Chapter 077: The wind has not risen, but the waves have stopped - Part
Over the next few days, Xiang Lily Villa welcomed visitors one after another. Almost all the prominent forces in the imperial capital sent representatives to deliver a gift, and the name of the gift was even more ridiculous, congratulating Qin Bin for "structuring the magic circuit."
The reason for using this excuse is actually because few people dare to disturb the old dean. After finding out that Qin Bin is temporarily "staying" at the Xiang Baihe Villa, the major forces can only use this ridiculous name to send gifts and make friends.
What surprised Qin Bin, but also made sense, was that the next night, Yan Mond, the manager of the Imperial Capital branch of the Mysterious House, came personally to the Xiang Baili Villa to congratulate Qin Bin and give him a gift, and at once he presented him with three holy objects, which was simply extremely generous.
Qin Bin certainly did not dare to neglect Yan Mond's personal visit. In addition to giving her a warm reception, he also took out two Holy Domain Magic Cores and asked Yan Mond to sell them on his behalf, and promised to give Yan Mond an extra reward.
These two Holy Domain Magic Cores were not gifts from those big forces, but what Xiaobai had previously exchanged from the old dean. After Qin Bin collected the basic data, he planned to cash in the two Holy Domain Magic Cores.
Just as Yan Mond came to visit, Qin Bin asked the "Mysterious House" to sell the item on his behalf.
As for why they want to cash in, it's also very simple. The market price of each ninth-level holy domain magic core basically starts at one million holy lang, and they are usually the kind that have a price but no demand, so there is basically no worry about selling them.
In this case, there is no need to calculate too much. Just one million Saint Lang, without taking into account the extra value of the currency, the power of will carried by the currency itself can easily bring Qin Bin at least one million power of will. This is still an extremely conservative calculation based on one power of will per coin.
Normally, as long as Qin Bin's face is not so black, the at least two million holy Langs that can be transformed from these two holy magic cores can bring Qin Bin millions or even tens of millions of wishes.
And since Shenglang, whose willpower has been drained, has no loss of market value, he can still be traded in society, which means he can purchase more luxury items and thus gain more willpower.
This is also the fundamental reason why Qin Bin believed from the beginning that once he had established a foothold in the prosperous big city in the other world, he would no longer lack the power of will.
Yan Monde was not surprised that Qin Bin took out the Holy Domain Magic Core. Perhaps she already had a psychological threshold. After all, the fact that he had previously exchanged her high-quality magic core with a defective Holy Domain Magic Core made her realize that this was definitely a 'once in a while' thing.
However, Yan Mond refused the extra remuneration and only charged a certain percentage of commission according to the "Mysterious House"'s agency sales practice.
Qin Bin did not insist on this, but approached her enthusiastically and competently, and even tried to invite Yan Monde to stay for dinner, but Yan Monde politely declined and left on the pretext that it was late.
In addition to Yan Mond's personal visit, there were three other parties that came to congratulate Qin Bin, which gave him a headache.
The three parties are the eldest prince, the second prince and the emperor.
It was understandable that the eldest prince and the second prince's people sent congratulatory gifts directly to Xiang Baili Villa and implicitly expressed their intention to win over Qin Bin.
After all, Qin Bin’s identity is completely different at this moment.
As a disciple of the old dean, and with ambiguous relationships with the Dragon Princess, the daughter of the Hall family, the daughter of the Garcia family, the daughter of the imperial hero, etc., Qin Bin unknowingly became the core figure of a new force.
In this situation, it is normal to be won over by the two princes.
However, when Qin Bin met the representative sent by the emperor and went directly to the old dean's residence to congratulate the old dean on his "good disciple", and learned that the representative was also the emperor's teacher, the royal chief priest Emma Storati, Qin Bin instantly realized that the water in the imperial capital was much deeper than expected.
So on the fifth night, taking advantage of the arrival of a new batch of signs and landmark objects, and the fact that Qin Bin had received a lot of gifts from celebrities in the imperial capital these days, he called Leah, Sophia, Xiaobai, Lin, and Lilina to the warehouse of the Xianglily Villa.
After the warehouses were closed, Lilina naturally set up a sanctuary-level barrier, and Qin Bin went through all the gifts, signs, landmark objects, etc. that he had received in the past few days, which were almost filling up the warehouses.
After clearing out all the power of vows from above, Qin Bin called a few women over, sat in a circle, and said.
"Things are much more troublesome than expected."
"Eh?" Qin Bin's sudden words made the girls a little confused.
Qin Bin also said, "At first, I thought the biggest vortex in the imperial capital should be the dispute over the crown prince. Now that the two princes have sent gifts separately, it's nothing, it's just a way to win over the emperor, but the emperor sent his own teacher to personally congratulate my teacher and me, and when talking to me, he also implicitly expressed the emperor's appreciation for me, which is completely different."
After hearing what Qin Bin said, everyone understood what Qin Bin wanted to say.
But except Xiaobai, no one else seemed to understand.
Leah even asked, "Is there any problem with this?"
Qin Bin said, "This is a big problem. Under the premise that the emperor is old and weak and may die at any time, the task of winning over valuable targets should be handed over to the next monarch, but the emperor chose to bypass the two popular candidates for the crown prince, which makes me have to think wildly."
"What kind of nonsense are you thinking?" Sophia asked.
Qin Bin said, "First, the emperor is not old and weak at all, so it is far from the time for him to pave the way for his successor. This is insufficient information to draw a conclusion, so we can only talk about conspiracy theories.
Second, although the old emperor is really old, his control over the empire is still absolute. He is just hesitant about the current princes and grandchildren.
Third, the power behind the two princes is too great, so great that the old emperor is on pins and needles. "
Leah and the others frowned as they listened.
Qin Bin continued, "Personally, I hope it's the second one. Because only the second one will limit the conflict to the royal family, and the most outrageous development will be nothing more than a palace coup with limited bloodshed."
"?!" Leah and the others' pupils shrank.
Xiao Bai asked with interest, "What about the first and third place?"
Qin Bin said, "First, as I said before, there is insufficient information to make further inferences, so we can only ignore it for now.
The third one is the most troublesome and dangerous situation.
In short, the eldest prince has the support of the queen and Grand Duke Garcia, and his power is extremely strong. This is an indisputable fact. The second prince, Little Golden Retriever, has the support of the imperial concubine, the general, and Grand Duke Clark. I cannot estimate how strong he is, but he is definitely not much worse than the eldest prince. He may even be stronger than the eldest prince.
Of course, the specific situation of how powerful the forces behind the two princes are remains to be explored. However, from a macro perspective, the empire is currently divided into three major forces: the emperor, the eldest prince, and the second prince.
In this case, if the military and political power controlled by the emperor himself is less than one-third, and this one-third has been secretly won over and divided by the two princes, the consequences will be disastrous. "
Xiao Bai narrowed his eyes, "You mean, once the old emperor dies, it will be difficult for either of the two princes to gain the other's submission, which could lead to civil unrest or even civil war?"
"Yes." Qin Bin nodded seriously and said, "In fact, in my opinion, there is no such thing as submission in the battle for the crown prince. Only when the loser eats dust, no, it should be said that the loser turns into dust, can the other party be truly at ease.
Even though the people at that time, that is, the two princes, were concerned about family ties, the subordinates on both sides would rack their brains to eliminate potential threats.
The two princes have come to this point, and a life-and-death situation is hard to avoid."
"Is it just difficult?" Xiaobai asked curiously.
Qin Bin said, "Yes. For example, the future disposal method is a way to break the deadlock. In my opinion, it is also one of the best solutions."
After Qin Bin mentioned the future, Leah, Sophia and Lin couldn't help but frown.
Qin Bin continued, "Sophia becoming the queen of Little Golden Retriever means that the 'old ministers' of the current emperor, represented by Grand Duke Hall's faction, will fully support the new emperor, which will allow the new emperor's faction to gain overwhelming power in a short period of time. At the same time, Garcia will 'turn against' and support Little Golden Retriever, making Leah the imperial concubine of Little Golden Retriever, and saving the eldest prince's family at the cost of Garcia's support. This will appease the members of the eldest prince's faction and reduce the threat of the eldest prince's faction, so that the Little Golden Retriever faction will not be so urgent that they must be wiped out immediately. With a buffer period, there will be room for detours.
After all, the real support of the Grand Prince's faction is the extremely powerful Principality of Garcia. Without the strong support of the Principality of Garcia, it would be really difficult for the Grand Prince's faction to make any waves. Proper suppression and stripping for a few years or even more than ten years would theoretically make the Grand Prince's faction disappear into thin air, and the best outcome would be for the Grand Prince to completely become a marginalized person.
During this period, as long as Little Golden Retriever can use his brain a little better, accept and support the people of the Grand Prince's faction, especially Garcia, to restrain the overly powerful forces of the Grand General and Grand Duke Clark, and at the same time rely on the royalist old ministers to gradually form a new three-party balance structure, then the Kana royal power will be basically stable in Little Golden Retriever's generation."
"..." The girls didn't know what to say for a moment after hearing Qin Bin's words.
"You are sure you won't let the future unfold like this, right?" Xiaobai said with interest.
"Of course not."
Qin Bin's decisive words made Leah and the others smile in relief, but they gradually became worried because of what Qin Bin had said before.
Leah and Sophia were not worried about what would happen to the Holy Kana Empire, but they both knew one thing very well, that is, their origins meant that it would be difficult for them to get out of this vortex. If they could not get out, Qin Bin would be in danger as well.
Lin didn't have too many thoughts, but she was also just worried that Qin Bin would be affected.
Chapter 078: The wind has not risen, but the waves have stopped - Part
Xiao Bai then asked, "Since you said that future is one of the best solutions, is there any other way?"
As soon as Xiaobai said this, everyone's eyes lit up and they looked at Qin Bin with great anticipation.
Qin Bin narrowed his eyes and said, "Another way is to let the 'old ministers' who are only loyal to the emperor have the power to crush the eldest prince and the second prince combined. This is probably one of the reasons why the emperor asked his teacher to come to see me and my teacher in person. Presumably, the emperor knows very well that my teacher is from the Divine Realm, and I have a close relationship with the Dragon Clan, and I have an unclear relationship with the representative of the 'old ministers', the granddaughter of Grand Duke Hall——"
Sufia snorted and said dissatisfiedly, "Abin, our relationship is very clear, we are husband and wife."
"...Okay, it was a slip of the tongue." Qin Bin smiled and continued, "In short, I am not only related to the 'old ministers' faction, but also to Garcia. I have the Dragon Clan standing behind me, and I have the support of the teacher from the Divine Realm. In this way, I have unknowingly become the key to the victory or defeat of the crown prince competition. You can understand that whichever side I side with, the chance of that side's victory will increase greatly. And given my relationship with Liya, it is normal for me to side with the eldest prince's faction. It's just..."
"Just what? Isn't this great?" Xiaobai was puzzled.
Qin Bin said, "If the second prince's uncle is not a general, and the general's military power is not that great, then this is indeed good. However, now that I completely side with the first prince, who can guarantee that the general will not take risks? On the contrary, if I side with the second prince, it will be difficult to explain to Liya, after all, the first prince is Liya's cousin. What's more, can Garcia really accept this?
Therefore, before Archduke Garcia makes his position clear, I will be very passive and even become the center of the game among various forces. What's more, there is a possibility that the Second Prince's family will make a strategic misjudgment.
"Once the Second Prince and the General are sure that I am on the side of the First Prince, do you think we can still live in peace? Will the General, who has military power, and the Second Prince, who has a reputation that is not inferior to that of the First Prince, take risks?"
Xiao Bai nodded suddenly, "I understand. You mean, if we pretend to be stupid and do nothing, it may cause Little Golden Retriever and the general to misjudge. If we directly support the eldest prince, it may also force Little Golden Retriever to jump off the wall. In this case, don't we only have one way to go? No, it should be two ways?"
Leah and the others were a little confused after hearing this. It seemed that they were really not good at this.
But then again, if they really had a certain level of political literacy, perhaps the future wouldn't have developed to that point.
After taking a look at Liya and the others, Qin Bin, feeling relieved, gave the answer, "Yes, there are two ways to go.
One is to support the eldest prince and fight to the death with the second prince's faction. I can't tell what the result will be, but please prepare for the worst.
The other way is safer and the most reliable way, which is to be loyal only to the current emperor. No matter who the new emperor is in the future, our attitude will be to be loyal only to the emperor."
"It is true..." Xiaobai paused and asked, "If we choose the latter, what about Leah?"
Qin Bin folded his arms, frowned and said, "I remember that Liya's mother is the emperor's sister, and Liya's brother is a half-brother. In this way, the emperor is very willing to see Liya become Garcia's first in line... At the same time, he would rather see Liya's husband is a member of the royal family... And my existence makes all this impossible, at least I won't allow it. On the other hand, Liya can only let Garcia "quarrel" in the name of pursuing love, and then take the initiative to give up Garcia's inheritance rights, thereby severing ties with Garcia and the eldest prince's line.
With this attitude, and my relationship with Sophia is also very clear, and with you, Xiaobai, as the main person, it can basically give the outside world the impression that I, or we, are a member of the emperor's 'old ministers'. Add to that the attitude of Hall's faction, and it will be highly convincing."
At this point, of course, Liya understood what she had said, so she nodded and said, "The reason I care about the inheritance rights is that I want to give you, Bin, a backer. Now that you are in control, it doesn't matter if I just give up the inheritance rights."
Qin Bin said, "I know that with your personality, Liya, you definitely don't care about that kind of thing. However, the key issue now is how ambitious your father, Archduke Garcia, is."
"Ambition..." Leah and the others were moved after hearing this.
Qin Bin said, "Liya, Garcia has always called itself a principality, not an autonomous territory of the Kana Empire, which is very telling.
Above the Duke of the Holy Kana Empire is the King. If the King is not enough, then what is above the King?
You know, Kana was originally just the Principality of Kana of the United Kingdom of Lunia.
Although the history books compiled by the Holy Kana Empire do not describe much about the United Kingdom of Lunia, there are still some historical materials compiled during the period of the United Kingdom of Lunia in the teacher's study. I have also read them when I was free these days."
"This..." Liya looked at Qin Bin in a daze, "No way?"
"I don't know." Qin Bin shook his head, "But we can't rule out this possibility."
"Well, if that's the case, what should I do?" Leah asked again.
Qin Bin pondered for a moment and said, "Liya, tomorrow you will find a way to secretly send what I said tonight to your father, except for some things that cannot be said, that is, the topic about the future, and add a sentence saying that the Holy Kana Empire is currently peaceful and the people are safe, and the real duke is more beneficial and risk-free than the king who is condemned by thousands of people. That's all.
If Grand Duke Garcia is willing, he will naturally cooperate with you and allow you to smoothly give up your inheritance rights. Otherwise, please be mentally prepared. "
"Bin, I know what to do."
After Leah answered seriously, Sophia and Lin also looked over.
Qin Bin said, "Sophia, Lin, just pretend you don't know anything for now. Just as it was in the past, it will be the same in the days ahead."
"I see."
"Listen to Xiao Binbin."
After the two women nodded one after another, Qin Bin looked at Xiaobai and Lilina.
"Xiaobai, Lilina, starting tomorrow, you and I will go live with the teacher. The celebrities in the capital don't dare to disturb the teacher, so this is a good opportunity for me to avoid the limelight and see what happens first."
"no problem."
"I will obey your Highness' orders."
After Xiaobai and Lilina responded, Qin Bin spoke again.
"The more than 20 million willpower we gained this time will all be converted into cultivation resources. After all, power is the core of our self-preservation and autonomy."
After hearing this, all the girls nodded in agreement...
......
The next day, Qin Bin took Xiaobai and Lilina to the old dean's place and temporarily stayed there on the pretext of asking the old dean for advice.
Leah went to the Chamber of Commerce headquarters in the imperial capital where Garcia was stationed.
Originally, Leah wanted to find a confidant to deliver the encrypted magic letter back to Garcia County, but unexpectedly, she met her father's confidant - Vincent Akinode.
In a living room of the Chamber of Commerce, after letting the servants leave, Liya said happily, "Grandpa Vincent, when did you come to the capital? Why didn't you let me know so that I could pick you up?"
The old man Vincent Akinode is like a relative to Leah. It can even be said that she and her brother were raised by Vincent Akinode.
Vincent smiled kindly and said, "I just came here with the Duke's caravan to do some business. I will be going back to Garcia soon, so I don't want to disturb you, young lady."
"That's it..."
"Miss, what's the matter with you suddenly coming to the Chamber of Commerce? If it's about purchasing strange items, don't worry, the Lord has no intention of interrogating you."
"Well...haha, that's great." Leah smiled awkwardly, then changed the subject, "By the way, I have a secret letter for my father, so I'll trouble Grandpa Vincent."
As Leah spoke, she handed Vincent the letter with the Garcia family's exclusive magic encryption runes.
When Vincent saw that it was a top-level encrypted letter, he couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Is it urgent?"
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