TPITWOHEF

Chapter 139

"Tonight, while playing, I came up with seven or eight policy changes. What about you all?"

Xiao Yunzhou's hoarse voice sounded very rough.

As if he had been working all night, without sleep or rest.

But this was all an illusion.

[Oh, Emperor Father's voice is hoarse, not from thinking about policies, but from playing Tycoon last night. He spent the whole time urging Elder Fuca and Lord Shen to hurry up and decide whether to buy land or not, shouting until he went hoarse.]

"..."

Liu Chaniang, holding her daughter Chu Chu, stood outside the imperial study, feeling her temple throb as she listened.

Last night, Xiao Yunzhou had played Tycoon with his ministers all night long.

Until the moon rose above the willow treetops, he still hadn't returned the little princess. She had to send the wet nurse to forcibly bring her back.

As a result, once daughter Chu Chu returned to the side hall of Donghua Palace, her inner voice never stopped. While awake, she gave Liu Chaniang a full broadcast of the intense battle scene between the emperor and the cabinet and six ministries.

Liu Chaniang heard everything crystal clear, including how after the midnight hour, Xiao Yunzhou slapped the table and added a new rule to Tycoon - players who reach the bank can borrow silver from it.

[Emperor Father has had an epiphany, not bad.]

In her mother's arms, Xiao Chuchu praised her old man the emperor as naturally as eating and drinking.

[Not stupid.]

[It wasn't in vain that my mother, along with Qiu Li and Auntie Consort Min, used their clever wits and painstaking efforts to invent 'Tycoon' from the leaf card game.]

Xiao Chuchu, already well-rested this morning, began her inner monologue at the imperial study's door.

Liu Chaniang listened with barely suppressed laughter.

Inside the study, Xiao Yunzhou, separated only by a wall, heard the little princess's voice and his eyes suddenly lit up.

His daughter had come?

Had she seen her father's capabilities?

Xiao Yunzhou instantly became more energetic, looking toward Jiang Li of the Ministry of Revenue, who was equally exhausted from the all-nighter. "In Tycoon, you're no match for me."

"In devising new fiscal policies, you're not my equal either."

"Jiang Li, Minister of Revenue, aren't you ashamed?"

Jiang Li's face flushed red, nearly diving under the table, and could only stand up, "I- I humbly request Your Majesty to lend me Tycoon for a day, so I may take it back to the Ministry of Revenue for all officials to study together."

Outside the imperial study, the Empress Dowager, Empress, and Noble Consort Li listened in astonishment.

This plaything, and the Minister of Revenue wants to borrow it, for the entire ministry to learn from?

"Hmph," but soon Xiao Yunzhou's dissatisfied voice came from the study, "If you take it back to ponder, and still don't match up to me, won't that be wasting the efforts of Concubine Liu and Consort Min?"

"...!" The Empress and Noble Consort Li, who had come to complain, instantly wore unsightly expressions.

"Who says women are inferior to men?" Xiao Yunzhou knew his daughter was outside, and also knew she was a typical mommy's girl who fiercely protected her mother.