"Clip-clop!"
The sound of high heels on the ground was so urgent. Yu Jin looked up and saw Ningguang, whose veins were bulging. Besides the bulging veins, her face also held a chilling smile.
"You don't need to tell me, I'll go myself." Yu Jin saw that Ningguang was about to snap, so he decisively threw away the paper and pen in his hand and ran into the main hall with Morgott.
As for learning to fathom human hearts? What the hell! If someone is stubborn, just pull out their soul and strip it; no need for such trouble.
Thinking this, Yu Jin quickly ran into the main hall of the Jade Chamber. He now had a good idea and wanted to borrow the magnificent Jade Chamber... "Tsk! A rich woman is a rich woman!"
As soon as Yu Jin entered the main hall of the Jade Chamber, he was captivated by its splendid decorations.
Bonsai, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain vases... countless exquisitely crafted antiques, calligraphy, and paintings were displayed in the main hall of the Jade Chamber, subtly conforming to some kind of pattern.
Of course, Yu Jin couldn't discern this pattern.
He looked left, touched right, and occasionally let out a sigh of admiration. However, it wasn't to praise the beauty of these items but to marvel at Ningguang's status as a rich woman.
To be honest, Yu Jin hadn't seen many rich women. Rich men, yes; Sulyvahn should count as a very rich man, but he was slain by Yu Jin.
And then there was Marika; she should have easily become a rich woman, but her boudoir was full of books, completely lacking the opulence of a queen.
It could be said that Ningguang was the truly wealthy woman Yu Jin had ever met.
Yu Jin looked around, trying to find a suitable place to implement his good idea. Unexpectedly, he saw Morgott meticulously examining something by a desk.
"What are you doing?" Yu Jin leaned closer.
Morgott looked up, holding up the logbook in his hand, and said, "My King, I am looking at this. I didn't expect the Qixing's grasp on the Fatui to be even more thorough than I imagined."
"Let me see!" Yu Jin showed no hesitation, directly taking the logbook and flipping through it.
The first thing that caught his eye was a summary that seemed unrelated to the Jade Chamber:
"...The newly commissioned [Liyue Gazetteer: Welcoming the Adepti] was sent to the Jade Chamber the day before yesterday for Ningguang's review..."
"What the hell? Ningguang likes Liyue's local customs so much? And even specially sends people to collect them?" Yu Jin flipped through the logbook and grumbled.
"My King, please look here." Morgott casually flipped a page, and a few more lines of text appeared.
"...Line three, two; line seven, eight; line eight, five; line four, four; line three, one..."
"What, what, what? What is this? Is it a couplet?" If the initial summary made Yu Jin puzzled, then this line completely baffled him.
"Couplet? This subordinate does not know what a couplet is, but if these codes are arranged like this, it should be this sentence..."
Morgott's large, slender fingers were unusually agile. Each time he turned a page, he circled a character according to the codes. In a short while, he had finished flipping through the entire logbook.
"The Fatui will cause trouble at the Golden House." Morgott closed the logbook, finally concluding.
"Heh heh, I originally thought the Fatui and the Qixing were equal existences, but now it seems that this organization called the Fatui has much worse intelligence work than the Qixing." Morgott shook his head; he knew the importance of intelligence.
In all of The Lands Between, the best at gathering intelligence, besides the Black Knives, was Morgott.
His Night Cavalry, like the Black Knives, were hidden in the darkness. Even the warhorses ridden by the Night Cavalry were summoned from Akasha.
Whenever night fell, the Night Cavalry would emerge from Akasha, traveling throughout The Lands Between, providing all sorts of intelligence to Morgott in Leyndell.
However, if Yu Jin were to say it, the Night Cavalry were all highly skilled and spoke so nicely, he absolutely loved them!
In fact, the Night Cavalry's equipment was the most refined in Leyndell, whether it was armor, weapons, or even the Ashes of War equipped on their weapons.
In short, the drops were excellent! For those rare items, Yu Jin had searched the whole world for Night Cavalry to "borrow" and play with.
"That amazing?" Yu Jin exclaimed.
"Indeed, the Qixing has done well in this regard." Morgott nodded. Intelligence can turn passive into active, and the Qixing is a prime example of this.
"No, I mean, how are you so amazing?" Yu Jin said, nodding earnestly at Morgott.
"My King overpraises me. These are just some minor, unpresentable tricks, insignificant compared to the King's great power." Morgott rubbed the horn on his forehead, humbly.
"Power alone is not enough, you see, isn't your old man like that?" Yu Jin shook his head and walked to the office desk in the center of the main hall.
It seemed to be Ningguang's workspace.
Yu Jin looked at the tidy desk for a while, then wiped it with his hand, and the desk immediately became quite dirty.
Seeing this, Yu Jin stopped playing around. He directly jumped onto Ningguang's desk with a small leap.
"Morgott, heed my command!"
Yu Jin turned around and shouted loudly.
"This subordinate is present!"
Morgott knelt on one knee, lowering his head.
"After my research and decision, the Elden Lord, it's you!"
As Yu Jin spoke, he pulled out a crown woven from branches, vines, and gold.
The crown was entirely golden, without much adornment. If not for the golden triangle standing upright in the front, one might not even recognize it as a crown.
That was the crown exclusive to the Elden Lord, and its adornments also conformed to The Lands Between's standard for a King—power, unparalleled power.
Yu Jin thought this standard should be changed. A good mind is also very powerful, like Morgott before him.
So he decided to be the one to set this precedent! As for whether this crown landed on Morgott's head, Godwyn's head, or Miquella's head, Yu Jin thought it was all good.
Thinking about it, The Lands Between seemed to have quite a few talented individuals. There were three alone who were worthy of becoming King.
Although a muscle-brained fellow like Godfrey could also be called King, Yu Jin felt that a King should ideally have some brains.
He can only fight, not be a King.
"This subordinate dares not!"
Morgott lowered his head even further; he was now also sweating profusely.
Indeed, Yu Jin's thoughts were something he could never fathom.
"Are you perhaps displeased that the abdication location is too simple?" Yu Jin looked at the magnificent Jade Chamber; he felt it was already quite good. They should quickly finish the matter while they were here; it was still someone else's place!
"You two, please come to the main hall of my Jade Chamber for a discussion." Ningguang's confident voice came, and the main hall's living room of the Jade Chamber suddenly brightened.
Then she saw Yu Jin standing on her office desk and Morgott kneeling on one knee before him.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"May I ask... did I interrupt you two?" Ningguang clenched her fists, asking with a strained smile.
"No, it should be said you've come at just the right time." Morgott breathed a sigh of relief. He stood up, blocking the crown, and at the same time, pressed Yu Jin's hand down behind his back.
"Then, Yu Jin, what are you doing standing on my desk?" Ningguang walked forward, past Morgott, and saw the large black footprints on the desktop.
"Uh..." Yu Jin retrieved the crown. Explaining something like abdication to Ningguang and the others should, probably, possibly not be a good idea, right?
So he pondered for a moment, then calmly said, "I'm measuring Morgott's height. He's grown taller. He's now 3.76 meters, grown two centimeters."
...Above the Jade Chamber, two figures were now free-falling.
"Morgott, you can grow wings if you can't handle it."
"My King worries too much. Such a height will not harm this subordinate in the slightest."
"That's good. Let Yujing Terrace be busy for a while; after all, Ningguang threw us down."
"Boom!" x 2
A moment later, two giant craters appeared on the plaza of Yujing Terrace.
Keqing nearby: "..."
Damn it! As a civil engineering sister, she had to work overtime again.
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