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Cui Chan was drinking some tea in a secret chamber in the Autumn Reed Inn. At this moment, Liu Jiahui, the vastly renowned Mistress Liu among the upper class of the prefectural city, was currently standing beside him like a lowly maidservant. Having already been informed of the fact that he was the imperial preceptor of the Great Li Empire, she was regarding him with a cautious look in her eyes.
The Purple Sun Residence that she belonged to was one of the sects in Yellow Court Nation that had already defected over to the Great Li Empire's side, and this agreement was one that had been approved by the sect-founding patriarch, who very rarely showed himself for any purpose, so it was naturally an agreement that was taken very seriously by everyone in the Purple Sun Residence.
In particular, for a disciple like Liu Jiahui, who had no chance of attaining the Great Dao, she was especially attentive when it came to matters related to power struggles between the mortal empires.
The imperial Hong Clan of Yellow Court Nation had always held cultivators in extremely high regard, and it was able to convince the Spirit Charm Sect to pledge its allegiance to the nation, but it was simply too small a place to string the Purple Sun Residence as well. The figurative pond was too small, and the flood dragons lurking at the bottom of the pond yearned for larger territories to rule over.
In contrast with the Lurking Dragon Temple, which only wanted a "palace" suffix, the Purple Sun Residence had far loftier ambitions.
Liu Jiahui wasn't so foolish as to believe Cui Chan that he was the imperial preceptor of the Great Li Empire just because he had said so. Instead, the reason why she believed him so easily was because the azure-robed man standing behind him was behaving even more like a servant than she was.
Liu Jiahui couldn't think of anyone in Yellow Court Nation that would be able to subjugate the high and mighty Cold Food Great River God in such a comprehensive fashion.
After casually enquiring about the internal state of the Purple Sun Residence, Cui Chan suddenly smiled and said, "Prefectural Overseer Wei Li is your lover, right, Mistress Liu? He's most likely going to become an obstacle to the Great Li Empire's southern expansion...
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