"Your Highness, Lady Xie, His Majesty and Consort Zhao are very concerned about Prince Yue."
"Your Highness has been married for two years, yet you have no children. His Majesty and the Empress are deeply worried."
"Therefore, we specially selected eight honest and healthy women to serve Your Highness."
"Oh, and also, Xie Ze, the magistrate of He County, has a daughter of noble birth and excellent character and appearance, making her a suitable concubine for the Prince of Yue."
The eunuch in charge of delivering the imperial decree finally arrived in He County. Without even taking a look at the brand-new city, he went straight to the Prince of Yue's residence.
Upon finding Xie Yuan at the bridge construction site, the eunuch hurriedly conveyed the imperial decree.
Waaah, hurry up and finish this errand so I can get back to the capital!
This trip to Lingnan was absolutely terrible.
Consort Xiao had originally selected ten beauties, but two of them died of illness on the way.
Now only eight remain.
If we delay any longer, who can guarantee how many will be left in the end?
The eunuchs were terrified.
"Are they here to serve His Highness the Prince of Yue?"
Xie Yuan glanced at the several haggard, travel-worn beauties in palace attire and slowly asked a question.
"Yes! It was bestowed upon His Highness the King of Yue by the Emperor and Consort Zhaoyi."
The eunuch emphasized it again.
He was telling Xie Yuan: Princess Xie, don't do anything wrong out of jealousy!
These people were all bestowed by the sage and represented the emperor.
Even a concubine bestowed by the emperor cannot be easily disposed of.
"Okay! I understand!"
Xie Yuan nodded; that was exactly what she wanted to hear.
Serving the King of Yue?
Haha, the word "serve" has so much room for development.
Xie Yuan loved playing word games the most.
As for Xie Rou, Xie Yuan didn't care about her at all.
Because she knew that she wouldn't even need to lift a finger; once Helian Jue returned, he would be able to deal with Xie Rou and the restless Xie Ze's family!
Now Xie Yuan was worried about how to prevent the eunuch from discovering that Helian Jue was not in the palace.
Two months ago, guided by Li Baozhu, Helian Jue led his troops into the deep mountains.
With a guide familiar with the terrain and the ability to take shortcuts, Helian Jue wiped out the Wuyuan tribe in less than half a month in the cave.
Queen Wuyuan was personally killed by Helian Jue, who then proceeded to plunder her treasury with great familiarity.
Wow, chest after chest of gold and silver jewelry! Time to read.
Having grown accustomed to double-crossing, Helian Jue absolutely adored this way of making a fortune.
With the Wuyuan tribe's treasury, Helian Jue could recruit another 30,000 new soldiers and acquire a full set of military equipment and horses.
After eliminating the Wuyuan tribe, Helian Jue, following Xie Yuan's instructions, burned all the fairy flowers covering the mountains and fields to ashes.
The Wuyuan tribe also dug pits, filled them with large amounts of lime, and then destroyed all the Shenxian ointment stored there.
"Your Highness, this 'miracle ointment' is extremely harmful; we must never allow it to appear on the land of Lingnan!"
"Otherwise, it won't just be one person who suffers, but the entire nation and the whole world!"
As Helian Jue watched the vibrant flowers being swallowed by the sea of fire, Xie Yuan's words of advice kept replaying in his mind.
He trusted Xie Yuan, so he followed her advice.
However, he still had some doubts: Is this kind of thing really that harmful?
It wasn't until Helian Jue, led by Li Baozhu, stormed into the Li tribe and saw dozens of emaciated Li people who looked like demons that Helian Jue felt a chill run down his spine.
“These were once the bravest warriors of my Li tribe. Do you see that man who only has one arm left? His name is Tie Ta, and he was my father’s bodyguard.”
Li Baozhu felt that Helian Jue hadn't been stimulated enough, and said in a low voice, "My father trusts him the most, so when he ate the ethereal elixir, he also shared some with Tieta."
Iron Tower and the chief of the Li tribe both became addicted to drugs, and their strong bodies deteriorated in the shortest possible time.
When his drug addiction flared up, he broke his own arm to make himself feel better.
Helian Jue: ...
Listening to Li Baozhu's story and looking at those monsters that were no longer human, Helian Jue felt a chill run down his spine.
He finally understood why Xie Yuan was so terrified of the Immortal Ointment.
This is not just a simple poison, but a highly toxic substance that can turn people into beasts or monsters.
It should be noted that the Li tribe was once extremely fierce and powerful.
If it were a fair and square battle, the Wuyuan tribe would be no match for the Li tribe.
But because of the "miracle ointment," the Li tribe was completely ruined and easily swallowed up by the Wuyuan tribe.
Helian Jue couldn't help but think, if his army encountered such a poison, then... then—
That's terrifying!
Helian Jue didn't even consider keeping some of it and using it on the enemy!
Because he was rational and clear-headed, he knew very well that human nature was too complex and too terrifying.
This kind of poison cannot be controlled by human effort.
The only way is to eradicate it at its root!
So this time, without Xie Yuan having to repeatedly remind him, Helian Jue began to actively destroy all the fairy flowers and fairy ointment.
After pacifying the Li tribe, he began to clear out the area along the route where the fairy flower was planted.
While eliminating the Fairy Flower, they also gathered together the tribes of the Liao and Li people.
Helian Jue adopted the same policy as when he subdued the Li tribe for these tribes: register their household registration and try to get them to come down from the mountains.
If it is absolutely impossible to go down the mountain, you must still register, reclaim wasteland, and pay taxes!
Some of these tribes were also corrupted by the "divine ointment" and became subordinate to the Wuyuan tribe.
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