Chapter 9: The Storm
At night in Yuqin Palace, with fragrant orchids and bright moonlight, Shen Yetong sat at the experimental table, carefully examining a silver-gray box.
The box was metallic, and the seal on it was half-opened, adding another layer of sleep magic.
At this time, the arthropods that were still dancing happily in the morning were playing chess with Zhou Gong in their dreams.
"Poisonous insects are ......," she muttered to herself, her fleshy short fingers poking at the centipede inside, her face confused.
In another part of the room, Xia Lan'er was rummaging for something on the bookshelf, and most of the books on the bookshelf were taken down and piled up on the ground.
Xia Lan'er's slender figure was buried in the book mountain, and until now, Shen Yetong couldn't see her at all.
"Mother, don't look for it, this insect can't die for the time being." Shen Yetong yawned boredly, she didn't know where her mother had found so many books, and she could remember the title and general content of the books very clearly.
Mental Techniques, Body Techniques, Magic, and Spells of Various Affiliated Professions...... There are all kinds of organs, and there is even more than one copy of each.
I just forgot where to put it.
"Don't worry, I'll find it right away." Xia Lan'er was still unwilling, so she took out two more books and put them in the pile of books next to her, "Obviously there is such a one, where is it?" ”
"But you've been looking for an afternoon, and after I got out of the testing ground, I only slept for three hours......" Shen Yetong yawned again, leaned on the table in a state of despair, opened one eye and closed one eye, and watched the figure of the concubine disappear in the stacks of books.
The soul trial ground, in addition to the simple body refining trial ground, only accepts the soul and does not allow the body, so it consumes a huge amount of spiritual power and has extremely high requirements for the system.
This is also the reason why Shen Yetong must sleep every time he goes out of the trial ground - he is too tired.
"Yikes! Got it! Just when she was bored, Xia Lan'er was suddenly surprised, plunged into the bookshelf, took out a metal data instrument from the deepest part, and twisted herself and retreated from the bookshelf.
Shen Yetong watched as the concubine burrowed her body into the layers of the bookshelf, trying so hard to reach the book, and suddenly felt a little worried about whether she would get stuck there.
Fortunately, Xia Lan'er is relatively thin, even if it is uneven, it will not get stuck if she adjusts the angle.
"Look, this is it...... Ahem! Xia Lan'er's face was excited, she shook the dust on the data instrument, and suddenly, the whole study room was full of smoke and dust, Xia Lan'er couldn't take it by surprise, choked her throat, and coughed blindly.
She hurriedly used her spiritual power to disperse the smoke, and the words on it gradually appeared.
"Li Poison Gang!"
This is the title of the book engraved on the data meter.
The Compendium of Poisons is a book compiled and rederived by scholars from the Li Domain, based on the records of the folk customs of the Li Domain, the investigation of various poisons, and the study of the poison skills of the professionals of the Li Domain.
Shen Yetong had heard from his mother a long time ago, but the method of healing poison recorded in it was too profound for the people of the non-Li region and could not be used in daily life, so that this book was completely used to cushion the table legs outside the Li region.
It is said that if you understand the strange poison of Li Yu, you will understand the poison of the world.
But, who has nothing to do to learn that stuff except if they are interested?
Although Shen Yetong wanted to move these poisonous insects, he was not interested in the art of poison treatment, so he didn't ask, but he didn't want to, Xia Lan'er saw the poisonous insects brought by Shen Yetong, and came directly to the spirit, and had to take out the "Li Poison Gang" that was placed in the depths of the bookshelf to study.
The trial ground is no longer with Shen Yetong.
Shen Yetong sat at the experimental table until he watched the smoke and dust clear, then he stood up and walked towards his mother who was about to open the book.
"Mother, I'm really not interested......" Shen Yetong rubbed his eyebrows, feeling a headache.
"I know you're not interested." Xia Lan'er opened the instrument with her hand, and the light blue halo instantly condensed into a pale yellow paper, Xia Lan'er walked to the experimental table while flipping through it.
"I remember there was a record of the use of this poisonous insect......"
As she spoke, she flipped to a page of the book, placed it on the table, picked up a lump of spiders, removed the centipede that was entwined around it, and began to undress the spider while looking at the contents of the book.
Shen Yetong looked at Xia Lan'er, first stunned, then shook his body, and his eyes moved away without a trace.
The picture is too beautiful to look at.
"That'...... It's nothing to do with me, I'm going to see the mecha assembly? Shen Yetong looked at Xia Lan'er, who was serious and unfamiliar, and was about to get up and leave.
"Wait." Xia Lan'er said.
"How?" Shen Yetong looked back in confusion.
"You stay and test the medicine."
“……”
It's really my mother.
It is impossible to test the drug, and it is impossible to test the drug in this life. Shen Yetong shook his eyelids, cleaned up the metal equipment on the table and slipped away.
Seeing this, Xia Lan'er didn't stop her, she just fiddled with those insects by herself.
She was genuinely interested.
It's just that I haven't found a chance to practice it.
Shen Yetong shook his body, and secretly said that his mother looked so pure and harmless, and she actually liked things in the underworld......
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After that, Shen Yetong's life was as usual, going to school in the morning, playing with two friends, entering the soul testing ground in the afternoon and being ravaged, reading some of his favorite books in the evening, doing some test questions, and writing programs for mecha models by the way.
I don't know if it was Murrayzhe's reminder that the dancing concubine did not appear again, so the three children laughed and played openly, studied together, talked about their interests and aspirations together, rented the cultivation site of the teaching garden to practice together, and no one disturbed them......
Everything is too peaceful, just more campus life, so that Shen Yetong even has the illusion that he has returned to his previous life and is still studying for a postdoctoral fellow.
It's just that happy times are always short-lived, and after a month of study, the semester is over. In the next six months, Shen Yetong knew that she was going to go to the testing ground every day again.
Shen Yetong and his two friends are about to do so. Although the palace does not restrict the travel of nobles, several people are still a little reluctant.
The end of the lower semester marks the beginning of other activities.
In July, the kindergarten class of the senior grades, a month is surging, first the teacher found the poisonous insects in the drawer of the seventh princess, the poisonous insects crawled all over the ground after being frightened, the children saw it, some were so excited that they rushed up, and some were so frightened that they rolled on the ground, and the teacher did not have time to maintain order, and they collectively went out to catch the insects.
Unexpectedly, the emperor let this go unchecked and watched from the sidelines, while the Bureau of Justice seemed to be blind, let alone investigating, and did not even look like a serious investigation. After the queen heard this, her angry teeth itched, and she directly called Concubine Xi over for questioning.
The seventh princess, like the eldest princess, is from the queen, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the queen's treasure.
As a result, the queen was angry with Concubine Xi from Li Yu, and Concubine Xi got the news from nowhere, and then became angry with Concubine Wu, who grabbed the pigtails of other concubines in a fit of anger.
The pure concubine continued to avoid favor, was beautiful alone, and watched the fire from the other side.
Qi Tianguo is not like ancient China, women are not allowed to govern - in the harem of Qi Tianguo, many people were officials and ministers in the previous dynasty, and they had their own rights and powers.
As a result, the fire of the harem burned to the previous dynasty, and the major forces competed for power in the military, political and business circles, and the appearance was ugly, and the assets and rights were passed in the hands of the various forces like a drum and a flower, and they were passed to the next force as soon as they were not hot.
Although the queen was angry, she was quite calm and didn't do anything excessive, but Concubine Xi and Concubine Wu were shorting each other's assets today, and denounced each other's pigtails tomorrow, and they bumped into each other while walking the day after tomorrow, and they fought without any image, and the two forces were also a mess.
However, what is surprising is that even though all walks of life in the Qi Heavenly Kingdom are in chaos, the various social systems are operating as usual, and the grassroots people are educated and reformed, guarding their own acres and three-points of land, and they have no worries about food and clothing.
Even the assets that Qi Tianguo had outflowed to other countries back then still showed faint signs of return.
It's kind of scary.
The turmoil lasted for about half a month, and the major forces were also exhausted, and the students in the senior kindergarten class were worried about their families, and they were also depressed, unable to learn, and unable to lift their spirits when playing.
Until one day, the dancing concubine suddenly chose to stop, and the concubine Xi moved in response, and also chose to withdraw the means she just wanted to use.
Immediately afterwards, the queen began to reorganize the order of the harem, and the heads of various departments of the officialdom suddenly rose up and regrouped, and everything returned to its original state in just a few hours.
The turmoil comes and goes quickly.
Mana Palace, the atmosphere is condensed.
"Auntie is so good! The results that we have made with great difficulty in the third room next to us were stolen back by the dog emperor...... "Fay's forehead was bruised, and he burned the bill full of children in his hand, and said with a smile.
Puchel also lowered his head tightly, like a child who had done something wrong, but his mouth was still quibbling: "But the concubine is ......."
"Concubine Xi is just one who wants to protect herself, what kind of wind and waves can she afford!" Fay didn't give Puchel a chance to explain, and directly interrupted, angrily, "If you weren't impulsive, he would have targeted you?" He wished he had left the palace sooner! ”
This time, she went out to collect the crystal source needed for the replenishment array, and without staring at the branch of the Moli Canor clan, Pucher gave such a big mistake, which caused the chamber of commerce in the crystal domain to belong to the next three rooms to bleed directly!
After this incident, it is estimated that the Chamber of Commerce will have to cultivate for a while before it can return to its original order.
"There is no next time." Fay's face was gloomy, and his condensed gaze looked at Pucher, who shivered violently from the cold.
"Yes......"
The Mana Palace is as cold as frost, but the middle palace is like a warm spring sun, and the queen in a dark phoenix robe sits in front of the window, enjoying the scenery of the flowers blooming in July.
"Niangniang, this is the total bill of Qi Tianguo this month." A maid held a plate with a data instrument in both hands, respectfully walked up to the queen, and presented the data instrument to the queen.
Murong Fenger put down the teacup, picked up the data instrument casually and unfolded it, and the blue light instantly condensed into a thick reading book, which fell lightly on Murong Fenger's palm.
Murong Feng'er took another sip of tea, turned to the first page, and looked at it, his dark red eyes showed a look of surprise, but he pretended to be calm, and seemed to ask casually:
"Won't fight?"
"Yes." The maid responded.
"How much is the repatriation of assets?"
"Fifteen percent."
"......" Murong Fenger was silent.
After the rebellion of Qi Tianguo, economic crises were frequent, the young son of the first emperor ascended to the throne, and the outflow of assets was too serious.
Now if they want to revive the treasury of the Qi Heavenly Kingdom, even if they rely on the wisdom and means of the two of them, within a hundred years, it is basically impossible.
Fifteen percent, for the current Shen Huailing, it is already a miracle with all his might, and this is still the situation of standing on the cusp.
I have to admit that although the dancing concubine is very hateful, she has always been a very useful chess piece.
In normal times, you wouldn't be able to get back three percentage points in ten years - they tried.
After a long time, she sighed heavily, as if she was resigned to her fate, and as if she was a little unconvinced, and seemed to be mixed with some other emotions. She turned her head and looked out the window, as if looking out the location of the Yuqin Palace.
"That dog emperor has done a decent thing." She said indignantly, rubbing her eyebrows, her tone rather irritable.
"Mother, you said that again." The maid bowed her head respectfully, but smiled playfully, and joked with her mother.
"Mouthy!" Murong Fenger reprimanded, but he didn't blame too much, just continued to look at the bills full of profits, and a complex emotion kept surging in his chest.
Time flies like a white horse, and the semester of the kindergarten class is coming again.
After a few months, Shen Yetong, who returned to the Royal Sect Garden again, suddenly felt like a world away.
In the past few months, she has not heard anything outside the window, and she has only been in the testing ground.
The turmoil outside has nothing to do with Concubine Chun, and naturally it has nothing to do with Shen Yetong. And even if there is a relationship, as long as it does not threaten his life, Shen Yetong is too lazy to care.
When her friends came to play with her, she was either in the proving ground or sleeping, completely unaware that they had been there.
But the maids kept telling Qingyun Silk Yarn and Murray that she was in retreat, and the two friends must not believe it, after all, no one was only four years old and had been in retreat for months, and the two of them were probably angry now.
"Okay, you Shen Yetong! Closed for six months, huh? ”
As soon as they met, Qingyun Silk Yarn came to ask her about the crime, only to see her face gloomy, her eyes sharp, the corners of her mouth were hooked in a weird arc, pulling Shen Yetong's clothes, and smiling "nuclearly".
"Since you've been in retreat for six months, your strength must have grown a lot, right?" Mu Leizhe's face was also gloomy, and his originally clean and innocent little face was actually dyed with a layer of frost at this time, and the corners of his mouth were gently hooked "gently", and he looked at her with a "polite" face.
Open court trial!
Shen Yetong's mind is full of this word now.
"I ...... That ......"
Shen Yetong smiled awkwardly, as if he wanted to explain something, but he also seemed to want to hide something, so he was hesitant, and he really didn't know what to say.
"Of course it's growing!"
Without waiting for Shen Yetong to answer, Qingyun Silk Yarn preemptively answered for her, and by the way, she held her anger and had nowhere to vent, and was about to find a reason, so she said:
"Coincidentally, Ah Zhe and I are also working hard this holiday, and our strength has also grown quite a lot, do you want to get out of class in a while, let's have a ring and fight?"
"That, no......"
"Okay~"
Before Shen Yetong could answer, Mu Leizhe preemptively answered, he was laughing "harmlessly to humans and animals", and even opened an additional condition:
"How about the three of us go to the ring together?"
"No ......"
"Okay~"
Qingyun Silk Yarn took the lead again, smiled "nuclear kindness", and by the way, grabbed Shen Yetong's arm with one hand, leaned his face close to her, and said quietly:
"You can't refuse~"
"Uh-huh~" Mu Leizhe also instantly approached Shen Yetong, and echoed with a "nuclear kindness".
Shen Yetong wanted to cry without tears.
The two of you sing and harmonize, do you sing two turns, or do you talk about lip-synching?
Also, how do three people fight in the ring?
I'm afraid you two will beat me up together!
And I'm really in retreat! I'm not lying!
Besides, I really can't fight you! The difference in strength is too big, can you stand it?
Even if you can stand it, I'll hide it! If my talent is exposed, it will be dangerous!
Call! Never mind......
It's also to blame her for not informing the two friends in advance.
You can't just reveal anything about the proving ground, not even two friends.
It's not that you can't believe it, but this world is too bizarre, who knows which old monster who has lived for trillions of years will suddenly perform something like "mind reading Dafa"?
Shen Yetong had to sigh heavily, and was carried to the classroom by the two friends with one arm on one side and two faces "nuclear kind".