Chapter 1175: Chapter 1175 - All The Careerists (5)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Shen Yu gave Ming Shu a rest with the justification that she was wounded. Ming Shu could go back to the court when she recovered.

Ming Shu didn’t need to get up in the middle of the night anymore, so she took and executed the order happily.

On this day, she grabbed Jing Yu. “Go and do some investigation on Shen Yan.”

Jing Yu paused for a long while before she matched the name Shen Yan with the late Princess Four.

“Lady... Have you forgotten? Princess Four has passed away.”

Not long after Her Majesty took the throne, Princess Four was assassinated and poisoned.

“No.” How would the female protagonist die so easily? You should believe in the female protagonist’s aura. “Go and look for her. She must be alive. Bring her back.”

Jing Yu: “...”

Has the lady gone crazy?!

I’d better go have a doctor come and make a diagnosis.

But a dozen doctors checked Ming Shu and only reached the conclusion that Lady Prime Minister was a little lacking in vital energy. Probably it was because she had gotten injured, and eating more nutritious food and resting would be enough.

But Jing Yu felt something was not right.

Before, her lady would never smile so often...

She was fine when she came back, how come only one night later...

Could it be that the lady had been possessed by something evil?

Ming Shu watched Jing Yu send away all those doctors, and then invite groups of Taoist priests secretly. After she tried all the ways she knew, Ming Shu was still the same.

Jing Yu held a wooden basin. “Lady, let me serve you a bath.”

Ming Shu knew she suspected her, but didn’t say anything and just entered the bathing pool. Jing Yu helped Ming Shu take off her clothes and her eyes lingered for a moment on Ming Shu’s back.

There were two old wounds on her back, left by former assassination attempts.

Jing Yu made sure that the wounds were not faked and there was nothing strange. She was lost.

This was her lady...

But why did she become so strange?

After the bath, Ming Shu asked her about the matter. “Did you find any trace of her?”

Jing Yu coughed and lowered her head. “Lady, why do you think Princess Four is still alive?”

“She must be alive... You didn’t find her?”

Jing Yu shook her head.

They didn’t know how to start, actually, because they didn’t have any clue. Even if Princess Four was still alive, what if she had left the imperial city? Fengqi State was so big, how could they find her?

“Keep looking.”

Ming Shu wanted to ask the Harmony System.

But the Harmony System was a very principled system, so unless it told you voluntarily, or it was related to Hatred Points, it wouldn’t answer any of your questions.

Others may rely on their systems.

But this one was nothing useful.

...

It was heard that Lady Li was sent to the borderlands as a punishment. Shen Yu would have to dispose of her, because sometimes you must pretend to do things well superficially.

Ming Shu’s wounds were almost healed when the news came from the palace that Her Majesty would hold a victory banquet for her.

As for the question of some hidden purpose behind the victory banquet, it was unknown.

Ming Shu accepted the invitation happily.

The imperial cooks were awesome.

If it were for them, I may consider rebellion...

[Guest, if you rebel, the task will be counted as failed.]

I can have another person be the empress.

[...] This is the real Ming Shu! [Guest, I think you need to watch some videos to calm down.]

Ming Shu: “...” What should I do about a system that makes excuses to play blue films for me anytime, anywhere?

Ming Shu arrived at the banquet venue. There were already quite a few people there.

Obviously, the guests were allowed to bring family to the victory banquet. In addition to the ministers in the venue, their formal husbands and children were also present. The scene was very busy and lively.

The Host didn’t have a formal husband, nor any male concubines. She kept several comely young men and brought them here, but the Host never touched them.

The scene was quite new and interesting to them.

Men’s clothes were often gorgeous, elegant, and a few were decorated with ornaments.

Some also painted themselves rouge and powder, but most were faces without makeup. They stayed beside their lady wives and didn’t even dare to speak loudly.

When Ming Shu came in, many men looked at her. The Host was born very beautiful, plus she was the noble prime minister, so the Host was probably the dream lover in the hearts of countless men.

A minister came to exchange greetings. “Prime Minister, how is your wound?”

Ming Shu sized her up and asked seriously, “Not good, will you give me a thousand-year ginseng to help recover?”

It was already too late when Jing Yu went to stop her lady.

The ministers who came to pay visits recently, except for several ministers who were on their side, were all dissed hard and driven away.

The minister’s smile froze on her face.

Do you think a thousand-year ginseng is like a cabbage in the street... Wait, how could she say something like that?

“Lady Prime Minister, haha, if I can find a thousand-year ginseng, I’ll definitely give it to you.” In official-speak, they all knew how to say something nice.

“When you finally find it, I’m afraid I’ll be long buried in the soil.”

“...” You said it, it’s none of my business!

Ming Shu dissed away several ministers who came to greet her, then no one else came to her.

She took her guest, Jing Yu, and walked to the seats.

On the low table were refreshments, fruits, and wine. Ming Shu sat down and directly began to eat.

A moment later, Elder Feng came in with a beautiful young man. The young man wore a flowing white dress, and as he moved, the dress floated in the air naturally as if he were an immortal beauty.

Since the young man appeared, Ming Shu found that many ministers in the venue looked over at him.

The other men, however, were more or less jealous of the young man.

“Is he Shaoyao?”

“Who is Shaoyao?”

“You don’t know Shaoyao? He is the first courtesan of Baiyan Garden, known as the foremost beauty in our imperial capital.”

“Baiyan Garden is just a house... What kind of foremost beauty...”

There were constant discussions all around. The young man straightened up and held his head high, but he clenched his fists under his sleeves, showing that he was very nervous at the moment.

Ming Shu glanced at him. His appearance was indeed the cream of the crop, and he also had a unique temperament; no wonder he would catch all the others’ eyes.

Elder Feng didn’t avoid Ming Shu and led the young man straight to her. “Prime Minister, there was a lot of offense the other day, you shouldn’t take it seriously. We are all striving for Fengqi’s good, right?”

Ming Shu looked up slightly at her. “Sorry, I like to take things seriously.”

Elder Feng: “...”

I’ve taken the initiative to compromise, yet she did not appreciate it!

Elder Feng retained the frozen smile on her face. “What about this, in order to apologize, I’ll give Shaoyao to you as a gift, Prime Minister.”

Hearing this, the young man seemed to be a little stunned. He wanted to retain his arrogance, but had to yield to destiny. The tenderness he revealed made you just want to hold him in your arms and comfort him.

Elder Feng continued, “Prime Minister, you preserve your moral integrity and maybe don’t know Shaoyao. He is the foremost beauty in our imperial capital. I brought him here specially today, just to apologize to you. Rest assured, Shaoyao is a clean boy.”

Elder Feng pulled the young man’s arm and pushed up his snow-white sleeves, revealing a red dot on his arm which represented the virgin identity of its owner.

Ming Shu raised her eyebrows slightly. The world was surely an amazing place.

Elder Feng thought Ming Shu was interested and pushed the young man forward. The latter staggered and rushed over at Ming Shu.

She wouldn’t believe that she would have no interest in such a beauty.

But Jing Yu supported the young man for Ming Shu. Ming Shu held a glass of wine and smiled brightly. “I don’t pick wild flowers by the roadside.”