Only by making oneself powerful can one avoid being easily bullied. Although he had no interest in that position, it didn't stop him from controlling the person in that position.
"Mother Concubine, do you think I'm doing well now?"
"I've avenged you. No one will ever bully us again."
Teng Liu hugged the portrait in his arms and thought silently. After everything settled down, he would take his mother concubine to a deserted place to live, and no one would ever bother them again.
When Jing Xunche came, he saw Teng Liu hugging the portrait obsessively. He gently knocked on the door.
Teng Liu quickly came to his senses. After adjusting his emotions, he looked at Jing Xunche outside the door.
"What's up?" Teng Liu asked.
"I want to talk to you about sneaking into the palace at night." Jing Xunche directly ignored Teng Liu's slightly red eyes.
"What do you want to do? Break into the palace at night?" Teng Liu suddenly became interested and looked at Jing Xunche excitedly.
"More or less. I just want to go to the palace to look for clues." Jing Xunche rolled his eyes at Teng Liu. "If you're not willing, I can find someone else."
Anyway, the result would be the same in the end. They had to go to the palace and take a look tonight.
"Of course I'm willing. How could I not be?" How could he miss out on such a great thing? Although he didn't know what Jing Xunche was going to do, he had a hunch that Jing Xunche would definitely cause trouble for those people in the end.
At night, the three of them quietly entered the palace. Following Teng Liu, they skillfully dodged the patrolling guards.
Looking at Teng Liu's skillful movements, one couldn't help but suspect that this wasn't his first time.
Teng Liu led Jing Xunche and the other two to the emperor's bedroom with ease. As soon as Teng Liu lifted the tile on the roof, he immediately put it back. "Forgive me, forgive me. I didn't mean it."
"What's wrong? Is there something shady inside?" Jing Xunche asked curiously, looking at Teng Liu's abnormal behavior.
"Nothing. If you're curious, take a look for yourselves." Anyway, he wasn't going to look. It was just too disgusting.
Jing Xunche glanced at the inexplicable Teng Liu. He grabbed Mu Fengqie, who was eager to find out, and shook his head. "I'll go first." What if there was something unpleasant? He didn't want to dirty Qie'er's eyes.
Jing Xunche only took a quick look below and immediately put down the tile. His face was as black as coal, and he glared at Teng Liu angrily. If Qie'er had been the one to look just now, would she have seen all the scenes below?
"What's wrong with you guys?" Mu Fengqie asked curiously, looking at their strange reactions.
"Nothing. Qie'er, don't look. You might dirty your eyes." Jing Xunche led Mu Fengqie far away, afraid that she would suddenly look at the scene below.
It wasn't Jing Xunche's fault. As a decent and healthy young man, how could he not be flustered when seeing such a scene? The emperor of the Karlsi Kingdom really knew how to have fun. How could an old man like that handle so many people in one night?
Jing Xunche suddenly looked at Teng Liu's crotch and gave him a strange look. Teng Liu was immediately creeped out by Jing Xunche's gaze.
"What kind of look is that? I'm a normal person. I don't have such strange hobbies." Teng Liu retorted with a red neck.
"I didn't say anything. Why are you so defensive? Your reaction is like the proverb 'a guilty person gives himself away'." Jing Xunche said calmly, looking at Teng Liu.
Teng Liu glared at Jing Xunche angrily and wanted to fight, but then he remembered that his martial arts were no match for Jing Xunche's, so he gave up. Humph! He'd find a way to get back at Jing Xunche for this humiliation.
Teng Liu led Jing Xunche and Mu Fengqie to the palace treasury.
"Do you have the key? You brought us here. If we're discovered, we won't care about you." Jing Xunche said, looking at the sneaky Teng Liu.
"I don't need your help either." With that, he took out a key from his bosom. After trying it on the lock for a long time, he finally opened it.
Mu Fengqie stared at Teng Liu in disbelief. "How did you get the key to this place?" Isn't this the palace treasury? Why does Teng Liu have the key?
"The key in my hand is a copy. The real key is still with the emperor." With that, he opened the door and swaggered in with Jing Xunche and the other two.
"Take a look. If there's anything you like, just take it. Don't say I'm stingy." Teng Liu waved his hand nonchalantly. He gave each of them a sack and told them to fill it up.
Mu Fengqie twitched the corner of her mouth as she looked at the sack in her hand. "Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"
"What's there to be afraid of? I've been here several times, and I've never been discovered. Anyway, that old guy has so many treasures. It would be a waste not to take some." With that, he picked up a night pearl beside him and examined it carefully. When he saw a crack in the middle, he immediately put it down.
Mu Fengqie and Jing Xunche weren't polite either. Anyway, Teng Liu had cheated them out of a lot of money. As the saying goes, "If the son does wrong, the father is to blame." It was okay for them to get back some of their losses from his father.
Then Teng Liu led them to the emperor's private study. This old emperor's place was really well-known to his son. He just didn't know if the emperor himself knew about it.
"There should be something you're looking for in this study. You guys look for it. I'll keep watch for you." With that, Teng Liu closed the door and went out.
Jing Xunche and Mu Fengqie glanced at each other. They didn't dare to waste any time and quickly started rummaging through the things. Most of the things on the table were memorials and such. Mu Fengqie took a casual look and put them down.
But when she picked up a memorial, she stopped. There was only one reason: the words "Pharmacist Valley" were written on this memorial. Mu Fengqie opened it and took a look.
The first part was all about the introduction of the Pharmacist Valley, and it was very comprehensive. However, one piece of information caught her attention. It was said that there were people in the Pharmacist Valley who could refine the elixir of immortality, and all the previous valley masters could do it.
When Mu Fengqie saw this, she laughed. How come she didn't know that the people in their Pharmacist Valley could refine the elixir of immortality? If they could, why didn't her father live forever? It was just nonsense.
After Mu Fengqie finished reading, she put the memorial back in its original place. She would inform the people in the valley when she got back. It seemed that the Karlsi Kingdom was eyeing the Pharmacist Valley.
"Have you found anything? Someone's coming this way." Teng Liu suddenly walked in and looked at Jing Xunche, who was still rummaging through things.
"Yes, let's go quickly."