NOVEL NEXT Chapter 52
Chapter 52: Don’t Let Him Sell You and Help Him Count the Money!
You should know that Yunying is the county prince who holds heavy power and is the most beloved youngest daughter. Normally when she provokes others, people would basically be willing to admit defeat and readily pay up, considering the face of the other party’s father. However, when it came to Lin Beifan, it unexpectedly turned around? And not just once, but twice!
“How did Sir Lin do it?” The empress was even more interested.
“Your Majesty, this is how the situation is…” After hearing the explanation, the empress couldn’t help but laugh and cry.
On the fourth day, the little county princess Yunying finally entered the palace to meet the empress. She made a gesture of respect and said, “Yunying pays her respects to Empress Sister!” The empress put down her memorandum and smiled with a hint of blame, “Little Yunying, you’ve been back for four days and you only remember to come see me now? Have you forgotten about me?”
The little princess hurriedly explained, “Empress Sister, that’s not the case at all! How could Yunying forget about Sister? It’s just that something came up before and delayed me!”
“What happened?”
“Empress Sister, let me tell you, when I returned to the capital, I heard from someone that the new top scholar was a huge corrupt official! So, I wanted to punish him like I used to, and make him give up the money he got through corruption. That’s why it took me so long!”
The empress shook her head, “These are all rumors from the common people. It’s all hearsay and cannot be trusted! Sir Lin is a good official whom I trust very much, and is a model for the entire court!”
“That’s not true, Empress Sister!” The little princess pouted, “There’s no smoke without fire! Although I can’t find any evidence of his corruption right now, I’ve already discovered that this guy is really bad! He cheated me out of two meals, and often makes me angry…”
The little princess went on and on, criticizing Lin Beifan’s “crimes”. The empress couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
This guy was indeed quite bad!
On the surface, he’s all about “serving the country with utmost devotion until death”, but behind the scenes, he’s doing things like deceiving the empress and seeking personal gain with his power! He deserves to die a hundred times over!
“So, I’m secretly getting closer to Lin Beifan now! I’m following him around, going to his house to eat and drink often, and I’ll have the chance to find out!” The little princess looked proud like a fox.
“Alright, alright, as long as you’re happy!” The empress nodded with a smile, not holding any hope in her heart. This Lin Beifan is very cunning, he has offended the entire court, but still managed to live so comfortably!
You naive little girl, just forget it! Don’t let him deceive you and help him count the money!
“But, Empress sister, although he is very annoying, he is not hopeless!”
The young princess blinked her big eyes and said naively, “After all, he is still young. Young people are bound to make mistakes, but fundamentally he is a good person! If I find evidence of his embezzlement and bribery, I hope you can give him a chance, Empress sister!”
“Okay, okay, I promise you!” The Empress nodded, holding back a smile.
After getting the Empress’s permission, the young princess happily left. Then, the Empress gave an order: “Let the kitchen send more ingredients to Sir Lin’s house!”
“Yes, Your Majesty!” replied the servant.
Shortly thereafter, the young princess went to the Imperial Academy to find Lin Beifan.
“Young princess, why are you here?” Lin Beifan was surprised.
“Nothing, just bored! I heard you are an official at the Imperial Academy, so I came to see you!” The young princess batted her big eyes and looked unnatural.
“What is there to see about me?” Lin Beifan laughed.
“It’s nothing. I just came to see you. You do your work, and don’t mind me!” The young princess waved her hand.
“Okay, thank you for understanding, young princess!”
After a while, Lin Beifan watched the restless young princess and said with a smile, “Young princess, are you interested in being a teacher here?”
“Become a teacher? I only know how to wield a sword and other than that, I don’t know anything!” The young princess was confused.
“That’s enough. As long as you can manage these students well, make sure they attend class and don’t skip, you can be a qualified teacher!” Lin Beifan laughed.
“Is it that simple? Can I do it?” The young princess was eager to try. Being a teacher was something she had never done before, and it must be very interesting!
“Of course you can!” Lin Beifan put aside his official duties and stood up, “Come with me, I have arranged for you to be a teacher, your title will be homeroom teacher!”
With the excited young princess, Lin Beifan came to a classroom. There were more than 20 students who were listless and drowsy, half sitting and half lying down.
Yes, all of these people were children of officials, and in order to avoid them from affecting other students, Lin Beifan arranged them to be in the same class. When Lin Beifan walked in, including the doctoral candidate who was lecturing, everyone stood up and saluted.
“Greetings, Lin sir!”
“You don’t have to be too polite!” Lin Beifan laughed, “In these past few days, you have been coming to class on time, and I am very pleased! To encourage you to learn, I have specially found a homeroom teacher for you!”
As he spoke, Lin Beifan clapped his hands, and the young princess walked in. Seeing the room full of officials’ children, she got excited and rubbed her hands, “So you are all here, making it easy for me to find you!”
The officials’ children turned pale with fright: “Princess Yunying!”