Chapter 86 The Imperial Concubine's Request

"Then I will tell you."

Zheng Yi said indifferently: "Your Cui family has 71 direct descendants, 1,651 branch descendants, and more than 50,000 tenants and servants under your name!"

“These more than 50,000 people even formed more than 100 tenant villages.”

"Almost half of Qinghe County, as well as more than ten counties around it, are all owned by your Qinghe Cui family."

"With so much land, do you know how many refugees we have to feed?"

"This, this much..."

Cui Xiabing was shocked, she had no idea about this.

A few days ago, my grandmother came to visit with my mother. She told me about this matter in tears and finally asked me to plead with His Majesty.

I can't resist, so I have to ask Your Majesty.

I didn't expect such a horrifying thing to come out of His Majesty's mouth.

Zheng Yi also shook his head. He told Concubine Cui all this, but she didn't understand at all.

There is absolutely no way to solve the land annexation in feudal society.

Insufficient productivity can only alleviate the problem but not eradicate it.

However, Zheng Yi has now come up with several solutions.

Discussing the crime fields is only the first of them.

"Okay, my dear, it's getting late. You should go back to the Pepper Room first."

Zheng Yi coldly ordered them to leave. Concubine Cui slowly stood up with a sad look in her eyes.

"Your Majesty, I don't know anything about family and national affairs, nor do I know about refugee lands. I only know that my grandfather, who loved me since I was a child, has now fallen ill."

"As long as I can help Grandfather get through this, I am willing to do anything."

"Are you willing to do anything?"

Zheng Yi's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "I do have a question here. If you can help me, I can change the one million acres of crime-discussing land to 500,000 acres!"

"Five hundred thousand acres?"

Cui Xiabing calculated secretly in his heart and immediately asked, "Your Majesty, do you have any questions?"

Zheng Yi helped Cui Xiabing back onto the stool and asked, "Noble Concubine Cui, you are a cultivator, right?"

"Your Majesty! How did you know that your servant, your servant..."

Concubine Cui stood up suddenly, startled.

Being a cultivator is her biggest secret.

She originally thought she could keep the secret from His Majesty for a long time, but she didn't expect it to be exposed so quickly.

"Your Majesty, I did not mean to hide this from you."

Zheng Yi pulled her down again and said, "My beloved concubine, don't worry. The reason why I talk to you openly about this matter means that I don't blame you."

"You also know that I have spent two years searching for immortals, but have gained nothing."

"I didn't expect that the person next to me is actually a cultivator. You really made it difficult for me to keep it a secret!"

Cui Xia Bing said sadly: "Your Majesty, it's not that I didn't say it clearly, it's really hard to disobey Master's order."

"Is it difficult to disobey the master's orders?"

Zheng Yi suddenly felt a little cautious. Is there a cultivator behind Concubine Cui?
"You have a master? Where is he?"

"She, she's gone traveling. There's been no news for three or four years."

Cui Xiabing said: "The last time I saw her was four or five years ago."

"And, according to Master, the technique I am practicing is only suitable for women, not men."

"Oh?"

Zheng Yi's eyes flashed, and he was relieved and said, "My beloved, can you tell me the details of how you became a cultivator and the cultivator behind you?"

Cui Xiabing hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Yes."

"Your Majesty, that was the time when I returned home to visit my parents after I became your noble concubine..."

Afterwards, Cui Xiabing told him the whole story of how she became a cultivator.

She told him everything about her master Xuanjizi, the skills she practiced, and her current situation.

"Dual spiritual root talent?"

"Yes, Master said that I have dual spiritual roots of water and earth, which is considered excellent even in the cultivation world a thousand years ago."

"Master Xuanjizi? What's your cultivation level?"

"Well, the master's name is Xuanjizi. From what she said, she seems to be in the middle stage of Qi training, and is only one step away from the late stage."

"What kind of skills do 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 what is your current level of cultivation?"

"Practice, practice Qi at level three."

"What level of strength does the third level of Qi training belong to?"

"In the early stage of Qi training, one step away from entering the middle stage of Qi training."

"Can you cast spells?"

"Yes, a little bit."

"A little bit, what's that?"

"Water Prison, Water Arrow, and Earth Shield."

"Do you have a magical weapon?"

"Yes, there is one... it was given to me by my master before he left."

"where?"

"It's on me. It's a flying sword. I've just mastered it."

"Can I practice your skills?"

"Well, it seems that it won't work. Master said that men have innate yang energy in their bodies, and they have yang roots. The Su Nu Yin Sha Gong will hurt men's roots, and the result will be half the effort with twice the results."

"Innate Yang Qi? It will hurt men's foundation? Can eunuchs practice it?"

"Ah? Ah? I, I don't know..."

"Last time you slept with me, what did you do to make me faint?"

"Ah? Your Majesty, you even know about this?"

"Haha, there are not many things in the entire palace that I don't know."

"Yes, it is the enchanting incense left by our master. It can even enchant a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training."

"Why did you use this incense on me?"

"Master said that the Su Nu Yin Sha Gong contains Yin Sha power. You must not break your virginity before you reach the third level of Qi training, otherwise it will damage your foundation."

"Before you reached the third level of Qi training? Aren't you already at the third level of Qi training now?"

"Well...I, your concubine, luckily made a breakthrough a few months ago, when Your Majesty went to Mount Daizong."

"Where is your master?" The two asked and answered each other, and Zheng Yi soon learned most of the secrets of Cui Xiabing, the rookie cultivator.

In other words, behind Cui Xiabing, there is a cultivator 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 thinking, Cui Xiabing suddenly held Zheng Yi's big hand with her small hand and said softly: "Your Majesty, what are you thinking about?"

"I have told you all the secrets. Please, please, for the sake of my grandfather's hard work and contributions over the years, please be lenient with me."

Zheng Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry, my beloved concubine is so frank, I will not be stingy."

"After all, Minister Cui is an important minister of the country. The amount of land for criminals should be changed to 500,000 mu!"

"Five hundred thousand acres..."

Cui Xiabing hesitated for a moment, then sat closer.

"Then, what about adding me?"

"Ok?"

Zheng Yi's eyes moved. What are you doing?
Girl, your action is very dangerous!

Looking at Cui Xiabing's delicate face and her somewhat flustered eyes, Zheng Yi picked her up.

"Bing'er, think carefully. You are a cultivator, and 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 nervously opened them and gritted her teeth and said, "Your Majesty, although I am a cultivator, I am also your Majesty's concubine!"

"Ever since I was old enough to understand, my father, mother, grandfather, and many other relatives have been telling me that I will become the new emperor's concubine and will live my whole life for His Majesty."

"Three years ago, I entered the palace, married His Majesty, and was named Imperial 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, my master actually valued me. I was so dizzy that I 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. She looked at Zheng Yi very seriously and said, "At that time, Your Majesty was dealing with the rebellion of the Tang King. You stayed in the front court all day and never came to the harem."

"Later, the King of Tang and Prime Minister Yang were overthrown by your Majesty one by one, and that was when you began to get involved with the harem."

"I, your concubine, was at the bottleneck of my cultivation at that time, so I could only claim to be sick to avoid serving you in the emperor's bedchamber."

"Later, when I was lucky enough to make a breakthrough and was thinking about reconciling with Your Majesty, you rarely came to the Pepper Room..."

Zheng Yi was so angry that the beauty in his arms laughed. He asked, "Doesn't that mean that if your grandfather hadn't had this incident, you would never have planned to see me in your life?"

"No, no!"

Cui Xiabing quickly sat up and said, "I am your Majesty's concubine, so I should serve you."

"Even if Grandfather was fine, I was planning to come to see Your Majesty in a while."

"Ah."

Zheng Yi nodded and said, "If you sleep with me, aren't you afraid of your master's punishment?"

"This... won't happen."

Cui Xiabing said firmly: "Master once said that she would not interfere with my life."

"After I reach the third level of Qi training, it will be up to me to decide whether to sleep with you or not."

"Master once said that now that the path to immortality is cut off, it will take me at least ten years to reach the third level of Qi training in a place like the Imperial Palace."

"I didn't expect that I could accomplish this in just three years!"

Zheng Yi's heart moved.

It took ten years to reach the third level of Qi training?

But Cui Xiabing accomplished it in just three years.

Innate pure yin energy? !
Those five princesses that were derived from the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror and were 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 spiritual energy of this world will revive sooner or later.

Are there any abnormalities in children who are born with innate spiritual energy?
Or in other words... possessing spiritual roots? !

Zheng Yi quickly asked, "My beloved, can you test your spiritual roots?"

"Test your spiritual roots?" Cui Xiabing shook her head and said, "No, but my master definitely can."

"Where is he?"

"I don't know. Three years ago, my master said she was going to travel around the world to look for a breakthrough opportunity. Before she left, she only left me a flying sword, a magical tool, and some stone sand."

"Spiritual sand? What is it?"

"It's a kind of sand that contains spiritual energy. In the past, cultivators used spiritual stones, but now they can only use spiritual sand."

"Do you have any more?"

"Uh, no more. I have already used them up for cultivation."

"By the way, is your master a man or a woman? How old is he?"

"Well... my master is a woman, and a very beautiful one at that. As for her age, I have never asked."

Cui Xia Bing thought for a moment and said, "But Master is extremely beautiful, not inferior to me."

"really?"

"really!"

"Do you have a way to contact your master?"

"No, Master said she would be back in three years at the least, five years at the most..."

After a conversation, Zheng Yi learned a lot.

At this time, Cui Xiabing said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it is getting late. I will wait for you to rest."

Zheng Yi smiled and said, "Let me serve you!"

Picking up Concubine Cui's light and boneless body, Zheng Yi felt a little nervous for some reason.

A cultivator!

What he held in his arms was a genuine cultivator!
He held up Cui Xiabing's delicate face and asked, "You really don't regret it?"

Cui Xiabing's face flushed a little, but she still stared at Zheng Yi seriously and said, "Your Majesty, I am your concubine."

"I have no regrets!"

"I will not let you down!"

An hour later, Cui Xiabing fell into a deep sleep, but Zheng Yi closed his eyes, his whole mind concentrated on the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror.

Sure enough, clear words appeared again on the mirror of the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror.

[Absorb pure Yin energy, lifespan +20;]

[Absorbing pure Yin energy, learning the "Su Nu Yin Sha Gong";]

[Due to physical limitations, the "Su Nu Yin Sha Gong" is automatically forgotten;]

[Absorbs pure Yin energy, water attribute spiritual roots +6;]

[Absorbs pure Yin energy, earth attribute spiritual roots +4. ]

[Absorb pure Yin energy, mana +10. (Automatically converted by "Su Nu Yin Sha Gong")]

【Absorbs Yin energy, mana +1. 】

　My father-in-law is in the hospital, and I have to stay there to watch over him these days. The manuscript was also written in the hospital, so there will probably be a lot of typos, and the plot may be a bit messy, but I will try my best to keep it updated, that's all.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)