Chapter 310: In her view, Li Chen was

The interior of the treasure vault was incomparably spacious—a huge palace.

Countless night-luminescent pearls were embedded in the surrounding walls, illuminating the entire space as if it were day.

The ground was piled with gold, silver, and jewels—piles of gold bricks, silver ingots, pearls, agate, jade... dazzling and countless.

In the center of the treasure vault were rows of tall shelves, on which were displayed all kinds of magic tools, elixirs, and classics, each emitting a rich spiritual rhyme—clearly all rare treasures.

Moreover, one couldn't see the end at a glance; what they saw was only a part of it.

Wu Nanzhi looked around and couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "Where is this a treasure vault? It's simply a national treasury."

She hadn't been to the national treasury and just sighed like that.

But Li Chen had been there, and he felt Wu Nanzhi was right—the national treasury of the May Tian Ce Dynasty was just like this.

Li Chen's gaze swept across the treasure vault, his tone carrying a hint of emotion: "How come I feel that the decline of the previous dynasty was caused by the Long Di?"

Zhuo Shishi beside him asked curiously: "Your Majesty, how do you say that?"

Li Chen explained: "Think about it, the Long Di collected so much wealth into this place, simply emptying the entire national treasury. Then, what would the newly appointed emperor do when facing this situation of having no money?"

Zhuo Shishi immediately thought of it and then answered: "Because there is no money in the national treasury, the new emperor would certainly start to accumulate through increasing taxes and plundering."

Increasing taxes was for the commoners, and plundering, normally speaking, was to "raid the homes" of some merchant clans on trumped-up charges—wouldn't there be money then?

Merchant clans weren't necessarily without power and influence, especially those relatively large clans.

Being persecuted like this by the Great Yuan Dynasty would certainly arouse the heart to rebel.

Even if they were afraid at first, once it accumulated for a long time, once it broke out, the Great Yuan Dynasty basically headed toward destruction.

Of course, Li Chen was just "guessing" casually; when he was in history class, he didn't listen much and was always dozing off.

Speaking of history class, Li Chen also remembered someone at this time—the former Grand Tutor.

The Grand Tutor was the teacher of the imperial princes; he was proficient in everything from astronomy and geography to ancient and modern history.

During the turmoil, he was exiled by the then-Crown Prince, and this position had been vacant ever since.

Li Chen intended to let Lin Yue'e go investigate after she returned to the Imperial Capital.

Lin Yue'e had been away from the Imperial Capital for a while and should indeed return.

Whether the Grand Tutor was guilty or not, let's talk after investigating.

After all, Li Chen and the Grand Tutor weren't very familiar; he was often rated as "naughty" and "unfit for great use" by the Grand Tutor, while the Crown Prince was the "clever" one in the Grand Tutor's mouth, and he was praised endlessly.

But sometimes the result is just like this: "good students" only pursue interests and don't care about the teacher after learning, while only "bad students" like Li Chen still have a trace of memory of the past.

Li Chen's thoughts returned to the Long Di's treasure vault. At this time, Wu Nanzhi had already walked to a row of shelves and picked up a magic tool to examine it carefully.

That was an exquisite jade ruyi, crystal clear throughout, with spiritual light flowing inside—clearly a rare treasure.

She said softly: "Your Majesty, if these things were taken back to enrich the national treasury, our country would be wealthy for many years."

Li Chen nodded, thanking the gift of "nature."

Anyway, in Li Chen's view, these things were all his; even if the Long Di came, it wouldn't be easy.

Immediately after, Wu Nanzhi's gaze fell on the rows of elixir shelves.

Those elixir bottles were pasted with ancient labels, marking the name and efficacy of the elixir.

She picked up a bottle at random and opened the stopper; instantly, a rich elixir fragrance rushed toward her, making her spirit lift.

"Your Majesty, these elixirs were refined in the ancient period; some medicinal materials might have already gone extinct, and the efficacy of the medicine is probably much stronger than the elixirs of today."

Don't look at Wu Nanzhi's low cultivation base, but she had seen a lot of the world and belonged to the type of "knows a little bit, but doesn't know much."

If she brought Consort Youlan here, she would definitely explain the effects of these medicines to Li Chen one by one, and even guess the formula.

Just come and empty it when the time comes; Li Chen wasn't very concerned either.

Leaving the treasure vault, Li Chen asked Consort Xiang where the consort named Qiu Xianyu lived.

Mentioning this name, Consort Xiang instinctively appeared a trace of disgust; it seemed she had fought very fiercely with Qiu Xianyu before.

Li Chen observed this point and intended to change their consciousness later to avoid them continuing to fight.

Nangong Xiang led Li Chen to the palace where Qiu Xianyu lived with ease.

From the luxury level here, one could see that Qiu Xianyu's status was very high.

Unlike other consorts, Qiu Xianyu was also a top cultivator with extremely high talent, just that the cultivation time wasn't enough and she hadn't reached the Sage Realm yet.

From the furnishings in her room, one could see that if she refined them, then she was very familiar with formations, talismans, magic tools, etc.

But strangely, when Li Chen and his party arrived here, there was no figure of Qiu Xianyu in the room, and there were traces of activity.

Wu Nanzhi seemed to think of something and said: "Your Majesty, could the woman we saw at the tomb gate just now be her?"

Li Chen felt it was very possible; he hadn't had time to say anything when a sound came from outside the door.

An elegant mature woman appeared behind the crowd, her gaze sweeping over Li Chen and his party, her tone carrying a hint of majesty: "Who dares to trespass into this palace's sleeping quarters?"

The next second, a powerful killing intent rushed toward them, enveloping everyone.

Especially when she saw Zhuo Shishi and Nangong Xiang, the killing intent became even stronger.

Qiu Xianyu had sent Wei Manying away from this place and then walked back.

But after entering the tomb, she discovered that the mechanisms here had traces of being moved—that is, they had already been activated.

She first suspected whether that kid Lin Mo was disobedient and walking around everywhere.

As a result, she arrived at the stone room of seclusion in a rage, only to find that the stone gate had no traces of being opened, and Lin Mo inside hadn't left.

She added a restriction to the stone gate; without her permission, the stone gate couldn't be opened.

This was also to protect the Long Di's "property." In her view, whether it was the treasures or the women inside, they were all the Long Di's, and she must protect them well until the Long Di woke up.

But if it wasn't Lin Mo, then who could it be? Could it be that other consorts had woken up?

Qiu Xianyu intended to return to her palace to rest first, then check who had woken up.

As a result, just after returning, she saw strangers in her room, and it was even a man.

She was the Long Di's beloved consort, loyal to the Long Di, so how could she tolerate other men entering her room?

Seeing Li Chen for the first time, she was full of killing intent.

In her view, Li Chen was "definitely going to die"; no matter what reason Li Chen had for entering the tomb, it was a capital crime.

Thinking of this, Qiu Xianyu looked at Zhuo Shishi and Nangong Xiang fiercely and interrogated: "You two had better give this palace a reasonable explanation, otherwise this place will be your burial ground!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 311 =====