“Bing Tuozi, that imperial edict can’t be found. Did you see it in the room?”
When Li Mo came to the courtyard with breakfast, Ying Bing was carefully examining the pants being washed not far away.
At the sound of his voice, her ears turned a peculiar shade of pink.
She lowered her eyes and shook her head:
“I haven’t seen it.”
“How strange, where could it have gone?”
Li Mo looked at her seriously, suspecting that Bad Bing Tuozi might have hidden it, but he had no evidence.
“It’s nothing, just write another one when you have time. Write whatever you want,” Shang Qin Qing said casually.
Qin Yuzhi also waved her hand, as if it were obvious:
“Jingtai was too careless; he didn’t even write the date. Don’t worry, I’m familiar with choosing good days. As for the jade seal, just carve one out of a radish.”
“Can you really…”
Li Mo took out a Snow Spirit Ginseng and a sickle.
“There’s nothing wrong with that. Anyway, the edict has already been issued, just add a flowery signature.”
Shang Qin Qing didn’t care about forging an imperial edict.
To see the bridal chamber filled with bl**d, she would even risk some lives, like someone from that evil sect.
As the old patriarch of the evil sect, Qin Yuzhi also thought it was fine: “Come, let me help you write it. Prepare the jade seal, and I’ve already prepared yellow silk fabric.”
She pulled out a piece of yellow silk fabric and started writing.
“This is perfect.”
The person holding the foot, Xiao Li, felt something was off.
By the time he realized it, the Snow Spirit Ginseng was already stamped on the ‘edict’.
“Hmm?” Shang Qin Qing blinked: “Is this seal right, Yuzhi?”
“It’s perfect, even better than Jingtai’s,” Qin Yuzhi nodded in approval.
Ying Bing raised her eyes and was stunned:
“Receiving mandate from heaven, longevity and prosperity…”
Li Mo: “? ?”
He thought his own thoughts were quite numerous lately.
He had already felt something was amiss, and now it was even more so.
“Why am I writing this? This isn’t my idea, what’s happening to me?”
Li Mo leaned back slightly, wondering if this was right.
Ignoring the robe, the jade seal was already made. Could this be right?
“There’s something wrong. I noticed your naturalness when you ascended in the Heavenly Phoenix Realm. No wonder you always say winning people over by virtue…”
Shang Qin Qing pretended to think, placing her hand under her chin as if supporting it, seriously:
“Virtue is indeed smooth.”
Li Mo: “…”
Qin Yuzhi thought for a moment, solemnly:
“Yes, I remember something. In the Great Shang Dynasty, there was an emperor who couldn’t satisfy his three palaces and concubines, and was jointly impeached by his ministers…”
“? ?”
Li Mo felt a chill, you can’t rely on him anyway, and rebellion is out of the question.
Can such questions be asked?
Gurgle…
Hearing the sound, Li Mo turned his head.
Her eyes, clear and serene, looked at him deeply, her fair hand extended from her sleeve, picking up the vinegar dish on the table and pouring it into the tofu pudding.
The tofu pudding turned into a terrifying black color, and at that moment, both sweet and salty parties collapsed simultaneously.
“Bing Tuozi, can this still be eaten?” Xiao Li felt a chill.
Ying Bing quietly said: “I can eat vinegar.”
Seeing her lips slightly open as if she really intended to drink it, Li Mo quickly put his spoon in her mouth.
Bing Tuozi could melt into water, but melting vinegar was a different story.
“Right, Bing Tuozi, did you notice something wrong with me?”
Li Mo suspected so, but wasn’t completely sure.
“It’s because of the great fortune of the Great Shang Dynasty.”
Ying Bing, after eating the sweet tofu pudding, relaxed her furrowed brow:
“The great fortune was originally contained within the entire dynasty, passed down from the emperor to the nobles, then to the officials, allowing them to enjoy various blessings, affecting the weather and ensuring favorable conditions everywhere.”
“In simpler terms, national fortune is like a key to many great paths, held by the emperor and many princes and generals.”
“Like the key on you, though incomplete, is entirely controlled by you alone.”
The small Li’s spoon, filled with sweet tofu pudding, was powerful enough to pry open Bing Tuozi’s lips.
“Controlling many great paths, isn’t that…”
Li Mo thought of a possibility.
A celestial being from the Nine Heavens.
If the celestial being in Qin Yuzhi’s body were to revive, the trapped Cloud Dream Ancestor Deity… entering the Heavenly Phoenix Realm, struggling between life and d*ath as a bl**d God…
It’s evident that controlling many great paths often leads to a bad end.
Every action resonates with the great paths, subtly influencing one’s thoughts.
Over time, one might not know whether they control the great paths or are merely a vessel for them, a living slave to this power?
Thinking of this, Li Mo couldn’t finish his breakfast. He ate ice and practiced every day, living a simple life.
I really didn’t plan on becoming an emperor!
Seeing him frown, Ying Bing continued:
“Don’t worry, it’s not as exaggerated as you think. The national fortune has already weakened since most of it resides in the Great Yu Dynasty.”
“You’re naturally unique inside, so you weren’t affected much. You’re actually less affected than others around you.”
“No wonder the clan leader and the sect master have become so rebellious recently.”
Li Mo nodded and sighed: “This power and authority are truly dangerous.”
Ying Bing helplessly looked at them:
“That’s not true, they are inherently like this.”
The higher the realm, the less affected they are.
Seventh realm practitioners are completely unaffected, let alone Qin Yuzhi, who once reached the half-step transcendent stage, and Shang Qin Qing, who was once dependent on the national fortune of the Great Shang Dynasty.
Li Mo: “…”
Now, he roughly understood how to solve it.
The answer lies within his inner world, which is also why he is almost unaffected by national fortune, only occasionally having his own thoughts.
He lowered his head, looking at the sickle without the aura of kings and generals.
Not only the national fortune, his red mundane scenery can suppress all supernatural phenomena.
Just strengthen his inner world.
“Bing Tuozi, let’s go.”
“Where to first?”
“To the Danding Peak, it’s been a long time since I last refined pills. Even if I don’t become the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, can I not withstand this test of national fortune?”
Li Mo was full of ambition, finishing the tofu pudding in one gulp.
But it was all because Bing Tuozi drank it all.
In the middle of summer, he shivered as if struck by lightning, his strong bones trembling from the vinegar.
Ying Bing got up with him, blinking and saying: “You drank my vinegar.”
Li Mo pretended to be calm: “Not sour.”
“Oh wow, our Xiao Li is really amazing, such a good vinegar tolerance.”
Ying Bing watched his twitching corner of the mouth, somewhat helpless, while using a tone to soothe a child, extending her fair hand for him to grab.
