn't an entry about your governance skills declining sharply.

The eighth picture.

Another emperor, he was smiling bitterly by the window.

"This is truly unprecedented!"

"My father is the emperor, my mother is the emperor, my brother is the emperor, my son is the emperor, and even my nephew is the emperor... How ridiculous, how ridiculous."

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn the Emperor Card and obtained the entry: Six-Flavor Emperor Pill.]

[Six-Flavor Emperor Pill: You're an expert at making powerful pills; just eat them and you'll feel great.]

"Not bad, there's still a golden pheasant that's only half-finished." Chen Shao nodded in satisfaction.

I just don't know what kind of pleasure it is.

The ninth picture.

The bedchamber was dimly lit by candlelight; the night was deep.

A man dressed in a dragon robe sat on the edge of the bed, and on the bed in front of him lay an old emperor who was on his deathbed, barely breathing.

The two brothers held hands tightly.

The young emperor's eyes were red, and his voice choked with emotion:

"Brother, go in peace. I'll take care of the nation and its people!"

The deep brotherhood is truly touching.

The camera then shifts to reveal a blood-stained jade axe hidden behind a screen.

No, so you've formed a connection with your Zhao family, haven't you?

Why is the proportion of occurrence so high?

Ok?

"Holy crap!"

Chen Shao suddenly remembered something and hurriedly shouted in his heart:

"Rewind! Rewind! Slow down!"

This is an age-old mystery.

Did he actually kill Zhao Kuangyin?

Excited heart, trembling hands.

But the system is really despicable; it just won't let him see the crucial clues.

But then she showed him the blood-stained axe.

No matter how much Chen Shao cursed, it was to no avail.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn the Emperor Card and obtained the entry: Candle Shadow and Axe Sound!]

[The Shadow of the Candle and the Sound of the Axe: You really have the guts to kill someone with brothers.]

"..."

For Chen Shao, this is currently the most useless entry.

What emperor wouldn't turn his own brothers against him?

Moreover, given his current power, his brothers would all be eager to take action against him first.

The last one.

The gaunt old emperor sat on the execution platform, a thick account book spread out in front of him.

For every name he crossed out with his vermilion pen, someone was executed on the spot.

Chen Shao almost vomited after just one glance at the execution method.

But the old emperor took out a sesame seed cake from his pocket and looked at it with great interest.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn the Emperor Card and obtained the entry: Peeling Skin and Reaping Herbs!]

[Peeling skin and stuffing with straw: You always manage to come up with all sorts of horrific tortures!]

"Old Zhu!!!"

(A flurry of activity, and the rating's only 5? Sigh... Please, give me a good review, I'm crying in the bathroom.)