Before Ming Li could say anything, the system in the space started to exclaim excitedly.
"I knew this cannon fodder had ulterior motives towards Host! Host, you must never agree to him! He actually wants Host to be the Empress! Don't even think about it! Host, you must not be fooled by this guy's sweet talk! Read books..."
Ming Li: ...?! She wanted to hit the system, what should she do!
Ming Li rubbed her ears and looked at Nangong Yi, who was looking at her expectantly across from her. She opened her mouth and said, word by word, very seriously: "Nangong Yi, I refuse. Your Empress will not be me."
After Ming Li finished speaking, the light in Nangong Yi's eyes instantly dimmed. He said to Ming Li sadly, "I understand."
Ming Li frowned beautifully as she looked at Nangong Yi. "Nangong Yi, you must remember that you are an Emperor now."
Nangong Yi just smiled when he heard this. "I know, A'Li. Don't worry, I will be a good Emperor." Then he raised his hand and continued to drink from the wine glass on the table.
Ming Li watched as Nangong Yi drank cup after cup until he was completely drunk and unconscious.
Ming Li: ...?! Helplessly, she got up and walked towards the door, calling for the people outside Nangong Yi's door to carry the drunk and unconscious Nangong Yi back.
A few days later, Ming Li heard from someone that the female lead, Su Ziyan, had taken advantage of the less strict guard at night and secretly had someone sneak into the prison to bring Nangong Jin out, and then they eloped. Nangong Yi sent people to pursue them, but they were never caught and their whereabouts are still unknown.
Ming Li: ... Of course they couldn't be caught, they are the male and female leads.
Since Ming Li refused Nangong Yi that time, she never saw him again. Later, Ming Li heard that Nangong Yi had an Empress, and it was Lin Yun'er.
Later still, the Prime Minister grew old and resigned from his post. Ming Li asked the Prime Minister if there was any place he wanted to go. The Prime Minister said he wanted to see the scenery of the Great An Kingdom, which he had served his whole life. Ming Li then took the old Prime Minister and his wife to see all the beautiful scenery of the Great An Kingdom. Finally, they settled in Jiangnan, where "the sun rises with rivers and flowers redder than fire, and spring comes with rivers green as jade."
After Ming Li saw off the Prime Minister and his wife one after another, the system notified her that the mission was completed.
...
When Ming Li detached from the plane and returned to the system space, she saw a small ball of light pounce towards her.
Ming Li: ...?! Her mouth twitched, and she directly raised her hand and swatted the system away.
System: ...?! It was stunned. Before it could recover, it saw another black bird appear in its system space, no, it was a phoenix. It had seen it by its Host's side before.
The system hurriedly floated to the little phoenix's side, circled it, and then floated back to Ming Li's side, saying to Ming Li with envy and jealousy, "Host, I want a body too!" After speaking, it rubbed against Ming Li's hand.
Ming Li's mouth twitched again, and she suddenly asked the system playfully, "What kind of body do you want?"
The system felt there was hope, so it thought very seriously and said, "I want a cute one." It looked at the clothes Ming Li was wearing and then said, "I also want a red one!"
Ming Li: ...?! She seriously suspected she misheard and asked again, seeing the system bounce up and down very seriously.
Ming Li: ... So Ming Li poked the system with her finger, and then the system turned into a small... red pig.