When Su Mo and Ye Yuan came out of the room, the Palace Master and his wife were no longer outside the door.

Mo Xiao and the others came up to greet them.

Ye Yuan said excitedly, "wife, after dinner, I’ll take you to see the giant Luminous Pearls I’ve collected!"

Su Mo’s eyes instantly lit up. "Okay!"

’Luminous Pearls, my favorite! Ye Yuan really is a thoughtful little fish!!!’

The light blue scales at the corners of Ye Yuan’s eyes sparkled with a dazzling light. His whole face screamed happiness.

Yue Ying and the others were not so happy.

If you said this fish was smart, his face was the picture of "I’m very innocent."

But if you said he was dumb, he still knew how to bribe their wife...

A rival who existed in that state between dumb and not-so-dumb was actually the most troublesome.

When you thought he was being smart, he was actually being a fool. When you thought he was being a fool, he might have been playing dumb...

They soon arrived at the East Sea’s dining hall. Su Mo and those with her politely greeted the crowd from the East Sea.

The Palace Master’s Wife sat in the main seat, smiling as she waved them over. "Ye Yuan, Momo, come sit by me."

Ye Yuan led Su Mo over. He sat down next to his mother, and Su Mo took the seat beside him.

Yue Ying saw there was still a seat left next to Su Mo and was about to follow.

’I have to be on guard. The people from the East Sea might use dinner as an opportunity to bring up the marriage between our wife and Ye Yuan.’

Who would have thought that the East Sea’s Lord Hai Yi would beat him to it and snatch the seat.

Yue Ying was a little speechless. Lord Hai Yi turned his head and gave him an apologetic smile.

He had just taken the Detoxification Pill that Jing Ming fed him and was now clear-headed, though the residual poison in his body hadn’t been fully cleansed.

He was extremely curious about the composition of Su Mo’s poison and wanted to find a chance to ask her about it properly.

At that moment, the Palace Master’s Wife was chatting with Su Mo, telling her amusing stories about Ye Yuan.

Su Mo’s eyes curved into crescents as she listened.

Before the meal began, the Palace Master’s Wife took Su Mo’s hand again and said, "He collected many deep-sea treasures for you some time ago. I’ll take you to the treasury to have a look later! Take whatever you like with you."

Across from them, Yue Ying and the others froze.

Su Mo’s eyes lit up.

’Pick whatever I want? The Palace Master’s Wife is a little *too* generous~’

’Ah~ I should probably be polite about it, or I’ll seem too shallow...’

"You’re too kind, Your Ladyship. I... how could I accept?"

The Palace Master’s Wife’s eyes curved with her smile. "Not at all. Everything here will be yours in the future. Just take whatever you like."

From the side, Lord Jian Yi spoke calmly, "Miss Su, there’s no need to be so polite. Once you and His Highness are married, it wouldn’t matter even if you emptied the entire East Sea."

The moment Ye Yuan heard the word "married," his eyes brightened several degrees.

His shining eyes fixed on Su Mo as he said, "Everything I have is Momo’s, and what’s yours is still yours!"

Lord Jian Yi shot the little Mermaid prince a look of exasperation, thinking with a sigh, ’It’s a family tradition to have a one-track mind for love.’

’Fortunately, this father-son duo with one-track minds for love at least have decent taste in choosing a wife.’

Jiao Li cleared his throat and spoke again, "I have consulted the calendar. The coming days are auspicious and suitable for happy occasions. Why not take this opportunity to hold your wedding? Afterward, the East Sea can be handed over to your management, and the Palace Master and his wife can finally rest."

The Palace Master nodded. "What Lord Jian Yi says makes sense!"

’I’ve wanted to dump this responsibility for ages! I’ve just been waiting to step down and travel the world with my wife! I finally have my chance!!!’

The Palace Master’s Wife also seemed to have no objections.

She and the Palace Master had just discussed this. The East Sea had countless rare treasures, but they were getting older. Sooner or later, they would have to extricate themselves from these worldly affairs. It was better to use this opportunity to have Ye Yuan shoulder the responsibility.

Secondly, using the entire East Sea as a dowry also showed their immense sincerity.

The excitement in Ye Yuan’s eyes was impossible to hide. ’Get married now?’

’This is great!’

He originally had no interest in managing the East Sea, but if his wife was willing to marry him now, he could certainly try to learn!

Ye Yuan looked at Su Mo with an expectant expression.

The scorching, oppressive gazes from across the table made Su Mo feel inexplicably guilty.

She wasn’t an idiot. Of course she knew that the Palace Master and his wife wanted to trade the entire East Sea for Ye Yuan’s position as her main husband.

It was indeed an incredibly sincere offer.

But... she had known Ye Yuan for the shortest amount of time. If she married him in such a rush, the others would probably raise hell.

’This young lady might be greedy, but I have no interest in managing the East Sea... How could I possibly manage a place as vast as the East Sea just because I want to? I don’t have that kind of grand ambition...’

A trace of sadness flickered in Ye Yuan’s eyes. He then quietly leaned toward Su Mo’s ear and whispered, "You can be in charge of the money and me, and I’ll be in charge of managing the East Sea, okay?"

Su Mo looked into his sincere eyes, blinked, and felt a little tempted.

’Ye Yuan is the more innocent one among them. He’ll probably listen to me more in the future, and he’s bound to be obedient and sensible. The key is, he’s also very rich! Thinking about it that way, maybe it’s not so... ’

Ye Yuan leaned closer to Su Mo’s ear and whispered, "I’ll always listen to Momo from now on~"

Yue Ying secretly gritted his teeth. ’This woman’s eyes go wide at the sight of money! I knew a rival like Ye Yuan wouldn’t be easy to deal with. Just that innocent and harmless act of his is enough to coax our wife until she can’t tell which way is up!’

His eyes shifted, and with a light laugh, he said nonchalantly, "wife, since you’re going to marry, you might as well marry all of us at once. The more the merrier, and it’ll save you the trouble next time, right?"

"This fox happens to have some wealth as well. I can definitely make the event incomparably grand and ensure our wife doesn’t lose any face!"

After speaking, Yue Ying cast a meaningful gaze at Su Mo, his eyes seeming to say, ’You dare marry him and not me? Just try it.’

Fei Yan and Mo Xiao remained silent. This was indeed not a bad idea.

Since they couldn’t determine a winner now, they might as well settle it after they were all married in.

Su Mo guiltily avoided Yue Ying’s gaze.

"Actually, I still have residual poison in me that hasn’t been cured. The matter of marriage... let’s just put it aside for now."

Fei Yan added, "Yes, detoxifying our wife is the most urgent matter right now."

Yue Ying, fanning himself with narrowed eyes, said, "If that’s the case, then no one is getting married."

And just like that, he had steered the conversation away from the topic with a single sentence.

Lord Jian Yi secretly exchanged a look with the Palace Master and his wife.

Their eyes seemed to say, ’I told you those guys were trouble. His Highness’s future is going to be very... colorful.’

The Palace Master looked at his wife with some worry.

His wife, however, was perfectly calm. To her, scenes like this were a trivial matter; she was already a veteran of a hundred battles.

Ye Yuan chose this path himself, so he would have to walk it himself. There were some things he didn’t understand now, but he would eventually learn what to do.

Their eagerness to bring up the wedding today, even trying to entice her with wealth, was in fact a bit unscrupulous.

The Palace Master’s Wife had come to terms with it. She smiled at Su Mo and said, "Lord Jian Yi was just joking earlier. Little Mo, don’t take it to heart. Let’s eat. After we finish, I’ll take you to the treasury to pick out a gift."

Su Mo’s eyes curved as she obediently agreed.

Before the meal started, Lord Hai Yi, sitting beside Su Mo, asked quietly, "Miss Su, I wonder what kind of poison you’ve been afflicted with. Would you allow this old one to take your pulse?"

Ye Yuan said, "The Sea Doctor traveled widely in his youth and has done extensive research on all kinds of medicinal ingredients. wife, why don’t you let him take a look?"

Su Mo smiled and extended her hand.

The Sea Doctor felt her pulse point, and after a moment, his brows knitted tightly. When he looked at Su Mo again, his expression was clearly complicated.

There was more than one poison in Su Mo’s body. From his perspective, they were all fatal, yet she was sitting here completely fine. It was nothing short of a miracle.

After a long moment, he said, "The poison in your body is showing signs of backlash recently. It would be best to be extra careful. I have a few medicinal ingredients that can help you stabilize your condition. I’ll have someone fetch them for you in a bit."

Su Mo nodded. "Then thank you very much, Lord Hai Yi."

Yue Ying asked urgently, "Just stabilize it? Is there no antidote that can cure it completely?"

The Sea Doctor was silent for a moment before saying, "I wonder if Miss Su has ever heard of a plant that can grow flowers of two colors from a single stem—one white, one red. You might try to find it."

"I’ve heard it’s extremely difficult to cultivate and is almost extinct. You may not be able to find it."

Su Mo smiled nonchalantly. "It’s fine. There will always be other ways."

’Maybe once my lab is upgraded a bit more, there might be a solution.’

The three men across from her were also silent. Extinct or not, they would only know after they went searching for it.

Ye Yuan, sitting beside Su Mo, couldn’t help but frown. A trace of worry appeared in his usually clear eyes.

After dinner, the Palace Master’s Wife pulled Su Mo along to the underground palace’s storehouse.

Lord Jian Yi and the Sea Doctor walked at the rear. He quietly asked the Sea Doctor, "When you took her pulse just now, could you tell what Miss Su’s true form is?"

It was strange. He had observed her for several days but couldn’t figure it out.

The Sea Doctor frowned and shook his head. "I couldn’t tell. Either her true form is being suppressed by the poison, or... she is simply a human woman."

Lord Jian Yi frowned. ’Simply a human woman?’

It seemed like no one like that had been seen in the entire Beast World for a very long time.