NOVPUBChapter 754: Chapter 752: Do Not Let Your Majesty Face Difficult Situations!
Chapter 754: Chapter 752: Do Not Let Your Majesty Face Difficult Situations!
“Indeed, they overheard our conversation!”
Sally met Chu Duo’s gaze.
The other party was startled.
The Empress, seeing that Chu Duo ignored her, began to knock her head on the floor forcefully, knocking and crying, extremely disheveled—with none of her usual grace and luxury, now pitifully humble to the point of invoking pity and regret.
Xiaoqi stared without blinking, “Mom, this is real, right?”
Sally patted her head, “It is real. The Empress must have violated the palace rules, or her family committed a grave taboo against imperial authority, so she’s begging for mercy.”
Chu Duo casually glanced at the supervising eunuch beside him, “Eunuch Pang, help the Empress up and offer her a seat.”
The Empress trembled even more, “Your Majesty, spare my life.”
Anyone who had worked with Chu Duo knew that the more polite he was, the more dangerous it became. The kinder his smile, the more ruthless he was!
“A day as a couple grants a hundred days of grace, how could I, Your Majesty, wish for the Empress’s life? Besides, the Empress once saved my life and has earned great merit,” said Chu Duo, his lips a bewitching light red, revealing an extremely amiable smile.
Sally couldn’t help but shudder, “This is absolutely a ruthless character!”
“He kinda resembles Uncle Wen,” Xiaoqi looked at Little Fengning, “Doesn’t he?”
After thinking it over, Little Fengning finally nodded, “A little.”
Sally: “…Is that so?”
She didn’t see it at all, and besides, Welly was much more handsome than him.
“Absolutely not! Not even remotely.” If she had to say who he resembled, it was a bit like Jian.
“…” Xiaoqi glanced at Sally and lowered her head to continue watching the drama. Poor mother, she doesn’t even understand her own Beast Husband.
Little Fengning fell quiet too; his father was a completely different person when facing his mother compared to others. Or rather, his other uncles and relatives also had two faces.
Chu Duo’s eyes shifted towards the beam above.
Sally’s eyes met his again, and then she blinked.
Noticing Chu Duo’s glance at the beam, the Empress’s face turned ashen, “My life is not worth sparing, but my maternal family is truly wronged. They followed Your Majesty through battles in the east and west; a family of ten generals, all died on the battlefield—what can the remaining widows and orphans do? I implore Your Majesty for clear discernment.”
“Widows and orphans, at least they still have orphans; I, the Human Emperor, have no heir. Before ascending the throne, three concubines were pregnant. After the enthronement, six concubines were enshrined. Empress, explain to me, why can’t all these women bear a single child!” Chu Duo’s smile became even more handsome and captivating. 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓅𝓊𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
The Empress couldn’t take it anymore, she stood up, despondent, and dashed headfirst toward a pillar!
‘Boom—’ Along with a deafening thud, the Empress fainted.
Sally watched with her heart in her throat.
Xiaoqi’s hair stood on end, “So… so thrilling!”
Chu Duo rose from his Dragon Chair, with long legs and slender waist, tall and upright, his physique indeed impressive.
“Take the Empress away, summon the imperial physician. If the Empress dies, you all will be buried with her.”
With that single sentence, all the Palace Attendants were too frightened to make a sound, nodding submissively as they withdrew, having to keep their eyes unblinkingly on the Empress, or else their lives would be forfeit.
Chu Duo looked up, once again meeting Sally’s gaze, “Are you demons?”
Sally looked at the two children, not denying it, “Yes. After ten thousand years of cultivation, we have gained sentience.”
“How may I address you?” Chu Duo asked, his eyes full of interest.
Sally replied, “My name is Sally, and these are my son, Little Fengning, and my daughter, Xiaoqi.”
Chu Duo smiled, his expression cultured and pleasant, pleasing to the eye, “Lady Su, may I have the honor of inviting you and your children to share a meal at the imperial table?”
“Yes, yes,” Xiaoqi immediately agreed.
Little Fengning looked at his mother, “Mom, I’m hungry too.”
“…” Each one of them grew up on Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures; how could they possibly swallow food from the Human Realm!
“Alright,” Sally, holding her two children, leaped down from the beam.
When they landed, the three of them had transformed into human forms.
Little Fengning and Xiaoqi looked just like a golden boy and a jade girl, with Sally as their fairy.
Chu Duo took a surprising while to come back to his senses, “Lady Su seems like a goddess descended to the mortal world, unrivaled in beauty!”
“Your Majesty flatters me,” Sally responded, and then patted the two children on their heads, “Greet the Human Emperor.”
“I’ve met the Human Emperor, I’m Xiaoqi,” Xiaoqi cheerfully responded.
Little Fengning also said, “I’ve met the Human Emperor.”
The Human Emperor? This title was quite unique. Chu Duo looked at Sally’s two children with a hint of envy and then with a deeper intention in his gaze when he looked back at Sally.
Sally, along with her two children, had a meal with Chu Duo in the Imperial Garden.
Xiaoqi had sampled various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures level delicacies and, especially with the culinary skills of Zulu and Uncle Xiang nurturing him, had become quite picky.
Therefore, after a few bites, he claimed to be full and stopped eating.
For Little Fengning, who could even swallow the food that Jian made, this meal was actually quite good, so he kept eating to give face.
Sally, on the other hand, was interested in the wine.
Spiritual Wine and Divine Wine were brewed with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and contained the essence of these treasures, which were very nourishing for the body, but the taste was difficult to describe as good or bad.
Yet the wines of the mortal world, mixed with many impurities, seemed to blend all the earthly desires, cravings, eight sufferings, and six poisons into them, with a lingering taste that invited deep reflection after one sip.
“Good wine,” Sally praised, “May I have some to take with me?”
“It’s my honor,” Chu Duo’s manner of addressing himself changed when speaking with Sally.
Xiaoqi finally couldn’t restrain himself anymore and earnestly asked the Human Emperor, “Did the Empress do something wrong?”
This was the real reason they were having this meal!
Sally quickly signaled Xiaoqi to stop, “Don’t make His Majesty discuss uncomfortable matters!”
The underlying message was that if it wasn’t uncomfortable, they still wanted to know…
Chu Duo poured Sally another cup of wine, then turned to look at Xiaoqi with a gaze filled with genuine tenderness and affection, “Does Xiaoqi want to know the secrets of the palace?”
“Mhm! Mhm!” Xiaoqi immediately nodded, “If it’s not difficult for His Majesty.”
Eunuch Pang hurried over and said to Chu Duo, “General Dongfang has arrived, asking to meet with Your Majesty.”
Chu Duo paused for a moment, then said to Eunuch Pang, “Please invite him in.”
Eunuch Pang bowed and withdrew.
Sally looked at the two children and said to them, “General Dongfang, with a single name, Yi.”
Little Fengning was stunned, “Ah?”
Sally put her finger to her lips, “Not to be spoken of.”
Xiaoqi blinked, and her eyes suddenly sparkled even brighter, “I want to hear the General’s story!”
“Is Xiaoqi no longer interested in the secrets of the palace?” Chu Duo’s glance towards Sally held a slight flicker.
“Interested in both!” Xiaoqi replied.
Sally picked up a piece of fish with her chopsticks for her, “You should eat properly.”
“Alright,” Xiaoqi picked up her chopsticks.
Dongfang Yi arrived.
At first glance, seeing Sally and Xiaoqi and Little Fengning, he was quite startled.
Then he paid his respects to Chu Duo.
Chu Duo raised his hand, “Dispense with the formalities, sit and join us for the meal.”
“Thank you for Your Majesty’s kind offer, but I have already dined, and I have important matters to report,” Dongfang Yi said, bowing with his hands clasped.
Xiaoqi, full of eager curiosity, assessed Dongfang Yi quietly and nudged Little Fengning, “What do you think he looks like?”
“Just a one out of ten, at most two,” Little Fengning responded.
