The Empress's Gigolo
chapter-813

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Ren Baqian was still working five days before his wedding, and he felt that he deserved an industrious award of some sort.

If he were this industrious back when he was working on Earth, he probably would have already been promoted, gotten a pay raise, and also married a perfect wife…

Of course, he had gotten a promotion, received a pay raise, and was now about to marry a Miss Perfect as well. Furthermore, nothing else could be compared to what he had now.

Other than Her Majesty herself, he reckoned that there was nobody else in the world who was worthy of being called the empress.

On one hand, he did it for those students. After all, they had missed a lot of classes and Ren Baqian wouldn’t take a break as long as he could make it.

This behavior was common among the aboriginals. They weren’t like most ordinary people who got wiped out by life. Because of their strength, the aboriginals had a very rich delving mentality and were extremely energetic.

As a result, the aboriginals felt strongly about dying in a fancy way!

For example… the lampposts!

Even though the Public Order Bureau and winged cavalry had been deployed to every lamppost the previous night to read out the various prohibitions, this didn’t deter the aboriginals.

The Public Order Bureau had been whipping people all the way from last night until this morning.

It was said that 90 percent of these “criminals” wanted to climb up to see what was on top of the poles and why they glowed!

The remaining ten percent of them wanted to see if it would still glow if they collapsed the poles!

Thankfully, Ren Baqian had long ago predicted that such situations would happen… It wasn’t exactly a prediction, but there were too many Kismet Heaven and Cardinal Heaven experts in Lan City. These people could easily leap up and stand on top of the lampposts!

In order to prevent electric shocks, he deliberately buried all the wires underground. Otherwise, they would definitely be hearing news of hundreds of people being shocked by electricity, and the smell of charred meat would surely linger in the air for at least three days.

Anyway, it was easy to dig holes and bury those wires. The aboriginals were strong and extremely efficient at digging holes, even without the use of excavators. An ordinary aboriginal would have no problems digging at least ten holes that were one meter wide and one meter deep. Within two months, they dug so many holes that all of Lan City looked like it was fighting a tunnel war.

If not for the lack of time, Ren Baqian would have wanted them to dig sewers!

The aboriginals were full of curiosity and vigor, as were his students.

Being curious about everything was an important factor for scientific exploration.

Therefore, Ren Baqian still had considerable expectations for these students. Naturally, he would try his best to teach when he had the time to. This way, he would at least feel like he was a qualified teacher.

Apart from the students, there was someone visiting the school today.

Ren Baqian saw him as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the school. He was wearing a plain brocade. He was fair-skinned, short-haired, looked charming and valiant, and was just a little short of what Ren Baqian had looked like back when he was much thinner.

He stood there waiting early in the morning, and it seemed that he had asked around about what time Ren Baqian would normally arrive.

“Greetings, Principal. My name is Lin Mengsheng!” Lin Mengsheng greeted Ren Baqian with an indifferent look on his face.

Both of them looked at each other. Ren Baqian had a large, bald head and was built roughly the same as the aboriginals. He was fierce-looking, and his body was broad… He actually looked a little more delicate than the aboriginals After all, his foundations were there.

It was like how a fat husky wouldn’t look like a Tibetan mastiff.

Ren Baqian looked at him and said, “So, you are that Lin Mengsheng that I have heard about! Follow me in for a chat!”

Lin Mengsheng followed him into his office. Ren Baqian then took out his gun and fiddled with it as he sat down. This wasn’t to threaten Lin Mengsheng since he didn’t even know what it was. Instead, it was just a little habit of Ren Baqian’s that he had relied on to keep himself safe when he first arrived. Even though he didn’t need it anymore, he would always fiddle with it every time he sat here.

It was like how some people fiddled with walnuts when they had nothing to do.

“I have heard from Her Majesty that you want to be a teacher here. Before we discuss further, satisfy my curiosity first. Why do you want to come here?” Ren Baqian casually asked.

“I’m not sure if you would believe it if I told you that I have always wanted to be an educator since I was young?” Lin Mengsheng stood at the desk and smiled.

“What do you think?” Ren Baqian looked at him and pondered. Was there any place that an educator couldn’t teach? Why did he have to come all the way here?

Lin Mengsheng changed his tone and said, “The others have been guessing the various motives of the commoners, and some guessed that the objective was Her Majesty…”

He paused for a little at this moment, seemingly trying to observe Ren Baqian’s reaction.

He was pretty daring to pause his words here.

If it were someone else other than Ren Baqian, they probably would have ordered Lin Mengsheng to be taken out and killed.

Ren Baqian let out an unpredictable laugh.

Did these people really think that they could get the empress fall in love with them so easily? A lot of gigolos and scholars showed up during her birthday celebrations.

Why then did she choose Ren Baqian?

Of course, it was because he was flirty!

Naturally, if someone else were to harbor any wild intentions, he would definitely arrange a tragic death for them.

Seeing that Ren Baqian remained unmoved, Lin Mengsheng’s confidence in his decision grew stronger. He felt that Ren Baqian was indeed what he had expected. If Ren Baqian was fazed by such a sentence, Lin Mengsheng would definitely doubt his own decision.

“Those people’s thoughts were outright amusing! After prolonged periods of boredom and sitting there for too long, they were full of vile thoughts! In fact, the commoners were after you!”

Ren Baqian’s smile grew stiff, and he took a close look at Lin Mengsheng. Lin Mengsheng really looked like the Rabbit God[1.Rabbit God: the deity of Chinese folk religion unique to Beijing, where his sculptures are traditionally crafted]!

Kill him? Ren Baqian contemplated it. It wouldn’t be nice if he killed Lin Mengsheng on his first day at the academy… Perhaps he could arrange a more suitable way of death for him, such as accidentally falling into the blast furnace that was used for smelting steel?

“I have walked around the city over the past few days and saw all the glassware, mirrors, street lamps, soaps, newspapers, and cement roads that you have introduced!” Lin Mengsheng continued.

Ren Baqian felt that he could probably still spare this man’s life.

“The various regulations for the captives were also your idea! Whether it was the ten year period or other rules, they allowed the captives to not only have the will to survive, but to also have something to look forward to in the future. They won’t be reduced to the state of the walking dead, but they also won’t become corpses that nobody cares about. They are living an even better life than many of the Yun Nation’s commoners! You have a strong righteousness in your heart, Principal, and I really admire it! Not to mention your other achievements, from the management of the captive camps alone, you have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands!

There are also various policies that Dayao made after the occupation of the Yun Nation, and I assume that all of them were your suggestions! No matter what the others think of you, you have reformed the barbarians to be more ethical and saved countless lives. There can never be anyone as humane, righteous, and wise as you.

Now that the Yun Nation has fallen, if it wasn’t for you, countless commoners would already have fallen into a bloody mess and would be in terrible situations. It was your effort that allowed them to lead safe lives now.

At the beginning, I had heard from other sources about the regulations that were made for the captive camps. It was only after I had personally checked it out that I realized that Dayao had changed and was no longer how it used to be. Dayao’s forces were formidable, and the fall of the Yun Nation was a foregone conclusion. This was why I dared to voice out the pros and cons of surrendering and convinced many of the warlords to do so.

You have made all kinds of strange things to benefit the people and even started a newspaper to convey their voice. You love the world, help countless people, and influence the barbarians with the way of saints. Unfortunately, your students are pretty weak, but even though they aren’t talented, they are willing to put in the effort!” Lin Mengsheng concluded.

Ren Baqian pondered for some time. Was this guy speaking the truth?

Had he become a humane, righteous, wise, and brave saint to Lin Mengsheng after just the first meeting?

Was Lin Mengsheng blind?

However, from the fervor on his face, it didn’t look like he was faking it. Ren Baqian wouldn’t even feel the slightest pressure if he was presented with an award.

Regardless of whether what Lin Mengsheng said was true or false, Ren Baqian felt that he should keep this person alive for now. Not to mention the rest, he felt that this man’s boot-licking skills were pretty exceptional. If Ren Baqian discovered something wrong with him later on, it wouldn’t be too late to deal with him then.

If there really was no problem, a person like this would truly be useful!

Ren Baqian drew back his lips and said, “Alright, I’ll regard what you have said as true. Get ready to take up your position. However, in order to be a teacher, you have to start learning words first!”

“Every word I speak is the truth,” Lin Mengsheng replied immediately. After that, he started to have some doubts. “Learning words?”

“You wait here. I’ll go get you two textbooks.” Ren Baqian left him in the office and went out for some fresh air.

It was pretty stressful for him to deal with Lin Mengsheng.

A figure appeared behind Ren Baqian like a ghost and said, “I almost believed him after listening to all of that!”

“Who are you looking down on?” Ren Baqian rolled his eyes. “If the world’s most powerful expert can become a ball-kicking monster, why can’t I care for the world?”

“Hehe!” Li Fu let out a burst of mischievous laughter and disappeared.

Ren Baqian looked around him and realized that Sir Li had disappeared. He always appeared and disappeared unpredictably, yet he showed up this time just to diss Ren Baqian?