lcionline Chapter 192 The Queen Who Used as a Shield in a Good Pregnancy Novel (42)
Chapter 192 The Queen Who Used as a Shield in a Good Pregnancy Novel (42)
The main task of the procreation system is to ensure the offspring of the chosen one, but it also has some other minor tasks, though it generally doesn't take those tasks seriously.
After all, compared to the huge reward of 10,000 points for giving birth to a child for the Chosen One, doing ten or eight small tasks would only yield a few thousand points at most. It's better not to do them and just focus on giving birth to the Chosen One's child.
But now we've been stuck with such an outrageous host as Ruan Ruan. She doesn't do proper tasks, but she buys all sorts of things from the shop.
To prevent its host from dying before Li Yanxiu could give birth due to excessive debt, the Childbirth System had no choice but to pull out its most treasured tasks and try to persuade Ruan Ruan to do some.
As a result, without any persuasion, Ruan Ruan immediately had a flash of inspiration when she saw the task of being a "Goddess of Mercy who grants children," and volunteered to do the task.
However, she wasn't someone who did tasks properly; she continued to exploit loopholes.
The "Goddess of Mercy who grants children" isn't obligated to give children to humans, so why can't she give children to animals?
Then, with the fertility system's CPU overheating, she solemnly fed the fertility pills to the cattle, sheep, pigs, and other animals.
She argued confidently, "Human pregnancy takes ten months, but animals are different. Animals give birth quickly and in large numbers, so I can feed them as much as I want. Won't I accumulate tons of points then?"
Because what she said made too much sense, the childbirth system was convinced and pretended not to know anything, letting Ruan Ruan do whatever she wanted.
As a transmigrated woman with a system in her hands, Ruan Ruan took on a lot of work for herself.
For example, researching smallpox remedies like cowpox, cement for road construction, gunpowder for warfare, and high-yield grain varieties.
These studies are too important; if they were leaked and someone else got their hands on them, it would be extremely detrimental to their Empress.
Therefore, Ruan Ruan didn't trust anyone. She only asked Wen Songzhi for some people, then greeted Le Yan and immersed herself in the research.
Le Yan naturally supported her, not only verbally but also through concrete actions.
The Sun family was well-off; although they were said to be a respectable family, they were actually rolling in money. So when Le Yan had Wen Songzhi hang the Sun family members at the door to embarrass them, she also had them thoroughly plundered.
She used the treasures she took to support Ruan Ruan's research.
A small portion of the remaining money was used to tarnish the emperor's reputation.
That's what Li Yanming and Li Yanli are responsible for.
Ying Yi, disguised as Li Yanxiu, pretended to clear his name in court and specially granted his two younger brothers the title of princes. Li Yanming was named Prince Jing and Li Yanli was named Prince Duan. He also gave them positions in the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites, respectively.
He maintained a respectful and fraternal demeanor, demonstrating to the entire court that he would never presume to give his two younger brothers any medicine that would prevent them from having offspring, simply out of fear of them.
Otherwise, why would they be granted titles of nobility and given good positions?
However, opinions vary on this matter; some people believe it, while others don't believe it at all.
But they all acted as if they believed him, praising the emperor and extolling their relationship as if they were the best brothers in history.
Fortunately, Yingyi wasn't really Li Yanxiu, so the three of them pretended not to hear those disgusting words and focused all their attention on scheming for their mistress.
Because he was in the Ministry of Rites, Li Yanli didn't know much else, but he did learn about how to use the pen as a weapon and how to speak eloquently.
Then the people of the world heard a lot of gossip about the current emperor.
In the capital, it was at least spread in secret, but elsewhere, it was truly a hot topic of discussion.
In towns further away, the people have been influenced by public opinion to varying degrees, and have come to believe that the current emperor is a hypocrite and a villain.
But they didn't have any particular thoughts about it. After all, what did it matter to them what the emperor was like? As long as they were living a good life, that was enough.
However, some people with ulterior motives began to get restless.
Some people also wanted to disrupt this peaceful world in order to seize the emperor's throne, so they got involved and completely ruined Li Yanxiu's reputation.
After discovering something amiss, Leyan briefly investigated the mastermind behind it and then left it at that.
To change dynasties, the more chaotic the world is, the better.
The dirtier the water in this basin, the better.
In the imperial court, an imperial censor, instructed by Princess Anning, tentatively submitted a memorial to the emperor, urging him to hold a selection of imperial concubines.
Many ministers followed suit, mainly to test the waters.
If the emperor is not truly born childless as rumored, then he should take more concubines to ensure the continuation of the royal line.
But if...
Some ministers who harbored ambitions were instantly ignited, and when the emperor once again refused to select concubines, they all tended to believe the rumors were true.
The emperor has no heir, and rumors say that Prince Jing and Prince Duan have also been deposed by the emperor. It seems that the Li imperial family is doomed to die out!
Since that's the case, why not...
While some were secretly plotting something important, Yingyi brought Leyan to the imperial court.
The emperor and empress were in court together. Yingyi's face was full of love: "I love only the empress in my life. You should not mention the matter of selecting concubines again."
Upon hearing this, many people wondered whether the Emperor was deliberately expressing his unwavering love for the Empress, or whether, as rumored, he was simply using the Empress as a shield once again.
With each official having their own agenda, few submitted memorials advocating that the empress should not interfere in politics or enter the court.
What they cared more about was whether the emperor could actually have children.
If not, then they'll have to seriously study the path to heaven.
As for the Empress, who cares? The Sun family has already lost face so much, so as a daughter of the Sun family, she has no face to speak of either. There's no need to care so much.
And just like that, Leyan secured half of the dragon throne.