A handsome grand secretary who seems proper but is actually ruthless
A handsome deputy minister of the right who seems like a lackey but is righteous to the core
#Alternate universe##Bickering lovers#
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Qin Huaishan, the youngest grand secretary in the Grand Secretariat, and Han Zhang, deputy minister of the right in the Ministry of Revenue, argued from the court chamber all the way to the steps of white jade over this year's disruption to the grain transport. They shoved each other, missed a step, and...
Both tumbled down all ninety-nine steps of white jade.
When they opened their eyes again, the palace walls were still there, but this was no longer the palace they knew.
The System made a cool and aloof entrance: "The narrative of this world has ended. This spacetime is undergoing irreversible distortion and must have its causal order recalibrated by professionals, or the world will collapse completely."
Qin Huaishan: "What do you mean?"
Han Zhang: "Speak plainly."
The System's cool facade crumbled: "The author stopped writing, the court is in disarray, and causality is falling apart. Please save us! QAQ"
Qin Huaishan didn't believe it. He swept out of the room and headed to court. "The author stopped writing, so causality is falling apart? How could that possibly happen in a court as vast as this?"
Half a stick of incense later, the two of them came tumbling out of the Golden Throne Hall.
The emperor's voice still rang in their ears: "I want to launch a northern campaign, but we have no money? Order the wealthy families of the realm to donate. Each household will be assessed according to its assets: those with ten thousand taels in property will donate three thousand, and those with fifty thousand taels will donate eight thousand!"
All the ministers cried in unison: "The emperor is wise!"
Han Zhang believed it now. "What do you need us to do?"
The System tried both threats and persuasion:
"The male lead no longer has the author's golden finger to fall back on."
"From now on, the people and events in this world must run on causality."
"We're counting on you, my lords!"
"If things don't get moving, you'll turn to ash and bone along with this world, and perish with it!"
Qin Huaishan: "?"
Qin Huaishan: "The phrase 'turn to ash and bone together' is semantically flawed."
"If the three of us die in the same place, at most we share a calamity. What does that have to do with sharing bones?"
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Theme: Fortune may run out, but human will knows no bounds.
