[Chapter 411 Chapter 411 The Vicious Fake Goddess (22)]
Most of these ladies were forced to take off the ornaments on their heads and donate them. They looked peaceful on the outside but were filled with regret in their hearts.
You have to know that what they brought out today were their favorites that they were reluctant to use in normal small banquets.
Now it's all someone else's property.
Seeing that some people were too upset to sit still, Yan Qing pretended to pray: "Lord Beast God will surely look after you all."
She stood up, folded her hands over her chest, and bowed to everyone to express her gratitude.
"Lan Yin, go and make some hot tea with the snowtail flowers given by the Beast God to warm the stomachs of the ladies."
Lan Yin squatted and saluted: "Yes, Miss."
The worries on everyone's faces instantly disappeared, and someone couldn't help asking, "But what about the snowtail flower that grows on the steepest cliffs of Mount Tata and is said to prolong one's life?"
Yan Qing nodded: "That's right, it also has the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin. If the ladies like it, you can take some back later."
Snow tail flowers are not a rare resource, but because they grow in an extraordinary place, no one can pick them.
Some powerful birds are easy to capture.
As for the so-called miraculous effects, they are nothing more than a trick to fool people.
If you believe it, it exists; if you don’t believe it, it doesn’t exist.
After Yan Qing said goodbye, he was about to go and trick another group of people, but he met Cheng Xu at the corner of the garden rockery.
She put away her cunning smile, put on a cold attitude, and said in a light voice: "Third Prince."
Cheng Xu did not ignore her instantaneous change of expression. He concealed the interest in his eyes and put on a false smile: "I wonder where the goddess is going?"
Yan Qing folded his hands in front of his stomach, lowered his head and closed his eyes: "To save all living beings from suffering."
You can't just say you're going to cheat people.
The man didn't ask any more questions and gave way.
As the black hair floated past his eyes, he smelled a faint scent of plum blossom.
He waited until Yan Qing walked away before he picked up his pace. When he reached the front hall, he saw that the girl had changed her words.
First he asked people to serve good tea to let those shrewd ministers taste the sweetness, and then he quoted from classics and talked about national justice with this group of literati and warriors.
It made several sentimental generals' blood boil.
Qi Heng's eyes were sparkling and he hid all his admiration. When he saw Cheng Xu staring at Yan Qingru like she was his prey, he was startled.
Cheng Xu felt his gaze and asked softly, "What does Ah Heng think of her?"
Qi Heng replied: "Intelligent and agile, like a god."
"I have the same opinion." Cheng Xu said in an ambiguous tone, twisting the jade ring on his thumb with his right index finger.
When he looked up again, Yan Qing had returned to the point, asking the ministers to "just do good deeds" and donate money to the border guards.
She also invited Cheng Xu to come up and said meaningfully: "Your Highness has just returned from His Majesty, why not ask Your Highness to come up and say a few words."
A gentleman's banquet turned into a symposium for her.
After hearing her words, the people below couldn't help but wonder whether the so-called donation was a hint from His Majesty through the goddess' mouth.
Cheng Xu did not refuse to go up and support her, as if it were true.
Yan Qing even asked Tusang to write a roster and read out everyone's money in public.
In order not to be outdone, the ministers who had originally just wanted to show their respect were now unable to save face and had to reluctantly make sacrifices.
They all asked their servants to go to the accounting office at home to withdraw silver bills.
After the people left, Yan Qing, who had been grinning from ear to ear, stopped laughing in time, and when he turned to Cheng Xu, he was left with only a cold look.
"Does your Highness have time to talk?"
Cheng Xu spoke gently: "Please come to the Goddess' study for a chat."
When only two people were left, Yan Qing looked straight at him and said, "The ornaments donated by the wives of officials can be exchanged for rice to help the people, and the silver notes donated by the adults can be turned over to the national treasury."
"Your Highness the Third Prince will have to participate in this matter throughout."
She suddenly looked a little weak, and continued, "I have predicted for Your Highness that Huainan will be hit by a disaster. If this money is used properly, it can help Your Highness win the hearts of the people."
Cheng Xu looked at her for a long time, revealing a look of sympathy: "I'm afraid I need to report this to my father."
If this is true, her actions can not only help him please his father, but also gain the support of the people.
But why does she care about him so much?
Is it really because of fatalism?
Yan Qing seemed a little angry, and his voice was a little cold: "I was guided by God to come here to help the Mandate of Heaven unify the grassland. Your Highness does not need to be so defensive against me."
"Having said this, I will take my leave now." She was about to leave when she suddenly turned back and said, "I will give you another divination. The eldest prince is no longer humane."
Just as she finished speaking, she covered her chest in pain and spat out a mouthful of blood.
When her body was about to fall, the man reached out and caught her in time.
"What is this, Goddess?" Cheng Xu looked doubtful.
The fragrance of plum blossoms filled his arms, and a soft light flashed across his eyes.
I heard that his mother was brought back to the palace by his father because she was pretty and smart.
My mother's girlhood was probably like the person in front of me.
He had a rough childhood, but he never hated his mother. Instead, he was grateful to her for bringing him into this world.
It also gave him the opportunity to fight, grab, and plan.
Yan Qing leaned in his arms, his face was pale as snow, and his breath was getting weaker: "This ability is given by the Beast God. Every time you tell a hexagram, you need to consume a corresponding amount of vitality."
She coughed and tried to push the man away, but she didn't have the strength.
He tilted his head and looked out the window. "Only by completing the task can I reunite with my sister-in-law as soon as possible."
Cheng Xu's eyes flickered slightly, and he picked her up: "I will immediately order someone to call the imperial physician."
Yan Qing shook his head, leaned on his chest, and said weakly: "It's useless, this is the backlash of divine power, just let me lean on it for a while."
Cheng Xu did not refuse. He held her in his arms and sat in front of the desk, staring at her sleeping face with a complicated expression.
He also knew that if he sent the person in his arms away at this moment, others would only think that he had done something to the goddess.
Did the girl stop him because she thought of this?
They have no relatives or friends, so why should she care about him so much?
The thought of suspecting Yan Qing of having ulterior motives flashed through Cheng Xu's mind, and he repeatedly pondered what she had just said.
Smelling the plum fragrance on the person in his arms, the man's frown slowly relaxed.
About half an hour later, Yan Qing opened her eyes. The weakness on her face gradually improved and her skin regained its rosy color.
"Thank you, Your Highness." She concealed the shyness in her eyes, thanked him and was about to leave.
Cheng Xu, who caught her shyness, curled his lips slightly: "The goddess always considers me in every way, I should be the one to thank her."
Yan Qingshi frowned like a petulant person: "Lord Beast God has bound you and me together. Before Your Highness ascended the throne, you and I were one."
She pushed the door open and walked out.
Cheng Xu stood still in the house, with only the faint scent of plum blossoms lingering in the air and a pool of blood on the ground, revealing the girl's fragility just now.
Yan Qing rinsed her mouth immediately after returning to the room. The bloody taste in her mouth was diluted and she felt much better.
She had put invisible blood bags on her inner teeth in advance, and had to use strong medicine to make the blood inside flow out.
In order to prevent Cheng Xu from discovering any clues, human blood was used.
Provided by Xiaoba.
She found that after arriving in this dimension, the little guy seemed to have changed into a different person, now talkative and responsive to every request.
As soon as she had the thought, the system exchanged what she needed.
The attitude is completely opposite to that in the first plane.
[Xiao Ba is very happy to be able to help Qingqing]
Sensing her thoughts, the flower on the little guy's head shook.
Yan Qing smiled at it: "We are comrades, if there is anything, you must tell me."
[Of course~] Xiao Ba was spinning around happily.
Yan Qing thought of the hypocritical smile on Cheng Xu's face. That guy might not believe her yet.
But he couldn't help but believe it.
The Huainan snow disaster is something that is explained in the plot, and there will be basically no changes to such natural disasters.
The Cheng Su incident was something she did herself.
No matter how tightly the secret is kept, as long as Cheng Xu is determined, he can always find some clues by following this line.
When the news is exposed and someone tries to divert the blame, we will see a dog-eat-dog show.
Cheng Xu has been hiding his abilities for many years just to ascend the throne. With his intelligence and talent, he must know how to use this matter to maximize his benefits.
After tasting the sweetness, will the man still be as wary of her as he is now?
The next day she moved to the completed temple.
Every day, he receives some believers like a mascot and speaks some profound and mysterious words.
The temple was becoming more and more popular, and she could directly feel the pure power of faith.
On the contrary, Tantric Buddhism was suppressed more and more day by day.
The group of horse bandits that she originally asked Tusan to kidnap were also beheaded in public on the day the temple was completed.
It’s not that no one gave away the secrets of Tantric Buddhism, but because of human protection, Wu Sa, the instigator, was not implicated.
But through this, Yan Qing gained another wave of faith.
Soon, the news of the snowstorm in Huainan reached the royal capital, and Cheng Xu called on merchants to donate silver in a very short time.
All the silver, money and ornaments donated by the officials' wives were exchanged for grain and secretly handed over to the emperor.
The old emperor was very happy and put the task of disaster relief in his hands.
While he was in Huainan providing disaster relief, a major event also broke out in Wangcheng.
The news that the eldest prince Cheng Su was inhumane spread throughout the streets and alleys overnight.
After a thorough investigation, the finger was pointed at the second in command, Cheng Jiang.
The two princes fought in the street, and the old emperor was so angry that he almost suffocated. Finally, under the persuasion of his ministers, he only confined the two of them to house arrest for half a year as a punishment.
Yan Qing leaned on the chaise longue, and in his heart he sighed at Cheng Xu's clever tricks.
Not only did he deal a heavy blow to his two competitors, but he also used the disaster relief to hide himself.
"Miss, the eunuch who is here to announce the decree is here." Lan Yin walked in slowly and reminded her.
Tusan is still out there raising donations for the disaster area, but he is actually secretly investigating the conspiracy between the Tantric Buddhism and the Second Prince's faction.
The news from the palace was either a reward or that the old emperor wanted to see her.
At this moment, Huainan suffered a severe disaster and the national treasury was in a tight spot, so it definitely would not be the former.
When she climbed onto the sedan chair that came to pick her up and touched the phoenix pattern on it, her eyes narrowed and a murderous look flashed across her stern face.
She touched the silver needle on her wrist. If the old emperor dared to do anything to her, she wouldn't mind making him suffer the same fate as Cheng Su.
The place the eunuch took her to was not the imperial study, but the emperor's bedroom.
She pretended not to understand the deeper meaning, and followed in with a calm and arrogant look on her face.
"Your Majesty." She crossed her arms over her chest and bowed slightly.
The old emperor's cloudy eyes were filled with lust, and he came up to touch her hand: "Goddess, there is no need to be polite."
Yan Qing frowned and stepped back with an unfriendly look in his eyes.
He withdrew his hand awkwardly, still with a smiling face, and asked the palace maids to leave.
"The disaster in Huainan has made me lose my appetite. I called the goddess here to discuss holding a ceremony to worship the heavens in the temple to pray for the refugees."
He invited Yan Qing to sit down and poured her some wine himself.
Yan Qing stood there in a daze: "Your Majesty, just give the order."
"How can I neglect the goddess?" The old emperor walked closer and wanted to hold her waist. "I am the man of destiny, and the goddess is my assistant. You and I should stand side by side. As long as the goddess is willing..."
Seeing that Yan Qing did not make any move to stop or evade, his smile became even more wanton.
As soon as he touched the corner of Yan Qing's clothes, his whole body shook violently, as if an electric current was spreading from his fingers throughout his body.
“Goddess…” Thinking it was an illusion, he reached out his hand again.
This time his hair stood up and he fell straight down, exhaling a puff of white smoke when he opened his mouth.
Looks a bit dead.
[You old pig's hoof dare to touch my Qingqing, I will shock you to death]
Xiao Ba was furious in the system space.
"Okay, okay, calm down." Yan Qing had no choice but to comfort her.
She squatted down, lifted up the old pervert's eyelids to see the degree of dilation of his pupils, and gave him a few injections.
This old man doesn't just covet her beauty.
He also wanted to borrow the name of the goddess and unleash his true dragon power so that he could naturally become the one destined to bring all people together.
The old emperor slowly opened his eyes. There was no focus in his eyes, and he looked dazed like a fool.
Yan Qing patted his face hard and wiped it on his dragon robe in disgust: "Tell me, what happened to Qi Yuanzhi's house being confiscated?"
Xue position stimulation plus mental control is equivalent to controlling humans as if they were beasts.
But it can only deal with those with weak will.
If she were to face a man like Mu Liancheng alone, it would be difficult for her to find the right opportunity to strike back.
The old emperor was stunned and said, "He dared to scold me for wasting money and manpower. He deserves to die!"
Yan Qing couldn't hide his disgust: "How did you frame him?"
"The mistress suggested to frame him by claiming that the government silver was stolen. His plan was perfect." The old emperor said in a daze.
Yan Qing looked as if he had expected it, and after knocking the man unconscious he kicked him again.
When he went out, the eunuch looked shocked, as if he had seen a ghost.
He immediately rushed into the hall, only to see the emperor lying half-dead on the ground.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, someone come, someone come! Bring that witch--" Before he could finish his words to the guards entering the hall, the old emperor grabbed his hand.
Waving his head to signal the others to leave, the old emperor sat up and said, "She is truly a goddess."
The lightning that struck out of nowhere just now was clearly a punishment for his blasphemy.
Winter has gone and spring has come, and Cheng Xu is already on his way back.
Tucson's investigation also produced results.
Over the years, Tantric Buddhism has been searching for women with all four yin pillars, using their flesh and blood to refine an evil power to achieve rejuvenation.
But they were too cautious and it was difficult to track down the nest.
[Qingqing, I know where it is]
Xiao Ba took the initiative to open the map and marked the location.
[The newly captured women are all detained here. Wusa is waiting for the full moon day of the next month.]
The fifteenth of this month has just passed, which means there is less than a month left.
If the clouds had not covered the moon last night, Wu Sa would probably not have been willing to wait any longer.
Towards evening, Cheng Xu's team arrived at the imperial city.
He carried the seriously injured Qi Heng and rushed into the temple, begging Yan Qing to save Qi Heng's life.
It looked so genuine, not like a disguise at all.
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