After hearing the detailed account, Yue Fuguang nodded. The root cause was still the investigation into Bai Yu and Zhong Hua, which triggered the subsequent chain reaction. This explanation she could reluctantly accept.
"I've heard Minister Cai enjoys eating flatbreads?"
Yue Fuguang smiled warmly, "I usually enjoy them too, especially the flaky stuffed pastries. They're more delicious than vegetable or meat pies."
Cai Xianyi's interest was immediately piqued. Yue Fuguang then roughly described the method of making them. Well, her culinary skills weren't great, but in her past life, being wealthy, she never deprived her palate. She had eaten a lot and seen a lot.
Her hands couldn't do it, but her mind knew how!
Listening to Yue Fuguang's detailed description of the method, Cai Xianyi, with his years of flatbread-eating experience, knew this pastry must be exceptionally delicious.
He thanked her solemnly, "This humble official thanks the Junior Mentor for imparting this secret recipe." He would have to ask his wife to send a token of gratitude to the Yu residence later.
Yue Fuguang waved her hand dismissively and brought up another matter. "Minister Cai, I heard from my grandfather that the Imperial College and academies have recently gone on break, and the capital has suddenly become livelier. The idle young masters have been causing quite a bit of trouble. Does this fall under the Ministry of Justice's jurisdiction?"
"It falls under the Patrol Battalion, the City Patrol Censors, and Shen Kang's Imperial City Department. If they are short-handed, they may also borrow personnel from the Three Judicial Offices."
"I see. These past few days, my second brother and several other brothers who just returned from the academy have been confined to the house by my grandfather. I heard Minister Cai also has sons around the same age as my brothers. You should keep a close eye on them."
Cai Xianyi immediately grew serious, bowing slightly. "Has the Junior Mentor perceived something? I heard you studied geomancy and divination with a master at the Taoist temple. Could it be you can also foretell fortunes?"
Yue Fuguang: Who's spreading rumors about me? When did I ever study geomancy? It's true my master forced me to memorize some texts, but geomancy? I don't know the first thing about it!
Could it be my master who said this? She's just trying to burnish her own reputation!
Thinking of her unique master, Yue Fuguang felt her master must have cultivated the Path of Carefree Freedom, as no worldly etiquette or rule could ever bind her.
She wondered if her master had received the New Year's gifts she sent to the temple.
Yue Fuguang shook her head, looking directly at Cai Xianyi. "It's not divination; it's observation. I observe that your Children's Palace (facial feature) appears dim. Recently, one of your children may encounter blood-related misfortune. That's why I mentioned it, though it may not be accurate."
Yue Fuguang acted like an amateur charlatan, but it didn't diminish the effectiveness of her immortal aura.
Upon hearing this, Cai Xianyi performed a formal bow. "This humble official thanks the Junior Mentor on behalf of my children for your warning."
He secretly resolved that, aside from the eldest, Meat Pie, who had official duties, the brothers Vegetable Pie and Pancake would not be allowed to leave the house these days.
As for his daughter, Spring Roll, if she wanted to go out, his wife could take her. With guards present, nothing should happen.
Watching the two figures walk away, Gu Yutong was hopping with anxiety behind them. What a perfect opportunity! He had originally intended to seize the moment while the Junior Mentor was reading Minister Cai's face to ask for a reading himself.
But before he could utter a word, he was pulled aside by his old rival, Zhao Zhifeng!
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[Host, host, stop sleeping, we've struck it rich, struck it rich!]
Yue Fuguang had just eaten lunch and was feeling a bit carb-drowsy. She had only slept a short while before being rudely awakened by the system's clamor!
'System, if this time the points haven't exceeded fifty thousand, you can look forward to solitary confinement!'
System: As an incomplete system, why has the system space been optimized away, but the solitary confinement room is still reserved for it?
Who exactly is the Main God System targeting here?
07 immediately felt wronged. [Host, we've really struck it rich this time. The points for the Four Great Families mission have risen to seventy-eight thousand nine hundred. Combined with our previous savings, we're about to break one hundred thousand!]
Yue Fuguang sat up straight in bed. 'Really that much?'
[Look at the points board, it can't be fake. This mission has wide-reaching implications; points will continue to grow slowly later. The Four Great Families mission alone might break one hundred thousand. With the points, won't you be able to buy that storage ring?]
When the host bought things from the mall, the systems also got a commission. The virtue points it earned were all used to repair itself. It was a pity the host wasn't wealthy, which meant this system was even poorer!
'The storage ring is definitely a must-buy, but I won't be a sucker. Keep an eye out for me. The New Year is coming up. If the system isn't giving out red packets, shouldn't there be a discount sale?
Can you make a suggestion to your Main System? Since it's almost New Year, how about holding a discount sale to celebrate?'
She hadn't even filed a complaint about being bound to a defective system! The system space that should have been there was missing, forcing her to spend points on a storage ring. Who could she reason with about this?
The system thought it over and found it feasible. They were all officially registered systems, not like those wild systems without a Main System, surviving solely by exploiting their hosts.
'Also, System, I've noticed I've been getting particularly drowsy these past two days...'
[Host, when aren't you prone to drowsiness? You sleep through most of a morning court session, come back, eat, and sleep again. Didn't you say it was carb-drowsiness?]
'It's different. When I'm asleep, I feel very comfortable. Not physically comfortable, but... mentally? No, spiritually? Soul? Divine soul? Let's call it the divine soul.
My divine soul feels very comfortable, like soaking in warm water, all warm and cozy. When I'm awake, my mind is also clearer than before.
Do you know what the reason for this is?'
The system thought for a moment, rummaged through its data, and then said, [Host, this is likely you encountering feedback from this world's Heavenly Dao.]
'Heavenly Dao feedback? What has it fed back to me?'
[It should be Virtue Golden Light. Virtue Golden Light can nourish and strengthen your divine soul. Weren't you always talking about reforging a physical body?]
'Yes, reforging a physical body is my motivation for diligently completing tasks. Otherwise, living day in and day out wearing someone else's shell, am I still myself?'
[Your method of reforging a physical body isn't like reincarnation to obtain one, nor is it like the Water and Fire Spirit Tribes using lotus root powder to make a body and moving your soul in.
Your reforging involves using your own soul, cooperating with rare materials to slowly grow a human body bit by bit, based on the form of your soul, or rather, the form your soul desires.
The stronger your divine soul, the more, during the reforging, you can rely on soul power to achieve that ideal you want—what was it, 'white jade for bones, autumn water for spirit, stars for...']
'System, I know what I want, no need to repeat it. If there's nothing else, you may retire! I'm going back to sleep!'
Yue Fuguang lay back under the covers, cutting off the connection with the system instantly before it could even protest, falling asleep in one second.
System: Is this what it's like to not be in solitary confinement, but locked out of the system space instead?
Its host was too petty. Look at someone like Huaimin, he never blamed Master Dongpo! Could it be their bond was inferior to those two who were exiled?
The two clueless ones didn't know that as Yue Fuguang slept, her divine soul was bathing in a brilliant, golden radiance.
This golden light even showed signs of beginning to spill over.
