Chapter 273: It

The little Imperial Prince cried loudly, wanting to leave the palace that very night.

He didn't want to be an Imperial Prince anymore; what a piece of junk. He had finally managed to buy a spirit melon, and he had even had to humble himself to coax his younger brother Rong Yang into buying it. And what was the result? As soon as Fubao entered the palace, she took one of the spirit melons away.

The little Imperial Prince's mother, the Imperial Consort, said, "Your Imperial Father has his own reasons for doing this. As an Imperial Prince, you must prioritize the Great Yan nation."

After saying this, she pulled the little Imperial Prince to wash his face. The little Imperial Prince had eaten the spirit melon, so he wasn't hot.

"Don't bring any more spirit melons back," the little Imperial Prince's mother said. "Go find your younger brother Rong Yang to play. Eat the good food there before coming back. Qin He is the Heaven-Chosen Daughter, and her child is Fubao. Imperial Princes aren't just picked up off the street."

"I understand," the little Imperial Prince nodded. "Our Great Yan cannot compare to the Great Chu or the Rongdi. We must be cautious when dealing with the Heaven-Chosen Daughter."

The little Imperial Prince's mother sighed. To be an Emperor, one must possess the art of kingship. The Great Yan Emperor appeared simple-minded, but he was a wise ruler. For the sake of Great Yan, he didn't mind rewarding a few things to someone protected by the Heavenly Dao.

"Younger brother Rong Yang doesn't like Fubao," the little Imperial Prince muttered.

The little Imperial Prince's mother gave him an idea: tell Rong Yang that Fubao had taken one of the spirit melons.

After Rong Yang found out, his little face turned cold. He He Shizi Apparent understood why Qin Bi and Rong Yang hadn't mentioned sending spirit melons to the little Imperial Prince; this mother and daughter had calculated that Fubao would have a share of anything sent into the palace.

He He Shizi Apparent held his youngest son and glanced at Qin Bi and Rong Yang: "The Great Yan Emperor bought these spirit melons with high-grade beast crystals. Rong Yang, the price you sold them to your Imperial He He Bo Fu for was even higher than for others, and the little Imperial Prince didn't even say anything."

So, what was there to mind?

Rong Yang: "......"

The spirit melons sold by the Immortal Sect were two beast crystals per melon. Rong Yang had sold them to the little Imperial Prince for five high-grade beast crystals for two melons. The child was doing it on purpose; his Imperial He He Bo Fu was always biased toward Fubao.

"Qin He keeps saying she is a Great Heroine," Qin Bi said. "Could it be that she really is a Great Heroine?"

Rong Juan, who was holding the sleeping little milk bun, paused. In her previous life, Qin He could indeed be considered a Great Heroine. Although she was defeated in the end, she had once been glorious. Unfortunately, she was killed by the little Imperial Prince.

Qin Bi looked at Rong Juan and said, "From now on, I'll be the villain."

Where there is a Great Heroine, there must be a villain.

Rong Juan: "......"

Rong Yang immediately followed up enthusiastically: "I'll be the little villain."

"Villains are all cannon fodder," Qin Bi waved her hand. "There's nothing for you to do."

Rong Yang was very obedient. Qin Bi didn't allow him to be a little villain, and the child nodded and agreed.

He He Shizi Apparent got up to take his youngest son, Rong Chi, to the bedroom to sleep. Once he left, Qin Bi really did become a villain. To be a villain, one had to look the part; whatever the heroine did, she had to sabotage it.

"Do you want the spirit melon back?" Qin Bi asked the little bun.

Rong Yang nodded: "Mm-hmm."

Qin Bi estimated her own ability. After a moment of thought, she stood still in the courtyard, reached out toward the direction of the Xue Wang Manor, and mobilized her Half-Immortal power. At this moment, the maid had just washed the spirit melon, and Qin He and Fubao were waiting to eat it.

The spirit melon suddenly vanished. Qin He and Fubao's eyes went wide, and Fubao felt all over the table.

Qin Bi's Half-Immortal power was very weak. When she pulled the spirit melon back, she couldn't control it well. With a "bang," it fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. Rong Yang's eyes widened into circles.

"Where did it come from?" Rong Yang looked bewildered.

Qin Bi replied: "Fubao can't eat the spirit melon now."

The child understood the meaning and showed a look of surprise. This was the spirit melon Fubao had taken.

Immediately, the child knitted his little brows: "It's broken."

"If it's broken, then it's broken." Qin Bi didn't care. The result was good; as a villain, as long as she could cause trouble for the heroine, it was fine. Qin Bi said: "It's better than being eaten by Fubao."

The spirit melon had been sold, so let it be broken; Qin He and Fubao couldn't eat it anyway.

Washing a melon on a hot day, only for it to disappear just as they were about to eat it—just thinking about that mood made her feel great. Qin Bi was in a good mood, and Rong Yang happily grabbed a piece of melon from the table to eat. The child was in a good mood too.

Rong Juan stood under the eaves. In the previous life, Qin Bi hadn't cultivated immortality, and in the life before that, she hadn't either.

In this life, she had cultivated immortality, and her spells were unique.

The spirit melon lay on the ground, and no one cared about it. A guard silently stepped out, glanced at Rong Juan, and said: "Heir Apparent Consort, do you still want this spirit melon? If not, please reward it to your subordinates to eat."

Qin Bi was in a good mood and nodded her chin: "Take a good spirit melon to eat."

The guard was overjoyed. He grabbed a spirit melon from the basket, his gaze falling on the shattered one on the ground. The guards still wanted this one; it had just fallen from the sky and shattered, so it was very clean and wouldn't hinder quenching their thirst.

The guards recognized the melon grown by their own household; it wasn't some mysterious melon.

Besides, the Heir Apparent Consort had just reached out and grabbed it, and a melon had fallen from the sky. They could guess what kind of immortal art had been used. The guards weren't curious; they had their Heir Apparent. If the Heir Apparent Consort and the little Heir Apparent didn't want it, they wanted to share this melon.

Qin Bi was too lazy to care, and Rong Juan didn't interfere either. The guards carried one good melon and one shattered melon away to eat.

The maids and nannies saw this and were green with envy. They wouldn't mind even if the spirit melon was shattered; the guards were too much, getting a good melon and taking the shattered one too.

The maids and nannies were far away and hadn't seen how the spirit melon had shattered, assuming it had accidentally fallen to the ground and broken.

Rong Juan chuckled. If this was being a villain, he wouldn't stop her, as long as she didn't hurt herself. Qin Bi and Rong Yang were both happy. He He Shizi Apparent raised an eyebrow, his eyes filled with a hint of doting.

At this moment, in the Xue Wang Manor, Qin He was furious: "Who used magic to steal the spirit melon?"

Fubao cried loudly: "My spirit melon."

The servants were silent as cicadas in winter. The Xue Heir Apparent was also helpless and tried to persuade Qin He with a few words.

Qin He was so angry she cried: "Fubao and her brother haven't eaten a single spirit melon all summer. We finally got one, and it's just gone like this. Cultivators are too hateful; they just love to snatch up heavenly treasures and spirit food."

The Xue Heir Apparent had no choice and continued to coax her: "We ran into a powerful cultivator from an Immortal Sect."

Just judging by this method, ordinary cultivators couldn't do it. After all, the Xue Wang Manor's guards were no pushovers; even against powerful cultivators, the Xue Wang Manor's military strength was helpless.

Qin He cried aggrievedly, and Fubao cried too. The Xue Heir Apparent had a splitting headache.

The Xue Wang Fei sent someone to the Heir Apparent's courtyard to ask about the situation and was a bit bewildered. The Xue Wang simply didn't believe it. A spirit melon suddenly disappearing—how was that possible? He had never seen such a situation in his life.

Cultivation in this world wasn't that mysterious.

Last time Qin He was struck by lightning, and this time she lost a spirit melon. The Xue Wang couldn't help but think more about it and said to the Xue Wang Fei: "Tell the Heir Apparent Consort not to be arrogant in the future, and don't get carried away just because she is the Heaven-Chosen Daughter."

The Xue Wang Fei nodded: "This matter......"

"Keep it quiet," the Xue Wang said. "If it gets out, others will think our Xue Wang Manor is spouting nonsense."

Which cultivation family hadn't eaten spirit food or spirit melons? To say the melon disappeared while you were eating it—you'd be laughed to death. ===== CHAPTER 274 =====