42: First Meeting with Xue QingheTiandou City, Prince's Mansion
"Are we finally going to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Ye Yan's tone was somewhat complicated, and he looked around from time to time. For some reason, he always felt that there were always some eyes staring at him and Liu Hao along the way.
"Don't look around randomly." Liu Hao reminded.
"You discovered it too?" Ye Yan asked.
"Yeah." Liu Hao nodded slightly.
Since entering the Prince's Mansion, the maids and guards have been walking in an orderly manner and not talking to each other. The scenery here is good, but there are some secret guards hidden in some dark corners. Once someone is unfavorable to the prince, these secret guards will immediately jump out.
Of course, Liu Hao also keenly sensed that after the secret guards found out the identities of Liu Hao and Ye Yan, their coldness towards Liu Hao and Ye Yan was obviously not so strong.
If Liu Hao's guess was correct, those secret sentries were the soul masters from the Spirit Hall who had infiltrated the Prince's Mansion.
Following the maid, Liu Hao came to a study room where a man was sitting with a book in his hand, reading intently.
He was wearing ordinary aristocratic clothing without any particularly luxurious decorations, and he felt like an ordinary aristocrat.
"Your Highness, the person has been brought here." The maid reminded Xue Qinghe in a low voice.
"Yeah." Xue Qinghe put down the book in his hand and stood up from his chair.
"How dare you! Why don't you kneel when you see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" the maid shouted.
Upon hearing this, Ye Yan pretended to kneel down towards Xue Qinghe, but Liu Hao stretched out his hand and pulled his belt, preventing him from kneeling down towards Xue Qinghe.
Liu Hao didn't know that his action made Ye Yan's face turn red.
"He is my father?" Liu Hao asked.
"Hmm?" The maid frowned and looked at Liu Hao sharply.
"He is my mother?" Liu Hao continued to ask.
"Of course not," the maid replied.
"Then is he the sky?" Liu Hao asked.
"no."
"Is he the ground then?"
"Why are you asking these questions?"
"Since he is not my father, not my mother, not the sky, and not the earth, then why should I kneel down to him?" Liu Hao answered sharply.
"You... you are so bold. As a commoner in the Tiandou Empire, when you meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you don't even salute him?" the maid scolded angrily.
"I am a soul master of the Spirit Hall and am under the jurisdiction of the Spirit Hall. If you want to punish me, go to the Spirit Hall's Holy Temple now to find Sarath. He should still be there. Go quickly, otherwise he will be out in the afternoon." Liu Hao was fearless and did not take the maid and Xue Qinghe seriously at all.
Liu Hao knew that the Xue Qinghe in front of him was a fake, and his real identity was Qian Renxue, the daughter of the Spirit Hall's Pope Bibi Dong and the granddaughter of the Grand Judgement Elder Qian Xunji.
No matter how presumptuous Liu Hao is, as long as he doesn't kill anyone and as long as he explains his identity as a spirit master of the Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue will do her best to save his and Ye Yan's lives.
Of course, the reason why Liu Hao was so presumptuous was because he really didn't want to take this job. He wished Qian Renxue would fire him, Liu Hao, and have someone else take over the job.
Familiar with the plot of Douluo Dalu, Liu Hao knew exactly what kind of person Qian Renxue was. Staying by Qian Renxue's side would not end well.
"What's your name?" Xue Qinghe asked.
"Liu Hao." Liu Hao replied.
"What about you?" Xue Qinghe looked at Ye Yan.
"Ye Yan." Ye Yan replied.
"Don't you two want to work for me?" Xue Qinghe asked bluntly. Seeing Liu Hao and Ye Yan acquiesced, he said, "Indeed, you are from the Spirit Hall, and it is really hard for you to work in my Prince's Mansion. When you work, you will be made difficult by some people in my Prince's Mansion, which means that it will be hard work but not appreciated."
Ye Yan and Liu Hao remained silent.
The Spirit Hall manages the spirit masters, and the Heaven Dou Empire is the Heaven Dou royal family, whose surname is Xue. The relationship between the Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire cannot be explained in a few words. Obviously, the two sides have conflicts of interest, but they maintain a traditional way of interacting with each other.
The Spirit Hall manages the spirit masters of the spirit master world. According to the ancient rules, the prince will have spirit masters from the Spirit Hall around him. Although he belongs to the Spirit Hall, he obeys the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Crown Prince's Mansion and assists His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in managing the spirit masters. This is a false proposition and a contradictory imagination. However, it really exists.
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Not only those around His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but even the Platinum Bishop Salas of the Spirit Hall sometimes had to attend court meetings and participate in state affairs.
Of course, as the Spirit Hall grew stronger, the Tiandou Imperial Family gradually distanced themselves from Platinum Bishop Saras, leaving the Holy Temple Bishop of the Spirit Hall branch in Tiandou City without real power in the Tiandou Empire, and could only command the Spirit Hall's exclusive spirit masters.
In order to control the Spirit Hall, the Tiandou royal family approached the three upper sects and used the three upper sects to control the Spirit Hall.
In other words, Ye Yan and Liu Hao's entry into the Prince's Mansion was simply a decoration. In the days to come, there would be nothing for them to do. On the contrary, there might be a black pot waiting for them.
There is nothing to do, no way to make any achievements, and instead one is ignored and takes the blame.
This is also the important reason why Liu Hao is reluctant to stay in the Prince's Mansion.
"Don't worry, I'm His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but not just any other Crown Prince. This vast world belongs to the emperor, and all the people in the world are his subjects. To me, rich or poor, ordinary people or soul masters... we are all citizens of the Tiandou Empire." Xue Qinghe's tone was calm, and it sounded very comfortable to people.
"Once you enter my Prince's Mansion, you will be a family from now on. If there are no outsiders around, you can call me Brother Xue, and I will call you Brother Liu Hao and Brother Ye Yan. Is that feasible?" Xue Qinghe continued.
Liu Hao looked at Xue Qinghe.
Liu Hao had to admit that Xue Qinghe was really talkative, and his conversation gave people a calm and generous feeling. Although he was very cunning, he gave people a very comfortable feeling. Not only did he not have the airs of a prince, but his approachable feeling was very easy to accept. He showed such an open mind that even Liu Hao almost didn't notice anything unusual.
"Okay, sure. As long as you agree to my three conditions first, I can call you Brother Xue." Liu Hao said with a smile.
"How dare you. You have already been disrespectful to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, yet you still want to put forward conditions. And you put forward three at a time!" The maid angrily scolded Liu Hao.
Liu Hao looked at Xue Qinghe's personal maid. There was a fluctuation of soul power in her body, which meant that she was not an ordinary person. Even Liu Hao, whose soul power had reached level 50, could not see through her soul power level, which meant that her soul power level was higher than Liu Hao's.
A little maidservant is at least a Soul King. Liu Hao had to admit that the Prince's Mansion was really full of experts.
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