Chapter 323

Jiang Xu and Rong Yan discussed it and decided to raise the spiritual ducks on the two neighboring estates.

Rong Yan's family had no troublesome matters; Rong Yan was blessed. His younger half-brothers were too young to cause trouble, and the problem was that those half-brothers didn't even want to compete with Rong Yan, so letting him have whatever scraps he wanted from between his fingers was fine.

That's why people say so-and-so is blessed; there's no need to argue about that.

Jiang Xu, who lacked such blessings, couldn't afford that. His family of siblings sucked his blood, and the old Jiang patriarch was biased. Although he wasn't so biased now, Jiang Xu still didn't feel safe with so many spiritual ducks.

Compared to the people of the Jiang family, Jiang Xu trusted his friend Rong Yan more.

Jiang Xu made a hard decision and even gave a thousand spiritual ducks to his maternal grandfather's family. Only if his maternal grandfather's family remained strong could they support him, preventing his legitimate elder brothers and sisters from being too shameless.

There was no need to worry about these things at the Duke Su Prefecture. Many of the young masters of Su's generation had already gone to the small space in the Beast Realm. Dividing ten thousand spiritual ducks wasn't much, and everyone was overjoyed. They handed a portion to the public treasury and hid the rest.

The Great Yan Emperor paced anxiously in the palace: "Where is Qin He? Useless waste. Rong He Shizi's wife has returned, yet she, the chosen one, is still staying in the small space of the Beast Realm doing what?"

The Prime Minister frowned: "Hiss, could it be she didn't catch a single spiritual duck?"

"Impossible?" the Minister of Revenue looked up. Was she that useless?

"She's just a concubine-born daughter," the Minister of War stroked his beard and said, "She became the Wang Fu He Shizi's wife only by relying on He He Shizi. She can earn some silver among ordinary people, but the path of cultivation is difficult. Who expects her to have great abilities?"

The Minister of Works, who never smiled, asked in confusion: "I heard my wife say Qin He is blessed."

"I heard that too," the Minister of War spread his hands and glanced at the Prime Minister. The wives of every family had heard Qin He was blessed. The Minister of War said, "But Qin He has made no move. We don't expect her to catch spiritual ducks, but if her luck is good, she could kill a few beasts to get beast crystals and trade them for a spiritual duck to eat."

As they talked about the spiritual ducks, the Great Yan Emperor became even more craving and gulped down two bowls of tea.

The Prime Minister and the six ministers looked on with aching hearts, each stroking their chins in the hall, pondering how to get a spiritual duck to eat. They couldn't let down their blessed Great Yan Emperor!

The Minister of Rites whispered to the Minister of Personnel, "The Emperor has grown thin."

The Minister of Personnel nodded, "Indeed."

The Minister of War and the Prime Minister, with slightly higher cultivation bases, had keen ears and eyes. They glanced at the Great Yan Emperor but saw no thinness; he was still chubby and blessed. Look, throughout this cultivation world, the most blessed one had to be their Great Yan Emperor.

"Go to Rong Wang Fu to ask for a spiritual duck," the Minister of Rites suggested.

The Great Yan Emperor stopped pacing and sat back in his chair, saying, "Rong Yang blames me for favoring Qin He. If I send someone to ask and they don't give me a spiritual duck to eat, I'll lose face. I'll wait for Qin He to return with spiritual ducks. I've favored her time and again; she went to the small space of the Beast Realm once, so she shouldn't return with nothing."

The Minister of Rites closed his mouth. Then they would just wait.

However, the Prime Minister and the six ministers exchanged glances, fearing that the more eagerly they hoped, the more likely they were to be disappointed. Sigh, it was hopeless. It was more reliable to think about buying a spiritual duck from one of the other families to eat.

"Qin Yan Hou Fu won't work," the Prime Minister shook his head at the six ministers. "Qin Yan Hou Fu is protected by Rong He Shizi. If we take one of their spiritual ducks, Rong He Shizi won't allow it, and we can't fight Rong Juan."

They exchanged glances. They couldn't fight, so they wouldn't provoke.

It was clear that because the Great Yan Emperor favored Qin He, Rong Wang Fu simply wouldn't give him a spiritual duck to eat. Even if they went to Qin Yan Hou Fu, Rong He Shizi would block them. This time, the favoritism had backfired.

"This useless Qin He," the Minister of Personnel cursed.

When the young prince returned from Rong Wang Fu, the Great Yan Emperor sniffed the air. It smelled of spicy braised duck. The gluttonous Great Yan Emperor found nothing tasty anymore, so he bought a spiritual plant chicken from the Immortal Sect to slaughter and stew.

Fu Bao followed He He Shizi into the palace. The Great Yan Emperor and the young prince both guarded the pot, waiting to eat the stewed chicken.

"Is it stewed spiritual plant chicken?" Fu Bao ran over.

The Great Yan Emperor: "..."

The young prince: "..."

If you weren't going to eat the good stuff, you wouldn't come. Now that the spiritual plant chicken was stewing, the greedy Fu Bao had entered the palace.

"Have your parents returned from the small space of the Beast Realm?" the Great Yan Emperor changed the subject, using his chubby body to block the pot.

"No," Fu Bao poked his head out and peered into the pot. "I want to eat spiritual plant chicken."

You want to eat spiritual plant chicken? The Great Yan Emperor wanted to eat spiritual ducks too, but he hadn't gotten any either. If the Great Yan Emperor couldn't eat, no one else could eat his. The Great Yan Emperor looked at Eunuch Fu.

Eunuch Fu understood and sent Fu Bao back to Xue Wang Fu. If you want to eat something, let your grandfather and grandmother buy it. Coming to the palace to feast on the rich? Dream on. Fu Bao returned to the Wang Fu, ate nothing, and burst into tears in front of Xue Wang and his wife.

Hearing about this, Rong He Shizi brought the older one and carried the younger one into the palace to mooch a meal.

"I heard you're stewing spiritual plant chicken," Rong He Shizi asked.

The Great Yan Emperor: "..."

Rong Chi flapped his little hands, reaching for the Great Yan Emperor. "Eat."

The Great Yan Emperor had no choice but to take the child.

The young prince curried favor with Rong Yang, pointing at the pot. "We stewed spiritual plant chicken. In a while, you can have the chicken leg."

Rong Yang's eyes lit up as he looked at the Great Yan Emperor. "Royal Uncle!"

The Great Yan Emperor waved his chubby hand. "Eat."

Rong He Shizi suppressed the smile at the corner of his mouth. A spiritual plant chicken wasn't big, and so many meat-eaters were waiting. There was no choice but to add more water. When the spiritual plant chicken was stewed, the children ate more than anyone else, while the Great Yan Emperor drank the soup.

After eating and drinking their fill, Rong He Shizi took the two little ones out of the palace.

The Minister of Personnel's face turned green. "Ask him for a spiritual duck."

The Minister of War didn't stop him. "Go ahead and ask. Low-grade spiritual ducks are best for children. Rong He Shizi's residence has two young He Shizi. Do you have the face to ask for the children's spiritual ducks to eat?"

The Minister of Personnel choked, then turned back to offer the Great Yan Emperor a strategy. "From now on, we cannot start this precedent. Whether it's Fu Bao or the two young He Shizi, we won't give them any spiritual food to eat."

The Great Yan Emperor, who had only drunk the chicken soup, nodded at this. "This plan is excellent."

It was settled then; no one else could eat his.

The Prime Minister also thought this was the right thing to do. Stroking his beard, he nodded. They shouldn't have let Fu Bao take things from the palace in the first place. Once this precedent was set, the people of Xue Wang Fu would take advantage without limit.

Rong Wang Fu doesn't count. Rong He Shizi is one of the two powerful He Shizi of the Great Yan, bearing the nation's fate on his shoulders.

What is Qin He? She doesn't look like a chosen one. She is truly a concubine-born daughter in every sense, with the behavior and style of a petty person. She is also useless.

Back at Rong Wang Fu, Rong Yang said, "Mother, my brother and I ate spiritual plant chicken."

Qin Bi was stunned and speechless. "We didn't even give a spiritual duck to the Emperor, yet you still went to the palace to mooch a meal?"