usatvline Chapter 7: Exchanging for Divine Power 4
Chapter 7: Exchanging for Divine Power 4
太子负面情绪+1+1+1+1+1
太子妃负面情绪+1+1+1+1+1
忠诚亲王负面情绪+1+1+1+1+1
Prince Zhonglian's positive emotions +1 +1 +1
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Xia Chengxu's negative emotions +1 +1 +1
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Jia Jing's negative emotions +1 +1 +1
Jia She's negative emotions +1 +1 +1
This massive wave of emotional sentiment swept in like a tidal wave.
The mood index is rising rapidly.
Some of the names on the list were ones he knew, and some were ones he didn't.
And the vast majority of these emotions are negative, with very few positive ones.
Huh?
There seems to be something strange mixed in with these people.
Who are Jia Jing and Jia She?
Xia Chengzong could understand the emotional support he received from figures like the Crown Prince and princes, since it involved the struggle for the throne.
The emperor's praise of his "good grandson" immediately put him in the eye of the storm.
It was perfectly normal for the other princes and grandsons to be hostile towards him.
But why would Jia Jing and Jia She, two members of the Jia family, hate him?
Xia Chengzong pondered the plot of Dream of the Red Chamber for a while, a thoughtful expression on his face.
In the novel *Dream of the Red Chamber*, Jia Jing passed the imperial examination but ultimately became a Taoist priest.
Jia She was the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion of the Jia family and inherited the title of Rongguo Mansion.
However, in the Rongguo Mansion, it was not Jia She's eldest son's family who was in charge of the household management, but rather the second son's family.
Jia She spent his days at home drinking and indulging in his concubines, living a life of debauchery and waiting to die.
Why are these two so dejected?
According to historical research, both Jia Jing and Jia She served as officials in the Eastern Palace.
Later, when the crown prince rebelled and was killed, they were implicated. Although they were spared death, one of them had to become a monk and the other stayed at home drinking.
These two are probably both from the Crown Prince's faction.
If that's the case, then it's not surprising that they hate themselves.
Xia Chengzong discovered that the rate at which the emotional value increased began to slow down, but it did not stop.
The vast majority of these were provided by members of the royal family, with some non-royal members mixed in.
Xia Chengzong did not recognize these people, but he figured they were all direct subordinates of the various princes' mansions.
I must say, it's great that the Prince's Palace is now open to the public!
In just one day, he gained several hundred emotional points.
Before the Prince's Palace was reopened, it would have taken him at least two or three years to accumulate this much emotional value.
If this growth rate doesn't slow down, he might be able to accumulate a thousand emotion points in the next few days, allowing him to exchange for another supernatural ability.
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The next morning, after getting up, Xia Chengzong's first task was to conduct a morning self-examination.
His father, still hungover, was not disturbed, so he went directly to the princess to pay his respects.
Not long after he came out, the three little ones came and surrounded him.
These three little guys have never gotten up this early before; this is the first time they've ever gotten up this early.
They asked in a flurry of chatter:
"Third Brother, didn't you say we could go out and play today? When can we go out?"
"Yes, yes, please take us out to play!"
"Should we ask Mother for some money? We can't buy good food without money, and it's so frustrating to just look at food without being able to eat it!"
Goodness, no wonder they got up so early; they remembered what they said yesterday and were eager to go out and play.
Thinking of this, Xia Chengzong couldn't help but laugh.
He put on a stern face and said, "When did I ever say I was going to take you guys out to play?"
Xia Caiwei's negative emotions +1 +1 +1
Xia Chengkun's negative emotions +1 +1 +1
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"You clearly said that yesterday!"
"Exactly, how could you go back on your word?"
"How could you do this? Lying is not the way of a good child!"
Xia Chengzong glanced at the emotion value unintentionally and was surprised to find that the emotion value had reached as many as 989 points.
This surprised and delighted him.
In just one day, the emotional value he accumulated was comparable to what he had accumulated over the previous seven years!
Although it was his first appearance yesterday, the initial emotional response was always overwhelming.
Eventually, there will be a threshold; without new stimuli, emotional values will no longer be generated.
But they really made a profit this time.
It's only a dozen or so emotion points away from 1000.
He glanced at the three children in front of him again, and his eyes lit up.
Isn't this the best chives right in front of us?
Thinking of this, he immediately asked in a serious tone, "You've come at the perfect time; I was just about to check your homework!"
"Have you all memorized the passages I assigned? Come on, Chengkun, you start. Recite the passages one by one, and I will check them one by one."
The three children were stunned upon hearing this.
Xia Chengkun quickly replied, "Third Brother, didn't we receive the imperial decree and enter the palace yesterday? Then we drank with Father afterward. Where would we find the time to memorize anything?"
"That's right, that's right, something came up yesterday and we were delayed, it's not that we're not taking responsibility."
"Third Brother, don't worry, we promise to make it up today. You can check again tomorrow, okay?"
Xia Chengzong said sternly, "I had things to do during the day yesterday, but what did you do last night?"
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, how many tomorrows are there? What needs to be done today, should be done today. How can we put everything off until tomorrow?"
"If you keep nagging, each of you will get five more lashes! Now recite your text."
The three children couldn't recite it, and unsurprisingly, each of them was slapped five times on the palm of their hand.
They walked out with tears in their eyes and gritted teeth, their hearts filled with hatred for Xia Chengzong.
Xia Caiwei's negative emotions +1 +1 +1
Xia Chengkun's negative emotions +1 +1 +1
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The emotion value has reached exactly 1000.
Xia Chengzong did not hesitate and immediately exchanged for the fourth level of supernatural power, which allowed him to observe things meticulously.
A misty aura emanated from the jade pendant, permeating his entire body.
Xia Chengzong felt a warm current flow through his body, which felt pleasant and comfortable.
After the heat subsided, he opened his eyes and looked outside, only to find that the world before him seemed to have suddenly become different.
He noticed many details that he had never noticed before.
Is this what it means to have keen observation skills?
The effect was indeed very obvious!
At this moment, he recalled the scene of meeting the Emperor Emeritus yesterday.
Suddenly, he recalled a detail he had overlooked.
The Emperor Emeritus's eyes were sunken, which looked like the result of wearing glasses.
In other words, the retired emperor had presbyopia?
In his previous life, he was a content creator specializing in retro handicrafts.
He has a deep understanding of old objects.
He knew that reading glasses of this era, due to their materials and craftsmanship, had poor clarity and could easily cause dizziness and blurred vision if worn for a long time.
And coincidentally, the Emperor's birthday was just half a month later.
He was still considering what gift would be appropriate, but now he has found the most suitable gift.
That's right, it was a pair of reading glasses that he had personally polished for the emperor.
In his previous life, he was a retro handicraft content creator who made a living from this.
The reading glasses he crafted have a clarity far exceeding that of this era, and they won't cause dizziness even after wearing them for a long time.
However, in this era, glass is still a luxury item.
In the novel *Dream of the Red Chamber*, when Jia Zhen hosted a banquet, he even sent Jia Rong to borrow a glass screen from Wang Xifeng.
At that time, there was no glass made of special materials, and ordinary glass could not be used to make reading glasses; crystal had to be used to polish them.
But now the Prince Zhongzheng Mansion is very poor, where would they get crystal?