Chapter 589: Coming on their own initiative (1/2)
Chapter 589: Coming on their own initiative
Ouyang Ning Jing then said, “This president has already finished talks with Northern Li’s emperor. Northern Li is willing to rent their snow mountains to Cloud Realm Trade Consortium, including the one formerly used by the Mu Clan. That makes a total of three mountains! This president didn’t waste these months at Medicine City, either. There are a total of ten pharmacists from the Mu and Xie Clans that signed lifelong contracts with us. After spring of next year, they’ll move to the mountains and began cultivating plants in earnest.”
Thunderous applause exploded in the hall at her words. Even Ouyang Ning Nuo had to sigh at his own inferiority. His older sister definitely had more tricks up her sleeve than him. She even managed to speak with Northern Li’s emperor in person! If Jun Yixie heard of this, what would he feel?
Of course, Ouyang Ning Nuo was more looking forward to Han Yunxi’s reaction. Still, the news had to be kept under wraps for now. In any case, they could strike a blow against Medicine City first before reaping in profits from high-yield production crops atop the snow mountains. Then they’d have a place in the market just the same, even if it wasn’t as expansive as before.
“Second sis, I think it’s best if you stay in the consortium forever. Forget about marriage!” Ouyang Ning Nuo exclaimed with a grin.
“Marriage? This young Miss will only be looking for a son-in-law to take on our family name!” Ouyang Ning Jing said coldly.
As the impressed crowd gradually dispersed, Ouyang Ning Nuo still couldn’t help but ask, “Second sis, what…did big bro mean by that? Long Feiye and Han Yunxi aren’t easy opponents!”
“I don’t know,” Ouyang Ning Jing went straight to the point. “Still, I’m sure our eldest will shock the world once he comes out from seclusion!”
“All right! It’ll be good if he can take revenge for me in any case,” Ouyang Ning Nuo had great faith in his elder brother, especially when they were working in the shadows against Long Feiye and Han Yunxi in the light. Their chances of success were quite high. Despite losing his status as president, he was now idle enough to investigate things like rumors of the Poison Sect’s Perplexing Butterfly Illusion.
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Although Long Feiye hadn’t publicly declared his stance, his suppression of Cloud Realm Trade Consortium gave Emperor Kang Cheng a pleasant surprise. Various factions in Western Zhou’s royal court had been arguing for days while its army had been fighting Chu Clan forces at the three eastern border cities for nearly half a month. If Emperor Kang Cheng gave up on Empress Xue and intensified the attacks, he would definitely win. But if he didn’t, it would be difficult to overcome the Chu Clan’s checks and containments beyond the current stalemate. That wasn’t a big problem in itself, but now Chu Qingge’s son had been made crown prince. This meant that Western Liang would start making moves as well. Once they reinforced the Chu Clan soldiers, even more fighting would break out.
For the Duke of Qin to openly suppress Cloud Realm Trade Consortium was a clear expression of his stance. Emperor Kang Cheng was now waiting for the man to oppress the Chu Clan’s influence in Western Liang. Much of the world shared his views, especially Long Tianmo’s side.
“Great General Mu, the Duke of Qin will definitely support the fourth imperial son. Only he can garner enough support for the throne in Western Liang!” Recently, Long Tianmo had been doing nothing but running to the general’s estate or summoning him and his son to his imperial study. Their talks would last all day thanks to his excitability.
This time, Great General Mu finally accepted his views with a nod. “It could only be the fourth imperial son.”
“Father, do we still need to standby even after the Duke of Qin publicly supports the fourth imperial son?” Mu Qingwu asked urgently.
Great General Mu paused for a long while before stroking his beard with a sigh of emotion. “The situation is a mess right now!”
It really was a mess, both within the country and between other factions.
“Even Cloud Realm Trade Consortium’s gotten involved. Who knows whether Celestial Mountain…” Great General Mu trailed off. Empress Xue was Duanmu Yao’s own mother. The girl would never ignore the situation outright. Finally, the general proclaimed, “For the time being, we’ll just watch from the sidelines!”
Long Tianmo and Mu Qingwu were both young and hotheaded types, so they only felt listless at those words. But as the sovereign of his country. Long Tianmo didn’t protest. He’d long learned to be docile and respected Great General Mu as his military adviser. When Mu Qingwu saw that Long Tianmo kept quiet, his eyes flashed with a complicated expression. He could faintly feel that Tianan Country was going to be moderate faction in Cloud Realm Continent if his father continued to lead them.
Father’s the textbook case for someone who takes a neutral stance!
With no response from Celestial Mountain yet, movements from Western Liang would guide the ultimate ending. In the end, observers viewed the struggle between Western Zhou and the Chu Clan more as a struggled between Chu Qingge and the Duke of Qin’s factions. Of course, no one knew that the Chu Clan’s eldest son, Chu Tianyin, had long fallen into the Duke of Qin’s hands.
“Aye. In the end, we’re up against Chu Qingge again?” Han Yunxi smiled with a sigh. She knew her grudges against the woman in the past were all personal, but now it’d gotten tangled up in this mess.
“Esteemed wangfei, aren’t you overestimating that Chu Qingge? All she can do now is feed her baby. It’s her father controlling the reins of this thing,” Chu Xifeng said seriously.
“That old Tianhui’s woman can’t compare to the Duke of Qin’s woman!” Tang Li declared scornfully.
Gu Qishao immediately shot him a glance. He wanted to speak, but stop himself in the end. Long Feiye looked at Tang Li as well in silence. Naturally, his mood differed from Gu Qishao’s. Han Yunxi had only be saying whatever came to mind. She didn’t consider Chu Qingge a real threat, and ignored Tang Li’s statement to ask Long Feiye, “We’re still not moving? I heard Tianhui’s about to give out.”