klisemfg Chapter 70: The system has more bugs.
Chapter 70: The system has more bugs.
"His Majesty has decreed that this court session is over for today."
"Retreat!"
After Chen Decai shouted at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he pulled Shen Zhiyi back to the Hall of Yan Ying.
Many civil and military officials looked at Shen Zhiyi's back with great reluctance.
I haven't finished listening yet.
Why can you only hear half of the gossip?
then……
Inside the Yanying Hall of the old emperor.
With a pained expression, Chen Decai whispered in the old emperor's ear, "Your Majesty, there are quite a few..."
"I know, but I won't see them. Tell them all to get out."
The courtiers of Da Ye outside replied: That's impossible. It doesn't matter if we don't see them. They can kneel outside, it's just a bit cold, but it's not a big deal.
Shen Zhiyi, hurry up and continue! How did Prince Cheng have this or that relationship with this fake Taoist priest?
Seemingly sensing the eager anticipation of the court officials outside, Shen Zhiyi focused all her attention on the monitoring system.
[This Prince Cheng is the son of Consort Zhang. Logically speaking, given Consort Zhang's devotion to the old emperor, he should have valued her child highly. However, in reality, every time the old emperor wanted to be intimate with his third son, Consort Zhang would intentionally or unintentionally send him away.]
The old emperor was very busy, also having to train the crown prince, and over time he didn't pay much attention to his third son.
[Look, look, all the other princes have some official positions, but this Prince Cheng is just a figurehead. The only thing he's worth is being the child of the old emperor and Consort Zhang.]
[That's why King Cheng was unwilling to accept it!]
Since the Prince of Cheng held no official position, he naturally couldn't hear Shen Zhiyi's true feelings.
But he could clearly sense that many people were watching him, seemingly casually.
“Father, Your Majesty, I have absolutely no relation to this person.”
[It's alright? You lie without even thinking, saying things like this. Even the old emperor personally took action against you all. Who would believe such a thing?]
That's it.
The old emperor pointed to the fake Taoist priest beside him and sneered, "They're all broken. Do you need me to help you remember where they broke off?"
As he spoke, the old emperor slammed his fist on the table.
Obviously furious.
[It's understandable why the old emperor is so angry. After all, he must be wondering why, with his perfectly normal sexual orientation, he has two sons who are homosexual. This is both perplexing and infuriating to him.]
The old emperor took a deep breath: "Speak, when did you two start your affair, and what are your intentions!"
[What else could it be? Your third son is dissatisfied, believing himself to be exceptionally talented and possessing the potential to become the next emperor, so he wants to compete with his elder brother, the crown prince.]
[Hilarious! With a plan like this, my advice is to just give up on competing with the Crown Prince.]
Although the Crown Prince dislikes bathing and doesn't want to be emperor, he genuinely cares about the common people and is quite clever. He's very likely to be a good emperor in the future. As for Prince Cheng, he's absolutely...unbelievable.
The plan was to use this fake Taoist priest to lure the old emperor into consuming poisonous elixirs, which would eventually weaken his health. Furthermore, many emperors throughout history who sought immortality had been tempted by evil Taoist priests. Therefore, Prince Cheng's intention was to eventually make the old emperor completely believe in the Taoist priest, and then pass the throne to him through a will.
After understanding the whole story, Shen Zhiyi, who had finished speaking in one breath, gave a simple and straightforward comment.
【stupid.】
But they were quite bold, which deserves praise.
The old emperor was so angry that he blew on his beard.
The officials waiting outside couldn't help but chuckle softly, but quickly suppressed their laughter.
"Father, are you even listening to your son?"
Feeling a bit thirsty, King Cheng boldly looked up and found that the old emperor seemed to be lost in thought.
He suppressed his inner elation. Was his father finally getting old and useless, about to burrow into the ground?
"Father?"
"Father!"
The old emperor frowned impatiently: "Shut up."
What a troublesome bunch of people.
Seeing that his father had finally paid attention to him, Prince Cheng continued to chatter on.
"Father, this evil Taoist priest was just about to assault me."
The old emperor's eyes widened.
The high-ranking official outside stared wide-eyed.
Shen Zhiyi's eyes widened as well.
"Father, you must do justice for your son!"
As he spoke, King Cheng burst into tears.
It was as if they had suffered a tremendous injustice.
【What the heck?! What kind of operation is this?!】
The old emperor finally closed his eyes, his hand on his forehead.
It is said that family scandals should not be aired in public, but what family matters do members of the royal family have?
"Chen Decai!"
"The slave is here."
"Go, go and summon Consort Zhang to me, so that she may see the fine son she has given birth to."
After Chen Decai left, Shen Zhiyi suddenly encountered a problem.
【Huh? Why is it snowing?】
[System, system, what's wrong with you? Is it another bug? Can you wait a minute before you malfunction? I haven't finished reading yet.]
[Buzz...Buzz, system maintenance and upgrade in progress.]
[50% progress.]
[Progress 70%]
Consort Zhang has arrived.
[Progress 90%...]
"Your Majesty, what's wrong? Why are you so angry?"
[Progress 99%...]
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty? Your Majesty?"
The old emperor and the ministers outside the door were listening intently to Shen Zhiyi's system.
Please, please don't let anything go wrong.
One or two of them were even more nervous than Shen Zhiyi.
[Progress 99.9%...]
"Your Majesty?"
Consort Zhang licked her lips, said she was tired, and simply glanced at her son.
He gestured to the other person with his eyes: What did you do to anger your father like this?
[System maintenance and upgrade failed; more bugs are suspected. The system needs to re-enter hibernation for repairs. Take care, host.]
Shen Zhiyi: ...
[What a stupid system! I'm going to complain! Luckily, my monitoring wasn't faulty, but what other bugs are they talking about?]
Shen Zhiyi checked for a long time but found nothing wrong, so she happily went back to having fun.
At this moment, Consort Zhang's eyes widened.
He picked at his ear in disbelief.
She thinks she just heard something.
It must be an auditory hallucination; no one around me seemed to react.
Is the old emperor ignoring Consort Zhang to give her a warning?
Consort Zhang blinked and looked up at the old emperor.
Old Emperor: Something feels off.
[Strangely enough, Consort Zhang seems completely unwilling to let her son get involved in matters of the court. In a few days, she even plans to tell the old emperor to send Prince Cheng to a place far away from the capital to live a leisurely life as a prince.]
This is the first time I've ever seen a mother so unwilling to let her son succeed.
Consort Zhang looked flustered.
Who is talking? How can she know what she's saying to herself in bed?
Looking at Consort Zhang's eyes, which kept glancing around, the old emperor suddenly realized something.
Is this where Shen Zhiyi's system, which had even more bugs, originated?
Now even the women with rank in his harem can hear it?