The Great Qi Emperor Was Kind of Adorable, Huh!

Zhou Wanwan and the Old Scholar Tree stayed in the house for more than two hours.

Zhou Wanwan was covered in sweat; the operation she had just performed had really taken a toll on her energy.

She looked at the Old Scholar Tree and said, "It's almost done."

The Old Scholar Tree nodded and said:

There were too many toxins in my body, but most of them have been eliminated.

There's also a small portion that can't be completely removed no matter what you do; these require medication to gradually treat them.

Zhou Wanwan nodded.

Xie Guangyuan stood outside, pacing anxiously.

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "Master Xie, are you getting impatient?"

Xie Guangyuan looked at her and said, "My wife... how much longer can my wife live?"

Zhou Wanwan laughed and said, "I don't know for sure. After all, everyone's physical condition is different. Right now, it seems like living for 10 or 20 years shouldn't be a problem."

"10 years, 20 years? Really?"

"Really, she's about to wake up. Why don't you go in and check on her?"

Xie Guangyuan rushed in and saw that Madam Xie had indeed opened her eyes.

Xie Guangyuan burst into tears of joy. "Madam... Waaah, this is wonderful, Wanwan, thank you so much, thank you so much!"

Xie Guangyuan knelt down directly before Zhou Wanwan, Zhou Wanwan dodged him and smiled:

"What's going on? It's okay, we'll all be family from now on anyway."

You can move directly to the Yan Mountain Academy from now on.

"Okay, okay, I'll pack my things and move over first thing tomorrow morning."

Zhou Wanwan nodded, then turned and left.

When I got home, I heard the Old Scholar Tree laughing loudly beside me.

Zhou Wanwan asked, "What are you laughing at?"

The Old Scholar Tree said, "Zhao Lili has received the news and is furious. She said that if she finds out who did it, she will never let her get away with it."

Zhou Wanwan sighed, "It doesn't matter, I'm not afraid of her anyway."

The Old Scholar Tree said:

"She has already started investigating, and she's getting the people from the Jianghu Alliance to help her investigate."

But even the Jianghu Alliance can't do anything to us.

Zhao Lili did indeed arrive at the Jianghu Alliance. Looking at the Jianghu Alliance's manager, she said, "I want to investigate someone. My mine was recently raided, and I want to see who did it."

The manager of the Jianghu Alliance looked at Zhao Lili and said:

"Steward Zhao's sources are definitely faster and more accurate than ours."

Why bother coming to us?

Zhao Lili looked at the manager of the Jianghu Alliance and said, "What do you mean by this? Do you mean I can't even investigate someone?"

The Jianghu Alliance's manager smiled faintly and said, "Of course you can, but you're no longer the manager of the Jianghu Alliance, so you don't have that authority, understand?"

Zhao Lili scoffed and said, "What do you mean by that? What do you mean I'm no longer in charge of the Jianghu Alliance?"

The Jianghu Alliance's chief steward produced a transfer order and said, "Now that you are a concubine of the Emperor of Great Qi, you naturally cannot continue to serve as the steward of the Jianghu Alliance. Don't you understand this?"

Zhao Lili retorted angrily, "What's so great about it? If you don't want to do it, then don't."

She turned and left, heading straight to the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion, now one of the Jianghu Alliance's strongholds.

The Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion truly knows everything.

As long as you can afford the price, you can buy any kind of information.

The manager of the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion looked at Zhao Lili and said, "If you want to know about the mine, it must have been robbed, right?"

Zhao Lili's heart tightened, and she looked at the shopkeeper, asking, "How did you know?"

The shopkeeper smiled faintly and said, "The Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion knows everything and is omniscient."

Zhao Lili was horrified, because this news was far too confidential.

She looked at the shopkeeper and asked, "How much do you want for this information?"

The shopkeeper said calmly, "200,000 taels of silver. If you're willing, I'll tell you; if not, then forget it."

Zhao Lili gritted her teeth and said, "The key question is, will you really tell me?"

"Of course, we're only responsible for informing you of the news, telling you who moved out."

Zhao Lili hesitated for a moment before saying, "Deal!"

The manager of the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion took the money, looked at her, and said, "The person you've offended is quite formidable; they're not even human, they're a mountain spirit."

Zhao Lili laughed loudly, "Has your Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion gone mad? You actually lied to me and said you offended the spirits in the mountains, it's ridiculous!"

The manager of the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion snorted coldly:

"Zhao Lili, I'm telling the truth, and everything I've said can be verified."

You can go and look around your entire mine; see if there's a single footprint.

"Think about it, how did they move the things out without any footprints?"

Zhao Lili panicked. Without anyone telling her, she knew that what Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion said might be true.

Her face was pale as she asked, "Why would those spirits do this? What are they after?"

The manager of the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion looked at Zhao Lili and said, "That's your second question; the fees aren't charged that way."

Zhao Lili gritted her teeth and said, "Is there any way to deal with them?"

The manager of the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion said calmly, "Of course we have them, but it costs extra."

Zhao Lili snorted coldly:

"I don't believe in any spirits or monsters! Your Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion is all talk and no action. If you're so capable, send some spirits to find me!"

I own more than just one iron mine; I also own a gold mine, two copper mines, and a coal mine!

The manager of the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion smiled slightly and said, "I have no way to make the spirit come to you. Alright, the questions are answered, see the guest out."

Zhao Lili stormed out of the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion, shouting, "Liars! A bunch of liars! They just want to swindle me out of my 200,000 taels of silver!"

"Consort Li Highness, what should we do now?"

Zhao Lili frowned and said:

"The spirits are definitely fake; I think it's people causing trouble. Who exactly is targeting me?"

The Empress? I've been thinking a lot strangely about her lately. If she's targeting me, then I'll target her son.

When Zhao Lili returned to the palace and saw the baby in swaddling clothes, she pinched him hard.

The child was being pinched and cried out in a deafening voice.

The wet nurse beside Zhao Lili said, "Your Highness, you'll strangle him like that."

Zhao Lili sneered:

"Just kill it. What's the point of keeping a useless thing alive?"

I hate this child.

The Emperor of Great Qi walked in from outside and said, "Lili, why have you ignored me all day?"

Zhao Lili wiped away her tears and said, "Your Majesty, one of my iron mines has been robbed. I'm so heartbroken! I don't even want to live anymore."

The Emperor of Great Qi said calmly, "It's just an iron mine. Our Great Qi has dozens of iron mines in total. I'll give you two."

Zhao Lili threw herself into the Emperor of Great Qi's arms and said, "Really? Your Majesty, you're so good to me!"

The Emperor of Great Qi chuckled and said:

"Of course it's true, as long as you stay by my side obediently."

"If you want the stars in the sky, I'll pluck them down and give them to you."

A parrot mimicked an old pine tree nearby, saying, "If you stay obediently by my side, I'll pluck the stars from the sky and give them to you."

The ginkgo tree on the other side shuddered and said, "Can you please stop disgusting me? I almost threw up."

The old pine tree laughed heartily, "This Emperor of Great Qi is quite adorable! He's got a love-struck brain!"

"Quiet down, can you let me hear what they're saying?"

The emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom was truly kind to Zhao Lili. He quickly had someone bring her the mineral vein maps, saying, "These two mineral veins are for you. Keep them safe."

Zhao Lili said with a face full of joy, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The Emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom smiled gently and said, "I want to make our child the Crown Prince. What do you think?"

Zhao Lili's face stiffened and she said:

"That's not appropriate. Don't we have a crown prince now?"

Even if the crown prince is to be changed, shouldn't the empress's child be made crown prince?

The Emperor of Great Qi stared blankly at Zhao Lili's face and said, "But I want you to be the Empress, and I want our child to be the Crown Prince!"