I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 490: Feudal Superstition is Unacceptable

Yi Zhen shook the fishing rod in his hand and said, "I have heard that the young lady was snatched back from the palace gate by His Majesty and has been the favorite of the six palaces ever since."

Chu Liuzheng nodded: "Mostly correct."

Yi Zhen looked at her and said, "I see that you don't seem to be reluctant at all. Could it be a ploy to lure me in?"

Chu Liuzheng: "Yes, you're right."

Yi Zhen: "..."

He took a deep breath, thinking to himself, "Why is this person not playing by the rules?"
"It is said that the girl was a fox spirit reincarnated, a femme fatale who brought ruin to the country."

【You're the succubus! Your whole family are succubi!】

Chu Liuzheng turned to look at him, "Lord Yi, after the founding of the country, it is forbidden for spirits to exist. Feudal superstition is unacceptable."

Yi Zhen:! ! !
[System, system!! My intuition was right, she really is a mission participant. Quickly check if she was sent by a rival company to cause trouble!]

[Not a mission participant? And she has no connection to the rival company, so what's her situation?]

[A lucky soul transmigrator. Holy crap! After doing this quest for so long, I've actually encountered a living transmigrator!]

[Yes, yes, let's not jump to conclusions, let's exchange the code first.]

He coughed and said in a serious tone, "Imperial Jade Liquor."

"..." Chu Liuzheng replied expressionlessly, "One hundred and eighty per cup."

[The Commander!! The code matched, it really is her!]

Chu Liuzheng quietly rubbed his ears, which had gone numb from the shock.

Why are you so agitated? Look how calm she is.

She turned and ordered Chenxing to brew two cups of flower tea, as she was thirsty from eating dried apricots.

Chen Xing glanced at the two of them, then accepted the order and left.

After his initial excitement subsided, Yi Zhen asked, "When did you arrive?"

Chu Liuzheng countered, "When did you arrive?"

Yizhen: "Seven years ago."

Chu Liuzheng: "I was born here."

Yi looked at her with pity: "You have nothing, life must be tough."

Chu Liuzheng replied, "It's alright."

She was reborn in Bai's womb. After birth, she forgot her memories of her previous life until she was four years old. By then, she had fully adapted to ancient life and didn't find it difficult at all. At most, she would occasionally miss the convenience of her previous life.

Yi Zhen asked again, "Have you thought about going back?"

"We can't go back," Chu Liuzheng mumbled. "They're all burned."

Her body was burned to ashes in the wildfire, okay? Go back to being a ghost, shall we?
"There is a way," Yi Zhen said, tapping the system.

"Hey, can I bring one more person with me when I go back?"

[Amazing! System, you're incredible... Holy crap! One hundred million points! I'd have to work for four hundred years for nothing, plus interest. Why don't you just rob someone?]

You capitalist!

After a heated exchange of insults with the system, Yi Zhen's eyebrows drooped in frustration as he said to Chu Liuzheng, "Sorry, my method didn't work."

Chu Liuzheng suppressed a laugh and waved his hand: "Thank you for your kindness, but my family and friends are all here, and I don't plan to go back."

"Oh." Yi Zhen rubbed his nose. "You're quite optimistic."

"Just go with the flow, right? Life goes on wherever you are, why make things difficult for yourself?" Chu Liuzheng smiled, forcefully lifting his arm upwards, and a three-pound carp leaped out of the water, its tail curling and splashing raindrops across the pond. Yi Zhen, holding his fishing rod, clapped enthusiastically, showing his support.

Chu Liuzheng used a handkerchief to take the fish off the bucket and put it in, then gestured to him with his lips, "Here, it's for you. Just tell the imperial kitchen how you want to eat it."

"Thank you, thank you." Yi Zhen didn't stand on ceremony with her, smiling as she collected the fish and helped Chu Liuzheng bait the hook. In her mind, the system kept urging her, more fiercely than a debt collector.

[Okay, okay, stop rushing me, I'll ask right away!]

After Chu Liuzheng sat down again, Yi Zhen pointed to his head and whispered, "I looked at the timeline of this world before I came here, and you weren't in it. I originally suspected that you were from a rival company who came to cause trouble, but I came here today specifically to test you."

Chu Liuzheng looked at him, his feelings complicated: "You're telling me so much, aren't you afraid I'll do something to you?" They're not even close!

"I'm not afraid." Yi Zhen said nonchalantly, "At worst, I'll die, and the system can take me back." Since he can't complete the mission in this world anyway, he might as well treat this as a vacation.

"A system?" Chu Liuzheng looked at him, feigning surprise. "You have a system?"

"Huh? You really are a transmigrator. You can hear me." Yi Zhen was a little surprised. "When I mentioned the system to others, they all thought I wanted to eat steamed buns."

I can not only hear the system, but I can also hear you talking to the system.

[However, both are systems, so why is mine like a dead object, only allowing me to browse gossip, while Yi Xiaoyao's is so intelligent? Is this the difference between free and paid systems?]

With his mind wandering to all sorts of random thoughts, Chu Liuzheng said aloud, "If you have a system, you're not going to have to do any more missions, are you?"

"Yeah, I have to work for the company to pay off its debts." Yi Zhen sighed, resting his chin on his hand. "It's not easy being a working person."

Chu Liuzheng, a former working professional who now works part-time, can empathize deeply with this.

At this moment, Chen Xing returned with two cups of flower tea. Chu Liuzheng handed one cup to Yi Zhen as a gesture of comfort.

Yi Zhen took it and whispered, "My mission is to be the savior, kill the tyrant, end the chaos, and save the people from suffering. But I've been here for seven years, and apart from slipping notes to the tyrant, I haven't accomplished anything. Now even the villain who started the chaos, Yin Lanci, is dead, and Thousand Feet Cliff is destroyed. This world won't be in chaos anymore."

His unrestrained and rapid-fire speech startled Chu Liuzheng, who wanted to cover his mouth.

There are indigenous people here!
"It's alright, the system will handle it." Yi Zhen waved his hand. "They'll only hear me discussing local delicacies with you."

Having an intelligent system gives you a lot of confidence.

Chu Liuzheng was a little envious and asked, "Since you know the timeline, couldn't you have slipped the note to a royal member who wouldn't become a tyrant?"

“No,” Yi Zhen said. “A tyrant is the starting point of everything. If Xiao Jingfan cannot ascend the throne, this world will collapse even faster.”

So Jingfan is actually a chosen one!

Yi Zhen said seriously, "I have some questions, and I hope you can answer them for me."

Chu Liuzheng nodded: "Ask."

Yi Zhen asked, "Why would the emperor suddenly rush to save the eldest princess?" In the timeline, the eldest princess, Xiao Jinshu, should have died from a scheme within the inner palace.

“Uh…” Chu Liuzheng looked up at the sky and recalled, “It must be that His Majesty received the intelligence passed on by the secret guards and learned that Qin Lang was disloyal to the Princess.”

Yi Zhen frowned and pressed, "Which bodyguard?"

Chu Liuzheng shook her head. She only saw that the message was sent by the secret guards. As for who it was, so much time had passed that she was too lazy to look it up.

Seeing that she didn't know, Yi Zhen changed the question: "Why did the emperor summon Prince Xiao to the capital?" In the timeline, Prince Xiao should have died because of the emperor's suspicion.

Chu Liuzheng continued to recall, "His Majesty discovered that Prince Xiao and the former Minister of Revenue were secretly communicating. Upon investigation, he found that the two were discussing the reform of the tax law, and then summoned Prince Xiao to the capital to work on it."

Yi Zhen: "According to the original timeline, this matter would only be revealed by someone with ulterior motives after King Xiao's death, and the emperor would be so angry that he would vomit blood when he found out."

Chu Liuzheng: "..."

[This is far from the truth. I remember the tyrant never doubted King Xiao after learning about this.]

(End of this chapter)