The martial arts instructor smiled and patted his shoulder: "Here we not only teach martial arts, but also the ability to march and fight. Look over there..."

Shen Tao looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a group of teenagers carrying bags on their backs and sandbags tied to their legs, running around the academy's playground with neat steps and full of momentum.

Coach Wu then casually called over two thin-looking young men and said to Shen Tao, "You two should fight him, but be gentle."

Shen Tao thought he could win easily, but he was dumbfounded when they started fighting.

The two young men looked weak, but they had great explosive power, and their punches and kicks were fast and accurate. He couldn't defend himself at all and was knocked to the ground in a short while.

Shen Tao sat on the ground, his face full of shock, and never dared to underestimate the people here again.

Bai Wanwan took them to eat and drink, Shen Tao "tsk tsk" twice and said:

"It's really good! This bullfrog is even better than I thought, and this hot pot is both spicy and numbing.

It’s really nice here, I don’t plan to go back to the capital for the time being.”

Wang Jingheng nodded: "Me too...I don't plan to go back either."

The others nodded as well: "This place is really great."

Bai Wanwan took a sip of milk tea and said, "As long as your family is willing, I don't mind. Oh! By the way, I have a house here too. Would you like to take a look? It's two thousand taels and comes with a yard..."

Shen Tao's eyes lit up: "Hey! Take us to see it!"

As expected, they were quite satisfied and paid the money directly. Bai Wanwan's construction team worked quite fast and had already built several small buildings.

Bai Wanwan also told Shen Tao about the Queen's tomb. Shen Tao was stunned: "Are you saying that this tomb should be made public? Aren't you afraid that the people of the Parthian Empire will kill you?"

Bai Wanwan looked at him and said, "Why are you killing me? The bottom three floors are only open to the public, and the top two floors are not open to the public."

Shen Tao was speechless and said, "Alright! You're crazy about making money. This is the tomb of the first queen of the Parthian Empire. The people of the Parthian Empire will definitely fight you to the death."

Bai Wanwan sneered: "If they dare to fight me to the death, I will blow up the Queen and make them lose even their last hope."

"You are so cruel..." Shen Tao was convinced.

They all quickly sent letters home, saying that they were studying at the Mortal Academy and would not be returning for the time being.

The Queen Mother cursed angrily in the palace:

"That Bai Wanwan is a little devil. She kidnapped my grandson to a place where there's no place for him to live. You should call him back as soon as possible."

The eldest princess smiled and said, "I think it's pretty good there. At least there's someone who can keep him under control."

"Is there no one in the capital who can control him? I think he is about old enough. I think there are some good girls from several families. You can pick one..." The Queen Mother prepared the portraits directly.

The nanny beside the Queen Mother bowed and took out a stack of portraits from the brocade box. There were more than twenty of them. She carefully handed them to the Princess and said,

“Princess, these are portraits of noble ladies carefully selected by the Queen Mother.

Look at this picture. She is the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites. She is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her appearance is one in a million.

And this one, this is the daughter of the Zhenguo Duke’s mansion, her horsemanship and archery skills are as good as men’s, and she has a cheerful personality…”

She flipped through the pages one by one, describing each noble lady's family background and special talents in great detail.

The eldest princess took the portrait and casually flipped through two pages. She said with a hint of helplessness, "Mother, but Tao'er...he said he won't consider this matter for the time being."

The Queen Mother said with suppressed anger:

"What do you know? You must persuade him to get married as soon as possible and have children!

Only in this way can our Taoer gain a firm foothold step by step and have the opportunity to sit on the supreme position in the future! "

The princess trembled violently when she heard this, and her voice was a little anxious:

"Mother! Please don't have such thoughts!

Tao'er has a bad temper and only likes to wield swords and guns. He is not fit to be an emperor at all. Let's... let's not think about this anymore!"

The Queen Mother suddenly sat up straight from the couch, her voice suddenly rising:

"What did you say? Didn't we agree long ago that Tao'er must learn the art of being an emperor and help him rise to power?

Otherwise, we will have no good life in the future!"

She shouted:

"Do you really believe what Su Daji said? If she really became the Empress Dowager, would she still give us mother and son a chance to survive?

What on earth are you thinking about, you stupid fool! "

The eldest princess shrank back at her yelling, but still mustered up the courage to speak:

"Mother, actually... we don't have to keep an eye on Tao'er! We can support the Eighteenth Prince instead.

I think Gu Sinian is very good in all aspects, both in character and ability, and is more suitable than Taoer..."

"How outrageous!" Without waiting for the princess to finish her words, the empress dowager was so angry that she grabbed the jade cup at hand and smashed it to the ground with a "bang".

Her chest heaved violently as she pointed at the eldest princess and said:

"How dare you come up with such an idea! What is Gu Sinian's identity?

Have you forgotten the power behind him? If we go close to him, it would be like putting our necks under someone else's knife! "

The eldest princess sighed and said:

"Speaking of which, Baiyin isn't necessarily a bad person. Although he's a bit stubborn, he hasn't really done anything harmful.

I think Bai Qiaoniang is a good person. She is gentle to others and knows when to act. She doesn't seem like the kind of person who would kill for profit.

Sometimes we should not think too badly of others."

The Queen Mother slapped her in the face and said:

"Do you know who killed those sons of the Bai family?

It was Su Daji who did it, but I was also involved back then. Do you think Baiyin doesn't know?"

The eldest princess looked at her and asked, "Mother, why?"

The Queen Mother sat back on the phoenix chair, her fingertips gripping the Buddhist beads suddenly tightening:

"Did you know that the three Baiyin children have been close to your brother since they were young?

Qi Guangheng even regarded them as his right-hand men and was not on guard at all."

She paused, her eyes darkened, her tone filled with fear:

“The boss is very thoughtful, and his ability to judge situations is almost demonic.

The second son is proficient in arithmetic and can see through the tricks in the account book at a glance.

Although the third brother is the youngest, he is eloquent and has great martial arts skills.

These three children together are more difficult to deal with than those cunning officials.

If I hadn't gotten rid of them sooner, do you think we could still be sitting in peace in this palace now?"

The Queen Mother looked up at the Princess, her tone tinged with sarcasm:

"Do you think the Silver Boss got the title of Little Zhuge for nothing?

If he had really let these three children grow up to be successful, I don’t know what would have happened to us, mother and I!

I wanted you to be with him back then, but he didn't like you at all.

And you, you have poor vision too, you found someone like that, who will spend his whole life in seclusion. Are you going to wait for him for the rest of his life?"

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like