Chapter 286

Once Qin Bi left, she dismissed the crowd.

Qin Di and the He clan stared at the basket. With so many spirit melons and fruits, Qin Bi, this child, was truly thoughtful.

Qin Di's expression turned serious: "This basket of spirit melons and fruits is beneficial for cultivation and physical constitution. Distribute two bunches of spirit grapes to Qin Tang and Qin Xun, along with a few spirit peaches and melons. The rest will not be distributed."

For the first time, the He clan had thoughts about her own cultivation: "I originally intended to distribute them to Qin Tang and Qin Xun to let them improve their cultivation."

Qin Di reminded her: "Qin Tang and Qin Xun have spirit melons."

The two legitimate sons were lucky; they had followed Qin Bi and Qin Lang to cultivate a plot of land in the wilderness. Qin Di and the He clan did not covet the spirit melons grown there, and the quantity harvested was enough for Qin Tang and Qin Xun to improve their cultivation constitutions.

The He clan felt this made sense and immediately took two portions of spirit melons and fruits from the basket with Qin Di—two bunches of grapes and five spirit peaches and melons for each family. They would give the rest to no one else.

"I don't care about the other concubine-born sons and daughters," Qin Di said to the He clan: "You must treat Qin Bi well. This child values relationships. The other concubine-born children are somewhat lacking; if you treat Qin Bi well, you won't be at a loss."

"You don't need to instruct me," the He clan said, knowing in her heart: "I know."

The He clan thought of her legitimate second daughter who had married far away and sighed inwardly.

Qin Bi was good, but whenever there were good things, the He clan could not help but think of her own daughter. There was no helping it; thinking of her legitimate second daughter's high-status marriage, she dismissed the idea of giving her a portion.

The Rong Prince Manor had a great harvest in the wilderness, and the Second and Fifth Branches were waiting to watch the spectacle.

Qin He's younger sister went to find the Cui clan, her eyes filled with a desire to see a show: "Mother, the Rong Prince Manor had a great harvest. How many spirit fruits and melons did that concubine-born daughter of the Fourth Branch send to Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt?"

The Cui clan did not want to discuss this with her; her mouth was not tight at all, and she would go to talk to Qin He at every turn. Qin He had many little schemes, and while the Cui clan hoped for Qin He to save face, Qin He had lost face several times instead.

"Young Lady," the nanny reminded her: "The Rong Heir Apparent's wife already gave the Fourth Branch spirit fruits and melons last time."

"How can that count?" Qin He's sister said: "The Rong Prince Manor's harvest was not small; giving only that little bit is too stingy."

"Where did you learn such bad habits? Greed is never satisfied," the Cui clan scolded her: "Cultivation resources are scarce, and only the great cultivation families are generous. Usually, you can't even buy spirit melons and fruits, yet you complain that they gave too little? Don't forget, before your Qin He Jiejie was married, she only took a small portion of the good things she obtained for the Second Branch's public treasury. Qin Bi is much better than your Qin He Jiejie."

The mother and daughter parted on bad terms, and Qin He's sister left unhappily.

The Fourth Branch made no moves, and the various branches of the Marquis Manor pondered, as the Rong Prince Manor had only given the Fourth Branch spirit melons and fruits that one time.

Qin Di gave the two portions he had set aside to Qin Tang and Qin Xun; the two brothers did not refuse, as they wanted to improve their cultivation.

Qin Tang and Qin Xun both had children and still had to set aside a small portion for the little ones.

The Fifth Branch's concubine-born daughter Qin Yan and Qin Cui went to the Xue Wang Fu to find Qin He and brought up the matter. Qin He curled her lip: "Which concubine-born daughter can compare to my devotion and filial piety toward my legitimate mother? It's just that my legitimate mother doesn't know how good I am to her."

Qin Yan nodded and echoed her repeatedly; whatever Qin He said was the truth.

Among the sisters in the Marquis Manor, Qin He was very popular. Everyone fawned over her a bit; there was no other reason—Qin He knew how to earn silver and would bring out novel little items that everyone liked very much.

If you didn't coax Qin He, how could you get any benefits from her?

Every family knew its own situation; some Marquis Manors had high expenses, and the concubine-born children received very little. The concubine-born daughters had to find their own ways, and currying favor with wealthy sisters was one method.

Qin Han had earned quite a bit of silver by currying favor with Qin He.

The sisters of the Marquis Manor learned from one another, all fawning over Qin He.

Qin He sighed in frustration. How could Qin Bi grow things in the wilderness? Shouldn't she, the great heroine, be the one in the spotlight? Such a good opportunity, and the entire Marquis Manor didn't know how to grasp it.

Her eldest cousin wouldn't listen to her and continued to plant another crop in the wilderness; he could just wait to regret it.

Thinking of how so many spirit melons and fruits hadn't been sent to her, Qin He was jealous to the point of madness. Her Fubao was so blessed, yet just because Qin Bi had schemed to have the He Shizi's child, she hadn't eaten a single spirit melon or fruit this year.

In the Jiang family's First Branch, Jiang Xu found some time and moved a basket of melons to Old Master Jiang.

"Father," Jiang Xu said: "Here are a few spirit melons for you to taste."

Old Master Jiang nodded, and after holding back again and again, he still asked: "Has your grandfather looked for you again?"

Jiang Xu was stunned and shook his head: "No."

Old Master Jiang kept the spirit melons, and Jiang Xu left.

Rong Yan was not a stingy person; he gave a spirit melon to a concubine-born younger brother, which made the few young boys very happy. They had tested themselves and had some spiritual roots, with talent superior to their legitimate older brother, but Rong Yan occupied the position of the legitimate eldest son, so all the resources in the manor belonged to him.

Rong Cui had always taught them to respect their legitimate older brother, and after receiving the spirit melon, the young boys became even more obedient.

The young boys pondered that their spiritual roots were weak; perhaps eating a spirit melon could stimulate their spiritual roots and make them fully-fledged cultivators. In that way, they could also go to the Beast Realm's small space to train.

Ordinary people could also go to the Beast Realm's small space, but without magic treasures to protect them, it was very easy to lose their lives.

Qin Yan leaked a few resources to his subordinates. With cultivation resources scarce, he also had to consider improving his own cultivation, so Qin Yan appropriately distributed a portion of spirit melons to the Qin Yan Hou and the Marchioness.

In the Imperial Palace, Fubao entered the palace and found Eunuch Fu: "I want to eat spirit melons and spirit fruits."

"Little Junzhu, what you want is rare," Eunuch Fu said with a chuckle: "The palace doesn't have any either."

Fubao was puzzled: "The Rong Prince Manor grew spirit melons and spirit fruits; didn't they send a portion to the palace?"

Eunuch Fu spread his hands: "They didn't."

Fubao pouted unhappily. She had thought she could eat spirit melons and fruits upon entering the palace. Her mother had told her that she was Fubao and different from other children; everyone had to spoil her to have good luck.

"Only if you are good to me can you have good luck," Fubao told Eunuch Fu.

Eunuch Fu's eyes flickered, and he entered the Imperial Study to tell the Great Yan Emperor.

The Great Yan Emperor was eating pastries while holding an imperial brush to review memorials, and he scoffed: "Nonsense. When have I ever failed to give her a portion of good things? I haven't seen any good luck; it's better to rely on my own maxed-out luck value."

The Great Yan Emperor waved his hand, signaling Eunuch Fu to send Fubao out of the palace; he temporarily did not believe in any "chosen ones."

What Fubao? She only cared about eating this and that, causing him, an emperor with a maxed-out luck value, to have no spirit melons to eat. The Great Yan Emperor was not just ordinarily angry; he had loved to eat since he was a child!

It was infuriating!

He treated Rong Juan as a brother, but in the end, the Rong Prince Manor grew such a large field of melons and simply wouldn't give him a single melon to eat. He sent the little prince with beast crystals to buy some, and the little prince ate until his belly was round, but he didn't manage to buy a single melon.

He Shizi sent He Zu to the Rong Prince Manor to pick up Rong Yang several times, but the child wouldn't go to the Yan Guogong Fu.

Fubao left the Imperial Palace, went to the Yan Guogong Fu, and returned with a pile of food.