Chapter 2: Binding the Governance System

Chapter 2: Binding the Governance System

Before Bei Jing could even complain, the emperor sneered, “And what about the guard you were having an affair with?”

All the uncastrated guards in the palace were his imperial guards.

Imperial guards, with a promising future and many beautiful wives and concubines at home, who would risk beheading to have an affair with a lowly palace maid?

Lady Ying was also panicked; the guards were close attendants of the Son of Heaven, and she truly couldn’t buy them off.

But the little palace maid was quick-witted. She immediately bowed her head, making a loud thumping sound, and said, “I love him to the bone and will not betray him. Whether you kill or torture me, I am willing to accept any punishment from Your Majesty and my mistress.”

Bei Jing, nestled in the emperor’s arms, felt the tension in the air.

“Did the person who bribed you promise to protect your family?” The emperor’s voice was calm, but everyone could hear the threat in it.

The little palace maid was drenched in cold sweat.

“Unfortunately, that won’t happen. A palace maid’s indiscretion doesn’t warrant the extermination of her entire family, but it starts here with me.”

Bei Jing raised her small hand and gave a thumbs up, “No wonder you’re the tyrant everyone fears in **. Truly ruthless.”

Annoyed by her sarcastic comment, the emperor glanced at her with a black line above his head.

Ungrateful brat, for whose sake is he doing this?

The little palace maid was terrified, realizing the emperor was serious.

She had never faced the emperor before, only heard stories of his cruelty, but now she experienced the terror of a tyrant firsthand.

She had prepared to die, but on the condition that Lady Ying promised to protect her family and ensure their safety and prosperity.

Lady Ying had also given her money to treat her old mother.

If her entire family were to be executed, what would she gain?

At this moment, she finally realized the price of helping Lady Ying deceive the emperor and switch the princess.

Trembling, she asked, “If I speak, can my family be spared?”

The emperor rarely showed mercy, “Only you will die.”

But daring to replace his child meant a fate worse than death, suffering endlessly without hope.

Lady Ying’s panicked voice interrupted, “Silence! Your Majesty, this palace maid has given two different testimonies. Her words cannot be trusted.”

“Whether to trust or not is for me to decide. Let her finish speaking first.”

To clear her name, the little palace maid said, “I have never been pregnant. This infant was born to my mistress. If Your Majesty does not believe me, you can ask the court physician to testify.”

Listening to this drama, Bei Jing couldn’t help but comment, “Lady Ying is really stupid. If she wanted a son, why not say it was a pair of twins? It would be safer and more auspicious. Sigh~ Look at the mess this has caused.”

The emperor: … Should I praise your intelligence?

The emperor was already getting a headache. This child was too clever, coming up with such ideas to deceive the emperor.

If he couldn’t hear her thoughts, she would surely trick him every time.

Soon, Bei Jing heard the court physician’s voice, “This young lady has indeed never been pregnant.”

“Lady Ying, do you have anything else to say in your defense?”

She stammered, begging for mercy, “It was a momentary lapse of judgment. Please consider that I gave birth to a princess and that no major disaster has occurred, and spare me this once.”

“Ha, what do you mean no major disaster? I was sold to a brothel. Is that not a major disaster? … Wait? Did the tyrant find out? Then how was I sold?”

The emperor was trembling with anger.

Since the little princess could make her thoughts audible, it wasn’t strange that she could foresee the future a bit.

His daughter, his daughter!

The most precious girl in the world, suffering because of this wicked woman’s selfishness.

“Bring Lady Ying down to a commoner and send her to the Cold Palace.”

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you can’t be so heartless. The little princess has just been born; she needs her mother, Your Majesty.”

Hearing him use Bei Jing as an excuse, the emperor became even angrier.

“It is only because of your service in childbirth that I spare your life. Otherwise, I would boil you alive.”

Lady Ying dared not beg for mercy anymore. She knew the emperor wasn’t bluffing.

If she continued to be unreasonable, she would face a torturous death.

“Take her away.”

Lady Ying was taken away, along with the other servants.

“Investigate and execute all accomplices by beating.”

Suddenly, another cry, belonging to an infant, rang out.

The emperor noticed the other protagonist of the day, the male infant almost switched with his eldest son.

Though he was cruel, he didn’t want to kill an infant.

While pondering how to handle the situation, he heard the little princess’s thoughts again: “Aaaaaaah, it’s this guy. He fell in love with me in **, then thought a brothel girl wasn’t good enough for him, so he tortured me both physically and emotionally. Only when I died did he regret it, and then he found out he had taken someone else’s identity.”

The emperor frowned, abuse his daughter?

"Let Me think about how to deal with that child." The emperor pretended to be lost in thought, but in reality, he was asking Bei Jing.

Bei Jing was indeed led on and silently shouted in her heart: "Father, castrate him and make him my eunuch!"

"Choke—" The emperor was taken aback by the tea in his hand.

True to his blood, she's fierce.

But what is a father?

Is it the emperor’s father? Father is father, Emperor is Emperor, why combine them?

He corrected Bei Jing: "Good baby, call me Father."

Eunuch Jiang hesitated to speak.

Bei Jing was speechless: "I've only been born for a day, and you want me to speak? Has your brain been shocked into stupidity?"

The emperor: …

At this moment, a voice sounded in Bei Jing's mind:

[Drip, governance system successfully bound. Collect points to exchange for items in the mall~]

A mechanical voice echoed in Bei Jing's mind.

Governance system?

Why bind to her?

She just wants to be a lazy princess.

Wouldn't binding to a tyrant be more effective?

Despite her complaints, Bei Jing still opened the mall.

There were only two empty items: Strength Talisman and Intelligence Talisman.

[System, what are these for?]

System: [Just as they sound, dear.]

Looking at her current zero points, Bei Jing resolved to find an opportunity to try them out.

She flipped through the system’s interface and clicked on a “menu” button.

A page of information appeared:

Behen

Identity: Emperor of Dynasty Yue.

Age: 22

Affinity: 50

[Stare~ Newbie Task: Uncover the hero’s true identity and prevent the throne of Dynasty Yue from falling into the wrong hands. Deadline: Six months. Points: 100]

The hero, the child Concubine Li is carrying, was born a few hours after her.

Ironically, he isn’t the tyrant’s child either; he is the result of Concubine Li’s affair with someone else.

Bei Jing’s enthusiasm was doused by a bucket of cold water.

[What! Six months? I can’t even speak in six months, what can I do? The hero’s identity wasn’t revealed until the end of the story. You expect me to do it in six months? Are you sure this is humanly possible?]