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Of course, it's said to be simple, but it's actually not simple at all. After all, the Fatui Enforcers are not easy to deal with.

"I hope so." Ningguang sighed slightly, and said with some helplessness, "To be honest, I hope they don't do anything, even if they want to."

"At the very least, we should wait until after the invocation ceremony is over."

If the Fools had come at a different time, Ningguang wouldn't have found it so troublesome; it just so happens to be during this year's Summoning Ceremony.

Su Hao shook his head slightly, took a sip of tea, and looked at Ningguang to comfort her, "It's alright, tomorrow is the Immortal Invitation Ceremony, everything will be over."

Su Hao's words here have a double meaning: after the ritual of inviting the immortals, everything will be over.

After all, if Zhongli's plan succeeds, Liyue will enter a very stable development period, and any problems that arise can be resolved.

If it fails, then the Rock King Emperor will sweep everything away. In any case, everything will be peaceful.

The final result is good, and Ningguang doesn't need to devote so much energy to dealing with so many things as she does now.

“Yes, yes.” Paimon nodded repeatedly, and said with great confidence, “No matter who it is, they won’t be able to cause any trouble at tomorrow’s Immortal Invitation Ceremony. The Rock King Emperor will be there.”

"With him around, nothing is a problem."

Paimon's words amused Ningguang, who smiled and said, "While that's true, the Emperor has announced the arrival of the era of humans and immortals."

"As humans, we cannot rely on the Emperor's power forever. Keqing is right about one thing: what if one day we lose the Emperor and the immortals? What will we do then?"

"Although that day is still far off, I will make preparations for Liyue before that day arrives."

Ningguang spoke very seriously, and she truly acted accordingly. Liyue had to be prepared for that day to come.

The trust between the Emperor and the immortals made her realize what a burden she carried. Not only her, but the other seven stars and other members were also very clear about what this trust represented.

In order not to betray this trust, everyone is working very hard to contribute to a better Liyue tomorrow.

"Go for it!" Paimon clapped his hands to encourage Ningguang.

Ying smiled, feeling that Ningguang and the others could definitely do it.

"Well... aside from that, thank you for your help these past few days, Traveler and Paimon."

Ningguang knew she had gone too far with her emotions, and she looked at Ying with a smile and said, "Now it's time to discuss the rewards. As I said, it doesn't matter whether you brought any valuable information or not."

"You can each take one item from the Jade Pavilion. If I really cherish this item, I will pay three times the Mora to buy it."

"Don't be shy, please feel free to choose. If there's nothing you want, you can just tell me what you're looking for. I'll definitely do my best to meet your needs within my scope of responsibility."

Paimon's eyes lit up, and she quickly said, "Really anything is possible?! Let me take a look first!!!"

"Hmm." Ningguang smiled, indicating that she was free to look around. Everything in the Jade Pavilion was extremely precious; any one of them could fetch over ten million Mora.

Paimon looked around excitedly, glancing left and right.

But Ying didn't get excited at all, which made Su Hao ask with some doubt, "Aren't you going to choose one?"

“No need, let Paimon do it.” Ying shook her head slightly. She looked at Paimon flying around and chuckled, “Originally, when I took on this mission, I planned to post a missing person notice for Kong. That’s what I did in Mondstadt.”

"But considering Kong's current situation, I don't think this missing person notice is very necessary."

"So let's make Paimon happy now. She's been looking forward to this for a long time. Besides, I've earned enough Mora recently. If I earn any more, I'll probably have to save it."

Upon hearing Ying's words, Su Hao smiled knowingly, then silently mourned for Kong in his heart, thinking, "Your sister isn't even posting missing person notices anymore."

She doesn't care about you anymore.

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Ultimately, Paimon suffered from decision paralysis; she didn't know what to choose, not because she couldn't see the valuable items.

Instead, she consciously avoided things that looked expensive at first glance.

Unfortunately, while Ningguang said she could pick anything, Paimon didn't dare to actually pick anything, since they hadn't really found out anything.

Paimon would probably feel very embarrassed if she took something valuable, so she simply took a seemingly insignificant little trinket.

Well, it's a very inconspicuous thing, just casually placed in a corner, but it's a rather exquisite-looking smoking pipe.

"this one?"

Ningguang watched Paimon pick up the pipe, a hint of a smile flashing in her eyes. She said, "This thing is probably worth ten million Mora."

"Huh?! ...

Paimon wanted to say, "How is this possible? Ningguang, you haven't been fooled, have you?"

Ying's mouth dropped open slightly, clearly not expecting that a rather exquisite-looking smoking pipe could be worth ten million Mora.

Su Hao, having discerned the general condition of the smoking gun, remarked, "If this smoking gun were to be sold, its basic value would probably be only a few hundred thousand Mora. However, since it was used by Ningguang, its price would likely be around ten million."

"If it were auctioned, the price would be even higher, after all, this was once used by Tianquan Ningguang."

Su Hao was telling Ying and Paimon that the pipe itself was not valuable; what was valuable was its owner, Ningguang.

It's worth noting that countless merchants in Liyue try to curry favor with Ningguang. Some have even spent a fortune in Mora just to have a meal with her and try to build a closer relationship.

Furthermore, many merchants considered it an honor to ascend Ningguang's Jade Pavilion.

"Wow……"

Paimon finally understood. Looking at the pipe in her hand, she hesitated and asked, "Ningguang, is this important to you?"

Paimon didn't actually want the pipe; he just thought it was the least conspicuous and probably the least valuable thing, so he picked it up.

Unexpectedly, this thing could sell for ten million Mora. In fact, according to Su Hao, the price would be even higher if it were auctioned.

"It's alright." Ningguang smiled and shook her head. She said, "I bought this when I was bored. I didn't like using it, so I changed to a different pipe. This thing only has sentimental value for me."

"So if you like it, just take it. I thought with your greedy nature, you would take something more valuable."

There are many good things in the Qunyu Pavilion. Apart from its commemorative significance, this pipe has no intrinsic value.

Ningguang was somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected that Paimon, who seemed so greedy, would actually choose the cheaper items when it came to actually buying them.

"Hahaha~" Paimon laughed awkwardly, though she was also somewhat speechless at her own money-grubbing nature.

Ying remained silent because Paimon had his own principles, which made them good partners. If the other party had no principles and was unrestrainedly greedy and gluttonous, then they would be incompatible.

Ying won't be traveling with Paimon anymore, since having such a "partner" will inevitably bring her trouble sooner or later.

The good news is that although Paimon is a bit of a penny-pincher, he is still a little shy when faced with a real choice and will choose some less expensive items.

"Now that we've made our selections, Paimon and I will be leaving now," Ying said, knowing that Ningguang and Su Hao needed to discuss some things.

She and Paimon decided not to stay there any longer.

Being a third wheel isn't good, and Ying was well aware of this, so she spoke up in advance, saying that she and Paimon were leaving first.

“There’s no need to rush. You two can go rest for a while.” Ningguang said as she watched Ying take the initiative to leave. “Su Hao and I will chat for a bit and then leave together, or we can stay and have a late-night snack.”

"Late-night snack?!" Paimon caught the key word, his eyes lighting up, clearly very excited.

Ying glanced at Su Hao and asked him what he thought.

Su Hao noticed Ying's gaze and nodded, saying, "Okay, Traveler, wait for me for a moment. I need to discuss something with Ningguang."

"Okay." Seeing that Su Hao had said so, Ying had no objections. She looked at Ningguang and said, "Then Paimon and I will wait here for a while. As for the late-night snack, we can talk about it later."

"Paymon and I just had dinner not long ago, so I'm not particularly hungry right now."

Paimon became anxious upon hearing Ying's words. She patted her belly and exclaimed, "Traveler!!! I'm not full yet!!! I can keep eating!!!"

I didn't eat much tonight!

Ying rolled her eyes. Did she not know how much Paimon had eaten that night?

She still remembers very clearly the other person sitting on the table, rubbing their round belly, indicating that they couldn't eat anything.

Ningguang was amused by Paimon's behavior again; he was indeed quite interesting.

They don't want the opportunity to earn Mora for free, but they are extremely concerned about things like food.

And so, Ying and Paimon temporarily left Ningguang's office, leaving Su Hao and Ningguang alone together.

"Is something wrong?"

Although he was alone in a room with Ningguang, Su Hao didn't feel much, because he had experienced this situation quite a lot.

On the contrary, Su Hao became secretly vigilant, determined not to reveal the matter of tomorrow's Immortal Invitation Ceremony.

Su Hao was well aware of how shrewd Ningguang was, and he was terrified that a single wrong word might arouse Ningguang's suspicion and thus ruin Zhongli's plan.

Therefore, Su Hao still needs to be careful to avoid this situation.

"It's nothing really." Ningguang leaned against the window, looking at Su Hao earnestly, and said, "Actually, I'd like to ask you to join me in the [Invitation of Immortals] ceremony tomorrow."

Yes, that was Ningguang's purpose in summoning Su Hao.

Tomorrow is the ceremony to invite the immortals. In principle, the ceremony is performed by the Seven Stars in rotation every year.

However, this year is special. This is the first year of the era of humans and immortals. Ningguang knows how much the Emperor values ​​Su Hao, so she decided to bring Su Hao over to [invite the immortals] on this auspicious day.

"I?"

Su Hao was slightly taken aback, clearly not expecting Ningguang to think that way.

"Yes and you."

Ningguang smiled and looked at Su Hao, saying, "I wonder if you could grant me this request, this weak and helpless woman who hasn't slept well for over a month?"

“These days, I’m so tired that I’m even thinking about whether I should find a good man to marry, and then resign from my position to live a life of being a wife and mother.”

Faced with Ningguang's words, Su Hao looked at her with a mixture of amusement and exasperation, and said, "You? A weak and helpless woman?"

If any other woman had said those words, Su Hao might have believed them to some extent, but Ningguang was different; she was able to sit in the position of Tianquan, one of the seven stars of Liyue.

She truly relied on her own abilities. Although Keqing had some reservations about Ningguang, for example, Ningguang would always find ways to buy her things with Mora.

Although Keqing is also a wealthy woman in Liyue, she wouldn't use so much Mora to fight for a moment's pride. So every time she watches Ningguang use a lot of Mora to buy the things she likes.

Keqing was so angry she was gritting her teeth! But she couldn't do anything about Ningguang, since Ningguang had Mora to be capricious with, and all of that Mora was earned through her own abilities.

And... if Ningguang were to publicly announce that she wants to find a good man to marry, the line of men would probably stretch from Liyue to Mondstadt.

Yes, that's no exaggeration at all, because Ningguang is a woman with power, beauty, and money. Marrying her is like lying down and having nothing to do; you don't need to struggle at all.

"Hmm~" Ningguang chuckled, but she didn't intend to continue joking. Instead, she explained, "Actually, this is also my own selfish reason."

"Because according to intelligence from various sources, the Fools will probably do something on the day of the Summoning Ceremony."