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"Hmph, if you don't want to go, then don't. At worst, I won't go either." Su Xiaoyue rolled her eyes at Xu Chen.

"Why don't you go?" Xu Chen looked curiously at Su Xiao Yue.

"Aiya, since you don't want to go anyway, there's no point in going alone!" Hearing Xu Chen's question, Su Xiaoyue embarrassedly avoided his gaze.

"Alright, then I'll send you over." Xu Chen had no other choice but to send her to the academy, so he decided to visit other places after that.

"Is that true?" Su Xiaoyue glanced at Xu Chen and said.

"How long have I been lying to you?" Xu Chen asked with a smile.

"Didn't you say this place is pretty good?" Su Xiaoyue pouted and asked, "Did you want to wait for her to come back and find you because you saved a great beauty?"

After saying so, Su Xiaoyue felt guilty. She didn't understand why she mentioned that woman so suddenly, but she still peeked at Xu Chen's face.

"Why do you ask?" Xu Chen felt that Su Xiaoyue was a little strange.

"Aiya, okay, it's nothing. Let's go now and find the formation patterns." Seeing Xu Chen's puzzled expression, Su Xiaoyue could not help but stomp her feet in annoyance. Then, she walked toward the city gate.

"Big brother, didn't big sister Xiao Yue say that she was going in the direction of the formation runes? Why did she head in the opposite direction?" Xu Shengyan looked at the abnormal Su Xiaoyan with curiosity.

"I don't know either." Xu Chen was also confused, thinking, "Is something wrong with Xiao Yue?"

When Su Xiao Yue reached the city gate, she turned back and glared at Xu Chen. She said, "I went in the wrong direction. Why didn't you call me!"

With that, Su Xiao Yue walked back into the city. Xu Chen and Xu Chenyan looked at each other, thinking that Su Xiao Yue was very strange today.

Xu Chen couldn't understand what was wrong with Su Xiao Yue. Could it be because he didn't want to accompany her to the Academy?

Xu Chen's mind was filled with thoughts as he followed behind Su Xiao Yue. After going down the wrong path several times, they finally arrived at the inscription on the square.

As the war subsided, the formation patterns were guarded by soldiers.

When Su Xiao Yue saw the runes, she wanted to run up and ask, but she didn't want to stay for even a second longer.

However, before she could enter, the sound of orderly footsteps came from the alleyway around the square. Squads of armored soldiers had surrounded them.

The soldiers guarding the runes retreated into the distance as though they were facing a great enemy, wary of Xu Chen and the other two.

"Xu Chen, what's going on?" Su Xiaoyue retreated to Xu Chen's side.

As for Xu Chen, he frowned slightly. He did not understand the current situation and why these troops would surround them.

At this moment, a middle-aged man riding a huge snow wolf walked out from the army. From the looks of it, he was the commander of this troop.

The middle-aged man jumped down from the snow wolf and stood in front of Xu Chen. He asked, "May I ask if you are Xu Chen?"

"Yes, may I ask why you are blocking our way?" Xu Chen frowned slightly as he looked at this valiant middle-aged man.

"Our Emperor invited us and specifically ordered us to wait here." The middle-aged commander respectfully said, "Please come with us."

"Do you recognize the wrong person? We don't know any king." Hearing that Xu Chen would follow them, Su Xiaoyue was worried that they would harm Xu Chen.

"I won't." As the middle-aged commander spoke, he retrieved a portrait from his waist and placed it in front of Xu Chen and the other two, "This was personally given to us by His Majesty."

The three of them stared at the portrait in the middle-aged commander's hands. The person on it was exactly the same as Xu Chen. No, it should be Xu Chen.

Xu Chen and Su Xiao Yue looked at each other. Given the current situation, they had no choice but to follow this commander.

Soon after, they followed the commander to the imperial palace of the Southern Tang Empire.

It had to be said that the imperial palace of the Southern Tang Empire was quite grand. The white walls were quite eye-catching in the entire imperial city.

Inside the wall, a long jade brick staircase led straight up to the clouds. The entire palace was like a giant dragon soaring up to the clouds, majestic and imposing!

However, at this moment, Xu Chen and the other two weren't in the mood to feel the majesty of this palace.

After entering the palace, the middle-aged man brought Su Xiao Yue and Xu Shengyan somewhere else.

"His Majesty asks you to meet him alone." The middle-aged commander explained, "Please be at ease, we will take good care of your friend."

Hearing this, Xu Chen did not say anything more. Since he was already here, he might as well leave. He followed the middle-aged commander up the long flight of stairs, finally arriving at the peak of the clouds.

After the middle-aged commander left, the attendant led Xu Chen to the tallest palace in the Royal Palace.

"His Majesty has been waiting inside for a long time." After the waiter brought Xu Chen to the door, he left as well.

Xu Chen had been thinking along the way. In his impression, he didn't know any of the emperors from the other empires.

However, since he was already here, he still pushed open the door of the palace and entered.

The interior was filled with gauze screens, and a pleasant fragrance filled the air. It was like a woman's sleeping quarters.

Xu Chen walked to the center of the hall and discovered that there was a large bathing pool in the innermost area. There was a woman leaning against the window, looking out at the vast sky.

There was no veil covering the pool's side. Before Xu Chen's eyes was a pure white, flawless, exquisite figure.

This was Her Majesty the Empress of the Southern Tang Empire, Lin Yuetan. She was also a powerhouse at the first level of the Divine Soul Realm.

With just a glance, Xu Chen recognized the empress. She was the woman dressed in golden armor whom he had saved in the imperial capital that day.

Xu Chen knew that the woman's background was extraordinary, but he had not expected her to be the Empress of the Southern Tang Empire.

"Why didn't you come over?" Lin Yueting knew that it was Xu Chen, but she did not turn around. However, she knew that Xu Chen was standing rather far away from her.

"We dare not disrespect your majesty." Xu Chen was not used to this kind of conversation and could not help but frown.

"Blasphemy?"

"Didn't you already blaspheme them?" Lin Yueting said with interest.

"I didn't mean to do it before, but now I do." Xu Chen truthfully replied.

"Before you came, I was thinking about a problem." Lin Yueting did not seem to want to linger on this matter. "Should I reward you, or should I kill you?"

"Has His Majesty thought it through?" Xu Chen had a calm expression, as if the things they were discussing had nothing to do with him.

"I didn't understand before you came in." Lin Yueting replied, "After you came in, I thought you understood."

"I've decided to make you empress!"

"What do you think of this reward?" Lin Yueting suddenly turned around, looking at Xu Chen with her dignified phoenix eyes.

Hearing this, Xu Chen could not help but furrow his brows. He had no doubt that the so-called reward from the empress dowager was something he had never expected.

"So what if I don't agree?" Xu Chen raised his head and asked.

Hearing this, Lin Yueting stood up. The sound of water splashing was especially ear-piercing in this large, empty hall!

Her body was completely naked in front of Xu Chen's eyes. Her skin was still as white and smooth as ever.

However, the scars on her chest and lower abdomen were still very conspicuous.

It was sewn by Xu Chen. The seams were not very good, so it was very ugly.

"Then I will only kill you because of your blasphemy." Lin Yueting stared deeply at the man called Xu Chen. He was the first person to reject her after she ascended the throne!

"That would put you in a bad position." However, Xu Chen's expression was as still as still water, not affected in the slightest by her alluring body.

"Indeed." Lin Yueting seemed to calm down. At this moment, she had just stepped into the throne room. It was true that it would have a great influence on her rule.

"But what if I don't mind the notoriety?" Lin Yueting changed the subject.

Xu Chen fell silent. Facing this mighty Empress, he was at a loss for words.

"Our Southern Tang's daughter, her body, can only be seen by her husband." Lin Yue Ting's phoenix eyes burned as she looked into Xu Chen's eyes.

In their Southern Tang Empire, it was indeed as she had said. A woman's chastity was above all else, and the man in front of her, she did not hate at all.

Lin Yueting walked up to Xu Chen, stroking the scar on his abdomen. "You want to just leave like that?"

"The parents of a doctor are kind, and they did not mean to offend you." Xu Chen gazed at his nose as he spoke.

"What about now?" Lin Yueting's slender fingers hooked up to Xu Chen's chin, allowing her to see everything clearly before Xu Chen's eyes.

Xu Chen stared at her snow-white skin. If he had said that he wasn't moved by her words, it would be a lie. However, his temperament was not something that an ordinary person could compare with.

For the past eighteen years, Xu Chen had been a person who had always been on the edge between life and death, but he had always been as calm as still water. One could only imagine how calm Xu Chen's state of mind had become.

If even life or death could not shake Xu Chen's will, how could he let a beauty easily control his mind?

"I'm afraid your majesty will be disappointed." Xu Chen said apologetically.

"That's not necessarily the case. How about we wait and see?" The corners of Lin Yueting's mouth formed a proud yet enchanting smile.

"I'm sure you'll regret it." Xu Chen said calmly.

"If you really make me regret it, then I will kill you."

"From beginning to end, what I want is something that I cannot obtain. Just like my current throne, it's the same!" Lin Yueting looked at Xu Chen arrogantly, like a phoenix showing off its spoils of war.

"Then we'll see." Xu Chen said in a serious tone.

Hearing this, Lin Yueting began to giggle. She once again hooked her fingers under Xu Chen's chin and said, "What you admire the most is your eyes."

"No matter what, it will always be so calm."

"This is really pleasing to the eyes!"