Chapter 1152: Chapter 1152: He Is Targeting The Spiritual Qi Tea

The fat man was left standing off to the side, his jaw hanging so low it nearly touched the floor in utter humiliation.

"Oh, it is quite simple, really. This fat, bald, ugly pig decided to come into my teahouse and harass my head manager." Bai Xifeng chuckled, explaining the situation with a casual air. "He demanded that my manager hand over the confidential identity of the secret supplier who provides us with our Spiritual Qi Tea. And when she refused, he threatened to use his royal connections to report her to the Slaves Department and have her sold into servitude. Don’t you think that’s just the most absurd, ridiculous thing you have ever heard?"

Bai Xifeng spoke lightly, as if she were merely sharing a funny joke over afternoon tea.

However, the Royal Guards were not stupid. They immediately caught the terrifying, bone-chilling glint in her eyes that contradicted her casual smile.

While Bai Xifeng was chuckling, her ice-cold, murderous gaze was locked directly onto the guard captain’s throat.

Captain Sir Jun felt a surge of cold sweat drench his back. He understood with crystal clarity that if he handled this situation incorrectly, he and his men would end up offending the one person in this entire kingdom who could crush them like bugs without facing a single consequence.

The guards exchanged a series of frantic, panicked glances before turning their sharp gazes back onto the fat man.

"Sir, you cannot simply abuse authority to demand private commercial secrets from citizens." Captain Sir Jun reprimanded him sternly, his face as hard as iron.

The fat man was utterly dumbfounded. He had fully anticipated the Royal Guards slapping iron chains onto Bai Xifeng the moment he revealed his royal standing. Instead, these pathetic guards were turning around and scolding him?!

"Are you insane?! I told you to arrest her!" The man bellowed furiously, assuming the soldiers had somehow lost their minds.

Bai Xifeng raised an amused eyebrow as she watched the chaotic exchange unfold.

"My, my... I had no idea that simply being His Majesty’s brother-in-law granted a man total command over the Royal Guard. How fascinating." Bai Xifeng commented, her voice dripping with thick, heavy sarcasm.

"Of course it does. My sister is His Majesty’s favoured right now." The fat man immediately puffed out his round chest, looking immensely smug and proud.

In his delusional mind, his sister’s royal concubinage rendered him an untouchable god in the Capital.

The Royal Guards nearly bit their own tongues off in absolute frustration. They desperately wished they could leap forward and stuff a rag into this fat idiot’s mouth to stop him from digging his own grave. If they had known beforehand that this arrogant pig was causing trouble for Great General Bai’s personal estate, they wouldn’t have stepped within ten miles of this teahouse. Unfortunately, it was far too late for them to turn back now.

The fat man’s sister had indeed recently entered the inner court as one of the Emperor’s newer concubines. In fact, she had managed to capture His Majesty’s fleeting attention, rising to become his newest favoured woman. She was none other than Lady Pin An, the very same arrogant concubine whom Bai Xifeng had humiliated in the palace gardens just hours earlier.

The moment Lady Pin An secured her favoured status, her trashy family had immediately packed their bags and rushed into the Capital City, eager to leech off her newfound royal connections and live a life of luxury.

Her brother, the fat, bald, repulsive man standing before Bai Xifeng right now, had wasted zero time abusing his sister’s influence to terrorise locals.

Armed with his sister’s backing, he began looking for easy ways to establish a lucrative foothold in the Capital’s wealthy markets. Rather than building a legitimate enterprise through hard work, he preferred using his royal status to intimidate smaller business owners, blackmailing them and seizing their assets for himself.

Up until today, his aggressive tactics had worked like a charm, as smaller merchants were far too terrified of the Emperor’s favour to resist him. His rapid successes had inflated his arrogance to suicidal levels, convincing him that no one in the Capital would ever dare to cross him.

Naturally, his greedy eyes had eventually fallen upon La Chaguan Teahouse.

He was fully aware that the teahouse operated under the banner of Great General Bai’s family. However, his underground sources had confirmed that Great General Bai and his formidable children were far away in Xianjing City, leaving only powerless servant managers to run the day-to-day operations.

In his foolish mind, this seemed like a golden, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He genuinely believed that without General Bai or his terrifying daughter present to protect the place, a helpless female manager like Tian Ning would have no choice but to bow her head and obey his every command.

He had conducted a thorough investigation into the teahouse’s menu, quickly identifying its most valuable, high-profit treasure.

The legendary Spiritual Qi Tea.

Once he realised the magical health benefits and absurd market value of the tea, he immediately schemed to take over the supply line for himself. He wanted to force the manager to hand over the secret supplier so he could use his royal authority to monopolise the product.

That was precisely why he had barged into the private wing, summoning Tian Ning and demanding the supplier’s name. And when Tian Ning fiercely stood her ground, he lost his temper, threatening to brand her a criminal and send her to the Slaves Department to be sold into hard labour. He had been utterly convinced that the threat of lifetime slavery would break her spirit and force her to submit.

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