Chapter 26 Negotiation Skills
Mu Xi remained motionless.
"Alas, your father won't live much longer either..." Mu Zhen felt helpless and rubbed his temples hard. "Just bear with it a little longer, your father will make arrangements as soon as possible to take good care of you all..."
Do I not have many days left to live?
Mu Xi didn't believe it. In the original owner's memories, when she returned to Moyang City more than two years ago, her scumbag father said the same thing. Two years have passed in the blink of an eye, and she's still alive and well.
Furthermore, her scumbag father's plan was nothing more than to come up with some other "bad idea" to make Prince Jin Fang "go offline," and then she would switch to a "smurf account" and start over.
But Mu Xi was not satisfied with the "smaller" version at all.
Mu Xi wasn't the submissive type like the original owner, and she felt there was no need to constantly be cautious with a guilty conscience: "Just now, a 'divine intervention' happened. Since it's a goddess here, she won't descend upon a man. Are you afraid someone will suspect my female identity? It doesn't matter. Even if the Great Yu produces the first man who can summon a goddess, so what?"
As the divine physician Luo said, who can say for sure about matters of ghosts and spirits?
Furthermore, Mu Xi planned to take advantage of this unexpected event, so keeping a low profile was out of the question.
Mu Zhen frowned and shook his head in anguish: "You used to be so docile, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? Can't you... even just for the sake of your father who doesn't have much time left, drink the talisman water?"
"This..." This was clearly a form of "moral blackmail," but Mu Xi really couldn't refuse outright.
And she didn't know why, but she felt inexplicably irritated whenever she saw Jin Fangjun.
Even though her father was a scumbag, she originally wanted to discuss with him the matter of dealing with the two men from the Qing Pavilion.
They immediately started arguing; it wasn't the attitude of discussing things.
Mu Xi did not want to make the same impulsive "mistake" as the first time, so she decided to take a step back.
But then her scumbag father continued, "You didn't see it, but just now the Imperial Advisor asked all sorts of questions and even suggested that you stay at Guanlan Palace to recuperate. I said that the incense smoke at Guanlan Palace was too strong and that your weak body couldn't handle it, so I had to send you to Yangyi Altar in the suburbs before I would stop."
The people of Yansheng Continent are relatively simple and honest. They have a deep faith in the creator goddess Yi Guang and the sea god Dongfang Jumang. To communicate with the gods, they rely on shamans. As a result, there are temples, altars, ancestral halls and shamans' residences everywhere.
The largest of these, Guanlan Palace, is the national temple in Moyang City, adjacent to the royal palace. Successive national masters resided there, praying for the royal family and the nation's fortune.
The four altars outside Moyang City, including the Yangyi Altar, are located in the western suburbs. They are secluded and quiet, and few people go there.
Mu Xi wouldn't object to going to Yangyi Altar or even Guanlan Palace.
This is a good opportunity to learn more about shamanism, which coincides with her further plans.
In order to ease tensions, it's necessary to first express a stance.
Mu Xi was about to agree, but then she changed her mind again—the more exactly what she wanted to do, the less she should show it on her face.
Instead, he had to feign great reluctance: "Does Your Majesty intend to send me to the desolate wilderness?"
Upon hearing "Lord" instead of "Father," Mu Zhen's brows furrowed even more, but he refrained from correcting him: "Today's events will soon reach the palace and spread throughout the streets and alleys of Moyang City. It's only right that you leave the city to avoid the storm. If you don't leave now, and something else happens at the palace in a couple of days, what if they really want you to enter Guanlan Palace? It's better to go out on your own initiative, and come back after things have calmed down. Then we can make further plans."
"I'm not going." Mu Xi still refused verbally, but her tone softened considerably.
“You…” Mu Zhen was so angry that she almost jumped up from her wheelchair. “You have no choice but to go, whether you like it or not.”
"Father, do you want to kidnap me?" Mu Xi knew that her father was even more displeased when she uttered the words "Lord," but she didn't mean it; she was just not used to it.
At this moment, she changed her tune and even added a hint of her daughter's coquettishness: "Father, aren't you afraid that I'll cause some trouble once I get there? Even if you keep me tied up, I won't be afraid. People need to eat, drink, and relieve themselves. As long as you don't want me to die, there will always be a time when you let me eat, sleep, and relieve myself. When that time comes, I will definitely escape as long as I have the chance."
Mu Zhen started rubbing her temples: "What's wrong with you? Is it not a 'spirit possession' but some kind of demonic possession?"
"Father, don't worry. Just grant me one small request, and I'll immediately cooperate to leave the city and lay low." Mu Xi's business negotiation skills, honed in her previous life, were now being used on her scumbag father.
"What are your requirements?" Mu Zhen looked at this "son" again, feeling even more unfamiliar with him than ever before.
Mu Xi glanced at Mu Xun, who had been standing silently to the side, and said, "I want Father to hand over the power to deal with those two from Qingguan to me."
If Mu Xun won't agree to something, then we'll just target Jin Fangjun Mu Zhen directly.
However, Jin Fangjun Muzhen didn't react immediately: "Qingguan?"
Mu Xun reminded him from the side: "It's the investigation results that were just delivered, about that female merchant surnamed Qi from a branch of the 'Xiangnan Qi Family'."
With a "smack," Mu Zhen almost broke the armrest of the wheelchair: "No, haven't you caused enough trouble already? I've already decided how to handle that matter, and it's none of your business to interfere."
The worst thing you can do in a negotiation is to lose your composure; you must always keep the pace of the negotiation in your own hands.
Mu Xi also suppressed her anger and said calmly, "Father, there's no need to be angry. I have the right to deal with those two people, how could I act recklessly? It's just that Father's method of handling them... well... is too simple and crude, which is why it's easy to leave behind troubles."
"What do you mean?" Mu Zhen asked, his beard bristling and eyes wide.
Mu Xi patiently explained, "Father, think it over carefully. The young master Jin Fang, who has come back from the dead, just visited a brothel, and the owner died or disappeared mysteriously after only one night. This will only become gossip and arouse suspicion. It is not a good solution at all."
"This is the only way out, and it's all your fault." Mu Zhen didn't seriously consider it at all, focusing only on the talisman water. "As for you, you would never have made such a request before. Ever since you woke up again, you've been acting strangely. Maybe drinking the talisman water and suppressing the evil spirits will make things better."
The angrier you are, the more you should calm down and take your time.
Mu Xi forced a smile, her lips twitching slightly. "Yes... I'm the one who caused this mess, I admit it. Now, isn't this just a chance to make amends to Father? This matter is of great importance, and I will never gamble with my own life or the future of my family. I..."
"No, you shouldn't worry about this. Just go out of the city and avoid trouble." Mu Zhen still disagreed.
Mu Xi conceded another step: "It's easy for me to obediently leave the city, but before I leave, let me see that Second Sister Qi. I will come up with a solution. If my solution fails, the final decision rests with Father. How about that?"
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