Li Zhi

Although the clan heads of the two families held no official rank, even nobles had to treat them with the utmost courtesy when dealing with them!

After all, Qin Han had People's Hearts.

Though Great Tang was powerful, it had existed for too short a time—merely decades. In Guanzhong, it was still not enough to completely overshadow Qin Han.

Although the Wan Nian Liu Clan, being too close to Chang'an City, was suppressed by Imperial Power and its members acted with greater restraint, the Yong City Qin Clan was truly one of Guanlong's foremost great clans. For a thousand years, Yong City had remained under its control, never changing hands!

Even when Li Yuan had served as an official in Longxi, he had needed the support of the Yong City Qin Clan.

The Yong City Qin Clan alone would have been enough!

And they even bore the surname Ying!

The Verdant Green Maiden before her was also from the direct line of a great clan!

Verdant Green Maiden's claim that she was someone else's backing was not wrong at all.

"My respects!"

Wu Ruyi nodded to Verdant Green Maiden.

"Your Highness, there is no need for such courtesy!"

"Though the Qin Clan has been rooted in Yong City for a thousand years, Cang Hai Sang Tian—the seas turn to mulberry fields. Spring and Autumn are no more, the Warring States have vanished without trace, and Great Qin has long become drifting smoke of the past, never to return."

"By that reasoning, I am still a commoner and ought to pay my respects to Your Highness."

Though Verdant Green Maiden said this, she made no move at all. Wu Ruyi was not angered by it; instead, she smiled.

"Truly, someone of a great clan!"

With a sigh, she did not pursue