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Hua Ruge's own auction did not have such a good thing, she had obtained it from someone else's treasury.
The sword that was given to Yan Zixing was a sword that she had the Dwarf Master help to forge. It contained rare materials like fine iron, tungsten, and dense silver, and was forged using a ratio created by the Dwarves themselves. Not only was it extremely sharp, it also carried an extremely fast rate of spiritual energy.
Everyone was pleasantly surprised, but only Mao Jun was depressed, because Yan Zixing always wanted to see if his sword was sharp or if Mao Jun's armor was hard. Mao Jun knew in his heart that he was no match for Yan Zixing, so he always avoided him.
Hua Ruge was happy to see such a ridiculous sight.
The emperor, on the other hand, had been scheming on how to make Hua Ruge pay the taxes.
From the looks of it, if he waited another one to two years, he would definitely become the richest and most powerful city in the world.
If he still did not pay taxes, forget about the huge losses suffered by the nation, Hua Ruge's individual strength would also become stronger and stronger, until it became uncontrollable.
And since Hua Ruge was also from the Battle King, if the two of them were to collude, this Jiang Shan would probably change hands.
Of course he couldn't allow that to happen, so he not only wanted Hua Ruge to pay taxes, he also wanted him to pay a heavy tax.
Hua Ruge had already declared that she would not collect taxes in the territory of Xuan Cheng. If the imperial court pressured her to take back her orders, then she would lose all credibility, and even if the people did not receive any benefits, they would not support her too much.
When that time came, he would think of a way to recall Hua Ruge and bring him back to his territory, then he would be able to openly take in the rich Ancient Dragon City.
When the emperor thought of this, the corner of his mouth curled up into a ruthless smile. At the birthday banquet, he took the initiative to propose the cancellation of tax for all of the lands under Dazhou.
In any case, Tuoba Rui was not in the capital, so he was unable to help. As long as he did not know how to kill Hua Ruge, Tuoba Rui would probably not do anything.
While he was scheming and doing all these, Hua Ruge was still indulging himself. Everywhere he ate and drank every day, and when he was in a good mood he would even go to visit his Swallow Spring Pavilion. Although women were not allowed in these places, Hua Ruge did not dare to stop them even if he wanted to.
Hong Xiu had helped her time and time again, she bought the Swallow Spring Pavilion from the Shangguan Family for a high price and gave it to Hong Xiu as a private business. This way, it would help Hong Xiu achieve his goal, and would also allow her to gather and transmit information more systematically and more conveniently.
Hong Xiu obviously liked this mission a lot, and consciously developed his own eyes and won over people's hearts.
Seeing that, Hua Ruge gave her a modern idea, which was to slowly swallow those small brothels, and develop them into an information station.
Hong Xiu was intelligent, and had lived a boring life. Now that he had the chance to show off his skills, he was naturally happy.
With such a spontaneous and self-aware subordinate, Hua Ruge was even more happy, and so he invested yet another large amount of funds to allow it to develop.
When Hua Ruge threw out the Purple Crystal Card, he was lying on top of Hong Xiu's collapse, casually holding an exquisite silver jug, and pouring some wine into his mouth from the small mouth of the jug.
Hong Xiu couldn't help but ask, "You're so rich, I'm really curious about what kind of gift you're going to give to the Emperor for his birthday celebration."
"Celebration?" Hua Ruge uncertainly muttered to himself, then asked: "You still need to give me gifts?"
Hong Xiu was startled, he asked: "You drank too much, of course you have to give me a birthday present."
Hua Ruge crawled up from the bed and said with dissatisfaction: "I thought that someone like me, who is not related to him in any way, would give me a gift."
Hong Xiu almost rolled her eyes out of politeness. She really thought that going to the palace to celebrate her birthday was just eating and drinking.
In fact, Hua Ruge thought so too.
As Hua Ruge thought about what he should give to her, he wandered around on the ground. After which, his gaze fell on Hong Xiu's dressing table and his eyes lit up: "Give me something."
"What?" Hong Xiu asked in surprise.
Hua Ruge had already picked up an item and placed it in his pocket as he smiled and said, "Isn't this already possible?"
There were a lot of things on Hong Xiu's dressing table, so she did not realize what was missing. She could only ask in a daze, "You wouldn't be taking my things to give to the emperor, right?"
"That's right." Hua Ruge said, smiling as he carried the wine pot out.
Hong Xiu was stunned for a long time, unable to recover from his shock, and gave his daughter some old things? She really didn't know what Hua Ruge was thinking inside his mind.
The Emperor wouldn't go on a rampage and drag her out to chop her up.
Hua Ruge did not care about all that, as she was in a daze, sleeping until dawn, before being dragged out by the servant girl from the Swallow Spring Pavilion to change her clothes.
"Isn't it only half a month? "Why are you so fast?" Hua Ruge sat in the horse carriage and muttered.
Little Marten sat beside her and glanced at her but did not say anything.
"Little Marten, why do you despise me?" Hua Ruge asked.
The Little Marten leaned towards her and helped her adjust her belt, and said: "Drink less."
He knew that it would soon be a banquet.
"My family's marten is the most considerate. I promise to drink as little as possible when I can." Hua Ruge smiled and pinched his cheek.
The Little Marten let her pinch it, and only replied: "En."
After arriving at the Imperial Palace and collecting his weapons, Hua Ruge led the two men with him, Little Marten and Tark, and smoothly passed through.
Under the guidance of a eunuch, Hua Ruge was led to an open field in front of a palace. It was specially used by the emperor to entertain the ministers.
One of them was the throne with the Emperor's empress at the head, but he had not arrived yet.
Because he slept rather late the previous night, Hua Ruge came over late as well. By now, most of the officials had already arrived.
As soon as she appeared, everyone's eyes were firmly fixed on her.
Because today was an official occasion, she changed back into her female attire. She wore a goose yellow dress, and her inner clothes were made from the cloud brocade made from Wingman.
Yun Jin was draped with a thin layer of the same color, looking elegant and graceful as she walked, without losing out to the mischievous and lively young lady. Her overall appearance looked extremely beautiful, yet also suited Hua Ruge's age and identity, which was extremely appropriate.
What was most captivating was, without a doubt, Hua Ruge's peerless beautiful face that could not be displayed at all. Her eyes were shining brightly, every time her gaze moved, she looked around, her exquisite three-dimensional features causing people to be amazed.
This was the first time since she had revealed her identity that she had appeared before a senior official in the capital dressed in a woman's attire.