Ye Tangtang adjusted the camera, picked a random palace maid, then stood beside Jun Yuyuan. They were very close, with only a fist's width between them.
So scary! I've sacrificed so much for my precious money.
What does it feel like to take a photo with a yandere villainous male lead? Now you can experience it yourself!
Sob, sob, sob, his oppressive aura is about to crush the breath out of me.
Ye Tangtang edged sideways without giving herself away. That oppressive presence-he truly lived up to his role as the villainous male lead.
Jun Yuyuan: "..."
Was he really that frightening? Or did he look terrifying?
Why was this little girl inexplicably afraid of him?
Jun Yuyuan discreetly moved one step closer to Ye Tangtang, until their sleeves touched.
Standing beside Jun Yuyuan, Ye Tangtang only reached his chest. The handsome boy and beautiful girl fit into the frame together, making for a lovely photo.
Ye Tangtang seized the opportunity to touch the male lead's hand again.
Five hundred points in the bag! Honestly, Jun Yuyuan keeps rushing to hand me points, and rushing to hand me money too. Really, I'd feel bad refusing.
Jun Yuyuan: "..."
It seemed she was making thorough use of him.
"Ninth Princess, this servant has finished taking it. Please see whether you like it. You're so beautiful, Ninth Princess, and Jun... His Highness is also..."
The palace maid glanced up at Jun Yuyuan, her little face flushing crimson, then quickly lowered her eyes.
If one were to name the most handsome man in the palace, other than His Majesty, it would be this crown prince of a fallen kingdom.
But Jun Yuyuan was still young and had yet to fully grow into his looks.
Ye Tangtang picked up the photo. The two of them standing together... somehow looked like a perfect match??
This... we look way too much like a fucking couple! I'm just here to pose with him. What if someone gets the wrong idea? I don't want to be this villainous male lead's girlfriend.
Jun Yuyuan: "..."
She found him objectionable?!
The system: Tang Tang, he's pretty handsome, you know. He has status, brains, and martial prowess. In the end, he even unifies the Seven Kingdoms and becomes an emperor without equal through the ages. Why not give him some consideration?
Ye Tangtang: Little Useless System, this villainous male lead never has a single woman by his side from beginning to end. Maybe... he can't perform in that department.
Jun Yuyuan: "..."
He couldn't perform??
For the first time, Jun Yuyuan's expression changed. He had always kept his emotions hidden, but now he was genuinely angry.
And a twelve-year-old girl had made him angry, no less.
The system: Tang Tang, you might be right. According to the book, he really never had a single woman.
Really! Hahahaha! Who would've thought that Jun Yuyuan, such a formidable villainous male lead, would turn out to be impotent? He's impotent, hahaha!
Ye Tangtang laughed wildly at Jun Yuyuan in her heart.
Jun Yuyuan's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He closed his eyes for a moment, suppressing his anger.
He snatched the picture from Ye Tangtang's hand and turned to leave, his black robes sweeping across the floor in an arc.
Huh? What's wrong with Jun Yuyuan? He seems angry. Did I take an unflattering picture of him?
This went pretty well. I earned two big ingots. Jun Yuyuan's money is so easy to make. I'll find that sucker again next time.
Ye Tangtang hugged the two large ingots and rubbed them against her cheeks. Her life, her precious darlings, aaaaah!
The system: *...*
It had sent her to win over the male lead, but she had used him up and tossed him straight aside...
The system looked at the 1.2% conquest progress again and sank into thought.
Wait, hadn't it been 1.1% last time? Why had it suddenly gone up by 0.1??
Sob, sob, sob, their Tang Tang was finally getting somewhere.
The system held little hope for this useless host. Even by the time Tang Tang died of old age, her conquest progress might never reach 100%.
"Mommy!"
Ye Tangtang entered the Palace of Gathered Elegance and shouted at the top of her lungs.
Why hadn't Mommy waited for her today? Where had her darling mommy gone?
"Big Sister Qiushuang, where's my mommy?"
Worry clouded Qiushuang's face as she grabbed Ye Tangtang's little hand. "Little Princess, please hurry and save the Beauty. Her Majesty the Empress took her away, and we don't know what she means to do."
What! Captain of the abortion squad, that smiling tiger Empress Lu! This is bad, this is bad! Mommy's in danger. I have to hurry and save her.
Ye Tangtang took off running so fast that even Qiushuang couldn't catch her.
By the time Ye Tangtang reached Phoenix Hall, Shen Qingqing had already come out.
Ye Tangtang anxiously hugged her mother and checked her all over. Fortunately, she wasn't injured. Who knew how that old witch had bullied her beautiful mommy?
"Mommy, are you all right?"
Shen Qingqing held Tang Tang tightly in her arms and shook her head. "I'm fine. Mommy just went to exchange a few words with Her Majesty the Empress."
Hmph, who knows how that old witch bullied Mommy? Next time, I'll draw a pack of explosives and blow Phoenix Hall straight up.
The system: *...*
That really was something its violent host would do.
Shen Qingqing: "..."
"Tang Tang, Mommy's fine. The Empress didn't bully me. She only said a few things to me."
"Mommy, why is your face so pale?"
Remembering the medicine the Empress had made her drink that day, Shen Qingqing's expression stiffened. "Tang Tang, Mommy's fine. I'm just a little tired."
"Mommy, let's hurry home, then."
Ye Tangtang took her darling mommy's hand, and they went home together~
"Mommy, I drew pictures for people today and earned lots and lots of money."
Ye Tangtang took out her heavy little purse. It was filled with gold and silver ingots, along with some loose silver and copper coins.
Shen Qingqing was stunned, her mouth hanging open. Even the Empress's monthly stipend wasn't this much. How on earth had her daughter earned so much money in a single day?
"Mommy, we have money now. You can eat anything you want and buy anything you want."
Moved to tears, Shen Qingqing stroked her daughter's head. Her daughter really had grown up.
"Mommy dearest, why are you crying?"
"Mommy's just so happy. Tang Tang really is Mommy's little lucky star."
Ye Tangtang lifted her head, her nose practically pointing at the sky. She was a little lucky star! A little lucky koi!
Hehehe, maybe I can even scrape by until I'm a hundred.
Profound Heaven Hall.
The youth sat motionless on a couch in his black robes. A picture lay on the sandalwood table, the girl in it smiling like a blooming flower.
Jin Yun whispered, "His Highness has been sitting there looking at it for almost two hours. What exactly is he looking at? He's so absorbed."
Ling Feng said, "His Highness naturally has his reasons. How could we possibly guess what he's thinking?"
"You're right. No one can match His Highness's strategic mind."
"Mm-hmm. His Highness must be considering his next move. We'd better not disturb him."
"Right."
After a long while, Jun Yuyuan uttered two words. "So short."
She was clearly a twelve-year-old girl, so why was she so short?
He would turn seventeen in a few days. He didn't seem to be that much older than this little girl, did he?
Why did they look so much like an older brother and younger sister in the picture?
"Jin Yun, come take a look at this picture."
Thinking it was some important plan, Jin Yun walked over and looked. Wasn't the girl in it the Ninth Princess, Ye Tangtang?
So His Highness had been looking at the Ninth Princess all this time??
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