When the Side Character Gets a System and Travels through Difference Worlds

Just as they were speaking, Chen Xing walked in, draped in a gray cloak. "Eldest Sister, my department needs people for experiments. The death row inmates you assigned me last time have all been used up."

Chen Xi looked at Tan You. "Wait a few days. In a few days, you’ll have people. You can have as many as you want."

Chen Xing sighed. "What a waste, those people executed at the market last time. It would have been so much better if they’d been left for us to test new medicines on. At least they could have served one last purpose."

Liu Fu shuddered. ’How could I have forgotten this little terror? She’s a ruthless one, too. She isn’t scheming and calculating like Chen Xi, nor is she brave and fearless like Chen Yue, but she has a true, genuine disregard for human life.’

’Of course, the lives she disregarded were those of death row inmates. Toward others, Chen Xing is actually quite caring. And when you think about it, can those death row inmates even be considered human?’

Chen Yue said, "Yuanyuan, we had just arrived in the capital then. If we’d let them be used for your experiments at that time, we would have made a bad impression."

"You wouldn’t want Eldest Sister and Mother to get a reputation for being cruel and disregarding human life, would you? Just be patient."

Chen Xing said with a straight face, "Second Sister, it’s not like I need human trials every single time. I only thought of trying it on people after I’d already tested it on rabbits and rats."

While Chen Yue hated it when people called her Tuantuan, Chen Xing didn’t mind at all. In fact, she quite liked the nickname Yuanyuan. Around her family, Chen Xing was also a bit more talkative.

"Did Master come with you all? Can our medical department start recruiting people?"

Tan You nodded. "Zhu Rong did indeed come. Once your eldest sister takes the throne, we will certainly build several hospitals in the capital. Just like in Youzhou State. Now that we’re in the capital, we can’t be worse off than we were in Youzhou, can we?"

Chen Xing smiled. "Mother, I will do a good job. I’ll definitely help ease your burdens. I want to make it so that all the common people can afford medical care in the future, and so that no one ever loses their life to a simple cold again."

"That’s the spirit!" Tan You praised generously. "Mother will be waiting for that day to come."

"Chen Yue, since you’re so spirited and can’t stand staying in one place for long," Tan You mused, "once the capital is stable, you and I will go to sea together. On the other side of the ocean, there are high-yield crops like sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn."

Chen Xi was reluctant. "Mother... if you’re not here, I’ll be anxious..."

Tan You said, "Don’t give me that. Didn’t you do a great job when I went out with Yue Shu and the others to reclaim the grasslands? Now you have an even bigger stage. You should feel free to show what you can do."

In contrast to Chen Xi’s reluctance, Chen Yue was undoubtedly much happier. "Mother, I can finally go out with you!"

Tan You smiled. "Then it’s settled. You will stay here and govern the country well, and I will bring back everything we need. I should go out and see the world while I can still move."

"When I’m old and sick in the future, I won’t be able to go out even if I want to."

Chen Yue hugged Tan You’s arm. "That won’t happen, Mother. You’ll live to be a hundred."

Tan You just curled her lips into a smile. ’This body of the original owner is like a broken bellows, only kept going all these years thanks to the finest nourishment. But I know it’s hard to say if this body can even make it to sixty.’

’But this isn’t something to be said out loud; it would only bring the younger generation unnecessary grief. Besides, to experience the cycle of life—aging, sickness, and death—in another world is quite a novel experience.’

As Yue Shu and his men were escorting Prince Yong and his retinue back to the capital, they happened to run into Chen Xi’s team of advisors. His son, Yue Rong, had sharp eyes and shouted for him from a carriage far away, "Papa, Papa!"

Yue Shu was startled and quickly looked back. Yue Rong was leaning halfway out of the carriage window, his hands waving wildly in the air. "Papa, I’m over here!"

Zhu Rong held onto his small body from behind, her face full of exasperation. After so many days with such a mischievous boy, Zhu Rong was mentally and physically exhausted.

’Right now, I can’t wait to get to the Eldest Lady’s side. I really don’t want to be with this little brat anymore. Let his father have the headache of dealing with him.’

Yue Shu trotted over on his horse. As he neared the carriage, he reached out, grabbed the little guy by the waist, and lifted him out of the window. The little fellow wasn’t flustered at all. Once seated on the horse, he began his barrage of a hundred thousand whys.

Zhu Rong shook her head, smiling slightly when Yue Shu looked at her. Yue Shu paid no mind to the boy, speaking to Zhu Rong first instead.

"Was the journey from Youzhou State tiring? You look like you’ve lost some weight."

Zhu Rong said softly, "I’m fine. I’m just not used to the new climate. It’s nothing serious."

"Yue Rong is too naughty. He wasn’t quiet for a single moment the entire trip."

Yue Shu bounced the little guy on his lap. "Don’t worry, I’ll have time to train him properly from now on. I guarantee he won’t have the energy to bother you."

Zhu Rong pressed her lips into a faint smile. She looked over at Prince Yong and the others being escorted with the caravan, a joyful light in her eyes. "In the future... does this mean you won’t have to rush all over the place anymore?"

Yue Shu smiled. "That’s right. The Eldest Lady said there will be peace from now on."

Zhu Rong smiled too. "That’s wonderful."

In the past, none of them would have dared to imagine that they, as refugees, would end up following Tan You and achieving something so great.

With Prince Yong’s defeat and the arrival of Chen Xi’s team of advisors, the once-defunct imperial court officially resumed operations. Among Chen Xi’s advisors, basically every one of them was worth ten ordinary men. Any single one of them, if sent out, could govern a region with great success.

But Chen Xi truly couldn’t do without them at the moment. If she sent all her trusted confidants away, she would have no one left to work with. Therefore, holding a special imperial examination was imperative. As expected, when the court announced the special examination, the great aristocratic families could no longer sit still.

But if they wanted to return to the imperial court now, where would there be any positions for them? Their former official posts had all been stripped away. They want to be officials again? Fine, go take the special imperial examination.

The team of advisors from Youzhou State quickly sorted out all the affairs of the capital. And amidst this busy period, the time for Chen Xi’s enthronement ceremony arrived.

Chen Xi had long known she was the designated successor. Otherwise, why would Tan You have constantly led troops into battle while leaving her to govern a region? Therefore, regarding her ascension, Chen Xi felt not the slightest bit of nervousness or apprehension, only confidence and anticipation for the future.

In the year of Chen Xi’s eighteenth birthday, her domain expanded from Youzhou State to the entire continent. And her own challenges still lay ahead.

Tan You felt she had accomplished her mission and could now retire. After the first special imperial examination concluded, she took the Yue Shu family, along with Chen Yue, Chen Xing, and a contingent of soldiers, and began the great age of seafaring.

She had long coveted the overseas crops like sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. If she hadn’t been so tied up in previous years, Tan You would have brought them back then.

Now that the world was unified, she could finally be free to do what she wanted.

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