Ye Tangtang, Money-Making Whiz!

"Eighth Brother, this is a camera. It can draw you, and it's really fast, too."

"Really? Tang Tang, let me try! Hurry and draw me."

"Is what Tang Tang said true? Can it draw me, too?"

"Me too, me too! I want a drawing, too. Tang Tang, draw me as well."

Everyone crowded around Ye Tangtang, squeezing Jun Yuyuan off to the side.

Jun Yuyuan: "..."

He had clearly been there first.

But the aloof Jun Yuyuan couldn't be bothered to fight them for a turn.

The Third Princess was so angry she nearly cried. Everyone was surrounding Ye Tangtang now. She couldn't stay at this academy any longer.

She would go back to her mother and have her devise a plan to teach this woman a proper lesson!!

Ye Muxue simply couldn't stand the sight of Ye Tangtang. She turned and left the academy, heading for Fengyi Hall.

Ye Tangtang said, "Eighth Brother, Fifth Brother, Seventh Sister, Lu Wuyou, line up properly. There are too many people, so we have to do this one at a time. But it'll be quick, don't worry."

"Me first."

Ye Linze had already stepped forward and struck a decidedly showy pose, propping one hand against his forehead and resting the other at his waist.

"Tang Tang, I'm ready. Hurry and draw me."

Ye Tangtang: "..."

Hahahaha! That pose of Eighth Brother's-he's practically an alt-fashion youth! I'm dying of laughter.

Alt-fashion?

What was that? It sounded pretty impressive.

Ye Tangtang raised the camera. With a click, a photograph emerged in less than two seconds.

"Tang Tang, you're amazing! This really is me! It looks so much like me-it's absolutely identical! Am I really this handsome?"

Ye Linze held his photograph and admired it at length.

Just what you'd expect of me! So handsome!

"Tang Tang, this camera thing of yours is incredible."

Ye Tangtang chuckled and kept taking photographs.

Lu Wuyou gazed in wonder at the thing in his hands. He felt that the Ninth Princess was a treasure. From now on, he would follow her, too!

Ye Mushuang absolutely loved Ye Tangtang's pictures. They made her look so beautiful.

"Tang Tang, this really is a wonderful thing. At last, someone has captured this princess's beauty. Those painters make me look hideous. You could take this thing to the Capital City Painters' Competition."

"Yay! Would I get any prize money?"

Ye Mushuang asked, "Prize money?"

Ye Tangtang's eyes sparkled. "I mean a prize. If I take first place, what would I win?"

"There should be something. A title: the capital's finest painter."

Ye Tangtang's mouth twitched. What good is a title!! I'm just an ordinary, worldly person. All I want is money. If there's no money in it, I'm not entering. I'd be better off sleeping.

Ye Mushuang: "..."

Little Sister Tang Tang was quite the little money-grubber.

Now that I have something this great, of course I have to put it to good use. From now on, I'll take photos for people and charge one silver ingot per picture!

Hahahaha, Little Useless System, I'm a genius! That way, the money will be mine, and I'll have savings.

Ye Tangtang struggled to suppress her smile, her nose practically tilting skyward. With a divine tool in hand, she really would never have to worry about spending money.

Ye Tangtang happened to spot Jun Yuyuan in the corner. Though he was young, he looked so mature, sitting quietly there with a book, like an ink-wash landscape painting.

Ye Tangtang raised her camera and secretly took a picture of Jun Yuyuan.

Got a sneaky shot of Jun Yuyuan! Hahahaha.

Jun Yuyuan: "...?"

Why was she taking his picture? Could this little girl have a crush on him?

But the very next second, reality slapped him squarely in the face again.

I hear Jun Yuyuan is so handsome that lots of palace maids are utterly smitten with him. If I sell this picture, I might make a fortune. Hehehe.

Ye Tangtang, money-making whiz!

Jun Yuyuan: "..."

Jun Yuyuan could only shake his head at what he heard. She had plunged headfirst into a coin's square hole.

"Tang Tang, could you take another, better-looking picture of me? I'll strike another pose."

Ye Linze shamelessly sidled over again. Ye Tangtang had already taken three pictures of him, and every pose had been just as absurdly alt-fashion.

"Eighth Brother, even though we're siblings, even siblings have to keep their accounts straight. I've already taken three pictures for you for free. This thing of mine is very precious, you know. For this one, I'll charge you a gold ingot."

Ye Linze was an easygoing fellow. He promptly took out the Gold Sycee Consort Yun had just given him and handed it to Ye Tangtang.

Mother had told him to... what had she told him to do again? He seemed to have forgotten. None of that mattered now. What mattered was getting some handsome pictures.

Ye Tangtang took the Gold Sycee and bit it.

Wow! It's real—it really is! What a windfall! I've made a Gold Sycee! Is Eighth Brother stupid? He's giving me a sycee for just two pictures?

Ye Tangtang hurriedly tucked the Gold Sycee into her bag, afraid someone would snatch it away.

"Eighth Brother, stand properly. I'll take two pictures for you this time. Call it a buy-one-get-one-free deal."

"What a bargain! Tang Tang, hurry and draw me. I'm going with this pose."

Ye Linze struck another particularly sexy pose.

Ye Tangtang: "..."

Fine, as long as he liked it. But where had he learned such a greasy, domineering CEO pose?

Lu Wuyou said, "Tang Tang, here's my ingot. Draw two more pictures of me."

"Mine too! I want some as well."

Ye Tangtang collected money until her hands practically went limp, Gold Sycees and silver ingots pouring into her bag one after another.

Hahahaha! I'm rich! I'm rich! This is so much money! My darling little ingots, aah!

As Ye Tangtang took pictures, everyone clustered around her in a dense, sprawling crowd.

Grand Tutor Yun walked in and demanded sternly, "Class is about to begin. What are you doing here? Do you want another beating?"

Everyone hurried back to their seats, leaving Ye Tangtang standing there all alone, looking utterly windswept and bewildered, camera still in hand.

"Tang Tang, what is this now?" Grand Tutor Yun asked, pointing at the little box in Ye Tangtang's hands.

"Grand Tutor Fu, this is a camera. It can draw people."

Grand Tutor Yun clearly didn't believe her. How could such a tiny thing draw a person?

"Tang Tang, haven't I taught you that the first rule of being a person is honesty? You mustn't lie."

Ye Tangtang aimed the camera at Grand Tutor Yun and clicked.

"Grand Tutor, I really am not lying. It really can draw you."

Grand Tutor Yun assumed the little girl was talking nonsense and earnestly lectured her. "Tang Tang, you're still young. You don't understand that telling lies..."

Ye Tangtang thrust the photograph into Grand Tutor Yun's hands. "Grand Tutor, I really didn't lie to you. Look."

Grand Tutor Yun stared at himself in the picture, stunned speechless, his eyes as wide as bronze bells. Even when he had been appointed grand tutor, he had never been this shocked!

This... this was truly a divine object!