Dad, don't be greedy! My brother climbed into the emperor's bed, and I became famous overn

Liu An secretly glanced at the emperor's expression.

He gripped the whisk tightly, having already prepared his plan for how to reconcile His Majesty and Lord Gu later.

To everyone's surprise, Xiao Ye just stared at the note, his chest heaving a few times, and then he fell into an eerie silence again.

A moment later...

The emperor rose with a resentful look, strode into the study, and sat back down at his desk.

Liu An and Geng Zhi stood on either side of the emperor, like two generals.

All three of them frowned, staring intently at the note on the table.

"Xiao Wang styled his hair in a middle part... what will it look like...?"

Liu An was completely bewildered and couldn't understand it.

Geng Zhi's thumb was already on the scabbard at his waist, his face full of vigilance.

"Wang Zhongfen? Does this mean someone is plotting to assassinate His Majesty? And this person's name is Wang Zhongfen?!"

Liu An rolled his eyes speechlessly, nearly slapping him with his whisk.

"Commander Geng, what are you thinking about! Lord Gu sent a message earlier saying it's a riddle game! A riddle!"

"Oh, right, right, right."

Geng Zhi coughed awkwardly, slightly relaxing his tense muscles.

Xiao Ye stared at the character "王" (king) for a long time, then picked up his pen and drew a vertical line next to it.

"Could it be the character '非'?"

Geng Zhi took the note, skillfully walked to the window, tied it to the pigeon's leg, and sent it into the night sky.

At the Gu residence, Yi Shi quickly received a reply.

Gu Mingli and Gu Mingyue quickly huddled together to open and examine the document.

"Tsk."

Gu Mingli curled his lip in disdain.

"He answered incorrectly. But you can't blame him; people in ancient times had never encountered these kinds of modern riddles."

Gu Mingyue yawned.

"Bro, why don't you try giving me some additional hints? See if the system considers you to have violated the rules."

"Okay, let's test the limits."

Gu Mingli picked up his pen and quickly wrote another note in a flourish.

[Let your imagination run wild and think of outlandish ideas! Guess the Chinese character.]

The system flashed red again: [Warning! Warning!]

Gu Mingli quickly tore off the "Guess the Chinese character" at the end of the slip of paper.

After waiting a moment, the system warning red light did not pop up, and the brother and sister breathed a sigh of relief.

The carrier pigeon flapped its wings and took off once again.

Geng Zhi and Liu An crouched down and huddled close to the emperor to read the note.

Geng Zhi scratched his head. "Think about things in a silly way."

Xiao Ye: "..."

Liu An glared at Geng Zhi.

"Commander Geng, Lord Gu is thinking in a rather far-fetched way!"

Geng Zhi looked completely bewildered.

"Doesn't this mean the same thing to Lord Gu?"

On the other side, Gu Mingli sneezed.

"Someone's insulting me! It's obvious some people just didn't guess!"

Before long, the palace pigeons flew back once again.

And so, this simple riddle was passed around four or five times.

Adding the nine questions that followed, the back-and-forth exchanges amounted to more than eighty rounds of correspondence.

At this point, the Gu family courtyard had been completely transformed into a large-scale poultry farm.

The flapping of wings filled the air as flocks of pigeons flew back and forth in the night sky.

One hour later...

One after another, oil lamps were lit up in the quiet street.

The neighbors, with their hair disheveled, stood in the alleyway holding lanterns, looking up at the sky and cursing.

"Who is it?! Are you kidding me?! Whose bird is flying around like that in the middle of the night?!"

"The phoenix has arrived tonight? Is this a case of all birds paying homage to the phoenix?"

Inside the main courtyard of the Gu residence, Gu Debai was lying sprawled out on the bed.

He stared intently at the top of the bed canopy, his eyes bloodshot.

Pigeons flitted back and forth in the yard, flying in and out with a whoosh, making a racket that was quite annoying!

Gu Debai, unable to bear it any longer, sat up angrily, grabbed his outer robe and put it on, then pushed open the door.

The sky looks like it's congested with traffic tonight.

Countless carrier pigeons, mixed with a few sparrows, landed one after another in the courtyard, while on the other side, they took off one after another.

In the courtyard, 10, 15, 21, 22, 23, and 24 have all become ruthless "express delivery sorters," busy with their feet barely touching the ground and covered in sweat.

Some people were using their light-footed skills to catch pigeons in mid-air, some were collecting notes, and some were tying bamboo tubes to the pigeons' legs.

Gu Debai's lips twitched twice: "..."

That damned little emperor!

Instead of reviewing memorials and going to sleep in the middle of the night, he dares to pass notes to his son here?!

Why can't we say these things during the day?

Are they discussing some earth-shattering state secret?!

What is it that he, as the father, cannot see?

……

This "carrier pigeon" mission took up most of the night.

Countless pigeons flew back and forth.

By the end of midnight, Gu Mingli's hand was almost unable to hold the pen.

He drew a big checkmark on the last slip of paper, let out a long sigh of relief, and finally passed the tenth question.

[Ding! Congratulations, host! The "Telepathic Connection" mission is successfully completed! All ten questions were answered correctly!]

[Hidden rewards are being distributed... Please wait...]

Seeing the system notification light up in the void, Gu Mingli slumped back in his armchair.

"Mingyue! Come here quickly! Come see the reward!"

"Huh? Huang Jiaojiao actually got them all right?"

Gu Mingyue rubbed her eyes groggily and climbed up from the soft couch next to her brother.

The brother and sister stood shoulder to shoulder, head to head, huddled in front of the system panel, their faces full of anticipation as they waited for the rewards to be awarded.

The next moment, the panel was filled with special effects, radiating golden light, and a line of large characters slowly popped up.

[Top-tier amateur artisan teams (with expertise in various fields) have been dispatched!]

[How to claim: Please ask Gu Debai for it.]

Gu Mingli: "..."

Gu Mingyue: "..."

They actually asked their father to collect it?!

So... they stayed up most of the night, used up dozens of carrier pigeons, and used the country's highest-level military communication line.

They forcibly dragged the emperor out of his bed and spent the entire night with him answering riddles like a fool...

In the end, the reward the system gave him was something that his father already owned?!

A surge of anger shot straight to the top of his head. Gu Mingli was furious and suddenly stood up.

"What the hell—!"

He slammed his hands heavily on the table, veins throbbing on his forehead, and felt an urge to flip the system and the table over.

"Brother! Brother! Calm down! Take a deep breath!!"

Gu Mingyue quickly grabbed her brother's hand.

"Calm down my ass! System, are you fucking kidding me?!"

Gu Mingli gritted his teeth and slammed his fist on the table, furious.

"Do you even know what state Xiao Ye is in after all this commotion?!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than there was another knock on the door.

"Young master?"

Yi Shi slipped in through the crack in the door and handed over a note.

"This is... the last carrier pigeon brought back from the palace."

Gu Mingli quickly took it and opened it.

The handwriting on the note was messy, carrying a resentful and murderous aura:

【Gu Mingli, you're finished! Come to my study at dawn to settle accounts! (▼he▼メ)】

Gu Mingyue read the contents of the document, pursed her lips, and her shoulders shook violently as she desperately tried to suppress her laughter.

"Brother, um..."

Gu Mingyue patted his shoulder, suppressing a laugh.

"How about... we get the craftsman's reward from Dad first? Otherwise, this scolding was for nothing?"

Gu Mingli took a deep breath and gritted his teeth: "Yes, I'll go ask Dad for a reward tomorrow morning."