After walking around the entire mansion, Zhao Ling discovered that this mansion was simply a small palace, covering an area of 5,000 to 6,000 square meters.
The main building of the entire mansion has three floors, including the main hall for meetings, the side hall for entertaining guests, as well as gardens, rockery, and training rooms.
Excluding the rooms where servants live, there are dozens of master bedrooms and side rooms in the master's house, which are regularly repaired and cleaned and can be occupied at any time.
This is also normal, as this mansion was the palace where Xue Ye lived before he succeeded to the throne.
Even Zhao Ling did not expect that Xue Ye would be so generous as to give him such a large palace and allow him to rebuild the palace at will. He was very satisfied with this.
Judging from the size, decoration and specifications of this mansion, Zhao Ling felt that if he wanted to buy it, it would probably cost hundreds of thousands or even millions.
The most important thing is that it is simply impossible to spend money to buy a palace.
Just from the fact that Xue Ye gave Zhao Ling 5 million gold soul coins as an annual salary without blinking an eye, it can be seen that the Tiandou royal family is not short of money and there is no way they would sell this palace.
After touring the entire mansion, Zhao Ling watched his attendants leave in a carriage. He turned his head and glanced at the huge mansion, nodding with satisfaction.
"I never thought that I would get a mansion like this for free right after arriving at Tiandou Imperial City.
If it was when I first traveled to Douluo Continent, I would not have been able to get a mansion like this for free, or even stay in a hotel for a few days for free. It really is true that strength is the only way to go. "
When Zhao Ling walked back to the courtyard, he saw Ah Yin, Poseidon and Liu Erlong surrounding him.
"Hubby, this mansion is really nice. How much did you spend on it? Or are you renting it?"
Ah Yin looked at Zhao Ling with shining eyes. In the past many years, she had never seen such a big house. It felt like a dream to her that they owned such a large and luxuriously decorated palace.
"For rent?" Liu Erlong covered her mouth and chuckled, pointing at the plaque at the gate.
"Sister Yin'er, do you know whose mansion this originally belonged to? This was the mansion of the current emperor when he was still a prince. If the current emperor hadn't given it to him, who would dare to rent it to him?"
"Hiss... So this is the original palace of Emperor Xue Ye, no wonder..." Ah Yin suddenly realized and couldn't help but give Zhao Ling a thumbs up.
"Hubby, you are amazing. You didn't do anything, but you got such a big mansion for free."
"You didn't do anything?" Bo Saixi also chuckled and raised his hand to rub Yin's head.
"Sister Yin'er, you are a little too naive. What do you think Prince Xuexing wanted us to enter the palace together this time? I might as well tell you that the Tiandou royal family wants to invite Zhao Ling and I to become the Tiandou royal family's worshippers.
I refused directly at that time, but Zhao Ling nodded and agreed, and also promised to save the newborn prince three times. Otherwise, do you think Emperor Xue Ye would give him such a big mansion?"
Upon hearing this, Ah Yin looked towards Zhao Ling. She had never expected that he, a Titled Douluo, would be willing to become a worshiper of the Tiandou royal family and to protect the newborn prince three times.
No wonder Emperor Xue Ye was willing to give Zhao Ling such a large mansion. It seemed that he was exchanging it for the safety of the crown prince.
If you think about it this way, the mansion is just a dead object. Compared with the safety of a country's crown prince, it is obvious that Emperor Xue Ye did not lose money in this deal.
"I never thought that we would be targeted by the Tiandou royal family just after we arrived in Tiandou City. But this is not bad. It solves our housing problem."
After Ah Yin pondered for a moment, she stood on tiptoe and kissed Zhao Ling on the lips, saying softly, "Hubby, you've worked hard..."
"Hard work? What's so hard about it? It's nothing more than saving the prince a few times. It's not a big deal. We get this mansion for free, and we can get 5 million gold soul coins every year. Even the Tiandou royal family gave us the national treasure. Why not do it?"
Zhao Ling lowered her head and gently kissed A Yin's forehead, then smiled nonchalantly.
"By the way, this mansion has many rooms. You can each choose the room you like."
Zhao Ling's words were natural to Ah Yin, but they surprised both Bo Saixi and Liu Erlong.
Poseidon was stunned because she originally came to the land to look for Tang Chen's whereabouts, but now she seemed to have gradually forgotten her main purpose of coming to the land.
Regarding this, she deceived herself by telling herself that she was waiting for Zhao Ling to tell her the whereabouts of Tang Chen.
But she knew the real reason very well. Compared to Tang Chen, who had become a puppet in some corner, she wanted to stay with Zhao Ling more.
She knew clearly that this was wrong, but she couldn't stop her growing affection for Zhao Ling, nor could she stop this affection from turning into attachment.
In particular, this affection and attachment will grow with time, which makes her feel sweet but also confused.
She understood that perhaps before long, even if she knew Tang Chen's whereabouts, she would not want to look for him anymore. At that time, she would only want to stay with Zhao Ling.
Therefore, Bo Saixi finally nodded and was about to go with Yin to choose a room they liked.
Liu Erlong stood there with a tangled look on her face. Zhao Ling looked at her in confusion: "What's wrong, Erlong? Aren't you going to choose the room you like?"
"No, no..." Liu Erlong pursed her red lips and spoke after thinking for a moment.
"Well... my home is in Tiandou City. I can go back anytime I want, so..."
"Silly girl, your home is your home. It's not difficult for me to make room for you in such a big mansion. Be good and go pick one with them."
After saying that, Zhao Ling raised her hand and gently tapped Liu Erlong's smooth forehead, her tone full of tenderness.
Liu Erlong stopped hesitating and stood on tiptoe to kiss Zhao Ling on the right cheek. Then she went with A Yin and Bo Saixi to choose their favorite rooms.
Zhao Ling touched his cheek with his hand and grinned foolishly.
Not long after, he saw a middle-aged man who looked very smart and capable walking up to him quickly and nodding and bowing to him.
"Master, I am the housekeeper of this mansion. My name is Qian Liu. You can just call me Liuzi. I just came to ask if you and the ladies have had dinner tonight? Do you need me to go to the kitchen and ask someone to prepare some food for you and the ladies?"
Zhao Ling then remembered that he and the three girls had not yet had dinner, so he nodded.
"Yes, of course. They and I haven't had dinner yet. Thank you for your help."
"Yes." Butler Qian Liu hurriedly turned around and left. He decided to call all the servants in the mansion at night to give them a lecture and ask them to take good care of this master.
He had heard that this gentleman was a Titled Douluo and had become a royal retainer, and was a distinguished guest of His Majesty.
If he didn't serve this man well, it would be a greater sin than offending a member of the royal family. He didn't want to die in obscurity because of offending this man...