Capítulo 1269: Chapter 1254: Great Fortune for Little Cat
Including Ye Zhen, no one expected that the Marquis Tianjiang incident at the Changle Princess Mansion would eventually turn into a sensational case.
No one expected it. Originally, a trivial matter, where the true cause was simply because the Marquis Tianjiang wanted to regain face after Ye Zhen tampered with his food box.
Just in the process of regaining face, Marquis Tianjiang was sowhat brazen, and Ye Zhen, as the General-in-chief, was sowhat reckless.
But such matters happen every day in Luoyi, where noble descendants fight fiercely, often resulting in injuries or the death of a few guards, considered a commonplace occurrence.
Yet this ti, such a trivial matter reached the emperor’s ears, causing the Holy Emperor’s fury!
Only three days later, the emperor’s decree regarding Marquis Tianjiang was issued.
Marquis Tianjiang Tian Jiao breached the Changle Princess Mansion, acting recklessly, stripped of his title, sent to military service for evaluation!
Duke Tian, Tian Jiayu, was reproached for failing to properly educate his son, demoted one rank, reduced to a third-class Tian County Duke, housebound for reflection for a year!
This disciplinary action against Marquis Tianjiang, Tian Jiao, can be considered extrely severe. According to the Law of Great Zhou, a prince can confer three children, a duke two children, and a marquis and below only one child.
Typically, only the most outstanding direct lineage descendants within a family are conferred, Duke Tian can confer two children, so years later the duke’s title will be inherited by one of these conferred children.
However, now that Marquis Tianjiang has been deprived of his title, it ans he has completely lost the status of a title inheritor.
Moreover, because of him, the family is disgraced; Marquis Tianjiang’s status within the family will take a severe nosedive!
But the most unfortunate isn’t Marquis Tianjiang, but the Tian family!
According to the Law of Great Zhou, each ti a title is inherited, it is demoted by one rank!
The prince and nobles view titles as their lifeblood.
Most prince and nobles endure a thousand years before being demoted once.
The Tian family has stood for more than ten thousand years, winning countless military rits; although the title has been inherited dozens of tis, it has never been demoted once. But this ti, rely due to a minor conflict, it was demoted one rank.
Restoring this rank would be impossible without decades or centuries of effort and the sacrifice of many clan mbers’ blood.
Ye Zhen estimates the Tian family must harbor intense hatred towards him.
However, this decree from the Holy Emperor is quite thought-provoking.
Because under normal circumstances, such a minor matter occurs too frequently in Luoyi annually to provoke the Holy Emperor’s wrath.
Therefore, the aning behind it is exceedingly complex.
For a ti, all prince and nobles within Luoyi city warned their descendants to avoid causing trouble at the Changle Princess Mansion. So princes and nobles pondered deeply and issued the strictest warnings to their family descendants.
The direct consequence was that Ye Zhen’s duties beca exceedingly simple.
Originally, every day at least two or three noble descendants would co up with various excuses to visit Princess Changle, be it invitations, banquets, greetings from family elders, and so on.
But since Marquis Tianjiang was stripped of his title, the number of visiting noble descendants dropped by more than ninety percent.
Now on average, Ye Zhen encounters one visiting prince or noble descendant every five days.
But even among the few descendants who do co, they feel intimidated by the line of hundreds of trusted aides ard with crossbows both inside and outside the Changle Princess Mansion, and so faint-hearted ones, sensing trouble, leave of their own accord even before entering.
The second day after the Marquis Tianjiang incident, Gu Tieqi sent Ye Zhen a batch of clean-reputation imperial guard reinforcents to his command. These guards were true soldiers, incomparable to the noble descendants, obeying orders like mountains.
Of course, Ye Zhen wasn’t dismissive of everyone; he was discerning.
For instance, when the Marquis of Fenyang brought a hand-made silk scarf from his Imperial Concubine Aunt to visit, Ye Zhen promptly relayed him.
Affairs of the royal family are beyond Ye Zhen’s ddling.
Overall, ever since the Marquis Tianjiang incident, Ye Zhen has been living quite peacefully these days; in one month, the Marquis of Fenyang visited twice, only one Marquis of Hecheng ca once, and other noble descendants, upon seeing Ye Zhen’s stance at the Changle Princess Mansion gate, retreated without bothering.
Naturally, the duties assigned by Master Earth to Ye Zhen are easily accomplished.
One month later, Ye Zhen handed over the defense of the Princess Mansion to the third group of generals.
Following the Changle Princess Mansion’s rotation rules, one month on duty ans two months off duty, allowing soldiers and leaders to cultivate and enhance their capabilities.
In other words, at the end of the month’s duty, Ye Zhen will have two months of free ti.
Ye Zhen has long planned for these two months of free ti, but before that, Ye Zhen has two tasks to complete.
First, Ye Zhen formally seeks an audience with Princess Changle.
Ye Zhen’s request to see Princess Changle was simple; he hadn’t seen Xiao Mao for a month and missed him. Moreover, the one-month period agreed upon with Princess Changle had expired, and Ye Zhen wanted to take Xiao Mao back.
When Ye Zhen saw Princess Changle again, she was in the backyard playing cuju with Xiao Mao and a group of young girls, having a great ti.
Xiao Mao’s round and adorable appearance as he chased the ball amused the maidens, who burst into bell-like laughter now and then.
Compared to when they first t, Princess Changle seed even more cheerful.
Eunuch Luv remarked that this was mostly due to Ye Zhen’s efforts as the General-in-chief, as with fewer botherso and unwanted social engagents, Princess Changle was much happier.
After watching the ga from a distance and waiting for nearly two hours, once Princess Changle had finished freshening up, she formally summoned Ye Zhen.
Upon seeing Ye Zhen, Princess Changle pouted, “General Ye, you are really stingy. The agreent with my palace just hit the thirty-day mark, and you’re already here to reclaim him?”
Princess Changle’s playful and coquettish manner stunned Ye Zhen montarily, then he replied with a bitter smile, “Your Highness, it’s not that I am stingy; firstly, I haven’t seen you for a month, so I miss you a little! Secondly, I planned to take Xiao Mao out during my rotation break to seek pills that could help him break through his bloodline.”
“If you keep feeding this little guy like this, I’m afraid he might explode and die.”
“Explode and die, really?” Princess Changle’s expression was visibly tense, “Pills to break through bloodlines? What kind of pill does Xiao Mao need to break through his current bloodline? My palace doesn’t lack pills that can’t be found!”
Hearing this, Ye Zhen was taken aback for a mont, then he took out a section of the Void-Breaking Black Tiger King’s carcass previously obtained in Xitian County, saying, “Xiao Mao wants to break through his current bloodline, and can only do so by devouring the flesh and blood of a demon beast with his ancestral White Tiger bloodline. I recently found the carcass of a Void-Breaking Black Tiger King, which carries ten percent of the White Tiger bloodline and can help Xiao Mao improve his bloodline.
However, Xiao Mao’s own bloodline is too weak to absorb the essence of the bloodline from the carcass of the Void-Breaking Black Tiger King, and it needs a pill called the Blood-Raising Bone Marrow Pill to assist.”
“Blood-Raising Bone Marrow Pill?” Before Ye Zhen could finish, Princess Changle cast her gaze towards Eunuch Luv, “Little Luv, does my stock have the Blood-Raising Bone Marrow Pill?”
“In response to Your Highness, your stock does not have the Blood-Raising Bone Marrow Pill, but there is a Ten Thousand Spirit Ascending Dragon Pill that is ten tis more effective, which was a gift from His Majesty for your fifteenth birthday!” Eunuch Luv replied.
“Good, then fetch it!” Princess Changle ordered decisively.
As Eunuch Luv was about to leave, Princess Changle called him back, “I rember my father’s beast cage has a White Tiger Mystic Sky Beast?”
“Indeed it does, Your Highness!” Eunuch Luv responded.
“That White Tiger Mystic Sky Beast is a direct descendant of the Ancient Fierce Beast White Tiger with seventy percent of the White Tiger’s bloodline. Use my command letter to instruct the Beast Departnt to send a thousand pounds of the White Tiger Mystic Sky Beast’s blood to my palace every day. That should be manageable, right?” Princess Changle suddenly asked.
Eunuch Luv thought for a mont and said, “In response, Your Highness, that should be no problem. The head of the Beast Departnt was ntored by Master Earth back in the day; he will give due respect.”
“Alright then, have the White Tiger Mystic Sky Beast’s blood delivered continuously for three months, a thousand pounds daily, and also bring all the Ten Thousand Spirit Ascending Dragon Pills!
Additionally, have the Beast Departnt send an expert to assist Xiao Mao with the bloodline advancent,” Princess Changle instructed.
“Yes, I’ll attend to it imdiately!”
It wasn’t until Eunuch Luv had left in a flash that Ye Zhen finally reacted.
What the heck was this?
He had originally thought he’d have to go all out—do whatever it took to get Xiao Mao the Blood-Raising Bone Marrow Pill to advance his bloodline.
But unexpectedly, Princess Changle resolved the issue with just a few words.
Not only resolved it, but what she provided to enhance Xiao Mao’s bloodline made what Ye Zhen had seem like trash in comparison!
However, thinking about it, it made sense. Princess Changle, with just a few words, could mobilize resources accumulated over countless millennia by the Great Zhou Empire, sothing Ye Zhen couldn’t rival.
Considering Princess Changle’s ability to mobilize such vast resources, Ye Zhen montarily felt a tinge of greed.
If he could influence Princess Changle to acquire a massive amount of cultivation resources for him, Ye Zhen’s cultivation speed could reach unimaginable levels.
However, this thought was quickly dismissed by Ye Zhen.
Not to ntion that Princess Changle, being sharp and astute, was not easy to fool.
The old and keen Master Earth, who protected Princess Changle, would undoubtedly deal with Ye Zhen imdiately if he dared to manipulate her.
“Princess, about this…”
“No buts. The only way for Xiao Mao to easily enhance his bloodline and make breakthroughs is by staying with . You know what to choose, right?” Princess Changle playfully blinked at Ye Zhen.
“I understand!”
Ye Zhen smiled bitterly, instructed Xiao Mao briefly, and then turned to take his leave. For at least three months, Xiao Mao would belong to Princess Changle.
However, on the other hand, with such excellent resources, Ye Zhen wouldn’t mind Xiao Mao staying with Princess Changle for even three years!
After leaving the Inner Residence, Ye Zhen looked up at the sky, “Master Earth, the month is up, isn’t it ti you honor the promise to teach the Divine Power thod reward you pledged!”
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