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Chapter 310 In her view, Li Chen was 'certainly doomed'! (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

The interior of the treasury was incredibly spacious, a massive palace.

The walls around the room were inlaid with countless luminous pearls, illuminating the entire space as if it were daytime.

The ground was piled high with gold and silver jewelry, including piles of gold bricks, silver ingots, pearls, agate, and jade. The variety was dazzling and countless.

In the center of the treasury stood rows of tall shelves, displaying all sorts of magical artifacts, elixirs, and scriptures, each exuding a rich spiritual aura and clearly a rare treasure.

Moreover, it stretches as far as the eye can see, and what they see is only a part of it.

Wu Nanzhi looked around and couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, "This is not a treasure trove, it's practically a national treasury."

She had never been to the national treasury; she was just expressing her feelings.

But Li Chen had been there, and he thought Wu Nanzhi was right; that was exactly what the Tian Ce Dynasty's treasury looked like.

Li Chen's gaze swept across the treasure vault, his tone tinged with emotion: "I have a feeling that the decline of the previous dynasty was caused by the Dragon Emperor."

Zhuo Shishi, who was standing next to her, asked curiously, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by that?"

Li Chen explained, "Think about it, the Dragon Emperor collected so much wealth and brought it here, he practically emptied the entire national treasury. So what will the newly appointed emperor do in this situation where there is no money?"

Zhuo Shishi immediately thought of something and replied, "Because the national treasury is empty, the new emperor will definitely start accumulating funds by increasing taxes and plundering."

Increasing taxes benefits ordinary people, while plunder, normally speaking, involves confiscating the property of wealthy merchant families on trumped-up charges, which would generate wealth.

Merchant families are not necessarily powerless or without influence, especially the larger ones.

Being persecuted like this by the Yuan Dynasty would surely incite them to rebel.

Even if they were initially afraid, once the fear accumulated and erupted, the Yuan Dynasty would essentially be doomed.

Of course, Li Chen was just making a wild guess. He didn't listen much during history class and was mostly dozing off.

Speaking of history class, Li Chen thought of someone else at this moment, namely the former Grand Tutor.

The Grand Tutor was the princes' teacher, and he was proficient in everything from astronomy and geography to ancient and modern history.

During the turmoil, he was exiled by the then crown prince, and the position remained vacant.

Li Chen planned to have Lin Yue'e investigate after she returned to the capital.

Lin Yue'e has been away from the capital for some time now, and it's indeed time for her to go back.

Whether the Grand Tutor is guilty or not, we'll discuss it after the investigation.

After all, Li Chen and the Grand Tutor were not very familiar with each other. Li Chen was often described by the Grand Tutor as "unruly" and unfit for important tasks, while the Crown Prince was the one the Grand Tutor praised as "intelligent."

But sometimes things just turn out like this: 'good students' only pursue their own interests and don't care about their teachers after they've finished their studies. Only 'bad students' like Li Chen still have a trace of nostalgia for the past.

Li Chen's thoughts returned to the Dragon Emperor's treasure vault. At this moment, Wu Nanzhi had already walked to a row of shelves, picked up a magical artifact at random, and examined it carefully.

It was an exquisite jade ruyi, crystal clear throughout, with a spiritual light flowing inside, clearly a rare treasure.

She said softly, "Your Majesty, if we take these things back to replenish the national treasury, our country will be rich for many years to come."

Li Chen nodded, thanking 'nature' for its gift.

In Li Chen's view, all these things belonged to him, and even the Dragon Emperor's arrival wouldn't make a difference.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Nanzhi's gaze fell on the rows of pill shelves.

Those medicine bottles had ancient labels on them, indicating the names and effects of the medicines.

She casually picked up a bottle, uncorked it, and a rich aroma of medicinal herbs immediately wafted out, invigorating the senses. "Your Majesty," she said, "these pills were made in ancient times, and some of the medicinal herbs may have become extinct. Their effects are probably much stronger than those of modern pills."

Despite her low cultivation level, Wu Nanzhi has a wide range of knowledge and is the kind of person who knows a little about everything but not much.

If he had brought Fairy Youlan with him, she would have explained the effects of these medicines to Li Chen one by one, and even guessed the formulas.

Li Chen wasn't too concerned; he figured he could just come and empty the place when the time came.

After leaving the treasure vault, Li Chen asked Consort Xiang where the concubine named Qiu Xianyu lived.

When this name was mentioned, Xiang Fei instinctively felt a sense of disgust, indicating that she had a fierce rivalry with Qiu Xianyu in the past.

Li Chen observed this and planned to modify their consciousness to prevent them from continuing to fight.

Nangong Xiang led Li Chen to the palace where Qiu Xianyu lived with practiced ease.

The sheer luxury of this place clearly indicates Qiu Xianyu's extremely high status.

Unlike the other concubines, Qiu Xianyu was also a top-tier cultivator with exceptional talent, but she hadn't cultivated long enough to reach the Saint Realm.

Judging from the furnishings in her room, if she was the one who crafted them, then she must be very familiar with formations, talismans, and magical artifacts.

Strangely, when Li Chen and his group arrived, Qiu Xianyu was nowhere to be seen in the inner room, and there were signs that she had been there.

Wu Nanzhi seemed to have thought of something and said, "Your Majesty, could the woman we just saw at the tomb entrance be her?"

Li Chen thought it was very likely. Before he could say anything, a sound came from outside the door.

An elegant, mature woman appeared behind the group. Her gaze swept over Li Chen and his entourage, and her tone carried a hint of authority: "Who dares to trespass into my palace?"

The next second, a powerful killing intent swept over them, enveloping everyone.

Her murderous intent intensified, especially when she saw Zhuo Shishi and Nangong Xiang.

Qiu Xianyu saw Wei Manying off and then returned.

However, upon entering the cemetery, she discovered that the mechanisms had been tampered with, indicating that they had already been activated.

At first, she suspected that Lin Mo was being disobedient and wandering around.

As a result, he stormed into the secluded stone chamber, only to find that the stone door had not been opened and Lin Mo had not left.

She reinforced the stone door with a special restriction, making it impossible to open without her permission.

This was also to protect the Dragon Emperor's 'property'. In her view, whether it was the treasure or the women inside, they all belonged to the Dragon Emperor, and she had to protect them until he woke up.

But if it wasn't Lin Mo, then who could it be? Could it be that some other concubine has awakened?

Qiu Xianyu decided to return to her palace to rest first, and then check who had woken up.

When I got back, I found a stranger in my room, and it was a man.

She was the Dragon Emperor's beloved concubine, utterly loyal to him; how could she possibly tolerate other men entering her room?

The moment she saw Li Chen, she was filled with murderous intent.

In her view, Li Chen was "certain to die," and no matter what reason he had for entering the cemetery, it was a capital offense.

Thinking of this, Qiu Xianyu glared fiercely at Zhuo Shishi and Nangong Xiang, and demanded, "You two had better give me a reasonable explanation, or this will be your burial ground!"

(End of this chapter)