Chapter 86 The Imperial Concubine Begs
"Then I will tell you."
Zheng Yi said indifferently: "There are seventy-one direct descendants of your Cui family, and one thousand, six hundred and fifty-one branch families, but there are actually more than fifty thousand tenants and slaves under your name!"
"These more than 50,000 people even formed more than a hundred tenant villages."
"Almost half of Qinghe County, as well as more than ten surrounding counties, are all the land of your Qinghe Cui family."
“With so much land, do you know how many refugees you need to feed?”
"This, so much..."
Cui Xiabing was shocked. She didn't know this at all.
A few days ago, my grandmother came with her mother to visit her relatives. She cried and told the story, and finally asked herself to plead with His Majesty.
I can't be stubborn, so I can only ask His Majesty.
I didn't expect that such a shocking thing would come from His Majesty's mouth.
Zheng Yi also shook his head and told Concubine Cui that she didn't understand at all.
There is no way to solve the land annexation in feudal society.
Insufficient productivity can only alleviate but not eradicate.
But now Zheng Yi has come up with several solutions.
Discussing crime fields is just the first of them.
"Alright, dear concubine, it's getting late. You should go back to Jiaofang Palace first."
Zheng Yi coldly issued the expulsion order, and Concubine Cui slowly stood up with sad eyes.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I don't know anything about the important matters of the family and the country, nor the land of the refugees. I only know that my grandfather, who has loved me since childhood, has fallen ill."
"As long as I can help my grandfather get through this, I, my concubine, are willing to do anything."
"Willing to do anything?"
Zheng Yi's eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "I really have a question here. If you can help me, I can change the one million acres of criminal land to 500,000 acres!"
"Fifty thousand acres?"
Cui Xiabing secretly calculated in her heart and immediately said: "Your Majesty, do you have any questions?"
Zheng Yi helped Cui Xiabing onto the stool again and asked: "Concubine Cui, are you a cultivator?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! How did you know that I, my concubine..."
Concubine Cui stood up suddenly and was startled.
Being a cultivator is her biggest secret.
She originally thought she could hide it from His Majesty for a long time, but she didn't expect it to be revealed so quickly.
"Your Majesty, I didn't mean to hide anything from you."
Zheng Yi pulled her down again and said: "My beloved, don't worry. The reason why I talked openly with you about this matter means that I didn't blame you."
"You also know that I have spent two years searching for immortals, but I have gained nothing."
"What I didn't expect is that the person I sleep with is actually a cultivator. It's really hard for you to hide it from me!"
Cui Xiabing said sadly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not that I don't know what to say, but it's really difficult for the teacher to do so."
"Is it difficult for a teacher to do so?"
Zheng Yi suddenly felt a sense of caution in his heart. Is there a cultivator behind Concubine Cui?
"Do you have a master? Where is he?"
"She, she has gone away, and there has been no news for three or four years."
Cui Xiabing said: "The last time I saw her was four or five years ago."
"And, what's more, according to Master, the exercises that I practice are only suitable for women to practice, not men."
"Oh?"
Zheng Yi's eyes flashed, and then he felt relieved and said: "My beloved concubine, can you tell the truth about you becoming a cultivator and the specific situation of the cultivator behind you?"
Cui Xiabing hesitated for a moment and then said: "No."
"Your Majesty, that was the time when I went home to visit your relatives after becoming your royal concubine..."
Afterwards, Cui Xiabing told the story of how she became a cultivator.
She told her everything about her master's secrets, the techniques she practiced, and the current situation.
"Double spiritual root talent?"
"Well, Master said that I have the dual spiritual roots of water and earth, which is considered outstanding even in the world of cultivation a thousand years ago."
"Master Xuanjizi? What cultivation level?"
"Well, the master's name is Xuanjizi. According to her own words, it seems that she is...in the middle stage of Qi training, and is only one step away from the later stage."
"What are the exercises you practice?"
"It's called "Su Nu Yin Sha Gong·Qi Training Chapter". I only have the formulas for the first to sixth levels."
"Oh? So how far is your cultivation now?"
"Three levels of training and Qi training."
"What kind of strength does the third level of Qi training belong to?"
"In the early stage of Qi training, you are only one step away from entering the middle stage of Qi training."
"Do you know magic?"
"Yes, I know a little bit."
“A little bit, what’s nothing?”
"Water Prison Technique, Water Archery Technique, and an Earth Elemental Shield."
"Do you have a magic weapon?"
"There is, there is one... it was given to me by Master before he left."
"Where?"
"On my body is a flying sword, which I have just mastered."
"Can I practice your technique?"
"Okay, it doesn't seem possible. Master said that men's bodies contain innate yang energy, and they have yang roots. "Su Nu's Yin Sha Gong" will damage the men's roots and get twice the result with half the effort."
"Innate Yuanyang Qi? It hurts the fundamentals of men? Can eunuchs practice it?"
"Huh? Huh? This, this concubine doesn't know..."
"Last time you went to bed, what method did you use to make me faint?"
"Ah? Your Majesty, do you even know about this?"
"Haha, there are still a few things in the entire palace that I don't know about."
"Yes, it is the incense that Master left behind. It can even bewitch the monks who are in the middle stage of Qi training."
"Why are you using this incense on me?"
"Master has said that "Su Nu Yin Sha Gong" contains the power of Yin Sha. You must not break your body before practicing the third level of Qi, otherwise it will damage the foundation."
"Before practicing the third level of Qi? Aren't you already practicing the third level of Qi now?"
"Well... I, I, my concubine, had a chance to break through a few months ago, when Your Majesty went to Daizong Mountain."
"Where is your master?" The two asked and answered, and Zheng Yi quickly learned most of the secrets of Cui Xiabing, a rookie cultivator.
In other words, behind Cui Xiabing, there is a monk whose cultivation strength is at least in the middle stage of Qi training.
How to deal with Cui Xiabing is still a big problem.
While he was thinking, Cui Xiabing's small hand suddenly grasped Zheng Yi's big hand and said softly: "Your Majesty, what are you thinking about?"
"I have told you all the secrets. Please consider my grandfather's hard work and achievements for so many years and give me a lighter sentence."
Zheng Yi smiled and said: "Don't worry, my beloved concubine is so open and honest, I will not be stingy."
"Cui Aiqing is an important minister of the country after all, so the crime farmland... was changed to 500,000 acres!"
"Five hundred thousand acres..."
Cui Xiabing hesitated for a moment and sat closer again.
"Then, what about adding concubines?"
"Huh?"
Zheng Yi's eyes moved, what are you doing?
Girl, this action of yours is very dangerous!
Seeing Cui Xia Bing's delicate face and somewhat panicked eyes, Zheng Yi picked her up.
"Bing'er, please think carefully. You are a cultivator. I may only be a mortal in this life. Are you really willing to devote yourself to me?"
Cui Xiabing subconsciously closed her eyes, then opened them nervously, gritted her teeth and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, although I am a cultivator, I am still your Majesty's concubine!"
"Ever since I was sensible, my father, mother, grandfather, and many relatives in my family have been warning me that I will become the new emperor's concubine and will live by His Majesty for the rest of my life."
"Three years ago, I entered the palace, married His Majesty, and was named a noble concubine. At that time, I was... very happy. After all, I became His Majesty's woman."
"But who would have thought that at that time I would actually be valued by Master. I was also dizzy and agreed to enter the world of cultivation, but my heart has always been with Your Majesty."
At this time, Cui Xiabing's expression finally stabilized, and she looked at Zheng Yi very seriously and said: "At that time, your Majesty was dealing with the rebellion of the Tang Dynasty King. You stayed in the front court all day long and never came to the harem."
"Later, King Tang and Prime Minister Yang were overthrown by Your Majesty one by one. It was then that you started to contact the harem."
"I, my concubine, were at the bottleneck of my cultivation at that time, so I could only claim to be sick to avoid going to bed."
"Later, when I had a chance to break through and wanted to get back on good terms with you, Your Majesty, you didn't come to Jiaofang Palace very often..."
Zheng Yi laughed angrily at the beauty in his arms, and asked: "Doesn't that mean that if this incident hadn't happened to your grandfather, you would never have planned to see me in this life?"
"No, no!"
Cui Xiabing sat up quickly: "I am your Majesty's concubine, and I should serve your Majesty."
"Even if nothing happens to my grandfather, I plan to come to see your majesty after a while."
"Yeah."
Zheng Yi nodded and said: "If you are sleeping with me, aren't you afraid of punishment from your master?"
"This...can't happen."
Cui Xiabing said categorically: "Master once made it clear that she will not interfere in my concubine's life."
"After I have mastered the third level of Qi, I will decide whether to sleep with you or not."
"Master once said that now that the path to immortality is cut off, it will take at least ten years for me to enter the third level of Qi training in a place like the palace."
"I didn't expect that I could do it in three years!"
Zheng Yi's heart moved.
Ten years of cultivation to reach the third level of Qi training?
But Cui Xiabing did it in three years.
Innate pure yin energy? !
Those five paths are derived from the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, and the princesses born through the bodies of concubines can indeed enhance the spiritual energy of this world!
As long as I keep giving birth to children, the aura of this world will revive sooner or later.
Are there any abnormalities in children who are born with innate spiritual energy?
In other words... having spiritual roots? !
Zheng Yi quickly said: "My beloved concubine, can you test spiritual roots?"
"Testing spiritual roots?" Cui Xiabing shook his head and said, "No, but my master will definitely do it."
"Where is he?"
"I don't know. Three years ago, the master said that she was going to travel around the world to find opportunities for breakthrough. Before leaving, she only left the flying sword magic weapon and the stone spiritual sand with me."
"Lingsha? What is it?"
"It is a kind of sand that contains spiritual energy. In the past, monks used spiritual stones, but now they can only use spiritual sand."
"Do you have any more?"
"Uh, no more. I spent all of it long ago in order to practice."
"By the way, is your master a boy or girl? How old is he?"
"Uh... Master is a woman, and she is also a very beautiful woman. As for my grade, I have never asked."
Cui Xiabing thought for a while and said: "But the master is extremely beautiful, not inferior to me."
"Seriously?"
"Seriously!"
"Do you have a way to contact your master?"
"No, Master said she will come back in as little as three years or as many as five years..."
After a conversation, Zheng Yi learned a lot more.
At this time, Cui Xia Bing said with spring eyes: "Your Majesty, it's getting late, I'll wait for you to rest."
Zheng Yi smiled and said: "I'll serve you!"
Picking up Concubine Cui's body as light as a bone, Zheng Yi felt a little nervous for some reason.
Cultivator!
What he was holding in his arms was a genuine cultivator!
He held up Cui Xiabing's delicate face and asked, "Do you really not regret it?"
Cui Xiabing's face was a little red, but she still stared at Zheng Yi seriously and said: "Your Majesty, I am your concubine."
"I have no regrets!"
"I will never let you down!"
An hour later, Cui Xiabing fell into a deep sleep, but Zheng Yi closed his eyes, and his whole spirit was concentrated on the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror.
Sure enough, clear handwriting appeared on the mirror of Yin Yang Treasure Mirror again.
[Absorb pure Yin energy, life span +20;]
[Absorb the pure yin energy and acquire the "Su Nu Yin Sha Gong";]
[Due to physical limitations, "Su Nu Yin Sha Gong" was automatically forgotten;]
[Absorb pure Yin energy, water attribute spiritual root +6;]
[Absorb pure Yin energy, earth attribute spiritual root +4. 】
[Absorb pure Yin energy, mana +10. ("Su Nu Yin Sha Gong" automatically transformed)]
[Absorb Yin energy, mana +1. 】
My father-in-law is hospitalized, and I have to watch it in the hospital these days. The manuscript was also written in the hospital. There must be a lot of typos, and the plot may be a bit confusing, but I will try to keep it updated, that's all.
(End of chapter)