CHAPTER 326: CHAPTER 324: THE MAN WHO WANTS TO BE EMPEROR

In this world, there’s never a scenario where you can fart in an elevator and quickly escape. Even though Le Yu dismisses class swiftly, the students still instinctively block the classroom door, squeezing him as if reminiscing about rush hour subway transfers.

Looking at these eager eyes yearning for knowledge, Le Yu feels like he has transformed into a prolific mother pig with a horde of piglets.

"Teacher, teacher, what are the eight wonders of the Silver Blood? Are you one of them?"

"Teacher, teacher, where did you dye your hair?"

"Teacher, what does sensitive skin mean when you mentioned it in class? Your skin looks so good, how do you maintain it?"

"Teacher, since you mentioned that it’s wrong for the Silver Blood Association to exploit labor by using means of production, then the points deduction you just made was also unreasonable, right? So the sixty regular points should be..."

"Are you married, teacher?"

"What qualifications are needed to become your student, teacher?"

"Are you interested in becoming a Radiant Prince?"

A student suddenly dropped a bombshell, causing the crowded classroom entrance to immediately fall silent. Everyone looked at Ming Shuangli as he walked up to Le Yu, raising his proud swan neck to challengingly gaze at the red-haired teacher with bright eyes and pearly whites.

Following behind, Ming Shuiyun was thunderstruck and turned gray and melancholy upon witnessing this scene.

Le Yu slightly raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Let all students who harbor improper thoughts towards me note: intimate relations between teachers and students are considered severe misconduct. At best, the principal might expel the teacher, at worst, confiscate the tools of the offense. So, if you don’t want to harm me, please maintain appropriate distance, keeping in mind ’boys and girls shouldn’t touch.’ Of course, ’boys with boys’ even more so."

Many girls and some boys sighed, and Le Yu promptly added the sighing boys to his blacklist.

"As for how to become my student, theoretically, as long as you choose my courses, you naturally become my student."

Le Yu shrugged, "However, if you’re not just interested in Jin Zhengwei’s ideology but want to delve into the social phenomenon insights he’s summarized and inherit his and my legacy, then there are a few requirements."

Everyone held their breath, though it was merely a trial lecture, many students perceived Le Yu’s ambition—even if voiced through Jin Zhengwei, his disdain towards the Imperial Family and his insight and summary of social laws have already been enough to attract like-minded individuals.

Not to mention, he indeed has had "glorious achievements" as a renowned figure. Just learning from him how to be the worm rotting an empire is worth all the students calling him teacher willingly.

Le Yu calmly said, "To become my successor, you should either be a tiger of the mountains, an eagle of foresight, a battle-ready wolf, an agile leopard, or a loyal dog."

The students’ spirits lifted, feeling they all fit those conditions!

"Besides that, individuals with these traits will receive my focused guidance," Le Yu added, "For instance, fish in muddy waters, buckets serving meals, a horse disrupting the herd..."

The students felt as if they were coughing up old blood, what nonsense is this? In the Imperial Academy, there’s no such thing as these students!

Facing everyone’s unfriendly looks of "Are you messing with us?", Le Yu chuckled, "What, don’t you agree that students with these issues need more help?"

"Or do you think I would be stingy with my knowledge, hiding core content waiting to be imparted to ’authentic students’?" He restrained his smile, shook his head, "If you think that way, it really disappoints me."

"Do you know why Jin Zhengwei summed up his life’s learnings and entrusted them all to me? Because he was too lonely."

"He was like a sage, a hundred years ahead of his time, who stumbled upon treasures not belonging to this era, yet no one could appreciate even a fraction with him—even I can only grasp the tip of the iceberg of his thoughts, which is why I accepted the principal’s invitation to teach here."

"I hope to use everyone’s wisdom to prevent Jin Zhengwei’s insights from depreciating over time, allowing this unparalleled rebel to contribute to Radiant’s future."

"Therefore, whether you’re diligent or lazy, excellent or mediocre, it doesn’t matter, Thought and wisdom will not reject any seeker of knowledge. Each additional thinker means further improvement of Jin Zhengwei’s ideology."

Le Yu stated loudly, "As everyone knows, Jin Zhengwei is not a staunch patriot, so we must critically absorb his thoughts. I believe, with our united efforts, we can surely summarize a complete and correct Jin Zhengwei ideology. Are you willing to partake in this noble endeavor benefiting the present and future?"

"We are!" The students responded passionately, astonished that a teacher would invite all students to conduct academic research, instead of focusing solely on excellent students. This level of respect is enough to motivate them to go through fire and water.

Le Yu was also satisfied—had it been him alone proposing Jin Zhengwei’s ideology, it would surely face resistance and rebuttal, but in the name of numerous Imperial Academy students, Jin Zhengwei’s ideology would undoubtedly spread quickly across the land.

Whoever captures the youth captures the future! The youth are the best investment!

As for whether he might be led astray by the students, Le Yu has no worries—did they really think he wasted his nine-year compulsory education and Marxist-Leninist Studies?

As for the first author being Jin Zhengwei, and the corresponding author being Imperial Academy students, Le Yu is indifferent. Not to mention Jin Zhengwei is his number three clone, Le Yu himself is not particularly concerned with this literary achievement, after all, he only made a tiny contribution.

"Teacher, you are truly great!" Ming Shuangli exclaimed, "Oh right teacher, do you know a pretty girl named Le Yu?"

Here we go!

"Many girls know the teacher, but the teacher knows very few girls." Le Yu raised an eyebrow, "Le Yu? Nice name, but I don’t know her."

"Really? But she also has long red hair and bears a striking resemblance to you, teacher, and even comes from Dongyang, so I figured..."

"But, Ming Shuangli, my hair is dyed, not natural." Le Yu said leisurely, "As for the resemblance you mentioned, perhaps good-looking people have similarities, while ugly ones are uniquely diverse."

Nearby classmates lacking in looks suddenly felt an AOE war stomp.

Seeing Le Yu’s unabashed stance, Ming Shuangli understood that ’once dressed as a woman’ was something that had no effect on someone so shameless.

After all, even Qin Le Yin in Yanjing isn’t particularly revered, so even if the principal learns of this, he would only comment, ’It’s not that I don’t believe it, but everyone really wants to see.’ Truly, it’s harmless.

Quoting some weird classic phrase from a Dongyang newspaper: "The greatest and most universal art in Radiant is men dressing as women."

Moreover, even in the eyes of Ming Shuangli’s sisters, whose taste is most discerning, Qin Le Yin’s cross-dressing is considered stunningly artistic, deserving to be immortalized in art for future generations to study and admire. Not only are the classmates unbothered, they are utterly thrilled.

"Quite so, quite so," Ming Shuangli smiled gleefully, "Last time, I gifted that outfit to the teacher; the teacher hasn’t thrown it away, right?"

Le Yu blinked and nodded gently, "It’s too precious; I plan to pass it down as an heirloom after Shuangli Palace ascends, not daring to defile it."

Knowing what cryptic messages they were exchanging, besides the Radiant Celestial Maiden present, there was another.

That was the dumbfounded Qin Yueshi.

She knew all her brother’s clothes were virtually managed by her other brother. The only outfit not bought by him was what she saw that day, the ’Black Rose Ultimate Skin.’

Upon hearing that Ming Shuangli once gave her brother a set of clothes, she estimated the time, and it matched perfectly!

Though it could also be a coincidence, Qin Yueshi trusted her instincts: upon reflection, would her brother be someone who liked cross-dressing?

Really!?

Really?

Well, she wasn’t sure either, because Qin Leyin always managed to surprise her in unexpected ways.

But at least for the past twenty years, she hadn’t noticed her brother having such an interest, and yet, on that day, her brother suddenly wore the supreme black rose skin and flaunted on the street. The biggest possibility was—he was forced to do it!

In Yanjing, who had the power to humiliate Qin Leyin like this?

Actually, there were quite a few people with that power, but in such cases, cross-dressing alone wouldn’t suffice for Qin Leyin. However, based on Qin Yueshi’s observation, there were no unusual circumstances like Qin Leyin being away for several days, nor did he engage in over an hour-long bath upon returning... Only the newly appointed Palace Masters of the Radiant were figures that Qin Leyin could neither offend nor outwit!

Moreover, Ming Shuangli asked him if he knew a red-haired pretty girl from Dongyang... If there were such a girl, Shi Huaifeng from next door would have included her in his harem ages ago.

Qin Yueshi was quite familiar with Shi Huaifeng’s second sister, and she learned from her that Shi Huaifeng and Shi Huazong often lamented why the three siblings of the Qin family weren’t three sisters... Coveting her elder brother was one thing, but they were even interested in her second brother!

However, Qin Yueshi could understand. For instance, she often sighed why the second young lady of the Shi family wasn’t the second young master, otherwise, how would Zhengwu have had a chance to walk into her heart?

Perhaps hoping a same-gender friend would switch genders is a sincere wish everyone once had.

And at this moment, a series of clues formed a peculiar truth in Qin Yueshi’s mind: Qin Leyin disguised as a woman to approach the Radiant Celestial Maiden, the Celestial Maiden believed he was a girl, only to find out Qin Leyin was a man after the school started, so she gathered a group to trouble him...

She believed this was the truth, but there was still an important question—why did Qin Leyin do this?

The iron rooster Dongyang, the miser of Xuanzhu, exploiting even the bones isn’t enough, massacre and laugh, killing a friend for military expenses, and even whipping their corpse in the classroom afterwards, leaving no room for satisfaction and ready to whip the friend’s father in the next class. Qin Leyin had meticulously built up so many steps, he must be seeking a hundred or a thousand times the return.

What big business is he planning to do...

"Teacher, how about having dinner with us tonight to discuss the future of Radiant?"

"Teacher, I have no class later, how about having afternoon tea?"

Besides Ming Shuangli, who loved a spectacle and made things worse, Ming Dailan, a girl with bright eyes who was almost showing a firm tail to indicate her craving for Leyu, decisively joined the battle. Ming Yueyan and Ming Taolang also incited, trying to get closer to Leyu.

How could they not guess that Leyu was one of the Seven Sword Sheaths? But now, aside from Niruo and the young war god, the other sheaths hadn’t fully revealed themselves, and they couldn’t guess whose sheath Leyu was.

But it didn’t matter whose sheath he was, as long as it wasn’t theirs, they could flirt. What if they managed to sway him to their side? Even if they failed to flirt, if their relationship improved, they might be able to make the opponent hold back in the future.

Additionally, even if Leyu wasn’t a sword sheath, just his appearance and demeanor were enough to make the crowd flock to him.

In the past, except for Ming Shuangli, who could confidently befriend Leyu with her abilities, other girls might not even dare approach such a confident and popular teacher.

As the saying goes, money is the courage of men, but power is the courage of women. Ever since becoming the Palace Masters of the Radiant, their confidence had almost doubled day by day, even the always sleepy Ming Chaoyan exuded a noble aura. After all, in Radiant, no one held a higher status than they did, naturally making them more relaxed and at ease with others.

And at that moment, Ming Shuiyun suddenly stepped forward, took Leyu by the hand, and walked out directly.

The crowd was in an uproar, except for Leyu who remained calm: "The break is almost over, please head to your next class soon. Don’t blame me for delaying, you can accuse me of anything, but I will never take the blame for dragging on..."

Watching as Ming Shuiyun led her brother away, disappearing from sight, Qin Yueshi couldn’t help but mutter, "I understand now."

"You understand what?" Qian Yuya beside her asked.

Qin Yueshi shook her head; she couldn’t reveal her speculation to Qian Yuya.

She never expected that her elder brother would engage in such a risky investment—a single misstep could lead to an abyss!

Seeing the jealous expressions of Ming Shuangli and others, she became more certain of her judgment.

Yes, her brother, the Patriarch of the Qin Family, Qin Leyin was actually, actually...

Actually attempting to hop among seven ships, with a foot in each!

She even reconstructed Qin Leyin’s original plan: first, disguising as a girl to approach the Radiant Celestial Maidens, then after the school year started, once they found out he was a man, displaying his talents in class to turn their impression from ’a cross-dressing pervert’ to ’a mysterious cross-dressing pervert’, piquing their interest!

When women start getting interested in a man who has already been prepared, it wouldn’t be long before they fall!

Sure enough, the same Ming Shuiyun who was competing with her for the captainship earlier, had already been swiftly won over by Qin Leyin, becoming the first summoned taunting lackey!

The other Radiant Celestial Maidens, seeing their sister falling for this man, naturally felt both unconvinced and curious, even showing jealousy, indicating Qin Leyin’s plan was progressing smoothly.

Although Qin Yueshi didn’t know exactly how Qin Leyin intended to maneuver, it basically involved navigating between seven women, making them fight each other for his favor!

But Qin Leyin wasn’t that type of lustful pervert longing for a giant harem—Qin Yueshi was sure about this, if her brother had any interest, she could just take a walk in Xuanzhu County’s inner city, and at least nine out of ten women she encountered would be willing to have intimate interactions with her brother.

In this regard, Qin Leyin was quite ’pure’.

Since Qin Leyin wasn’t after physical affairs, it must be for something deeper.

Yes, he was investing early in the Emperor!

Although Qin Leyin didn’t know who would become the next Radiant Empress, it didn’t matter, as long as he ensured all candidates fancied him, wouldn’t that suffice?

Win the kingdom, and win the beauties!

He wouldn’t even have to reveal his scummy nature. He could easily have the victor include him in the harem by using power, allowing him to ruthlessly and emotionlessly discard the other failures, manipulating the Empress to control the Imperial Court, ruling from the back!

This might be a speculative investment worthy of being recorded in the aura of Radiant merchants—

Qin Leyin, the man who wants to be the Emperor!