HLnovel Chapter 298 achieved its intended effect.
Chapter 298 achieved its intended effect.
The Dragon Raises Its Head on the Second Day of the Second Lunar Month —
On this day, the palace will hold a banquet, and almost everyone who can attend will go.
Inside a side hall in a corner of the palace—
The heads of the Zheng and Chen families were led there by palace servants and met.
"Did you summon me?" the Zheng family head asked.
The Chen family head frowned and shook his head: "No, then it wasn't you who summoned me here?"
The head of the Zheng family shook his head.
The two men immediately realized they might have fallen into a trap. Just as they were about to leave, a tall figure appeared at the doorway, bringing with it a trail of light and shadow.
When the Zheng family head and the Chen family head looked up at the same time and saw that it was Huangfu Qian, both of them were surprised.
Why did Huangfu Qian summon the two of them?
"Greetings, King Jiang!"
Huangfu Qian stepped into the side hall, revealing the petite figure following behind her, Xia Mo.
The Zheng family head and the Chen family head were even more surprised.
“Sit down,” Huangfu Qian said, pointing to a square table to the side.
The Zheng family head and the Chen family head exchanged glances and then moved to a square table next to the side hall to sit down.
Four people were sitting in a four-corner arrangement.
The Zheng family head and the Chen family head couldn't help but exchange a secret glance.
When the men were discussing matters, King Jiang actually allowed a woman to sit at the table, which shows how much King Jiang valued the head of Anjia Township.
Xia Mo flipped his hand and produced a compass out of thin air.
When the Zheng and Chen family heads saw Xia Mo's actions, their eyes widened in surprise. Could Xia Mo be a member of the Daoist sect?!
Taoism does not prohibit marriage between men and women, but... it is still strange for a Taoist nun to get married.
Xia Mo separated a wisp of divine consciousness and then shared the vision of this wisp of divine consciousness with Huangfu Qian, the Zheng family head, and the Chen family head.
When the Zheng and Chen family heads suddenly discovered that he could see the scene outside the hall, they were startled!
The Zheng and Chen family heads trembled in their seats, as if they were about to jump up, but seeing Huangfu Qian sitting to the side, they dared not move, their hearts pounding uncontrollably.
"What's going on?" Patriarch Zheng suspected this might be Xia Mo's doing and whispered, "Why can I see what's happening outside the hall even though I'm inside?"
"It's the Taoist method of spiritual observation," Xia Mo explained expressionlessly.
Both the Zheng and Chen family heads had read books on Taoism, so they indicated that they understood and managed to calm themselves down.
As summer faded, the three people's gazes returned to the banquet.
The Zheng and Chen family heads stared in astonishment as they saw two strange things.
"What is that?!" The Zheng family head saw a light screen in front of his son. On the screen was a picture of his son, a moving picture, and then there were many bullet comments on the picture.
The head of the Zheng family was very flustered and asked anxiously.
"Those are invaders from another world, primarily devouring the fortune of this world. They will only leave when the world is destroyed," Huangfu Qian explained.
Both the Zheng family head and the Chen family head stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
"This……"
The Chen family head discovered that not only was there a light screen in front of the Zheng family head's son, but there was also one in front of his most valued son!
"What exactly is going on?" the Chen family head asked with difficulty.
“The world’s fortune has been plundered, and the world will be destroyed,” Huangfu Qian paused, then explained simply: “The two of them are the mediums, and the people whose fortune they have plundered are their dead brothers.”
Chen and Zheng's hearts skipped a beat.
Both of them had a beloved son whose appearance and personality perfectly matched their love. But their favorite son died before he was even ten years old!
Chen and Zheng rationally understood that this was their fate, but they would still occasionally dream of their beloved son.
But it was only then that they learned that their son, who was the most handsome in their eyes, had actually been killed by their other son!
How are they supposed to make contact?!
Chen and Zheng were deeply shaken and did not want to watch any longer.
"Please withdraw my divine sense patrol!" the Zheng family head pleaded, unaware that his voice was trembling.
"Do you see the words on the screen?" Huangfu Qian didn't let Zheng and Chen off the hook, and continued to ask.
"Those words that are missing limbs or broken?"
The Chen family head clenched his fists, desperately suppressing the violent turmoil in his heart.
"The barrage says: Arrange for palace servants to drug the prince. As long as you find a way to get the prince of Anjia to drink the wine laced with the drug, a palace servant will help the prince to the last room in the west wing to rest."
"In the most dangerous moment, the streamer rescues the damsel in distress, and Xia Mo will definitely be extremely grateful to the streamer. At this point, the streamer then proposes to marry her..."
Huangfu Qian read the comments on the screen to Zheng and Chen with a blank expression.
Zheng and Chen couldn't understand it at first, but after Huangfu Qian read the comments a few times, they were able to understand the content on the screen themselves.
Zheng and Chen both looked grim.
The head of the Chen family gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, the head of Anjia Township, my son is not inherently a vicious person. It was that foreign invader who corrupted him!"
The Chen family currently only has one legitimate son. If possible, the Chen family head would prefer to only have one legitimate son! Even though... he currently harbors resentment towards his only legitimate son!
Instead of reading the comments, Huangfu Qian asked, "Do you think they know what impact their actions will have on this world?"
Zheng and Chen were startled by Huangfu Qian's calm words.
Xia Mo led Zheng and Chen's gaze to Ma Yiyi's screen.
The main point is that this screen contains content that Xia Mo wants Zheng and Chen to see.
Ma Yiyi whispered to the screen, "By then, I'll already be dead, so why should I care whether this world is destroyed or not?!"
After the death of the only legitimate son of the Zheng and Li families, Ma Yiyi discovered the impact that the world's fortune would have after it was plundered.
The live streaming system gave Ma Yiyi time, and at that moment, Ma Yiyi gave the live streaming system a reply.
When the Zheng and Chen family heads heard Ma Yiyi's reply, they were both jolted. They stared wide-eyed, feeling a sense of suffocation, thinking of their two sons who might have the same thoughts as Ma Yiyi. They felt another wave of suffocation.
Seeing that the effect had been achieved by the end of summer, he withdrew his divine sense.
The Zheng family head and the Chen family head finally broke free from the shared consciousness and no longer had to look at the strange light screen. They breathed a long sigh of relief, only to find that they were already drenched in cold sweat!
"If the world is destroyed, can you still be a century-old family?" Xia Mo asked, resting her chin on her hand.
Noble families don't care who becomes emperor; what they care about most is the interests of their own family. They are even willing to sacrifice themselves for their family.
The question now facing the Zheng and Chen family heads is: if this world is destroyed, how can their families possibly continue to exist?
Both the Zheng and Chen family heads had considered this point, but... was what Xia Mo and Huangfu Qian said true? Was it possible that they were only saying these things for their own benefit?
“The invading entity used your two sons as a medium to collect the fortune of your other son. Now, only when both of them are disgraced can the fortune be returned,” Xia Mo said after a pause, making the two of them waver.
She said, "I can save both of their lives."