I wasn't interested in these palace intrigues, but that didn't mean I was bad at playing Tai Chi. After all, the harem at home was already as tangled as a twisted fried dough braid. Without some skill, Grandma would have been twisting my ears long ago. So I casually chimed in for a while, coaxing Madam Tong until her face lit up with delight, instantly sweeping away the gloom that had clouded her earlier.
Of course, I coaxed her step by step into telling me about the problems Li Ci had run into these past few days. She immediately pinched the bridge of her nose and began describing them. "Ah, isn't that just the truth? The Feng Immortal Waterway upstream from us and several surrounding great clans all want to strangle us! Isn't it because the Great Immortal Sect wants to investigate that matter concerning some ancient immortal beast? They even said they want to kill our White Jade Abyss Water Dragon to examine some meridian patterns or whatever. I don't know the specifics either. Your father understands it best, but he doesn't want to tell me much. You know how he is—he's been spending most of his time over at that vile maidservant's place!"
"That Fang woman really is detestable, but Mother, don't fret too much over making her suffer. We have to handle this step by step. By the way, you said the Great Immortal Sect wants to kill our White Jade Abyss Water Dragon? How could they? It's our divine beast! It's the ancient immortal beast that our Lishui Abyss relies on to survive. What right do they have to kill it?" I asked anxiously.
"You used to spend every day thinking about which girl was pretty. How could you know the intricacies involved? The reason we