Chapter 443 I'm not here to be bullied
"Have you heard any news about the Fountain of Life in Xizhou?" Wang Yushi asked Qin Mo calmly.
"Oh! Of course I've heard of it, the sacred object of the sea tribe, the one that can bring the dead back to life!"
Qin Mo secretly added to herself, "Not only have I heard about it, but I also secretly did a little something a few days ago!"
"...Is it really as miraculous as the legends say...?"
"It is said that it can make disfigured women even more beautiful and charming than before!"
"...Can it cure chronic and old injuries...?"
"You know these are all legends! How can you say for sure what's going on? But the Sea Clan's Fountain of Life is not given to outsiders. Only those they approve of can receive a single drop, and they use the vast majority of it themselves. It's almost impossible for outsiders to get it."
"Danfeng, you want... the Fountain of Life?"
Wang Yushi had casually mentioned before that Emperor Zhaowu needed the Fountain of Life. Now that Wang Yushi had brought it up again, he couldn't figure out what she meant. Did she want it or not?
"The Imperial Court sent envoys to the Western Continent in search of the Fountain of Life, but they were unable to gain entry. This time, the Temple's envoy offered to help them obtain the Fountain of Life, so..."
"The Fountain of Life isn't part of the Temple, how could they possibly have that ability? But what exactly do you mean? I have some connections in the Western Continent, if you really need it... I'll give it a try?"
Wang Yushi remained silent for a long time before finally saying softly, "The imperial family's resources are far greater than you imagine. If even he can't obtain it... why should you pay the price? You don't owe him anything... Let fate decide!"
Even after Wang Yushi left, Qin Mo couldn't be sure what she was thinking. Although she spoke very calmly about the Fountain of Life, her usually gentle and compliant tone suddenly turned into extreme calmness, which was abnormal in itself.
"Are you really just asking what the Fountain of Life does?"
Qin Mo muttered to herself, shook her head and stopped thinking about it. Anyway, since she came into this world, Emperor Zhaowu had been constantly making things difficult for her, so whether he lived or died was none of her business.
Qin Mo felt inexplicably irritable and wanted to find a place to vent, when he saw his two best friends sneaking back.
"Mozi, you spent most of the day alone with the Empress... didn't you feel uncomfortable about it?"
"Hmm!...Is there something wrong?"
"Well... according to the customs of the Great Xia Dynasty, the imperial harem is not allowed to have private meetings with officials from outside the palace..."
"Qin Yuanze, how many foreign officials has she met with all these years for the sake of the imperial family? Which general in the Divine Machine Battalion and the Royal Guard doesn't listen to her instructions? Why am I the only one left out?"
“That’s different. You’re different from them!” Qin Yuanze said very seriously.
"Qin Mo, you may not realize it yourself, but the Empress treats you much differently from others. The Empress never speaks with anyone for more than half a quarter of an hour, but you..."
"I talked to her about the situation in Suyab. Her mother is all alone there, and I'm planning to sell them a batch of firearms! Do you think this kind of thing can be explained in just a few words?"
"Mozi, don't listen to Yuanze's nonsense. He just harbors resentment about the marriage arranged for him by the Empress. How many firearms are you planning to give to Suiye City this time? What kind of weapons are they? Are they the same as those of our Shenji Battalion?"
"Your pile of junk doesn't even deserve to be called the Divine Machine Battalion!"
"Holy crap, Mozi, you have more good stuff... I'm so miserable right now..."
Qin Yuanze watched as the bear embraced Qin Mo and walked away, feeling at a loss. As a former veteran of the dating scene, he noticed something dangerous in Wang Yushi's eyes when she looked at Qin Mo, but he couldn't bring himself to say it.
How can you just casually talk about something like this?
"Hey! Yuanze, we're going to a brothel, are you coming?" Qin Yumu called out from afar.
"Go! How can you leave me behind when you two are both going?"
Qin Yuanze caught up with them, and the three of them, arm in arm, swaggered down the street, acting arrogantly and ostentatiously. Under the watchful eyes of a group of people, whether intentional or speechless, they walked into Tianxiang Tower as if no one else was there, ordered more than a dozen girls, and drank loudly and boisterously all night.
The Great Xia Imperial Palace is the very center of power in the entire empire, and those qualified to attend court every morning are the very people at the very top of the empire's power structure.
Today, a young and unfamiliar figure stood outside the palace gates, attracting the attention of the high-ranking officials waiting to attend court.
"That's... His Highness Prince Heng?"
"It must be him! Look at his princely robes, there's only one prince this young in the Great Xia Dynasty!"
"It is said that Prince Heng is handsome and elegant, and today I have seen him and he is indeed as good as his name suggests."
"Hmph, the son of a foreign race, no matter how handsome he is, is still a stain on the royal bloodline..."
"......"
"......"
The crowd automatically parted to create an open space, revealing the old man, as if afraid of getting into trouble.
"...Am I wrong? You all usually..."
The old man stopped speaking before he could finish, because Qin Mo had already come up in front of him and was staring intently at him.
Qin Mo: "Who are you?"
Old man: "I am Nie Lan, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites!"
Qin Mo: "What rank are you? Why don't you bow to me?"
Nie Lan: "..."
Qin Mo: "I'm asking you a question. Aren't the people from the Ministry of Rites supposed to be the most disciplined?"
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