Yi Fan’s mansion.
“Young Master is leaving in such a hurry?” Mu Tingxuan asked.
Yi Fan nodded and said, “Yes!”
“The emperor is going too far, how is this honor?! The intentions are clearly malicious.” Mu Tingxuan said solemnly.
Yi Fan shook his head, “It’s probably because the emperor fears Young Master, we have to keep a low profile in our future actions.”
Mu Tingxuan nodded, “I agree.”
Once the news of Qi Shaorong being appointed as the lord of Jade Sea Plains came out, it quickly spreaded.
Zhuang Renquan looked at Zhuang Hao and said, “Are you going to accompany Qi Shaorong to take office?”
Zhuang Hao nodded, “Yes, it’s too dangerous over there, I can’t rest assured.”
Zhuang Renquan looked at Zhuang Hao and smiled, “I guessed it was like that.”
“His majesty has gone a bit too far.”
Zhuang Renquan smiled and said, “His Majesty is guarding against Qi Shaorong and also guarding you ah!”
Zhuang Hao lowered his head, a bit of haze flashed in his eyes.
Zhuang Renquan smiled and said, “You shouldn’t worry too much. At this stage, his Majesty wouldn’t overdo it.”
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When he(ZH) returned to Qi Shaorong’s side courtyard, he saw Qi Yao angrily come out of Qi Shaorong’s side courtyard.
“What is your father here for?”
Qi Shaorong turned around and said, “He came to talk to me about family affairs.”
“Family affairs?”
Qi Shaorong nodded and said, “What he said was more implicit, but he probably meant that if I died in the Jade Sea Plains, they’ll have to prepare the funeral in advance.”
Zhuang Hao frowned, “This guy Qi Yao…… is really too much.”
Qi Shaorong smiled and said: “I don’t think so, in fact, his concerns are very necessary, after all, the death rate of the lords who go there is too high. So I told him that in case I die, I have arranged the funeral, and everything I have will be inherited by my subordinates. He scolded me for eating off the inside and giving to the outside¹ , and left.
Zhuang Hao: “……”
“Don’t take it too seriously.” Zhuang Hao said.
Qi Shaorong smiled and said, “I know.”
Qi Shaorong simply dealt with the affairs at hand and left the Imperial capital.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Chen Yuan: “…”
“HIs Majesty, actually appointed Qi Shaorong to the Jade Sea Plains.” Chen Yuan said a little depressed.
Tang Tianying smiled bitterly, “I also didn’t expect that Imperial Father² would make such a decision.”
His father seems to be very afraid of Qi Shaorong, but there is nothing he can do about it. Qi Shaorong is from the Qi family, even if he does not have a good relationship with the Qi family, he is still from the Qi family. As long as he wants, he can go back to the Qi family. With his ability, the head of the Qi family must be his, and the same goes to Yi Fan.
Yi Fan completely obeyed Qi Shaorong, and Zhuang Hao, the future heir of the Zhuang family, also obeyed Qi Shaorong.
Therefore, as long as Qi Shaorong makes the choice, he can easily grasp the power of the three families in the Imperial capital.
Chen Yuan scratched his head and said, “Although it is said that Qi Shaorong would
overtly agree but covertly oppose³government affairs, but…… forget it.”
Tang Tianying bitterly smiled, not knowing what to say for a while.
“However, I went to send off Qi Shaorong today, and Young Master Qi seems to be in a good mood.” Chen Yuan said.
Tang Tianying: “……”
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Two carriages driving on the road.
Singing like a broken gong kept entering Zhuang Hao’s ears, and Zhuang Hao only felt that he was going to be deaf.
“Shaorong, Bi Liuyun has been singing for several hours, doesn’t he need to rest?”
“Liuyun likes to sing the most, especially since we are going to the Jade Sea Plains. It is said that the Sea Tribes have mermaids who are particularly good at singing. Liuyun needs to practice.”
“Some things depend on talent, and hard work is not necessarily useful.” Zhuang Hao rubbed his tormented ears.
Qi Shaorong looked at Zhuang Hao, and frowned, “A-Hao, you’d better not say such things in front of Liuyun, he‘ll become angry, if Liuyun is angry, he will be unhappy to sit in the carriage in front, then he’ll squeeze into our carriage.”
Zhuang Hao: “……”
Zhuang Hao took a deep breath and said, “Bi Liuyun’s zither skills are excellent, and some people speculate that Bi Liuyun’s singing skills are also excellent. But unfortunately, Bi Liuyun never sang. Some merchants wanted to listen to Bi Liuyun’s singing, giving away millions of gold coins, as a result, Bi Liuyun refused.”
“Afterwards, there were rumors in the Imperial capital that Bi Liuyun’s songs were only sung to those he admired. If you want to hear him sing, you must win his heart.”
Qi Shaorong opened his eyes wide and said with surprise: “There are still such rumors! It’s surprising, I’ve never heard Liuyun say it.
Zhuang Hao glanced at Qi Shaorong, “I think Bi Liuyun himself doesn’t know.”
Qi Shaorong: “…”
“It seems that some truths are really… unspeakable!” Zhuang Hao said.
Back then, some people said that Bi Liuyun regarded money as dung, but now it seems that it is really… Haha!
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The carriage stopped, Qi Shaorong looked at the scene outside and said, “Looks like we are going to sleep in the wild again today.”
Zhuang Hao said, “I’ll go hunt some games.”
Qi Shaorong nodded, “I’ll accompany you.”
Zhuang Hao looked at Qi Shaorong with surprise, “You’re going with me?”
As far as Zhuang Hao knows, Qi Shaorong likes to be lazy the most. A few times before, when they went hunting, Qi Shaorong just waited at camp in laziness.
Just as Zhuang Hao wanted to say something, Bi Liuyun came over, “Master, I seem to have made some progress. Would you like to listen to my singing and comment on it?”
Qi Shaorong took Zhuang Hao’s arm, “I’m going to find food with Zhuang Hao.”
Bi Liuyun glanced at Zhuang Hao and said, “Why not let Young Master Zhuang go alone? Young Master, no need to follow.”
Qi Shaorong shook his head without thinking and said, “No, he doesn’t know what I like to eat!”
Bi Liuyun nodded in disappointment, “Fine!”
Zhuang Hao, who was originally happy because of Qi Shaorong’s change of temperament, quickly realized the reason for Qi Shaorong’s attentiveness. Even so, Zhuang Hao was still a little happy.
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Qi Heng looked at Qi Shaorong and Zhuang Hao who were leaving, and resignedly moved a bundle of firewood, ready to make a fire.
Bi Liuyun looked at the direction that Qi Shaorong and Zhuang Hao were leaving, and asked, “Ah-Heng, when did the relationship between Young Master and Zhuang Hao become so good? They even went out to find food together.”
Qi Heng looked at Bi Liuyun and thought: The relationship between Young Master and Zhuang Hao became so good, it is all thanks to you!
Qi Heng tilted his head and said, “I don’t know, what kind of life do the Sea Tribes living in the sea have?”
Bi Liuyun rolled his eyes, “The life of the Sea Tribes is boring. There is no cooked food to eat in the sea. It is boring to eat fish all day long.”
Qi Heng looked at Bi Liuyun, “Liuyun, have you ever lived in the sea?”
“No!” Bi Liuyun answered firmly.
Qi Heng looked at Bi Liuyun suspiciously, “Really?”
Bi Liuyun nodded sincerely and said, “Yes! I can’t even swim.”
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Qi Shaorong and his party traveled for more than half a month and finally reached the Jade Sea Plains.
Qi Shaorong and Zhuang Hao changed their outfits and planned to go to Jade Sea Plains to test out the water.
Qi Shaorong showed his clothes towards Bi Liuyun and said, “Liuyun, what do you think of my outfit?”
“It’s tacky enough, outdated enough, shabby enough… not bad, not bad.” Bi Liuyun said.
Qi Shaorong: “……”
Qi Shaorong and Zhuang Hao walked into the Jade Sea Plains and found that the sea and human races in the Jade Sea Plains were holding an once every three months exchange meeting.
Qi Shaoying originally thought that the Jade Sea Plains was very deserted, but unexpectedly, it was very lively.
The Sea Tribes have a lot of materials that humans need, and humans also have a lot of items that the Sea Tribes need, so the exchange meeting has become a matter of course.
On the beach, the people of the Conch Clan, the Crab Clan, the Shell Clan and other Sea Clan people are setting up stalls……
There are stalls of the Sea Tribes, and there are also stalls of the human tribes. Most of the stalls of the Sea Tribes consist of pearls, corals, and sea pearls……
The humans sold mostly porcelain, scrolls, food, etc……
Many sea and human races shuttled between various booths to buy items.
Qi Shaorong and Zhuang Hao changed their appearances and walked through the exchange meeting, they were a little shocked in their hearts.
“Hey, your emperor, it seems that you have sent another person to be the lord! I heard that he’s a little white face⁴.” an aquarian with a crab shell on its back said to a human tribe guest.
“I don’t know what kind of person this lord is. Your last lord, you actually wanted to catch a mermaid and sell it. It’s really courting death.” Another man from the Shell Clan said.
Most of the mermaids are beautiful in appearance, and the mermaids’ singing voices are very beautiful. Many human nobles yearn for mermaid beauties. However, the mermaid family is a royal family among the Sea Tribes, so they are something you can’t ask for. The price of a mermaid has been fired to a sky-high price in the black market.
“I heard that the lord sent this time is the owner of Allure Cosmetics.”
“Really? The products produced by Allure Cosmetics are pretty good. There are also many beauties in our sea clan who use them. It’s just that this cosmetic can’t touch water. Therefore, if you want to use it in the sea, you need water magic to cut the water flow, or It is very inconvenient to use it floating on the sea.” An aquarian said.
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When Qi Shaorong listened to the exchanges between several sea clans and human clans, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of insight.
Qi Shaorong thought that if he took root in the Jade Sea Plains, he could open a beauty shop here. He didn’t expect that even the Sea Tribes liked his cosmetics. However, if he wanted to sell his cosmetics to the Sea Tribes he’s afraid that he will have to develop a waterproof brand of cosmetics. This seems to be a bit difficult!
“What are you thinking?” Zhuang Hao tilted his head and asked Qi Shaorong.
“I’m thinking about cosmetics, how do I make it waterproof?”
“It’s good to draw a water barrier on top of the cosmetics.”
Qi Shaorong turned his head, and looked at Zhuang Hao, “You are so smart!”
Zhuang Hao smiled and said proudly: “This is nothing!”
Something’s fishy with BLY……
. I have saw a novel that caught my greedy little eyes in the comment section, buuuut IDK if that translator is still going to translate it
Thank you, thank you, for the chapter.😘
Ah, Shaorong, a true entrepreneur!
Thank you soooo much for picking this up, the mtl was making my eyes bleed… 😖
Maybe BLY is a mermaid who ran from his spouse?? You know that “lovers had an LQ and one of them ran off for years” trope. I feel that that is what happened with BLY. Hahahahahhaha
+1
Baby rong-rong has merman in his crew too?! 🤫