The shopkeeper replied, "It's because the season for Qinghuang flowers has already passed. Qinghuang flowers are needed in many places for making pigments, refining elixirs, and making medicine. Various tribes have a great demand for them and have already bought up most of them. In addition, the production of Qinghuang flowers is not very high, so it is naturally difficult to find one now."
If it weren't for Yu Yanluo's beauty, he wouldn't have bothered with so much talk.
At this moment, Yun Jianyue suddenly asked, "I heard that your king is a famous beauty. I wonder if it's true or not."
The others sensed something and realized she was taking the opportunity to gather information.
They know too little about the Qingqiu Kingdom now, and even Yu Yanluo has not been among the demons for a long time, so her knowledge is limited.
Upon hearing her ask about their queen, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up immediately: "How could that be false? Our queen is universally recognized as the most beautiful woman in the entire Qingqiu Kingdom."
"Could it be because she's the queen that everyone flatters her?" Yun Jianyue said with a smile, deliberately provoking him in an attempt to extract more information.
"Of course not. It's not just our own people who say that. So many people from other tribes come and go, and they all sincerely praise her beauty," the shopkeeper said. "Moreover, the reason she was able to become the queen is because her bloodline is the purest, and the purer the fox clan's bloodline, the more beautiful they are."
"You should know that the previous queen's beauty even captivated the Demon Emperor. However, due to the fox clan's tradition, the queen could not marry outside the clan and could only take in a son-in-law, so the matter was left unresolved. The current queen is even more beautiful than her mother."
Zuan asked curiously, "Who is the current king's father?"
The purer the bloodline, the more powerful it is. The key is how to maintain this purity.
Surely it wouldn't be a brother and sister getting married?
The shopkeeper shook his head: "I don't know."
Yun Jianyue was surprised: "Your king's husband doesn't even know?"
The shopkeeper said calmly, "What's so strange about that? Our fox clan respects women. That man is just a male concubine who has been taken into the king's harem. How can he be called a husband? A male concubine is not worth our extra attention."
Zuan looked at him strangely, thinking, "You're a man too, how come you talk about these things as if it's perfectly natural?"
Yun Jianyue laughed: "Now that you mention it, I'm starting to like this place."
The shopkeeper then said, "Ladies, why don't you join our Qingqiu Kingdom? With your looks, you can marry many men at the same time; you can basically choose any of them."
Although the women were veiled, their figures were slender and graceful, and their features were exquisite. Anyone with eyes could tell that they were absolutely stunning beauties.
As he spoke, he leaned closer: "What do you think of me? Don't let my looks fool you, I'm very gentle, and I have a huge merchant guild as a dowry, enough to ensure you a lifetime of wealth and luxury. You can even marry other handsome men you fancy..."
Zuan's eyebrows twitched as he listened, and he finally couldn't help but push him aside, then pulled the others away from the Chamber of Commerce.
Yun Jianyue laughed so hard she almost fell over: "You brat, you're not jealous, are you?"
Yan Xuehen, standing to the side, also blushed slightly. For some reason, she was quite happy to see him looking anxious.
Yu Yanluo also laughed and said, "The customs of the fox clan are indeed very peculiar, and it is normal that you cannot accept them for a while."
After chatting and laughing for a while, the group began to discuss what to do next.
Yan Xuehen frowned and said, "I have a feeling that someone is deliberately leading us to the Qingqiu Royal Palace."
The others shared the same feeling, especially when they thought about the fortune-telling result given by the fat Taoist priest earlier; they felt a strong sense of conspiracy.
Yun Jianyue said, "In my opinion, instead of being led by the nose, we should rob the merchant guild's batch of goods and break the deadlock directly."
Yan Xuehen glared at her angrily: "All you do all day is fight and kill. No wonder you're a witch from the Demonic Sect."
Given her personality, she naturally couldn't accept such a thing.
Yun Jianyue said coldly, "This world is a dog-eat-dog world. For someone who has been raised in luxury, to say such a thing is a bit like 'Why don't they eat meat porridge?'"
Just as the two women were about to start arguing again, Zu An was about to intervene when a troop of cavalry suddenly galloped up.
What's striking is that every cavalryman is a woman, with furry ears and gently wagging tails—all fox spirits.
Fox spirits are naturally beautiful, and this group of young beauties together is truly a feast for the eyes.
However, the most eye-catching one was the one in the lead. Unlike the others who rode horses, she rode a tall white deer.
Her eyebrows were truly like emerald feathers, and her skin like mutton fat.
Her face was framed by peach petals, and her hair was piled high with golden phoenix silk.
Her eyes, like autumn waves, are captivatingly beautiful; her bamboo shoots, like spring bamboo shoots, are slender and alluring.
The crimson silk flutters in vibrant colors, and the high-set hairpin adorned with pearls and jade gleams.
The group was shocked. Could any random fox clan cavalry leader be this beautiful?
The ruler of Qingqiu Kingdom is known as the most beautiful woman; just how beautiful must she be?
What shocked them even more was that the cavalry stopped in front of them, and the leader gracefully dismounted, the jade pendant hanging from her slender waist swaying and the sound of them colliding was truly melodious and pleasing to the ear, making one's heart sway along with it.
The stunningly beautiful woman nodded slightly to the group, then approached Yu Yanluo and said, "Queen Medusa has come all this way, how can you not let me show you some hospitality?"
Yu Yanluo's expression changed: "You are..."
The stunningly beautiful woman smiled faintly: "I forgot to introduce myself, I am Tu Shanyu."
Tushan is the royal surname of the Qingqiu Kingdom, and the name of the ruler of the Qingqiu Kingdom is Tushan Yu.
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