The Empress’s Gigolo

Li Yuanzhu stood up, supporting herself with the sword in her right hand. As she looked at the wall where a large hole was created, her eyes grew extremely dark. They were like an abyss that could engulf everything in this world.

“Xu Wuming?”

That blade of air was so astonishing that she had to flip backward to dodge it.

There was only one well-known expert in this world who could use this technique, and he was none other than Xu Wuming, who had stayed hidden for a long time.

Li Yuanzhu had once heard Ren Baqian mention some things about him.

“Sigh. You don’t know what you are doing.” A drawn-out voice sounded from outside the wall, but the speaker didn’t show himself.

“It’s you who doesn’t know what you are doing!” In a flash, Li Yuanzhu appeared dozens of meters away, drawing out a faint afterimage behind her.

As she pointed her sword forward, all of the greenery and courtyard walls suddenly disappeared. It was as if a giant and invisible beast had taken a huge bite at it.

Ding!

Out of nowhere, a sword flashed in front of her.

Two swords exchanged blows with only a soft ring.

Li Yuanzhu tapped her feet and withdrew several meters back.

Abnormal fluctuations occurred in the air. An invisible black hole seemed to have appeared at her side, and things were collapsing toward a certain point with even the air around it beginning to distort.

On the other side, cloth-tearing noises could be heard and faint abnormal cracks could be seen in the air.

There was a moment of stalemate between the two parties before a point in the air suddenly exploded. Strong winds swept through and soil flew all over.

Amid all of this, a sword cut through everything with a streak of cold radiance and went straight for Li Yuanzhu.

Ding… Ding… Ding…!

Her face changed. She struck three times with her sword and withdrew from one end of the courtyard to the other before the radiance dissipated.

The person’s aura at the other end had disappeared as well.

Li Yuanzhu frowned and rushed into the house, only to see that the ground was overturned. Even the ground was made out of metal. However, there was a spot where a hole had been dug out.

Xin Zhe and Lin Qiaole had jumped in long ago.

Lin Yue was still standing there chewing on melon seeds and clearly hadn’t comprehended the situation yet.

“Follow me!” Li Yuanzhu jumped into the hole as soon as she spoke.

Lin Yue touched her head, looked upstairs, and then glanced down at her feet. She pondered for a moment… before jumping into the hole.

It might seem eventful, but all of this happened in the blink of an eye.

The hole descended about 20 meters under the ground. Li Yuanzhu jumped down and saw both Xin Zhe and Lin Qiaole.

In front of them were six passages… Or rather, this was just a node for these passages.

“Which direction?” Xin Zhe’s face was gloomy, and there was fresh blood on her fists. However, she acted as if she couldn’t feel anything.

“There’s no scent of that fellow. The freshest trace of scent is from that direction!” Lin Qiaole sprawled on the ground and twitched her nose before lifting her head with a puzzled look.

Xin Zhe kept silent and ran toward the passage that Lin Qiaole indicated.

An hour later, everyone saw light coming from in front of them and heard the sound of water. They then found themselves beside a waterfall at the end of the passage.

“Where should we go?” Xin Zhe asked again.

“The scent is gone… It seems to have stopped here.” Lin Qiaole had a puzzled look again.

“In the water!” Li Yuanzhu quickly reacted.

Deep in thought, Lin Yue followed behind…

What are they going to do? Zhao Prince Consort is still up top…

…

Ren Baqian was smiling at the moment, but it was a very bitter smile.

He heard Li Yuanzhu shout, “Xu Wuming.”

Then, he heard Xin Zhe smashing the metal plate downstairs.

Ren Baqian also knew that everyone had jumped into an underground passage.

However, he didn’t dare to make a single sound.

They were all truly moving too fast. All of them were gone before he could even figure out how to pass the message that he was here.

Ren Baqian didn’t know what sort of methods the culprit used to mask his scent so that even Li Yuanzhu couldn’t sense his presence up here.

Everyone subconsciously assumed that he had been captured, so they ran into the underground passage.

“You are pretty lovable, little brother!” A charming and seductive voice sounded in his ears as the face next to his slowly pulled away. The jade hand on his neck gradually released its grip as well.

The hand was so delicate that it looked as if it was carved out of white jade.

It was no exaggeration to say that it was a jade hand.

If one were to say that this was the most beautiful hand in the world, Ren Baqian would think about it for a moment and then nod in agreement.

At about two centimeter, the fingernails of her hand were also very long. Furthermore, there were no flaws at all, and it could be seen that the owner cared for her fingernails exceptionally. Otherwise, this would be impossible.

Although he couldn’t see it, he could imagine there being no dirt at all under those long nails.

With such beautiful hands and flawless nails, the owner would definitely be hair-raisingly beautiful.

Ren Baqian had to admit that he always ran into beautiful women.

For instance, the empress, Li Yuanzhu, Lin Yue, Xin Zhe… and also the ladyboy…

However, he still felt that the woman in front of him was exceptionally beautiful.

She had purple eyeshadow, which was a rare sight in this world, as well as airy bangs, fiery lipstick, and a pair of phoenix eyes that were somewhat similar to the empress’s. She also had a mole under the corner of her eye.

All of these things combined made Ren Baqian feel that she was exceptionally beautiful.

Most importantly, she had curves in all the right places.

He could feel her boobs pressing up against him just now… She stood so close to him… He had to admit… Good move!

However, Ren Baqian felt that the most thrilling thing wasn’t the beauty of this woman, but the scent given off by her pink nails.

It was a sweet and intoxicating scent.

Needless to say, it was poisonous. Extremely poisonous.

If things were to happen differently just now, there was no telling if this woman would die. In any case, Ren Baqian was already dead meat.

At this point, she pulled her face away and smiled as she looked at him.

“Hello, sister!” He had a lovable look on his face, as lovable as he could be, like a harmless young man.

Sadly, Ren Baqian forgot that he had a fierce-looking face and a bald head…

Inexplicably, he recalled the time when he first met the empress.

It seemed like he had to… survive that dangerous moment again…

“It’s been a long time since anyone called me sister…” The woman touched her face and sighed.

Pow!

Ren Baqian was stunned when she suddenly slapped him. His anger rose from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and a viciousness flashed across his eyes. However, he managed to calm down almost instantly.

He swung his hand and gave himself another slap.

The woman gaped, clearly a little surprised.

“The two sides of my face weren’t very symmetrical just now. Currently, it looks much better.” Ren Baqian smiled.

She smiled and looked at him with interest as if she was re-examining him.

She then walked around him and asked, “Am I beautiful?”

“Anyone who says you aren’t beautiful must be blind!” Ren Baqian replied honestly. “Therefore, I can’t say that you aren’t beautiful!”

“Between me and Qi Zixiao… Who’s prettier?” She looked at him expectantly as if she were a young girl waiting for her sweetheart to praise her.

However, he knew that this person… wasn’t easy to deal with…

In fact, except for Lin Yue, whose brain circuit was like the Mariana Trench, and Lin Qiaole, whose cultivation levels could increase in her sleep, none of those at this level of strength were easy to deal with.

Besides, this was a question of life and death!

“I do know of a magic mirror that could tell you the answer if you simply asked, ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?!’” Ren Baqian replied. “I think it will tell you that you are the most beautiful person!”

“Do you mean that I’m more beautiful than Qi Zixiao?” The woman’s eyes had a satirical look.

“I mean… it would also reply the same way if someone else asked the same question. Otherwise, it would get shattered…” Ren Baqian spread his hands.

Pow!

Just as he ended his sentence, he endured another slap to the face.

The woman slapped him and then gently touched him as if she was caressing her lover’s cheek.

“Does it hurt?” she asked.

Ren Baqian gritted his teeth. This woman was truly a nutjob!

He then smiled and replied, “It doesn’t! I think all men in this world are willing to suffer like this.”

“It’s good that you aren’t angry!” The woman laughed happily. “You are so lovable that I find it hard to kill you.”