Chapter 294: You Have Good Things But Won't Give Them to Me

Qin Bi held her youngest son and left the study, while Rong Juan was surrounded by his advisors, the child looking like a little adult.

Qin Bi gazed at the courtyard of the Rong Prince's Mansion; autumn often brings melancholy thoughts, and she felt a sense of loss. She remembered that in her past life she was a Half-Immortal Emperor, and she vaguely recalled why she had left the Half-Immortal Realm.

Apart from that, she knew nothing about cultivation techniques.

This left her powerless. She racked her brains, but Qin Bi could not recall any cultivation techniques from the Half-Immortal Realm in her memory. She had been reincarnated and transmigrated; perhaps, she simply did not wish to remember her past life.

Qin Bi sighed softly and played with her youngest son in the courtyard.

When the Rong Heir returned, he saw Qin Bi playing with the child under a tree. He walked over and said, "You haven't condensed a Summoning Magic Treasure in a long time. How is your Condensation ability?"

Qin Bi activated her Condensation ability and replied, "My Condensation ability is very useless."

"It's fine," said the Rong Heir, before leaving to gather more equipment for Summoning Magic Treasures.

Two days later, the cultivators from various families departed for the small space in the Demon Beast Realm. The Minister of War was in charge of this matter, so Qin Bi did not need to worry; she stayed home watching her youngest son, Rong Chi. The child babbled, and Qin Bi chatted with him.

Laughter filled the courtyard. Rong Juan ran over and said, "Mother, I will go to the Yan Guogong Prefecture to get you a few Summoning Magic Treasures and a Teleportation Array."

Qin Bi looked at Rong Juan. The child was as delicate as carved jade and looked very much like He Yan. Qin Bi said, "Your father has prepared some for me, and so has your maternal grandfather's family. Although your maternal grandfather is not very capable, he can certainly prepare a few defensive tokens for me."

Defensive tokens come in low, medium, and high grades. Her father's ability only allowed him to prepare low-grade ones for her.

Even low-grade defensive tokens were enough for Qin Bi, as long as they were prepared by her father and his legitimate wife, He Shi.

"Summoning Magic Treasures and Teleportation Arrays would be better," said Rong Juan. Standing before Qin Bi in his small brocade robe, he added, "And there are also defensive tokens. The Yan Guogong Prefecture has high-grade defensive tokens."

Qin Bi hesitated for a moment before telling Rong Juan, "Perhaps your father, He Yan, intends to give powerful Magic Treasures and Teleportation Arrays to Qin He, preparing cultivation treasures for Qin He and Fu Bao."

He Yan had always been the safety net for Qin He and Fu Bao. Qin Bi did not want anything from He He Shizi, even if it was Rong Juan's suggestion; the child was worried that Qin Bi's Magic Treasures and Teleportation Arrays were insufficient.

Qin Bi understood that the child wanted to prepare Magic Treasures for her, but she did not need them.

The only thing He He Shizi could give her was books. Heh, Qin Bi did not take the imperial examinations; reading ten thousand books was of little use to a concubine-born daughter. One could imagine how little effort He He Shizi had put in.

In He Yan's eyes, she only needed books; she should not be using Magic Treasures.

Rong Juan spoke in a milky voice, "I will go and ask for them."

Qin Bi fell silent, then said after a while, "When He He Shizi and I divorced, I returned everything he had given me to him."

We have already divorced; is it appropriate to ask for his things again? If one must cut ties, one must do so cleanly.

He Yan was willing to pave the way for Qin He. Qin Bi wanted to see how far Qin He could go with the resources of the Xue Wang Prefecture and the Yan Guogong Prefecture at her disposal. What He Yan had not given her before, Qin Bi did not want now.

Rong Juan squatted down beside Qin Bi. Qin Bi glanced over at the little milk dumpling playing with the dirt.

"Mother," Rong Juan asked, "You don't want my things either?"

Qin Bi looked at the child and said, "Rong Juan, your father He Yan is one of the two Heir of powerful ministers in Great Yan. The Yan Guogong Prefecture belongs to him. You are still young; those things are not yet yours. I do not want other people's things."

The child thought for a moment and did not bring it up again.

In the afternoon, Rong Juan went to the Qin Yan Marquis Prefecture to play with Qin Lang. Qin Lang was in his own courtyard, sitting at a table counting low-grade defensive tokens. He casually handed one to Rong Juan, saying, "Here, take one."

"I want to go too," said Rong Juan as he put away the defensive token.

"You are still too young," said Qin Lang. He put a piece of candy in his mouth and gave another piece to the child.

The little dumpling sat on a chair playing nearby and said, "I just went to Mother's courtyard; it was so empty. Is Fu Bao's maternal grandfather's second branch much wealthier than my maternal grandfather?"

"Oh," said Qin Lang without thinking, "It must be what He He Shizi gave. He He Shizi takes better care of the second branch."

Rong Juan ate the candy and chatted with Qin Lang, saying, "I know. Before, I wasn't a child of the Yan Guogong Prefecture, so they didn't give me good things. Father gave everything to Fu Bao."

Qin Lang was stunned for a moment; he had said too much.

Rong Juan said cheerfully, "Now they are all mine."

Qin Lang immediately joined in the laughter, saying, "Exactly, they are all yours."

Rong Juan chattered away with Qin Lang. As they talked, the child said, "Who gave things to my mother before she got married? Her courtyard is so empty. Back then, my mother was the fiancée of the Heir of the Yan Guogong Prefecture; did they give her nothing?"

"Don't mention it," said Qin Lang, fiddling with the Teleportation Array while chatting with the child. "He He Shizi gave your mother a pile of books. Later, he gave Qin He gold, silver, jewels, and crystal stones. Everything he gave to Qin He was valuable."

Rong Juan immediately said, "I don't want his books."

"Right," Qin Lang nodded. "When she got married, your mother took everything back to the Yan Guogong Prefecture. After the divorce, she returned it all to him. Useless books; who would want them? He could have given her a Demon Beast Crystal Stone instead."

Rong Juan nodded in agreement. After finishing the candy, the child left.

Rong Juan went to see He Shi, intending to go home. He Zu found him and said, "Rong Juan, your father has Summoning Magic Treasures and a Teleportation Array for you. Come with me to the Yan Guogong Prefecture; you haven't been back in a long time."

Rong Juan waved his hand, saying, "I don't need them."

The child ran onto the carriage and returned to the Rong Prince's Mansion.

He Zu felt helpless and went back to report to his cousin, He Yan.

He Yan thought for a moment and said, "Go tell him that if he doesn't come, I will give them to someone else."

He Zu went to the Rong Prince's Mansion. When the Rong Heir saw He Zu and heard his purpose, Rong Juan realized that He Yan missed the child and wanted to coax him back. He did not stop him.

The guard took He Zu to see Rong Juan. Rong Juan was writing and said, "We don't want junk at home."

Giving books? The child did not want them.

"Those are Summoning Magic Treasures and a Teleportation Array," said He Zu. "Your mother will need them in the small space of the Demon Beast Realm."

Rong Juan tilted his small head and asked, "Are you willing to give them to me?"

He Zu grew anxious, saying, "If not you, then who?"

The child continued writing, saying, "I am not going."

He Zu had no choice but to return, dejected.

Upon hearing that Rong Juan called his things junk, He He Shizi laughed in anger, saying, "Fine, if he doesn't want them, there are others who are eagerly waiting for them."

He Yan selected a few Summoning Magic Treasures and Teleportation Arrays and sent them to Fu Bao. Fu Bao was overjoyed, and Qin He also beamed with happiness. He He Shizi still thought of her; knowing she was going to the small space of the Demon Beast Realm, he immediately sent her Magic Treasures.

Upon hearing this, Rong Juan frowned and called Rong Juan over, saying, "Your things have all been given away to someone else."

Rong Juan said, "I don't want them."

Rong Juan was stunned. What had He Yan done? The child was throwing a tantrum.

He Yan had never raised a child; what kind of thing was this? He was only pushing the child further away.

Rong Juan thought for a moment and decided not to get involved. If He Yan continued to give things from the Yan Marquis Fu to Qin He and Fu Bao, he wouldn't mind earning another Prince Fu title for Rong Yuan.