She looked up at Tantai Yueming with a blank expression, silently asking him a question.
Tantai Yueming was speechless at how stupid his elder brother was. He grabbed his hand and gently ran his fingertips across his wrist.
A drop of blood dripped onto the brocade box, and Emperor Chu suddenly felt a connection between himself and the box.
Although the eyes cannot see, the mind can.
With a flick of his bloodied wrist, the Emperor Chu revealed the bottle of pills that Lin Jiujiu had previously placed in his hand.
The feeling was so magical that he didn't even notice his blood-soaked wrist dripping blood.
Lin Jiujiu couldn't bear to watch any longer, so she produced a bottle of external wound medicine and handed it over.
"Let's treat the wound first."
Then he looked at Tantai Yueming and said with some disapproval.
"It's just a blood oath ceremony, one drop is enough, is it really necessary to go to such lengths?"
Tantai Yueming, however, looked completely unconvinced.
"This is an old thing that's been around for so many years, who knows if it's even still useful?"
His words were sarcastic, and even Xiaobai glanced at him a couple more times.
The Chu Emperor glared at him, feeling as if the old man he was talking about wasn't referring to the brocade box in front of him, but rather to himself.
However, it was indeed a good thing, and the Chu Emperor did not pursue the matter further.
He accepted the medicine from Lin Jiujiu with both hands.
"Thank you, Princess, for the medicine."
After thanking her, he didn't dare ask Lin Jiujiu for help. Instead, he went out and asked the waiter to bring him hot water so he could take care of himself.
Fortunately, Tantai Yueming was careful with her actions; although it looked serious, it was actually just a small cut.
The medicine was quickly applied and the bandages were bandaged, and Emperor Chu returned to the table.
That's when they started asking about the real business.
"I'm unaware of the Princess Consort's cultivation practices?"
Emperor Chu understood that the cultivation world had its own rules, and that it was forbidden to privately teach cultivation techniques to mortals; otherwise, one would face severe punishment.
However, Lin Jiujiu said dismissively.
"Don't worry about it. I wrote the cultivation technique myself. It doesn't come from any particular sect or school. No one can cause me any trouble."
As for you, Emperor Chu, after you begin your cultivation, you should remain true to your original intentions. If I were to allow you to do anything immoral or unethical, I would personally strip you of your cultivation.
"If I kill you, will you understand?"
When Lin Jiujiu said this, he even changed how he addressed himself, which shows how serious he was.
When the Chu Emperor heard that Lin Jiujiu really wanted to pass on her skills to him, he was overjoyed.
Only Baili Chenyuan, standing to the side, looked at the mermaid pearl that Lin Jiujiu was always holding and caressing in her hand, and felt a mix of emotions.
Thinking of Lin Jiujiu's regretful expression when she looked at the mermaid pearl, his heart clenched.
It felt like I could lose her at any moment.
All he wanted now was for these people to leave quickly; he wanted to ask Lin Jiujiu about the mermaid pearl.
The Chu Emperor seemed to sense the displeasure emanating from him.
Although I didn't understand what was going on, I still wisely got up.
"I have disturbed Your Highness and Your Highness and Your Highness for quite some time now, so I shall take my leave now."
Tomorrow, I will host a banquet in the palace to welcome the Prince, Princess, and the young heir.
The little boy, suddenly mentioned, looked up at Emperor Chu with a blank expression.
When she saw that he was indeed talking about her, she gave him a big smile, showing all eight of her teeth.
She said sweetly, "Thank you, Uncle Emperor."
Upon hearing this, Tantai Yueming nearly vomited blood again.
He made the little guy call him "Uncle Tantai," and Baili acted as if he had been taken advantage of, shouting and threatening to kill him.
Now the little guy calls his brother 'Uncle,' but the guy acts like he doesn't hear him.
This was discriminatory treatment, which made him feel discriminated against.
Tantai Yueming wanted to argue further, but the Chu Emperor pulled her up.
His younger brother just doesn't know how to read people's expressions. Didn't he see that the couple had something to say?
He still wants to stay here and get in the way.
No wonder, after following them around for so long, they still don't know anything about them.
Tantai Yueming was stopped and taken away by Emperor Banla of Chu.
Although he's not very good at reading people's expressions, he still has a strong sense of loyalty.
Even after he left, he didn't forget to send a message to Baili Chenyuan.
"Tomorrow's palace banquet will serve two purposes: first, to welcome you back and wash away the dust of your journey; and second, to address the affairs of the Lin family and Lin Xian'er. You are free to act as you see fit, and I, your royal brother, will cover for you if anything happens."
Baili Chenyuan only replied with a single "Mm."
They then cut off contact.
In the private room of the restaurant, Lin Jiujiu had just put the mermaid pearl into her spatial storage when Xiaobai disappeared as well.
Baili Chenyuan had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, but seeing Lin Jiujiu's unpleasant expression, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
Lin Jiujiu glanced at him.
"Keep an eye on the little one, I'll be right back."
After saying that, he disappeared from the room, along with the half-empty pot of wine on the table.
The two brothers were left staring at each other in bewilderment.
After Lin Jiujiu entered the space, she saw Xiaobai circling around the mermaid pearl she had collected.
Every now and then, it would twitch its little nose as if confirming something.
Lin Jiujiu didn't stop it when she saw it like this. Instead, she found a flat, large rock by the water and sat down.
He tilted his head back and drank half a pot of wine before speaking.
"Stop smelling it, that's mine."
At that time, she had only been bound to the despicable system, Xiaobai, for a short time.
Ren Shang also accomplished very little and failed more often than he succeeded.
The life in which he transmigrated into a mermaid was arguably the one in which he was most mistreated at the very beginning of his time with the system.
From the moment she was born in that plane of existence until her death, in just eighteen short years, she experienced all the evils of humanity.
The only glimmer of kindness she felt came from the young boy who, at her pleading, plunged a knife into her heart.
At that time, death was the greatest good for her.
The boy's original intention was to cut off her flesh to cure his mother's illness.
But after seeing her covered in wounds, he finally felt compassion and, after her desperate pleas, the boy agreed to help her get rid of her injuries.
In return, she reserved her last tear of gratitude for him.
This is the mermaid's tear that the Chu Emperor gave her as a gift today.
Lin Jiujiu reached out and beckoned back the mermaid's tear. Even though millions of years had passed, she still clearly remembered how she had survived that time.
The thought of this made Lin Jiujiu's hands itch again.
The look in his eyes as he stared at Xiaobai carried a hint of murderous intent.
Startled, Xiaobai quickly hid inside the wooden house, only daring to peek halfway out from behind the door to look at her.
Lin Jiujiu was initially angry, but as time went on, she came to understand many things.
Xiaobai calls it a system, but in reality it's just a pre-defined program.
Before he broke away from the main system, he had no thoughts of his own; he was simply following orders.
Xiao Bai, now one with his soul, quickly noticed the change in her emotions.
Slowly, she grew bolder and came out of the house. She took a few tentative steps forward, and seeing that Lin Jiujiu still didn't move, she quietly approached.
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