After hearing her gossip, all the civil and military officials went crazy.

Chapter 26 His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived.

The Empress was also laughing uncontrollably, never expecting the young lady from the Fang family to be so interesting.

It wasn't just the palace; bursts of laughter could be heard coming from the homes of many officials as well.

Fang Lingchu instantly became someone else's gossip.

The system looked at its points, some of which were contributed by the host, and couldn't stop laughing.

The next day, Fang Lingchu woke up feeling dizzy.

She glanced outside and exclaimed in surprise, "Strawberry, Blueberry, why didn't you wake me up? Aren't I supposed to go to court today?"

Strawberry smiled and had someone bring her toiletries, saying, "The master said he's giving you a day off today, so you can rest."

Fang Lingchu nodded and then asked, "Strawberry, what did I do yesterday? Why did my dad ask for leave for me?"

Before Strawberry could answer, the system said: [Host, I have a screen recording here, would you like to watch it?]

Fang Lingchu was unaware of the seriousness of the situation at this point.

He asked nonchalantly, "Now that you can screen record, when can I see other people's gossip live streams and replays?"

The system said somewhat dejectedly, "That will have to wait until I reach level four."

Fang Lingchu continued, "How many more levels do you need to level up?"

System: [I'll go check.]

The system returned shortly after, its reply to Fang Lingchu weak and listless: "Host, we need to trigger three Luck Quests and accumulate one million points to level up."

Fang Lingchu asked with some curiosity, "How many points do we have now?"

The system said: "Our scores are almost the same, but it's been so long and we've only triggered one luck quest yet. This quest still has two months to go."

Fang Lingchu said helplessly, "These luck quests are all about fate, it's okay. You've been stuck at level one for so many years, and now you've leveled up twice in such a short time, that's already very good."

Hearing Fang Lingchu's words of comfort, the system felt much better and began to want to see Fang Lingchu make a fool of herself again.

[Host, would you like to see your performance last night?]

Fang Lingchu had a bad feeling, but she couldn't suppress her curiosity and watched anyway.

Then she saw herself clinging to her sister like an octopus, calling out "Dad" to a tree, and howling like a banshee.

Fang Lingchu immediately turned off the screen and said, "Delete the video right now."

The system said somewhat apologetically, "Host, I've already shared this video in our system group."

Then the system heard Fang Lingchu's melodious voice, like a burst of thunder.

[Guagua, who allowed someone to release my video without my permission? You're violating my human rights! I'm already suffering enough in this ancient world where there's no personal freedom, and you're violating my rights too, Guagua! I can't live like this anymore!]

After Fang Lingchu finished speaking, she wanted to find a block of tofu and smash her head against it to die.

It was so embarrassing. My older brother, sister, father, and mother all saw me like that.

The system said: "It's fine if we systems know each other, and they don't know you, so what are you afraid of? Host, I feel what you should be most worried about right now is whether your father will hit you after what you said about him yesterday."

Fang Lingchu only realized what the system meant when it said that, and quickly packed her things. She planned to go away and hide for a few days.

Seeing her young mistress packing her things, Strawberry quickly said, "Miss, Madam and Master are outside right now."

Upon hearing this, Fang Lingchu almost fainted.

She asked timidly, "Besides the master and mistress, who else is there?"

Just as Fang Lingchu finished asking her question, Fang Lingyan came in from outside and said, "Second Brother is here too, as is His Highness the Crown Prince."

Fang Lingchu just wanted to faint right now.

The system whispered in her ear, "Host, this is the standard configuration for the female lead, you are not."

Fang Lingchu didn't want to hear the system's voice right now, so she manually muted it. Even though she couldn't speak, the system was still gloating.

Fang Lingchu immediately locked her in a small room.

The system's small room actually has a TV and novels to read.

Fang Lingchu didn't know that before, when there was no energy, it was a dark little room, but now, well, hehehe.

Fang Lingchu patted her face and went to see her father with a smile.

Seeing her younger sister like this, Fang Lingyan tapped her forehead and said, "Let's see if you dare to drink so much next time."

Fang Lingchu clung to her sister, sobbing, and said, "Sister, you're the best. I didn't mean it yesterday. Please forgive me, okay? Please put in a good word for me with Father and don't let him hit me."

Fang Lingchu looked at Fang Lingyan with bright, sparkling eyes, trying to look cute and charming.

Fang Lingyan looked at her younger sister like this, what could she do?

"With His Highness the Crown Prince here, Father won't hit you."

Fang Lingyan pulled her younger sister over, straightened her clothes, and said, "Alright, let's not keep His Highness the Crown Prince waiting."

As Fang Lingyan walked, she pulled up the system and asked, "Guagua, do you know why His Highness the Crown Prince came to my house?"

Please, please don't think they've come to propose marriage.

The system said, "Host, I can only gossip that has already happened or is happening and is deduced from the data. Gossip like the Crown Prince coming to see you is a personal matter, how would I know?"

After a while, the system continued: "However, based on my deduction, they're either here to ask you for a favor or to propose marriage."

Fang Lingyan, who was listening nearby, almost fell over.

This boy is incredibly bold! How could the crown prince like his younger sister?

The "it smells so good" phenomenon will still occur; later on, the crown prince genuinely fell in love with her younger sister and almost gave up his position as crown prince for her sake.

But these are all things for later.

Fang Lingyan shook her head inwardly, saying, "I don't like either of them. One makes me work overtime, and the other turns me into a caged bird. I don't want either of them."

The prince outside heard this and gave a wry smile.

She really hated the position of Crown Princess.

The Crown Prince's dejected state was witnessed by Minister Fang and Fang Lingming. The father and son exchanged glances and saw shock and disapproval in each other's eyes.

Minister Fang forbade daughters of the Fang family from entering the palace; this could be considered a family precept of the Fang family.

Most of the members of the Fang family were Ministers of Revenue, a position that was inherently sensitive, so women could not and should not enter the palace.

But now that Fang Lingchu has caused this unexpected turn of events, he recalled the way His Majesty looked at Fang Lingchu.

Sigh! It seems we can only rely on Fang Lingchu herself.

Fang Lingming didn't think that much about it. His younger sister couldn't enter the palace. He didn't want the lively and cheerful Fang Lingchu to become a man's favorite and someone she herself hated.

Fang Lingchu followed her sister slowly into the reception room.

First, pay respects to the Crown Prince, and then pay respects to your parents.

Then he sat down next to Minister Fang.

After chatting about everyday matters, Minister Fang led the two to his study.

The system chimed in with sarcastic remarks again: "I told you, the Crown Prince definitely needs something from you."

Fang Lingchu ignored the system and maintained her demeanor as a well-bred young lady.

She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to maintain her facial expression once she started discussing things with the system.

(End of this chapter)