Chapter Thirty-Eight: Provoking the Female Tyrant
After Wang Yushi was escorted to the capital, the royal family, considering that she was from a family of meritorious officials, did not sentence her to death, but instead sent her to the death squad of the northern border army.
The members of the Death Squad were all guilty, and only those who achieved the ninth level of merit could be exonerated. Even the first to scale a city walls during a siege only earned the third level of merit. Unless one was exceptionally powerful, one would never escape the Death Squad and would likely die in battle. However, Wang Yushi, a Xuan Realm cultivator, repeatedly distinguished herself by slaying generals and capturing flags, quickly accumulating enough merit to exonerate herself. Yet, she did not leave the Death Squad; she continued to kill, as if only constant carnage on the battlefield could quell the savagery within her.
The year Wang Yushi joined the suicide squad, Prince Qin Han was leading troops to defend the border for the first time. He met this girl with a story to tell, and the clichéd plot began: Qin Han fell in love with Wang Yushi at first sight and immediately decided to marry her as his crown princess.
Crown Prince Qin Han's decision was ruthlessly rejected by her emperor father, for a very valid reason—the difficulty of having an heir.
Whether they are cultivators of the Great Xia Dynasty or powerful figures from other races, their reproductive ability is inversely proportional to their strength. The stronger their combat power, the lower their fertility; there are no exceptions. Wang Yushi is already at the Profound Realm at a young age. If she were to become the Crown Princess, given the royal family's profound resources, reaching the Earth Realm would be a certainty.
It's generally acknowledged that cultivators above the Earth Realm have extremely low reproductive capacity. While men can compensate by taking multiple wives and concubines, Wang Yushi, being a woman, might not be able to have offspring even if she exhausted Qin Han's resources. And the Empress's lack of offspring... is not just a simple matter of domestic unrest.
Qin Han was extremely disappointed and frustrated. He and Wang Yushi were both helpless victims of the aristocratic and royal families. Wang Yushi did not express any dissatisfaction with Qin Han's broken promise, but only asked Qin Han for the second half of "Breaking the Secret".
The "Breaking the Technique" was taken from ancient relics. The upper half was used by the Great Xia royal family as a reward for military merits and was open to all soldiers. However, the lower half was kept hidden in the imperial palace, and only individuals or families who made extraordinary contributions to Great Xia could obtain a copy of the lower half of the "Breaking the Technique." The powerful families of Great Xia had all received this top-tier reward. It is said that the lower half of the "Breaking the Technique" is extremely damaged; each copy further diminishes it. Moreover, the cultivation and advancement of the "Breaking the Technique" are extremely perilous, so very few people have ever completed its entirety.
Qin Han once advised Wang Yushi to stop practicing the "Broken Technique" and switch to other techniques. It is true that the speed of cultivation in the "Broken Technique" is reversed, but the method of refining vital energy is simple and crude, which has great side effects on the cultivator's body. Therefore, each family will improve the "Broken Technique" to reduce the cultivation speed and purify the purity of vital energy and vital fluid.
However, Wang Yushi insisted on continuing to cultivate the "Breaking Technique". Qin Han understood her feelings. Only super strong martial arts could protect her and her sister. As for the damage to her body and the risks of advancing, she simply ignored them.
Qin Han fulfilled Wang Yushi's wish. Wang Yushi's talent was also extraordinary; half a year later, she directly broke through the Profound Realm and entered the Lin Realm, solidifying her title as the number one cultivation talent in the Great Xia Dynasty.
In the spring of the year following Qin Han's acquaintance with Wang Yushi, Qin Han was ambushed while "hunting" in the territory of the orcs. By the time reinforcements arrived, all of Crown Prince Qin Han's guards had been killed in action, leaving only Chong Shan Qin Han on the battlefield.
Qin Han was transported back to the capital under cover of darkness. The Great Xia Empire's army launched its first large-scale retaliatory military operation into the orc-occupied territory, creating a nearly hundred-mile-long uninhabited and orc-free zone.
Just as all the border troops were anxiously awaiting punishment from the capital, the royal family did not issue any decree of accountability, but instead issued an edict summoning Prince Yu Shi to the palace for an audience with the emperor.
Later, a royal proclamation was issued, and Crown Prince Qin Han took Wang Yushi, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Wuwei, as his principal wife. The Wang sisters had finally risen to prominence, becoming the most sought-after newly ascended nobles in the Great Xia Dynasty. Regardless of Wang Yushi's relationship with the Wang family, it could not change her status as the eldest daughter of the Wang family. In a world where clan influence was extremely high, Wang Yushi could not leave the clan because of her past. Therefore, after becoming the imperial family, the Wang family's prestige rose even higher, and it was already showing signs of becoming the foremost family outside of the royal family.
The two men spoke with great enthusiasm, but Qin Mo felt a chill run down her spine. From their words, it was clear they deeply admired the current Empress. While the Great Xia Dynasty wasn't entirely patriarchal, for a woman to inspire such admiration in two arrogant members of the royal family was a testament to Wang Yushi's formidable power.
Qin Mo sighed inwardly, thinking, "Beauty is a curse! I'm only a little bit pretty, yet I've suffered this undeserved misfortune and attracted such a huge female tyrant."
Qin Mo muttered, "Am I supposed to go to the Wang family to ask for their hand in marriage now?" The thought had barely crossed his mind when he immediately dismissed it. First of all, where would he put his pride? The line of suitors was probably stretching for miles; did he want to get beaten up by them? Oh well, let her be. After dealing with this conscription in the north, he'd go overseas and rule the world. Who cares who she is?
"Do your two families have enough warhorses? I heard from Uncle Wu that all three of our families are being targeted?"
"It's not really about targeting anyone, it's just that the prices are a little higher and there are fewer good horses," Qin Yuanze said this time.
Qin Yumu surprisingly did not object to Qin Yuanze's words. It seems that although aristocratic families do not necessarily fight each other, it is common for them to trip each other up.
"Tomorrow I plan to go to the mule and horse market in the West Market. It would be good to buy a few more warhorses. Surely those few families can't take over all the horse dealers?"
"Let's go, let's go! Tomorrow the three of us will cause a ruckus and teach these 'shady' merchants a lesson!" Qin Yumu cursed the big merchants who hoarded horses, completely oblivious to the fact that she was about to become a 'shady' merchant in the maritime trade.
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