Volume 4 Chapter 89

Volume 4 + Chapter 89: Blood Pressure Exploding

After Scott left, only Xia Yi and Elly remained in the room.

“This book is really boring. Even as I pass the time, it feels somewhat dull…”

Xia Yi yawned, putting down the novel in her hand with a look of utter boredom.

Elly found this rather strange.

That’s not right. Why is Her Highness acting so unusually?

Back in the dragon royal palace, she was a diligent and hardworking top elite among the royalty. Why is she now acting like she’s slacking off?

Emotionally or logically, this shouldn’t be the case.

Elly was also a bit confused.

“By the way, Elly, what expression did Scott have when he left?” asked Xia Yi.

“Reporting to Your Highness, Scott seemed somewhat angry,” Elly replied. “Although he tried hard to restrain himself, some emotions still showed through.”

“He really can hold it in. Was he some kind of turtle in his past life?” Xia Yi joked.

“Your Highness, acting this way will greatly displease the Taylor family and could very well accumulate negative sentiments.”

“This is just the beginning! Scott’s blood pressure hasn’t even exploded yet. We need to keep the pressure on him!”

Xia Yi pointed in a direction.

“Elly, fetch pen and paper. Next, I need to draft an important bill.”

“An important… bill?”

Although Elly didn’t quite understand, she obeyed Xia Yi’s command.

Afterward, she followed Xia Yi’s instructions, memorizing the dictated content, refining it, and then recording it on paper.

But after finishing, only two words came to Elly’s mind:

Absurd!

This was beyond the scope of her understanding.

“This… this…?!”

Looking at the outrageous contents, Elly was thrown into great turmoil.

“Your Highness, are you serious?!”

“Of course, I am serious,” Xia Yi replied with just a smile. “However, this is actually a special gift.”

“A gift? For whom?”

“Who else could it be? Of course, for the head of our Taylor family, Scott!”

…

“Lord Scott, there’s a problem with the funds…”

In Scott’s manor, his subordinate was reporting.

“The equipment you asked us to prepare is too expensive—almost all of it is equipped with magical engravings and mana crystal gems. Now our Taylor family’s liquid funds are running short. What should we do?”

“Why is there no money?”

“Lord Scott, recruiting the army has already cost a significant amount… The remaining funds, to equip every soldier with the highest-grade and finest equipment, all to be gathered within this timeframe—it’s putting immense financial pressure on our family!”

Hearing these problems, Scott’s head felt like it was about to explode.

The dragon royalty were simply vampires, ready to suck the Taylor family dry.

“Lord Scott, perhaps you should consider downgrading the army’s equipment specifications or reducing the recruitment numbers… Look, there’s no need to forge a top-tier army, is there?”

What Scott’s subordinate really meant was this—the most effective method to directly cut costs.

But upon hearing this suggestion, Scott was furious and directly slapped him.

“You shut up!! This is the dragon royalty’s demand, not my wish, understand? The dragon royalty requires us to accomplish this!”

“Ah…! I’m sorry, Lord Scott, I was wrong!” Scott’s subordinate hurriedly apologized.

“Sell off the Taylor family’s assets as appropriate…”

“Th-This… is that really appropriate?!”

“Just do it.”

“Yes.” Scott’s subordinate said no more and withdrew.

“The Silver Dragon Princess is truly trying to drive our Taylor family to ruin. If you want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, then don’t blame us for choosing mutual destruction.”

Scott had already made up his mind. He might as well take this opportunity to liquidate the wealth the Taylor family had accumulated over the years.

On the surface, it’s to help prepare the army as Xia Yi demanded. But in reality, under the pretense of working for the dragon royalty, he could deceive everyone and secretly accumulate more resources to provide to the Northern Rebellion Army…

When the war starts, just wait to die, Silver Dragon Princess.

Scott reached to pick up his teacup for a sip, only to find he grasped nothing.

It seemed someone had sat down opposite him and taken the afternoon tea prepared for him by the servants.

Who dared to be so insolent to him?!

Scott looked up, casting an angry gaze.

But upon seeing who it was, his expression froze.

It was Xia Yi and her maid.

“Good afternoon, Scott.”

Xia Yi held the teacup with a relaxed expression, as if this were her own home.

“Your Highness, why have you come?”

“Oh, something came up suddenly, so I came in. I told the servants just now not to disturb you, afraid it might affect your work, so I simply let myself in,” Xia Yi replied.

Upon hearing this, Scott’s blood pressure rose. Do you think our Taylor family is a place you can come and go as you please? What do you take us for?!

He felt absolutely no respect from the dragon royalty—it was sheer contempt.

“Oh, this teacup isn’t the one you usually use, is it? Never mind then.”

As she spoke, Xia Yi directly threw the teacup on the floor, splashing tea onto Scott’s shoes.

Scott’s hands trembled.

He felt deeply insulted. The dragon royalty seemed intent on trampling the Taylor family underfoot.

“Your Highness, may I ask what instructions you have, that you would personally come in your busy schedule?” Scott forced a smile. “It truly brings honor to our humble abode. Our Taylor family feels immensely fortunate!”

“Hmm, I have a bill I intend to implement in the Far North Lands.”

Xia Yi waved her hand, and Elly handed over a document.

Somewhat puzzled, Scott opened the file and saw several words prominently displayed: The Osmanthus Cake Act.

He was confused, so he flipped through it. After reading a few pages, he was thunderstruck, stunned on the spot.

“Your Highness, is this… a joke?”

“Do you think I enjoy joking? It’s stamped and sealed,” Xia Yi replied.

“But this… it’s too unrealistic—”

“Realistic, very realistic! I want every dragon in the Dragon Kingdom to live a happy life where they can eat osmanthus cakes every day! This is my dream, and it must be realized! Anyway, eliminating the Northern Rebellion Army won’t take long. Rather than waiting until that day to implement it, we should prepare in advance and start acting now!”

Xia Yi pointed at Scott, issuing the command.

“The Taylor family will fund the large-scale transplantation of high-quality osmanthus trees from abroad, import osmanthus flowers, begin establishing osmanthus cake factories, recruit workers, and build magic arrays to improve the climate in certain regions, turning them into osmanthus cultivation areas! Subsequently, all supporting facilities must follow. Oh yes, we also need to build Osmanthus Cake Churches. The construction of these churches must adhere to the highest specifications, not inferior to the main churches of any religious faction!”

“Huh?”

The Osmanthus Cake Act fell from Scott’s hands.

Just hearing this content, he felt money burning away.

Importing, transplanting, recruiting workers, establishing factories… These expenses were no small matter. The most terrifying part was the magic arrays for climate improvement.

In such harsh, extreme environments, building them would require an exorbitant amount of resources, and maintaining them would also incur significant costs.

And all of this, just to make osmanthus cakes?

The Silver Dragon Princess has gone mad!!

“Your Highness, this cannot be. Our Taylor family is currently building a new army for you…”

“Silence, Scott! Do you dare to contradict me? Do you want your entire clan exterminated?!”

Xia Yi, seemingly to intimidate Scott, slammed the table so hard it shattered.

“Don’t forget what you said, the Taylor family will provide full financial support for the dragon royalty’s activities in the Far North Lands! Are you going back on your word? Do you want to be thrown into the central heater as fuel again?”

“… Your Highness, I am not opposing the dragon royalty’s plans, merely somewhat confused.”

Scott was almost gritting his teeth. His blood pressure was about to explode. He had never felt so aggrieved and tormented.

“Your Highness, why osmanthus cakes?”

“You don’t understand? Because osmanthus cakes are the best in the world.”

Xia Yi gave a reason that made no sense whatsoever.

Scott indeed couldn’t comprehend it. How could a normal person be so obsessed with osmanthus cakes?

This was simply an osmanthus cake fanatic.

Otherwise, it must be…

The dragon royalty was extracting value from the Taylor family.

This was the only explanation Scott could think of. Osmanthus cakes were just an excuse, the Silver Dragon Princess’s true goal was this.

“Very well, Your Highness. This Osmanthus Cake Act will also be prepared with our full efforts.”

“Good. For a trial run, the Osmanthus Cake Act will first be applied to the Taylor family. Starting today, every member of the Taylor family must comply with every requirement in the Osmanthus Cake Act.”

“But… I don’t even like osmanthus cakes…”

“Hmm? What, Scott, are you planning to disobey my orders?”

“I wouldn’t dare, wouldn’t dare. The Taylor family wouldn’t dare.”

Scott complied outwardly, but internally his blood pressure exploded. He had already resolved in his heart to act sooner, to kill the Silver Dragon Princess early and directly rebel against the dragon royalty. Otherwise, he could never vent the hatred in his heart!

“Excellent, Scott. Do a good job. I’ll come to inspect the progress every day. Don’t disappoint me~”

Xia Yi nodded with satisfaction.

Afterward, she left the Taylor family manor with Elly.

Upon returning, Xia Yi gave Elly some subtle instructions.

“Elly, there are now some tasks you must carry out discreetly…”

…

…

A few days later, in a secret location in the Far North Lands.

Scott, the head of the Taylor family, and Leonard, the leader of the Northern Rebellion Army, held a secret meeting.

“I truly never imagined, Scott, that one day we would meet as collaborators, sit down together, discuss building achievements and careers.” Leonard found it truly marvelous.

These past few days had nearly driven Scott mad with impatience. He eagerly got straight to the point.

“The plan is fully prepared. We can begin execution now. The Silver Dragon Princess must be executed, made to regret ever coming into this world and opposing us!”