Chapter 21 020 Song Tianyang: [Wake up, system, hand me a sniper rifle…

Chapter 21 020 Song Tianyang: "System, wake up already, hand me a sniper rifle...

While the Little Emperor was dressing in women's clothes for photos and riding the kiddie rides at the mall, the Loyal Minister had many things to consider.

In his previous life, Chi Zhiqing had dealt with many successful businessmen. They were often too busy with their businesses to pay much attention to their families. If, when choosing a wife, they cared more about looks than character, the next generation was usually doomed.

Thus, their expectations for their offspring fell into two categories.

The first type understood that their wealth came from riding an industry trend, and their business acumen was a rare genetic mutation. Their expectations for their offspring were simply that they would just be a qualified rich kid who wouldn't do anything to disrupt social stability. If they could also think about the legality of their parents' money before flaunting it on social media, that would exceed expectations.

Chi Zhiqing once heard a big boss proudly bragging that his son, Yao Zu, had hit someone while driving drunk but didn't flee the scene. When he saw the victim's family and the traffic police, he didn't mention his father's name. This showed he'd grown up and learned responsibility. It was like their ancestors were smiling on them if he just took dividends and didn't start a business.

The second type hoped for an outstanding child who could inherit the family business and pass it down through generations.

He Mingyi was a typical example of the latter.

Compared to his commercial achievements, his education level was inadequate, and he lacked understanding of ordinary people. He relied on the same path and believed that since he had succeeded through his own path, his descendants could certainly do the same—

That's why he could bring the hidden gem back home, not arrange a single day of etiquette lessons, and directly drag her into high society to showcase her and scrutinize her performance.

It was a doomed, unfair exam.

—In that limited one-hour body swap, Chi Zhiqing had exchanged pleasantries with everyone at the birthday banquet, leaving a good impression of the True Heiress of the He family on them, completely outshining Gu Shangyang who accompanied her, and completed the entire birthday banquet process as the protagonist of the day. Chi Zhiqing judged that these were tasks the Emperor would find difficult to handle on her own.

Chi Zhiqing delivered a perfect performance on behalf of the Little Emperor.

It was what the Emperor deserved.

Not knowing the etiquette for attending a wealthy person's banquet was not her fault. She hadn't learned it; he would teach her later. If others look down on Your Majesty, that was their problem. If the exam was too hard, it was the examiner's fault.

As for the task of the "Xuanwu Gate Incident"...

Chi Zhiqing believed the Emperor could handle it on her own.

Song Tianyang: ?

What episode are we in? Give me a recap!

She reacted quickly and had excellent reflexes. She dodged the person trying to push her, and the person nearly fell.

Although there was no context, seeing her biological brother, Song Tianyang knew nothing good would happen.

This was most likely the bullying he led.

"Oh, it's you talking. I thought it was a dog barking,"

Song Tianyang looked at the others: "Put me through to a human. I don't speak dog."

"Hmph, Brother Shen was right. You really have no manners, coming from the countryside. He said next time he'd take us to the horse ranch—can you even ride a horse? Have you taken any equestrian lessons? Or have you only ridden shared bikes?"

Another person sneered, not hiding their contempt.

After they finished mocking Song Tianyang, He Jianshen pretended to smooth things over: "I just wanted to introduce you to everyone. You'll definitely have many dealings with them in the future. Why are you so aggressive?"

Implying that Song Tianyang was the one without manners and not fitting in.

Song Tianyang: "System, hand me a sniper rifle."

Song Tianyang: "System, wake up already, hand me a sniper rifle."

Song Tianyang: "I want to blow my brother's brains out, you hear me? Hand me a sniper rifle."

Song Tianyang said nothing, just kept asking the system for a sniper rifle.

Emperor System:

"Detected that although there are no surveillance cameras around Your Majesty, there are many people. We advise against using restricted firearms. Please use your creativity to complete a Xuanwu Gate Incident!"

How could she fight five without a sniper rifle?

Fortunately, although He Jianshen had previously threatened He Yuan that he would push Song Tianyang into the lake, he seemed to have no intention of doing so now.

Song Tianyang had never learned power struggles or inner-court schemes. After all, living in a single room meant constant proximity, leaving no room for scheming. Others might fight over nine children for a BYD, but her family couldn't even afford a BYD, let alone a car. Yet at this moment, she keenly judged He Jianshen's capital—

Elder He had made a big deal about recognizing the True Heiress. Without any benefit, why would others help He Jianshen fight her?

Looking at the five people, Song Tianyang understood.

Two of them had very young faces, probably under eighteen.

Minors with power and money were a dangerous combo.

Life was too wealthy and boring; they loved following the ringleader to stir up trouble for excitement.

If they were to attack her today, he would probably incite them to do the dirty work.

"I think not. We're not the same kind of people."

Song Tianyang said.

He Jianshen's smile grew wider: "Don't say that. We want to accept you. As long as you're willing to learn, I can teach you."

Seeing that Grandpa's attitude was firm today, it was difficult to completely exclude Song Tianyang from the inheritance list.

He Jianshen changed his mind. He wanted to combine his connections, find every chance to mess with her, ruin her reputation in high society, cement the rumor that she was a clueless country girl, making her a laughingstock. Then Grandpa wouldn't entrust her with any business.

This was experience he had learned from his parents.

"Brother, you're pretty good at patting yourself on the back," Song Tianyang said with a slow, deliberate smile. "I'm about to learn business from Grandpa and manage the family assets. It's not about you accepting me; it's about whether I'll recognize you in the future—don't worry too much. I happen to need a groom. If you have a friend who's good at riding, I can pull some strings for him to become my horse groomer."

Emperor System: "Emperor Tianyang observes that 'Zhou Xuchuan' has exceptional riding skills and is sharp and diligent, truly a rare talent for the stable. He is hereby appointed as the imperial horse groomer."

"Who wants to be your horse groomer! I study equestrian sports, a centuries-old aristocratic sport in Europe! You're such a country bumpkin!"

Zhou Xuchuan was incredulous.

Emperor System: "'Zhou Xuchuan' rejected your offer. Imperial Prestige: -5"

Song Tianyang: ...

She was just running her mouth! How could the system deduct her Imperial Prestige!

Emperor System: "The emperor's words are law. Your Majesty must take responsibility for every word you say."

Fine.

Fair enough. She was an emperor now, and she should be careful with her words.

Five points of Imperial Prestige deducted for no reason, Song Tianyang looked even more displeased at Zhou Xuchuan: "A few centuries counts as history? We Chinese learned to ride horses during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. I really can't talk to a primitive like you who only became civilized a few hundred years ago. Send someone more evolved to talk to me."

China's equestrianism and the European noble sport actually have completely different focuses.

But Song Tianyang had never done either.

She even forgot that, in her mentor's eyes, she'd only recently evolved into a Homo sapiens, and was getting all proud about China's five-thousand-year history.

Zhou Xuchuan's tone was harsh: "Anyway, I'm not going to be your groom... They're not even the same thing! The horses we ride don't pull carts. In the future, at the stables, you can just stand there like an idiot."

"I know how to ride a horse."

Song Tianyang said.

"How could you know? I don't believe it. Prove it to me."

"You don't believe me, so I have to prove it to you? Then I don't believe you're a man. Drop your trousers and show me."

A true emperor never justifies himself.

As for her ability to ride a horse...

Chi Zhiqing should know how to ride, right! She could have him show off in front of everyone later!

Song Tianyang assigned tasks to her subject in advance.

She had become as skilled as an old hand at taking credit for the loyal minister's achievements.

Zhou Xuchuan's face turned red.

And compared to his younger brother being humiliated, He Jianshen was more concerned about what his own biological sister said—that Grandpa was going to teach her business and manage the family's assets. How long had she been back! Grandpa has truly lost his mind! After graduating, he wanted to start a business, but Grandpa didn't agree and instead demanded he first go to the basic departments of the group to get some hands-on experience before discussing anything else.

He Jianshen was unwilling, thinking it was a waste of his time and talent.

Now that Song Tianyang had been brought back, he felt a sense of crisis and was ready to tell Grandpa after the birthday party that he agreed to work at the grassroots level.

But then he encountered a slap in the face from Song Tianyang.

Grandpa actually agreed to directly teach her business?

How was that possible?

—In fabricating orders from the Supreme Emperor, Song Tianyang was also quite skilled.

He Jianshen was both shocked and jealous.

At that moment, another girl quickly approached Song Tianyang. Just as Song Tianyang thought the classic "push her into the lake" plot was about to unfold, the girl's face seemed to show a determined resolve, and she splashed into the lake.

Song Tianyang: "Huh?"

Talk about a sudden dive into the lake.

It was like watching an AI-generated movie where the prompt was six people arguing near a lake, but the AI searched the big data and picked up on unrelated keywords due to data contamination, so the generated video shows six people chatting when suddenly someone jumps into the lake.

It was already beyond normal human comprehension.

Should she call for help now, or should she just roll with this hot mess.

Since the guests at Cloud Mansion were wealthy and noble, most had needs for private conversations, so the interior of the mansion had few surveillance cameras, mostly set up on the perimeter to prevent intruders from outside. Especially for their regular crowd, they knew exactly where every camera was inside the mansion.

The artificial lake was maintained by staff daily, especially along the shore for safety, regularly checking the growth of aquatic plants. Not only was the water shallow at the edge, but there was also no possibility of weeds or debris entangling one's ankles.

"Su Manyi! Are you okay! We're coming to save you now!"

Su Manyi's jump only wet half her body.

Feeling it wasn't dramatic enough, she splashed around in the lake a couple more times before the others pulled her out.

And Song Tianyang thought the little turtle sent flying by her jump needed more rescuing.

"Did you think we brought you to the lake to push you in?"

He Jianshen didn't bother rescuing anyone; he stared at Song Tianyang: "To be honest, I did think about it."

"Just because I pushed you into that pit before?"

"Don't bring that up," He Jianshen's face twisted for a moment before quickly composing himself: "But I changed my mind later—you're still my biological sister. How could I really hurt you? However, your performance today made your big brother a bit unhappy. Think about how you're going to explain to the Su family later. Although they're not as prominent as our family, we still do business with them now and then."

He Jianshen had checked; there weren't any cameras here.

Everyone else was in the banquet hall.

He was afraid if he invited Song Tianyang himself, she would be wary and not fall for it, so he specifically sent Su Manyi, that silly girl who had a crush on him, to invite her.

"Hold on, I got a message."

Song Tianyang took out her phone and saw a WeChat message from He Yuan.

He Yuan: "Sis, I've brought all the uncles ^3^"

Song Tianyang looked up.

On the corridor on the second floor of the mansion overlooking this artificial lake were He Mingyi and his old-man friends.