Since Xu Xian has become the head of the Three Emperors Association, he has achieved success. Xiaoqing was thinking about how to persuade Bai Suzhen to leave Suzhou with her and travel the world. Before she could speak, Bai Suzhen said that helping Xu Xian to become the head of the Three Emperors Association was already a wish for him and a way to repay Xu Xian's kindness. As long as Xu Xian officially took charge of the Three Emperors Association, she would leave with Xiaoqing and stay with Xiaoqing all the way to the ends of the earth. Xiaoqing was very happy and hoped that Xu Xian would take office as soon as possible. Unfortunately, things got complicated. Xu Xian had just been appointed as the head of the Three Emperors Association by the prefect. The next day, someone from the Three Emperors Association came to tell him that in order to welcome the first official head, the people of the Three Emperors Association discussed together and would invite local gentlemen to celebrate the new head's appointment on the birthday of the ancestor this year. On the surface, it seemed like a good intention, but in fact, he was deliberately making things difficult for Xu Xian. Because according to the previous practices of the Three Emperors Ancestors' Meeting, on the birthday of the ancestor every year, the leader of the meeting would invite local gentry to the ancestral temple to enjoy delicious food and wine, and would also take out antiques and treasures for everyone to see. Xu Xian's family was poor, so how could he take out rare treasures for people to see
"They're here to welcome the first official leader, but in fact, the people from the Three Emperors Association just want to take the opportunity to humiliate you, a fool." After sending the messenger away, Xiaoqing glanced at Xu Xian, who had a bad look on his face, and said something to the point.
"Perhaps I should tell the prefect that I am not suitable for the position of the head of the Three Emperors' Association..." Xu Xian said with a frown. He knew very well that he could not produce any treasures for people to see. Instead of being embarrassed and making a fool of himself, it is better to retreat before he knows it is difficult.
As soon as Xu Xian finished speaking, Xiaoqing clapped her hands and laughed, "Good, really good..." Suddenly, she stopped smiling and said sarcastically, "A man of three feet tall only retreats when faced with difficulties. He is really a man of integrity!" Xu Xian's face turned pale and he dared not answer. Xiaoqing was even more angry when she saw this, angry at his cowardice. "The purpose of the Three Emperors Ancestors Association is to force you to resign as the head of the association. In this way, even the prefect will have nothing to say. Do you really want to do what they want?" If it were any other time, she would not care about Xu Xian's affairs, but now whether Xu Xian could serve as the head of the Three Emperors Ancestors Association was directly related to whether she and Bai Suzhen could leave, so she had to take care of this matter. "Forget it, forget it. I don't think you can produce anything precious... Don't worry about it. My sister and I will help you. We will certainly not let you lose face in front of the people at the Three Emperors' Ancestors' Assembly and the local gentlemen who will attend the meeting. Just do what you should do now." Seeing that Xu Xian had no opinions and could not help much, which only annoyed her, Xiaoqing simply waved her hand and sent him to the front hall to treat the patients. She and Bai Suzhen were the only ones left in the hall.
"The people of the Three Emperors' Patriarchs Association probably think that since Xu Xian was exiled to Suzhou, he must have no family background, let alone rare treasures... If I'm right, they will try every means to collect all the treasures and antiques in Suzhou Prefecture, leaving Xu Xian with nothing to offer..." Xiaoqing looked at Bai Suzhen, who nodded and smiled, agreeing, "Yeah, I think so too." After a pause, she frowned slightly and sighed softly, "I'm afraid that the people of the Three Emperors' Patriarchs Association saw that Xu Xian was exiled to Suzhou Prefecture, and they guessed that he didn't have many connections, and the gentry of Suzhou Prefecture would not support him on the birthday of the ancestor. Unfortunately, they were wrong to think so. They should look at the face of the Buddha instead of the monk. Xu Xian was appointed by the prefect. How could the gentry of Suzhou Prefecture reject Mr. Chen's face at that time?"
"That's right!" Xiao Qing raised her eyebrows and sneered, "Since the people from the Three Emperors' Patriarchs want to make a big scene, then we will let them do it. However, our Baoan Hall will not be without treasures to display. On the contrary, the treasures we display for viewing will be the ones that no one has ever seen or heard of, and they will definitely be stunned." Xiao Qing's mouth corners slightly raised, and her tone was absolutely confident - they have nothing else in the East China Sea, but there are many rare and exotic treasures that will open the eyes of mortals. "Sister - there is no time to lose, I will go back to the Dragon Palace and bring back a few treasures."
"Qing'er—" Bai Suzhen held Xiaoqing. Her eyes curved, she smiled and shook her head, saying, "No need to go through so much trouble. As far as I know, there are four rare treasures in the Liang Wang Mansion in Lin'an. As long as we borrow them back, on the birthday of the ancestor, we will definitely be able to open the eyes of the people of the Three Emperors Ancestors Association and those local gentry."
Xiao Qing said happily, "That's great. I'll go to the Liang Palace right now and borrow the four rare treasures that sister mentioned. By the way, sister, tell me what the four treasures are, and I promise to borrow all of them without missing a single one."
Bai Suzhen listed them one by one, "The four treasures are the Fiery God Pearl, the Godly Heavenly Music Picture, the Hour Eight Trigrams Furnace, and the Mutton Fat Jade Purifying Bottle." After a pause, she frowned slightly and said, "But I don't think the Liang Palace will lend these four treasures easily."
Xiao Qing pondered and said, "From the names of these four treasures, we can tell that they are rare treasures in the world. There is really no reason for the Liang Palace to lend them to us so easily. Well, in order to avoid trouble, I think it is faster to steal them."
Bai Suzhen thought about it and it seemed that this was the only way to do it, so she nodded and said, "That's the only way... But, Qing'er, no matter if they were stolen or robbed, as long as the Three Emperors' Ancestor's Christmas Day is over, we will return them to their original owners."
When Xiaoqing heard that she had to return the four treasures, she couldn't help but pout and muttered, "Sister, we worked so hard to steal them out, and now we have to return them, what a pity..."
Bai Suzhen shook her head and said with a smile: "Qing'er, these four treasures are indeed priceless in the eyes of ordinary people, but they are useless to us, so why should we take them for ourselves?"
Xiaoqing stuck out her tongue, a cunning flashed in her eyes, she smiled and said: "Okay, okay, sister, I will go and steal these four treasures back first, as for whether to keep or return them, we will discuss it later..." After she finished speaking, without waiting for Bai Suzhen to say anything, she followed and walked out of the room.
Bai Suzhen chased out of the room and shouted in the direction where Xiaoqing left, "Qing'er, be careful."
Xiaoqing's voice came from afar—"I know."