Special Agent Rebirth: The Omnipotent Goddess of Quick Transmigration-Chapter 30 - 029 Prime Minister Residences number one talented

Chapter 30: 029 Prime Minister Residence’s number one talented lady (11)

Chapter 30: 029 Prime Minister Residence’s number one talented lady (11)

The emperor did not speak immediately, but instead watched Bai Zhenzhen with those deep, unfathomable eyes, as an oppressive atmosphere that left one struggling to breathe pervaded the study room.

Bai Zhenzhen did not hear an answer from the emperor and felt some trepidation in her heart. What was the matter with the emperor?

Shouldn’t he be looking at her with newfound respect upon hearing of her vast wealth? Why was there not a single reaction?

Since her arrival in this world, Bai Zhenzhen had ascended rapidly to the top, and aside from that incident with the firearms, she had hardly encountered any difficulties. Now, she was beginning to understand what was meant by the inscrutability of imperial authority.

“Are you certain you do not want my crown prince?” The emperor lowered his gaze, tapped on the table, and asked again in a tone that was hard to read.

“I only want the freedom that belongs to me!” Bai Zhenzhen spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly. Marrying that useless crown prince—what future would she have then?

She would never agree to it, not even if it killed her.

“Very well, I agree to your request,” said the emperor, not giving her a hard time. Initially, he had thought that with his son’s talent, Bai Zhenzhen would be a perfect match.

Now, it seemed he was mistaken. Bai Zhenzhen, with her short-sighted vision and character, wouldn’t be worthy of his son even if multiplied by a hundred.

Seizing upon the moment, the Third Prince declared his current disinterest in marriage.

Previously unaware that Bai Zhenzhen was the second owner of the Fèngyǎ Tower, he had already decided not to marry Ye Shaohua. Now more than ever, knowing the wealth behind Bai Zhenzhen, he was even less willing to settle for someone as ordinary as Ye Shaohua.

“And you, are you sure as well?” the emperor asked, looking intently at the Third Prince.

Who held more value, Ye Shaohua or Bai Zhenzhen with her multiple identities? This was something the Third Prince understood better than anyone, and he promptly declared, “Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Good, you all may leave now,” dismissed the emperor with a wave of his hand.

After they left, the emperor shook his head ever so slightly.

“What are your thoughts on Bai Zhenzhen and the Third Prince?” The steward of the Internal Affairs Office was startled for a moment before realizing the emperor was speaking to him again.

Being a eunuch, he dared not say too much, but after careful consideration he said, “Lady Bai is indeed the most talented woman in the Imperial City; I did not expect she owned such a prestigious tower. Truly rare in this world. And the Third Prince is deep in his plans and far-sighted.”

Upon hearing this, the emperor scoffed.

He reached for a hibiscus box, took out two hundred thousand taels of gold from within, and said, “This was given to me by Prime Minister Ye after the morning court. He asked that his son be well-provided for in the border regions and not suffer hardship—it is his ‘bribe’ to me.”

“Two hundred thousand taels of gold? How could the Prime Minister afford this, and Your Majesty, you did not instruct Minister Ye to the border regions this morning, did you?” Even the well-versed steward was taken aback. “Prime Minister Ye has always been known for his incorruptibility and has never engaged in bribery.”

The emperor laughed heartily at this, “He himself may not be able, but he does have a strategist in his residence capable of calculating a hundred moves ahead!”

“The most talented woman in the Imperial City?” The emperor looked at the two hundred thousand taels of silver and sneered.

Lowering his head, the steward pretended not to see, yet he knew it was time to choose sides.

**

The crown prince himself led the campaign. The emperor retracted the edict for the Bai Family to accompany him and instead directed the Ye Family to go in their stead, which relieved the Bai Family—they certainly did not wish to accompany the crown prince to his likely demise.

The day he departed was the very day of the literary gathering at the Fèngyǎ Tower.

Many believed the crown prince would not return, and thus, only a few people went to send him off. Bai Zhenzhen was discussing vigorously on the open-air terrace of the tower’s second floor at that time: “Do you know about centralized monarchy?”

“What do you mean by that?”

“It means abolishing the position of prime minister, prioritizing the Six Ministries, abolishing the provincial administrations, setting up three agencies…”

Bai Zhenzhen spoke on and on, shocking the Third Prince and the literati of the tower. They had not anticipated such daring and progressive ideas from a woman.

Seeing their astonished expressions, a hint of pride flickered through Bai Zhenzhen’s eyes. This was the mature governance system developed from the Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty in her world, and her mind was filled with many such systems.

Just one idea had these talented men willingly admitting their inferiority. Bai Zhenzhen couldn’t describe the sense of superiority she felt, being from the modern world. There were bound to be more surprises for them!

With that thought, she struck while the iron was hot, “Humans are naturally born equal. We must live for ourselves, not accept others’ arrangements. We must learn to fight for our freedom!”

In defending her refusal to marry, her words made the literary talents present admire her principled stance even more.

Having finished speaking, she noticed Ye Shaohua on the street below the tower, staring at her.

Under the sunlight, Ye Shaohua’s eyes sparkled exceptionally, and Bai Zhenzhen squinted slightly before saying with a pointed smile, “Lady Ye, my words are not aimed at you. It’s just that people should resist. Being passive is not the solution…”

“Indeed, Lady Bai makes a very good point,” the assembled literati said in amazement at Bai Zhenzhen’s indifference to fame and fortune. “You can tell a lot about a person by their Go skills. Just look at the puzzles displayed here; Lady Bai’s strategic thinking is unmatched.”

“May I ask what Lady Bai’s thoughts are on the three unsolvable Go puzzles on the wall?” another inquired about the displayed puzzles.

“These three puzzles were set by me. My skills are rudimentary, and I have not yet found a solution,” Bai Zhenzhen feigned helplessness.

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In fact, one of the puzzles was created by a modern Go prodigy who died before revealing the solution.

The other two were puzzles of unprecedented genius, even the gifted Bai Zhenzhen from her own time had to acknowledge their brilliance as she had managed to solve them.

Two years after the girl’s death, her family agreed to disclose the solution at an exhibition.

Bai Zhenzhen also died in a car accident while going to see the exhibition, never learning the final outcome.

Upon hearing her statement, the Third Prince’s gaze towards Bai Zhenzhen burned even more fervently.

Right now, the people outside were still unaware that the Fèngyǎ Tower belonged to Bai Zhenzhen. If they knew, they would surely go mad.

[Ding! The system has successfully upgraded! The System Mall has been successfully opened!]

[Holy crap, Ye God, what are you staring at if not the System Mall?]

“The Go puzzles,” Ye Shaohua mused, pondering how Bai Zhenzhen could have devised such an exquisite board, especially the last one.

Hearing this, the system looked through Ye Shaohua’s eyes at the last Go board and scoffed, [What’s there to see in your own puzzle?]