Chapter 470: Regarding the Issue of Not Beheading the Crown Prince on the Spot

Regarding the Issue of Not Beheading the Crown Prince on the Spot

Simply analyzing the pros and cons, killing the Crown Prince at that time would have been too costly.

I can give many plot-based reasons, for example, Xiao Yu had to run away immediately.

Li Li Rongji was not a lone individual.

Killing him would certainly have drawn a reaction from the Li family and the ghosts and gods of Western Shu.

According to the situation at the time, Xiao Yu shouldn't have been able to escape, because the City God General Guan would have helped block her.

There was no need for the Earth Immortal Wang Xuan Yin to take action; City God General Guan, leading the ghosts and gods, plus the three hundred Black Dragon Imperial Guards, and the local noble families of Yingxiang Mansion (those who had a grudge against Xiao Yu would have beaten a dog in the water).

Even if she had escaped, what about Shao Yao's coffin? She had also planned to have a "big cleanup" before leaving Tianmen Town.

Secondly, Xiao Yu actually had no reason to kill Li Li Rongji—everyone, don't be anxious, the "reason" I'm talking about is not our reason now, but the reason under the values of mortals and immortals in the Pangu World at that time.

The setting of this book is that the Three Pure Dao Ancestors control the world, and they chose "morality."

It wasn't that the subordinates followed the superiors, but that the immortals they selected (true immortals born from the human race after the Enthronement of Gods) were all virtuous people... at least conforming to the moral standards of the social environment at that time.

The people ruling the world were just such a group. Xiao Yu had no background, and she had many troubles of her own, so she could only not violate the moral rules they had established.

Also, Xiao Yu and the Li family had the Oath of the Qingshui River.

Some readers asked, is this oath really important?

The book didn't imply that Xiao Yu didn't care about this oath, did it? She is not the Harley from the previous book; Xiao Yu values oaths relatively highly, and she basically complies with them once she has made them.

Of course, none of this is the reason why I wanted to write it this way.

When chatting with a reader in a QQ group, the question he raised pointed straight to the core—no matter what reason you give for not killing Li Li Rongji, you have written so much content about Li Li Rongji in the plot now, and you have written him to be so annoying, yet you don't kill him immediately; what is the meaning of this? Are you trying to disgust the readers?

It is definitely not to disgust the readers.

Without considering the evolution of subsequent plots, just discussing Li Li Rongji's performance in the "Death of Shao Yao" plot.

Writing about his performance in the Shao Yao death incident is not for him, and not even for Shao Yao.

Earlier, a reader said: Re Gan Mian writes about ancient brothels too beautifully; real prostitutes are miserable.

My reply at the time was: The life of bottom-tier prostitutes, I didn't have time to write, and probably won't write about it anymore. After all, Xiao Yu has already left the Hongxiu Workshop and it is difficult to come into contact with them again. The story of "top-tier famous prostitutes" will depend on subsequent plots.

According to my original plan, it was first bottom-tier prostitutes (already explicitly and implicitly hinted at several times in the book), then girls like Sister Ziying (girls who were eliminated, girls who were selected as good seedlings), ordinary famous prostitutes (Jin Jin Lian), the number one famous prostitute (Shao Yao), and top-tier famous prostitutes (Li Li Manman).

From low to high, writing out their stories and endings, the unfolded scroll is definitely not as beautiful as spring breezes and autumn moons, but beneath the beautiful surface, it is all bloody, man-eating, and bone-spitting.

Bottom-tier prostitutes are miserable, underage girls are miserable, and famous prostitutes are also miserable.

Jin Jin Lian's luck was truly good; she was originally the first to receive a lunch box, very miserable, but later Xiao Yu left the Hongxiu Workshop, and I adjusted her ending, which was not bad.

Shao Yao's ending, however, was designed long ago and had not been modified.

In the matter of Shao Yao's death, not only did Li Li Rongji give a reaction (everyone stared at him because, as Shao Yao's man, he should have taken responsibility; in fact, Shao Yao was just a plaything to him, no different from a cat or a dog).

Aunt Liu's reaction, everyone saw it; she had seen too much, and only numbness remained, she had no feelings.

Cao Wei's reaction was just complaining that he hadn't prepared a coffin for Shao Yao properly, but had thrown her into a mass grave.

The reaction of the Zhongshuren Li Li Anmin was to blame the Crown Prince for not sending Shao Yao to He Wang Xuan earlier, lacking the magnanimity and breadth of mind of a "master of men."

After learning that Shao Yao had been defiled and murdered by He Wang Xuan, the reactions of passersby were: some envied He Wang Xuan for being able to get close to a beauty, some scolded He Wang Xuan for lacking the etiquette of a superior state, and everyone was shocked that Xiao Little Fengxian had killed He Wang Xuan for Shao Yao.

Why were they shocked? One only feels shocked when encountering unusual, improper things.

Later, ten thousand people mourned Shao Yao, which was also when He Wang Xuan's head was placed on the offering table. Aunt Liu's words hit the nail on the head: because Xiao Yu killed He Wang Xuan for Shao Yao, Shao Yao's value had suddenly soared. They were not respecting Shao Yao, but the gold content of He Wang Xuan's status.

The ten-thousand-year Earth Immortal Wang Xuan Yin True Person, he can be considered a virtuous person, right?

But what was his reaction?

He praised Xiao Yu for being affectionate and righteous, but felt she was making too much of a fuss and had broken the "rules."

Even in today's chapter, Shao Yao's own reaction—she only thought she was too ridiculous and had expectations for Li Li Rongji's promise.

Li Li Rongji's reaction was just a part of the whole society's reaction to Shao Yao's death.

I didn't specifically emphasize Li Li Rongji.

I wrote this plot to answer that reader's question: Is the brothel in this book really very beautiful, very romantic?

The answer is negative.

There is also a Li Li Manman.

Some readers thought I had forgotten her.

Actually, I wrote it this way on purpose; early on, there was all kinds of foreshadowing, all kinds of auras, making her appear high and mighty, yet she never appeared, mysterious... Later, Xiao Yu will encounter Li Li Manman in a completely unexpected situation.

From Sister Ziying, Jin Jin Lian, to Shao Yao, Li Li Manman, this is a line, all to describe the "life of women of humble status," which is unbearable to look at.

It's very awkward; what I wanted to express seems to be of no concern to anyone.

Everyone is focusing on "why not chop Li Li Rongji immediately"...

But I still want to explain it.

The setting I gave for the whole book is that the Three Pure Dao Ancestors govern the world, and the standard is "morality."

I also described that the bottom-tier people (prostitutes are of humble status, representatives of the bottom tier; after going to Great Qin, there will be other identities and classes, in short, all miserable) are not living well, and society is not beautiful.

Don't the two conflict?

What I want is the conflict.

The Three Pure Dao Ancestors want a perfect world, but the world is just not perfect.

I once said that Xiao Yu will transcend the Pangu World and surpass the saints.

Before transcending, she must first become a "saint."

How to become a saint? What exactly is a "saint"? Having the great power to rival the world, is that a "saint"?

A "saint" is not self-proclaimed; those who call themselves "Great Saints" are all clowns (Sun Wukong, I'm not targeting you).

Those who are praised by the people are the "saints"!

It is the people of the world who revere you as a "saint" that you are a "saint."

Why do the people of the world revere you as a "saint"?

It must be that your existence makes the world more beautiful, not worse.

Anyway, in my book, those who are petty and mean can never become "saints."

People like Kunpeng and the Styx Ancestor have been on the wrong track from the beginning.

Only after Xiao Yu has witnessed the imperfections under the Three Pure World will she find her own direction.

When she is no longer fighting for power but for a certain belief, she can become a saint.

Personally, I have always felt that death is not the greatest punishment, especially in a world with reincarnation.

Some people die, but leave their names for thousands of years.

Some people die, and everyone feels sorry for them.

Some people die, and their infamy lasts for ten thousand years.

Some people die, and everyone mocks and curses them.

Some people die, and the King of Hell feels they were wronged and gives them a good afterlife.

Some people die, and the King of Hell will cast them into the eighteenth level of hell...

I want Li Li Rongji to die amidst the curses of the living, to be hated by the common people and the Li family after death, and finally to have to squat in the eighteenth level of hell.

It's just that my writing ability is limited, and in terms of plot arrangement... sigh, no matter how many reasons, the reader's feelings are real and true, sorry! ===== CHAPTER 471 =====