Heading to Court, and the Green Tea System Arrives

Xu Lianqing disguised herself as a man and took her brother's place at court. On her first day, all the officials bowed and shouted, "Long live the emperor!"

The System finally showed up.

"I am the Green Tea System. If you are in the imperial harem, I will help you become its mistress and rule the realm as the mother of the nation. If you are born into a powerful household, I will help you become its lady of the house and win every battle in the family. Would you like to bind with me?"

Xu Lianqing: "...Could you at least look at your surroundings before you start talking?"

"..."

"The System has revised your ultimate achievement to: hold all power at court and rise to the highest office. Would you like to bind with me?"

Xu Lianqing: "I'll think abou..."

"Binding successful. Within ten minutes, please say: 'Unlike me, all you do is worry about your big brother.'"

Xu Lianqing: "What??"

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The old foxes at court discovered that this year's top third-place graduate was perfect in every way, except that he was so sickly sweet he would say things like:

"Unlike me, all I do is worry about His Majesty."

"I want nothing for myself. I only wish to ease His Majesty's burdens."

"His Majesty treats me so well. Will the other officials be angry when they find out?"

"I don't want to put His Majesty in a difficult position. Please punish me, Your Majesty. I'll be fine..."

What an utter disgrace to the dignity of scholarship!

The emperor was getting senile, too, actually falling for this act.

Later, the old emperor died and the crown prince ascended the throne. Prince Yan, who had never seen eye to eye with Xu Lianqing, successfully launched a rebellion and took the throne.

On Prince Yan's first day at court, the old foxes got up early, eager to watch Xu Lianqing make a fool of herself.

Sure enough, Prince Yan's first target was Xu Lianqing. "Minister Xu, I hear..."

"I am guilty."

Before Prince Yan could finish, Xu Lianqing, who had still been writing a proclamation condemning the rebel Yan just two nights earlier, dropped to her knees with a thud.

"It's all because I was too young and mistook a fish's eye for a pearl. Now I know that everyone else is vulgar, and Prince Yan is the only true beauty."

Then she called out, "Long live Your Majesty! Long live! Long, long live!"

The old foxes: "..."

I've never seen anyone so shameless!

Prince Yan fell silent, too.

Xu Lianqing wasn't just sickly sweet. She was spineless, soft all over.

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