The Empress’s Gigolo

In Xueyang City, dozens of people were seated in the main hall of the warlord’s mansion.

At the head of the table were three individuals. One of them was a valiant looking young man of about 20 years old. He was the newly appointed leader of the North Alliance, Tie Zihe.

Beside him was the head of the Southern Metropolis, Xie Kun, and nex to Xie Kun was the Flower Queen, Rao Yu, from Green Bell Flower.

However, anyone who saw Rao Yu, who weighed around 150 kilograms, would feel that her name didn’t match her image.

When the older generation of experts saw her, they were especially reminded of the previous Flower Queen, who was talented and ravishing.

Seated further down from these three was a young man seated on the left. He was wearing a cape made of colorful bird feathers, his chest was bronze in color, and he had a bright feather crest on his head. Below him were a few people who were dressed like him.

Across from him there were six Spirit Wheel experts. Three of them looked rather pale because they had sustained serious injuries during the short-lived encounter just now.

“Qi Zixiao is really formidable, and Xi Wanya is also not easy to deal with. The innate talent of those barbarians is awesome and terrifying!” a pale looking Spirit Wheel expert said. He had to admit that the other party was very strong after recalling the brief and recent confrontation.

“We have to thank Mister Bu and company for their help as we wouldn’t have been able to resist them on our own.” Another man saluted those people across from him who were each wearing a cape made of colorful feathers and had a crest of feathers on their heads.

The rest also followed him in expressing their gratitude.

Although Mister Bu and his people weren’t powerful or even at the Earth Wheel level, what mattered to the others was their strange creatures which were even more powerful than Spirit Wheel experts.

With the help of a few of these strange creatures, even though they still couldn’t match the barbarians, they were capable of defending themselves.

If Qi Zixiao didn’t intervene, the rest of the barbarians wouldn’t have been their match.

Before Xie Kun invited these people, no one could have imagined that the Six Doors would be such a powerful sect. They were regarded as a small sect that was only proficient in communicating with and domesticating wild animals and insects. These notions were correct in certain aspects, but the power of some of these animals went beyond expectations.

They found it hard to understand why the Six Doors didn’t reveal their power and why they remained in a corner instead.

The man wearing the cape and crest of feathers, who was sitting below the three main faction leaders, said, “Qi Zixiao is really powerful. Tie Shengjun is seriously injured and needs some time to recover.”

Xie Kun took the hint and responded, “I can assure you that we will provide some criminals to Mister Bu so that Tie Shengjun can recover quickly from his injuries.”

Mister Bu flashed a smile on his bronze-colored face.

The self-healing ability of Tie Shengjun was pretty good, but eating some more people would make him recover faster.

Everyone else acted as if they didn’t hear what Xie Kun said.

“Those barbarians think they have won this battle, but they don’t know that they are just falling into our trap. We want them to believe that those rolling logs and rocks were our main tactic so that they would relax their vigilance. If we succeed this time, Mister Ning will be the one who contributed the most.” Someone laughed.

“If Mister Bu didn’t join in, this plan couldn’t be implemented even if I thought of it.” The young man who was about 25 or 26 years old was seated below the Spirit Wheel experts and smiling bashfully. He wasn’t highly skilled, yet he sat below the Spirit Wheel experts and was sitting among the leaders of the major forces. This was an indication of the position and status of Mister Ning.

“Speaking of which, I think I have to apologize to Mister Ning!” Tie Zihe said with a smile.

“Even though this was unexpected, no harm was done. I didn’t expect that that gigolo would actually impersonated me, a person from the Yun Nation, in order to mingle among you. Fortunately, it didn’t cause that much trouble.” Mister Ning laughed.

When he mentioned this, everyone began to look uncomfortable.

Not only was there trouble, it was really problematic. Thinking of those suffocating days caused everyone to feel overwhelmed.

“The mountainside near the mountain road has been hollowed out. When the other party passes by, the sacrificial soldiers will cut the support, causing half of the mountain to collapse. Even the winged cavalry will find it difficult to escape such a landslide.

Even if Qi Zixiao is unharmed, would it still be possible for her to conquer the Three River Delta?” Mister Ning smiled complacently.

“Mister Ning is totally right. Mister Ning and Mister Bu deserve the most credit for this battle.” The whole hall was filled with laughter after Xie Kun had spoken.

“When the time comes, we will humiliate those traitors. It was unexpected that the eminent Qingyun Sword was the first one to surrender to the barbarians!” someone said with resentment as many murmured their agreement.

“See if they can survive the landslide before we proceed!” Someone laughed.

“These words are very appropriate!”

…

“Your Majesty, the meat has been roasted. It’s time for dinner.” Ren Baqian was roasting meat in front of a bonfire and called out to the carriage parked behind him a short distance away.

Seasonings were added to the several pieces of mutton that were being roasted, and the aroma made many people in the surrounding area swallow their saliva secretly.

“My skills as a cook should be about the same as that of an imperial chef,” Ren Baqian said smugly as he smelled the aroma.

Subsequently, the empress seated herself beside him with a wine bottle in her bosom.

“Your Majesty, eat it while it’s hot!” Ren Baqian handed over a plate with a perforated piece of mutton to the empress.

The empress was about to put out her hands when she felt something and turned to look behind her.

“What a nice smell!” a voice said from far away.

“Who are you?” The surrounding guards immediately pointed their sabers in the direction of the voice.

However, Ren Baqian was surprised to find two extra people beside him.

One was an old man, or rather, an old beggar. His hair was a mess, his beard was tangled, and a few rags hung from his body. Also, his trousers were more intact at his thighs and had a few holes, but there was nothing below the knees.

Beside him was a ravishingly beautiful woman who wore a brocade dress decorated with beautiful flowers and had a flower pinned in her hair.

This woman looked kind of familiar.

“Sir Ren, sorry to impose on you,” the woman said to Ren Baqian daintily. Her eyes sparkled like a pool of water.

“Ning Caichen ¹ ?” Ren Baqian asked in surprise.

“It’s me! But I have changed my name,” he said charmingly.

²

“And who’s this?” Ren Baqian looked at the old beggar. This guy had rudely taken a piece of mutton and wolfed it down without regard for the cold stare of the empress.

Could this person be Hong Qi?

“Who are you guys?” Many guards pointed their sabers and crowded around the bonfire.

“All of you, withdraw.” The empress stared at the old beggar and waved the guards away.

“Please have some wine!” The empress threw the wine bottle to the old beggar.

The old beggar unabashedly gulp down a mouthful and shouted, “Good wine!”

Ren Baqian felt that the empress’s reaction was unusual. She was normally aggressive, and it was simply unheard of for her to offer wine to someone who had eaten her roasted meat.

“After eating my dinner and drinking my wine, show me your skills in a moment as the number one expert in the world.” The empress saw him gulping down half a bottle of wine before speaking.

“Number one expert in the world?” Ren Baqian asked incredulously. The extent of his astonishment could blatantly be seen.

One had to know that the third most powerful expert in the world was Li Yuanzhu and that the fourth was originally Teng Yue, but he had now been replaced by the empress. These experts were frequently mentioned, but the top two experts in the world were exceptions.

It was said that these two hadn’t been seen for decades, and if not for their names appearing on the list of top experts, many people would have long ago assumed them to be dead.

Ren Baqian didn’t expect this old beggar to be the top expert in this world.

He didn’t think that the empress would recognize the wrong person, especially the world’s number one expert. However, how did Ning Caichen and Hong Qi get together?

Ren Baqian looked at Ning Caichen suspiciously.

“I came here to exchange xueke for Sir Ren’s stun baton!” Ning Caichen said with high spirits.

After that, his mood collapsed as he continued, “Along the way, I met up with this guy. He wanted my Green Pearl to bring him up into the sky.”

“In that case, bring him along!” Ren Baqian didn’t understand Ning Caichen’s expression.

“It’s impossible for a Spirit Sword to bring people up into the sky—even a sword master like me can’t do it. The important point is that my Green Pearl has a fear of heights after my previous trip to Dayao!”

“Ptui!” Ren Baqian spat as he almost vomited blood.

He had never heard of a flying sword that had a fear of heights!

Your Green Pearl must be considered as a genius blade among all the Spirit Swords!