kvmb Chapter 301: Becoming increasingly unscrupulous
Chapter 301: Becoming increasingly unscrupulous
In Xia Mo's palm were fourteen square, flat objects invisible to the naked eye. Each object had a silvery substance resembling claws, like spider legs, used for gripping.
"Do you know what this is?" Xia Mo asked.
Huangfu Qian shook his head: "I don't know."
"Live streaming system rewards," Xia Mo reminded him.
"For example, rewarding those who have made some progress in calligraphy?" Huangfu Qian asked.
Xia Mo's eyes lit up, and she nodded with a smile.
"Among these fourteen ultra-mini chips, as long as they are embedded in the brain's neural pathways, they will allow a person to achieve some minor success in certain areas," Xia Mo deliberately mischievously withheld the full details, adding, "Do you want to give it a try?"
She currently has six live streaming systems at her disposal, and operating them would be very simple.
Huangfu Qian shook his head.
"Hahaha..." Xia Mo laughed happily and said, "After removing these things, look at the two of them."
Huangfu Qian glanced at Young Master Zheng and Young Master Chen, whose eyes had become vacant and flustered, and nodded.
"What have you done to us?!"
Young Master Chen questioned Xia Mo.
Xia Mo took out an exquisite little box, put the ultra-mini chip that was invisible to the naked eye into the wooden box, and stored it in the soul space that was absolutely isolated from heaven and earth.
* * *
The next day—
The military has reached a verdict in the case of Young Master Zheng and Young Master Chen.
According to the laws of this dynasty, Zheng and Chen bribed officials and abused their power, thus committing the crime of bribery and violating the court's personnel regulations. Their sentences varied according to the amount of money involved and the severity of the incident. After a detailed account of these offenses, it was announced that the two men would pay 100,000 taels of silver in compensation and be exiled three thousand li away, with no possibility of returning for ten years.
This can be considered as saving their lives.
After hearing the result, the Zheng family head and the Chen family head fell silent.
They should have realized that even if they had saved their lives, the outcome would have been different!
The old emperor immediately summoned Huangfu Qian to the palace, demanding that Huangfu Qian withdraw the judgment, and personally escorted Young Master Zheng and Young Master Chen home!
The old emperor still doesn't understand.
Huangfu Qian entered the palace and indeed listened to the old emperor spout a lot of nonsense, but... he didn't do a single thing the old emperor asked him to do.
The old emperor failed to accomplish his task, and so did Jia Daoren.
The old emperor deliberately prevented Huangfu Qian from leaving, intentionally keeping him in the palace...
* * *
Jiang Wang Mansion —
"We're here to bring Lord Anjia and the others into the palace," the eunuch Bai explained calmly, even after being stopped outside the Jiang Prince's residence.
"Without His Highness's order, the An family head is not allowed to leave the Jiang Prince's residence!"
The gatekeeper was a tall, burly man with a fierce look on his face. He was clearly a veteran who had retired from the battlefield. When he spoke, he also had a fierce air about him, as if he was preparing for war rather than talking to someone.
The eunuch Bai said, "I am also acting on the Emperor's orders."
"So what?! In the Jiang Prince's mansion, His Highness the Jiang Prince is in charge!" came the harsh voice from behind the door.
The eunuch Bai remained unperturbed and said, "If I can't take anyone with me, I'll be the one to suffer the consequences."
"What does it have to do with us if you're eating melon seeds?! We're just following His Highness's orders!" the gatekeeper continued.
A barely perceptible smile flashed in the white eunuch's eyes. He nodded and said, "I'll go to the palace to report now."
Could Eunuch Bai not see through the old emperor's little scheme? He simply wanted to imprison Xia Mo to threaten Huangfu Qian, but the old emperor didn't even consider whether Prince Jiang would allow him to have his way.
“I’ll go with him,” Xia Mo said as she stepped out from behind the door.
The gatekeeper stared in astonishment. As long as the Xia family didn't leave the Jiang Prince's residence, no one else could take anyone away from it! But this future princess didn't follow the rules!
“Mistress,” the doorman reminded her, “if you go with Eunuch Bai, the mistress will be angry when she returns.”
"It's alright, I'll be right back," Xia Mo smiled gently.
She's been doing a lot of good deeds lately, and the Heavenly Dao of this world has given her special treatment, with merit points pouring in continuously. Her cultivation level has already been unsealed by 70%.
The gatekeeper dared not stop Xia Mo's actions and sent someone to inform Huangfu Qian.
The white-robed eunuch stared intently at Xia Mo, somewhat bewildered.
The eunuch Bai didn't understand, nor did he think much of it, and said, "Lord Anjia, please."
Inside the palace—
When Eunuch Bai was invited to the palace at the end of summer, someone had already informed the old emperor of the weather forecast.
The eunuch who brought the message made a gesture of grabbing a knife and then retreated.
Upon seeing that he had successfully captured Xia Mo and brought her into the palace, the old emperor could no longer suppress the smile on his face.
"Quickly, have her captured! Lock her in the deepest hell!" The old emperor gave the order directly in front of Huangfu Qian.
she?
Huangfu Qian's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
"You want to protect her in your Jiang Prince's Mansion, but that girl's ambition is greater than you imagine. Your small Jiang Prince's Mansion can't contain her!" the old emperor said with no small amount of pride.
Huangfu Qian knew who the old emperor was referring to.
“She is indeed very ambitious,” Huangfu Qian thought, and a complex emotion welled up in his heart as he thought of Xia Mo being a cultivator, and a great cultivator at that, who would leave this world in the future and become an even more powerful being.
“I told her I would make her empress, and she obediently came,” the old emperor’s eyes flashed, and a wicked idea popped into his head.
Huangfu Qian didn't believe the old emperor's fabrications at all.
Given Xia Mo's situation, there was no way she would compromise herself.
"Wait, when did you say you were going to make me empress? How come I didn't know?" Xia Mo's voice suddenly rang out in the hall.
Huangfu Qian and the old emperor turned around at the same time and looked up at the outside of the hall.
Xia Mo leisurely walked into the main hall, and behind her, a person was being dragged by a rope. That person was none other than Jia Daoren.
The reason he didn't come to the palace to confront them at the end of summer was that his cultivation wasn't fully unsealed, and he was afraid that the momentum of the nation's fortune would affect his family.
As I said before, her cultivation has been unsealed to seventy percent, so let's just go for it.
Once she can act with impunity, she won't hold back.
The old emperor was surprised to be contradicted by Xia Mo, the person involved, and his lips twitched.
"I'm telling you now, as long as you follow me, you will be the Empress," the old emperor said, deliberately lowering his voice and speaking in a greasy tone without realizing it.
As summer ended, he entered the main hall, grabbed Jia Daoren, and lifted him up, sending him flying with a "bang" as he slammed him onto the marble floor of the hall.
The Taoist priest was in so much pain that he couldn't speak, groaning and crying out in agony.
"Grand Preceptor, how could you tie the Grand Preceptor up with ropes?!" The old emperor discovered this and immediately glared angrily at Xia Mo.
Xia Mo threw away the rope in her hand.
The eunuch in white silently followed into the hall, stood in a corner, and set up a backdrop.
Xia Mo glanced at the white-clad eunuch and thought to herself, "What a remarkable person he is!"
"Him? The Imperial Advisor?" Xia Mo scoffed. "Does he deserve the title?"
"He's unworthy! Do you think you are?!" the old emperor roared, immediately ordering, "Quickly, untie the Imperial Advisor!"
The eunuch Bai glanced at Xia Mo before stepping forward. Whether he could successfully untie the rope depended entirely on Xia Mo's actions.
When the eunuch Bai tried to untie the rope but found he couldn't, he understood. He whispered to the old emperor, "This rope is tied in a knot that's impossible to untie. I need to get a knife."
Huangfu Qian looked at Xia Mo, who seemed to be unleashing her true nature, becoming increasingly unrestrained in her behavior.