The Story of a Plane Merchant Selling a House

Chapter 356: Great ambition and limited talent

For a whole year, Quan Ming did not appear again.

Liang Zhao's life gradually became difficult. First, the assets began to malfunction. She didn't know how to manage them, so she had to reduce her spending.

Afterwards, more and more people under her command wanted to leave her with various reasons.

The worst excuse was that someone said her childhood sweetheart was forced to marry by a bully, and she wanted to bring people over to support him.

It turned out that this man had eight concubines, all of whom were seized by trickery. He did have the legendary childhood sweetheart, but she had been tortured to death in his backyard. It turned out that he was the bully.

She gradually realized that what these people did in front of her was what they wanted her to see.

What she sees in good times is never real.

In addition to these, she also encountered many assassinations.

Because her father, the King of Xiliang, who had found an excuse to kill her mother and declared her grandfather's family to be traitors,

I am seriously ill and don't have much time left.

And Liang Zhao is one of the adult princes and princesses.

Although apart from some connection with the mermaids, she has no power and influence and does not have much competitiveness, and most of the mob under her command have already dispersed.

But the other princes and princesses believed that she had the help of the mermaid and was also a member of the chess game.

When she was assassinated again, the guards who were guarding her only pretended to resist but were unwilling to use their full strength for her.

She struggled to cover her injured arm and fled to the beach again.

The sea was calm. She covered her injured arm and stared blankly at the bright moon rising from the sea.

The bright moon disappears in the clouds and reappears again,

Is this what the bright moon is like? When it is happy, it comes out to shine on the dark beach, and when it is unhappy, it hides back in the clouds.

Then how can the little crab hiding on the beach see its own way clearly?

She lowered her head and wiped the blood off her hands on the stone.

A familiar voice came from behind, "Xiao Liangzhao, why are you always here every time I come back to land to look for you? Are you waiting for me?"

Liang Zhao turned his head suddenly. The mermaid girl was not wearing a long skirt this time. She was wearing a crown.

The golden red scales on its forehead sparkled in the moonlight, and its golden red tail slapped the beach happily.

Liang Zhao stared at the mermaid girl absentmindedly and did not answer her question.

"Xiao Liang Zhao, Liang Zhao, you are injured, what happened!"

"Come back to your senses! Is your head injured too?"

Liang Zhao suddenly grabbed the merman girl's arm.

Quanming, oh Quanming, you are my bright moon.

You illuminate me, and I will not allow you to abandon me again.

"Quan Ming, I'm fine. You put on the crown. Did you succeed in your trial?"

Quan Ming applied medicine to Liang Zhao's wound while answering,

"Yes, Liang Zhao, I passed the test, I am now the new Mermaid King,"

"Does the Mermaid King have a territory?"

"Of course, wherever there is water, it is under my control, not just the Endless Sea."

"Then the well water is also under your control?"

"Well water? I haven't thought about well water. I think it should be under my control. After all, I can sense the water veins underground.

Anyway, you can rely on me in the future, I am the King of Mermaids."

"Even if you are the King of Mermaids, will you still be friends with me? I am just a stray dog."

"Hey, Liang Zhao, didn't I tell you a long time ago that you shouldn't talk to me in such a roundabout way? It's not cute at all."

"Oh, I want to be the King of Xiliang too. The King of Mermaids should have a King of Xiliang as a friend."

"Hahaha, sure. Whatever you want to do, I'll see how I can help you."

Tang Yu frowned as he looked at the memory of the Queen of Xiliang. He could only see the starting point of the ambition of an exiled princess.

Tang Yu carefully and quickly flipped through the memories behind. The residual soul became more unstable, so he had to speed up.

Relying on the reputation of the Mermaid King and the support of various magical mermaid props, the half-mermas joined Liang Zhao's camp.

A large number of noble families began to defect, and several princes and princesses who competed with Liang Zhao were gradually eliminated.

Having lost the throne that was within his grasp, three princes committed suicide after being defeated in battle, five princesses were beheaded by Liang Zhao in the attack, and several young princes and princesses were given white silk by Liang Zhao.

Liang Zhao's coronation ceremony was grand, and she even placed two thrones on the high platform of the throne.

But she was not sure whether Quanming would come.

Because Quan Ming did not approve of her killing those young princes and princesses, because not all of them had ever attacked her.

Quan Ming felt that Liang Zhao had lost herself in the constant killing. She not only killed a large number of royal family members, but also a large number of court officials, and even the civilians in the royal family's territory.

Because there are always decent royal family members who will manage their territory with care.

This territory was in rebellion and did not obey Liang Zhao's rule.

Quan Ming couldn't understand this large-scale killing of his people. Just a few days before he ascended the throne, the two of them parted ways unhappily.

Liang Zhao, wearing his coronation robe, walked towards the throne step by step.

Although his heart was filled with excitement, he was still a little confused. He got the throne he wanted, but he felt empty inside.

Suddenly there was some commotion in the throne room.

Liang Zhao, who had been attacked for many years, quickly grabbed the sword at his waist.

But he found that one of the two thrones on the high ground had already been occupied by someone.

Quan Ming was sitting on the throne with a crown on her head. When she saw Liang Zhao coming up, she smiled brightly at him.

After Liang Zhao sat down, he watched the court officials below receive the court in an orderly manner.

She leaned over quietly and said, "Quanming, I thought you were ignoring me."

Quan Ming snorted, "I'll pay attention to you today, and continue the cold war tomorrow."

She handed Liang Zhao a palm-sized shell. "Here, this is a gift for you. There are always people trying to assassinate you. The shell can be enlarged and wrap you up. No one can open it."

Liang Zhao happily took it, knowing that she was no longer upset with him and started discussing other topics.

"Didn't you say before that you wanted to go back and find a handsome male mermaid to lay eggs? What kind of male mermaid is considered handsome?"

Quan Ming became interested, "The scales in front of the ears should be regular and neat, and the defensive scales on the elbows should be sharp and slender.

The tail must be long and powerful, able to wrestle with deep-sea monsters and hunt giant squids."

Liang Zhao thought for a moment and said, "That's not too different from my criteria for selecting concubines: slender body, strong and beautiful, considerate, and good at music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs. But I'd also add that they must come from an aristocratic family."

"Playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs? That sounds more difficult than hunting giant squids.

Are you sure you are choosing a male concubine? You are not making things difficult for these noble families. If they meet your standards, wouldn't it be more cost-effective for them to become officials?"

Liang Zhao blinked at Quan Ming and said, "Of course it is to embarrass the family."

She was full of ambitions. She had seen the power of the aristocratic families and the constraints on the imperial power. She wanted to take advantage of her first ascension to the throne to cut into the arrogance of the aristocratic families.

But she overestimated herself and underestimated the family.