Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

Looking at the woman in a purple dress in front of her, her beauty wasn’t astonishing at first sight, but possessed a gentle and delicate allure. Paired with her calling herself ”sister,” she humbly lowered herself, making Jiang Ruoqing unable to muster any dislike.

She replied: ”Jiang Ruoqing.”

”Sister Ruoqing,” Ye Wanqiu called out again.

Her nature was inherently non-confrontational, so she naturally wouldn’t be at odds with Jiang Ruoqing.

”Greetings, sister, I am Luo Zhen,” Luo Zhen greeted Ye Wanqiu.

Having followed her father in business, Luo Zhen had some experience in judging people.

From the temperament of this sister, it was clear she held a noble status. Her manners displayed elegance, which wasn’t something an ordinary rich girl could exhibit.

This sister was definitely a daughter of an official, and not of low rank either.

”I am Xu Miaozhen, greetings... sis... sister.” Xu Miaozhen also greeted with a bow.

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The few of them muddledly took each other as sisters. Fortunately, Chen Mo was unaware, otherwise, he would surely have burst out laughing.

Meanwhile, as Chen Mo was resting,

Bianliang City was in turmoil. Well-equipped Imperial Guards marched through the streets, completely surrounding the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

Countless citizens peeked out from their windows and door frames.

They were aware of the new Emperor’s ascension but hadn’t heard of the Prime Minister’s death yet since the Imperial Court’s announcement hadn’t been released.

Seeing the Prime Minister’s Mansion surrounded, they were all extremely shocked.

The Prime Minister was no ordinary high-ranking official.

Yet someone dared to draw weapons at the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

There were still some loyal guards within the mansion, standing firm and preventing Quan Qiyang’s men from entering.

”Make way,” Quan Qiyang shouted as he stepped forward.

The Imperial Guards stepped aside, and Quan Qiyang gathered all his True Qi into his right leg, then fiercely kicked the main door.

With a thundering sound, the door was kicked open, and the people from the Imperial City Department and Fire Qilin Army bypassed Quan Qiyang and flowed inside.

After charging into the mansion, they first fiercely beat the guards holding the door before rushing towards the inner courtyard.

Upon entering the inner courtyard, the lavishness within instantly mesmerized the soldiers; it was comparable to the palace of the Emperor outside.

Cai Si was also lecherous and recently added a thirteen-year-old concubine.

The soldiers stormed into the inner courtyard, causing countless beauties adorned with pearl headdresses and silk robes to scream and run chaotically.

Gao Zheng touched his nose, his face slightly flushed, inwardly lamenting his own limited experience.

He thought his lord lived lavishly enough, but Cai Si had surpassed his lord dozens of times. Clicking his tongue, he said: ”If I didn’t know this was the Prime Minister’s Mansion, I’d have thought I entered the Harem.”

Gao Zheng’s words were somewhat offensive.

But everyone nearby was their own people.

Quan Qiyang pretended not to hear and said: ”Commander Gao, you search the right side, I’ll search the left side.”

Gao Zheng nodded, relaying his gained experience from Chen Mo, he said: ”Sir Quan, remember to instruct your men to dig three feet down, those corrupt officials love to bury their silver in the ground.”

Hearing this, Quan Qiyang paused, then nodded.

Their men took control of the Prime Minister’s Mansion and then began searching inside and out, causing chaos everywhere.

They wouldn’t have known if they didn’t search, but upon searching, they were astounded.

For instance, in Cai Si’s study, beyond the bookshelf behind the desk, filled with books, all other shelves held gold, silver, and jade artifacts, while the walls were lined with ancient paintings. Cai Si’s collections were naturally genuine.

Brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Even the inkstone for grinding ink was made of ivory.

The wolf hair anchoring place on the brush was crafted from the finest jade.

Moreover, they found a hidden chamber in Cai Si’s study, filled with boxes stacked tidily, all containing silver ingots.

Those with rich experience in seizing estates tapped the secret room’s wall, sensing something amiss.

Upon breaking a section open, the wall was found to be full of gold inside.

Witnessing this, the soldiers swallowed their saliva hard, quickly summoning Quan Qiyang and Gao Zheng.

Upon arrival, both were wide-eyed, exclaiming in unison: ”My goodness, how much is this worth?”

This is what is meant by wealth rivaling a nation.

”Cai Si didn’t die unjustly,” Quan Qiyang looked at the gold-laden wall, still not recovered from the shock.

The entire Prime Minister’s Mansion was searched inside and out for over two hours, the treasures unearthed were piled high filling the courtyard.

An officer from the Imperial City Department, tasked with tallying the finances, reported: ”Sir Director, I’ve roughly calculated just now, if combined all, it shouldn’t be less than tens of millions of taels.”

”Tens of millions of taels?” Quan Qiyang and Gao Zheng were once again astounded.

After suppressing the Nanyang rebellion, the silver taels seized from the Rebel Army were only about a quarter of the Prime Minister’s Mansion’s wealth.

”Last time when Grand Prince of Anyang initiated a ministerial donation, Cai Si only donated eight thousand taels,” Quan Qiyang exclaimed with his mouth agape.

Since the beginning of the seizure, he felt his upper and lower lips had not touched.

”The poor die of poverty, the rich are dripping with wealth,” Gao Zheng remarked.

When there was nothing left to search, everyone began a more meticulous inventory.

Just then, Gao Zheng pointed at a young girl among Cai Si’s family members and said: ”Sir Quan, what do you think of her?”

”Who?” Quan Qiyang was puzzled.

”Her,” Gao Zheng pointed at the young girl once more.

The girl, in her teenage years, had snow-like fair skin, an irresistible beauty who was breathtakingly stunning.

Though her cheeks were streaked with tears, her features were extraordinarily charming.

Even among many beauties, she could be spotted at a glance.

Quan Qiyang glanced at her, then smiled, thinking Gao Zheng had taken a liking to her, he said: ”I understand, I’ll have someone remove her name from Cai Si’s family record, and note her as having drowned herself.”

Gao Zheng nodded, then quickly realizing Quan Qiyang misunderstood, he said: ”Sir Quan, it’s not for me. What do you think about presenting her to my lord?”

Upon presenting Xu Miaozhen earlier, Gao Zheng had gained considerable benefits. Now, seeing a girl whose looks rivaled Luo Zhen, he was tempted again.

”Present her to your lord?” Quan Qiyang was stunned again. Your lord is a eunuch, what use does he have for beauties?

Wait?

Quan Qiyang quickly snapped out of it.

Could the rumor of Chen Hong being a fake eunuch in Bianliang not be a rumor after all?

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After discussing the matter, the group headed towards the Gao Mansion.

The asset seizure couldn’t stop.

As darkness fell, Gao Zheng, with three women, proceeded to the Chen Mansion.

The backyard.

Chen Mo casually draped a thin blanket over himself, his head resting on Yi Yao’s lap, with her massaging his head, while on both sides, the twin sisters Dong Lan and Qiu Lan massaged his waist and legs.

At this moment, a voice called from outside: ”Master, General Gao has arrived.”

ps: Regarding the issue of the female lead.

Some say there are too many female leads, almost becoming a stallion novel.

But Orange Cat wants to say, most are not female leads, but female supporting characters, there won’t be too much romantic depiction.

Just like in history, one who had dozens of concubines, not every concubine would be detailed in historical records.

These female supporting characters are just numbers to fill the protagonist’s harem, beyond the main ones, there’s no need to remember them.

For instance, among Hong Qianyan’s concubines captured by the protagonist, only Zhang Ru is named, the others aren’t given names.

Additionally, there definitely won’t be any cuckolding or girl gifting.