Get Some Points and Level Up

At this moment, Zhao Ruxi was sitting on the veranda, playing with her son.

Little Duo'er is almost two months old. He's chubby and fair-skinned, with bright, round, big eyes like black grapes. Even though he's young, you can tell from the exquisiteness of his features that he inherited the best features of both Xiao Lingyan and Zhao Ruxi.

The little guy sleeps most of the time, but when he's awake, he likes to look around whenever he hears a sound, showing remarkable liveliness.

"Clang, clang, clang..." Zhao Ruxi reached out and shook the rattle drum on her right side.

Little Duo'er opened his big eyes and looked to the right.

The baby's vision is still very weak, but that doesn't stop him from looking for things that make sounds.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

Zhao Ruxi extended the rattle drum in her hand to the left.

Little Duo'er turned his head to the left again.

At this moment, the system's voice suddenly sounded in Zhao Ruxi's mind, "Host, Xiao Lingyan has done something that will eliminate future troubles and prevent anyone from ever targeting him again. Do you want to hear it?"

"Oh? Tell me about it," Zhao Ruxi said with interest.

Xiao Lingyan is now a piece of fat meat, and everyone wants a bite. The unmarried noble ladies in the capital are all eyeing him, and some ministers and their wives are even scheming to get close to him.

This greatly annoyed Xiao Lingyan and Zhao Ruxi.

Zhao Ruxi knew that Xiao Lingyan had no intention of taking a concubine. He took precautions against this. For example, he was worried that a woman might suddenly jump into his arms and try to extort money from him while walking on the street, demanding that he take responsibility for her innocence. Therefore, he always had many Imperial Guards with him. For example, the servants in his mansion were repeatedly reprimanded.

But even the most meticulous plans can have flaws, and there will always be times when precautions are not taken.

Hearing from the system that Xiao Lingyan had taken measures to eliminate future troubles, Zhao Ruxi was naturally very interested.

The system then revealed that Xiao Lingyan had demoted or dismissed the two ministers.

Zhao Ruxi laughed, "That's a good move, cutting off the source of the problem, it really can eliminate future troubles."

Why were these people so determined to give their daughters to Xiao Lingyan concubines? It was simply because they wanted to use this opportunity to climb the social ladder.

However, because of their actions, Xiao Lingyan directly stripped them of their official positions, which made those people dare not put the cart before the horse.

"This information was obtained from the Emperor's palace. I'll charge you two hundred points," the system said.

This is the highest score the system has received for gathering information so far. Other information yields very few points.

Zhao Ruxi nodded casually, then asked with some confusion, "Why did you specifically bring this up?"

Because the system constantly uses some energy to gather information, she and the system had already agreed on a set rule with clearly stated prices. Once the system reports information, she only needs to deduct the points from the screen; it won't report it aloud.

Zhao Ruxi would occasionally glance at the screen, but most of the time she wouldn't. She had a good memory and was good with numbers, so the system wouldn't dare to trick her.

I wanted you to see the light screen.

Zhao Ruxi looked down at her son and noticed that the little guy, who had been so energetic just moments before, now had droopy eyelids.

But he seemed to want to struggle. He closed his eyes and then suddenly opened them again. He moved his hands and feet, as if trying to perk himself up, but he couldn't resist the call of sleep. His eyelids slumped down again. His little face was so cute it could melt anyone's heart.

Zhao Ruxi ignored the system, leaned in and kissed her son's chubby face, wrapped him in the thin blanket, and waited for him to fall asleep.

Once the little one was completely asleep, she stopped the Little Duo'er nurse from coming forward to pick him up, and personally carried the child into the room, placed him on the bed, and covered him with a blanket.

After leaving the nursery and returning to her study, Zhao Ruxi finally activated the light screen to check her points.

By accumulating a lot and using little, Zhao Ruxi's points on the screen are now approaching one million.

"What's wrong?" she asked, looking at the points.

"I'm just 100,000 points away from leveling up again," the system said. "Host, with so many points, why don't you buy another pill to help me level up?"

Zhao Ruxi blinked, remembering that after the system leveled up, it would be able to connect to the modern network, allowing her to transfer data from the modern network to ancient times. She was filled with anticipation for the system upgrade.

"What new features do you get after the upgrade?" she asked.

"I don't know," the system said, then after a moment's thought, it added, "Maybe I can take you back to the modern world."

Zhao Ruxi: "!!!"

"Can you take me back with Xiao Lingyan and Little Duo'er?" she asked eagerly.

Although it was only a matter of time before Xiao Lingyan reached the highest position, and she had already achieved great success, sitting in the most glorious position for a woman, if she had to choose, she would still prefer to go back to the modern world, to be an unknown, ordinary designer, and to live the most ordinary life.

Even ordinary people in modern times enjoy a higher standard of living than emperors in ancient times; not to mention the peaceful environment and relaxed mindset.

"No," the system said. "Xiao Lingyan came with you, and your bodies are still in the modern world, so you might be able to go back together. But your son was born and raised here; he's not a modern soul, and he doesn't have a body in the modern world, so you can't bring him back."

Zhao Ruxi was completely dumbfounded.

There's no way she could abandon her son and go back to the modern world with Xiao Lingyan.

She thought for a moment and said, "You seemed to have said before that our time in the modern world has been frozen at the moment of time travel. If Xiao Lingyan and I live to be seventy or eighty years old and then travel back, will we be able to return to the moment of time travel?"

When Little Duo'er grows up and can stand on his own, ruling the world, she and Xiao Lingyan will no longer be of much use, and they won't need to worry about their son too much. At that time, they can return to the modern world, regain their youthful bodies and modern life, which would be incredibly awesome.

"Well, theoretically speaking, that should be the case," the system said uncertainly. "Let me level up first; maybe I'll know after I level up."

Although she doubted that the system was trying to coax her into spending points to upgrade it, she was determined to upgrade it. The higher the system's level, the better it would be for Zhao Ruxi.

She browsed through the online store and asked, "What would happen if I gave my son the Agility Pill right now?"

system:"..."

"What else can he do?" it scoffed. "He'll be able to nimbly flip over. If he takes Great Strength Pill, he could probably hurt the nanny with his little fists. When he reaches the mischievous kid stage, I bet only you and Xiao Lingyan in the whole world can handle him."

Zhao Ruxi: "..."

The system's description was so vivid, she couldn't bear to imagine it.

"What will happen if I take another Agility Pill? Will I become the world's number one master of lightness skills?" she asked again.

The system finally couldn't hold back any longer. "Hey host, can't you buy something else? We have plenty of useful items in our shop. Why do you have to go after Agility Pill and Great Strength Pill?"