My Lady Always Lacks Ambition-Chapter 1097 - 1067: Spending a Fortune to Ward Off Disaster
Anning’s corpse was dragged away.
Heir Zhou looked at the pool of blood, his stomach churned, and he was somewhat unable to react. He killed Anning; just a while ago they were laughing and joking, but now they were separated by life and death.
He was the executioner.
"You’ve dirtied my ground." Qin Liuxi said coldly, "This bill needs to be accounted for."
Heir Zhou: "?"
Qin Liuxi performed a Dirt Removal Spell, cleaning up the mess, leaving no bad luck.
Heir Zhou was dumbfounded, his gaze toward her becoming increasingly inscrutable. Realizing he had offended her, he said: "Well, you heard it too, I was deceived. I was completely misled and listened to false words. It’s Zhao Wang who is at fault, placing such a person by my side. He also injured the Daoist; now I’ve executed him on the spot, doesn’t that settle the score?"
Qin Liuxi replied: "How Prince Zhao Mansion deals with your Zhou Family, that’s your worldly affair, what does it have to do with me? Your plotting, your Zhou Family lost a round, that’s your own folly, but you being presumptuous in my Qingping Temple is a solid fact. Just settling the score like this, you think beautifully!"
"Then what do you want!" Heir Zhou gritted his teeth and said, "As the saying goes, ’A murder pays with life’; I’ve already executed Anning, and should make amends for the old Daoist, not to mention that the old Daoist isn’t dead yet."
"Can he be compared to our immortal? If it weren’t for his strike, our immortal could have achieved immortality, and now he lies on the bed, barely breathing, cutting short his lifespan."
Heir Zhou laughed angrily, achieving immortality, what a boast.
But he understood now, no resolution without significant bloodshed, so he said: "Name your price."
"The price is not money, it is an apology to the old Daoist, an apology to my Grandmaster, and a cleaning fee." Qin Liuxi said: "Ten thousand taels as compensation."
"Ten thousand taels, this is robbery!" Heir Zhou sneered coldly, "Don’t think I dare not send troops over."
Qin Liuxi pointed at the door: "There’s the door, leave, I await your troops, whoever doesn’t send them is a coward!"
Heir Zhou: "..."
Dammit, she’s so arrogant!
Heir Zhou tolerated it and said: "Eight thousand, I’ve already killed Anning, the culprit, let’s end this!"
"Allow me to remind you, the real culprit is Prince Zhao Mansion. Without them, you wouldn’t travel here seeking elixir, wouldn’t create such a mess here, resulting in such great loss. Every debt has its debtor, seek revenge on the right person!"
Heir Zhou: I suspect she’s setting up Prince Zhao, but I have no evidence!
This place isn’t fit for a prolonged stay!
"After paying this compensation, you won’t do anything to me or my ancestral graves, right?" Heir Zhou asked, "I’m counting on spending money to avoid disaster."
"Rest assured, I keep my conscience, I won’t commit the immoral act of harming others’ ancestral graves, that’s utterly wicked." Qin Liuxi chuckled.
Heir Zhou sneered coldly, who was arrogant testing me moments ago?
He ordered someone to fetch a silver note, and said: "I’m genuinely here seeking elixir, silver is not an issue."
"None." Qin Liuxi said, "The Revitalizing Pill’s ingredients are scarce, gathering them requires great fortune, not to mention that alchemy is also difficult."
Even if there were, she wouldn’t give it.
Heir Zhou clearly didn’t believe it, thinking Qin Liuxi was intentionally making things difficult, so he said: "If obtainable, I could offer another ten thousand taels."
"You’ve truly been tricked; my temple really doesn’t have the Revitalizing Pill, please leave."
Heir Zhou found her impervious to persuasion, snorted heavily, and walked away.
This trip was a true loss, a significant misstep!
Got nothing, offended people, paid a hefty eight thousand taels to avoid disaster, it was infuriating!
This bill must be settled slowly with Prince Zhao Mansion!
Heir Zhou left the eight thousand taels disaster money and hurriedly returned to the capital; staying longer might lead to more loss.
While he thought eight thousand taels was a lot, Qin Liuxi was indifferent; she disdainfully exchanged temple people for silver, those eight thousand taels practically served as the old Daoist’s life-saving money.
Qin Liuxi gave the silver to Qing Yuan, saying: "Use it all in the old Daoist’s name for almsgiving, not leaving a penny."
Such silver isn’t worth keeping; rather have it all spent on good deeds, accumulate some merit.
Merit nourishes both person and soul.
Besides these eight thousand taels, Qin Liuxi also handed the one thousand taels she brought back for his discretion.
When the old Daoist awoke and learned of Qin Liuxi’s action, he felt very ashamed. The precious elixir he used already owed her much, and such a large sum in his name for charity, how could he deserve it?
Qin Liuxi said: "You were meant to live to eighty, now you’ve lost lifespan due to this injury. How could you not deserve these eight thousand taels of merit? As for the Revitalizing Pill, you being a Daoist who’s taken refuge at Qingping Temple, me being the temple master, protecting you is as it should be; a simple elixir, once consumed is consumed."
The old Daoist was very moved.
Feng Xiu found Qin Liuxi and said: "Who crafted such a plot from Prince Zhao Mansion? They’re truly calculating, hitting two birds with one stone; if successful, using you to drag down the Crown Prince and his maternal clan, without dispatching a single soldier, they easily reclaim contention for Crown Prince position."
If the old Daoist truly died, and Qingping Temple suffered greatly, Qin Liuxi wouldn’t let it go being protective, causing major trouble for the Zhou Family and Crown Prince; by then, Prince Zhao Mansion becomes a beneficiary.
Qin Liuxi shook her head: "Not just two birds, likely aiming for three birds with one stone."
Feng Xiu raised an eyebrow: "How so?"
"If I truly go mad, targeting the Zhou Family results in karma accumulation and damages cultivation merit." Qin Liuxi explained.
Feng Xiu’s expression grew serious: "Looks like it targets not only Zhou Family and Crown Prince but you, could the Evil Buddha be involved?"
"It’s possible, but uncertain."
"What will you do, let Zhou Family off just like that?"
Qin Liuxi smiled: "After all, they spent a fortune to avoid disaster, inconsistency and sneaky acts aren’t my thing; but the Crown Prince will surely fall. Now they’re dog-eat-dog, fighting to the death, and it’s best for Qi Qian to be the fisherman benefiting when they become incapable."
She, an outsider, doesn’t participate in this Crown Prince contention fight, but she has bands to trip them up.
Feng Xiu silently lit a candle for the Zhou Family and those at Prince Zhao Mansion, fighting amongst themselves was fine, why drag outsiders into it, so foolish.
He watched Qin Liuxi tear open the Yin Road and exclaimed: "Where are you going?"
"A grudge should be settled on the spot, you wait here, I’ll go sack someone up and come back!" Qin Liuxi entered the Yin Road.
Feng Xiu: "..."
Someone’s doomed!
