Chapter 414 That's exactly what I meant
Wang Yushi ultimately didn't hit Qin Mo, because Qin Mo's face clearly showed an expression that said, "If you hit me, I'll fight back!"
Recalling the "bedroom skills" she had experienced a few years ago, she finally suppressed the inexplicable anger rising in her heart.
She didn't know why she was angry. Was Qin Mo's language flippant? Probably not, but when she heard Qin Mo say, "No matter who it is, as long as you give me two months..." she got angry.
What are you showing off for? Are you mocking me for not having children for years?
Qin Mo looked at Wang Yushi with disappointment. He really wanted to fight her to avenge the years of oppression he had suffered, but if Wang Yushi didn't make the first move, he wouldn't dare to act recklessly even if he had the guts.
"Shouldn't you be worried about your aunt's affairs right now? How come you have time to come and see me in Dayuan?"
Qin Mo asked her a question, then picked up the fishing rod and casually cast it out. The sea fish were plump this season, so she would let her try the taste of grilled fish today.
"Auntie? You mean my mother?"
"Yes! Didn't you say I'm your younger brother? Is it wrong for me to call you 'Auntie'?"
Wang Yushi felt much better immediately. She also took a fishing rod, but without bait, and sat down next to Qin Mo, silently waiting for the fish to bite.
Both of them had such strong senses that the poor fish, once near the hook, could not escape being dragged onto the boat even if they didn't bite.
Qin Mo began scraping the scales, while Wang Yushi started a fire nearby. There was no chatter, no sweet talk, only perfect understanding between them.
"I remember last time you only knew how to eat, not how to cook."
Qin Mo watched Wang Yushi skillfully grilling fish slices and couldn't help but tease her.
She wasn't angry. After handing him a grilled fish skewer, she said, "These past few years, when I've been bored, I've occasionally made this myself when I'm craving something, but... I never think it tastes as good as yours!"
"Oh! It's not your fault. When I cook for myself, it tastes terrible too!"
Qin Mo took a bite of the grilled fish and praised, "Try it yourself, doesn't it taste different from when you're alone?"
Wang Yushi glared at Qin Mo and then began to eat in small bites.
"The grilled fish tastes especially delicious today. Could what he said be true? But... who should I ask to cook with me?"
Wang Yushi shook her head to clear her mind, then asked seriously, "I sent someone to Xizhou to deliver a letter to you, but you didn't receive it!"
"Um!"
Qin Mo kept his head down and ate his fish without saying a word. He didn't want to admit that he had fallen into a trap and had even handed over the blueprints for the old-fashioned cannon!
"A few months ago, the royal family and the court both wanted His Majesty to determine the heir to the throne. What... do you think?"
"Hmm!... Ah?"
Qin Mo was licking a fish bone with her head down when she heard Wang Yushi's question. She was confused for a moment before she realized that Wang Yushi seemed to have a hidden meaning in her words.
"Although I am a prince, you also know that I am from a branch of the imperial family. My opinion... is not important, is it?"
"Your opinion is very important!" Wang Yushi said solemnly, her phoenix eyes fixed on Qin Mo's.
The fishing boat was small and bobbed up and down with the waves on the sea.
Qin Mo's heart was also pounding. Finally, suppressing the trembling in her chest, she whispered, "What do you mean?"
"That's exactly what I meant!" Wang Yushi said very frankly.
"Why me?"
Do you remember when I invited you to the capital to serve as Minister of Revenue several years ago?
“I remember! You originally planned to make me a vice minister first, and then sideline the minister of the Ministry of Revenue... to make me the actual person in charge of the Ministry of Revenue.”
Qin Mo recalled Wang Yushi's invitation. Although Wang Yushi was sincere, Qin Mo was unwilling to go near the capital at the time and wanted to stay as far away as possible.
"At the time, I thought it was a real pity that you, with your talent for governing the world, were not the Minister of Revenue. Now it seems that I underestimated you."
"Ten years ago, this place was a poor and desolate place, but now it is more coveted than the capital. If the entire Great Xia were handed over to you, both the common people and the imperial family would benefit from you."
Qin Mo could no longer contain her pounding heart. She closed her eyes and, after a long while, said, "This is just your idea, isn't it? Those princes don't think so!"
Wang Yushi chuckled and said, "Originally, it was indeed just my own idea. If we want it to succeed, we need to plan a lot. But now that Allen has advanced to the Saint-level, you are the strongest among the younger generation of the royal family in both civil and military affairs. If you don't become emperor, do you want those few good-for-nothings to do it?"
Wang Yushi leaned closer, her forehead almost touching Qin Mo's, and asked him curiously, "Why do you look completely unmoved?"
Was Qin Mo unmoved? That's impossible; who doesn't harbor the ambition to be an emperor?
Once he becomes emperor, the entire Great Xia Empire will be at his disposal. As long as Great Xia is capitalized and industrialized, the Western Continent's Rakshasa beastmen will be submerged in Great Xia's steel torrent.
But she just felt a little awkward and a little irritated. She always felt that Wang Yushi was... a little too ruthless!
"Danfeng...can you really bear to...kill him?"
Wang Yushi's beautiful face froze, then gradually filled with anger. Her beautiful phoenix eyes glared at Qin Mo, like an enraged beast.
"Did you think... I was going to murder him and then beg you to ascend the throne?" The cold words made Qin Mo regret her words. Why did she speak so recklessly?
He immediately understood and hurriedly said, "I was just guessing. Is it possible that he... is about to die?"
Seeing that Wang Yushi remained silent, Qin Mo began to protest her innocence: "He's in the prime of his life, how was I supposed to know he had health problems? You didn't tell me beforehand!"
Looking at the angry Wang Yushi, Qin Mo no longer felt awkward, and even felt a little happy.
Wang Yushi is likable because she is straightforward, domineering, and heroic; Wang Yushi is only frightening and ruthless because she is full of schemes.
Qin Mo carefully handed over the grilled fish, just holding it out in front of Wang Yushi's face. After a while, Wang Yushi finally took it and began to chew it fiercely.
Wang Yushi stopped helping Qin Mo grill fish and instead ate faster and faster in a fit of anger, until Qin Mo was so busy that she couldn't stop eating.
After eating all the fish they had caught, Qin Mo dove into the sea and soon came aboard with a short while later dragging a short, unfortunate fish about the length of a person.
Qin Mo deftly scraped off the scales and sliced the meat, then prepared to serve a certain angry carnivore a meal.
"He may only have a few years left to live, maybe three, maybe five, unless... he can obtain the Sea Clan's Fountain of Life."
Qin Mo's busy hands froze for a moment, then she said magnanimously, "Forget it, Danfeng, let's not worry about that position. Whoever wants to sit there can sit! At worst, you can move out of the palace!"
"You're really not tempted?"
"Whether I'm tempted or not, he's still alive! You'd better not try anything either, lest you hurt yourself. Those who can become emperors are not soft-hearted people, and they might go crazy and bite people before they die."
Looking at Qin Mo, who was focused on grilling fish, Wang Yushi suddenly thought that moving out of the palace... wasn't so bad after all!
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