Huh? The Tyrant Cries After My Inner Thoughts Were Exposed!-Chapter 95 - 94: Using Privilege to Order Others Around
At this moment, the Old Emperor inside the tent was already starving. Su Juan came in to deliver the meat and was about to leave, but the Old Emperor kept her there.
Su Juan looked around, [The Old Emperor sure is privileged; even his tent is several times larger than ours.]
The Old Emperor, eating the meat, glanced at her, "Asking you to grill meat for me really wrongs you."
Su Juan had a flattering smile on her face, "Your Majesty overestimates me. Serving Your Majesty is my duty as a minister, and being able to grill meat for Your Majesty is my honor."
The Old Emperor squinted, this girl is improving. How long has she been working with the Chief Secretary’s daughter, and she already knows how to speak properly.
The next second, Su Juan’s inner voice echoed.
[The Old Emperor knows how to make people feel wronged?]
The Old Emperor: "?"
[All day long, he just relies on his status to order people around. Has hands and feet but can’t grill himself!?]
The Old Emperor: "..."
At this moment, Liu Miaoying and others outside broke into a cold sweat for Su Juan. That’s the Emperor, does she always act so boldly even during court sessions?
The other courtiers were already used to it, eating the meat in their hands, thinking it was delicious.
[I brought you food, yet I have to stand and watch you eat without being offered a seat. If you weren’t the Emperor, what kind of face would you have!?]
The Old Emperor squinted his eyes, "Minister Su is quite eloquent, why not sit down and talk?"
I would also like to know how big my face is.
Su Juan hung her head, "You are the ruler, I am the minister, how can a ruler and minister share a seat? I dare not."
[You’re the Emperor; who would dare to sit with you! My life is already thin; sitting down might shorten it further.]
Outside, everyone pricked up their ears. It sounded like the Emperor was not only not angry but also inviting the Vice Director to sit down. It was long known that the Emperor had a special tolerance for Su Juan, and this was indeed a great favor.
If only they had such favor, they might have already risen high, perhaps even at the rank of Duke Ping. Yet this Vice Director remained just a minor Junior Sixth Rank.
The Old Emperor’s eyes glowed with a dangerous light. I see you’re quite daring; you’d dare more than just sit with me, you’d probably want to try the dragon throne too!
"No problem, sit and talk with me, have a couple of skewers..."
Before he could finish, Su Juan had already plopped down, not at all polite with the Old Emperor, "Since Your Majesty insists, I dare not refuse."
[It’s so much more comfortable sitting down!]
The Old Emperor: "..." Why is this girl so shameless?
Su Juan hesitated over whether to take a small or large skewer, smelling the grilled meat, [The ones I grill myself always smell so good.]
Outside, Xie Xun couldn’t even swallow his sip of wine, spraying it out. The Emperor invited you in to eat?
Su Juan’s gall is really something.
[I’ve been waiting for those words from the Old Emperor. You have to refuse first and then agree, to make it seem reluctantly accepted.]
The Old Emperor’s face froze: That really is putting you out, isn’t it?
After a while, the Old Emperor, who could endure no more, chased Su Juan out of the tent. All eyes outside were on her. Xie Xun and Song Qianhang looked at her, amazed she was so bold with the Emperor and courtiers alike.
Forget about promotion or riches, being able to keep her head until now is already fortunate.
Minister Mo asked for everyone, "Why did the Vice Director come out?"
Su Juan’s face remained calm, "I saw that His Majesty seemed tired, so it wouldn’t be right to disturb him further."
[The Old Emperor turned hostile so quickly, I had just sat down and didn’t even get to eat a bite before being kicked out. With him being such a big person, how can he be so shameless!?]
Some held in their laughter, while others were unfazed.
The Minister of War snorted, "I suppose the Vice Director was too noisy and got thrown out by His Majesty."
Everyone recognized this was truly Minister Nie holding a grudge; he still remembered Su Juan’s words from the daytime.
Su Juan looked innocent, "Minister Nie, why do you say that? It’s true that His Majesty needed rest."
[Why do I feel like Minister Nie is targeting me?]
Everyone: It’s good you can tell; there’s hope for you yet.
The Old Emperor inside the tent was fuming: Aren’t you aware if he’s targeting you?
[I get it, he must have been scolded by the Old Emperor himself, and seeing nothing happen to me, he felt bitter!]
Everyone: ...No hope; bury her.
The Old Emperor: Lies! All lies!
Su Juan shook her head and walked away, feeling wronged on her way back to her tent.
[How can Minister Nie be so petty? I’ve long heard he’s stingy and holds grudges.]
The Minister of War’s face darkened: Nonsense!
When have I been stingy or held grudges!
Everyone nodded continuously; they didn’t know about stingy, but he definitely held grudges!
[There was that East Street Bun Shop’s dog, just because it barked at him a few times when he passed by, he had someone neuter the poor dog, resulting in its sweetheart Cui Hua ending up with the next-door dog Dahuang.]
Everyone was shocked, thinking that what the Minister of War did was truly not decent!
What did the dog do wrong? It just barked a couple of times!
How would it hold its head high on East Street in the future?
The Minister of War’s temple twitched: Lies! I was just buying buns and the dog peed on my carriage. So what if I had it neutered!
Besides, who knew it had a sweetheart!?
Can you blame me for this?
[When he was promoted to Minister of War and invited colleagues to his house for drinks, he added half water to the wine, and the peanuts were leftovers from the restaurant, originally meant to be thrown away.]
Everyone shook their heads repeatedly. No wonder the wine tasted weak that day. Minister Nie was really stingy; so indecent!
The Minister of War gnashed his teeth: Lies! Just a little added, how was it half?
[I heard Minister Lou of the Ministry of Justice went home that day and soiled his pants. Afraid of embarrassment, he washed that official robe for three days to get rid of the smell — what a tragedy.]
Everyone turned furiously towards the innocent Minister Lou: !!!
Minister Lou’s complexion alternated between black and white: Talk about Nie Yunguang if you must, why drag me in!
Looking at Minister Lou sympathetically, they couldn’t help but think of his single set of official robes.
As they thought, their gaze drifted to Minister Lou’s hands — were they really clean?
Since then, whenever the Minister of War invited someone over, Minister Lou refused to go.
They started recalling that time, whether they’d had contact with Minister Lou’s hands...
Minister Lou’s face flushed: It’s clean, it’s clean!
The Old Emperor couldn’t hear it, instructing the eunuch beside him, "After returning to the palace, make sure to send a set of new official robes to Lou Shiye of the Ministry of Justice."
He didn’t want some day when the wind blew, to catch any whiff of anything.
Su Juan sighed, [If it were me, I wouldn’t dare to go to his house for drinks.]
Everyone shook their heads repeatedly: Not going, not going.
They didn’t want to follow in Minister Lou’s steps.
The Minister of War’s face turned green; not coming means more savings!
Witnessing Su Juan’s influence for the first time, Xie Xun, Song Qianhang, and Liu Miaoying were petrified: "..."
Su Juan, having been plotted against in the daytime, truly suffered unjustly.
