Chapter 225: Envoys of the Three Kingdoms

“Aunt Hui, you care more about others’ blindness than your own son’s well-being?” Di Hongluan found it amusing. Realizing she almost misspoke, Di Hongluan steadied herself and said sweetly, “Aunt Hui, it’s not as bad as you think. We’re not taking Luo Zifeng’s eyes by force; his eyes were going to be lost anyway. We’re just making use of them. Since Luo Zifeng will be blind, it would be a waste to throw away his eyes. If we can save Di Xuan, isn’t that a win-win?”

“How do you know that Luo Zifeng’s eyes were going to be lost?”

“Today you saw the situation at the Luo family. Luo Zifeng went mad for no reason, it’s because of those eyes.

To tell you the truth, those eyes are heterochromatic, and Luo Zifeng’s fate is too weak to bear them. Therefore, on his coming of age, he will die. The heterochromatic eyes must be removed!”

“How do you know so much about Luo Zifeng’s situation?”

Di Hongluan gave Concubine Hui a look. “Aunt Hui, don’t inquire about this further. I just know that many things you don’t understand, explaining them to you would be pointless.”

Could she tell Concubine Hui that she’s a time traveler with a script?

Of course not!

She could only attribute her extraordinary knowledge to a ‘mysterious master from another realm.’

Otherwise, many things would be hard to explain.

Fortunately, Concubine Hui believed her.

“Just tell me, how should I cooperate with you? If you don’t want to cure Di Xuan’s eyes, then forget about it. I won’t force you.”

Concubine Hui hesitated for a moment, then made up her mind. “Tell me, how should I cooperate?”

“It’s simple,” Di Hongluan said with a grin, “Just have a few more concubines offer red cloth dolls.”

She needed a lot of faith value.

The faith value of royalty grows the fastest.

She could only achieve this through Concubine Hui’s help.

“Just that?” Concubine Hui smiled calmly. “If the little princess had said so earlier, I have been promoting the little deity’s miracles privately.”

“I know.”

In recent years, a few concubines in the palace had started offering dolls to the little deity after hearing Concubine Hui, which is how the faith value grew.

“But the palace is different from the outside. Sorcery and witchcraft are taboo here, and I’ve done my best over the years.”

“Precisely why I wanted to help Aunt Hui,” Di Hongluan said with a gentle smile. “Rest assured, Aunt Hui, I will definitely help you cure Di Xuan’s eye disease.”

Concubine Hui was deeply grateful to Di Hongluan, her eyes even reddening. “When I return to the palace, I’ll have people offer more dolls to the little deity. Recently, I even sent a doll to Concubine Rou. It’s a pity that Concubine Rou didn’t believe in the little deity and preferred to believe in Taoist Baiyun. Concubine Rou actually stomped on the little deity’s doll in front of me and later, I heard, threw it into a latrine. It made me so angry…”

‘Bang!’

Di Hongluan abruptly stood up. “You said Concubine Rou threw the doll into the latrine?”

“Yes, that Concubine Rou really doesn’t appreciate anything. But after I return to the palace this time, I’ll give dolls to other concubines and ignore Concubine Rou,” Concubine Hui said with a hint of anger. Concubine Rou had truly squandered her good intentions.

Di Hongluan’s eyes rolled, nearly causing her to faint from anger.

A latrine!

Her deity’s image had been thrown into a latrine!

The once fragrant and beloved deity had become stinky and despised!

How could they treat her deity’s image like this?

“Aunt Hui, if you want Di Xuan to recover quickly, you must sincerely pray for the little deity’s blessing.” Di Hongluan left these words and quickly departed.

As she exited the tavern, she heard a ‘ding—’ sound in her mind.

【Congratulations, the task of winning over Concubine Hui has been completed】

Di Hongluan sighed in relief.

With a cold smile, she thought, did they really think she would help the blind Di Xuan out of kindness?

Concubine Hui was just her fish.

“I’m going to use the points from this task to exchange for a cleansing talisman.”

【Understood】

Di Hongluan didn’t know how to draw talismans. To get the cleansing talisman, she had to use her points.

After using the cleansing talisman, she let out a deep breath.

A single cleansing talisman had completely erased her undesirable reputation, but it also meant she could no longer complete the charming female protagonist’s task.

All her efforts over the past three years were in vain.

“The spirit of an indomitable cockroach is one of the essential qualities for a time-traveling protagonist! I’m only ten years old. I still have plenty of room to improve. I haven’t met the male lead yet. On this journey of a strong female protagonist, I’m just beginning. I can’t rush things,” Di Hongluan consoled herself, determined to tread carefully with each step moving forward.

She wanted the heterochromatic eyes!

In the plot she knew, heterochromatic eyes were a magical item.

Once she had the heterochromatic eyes, combined with her superb medical skills, it would be a game-changer.

At that time, all the princes and nobles would regard her as an honored guest.

What was the Tiansheng Dynasty compared to that?

She wanted to look down on the Seven Kingdoms and become a revered figure.

“Little Princess, please slow down,” Concubine Hui hurried after her, not understanding why Di Hongluan had suddenly stormed off.

Di Hongluan, in a foul mood, looked up and saw three luxurious platinum carriages approaching from the end of the street. On top of the carriages were large luminous pearls.

These were… foreign carriages.

The color of the luminous pearls on the carriages indicated the country of origin.

This was the first time Di Hongluan had seen foreign carriages in the capital of the Tiansheng Dynasty.

“It’s the envoys from the Fire Nation, Earth Nation, and Feng Nation. Since February 2nd has passed, they are here to welcome the Divine Dragon back to their countries,” Concubine Hui, despite her secluded position in the palace, immediately recognized the carriages.

The Divine Dragon rotated among the Seven Kingdoms, everyone knew.

After February 2nd in the Tiansheng Dynasty, the Divine Dragon would leave, as always.

The Tiansheng Dynasty didn’t have a national deity, so they valued the Divine Dragon greatly, wishing he could stay longer to boost their national fortune.

This year was different. Even after February 2nd, the Divine Dragon statue on the temple wall still had its eyes open, indicating that the Divine Dragon had not yet left.

This was a phenomenon that couldn’t be achieved through incense and prayers, no matter how hard the Emperor tried.

“Little Princess, something has happened in the palace. I need to return to the palace now,” Concubine Hui said, disappearing into the crowd quickly.

Di Hongluan gazed at the three carriages in a daze…

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On the steps of Yihe Palace, a little chubby child was sitting there, dangling their legs and counting chickens.

“One, two, three, six, seven, eight…”

【If I count chickens until dark, I can go find Brother Luo Zifeng, haha】

Ah Bao was happily counting when Zhilan hurried over from outside. “Your Highness, the envoys from the Three Nations have arrived. The Emperor has asked you to go to the Qianqing Palace first.”

Concubine De frowned, tidying up while asking, “What’s the situation in the front hall now?”

“Oh, the situation is very bad. The envoys from the Three Nations are aggressive and domineering. I heard that the Emperor will have to pay a heavy price today.”

Concubine De’s expression changed. With the national treasury empty, if the Emperor had to provide tribute to the Three Nations at this time, it would be adding insult to injury.

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