“You should trust your men more.”
Annette and Darius teased Lucion. They were, all three, high-ranking individuals whom Zavet normally wouldn’t dare approach.
“Remember your name. You can go now.”
“What? What?”
“Your task is done. Next person.”
“Two in a row passed, so someone who fails should be next.”
“Is it better for someone to fail? Really, Lucion.”
“Your intuition is off. You shouldn’t trust it. On the other hand, Annette’s instincts are reliable.”
“Speaking of intuition, I predict a failure this time.”
“No, my lady. Didn’t you just say it’s better if they pass?”
“But statistically, after two consecutive passes, it’s time for a greedy person to show up. So far, it’s been one in four.”
“Every time, my lady takes the lead, leaving me no chance to win.”
“Lucion, are you complaining about my wife?”
“Rather than that, can’t you both speak more naturally? It’s still so stiff.”
“It’s much better than at the start.”
The three were already preparing for the next person. Zavet had no choice but to scratch his head and leave the tent.
“What in the world…”
Unbeknownst to him, a good military life awaited the ungreedy Zavet.
“So, is this the amount?”
After about two hours, the test, not an aptitude test but one using gold coins, was finally over.
By the end, it seemed that rumors had spread that the higher-ups were keenly observing who could move the gold coins and who couldn’t. Even those who outwardly acted virtuous were astoundingly sorted out by the gold coins.
“Among the soldiers, one in three passed, and among the knights, one in four passed. Fewer knights passed.”
“The knights and soldiers who passed will be considered first for important positions, trusting their integrity.”
On the contrary, knights like Lamin, who openly displayed greed, would likely face negative repercussions in future promotion assessments.
In the military, the most important things are supplies and logistics. Having honest people in charge of handling money would greatly improve military life.
The strong men who could handle the selected gold coins transported them to the castle, and the troublesome task of transportation was completed in just half a day.
After transporting to the castle’s underground storage, Darius, Lucion, and I faced each other.
Holding the magic gold coins that hadn’t lost their shimmer even after ages, I eventually murmured with a serious face, “There’s a problem here.”
“Yes, there’s definitely a problem.”
Unable to keep up with Darius and my conversation, Lucion looked perplexed.
“What problem?”
“The problem is with these heaps of gold coins, Lucion.”
“Even ordinary people would have issues just by touching these coins, so what use are mountains of them?”
Simply handing them to a merchant would likely cause them to explode with a ‘pop’!
Is a merchant who doesn’t get greedy at the sight of gold even a merchant?
“Well, we could use these gold coins as collateral to borrow goods or something. After all, they are physically here.”
“What if they ask why we don’t use the gold coins directly to buy goods? We’ll just have to make up a suitable excuse.”
“But with that stiff acting like earlier, trading will be really tough.”
True to their honest knightly nature, Lucion and Darius’s attempt at acting was unconvincing and never improved.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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