Chapter 188: Lying Flat Xue Beng, The Throne Is Secured

Jerry followed Xue Ke to a small private room. After opening the door, a little fatty was ordering a large table of dishes and was currently devouring them.

Is this Xue Beng? Oh my god! What happened? No wonder my Divine Sense couldn't find him just now; he has completely turned into a different person.

Xue Beng's current image completely overturned Jerry's perception.

Xue Beng, who used to have a decent figure and was slightly thin, had now turned into a little fatty, and a non-mainstream fatty at that.

His hair was dyed white, with a strand of gray braided into a small pigtail that hung in front. His face was now chubby, about the same as Ma Hongjun's.

The clothes he wore were no longer the custom royal style from before, but a maroon leather jacket with many rivets on it. Inside, he wore a T-shirt printed with a boiling hotpot, with a line of text below it: "Let's eat together!"

When Jerry and the others entered, Xue Beng was holding a strainer in one hand, blanching beef, and eating what was already blanched in his bowl with the other. The table was also filled with other ingredients; this portion was enough for four or five people to eat!

When someone entered, Xue Beng also raised his head to look at the door.

Seeing his younger sister first, he spoke directly: "Little sister, you're here. I just ordered some dishes, do you want to eat together? This place tastes especially good and requires advance booking. We must eat to our heart's content today!"

Just after Xue Beng finished speaking, he saw Jerry behind Xue Ke and was stunned for a moment.

"Jerry, I haven't done anything! Eating hotpot isn't against the law, right?" Xue Beng said weakly.

"It's not against the law, and I'm not here to settle scores with you. Xue Ke told me about the Heaven Dou Empire, so I came to take a look! But looking at your current state, the food in Wuhun City must be quite good, right?" Jerry asked.

"If you're not here to cause trouble, then that's good, that's good."

"You're asking about the food in Wuhun City? It's truly excellent. What did I eat before? It's completely incomparable to Wuhun City."

"And there are many varieties of food here. I've been here for so long and haven't even finished trying everything. Take this beef, for example; there are thousands of ways to prepare it in Wuhun City, and you wouldn't have the same dish twice in a year!"

"And there are many other delicious things, like barbecue. If I don't eat a meal every night, I can't sleep. The taste is just too fragrant. Why don't I take you all to eat tonight? I know which places are good; I guarantee you'll want to eat there a second time after the first."

"You all practice Cultivation every day, so you probably rarely have time to come out to eat. It's fine, I'll take you!" Once he started talking about food, Xue Beng became more and more cheerful.

Listening to Xue Beng talk endlessly about food, he had truly turned into a foodie. If he wasn't interrupted, he would probably talk until tomorrow morning.

"Xue Beng, let's not talk about this for now. It just so happens we haven't eaten either, you don't mind if we eat with you, right? We can talk while we eat; I haven't had hotpot in a long time either!"

"I don't mind, I don't mind at all. Hotpot is only delicious when there are many people. I'm just hindered by my status here, so no one is willing to eat with me," Xue Beng said enthusiastically.

Afterward, Jerry and Xue Ke also sat down, and the waiter hurriedly brought two sets of new tableware.

When Jerry first entered, the people in the hotpot restaurant already knew. This hotpot restaurant was actually Jerry's property.

When employees of the hotpot restaurant were hired, they were required to look at a portrait and memorize Jerry's appearance clearly.

This wasn't requested by Jerry, but was a rule set by the general manager who managed the shop. Because Jerry didn't come often, the manager wasn't afraid that the employees wouldn't recognize Jerry, but rather that if Jerry came in person one day, he might be offended by these employees inadvertently, which would be bad.

After the waiter carefully put down the tableware, he said directly to Jerry: "Boss, do you need to add any more dishes? A batch of deep-sea fish was just delivered today. The manager said before that you like eating fish, so I'll go tell the kitchen to prepare it immediately!"

Who likes eating fish? I don't like eating fish at all; I ate so much of it when I was young that I felt sick.

It was just that Xiao Wu had missed the all-fish feast Jerry made in Holy Soul Village, so Jerry cooked it himself once, and that was remembered by the manager.

Just as Jerry was about to open his mouth to refuse, Xue Beng suddenly spoke up: "Deep-sea fish? Isn't that something you have to book a month in advance to eat? Can we eat it now? That's great, hurry up, go do it, I can't wait!"

Xue Ke noticed the problem and then prompted: "Brother, didn't you hear what the waiter just called him?"

"Called him what? Boss? Isn't that what everyone calls him?" Xue Beng asked in confusion.

"Sigh, this boss is different from the others. This shop is Brother Jerry's property!" Xue Ke felt that her brother's intelligence was worrying, so she was too lazy to give hints and told Xue Beng directly.

"What? Jerry, this shop is yours?" Xue Beng looked at Jerry in disbelief.

"Yes, this shop is mine. Oh, I should say all the shops on this street are mine!" After Jerry finished speaking, he looked at the waiter and said: "Then go ahead and serve the dishes!"

"Yes! Boss!" After the waiter said this, he trotted out of the private room.

Xue Beng now seemed to be unable to accept it for a moment.

"Jerry, you are already a high-level member of the Spirit Hall, with so many things to handle every day, and you still have time to open a shop? And you can open it so well, it's packed every day!"

"Yes! But there aren't that many things to do. I just opened a few shops to earn some pocket money."

"Earn some pocket money? I come to this hotpot restaurant every day, and it's always packed. The consumption here isn't cheap either. Calculating it this way, it must be at least tens of millions of points a month, right?"

"Something like that. I haven't looked at the finances in a long time! The monthly income is deposited directly into my card."

"Oh my, the money I've spent during this period actually all went into your pocket!"

"Hahaha," Xue Ke couldn't watch anymore and laughed out loud.

"I came to find you this time for a serious matter. When are you going back?" Jerry asked.

"Go back? Go back where? Heaven Dou City? I'm not going back! What's so good about that place? A pile of things every day, making me so angry I vomit blood every day. If this continues, I feel like I won't live a few more years before I'm angered to death. I'm not going back. I want to follow my Imperial Father. Wherever my Imperial Father is, I'll go there. My Imperial Father's home is my home!" Xue Beng said excitedly.

"Don't be excited. No one said to force you to go back, but you are still the Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire after all!"

"So what if I'm the Emperor? It's not like I wanted to be one; my Imperial Father threw it at me. Besides, Uncle Xue Xing is managing it now, what could go wrong? And I think it's quite good here!"

"But you are still the Emperor in name, after all!"

"I'm not doing it anymore. Isn't it good to be a rich second generation? Is the food in Wuhun City not good, or is Wuhun City not fun? I want to be a happy rich second generation!" Xue Beng said proudly.

"Brother, don't talk to him anymore. He has given up on himself now; he almost angered our Imperial Father to death!"

"When he came, he hugged our Imperial Father's thigh, snot and tears everywhere, saying how aggrieved he was. Our Imperial Father finally softened his heart and let him stay."

"He said the Empire was so poor they were drinking porridge. Seeing him sallow and thin at the time, our Imperial Father gave him 100 million points directly. From then on, he has been eating and drinking everywhere in Wuhun City."

"Our Imperial Father has asked him many times when he is going back, and he says 'next month, next month' every day. Now he's eaten until he's as fat as a ball, and he still hasn't gone back! I think he made up his mind to mooch off us and not leave when he first came!" Xue Ke said.

"What mooching off and not leaving? I just can't bear to leave our Imperial Father."

"Besides, what era is it now? In the past, only men could inherit the throne, so our Imperial Father had no choice but to throw the throne to me."

"But it's different now. Look at the Star Luo Empire, they have an Empress. You are also the junior sister of the Star Luo Empress, can't you be more ambitious? You take over the throne, isn't that fine? Let me be a useless rich second generation, isn't that good? Little sister, please fulfill your brother's wish!" Xue Beng said sincerely. After finishing, he fished a large piece of beef from the pot and ate it in one bite.

"Ambitious? Who are you calling unambitious? Stop eating and explain yourself clearly to me!" Xue Ke said angrily to Xue Beng.

"If you're ambitious, you take over the throne!" Xue Beng said, pretending to be nonchalant.

"I'll take it then! I won't be like you, leaving your own people unattended while you run here to enjoy yourself!" Xue Ke said angrily, her voice rising by several dozen decibels.

"That's great! It just so happens Jerry is here to witness it personally. Xue Ke said she would take over the throne herself; I didn't force her! Here, this is the imperial edict of abdication. I wrote it long ago, just waiting for you to say the word!" After Xue Beng finished speaking, he threw the imperial edict directly to Xue Ke.

Holding the imperial edict, Xue Ke realized at this moment that she had been tricked by Xue Beng, and then said angrily: "Xue Beng, you tricked me! Is this how you act as a brother? Tricking your own younger sister!"

"Little sister, you've accepted the edict. Now you are the Star Dou Empress. From now on, you must be cautious in your words and actions, and think thrice before you act! Besides, we are brother and sister, what's this about tricks? Isn't what's mine yours?" After Xue Beng finished speaking, he started eating again.

Jerry was dumbfounded watching from the side; Xue Beng was actually quite capable, even knowing how to scheme against people. He was truly worthy of having been an emperor for a period of time. With this expression, this acting, and this little scheme, Jerry gave him a score of 99.

He had originally been thinking about how to arrange for Xue Ke to take over the throne, but now it had been resolved in the time it took to eat this meal? No, not even a full meal, it could only be called half a meal now!

"Xue Beng, you bastard!"

"My grandfather is your grandfather too, Empress Xue Ke, mind your manners. Father was right, all the etiquette you learned before was a waste!"

"You, you, you, go die! Eat, eat, eat, all you know is how to eat, I hope you eat yourself fat to death!" Xue Ke said angrily.

"By the way Jerry, see if there are any other courtyards. Just for the sake of my sister being your junior sister, can you arrange one for me too? If I keep living with Father, I'll be scolded to death by him!" Xue Beng said fawningly.

"Xue Beng, how can your skin be so thick now? Put away that expression of yours, I find it disgusting!" Xue Ke said indignantly.

"What's wrong with having thick skin? Thick skin gets enough to eat, thin skin goes hungry. I'm almost starving to death in Heaven Dou!"

"A dignified emperor saying such things, living in the imperial palace and claiming to be starving to death—do the common people even have a way to live then!"

"What's wrong with living in the imperial palace? Living in the palace and drinking porridge is not as good as the commoners in Wuhun City! Besides, does the palace have a Floating Small Courtyard? I haven't even been doing any Cultivation during this time, and my soul power has increased by four levels! Only a fool would go back!"

"You, you want me to go back and take over the throne now, are you treating me like a fool? Xue Beng, you're done for. I'm going to tell Father tonight and see if he doesn't whip you!"

"Go ahead and tell him, it wouldn't be the first time he's whipped me. I'm fat now, I'm not afraid of being whipped. Am I wrong? Go ask Father if he wants to take back the throne!"

I have to look at him with new eyes; what has this Xue Beng experienced! These words, this ability to argue, they just come out of his mouth without even thinking.

"Senior Brother, Xue Beng is bullying me!" Xue Ke knew she was no match for Xue Beng, so she said to Jerry, feeling aggrieved.

"Xue Ke, you're going too far. This is a friendly exchange between siblings, why are you calling for outside help!"

"None of your business, Jerry is my Senior Brother, not an outsider!"

"You! Forget it, I'd better just eat. Only delicious food makes me happy; everything else is just passing clouds."

After finishing the meal, Xue Ke couldn't stay any longer. If she stayed any longer, she would probably be angered to death by Xue Beng, so she pulled Jerry and left.

Jerry agreed and arranged a Floating Small Courtyard for Xue Beng, who jumped for joy on the spot. He kept saying words of thanks until they finished the hot pot; if Xue Ke hadn't been pulling him, Xue Beng would have wanted to drag Jerry directly to eat barbecue.

Having just finished eating and wanting to eat again, Jerry couldn't take it either, so he said he still had some matters to handle at the Spirit Hall and would make an appointment next time, then followed Xue Ke back to the Spirit Hall.

"Senior Brother, what do you think we should do now?"

"What do you mean what to do? Haven't you already taken over the throne? Regardless of the process, you ultimately got the throne, didn't you?"

"Senior Brother, I just can't get over it. If I had taken it fair and square, I wouldn't say anything, but I got it through Xue Beng's scheming, and I feel uncomfortable inside!"

"Junior Sister, don't think too much. If you had taken the throne normally, there would have been a bloody battle. Isn't it great that you got the throne without doing anything? Don't pay too much attention to the process, just look at the Fruiting!"

Although Jerry said this with his mouth, he was overjoyed inside; this Xue Beng was truly a talent!

Afterwards, he said: "Junior Sister, then prepare yourself and go to Heaven Dou City to take over the throne! However, you must pay more attention to those nobles, unless you can suppress them with iron-fisted means like Zhuqing."

"Mm, Senior Brother, I will handle it well. You will have to send more people to help me then. I don't want to use iron-fisted means, but I will slowly take back all the noble titles!" Xue Ke said cautiously.

"That's good. Junior Sister, rest assured, you have me behind you, you have Master, and you have the Spirit Hall. Just go ahead and do it, I've got your back!"

"Thank you, Senior Brother! Senior Brother is the best!" Xue Ke said happily.

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