Chapter 55: Who Would Watch a Baby Fart?

Chapter 55: Who Would Watch a Baby Fart?

Seeing this, the emperor gave an evil smile. "Go and see for yourself."

Concubine Fang walked into the side hall of Xuanshi Hall. The nurse was moving the little princess's legs, and with Bei Jing's legs being moved, her belly started to squirm.

A series of continuous farts echoed throughout the room.

Concubine Fang was greatly shocked.

So this is what a baby sounds like?

Suddenly, Concubine Fang's face appeared, startling Bei Jing. "Ahhhh, help! There's a pervert watching the baby fart ahhhhh."

The scene in this room was harmonious yet awkward, but the atmosphere in the Yeting prison was completely different.

In the Yeting prison, He Rou was being scolded fiercely by the palace maid who was locked up with her.

Poisonous substances like arsenic were not allowed in the palace except in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

He Rou managed to get it through the network of favors and protection among the palace staff.

Don't underestimate the servants; the palace has the most servants.

During the previous dynasty, when a young emperor ascended the throne, the palace maids and eunuchs even conspired to deceive the royal property.

When they reported prices, an egg would cost six taels of silver each.

But in reality, four eggs only cost one copper coin.

Now, such a scandal has also occurred in the harem of Dynasty Yue. The servants have enough power to bring poison into the palace.

The emperor decided to clean up, and all those involved were sent to the Yeting prison, awaiting execution on the appointed day.

Everyone fell because of He Rou's attempt to poison Xu Xinshu, and they all harbored resentment, wanting to vent their anger.

"You damn thing, we all suffered because of your foolishness."

"Going to poison someone the emperor favors, whether she's a concubine or a plaything, anyone who catches the emperor's eye has their own merits."

"You have no talent and yet you envy others, how can you have such a narrow mind?"

"Don't you live next to her? Why don't you learn from her instead of hoping for her downfall with all your petty jealousy?"

"You've already formed a good relationship with such a person, isn't your future bound to be glorious? But now you've dragged us all down."

As she spoke, the palace maid started hitting He Rou.

The other palace maids joined in, beating He Rou with their fists and feet.

Their future was death, and before that, they had to endure daily hard labor in the Yeting prison.

Compared to here, their previous lives as the lowest-ranking palace maids seemed happy.

All their fear and resentment naturally needed an outlet.

And He Rou, who caused all this, was the best target for their anger.

Before the execution day arrived, He Rou was tortured to death.

This was a price she never thought she would pay when she tried to harm others.

After her death, she was hastily buried outside the city.

No one cared, and it was only when Xu Xinshu asked about her that they learned of her fate.

After the incident with Xu Xinshu, the emperor placed a female physician and a guard by Zhou Huanjiu's side.

These two were the future of Dynasty Yue, and they could not be harmed by some absurd reasons.

Of course, he did not forget his most important little good luck charm—Bei Jing.

"Yan Zhong."

A figure flashed down.

"I am here, Your Majesty."

"From now on, follow the princess and protect her."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Without any objection, the order was followed without question.

The trained dark guards were like machines without thoughts, obeying only their master's commands.

The emperor originally expected to hear praise for his wise decision from Bei Jing, but instead, he heard her complaint: "Why just one? So stingy~"

Emperor: ... Little brat, what do you know?

Yan Zhong, that's Yan Zhong.

One of the four great masters of the dark guards—Bo, Zhong, Shu, Ji.

He directly assigned the second-best to her. Wasn't this father generous enough?

The emperor felt wronged, but he couldn't say anything.

Bored after waking up, Bei Jing started browsing the gossip in the system again.

But before she clicked on the "Intelligence" page this time, she first clicked on the adjacent "Affection" page.

This was something that shouldn’t be checked too often; it would be too disheartening to see that the affection levels of certain people hadn’t increased at all.

However, if she waited for a long time before checking again, she would notice a significant increase in someone’s affection, and Bei Jing would feel very happy.

Today was once again the time to harvest the results of her efforts in building affection. With bated breath, she clicked into the page.

And then...

???

The biggest increase was from her adoptive Father, who had risen to 79.

The Empress Dowager was at 60.

She had also added the profiles of Xu Xinshu, Concubine Fang, and Zhou Huanjiu.

Concubine Fang’s initial affection was still at 55.

It turned out that Concubine Fang’s name was Zhang Xiaqin.

Hehe, she knew it, who wouldn’t like such an adorable baby like her?

Satisfied, Bei Jing switched to the "Intelligence" interface.

A little while later...

"6, I knew this would only give me breast tenderness."

"I told you, staying single and childless is the way to go. Damn, I worked so hard to raise him, and he ends up worshiping his father, whom he hardly ever sees. I’m speechless."