Fairy, please step aside, I've taken a liking to your man.

"The Zhang family? A marriage alliance?"

Shen Bai's eyes showed a strange look. He looked at the white-haired old woman and found that she was looking at him with a hint of disdain.

"The Zhang family is an ancient family with a history of ten thousand years. The establishment of the Dragon Tiger Academy is entirely due to the contributions of the Zhang family."

The white-haired old woman chuckled and said, "The Zhang family promises that as long as Your Highness is willing to marry, they are willing to offer a dowry of trillions."

"A trillion-dollar dowry?"

This condition was too harsh, not to mention the Sixth Princess, even Shen Bai felt it was too extreme.

An elder in black robes nodded and said, "Your two companies are just starting out. Whether they can continue to be profitable and whether they can survive in the long run is still uncertain."

The Zhang family's conditions are truly substantial, which will be a tremendous help to His Highness in developing Qiyuan Star.

Seeing the greed and contempt in their eyes, Shen Bai understood that their earlier expression of approval was merely a polite formality.

In fact, the Sixth Princess's maternal clan never truly regarded her.

Even if a Golden Core cultivator is the youngest in the nearly thousand-year history of the Xuan Yuan Empire, he is still just a genius cultivator with some usefulness.

Without a family or aristocratic lineage, even if everyone knew that he wanted to marry the Sixth Princess, no one would believe that he could succeed.

Moreover, for aristocratic families, geniuses are the least of their worries.

"My marriage is none of your business!"

The Sixth Princess looked at the elders, her voice carrying an undeniable authority: "If even one member of the Li family dares to discuss my marriage again, don't blame me for being impolite!"

The white-haired old woman flew into a rage: "Your Highness, your mother has already agreed to this marriage! And do you think you can still live so freely on Qiyuan Star without the support of my Li family?"

"Are you threatening me?"

The Sixth Princess's stunningly beautiful face was now covered in frost: "Believe me or not, I'll drive the entire Li family off Qiyuan Star right now!"

The Sixth Princess had never dared to rely too much on the Li family, fearing that one day she would become a puppet manipulated by them. But despite all her precautions, she still ended up in this situation.

Even though Shen Bai presented two such impressive business companies, and even though Shen Bai had already helped fill the huge cash flow deficit, the other party still greedily wanted to form a marriage alliance with the Zhang family.

How could she possibly tolerate such a thing?

"Your Highness, I advise you to think it over carefully. After all, Qiyuan Star and Qiyuan City are not things that you can decide on your own."

The white-haired old woman got up, glanced at Shen Bai with disdain, said nothing more, and started walking out.

In her eyes, Shen Bai was not worth saying anything harsh to her.

For powerful families, if they really get angry, they can even replace the emperor, let alone a small marriage alliance.

The sixth princess's aura suddenly surged.

The white-haired old woman was stunned for a moment, then a look of shock flashed in her eyes: "Your Highness, you are about to advance to the Golden Core stage?"

The Sixth Princess snorted angrily, "Don't think that just because my father's lifespan is coming to an end, you can do whatever you want. This Qiyuan City is still ruled by me!"

The white-haired old woman's face darkened; she could tell that the Sixth Princess was strongly opposed to the marriage alliance.

"This is your mother's wish!"

"What does she mean? Do you think she still has much power after my father ascended to heaven?"

The Sixth Princess sneered, "I'll put my words out there: after a while, you'll be the ones begging me to give the Li family a place to stay!"

The elders felt a chill in their hearts, realizing that the Sixth Princess was even wiser than they had imagined.

One emperor and one courtier.

If the emperor passes away and the crown prince succeeds him, even though the Li family is a thousand-year-old family, its power and business will be affected. Even if it doesn't cause serious damage, it will definitely damage its vitality.

The Li family's eagerness to arrange a marriage between the sixth princess and the Zhang family was also based on this idea.

However, the sixth princess saw further ahead.

On Qiyuan Star, she was the local tyrant.

Whenever an emperor passes away, her importance skyrockets. Even a new emperor will try his best to win her over and appease her. At that time, even the most important toll fees of the empire will be made available to the sixth princess.

With the toll revenue sharing, the Sixth Princess will take off completely, and the Li family won't have a chance to interfere.

In fact, with the support of Shen Bai's four companies, the Sixth Princess is now very confident.

This is another important reason why the Li family wanted to form a marriage alliance.

They thought the sixth princess would keep asking them for help, but they never expected that she would overcome the crisis time and time again.

The elders exchanged glances, all of them seeing the apprehension in each other's eyes.

Things seem to be spiraling out of control.

"Oh, right."

At this moment, Shen Bai seemed to suddenly remember something, and looked at the elders of the Li family and said with a smile, "I have reached a strategic alliance with the San Shang Consortium of Dongdao. They are willing to lend Her Highness 5000 billion low-grade spirit stones free of charge. The term is 50 years."

"5000 billion? 50 years?"

These words immediately caused several elders to show shock in their eyes.

The Mikami Group is practically a unicorn. With just stockings and men's and women's products, it has swept the world and grown into one of the top ten companies in the East Island in less than two years.

It is said that the Dongdao royal family has also invested in the company. The fact that such a company is willing to provide 5000 billion to subsidize the sixth princess is something that the elders do not know.

They have completely lost their trump card in controlling the Sixth Princess.

The Sixth Princess will never be short of money again.

"That's an East Island company. Aren't you afraid the other princes will accuse you of colluding with foreign powers?"

The white-haired old woman tried to save face, but the Sixth Princess's sneer rang out again: "You think their backsides are clean?"

One sentence completely silenced the elders.

Shen Bai suddenly stood up and looked at the group: "Perhaps you don't know much about my strength! Have you heard of the story of Li Bai, the sword cultivator from the Kingdom of Rota, tearing apart a Nascent Soul beastman?"

The white-haired old woman looked at Shen Bai in astonishment, wondering why he had suddenly brought this up.

Shen Bai flashed a grin, revealing eight teeth: "A while ago, a few companies tried to harass my family's base, and I wiped them out!"

"Slaughtered them!?"

The white-haired old woman paused for a moment, then her face showed shock: "A few days ago, eight companies were massacred. It is said that these companies all had powerful forces with Nascent Soul stage cultivators. All the Nascent Soul True Monarchs and Golden Core True Persons in these companies are either dead or missing..."

Shen Bai touched his storage ring, and eight heads of Nascent Soul stage True Monarchs appeared before him: "As I said before, I wanted to report to His Highness on my work privately. Since you all want to know as well, I'll show it to you all at once!"

The elders were shocked. They were only at the Nascent Soul stage, and if it weren't for their privileges, they wouldn't even be qualified to set foot on Qiyuan Star. Yet now they saw the heads of eight Nascent Soul True Monarchs placed in front of them.

Shen Bai's act of taking out the heads of eight Nascent Soul True Monarchs at this moment was a blatant show of defiance against the Li family.

On Qiyuan Star, even someone at the Nascent Soul stage would find it difficult to harm Shen Bai.

The other party has already transferred all its foundations to Qiyuan Star, making it extremely difficult for the Li family to target him even if they want to.

As for the other party's four companies, they are controlled by multiple parties. Qingbei Daoyuan alone is not something the Li family can easily provoke.

By the time Qiyuan Star truly faces a full-scale invasion, the Sixth Princess and Shen Bai will probably be too powerful to resist.

"Later, their bodies will be hung on the city walls of Qiyuan City."

Shen Bai's smile appeared sinister and terrifying in the eyes of the white-haired old woman and the others: "Just like the assassins from various countries who tried to assassinate me back then."

……

The elders from the Li family slunk away.

They originally thought they could take advantage of the Sixth Princess's funding shortage to finalize the marriage, but they didn't expect the Sixth Princess and Shen Bai to join forces and reach a cooperation agreement with the San Shang Group of Dongdao. This completely deprived them of their leverage over the Sixth Princess.

Not only that, the Li family will have to keep a low profile in Qiyuan Star from now on, otherwise, if the Sixth Princess finds any fault with them, they will be immediately and forcefully suppressed by her.

The world of Qiyuan Star is about to change.

"So, your connections with the Mikami Group are closer than I imagined?"

After driving away the jackals, the Sixth Princess collapsed into Shen Bai's arms, her delicate hand tracing circles on his chest.

"For Your Highness's future, I am willing to offer myself as a sacrifice."

Shen Bai was upright and spoke with righteous indignation.

"So, it's really not because you two have an affair?"

A flash of embarrassment and annoyance crossed the Sixth Princess's eyes.

"How could that be? I only formed a deep friendship with Mrs. Mikami when I was in Dongdao. We were just close friends."

Shen Bai knew he had to keep his mouth shut at this time.

"So, just because they were close friends, they lent me 5000 billion without hesitation?"

When the Sixth Princess heard the phrase "the friendship between Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya," she couldn't help but blush.

Does this guy really think he can't understand?

"Of course, they have conditions."

Knowing he couldn't be fooled, Shen Bai quickly said, "The San Shang Consortium wants to reduce some taxes, expand its territory on Qiyuan Star, and form a strategic alliance with you to advance and retreat together in the future."

"I'll agree to all your conditions as long as you don't meet with them in secret."

The sixth princess raised her head, her breath sweet as orchids, and looked at the handsome man in front of her. The way he stood up for her just now was really cool.

Even monks are not immune to worldly customs.

Moreover, the Sixth Princess knew very well that he would never have revealed this trump card if it weren't for her sake.

The San Shang Group is clearly a backup plan that Shen Bai has prepared for himself.

For his own sake, Shen Bai even exposed his escape route. The Sixth Princess was so grateful that she could hardly contain herself.

"This is a blatant slander against me, and I will punish you!"

Shen Bai lowered his head and kissed the other person's red lips fiercely: "The punishment is for you to have a child for me!"

The sixth princess's body trembled, an incredulous light flashing in her eyes. She gasped as she struggled to break free from Shen Bai's advances: "Have you thought it through?"

"They've already thrown caution to the wind, what are we still worried about? As long as you're not afraid of damaging your reputation!"

Shen Bai looked at the Sixth Princess with deep affection in his eyes.

The sixth princess lowered her head shyly: "Then I'll wait a little longer before advancing to the Golden Core stage."

"Don't worry, my marksmanship is always excellent. I have a feeling I'll win today."

Shen Bai picked up the Sixth Princess and strode towards the back bedroom: "Mrs. Mikami sent me their latest design of stockings, which are said to be full-body stockings. Let's broaden our horizons together."

The Sixth Princess blushed deeply: "It's still broad daylight! I have official duties to attend to!"

Shen Bai's voice drifted over slowly.

"You do your thing, I'll do mine, let's not interfere with each other!"

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