Upx Chapter 153 (1/2)
Chapter 153: Everyone yields to hiinal and most updated translations are from volare If read elsewhere, this chapter has been stolen Please stop supporting theft
Ning Xiaoyao was so preoccupied with dancing aotten to wonder why they were filled with treasure in the first place
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“The estate was searched twice in a row,” Old Mada on the ground, “Old Madame orried that the clan would meet with disaster one day She already had the habit of hiding things in the pickle jars, so this time she used them to hide all her valuables, property titles, and deeds”
The Old Mada rebellions in the past She’d grown up desperately poor with a scholarly father until he gave up the brush in favor of the sword and earned his own fief and peerage During her days of poverty, she had been an expert in pickling all sorts of vegetables It was a habit she kept up even after her clan grew prosperous and she married into the rich and powerful Xie Clan Anyone in the clan as lucky enough to try soetables would be honored by the favor
“Old Madahts were that even if soldiers took over the estate, none of theetables,” the servant said Old Madame Xie’s exact words were that ‘if the faround and search through the houses for anything of note, but they won’t give a second glance to etable jars’
Grand Preceptor Xie didn’t look at the servant wo at his courtyard In truth, nobody in the faetables They only did it to please their elderly relative In fact, he his, but now they had beco Yu had taken them away after he freely offered them all…
Grand Preceptor Xie couldn’t hold back the mouthful of blood that welled up and trickled out past his lips His vision finally grew dark before he lost consciousness Lady wang shrieked in alared into a neave of chaos
The servant woation when Grand Preceptor Xie sent off the pickle jars When she learned the truth froeboy, she found herself physically paralyzed on the ground How could there be such a coincidence?
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Ning Xiaoyao sat on the ground in Supreme Splendor Hall as she personally took the various treasures out of the pickle jars Sood fortune Originally, they were even planning to flee to Anyuan, yetbut now there was no need Moreover, their eht back 20 carts’ worth of rice and flour Lou Zigui sat next to Ning Xiaoyao, finding the entire scene inconceivable Today had passed too much like a dream, so he needed time to adjust to reality
“The grain can all be taken to the relief centers,” Ning Xiaoyao told Shadowgale “We can raise the refugees for a bit longer”
Shadowgale replied, “Your Majesty, you still want to ees had lawlessly barged into the palace and made their demands, he could only see them as a pack of wolves!
“Angry?” Ning Xiaoyao looked at Shadowgale with a si i’s over, don’t dwell on it anyained experience from all this, they won’t be tricked so easily in the future And what’s more, do you think any of theuy anymore?”
Shadowgale thought His Majesty’s words made sense
“We didn’t suffer any losses,” Ning Xiaoyao wagged a finger as she sus up
Head Coale blurted out, “Your Majesty is wise and brilliant”
Ning Xiaoyao laughed out loud Lou Zigui rapped his knuckles against the tabletop and said, “Have Shadowgale’s men count the rest Your Majesty, shouldn’t you pay a visit to those seven military officers?”
Ning Xiaoyao puffed up her cheeks Anyone who didn’t let her count her treasure noas her enemy!
Lou Zigui added, “If Your Majesty doesn’t want to go, then I’ll go instead But I don’t think they’ll believe my words unless Your Majesty shows your face”
“Forget it, I’ll take a trip over,” Ning Xiaoyao carefully set down the jade ornament in her hands and stood up “I still want their soldiers” Money and men were both important, ah
After following Ning Xiaoyao out of the rooui lowered his voice “Xie Wenyuan’s already threatened theiance to you, Xiaoyao It’s not because of you; they’re just afraid of Xie Wenyuan retaliating against them”
“What kind of retaliation?” Ning Xiaoyao asked
“There has to be Xie Wenyuan’s ui murmured “If they turn disloyal, I doubt their families will survive”
Ning Xiaoyao was in another pickle again She scratched her head and said, “When did the Grand Preceptor threaten them? How come I didn’t know?”
Lou Zigui sighed softly “Didn’t he pour poison all over an officer’s face?”
“That was the threat?”
“‘I can even kill you, to say nothing of your useless faui explained “That’s what Xie Wenyuan was trying to tell those seven officers”
Ning Xiaoyao was silent Why hadn’t she been able to decipher Grand Preceptor Xie’s sinister intentions?
“What is it?” Lou Zigui asked
“How co Xiaoyao wore a sour face What could Supreme Coirl would only feel hurt