“Surprised? Delighted?”
Jun Changxiao, who was gripping the Rose Empress, transformed from monkey appearance back to human appearance.
Actually, he could have relied on his formidable cultivation to force his way in, but who knew if there were mechanisms inside the sleeping quarters that could let her instantly escape. So he came in under the guise of a physician, even losing one healing pill in the process.
Sigh.
Heartache.
“You…”
The Rose Empress, whose qi meridian was being gripped, couldn’t move. Anger and astonishment flashed in her weak eyes.
Ten days ago in their battle, although she lost, for him to win he must have also paid a terrible price. Why did he now seem fine!
He cheated, of course.
After all, she was the boss of the Soul Clan Continent. Although the situation was extremely unfavorable, the Rose Empress still calmed down and said: “This is my sleeping quarters. Do you think you can leave easily after entering so easily?”
“Swish!”
Jun Changxiao pulled her from the bed, his gaze cold: “Stop playing tricks with me. Quickly hand over your soul source.”
If it weren’t for seeing that she was a generation’s Empress who could manipulate the entire Soul Clan, and that the side quest still wasn’t complete, he would have already ruthlessly destroyed this flower.
The Rose Empress’s face was pale: “You’re hurting me.”
This soft voice, combined with her weak face that made one’s heart ache, truly made her look like a pitiful great beauty waiting for a hero to rescue her.
“Aren’t you supposed to be heaven? You can’t even endure this little pain?” Jun Changxiao said indifferently.
“…”
The Rose Empress glared at him angrily with a pink face and said: “Are you even a man!”
Having campaigned across various major planes for so many years, it wasn’t just constant fighting—sometimes she would also employ schemes, such as the common honey trap.
With the Rose Empress’s beauty, as long as she made slightly charming movements, she could make men completely besotted.
But unexpectedly.
She was completely powerless against Jun Changxiao.
The Rose Empress even suspected this guy wasn’t a man!
Jun Changxiao coldly laughed: “Whether I’m a man or not, only my woman knows. What’s it to you?”
The Rose Empress kept glaring at him, and he kept glaring back at her. The two glared for quite a while until their eyes were sore.
The System urged: “Stop glaring. This is the palace forbidden ground—who knows what experts might be here. Quickly abduct her and leave!”
“Right.”
Jun Changxiao reached out and pulled the Rose Empress over, then directly lifted her up, coldly laughing: “In a bit, I’ll let you know whether I’m a man or not.”
The Rose Empress’s face turned pale: “Let… let go of me!”
She panicked.
When using honey traps before, she would slap those who approached her to death just as they were about to get close. She had never had such intimate contact.
Jun Changxiao acted as if he didn’t hear and strode toward the sleeping quarters door. Just as he was about to remove the formation, he heard a ‘boom’—the formation actually exploded on its own!
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
In an instant, figures rushed in from outside.
There were twenty people in total. They instantly blocked the sleeping quarters entrance. The leading elder had an aura so strong it should not be inferior to the Great Perfection of Wusheng!
Holy crap!
Support came that fast?
Or did this woman, despite setting up an isolation formation, still have a way to contact the outside world?
However, what surprised Jun Changxiao even more was that the Soul Clan powerhouses who suddenly rushed in showed astonishment in their eyes, as if puzzled by his existence.
“Brat!”
That elder reacted quickly and shouted in a deep voice: “You ate the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard to actually dare hold the Empress!”
Jun Changxiao coldly laughed. Just as he was about to explode his cultivation and rush out, he heard the Rose Empress say: “He is a physician I invited to treat my injuries.”
Holy crap!
What’s going on?
Jun Changxiao was immediately confused.
“Physician?”
The elder secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a faint smile: “Empress, you’re so seriously injured that even medical experts may not be able to heal you. Why not simply abdicate and yield to the worthy?”
“…”
Hearing this, various TV drama plots flashed through Jun Changxiao’s mind as he blurted out: “Your subordinate is staging a rebellion!”
The Rose Empress in his arms showed no surprise and said indifferently: “Abdicate to whom? Yield to whom?”
“Abdicate to me, yield to me.”
Just then, a woman whose appearance was no less than the Rose Empress’s walked in from outside the sleeping quarters.
Behind her followed many powerhouses. From their attire, they all seemed to have power and influence—they could be considered the Soul Clan’s civil and military officials.
“As expected, it’s you!”
The Rose Empress’s tone still held no surprise.
The beautiful woman said indifferently: “I told you I would eventually reclaim the imperial throne.”
“Had I known this would happen.”
The Rose Empress said with considerable regret: “I should have killed you back then.”
“If I had known that a general I personally promoted would covet my imperial throne, I wouldn’t have let her live either.” The beautiful woman said.
“You two.”
Just then, Jun Changxiao interrupted their conversation and said in exasperation: “What’s going on here? Can you explain? I’m really confused right now!”
The Rose Empress said indifferently: “She is the previous Empress you were looking for.”
“Previous?”
Jun Changxiao said in astonishment: “The Lingping Empress?”
The Rose Empress said with a cold face: “That’s right, this woman who was inferior in skill and lost to me, yet took advantage of my injuries to usurp power!”
Actually, when that elder led people into the sleeping quarters, she already understood the situation, because he had once been a trusted aide of the Lingping Empress and voluntarily retired to his hometown after she herself ascended the throne.
The confident Rose Empress hadn’t taken him seriously, but looking at things now, she had still been careless.
“…”
Jun Changxiao was in disarray.
Please, I’m in the middle of a robbery here, and you suddenly show up with a power struggle plot similar to palace intrigue dramas—how am I supposed to continue!
The Lingping Empress said indifferently: “Your injuries are so severe they’ll be difficult to recover from in a short time, and our Soul Clan cannot be without a ruler for even one day. You should quickly abdicate and yield.”
“Do all of you think the same?”
The Rose Empress looked at those civil and military officials standing in the back.
“Correct.”
Everyone said in unison.
Ever since this Fourth Generation Empress took office, she had consistently implemented high-pressure policies. Anyone with even a slightly opposing voice would be punished. Their lives were truly stifled.
Moreover, in terms of political achievements, the Lingping Empress was not inferior to the Rose Empress and was gentler with subordinates, so naturally they were more willing to support her return to power.
“Puh!”
The already injured Rose Empress spat out a mouthful of blood.
All these years, she had campaigned across various major planes for the Soul Clan Continent, bringing numerous benefits and resources, yet in the end she had raised a bunch of traitors!
“Hey.”
Jun Changxiao said sarcastically: “Looks like your subordinates have all betrayed you.”
“…”
The Rose Empress glared fiercely at him.
If you hadn’t beaten me to this state, how would they have the guts to come force me to abdicate!
“Swish!”
The elder pointed at Jun Changxiao and angrily shouted loudly: “Audacious quack doctor, you actually poisoned the Empress with toxic medicine! Someone! Cut him into a thousand pieces!”
“…”
Gou Sheng’s expression immediately became wonderful.
So they’re going to use his identity as a quack doctor to fabricate news that the Empress was poisoned to death, then announce it publicly so the Lingping Empress can smoothly ascend the throne?
Sorry!
This blame, I won’t take!
“Swish!”
Jun Changxiao held the Rose Empress with one hand and summoned the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade with the other, transforming into the loyal and righteous Guan Yunchang as he shouted: “Rebellious ministers and treacherous subjects plotting to usurp the throne—I, Ye Xingchen, will protect the Empress even if it costs me my life!”
“Achoo.”
At Eternal Sect, Ye Xingchen, who was in the middle of cultivating, suddenly sneezed.
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