The Third Prince wasn't wearing his height boosters, so he wouldn't find the Previous Dynasty Treasure anytime soon. Reassured, Jian Ruonan forked a bite of peach blossom pastry into her mouth.
[Let's see where that stingy bastard, the First Imperial Prince, ran off to.]
Jian Ruonan lowered her head, and the light screen above it lit up again-
[The First Imperial Prince landed on Smeedah Island with a large contingent of guards, mounted on tall, powerful horses. That very day, he conquered a city called Silla.
Judging by the streets and the people's clothing, Smeedah looked much poorer than Great Xia.
Even the Silla city lord's residence was barely any better than an ordinary commoner's home in Great Xia.
The city lord of Silla knelt on the ground, bound and weeping bitterly. "Goguryeo is a vassal state of Great Xia. Your Highness, please show mercy!"
The First Imperial Prince held his sword against the former city lord's throat and declared with soaring ambition, "From this day forward, Goguryeo severs its ties with Great Xia and no longer belongs to it!"
"Under my rule, Goguryeo shall become the origin of the universe!"
"Pfft-"
At that, Jian Ruonan nearly choked on her tea.
No wonder that tiny speck of land called Korea was always claiming to be the origin of East Asia. Its forefather was the First Imperial Prince, that habitual thief and cheapskate!
First he stole exam papers, and now he was going to steal their ancestors' cultural traditions!
They had to beat that bastard into submission.
Subjugate Goguryeo!
Beat that habitual thief, the First Imperial Prince, to death!
Jian Ruonan lowered her head and kept watching-
[The First Imperial Prince was advancing rapidly. Goguryeo's native regime was simply too weak to withstand a single blow. He might occupy all of