She continued with even greater fury:
"I dealt with you in good faith. You sold me grain and supplies at a thousand times the market price, and I agreed. Then you raised the price, and I agreed again. You wanted my 'Heaven-Defying Formula' and all the data the Heavenly Court Organization had collected on the Long Family, and I gave it all to you. You said you were selling intelligence and that I could pay with Dragon Veins and Qi Fortune, so I dispatched the Heavenly Court Organization's most elite experts. At the cost of thirty-six of my best people, I secured 608 portions of Dragon Veins and Qi Fortune, plus eighteen pieces of the God of War Map, and gave them all to you. And what did you do? You sold me a pile of worthless intelligence—information not even worth a single piece of the God of War Map! Don't you feel any shame? As the victim, do I not even have the right to express my anger?"
Ye Wenrou listened quietly to the Empress’s angry outburst before responding:
"First, I merely mentioned that I have an intelligence-trading business. I never pressured you; it was you who chose to buy. I am a merchant; if someone wants to buy, I sell. Second, I haven't even had the chance to look at the Long Family intelligence you gave me. Furthermore, you didn't give me any information on the Daodanmen or the Dragon-Slaying Alliance, so I have no idea if what I gathered is useful to you. Third, if you think I’m an unscrupulous merchant, you can stop dealing with me. From now on, you …
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