Otherwordly Evil Monarch

Chapters 241~250

Almost every guest appeared to be calm and high spirited; irrespective of the fact whether this was their true demeanor, or just an effort to put on such an appearance. As they walked in, they unintentionally shot a glance at the crowd standing outside. This crowd comprised of people who hadn’t received the invitations. The veins of the invited guests inevitably turned blue with anxiety as they quickly made their way through the crowd. They then accepted this arrangement in a quiet and aloof manner. The guests then strolled into the premises with elegance, and then disappeared into the lush flowers and trees.

All who had received the invitation card, showed up without exception — and many had been invited. They came in a continuous and endless stream, yet each one of them conducted themselves with dignity. Moreover, there were many people who ordinarily wouldn’t accept such arrangements, but even these people were behaving modestly — simply to demonstrate their magnanimity.

However, shouldn’t aristocrats always behave with nobility? This obviously didn’t have anything to do with their present behavior… it just seemed as if they were trying to put up with the title of ‘aristocracy’ that had been assigned to them.

In the imperial palace, someone laughed heartily. There was only one person who could laugh like this inside the boundary of the Imperial Palace. It obviously wasn’t one of the beautiful imperial concubines. In fact, even Mother Empress would adhere to the importance of mannerism, and would not laugh so heartily. Even the favorite prince or princess would adhere to etiquette and refrain from demonstrating such a lack in manners. The salaried servants naturally would never dare! Keeping this mind, the identity of the person who was laughing in this presumptuous manner was self-evident.

His Majesty, the Emperor of Tian Xiang’s hand was clutching a white chess piece. He muttering to himself incoherently as he laughed loudly, “This, is actually quite an exquisite trick; unusual but truly ingenious. I don’t know who came up with this exquisite plan. It is hard to imagine that there is person in my Tian Xiang who is surprisingly capable of producing clouds with one turn of the hand, and rain with another, heh heh pretty good, pretty good.”

Sitting opposite him was a man of indiscernible age. He was dressed in white clothes that were as white as snow. He was tall and straight in stature and even though he was merely sitting, his shoulders and back were straight. His appearance alone could make people tremble with fear. Straight black hair flowed down from his head, and draped over his shoulders before scattering behind him. A beautiful tri-forked beard floated down to his chest. However, his face did not have a single wrinkle on it; in essence, his face was as fair and smooth as a lady’s.

That upright figure contemplated carefully as he glanced at the chess board, “This entire move is truly exquisite. That person’s wine must be quite wonderful. But even if it is a heavenly secret and extremely difficult to find… its value cannot be over 10,000 silver taels per bottle. However, this kind of method will make all the influential families compete with each other. In fact, this method will enable him to sell them at over 10,000 silver taels. He might even surpass that amount. It truly is a good plan! But Your Majesty had said, ‘produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another’. This person is still not that competent.”

“Is that so?” the Emperor smiled in a profound manner and then continued, “In my opinion, however… he is.”

“What does Your Majesty mean?” the white clad man intently looked at the chessboard. Even though he was sitting in front of such a great man, he did not seem to be behaving in a very deferential manner.

“It seems to me that this method of selling wine is ingenious, and has been done skillfully with much consideration. Moreover, it is important to note that it far surpasses an ordinary person’s capability to calculate; it is truly amazing.” His Majesty the Emperor slowly stroked his beard as he solemnly said, “This plan seems simple, and one would think almost anyone can succeed with it. However, if it is that easy, then why hasn’t anyone?”