The villa outside the city is an abandoned royal compound, forty miles away from the capital, and covers about ten acres of land.

The villa was in a very dilapidated state because it had not been used for a long time. It needed to be repaired by craftsmen and new furniture needed to be purchased before it could be used normally. After more than a month of renovation, the villa finally returned to its original state.

Mu Nanjin named the villa "Qizhen Villa". The front yard was used to sell foreign rare items, and the back yard was used as an inn.

On the opening day, all the princes and nobles in the capital came to Qizhen Manor, even warriors and rich kids came, and some common people also came to join in the fun. The various rare things in the manor opened everyone's eyes and made everyone linger, so that the inn in the manor played a role.

Many people don’t want to leave after seeing the new things, so they stay in the inn in the store to get a deeper understanding of the new things.

Mu Nanjin could just put the wooden and pottery products made by the three elders and five elders of the seven-handed monster in the rare treasure shop, and then use his identity as a master craftsman of the ancient country to attract countless nobles to buy them. When everyone heard that they were things from the ancient country, they rushed to buy them. As rich people, they were not short of money.

With the official opening of Qizhenzhuang, the Zuifang, Suyanfang and Tangshenfu opened in Jiuyue Kingdom and Jiuyu Kingdom also spread to every corner of the two countries. Even Jiuguang Kingdom, Jiusheng Kingdom and Jiuao Kingdom knew about it, and even the higher countries had heard of the three shops.

Therefore, the ambitious Nine Saints, Nine Lights, and Nine Ao countries set their sights on Zuifang and tried to rob the Red Blood Palace escort team, but they never imagined that the materials they robbed were just ordinary materials, and the wine brewed was just ordinary wine.

Since they couldn't brew the wine they wanted, they thought of forming an alliance with the Daqian Kingdom. However, they had evil ambitions, and the Emperor of Daqian would never form an alliance with them. Even if the emperor was willing, Mu Nanjin would not cooperate with the three countries.

Since the alliance failed, the three kingdoms considered attacking the Daqian Kingdom.

However, the current Daqian Kingdom is not as fragile as it was when it was first merged.

Today, the Daqian Kingdom not only has the Jiuyu Kingdom and the Jiuyue Kingdom as its allies, but also has the support of the advanced countries Zunyang Kingdom, Beihan Ancient Kingdom and Dongzhao Ancient Kingdom.

As long as the Nine Saints, Nine Lights and Nine Prouds have the intention to attack the Great Qian Kingdom, the Nine Territories and Nine Moons will definitely stand up, and the Zunyang Kingdom will also bring its allies to put pressure on the Nine Saints, Nine Lights and Nine Prouds. Even the higher countries that support them will be implicated and attacked by the ancient countries.

The Nine Saints, Nine Lights, and Nine Prouds could only give up the idea, but they never expected that the Great Qian Kingdom would become stronger and stronger in just five years. Not only did many martial saints appear, but also martial gods appeared, and the people who did not know martial arts also began to learn martial arts. Now 80% of the people in the Great Qian Kingdom know martial arts, and the overall strength has been greatly improved. It has become the largest country among medium-sized countries, and even high-level countries are wary of the Great Qian Kingdom.

From then on, let alone attacking the Daqian Kingdom, the Jiusheng Kingdom, the Jiuguang Kingdom and the Jiuao Kingdom had to keep their heads down, otherwise the Daqian Kingdom would expand the three kingdoms into its own territory if it was unhappy one day.

No one dared to attack the Daqian Kingdom anymore. The happiest person was Mu Nanjin, as she could finally do her business in peace.

Of course, she didn't do the business herself, she just waited to get paid. What made her depressed was that she was known as the richest person in the country, but she was poorer than the employees of Zuifang, Suyanfang and Tangshenfu.

She only had a few tens of thousands of taels of silver on her, and all the money she earned was used to buy food.

[Woo woo, Taotie eats too much. I can hardly afford to feed him. ]

[If this continues, I will have no choice but to feed him fasting pills. ]

Mu Nanjin asked Bai Ze: "Does the Bigu Pill have any effect on Taotie?"

Bai Ze said: "No."

Mu Nanjin: “…”

clang--

Suddenly, a heavy bell rang from the direction of the palace, and the happy mood disappeared.

Mu Nanjin raised his head and looked outside: "Why is the bell ringing?"

clang--

Xu Bo stumbled into the house: "Duke, Duke——"

Mu Nanjin stood up and asked, "What happened?"

"It's the death knell, the death knell of the palace."

"The death knell of the palace?" Mu Nanjin frowned. "You mean someone died in the palace?"

Xu Bo nodded.

[Anyone who can make the palace ring the death knell must be of noble status, but I haven't heard of any nobleman dying recently. ]

Xu Bo shook his head: "The bell has just started, and it is still impossible to determine who it is."

Bai Ze said, "It's the Queen Mother."

"Empress Dowager?" Mu Nanjin was stunned.

She didn't bother to ask Bai Ze about the situation, and then teleported away.

"Country, country, country..."

Xu Bo's eyes widened and his hands trembled as he looked to the place where Mu Nanjin disappeared.

Bai Ze lied to him and said, "This is a skill that can quickly move you to another place."

"So it's a technique." Xu Bosong said, "I thought the Duke had disappeared."

"She has now gone to the palace to see the Queen Mother."

At this time, Mu Nanjin had arrived at the Empress Dowager's Renshou Palace, surrounded by crying sounds.

She walked quickly to the Queen Mother's bedroom and asked Eunuch Shou who was guarding the entrance to the palace, "Queen Mother, what's wrong?"

Eunuch Shou's eyes were red, and he choked up and said, "The Queen Mother has passed away."

"Why did he die suddenly? Was he assassinated?"

"There was no assassination. She was just sleeping soundly and suddenly died. The imperial physician tried his best to save her but failed. The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother should be..."

Eunuch Shou was so sad that he was speechless at the end.

"What should it be?"

Eunuch Shou took a deep breath and said, "The Queen Mother should have reached the end of her life span. Duke, do you still remember the Jade Face Pill you gave the Queen Mother..."

“Jade Face Pill…”

Mu Nanjin thought of this incident. The Jade Face Pill could restore one's appearance and health, and he would rarely get sick in the future. Therefore, he would be no different from a normal person on weekdays, and would die naturally when his life span was over.

Eunuch Shou wiped his tears with his sleeves. "Half a year ago, the Queen Mother realized that her life was coming to an end, and she would tell us about her affairs every few days. She said that if she never woke up again, it would mean that her life was over, and no one could be blamed at that time. She also said that she was luckier than anyone else, and that dying peacefully without being tortured was what people call a 'good death', and that everyone didn't need to be sad for her, otherwise she would not be at peace."

Mu Nanjin said nothing and walked into the hall silently.

The emperor, the empress and the princes knelt in front of the empress dowager and cried bitterly.

"Mother——"

"Grandmother——"

Mu Nanjin walked up to the empress dowager and saw that she had her eyes closed peacefully with a faint smile on her lips. This showed that the empress dowager had expected this day to come and that she had no worries when she left, which also showed that her life was really over.

【Her Majesty, rest in peace.】

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