Chapter 70: Alas! A Ninth-Rank Official Dares to Eat Meat! (2 / 2)
Little Bai Ze! Well said! No wonder you’re a divine beast understanding the common people’s hardships! Sob sob sob!
The Emperor:
The Emperor, embarrassed and angry, retorted, “Bathing every three days in winter? Why are you, a man, so particular? Can’t you just go once every ten days? Would going less often kill you?!”
“And meat! Is that something a minor ninth-rank official like you should eat every day? Every meal? Doesn’t the government canteen provide enough meat for lunch? Why are you still buying more meat at home?”
Xu Yanmiao: “… Your Majesty is correct.”
[But the food in the canteen is really terrible…]
The Emperor: “And about renting oxen! Why must you borrow from the government? Can’t you ask that friend of yours in the Ministry of War, that… that… Lian-something! Can’t you borrow from him and save some money?!”
Xu Yanmiao lowered his head silently.
Yet his inner voice roared.