Chapter 424

Chapter 424: Her Majesty May Let Her Be Your Concubine (4000 words)

“Your Majesty?”

Xu Ming felt a bit nervous inside.

Not only was Xu Ming nervous, even his General Guan Er was getting tense.

As soon as Guan Er got nervous, he stood up straight!

At this moment, Guan Er didn’t really need to sit up straight, but Xu Ming couldn’t control it.

Xu Ming even worried that his second sir might bump into the Dragon Empress.

“Don’t move.”

As the Dragon Empress took another step forward, Xu Ming sucked in a cold breath.

Xu Ming’s body pressed against the Dragon Empress, and he shivered all over.

“Her Majesty will help you check your body,” said the Dragon Empress.

“…” Xu Ming was stunned for a moment, even thinking he had heard wrong.

Isn’t this the kind of line that only appears in some movies from my past life? In such situations, it usually leads to an inspection, which then turns into a session of learning and exchange.

The next moment, the Dragon Empress embraced him tightly, their bodies pressed together, and Xu Ming felt dizzy.

That soft touch made Xu Ming almost unable to resist. He wanted nothing more than to engage in a one-on-one tutoring session with the Dragon Empress right now.

The Dragon Empress’s skin was as smooth as silk soaked in milk, soft like water but warm.

Xu Ming even felt like the Dragon Empress was about to merge into his body.

However, shortly after, the sensual feeling in Xu Ming’s heart lessened somewhat because he could feel the Dragon Empress’s spiritual energy entering his body, checking on his health.

When the thick spiritual energy entered Xu Ming’s body, his internal spiritual energy initially resisted.

But soon, under Xu Ming’s control, he opened up all his spiritual energy and meridians, allowing the Dragon Empress to conduct her examination.

After a while, the Dragon Empress slowly opened her eyes and looked at Xu Ming with some confusion: “Are your wounds healed?”

At the time when Xu Ming endured that sword strike, he suffered quite a bit of damage. In the Dragon Empress’s view, the injuries Xu Ming sustained definitely wouldn’t heal so quickly.

Even when the Dragon Empress sent palace maids to deliver healing elixirs to Xu Ming, they wouldn’t have healed this fast.

It would take at least half a year.

Xu Ming nodded: “This subject has relatively strong self-healing abilities, and His Majesty also sent quite a few precious elixirs. After recuperating for these few days, this subject is almost fully recovered.”

The Dragon Empress nodded and did not investigate further.

For the Dragon Empress, as long as Xu Ming was fine, she didn’t care how he healed his wounds.

“As long as you’re fine, that’s the best. This pool has a very simple name, called ‘Dragon Eye.’ Cultivating here can achieve twice the result with half the effort. I will be out after some time, so you should cultivate here these few days. We’ll bathe together when the time comes.” The Dragon Empress said calmly.

“…”

Xu Ming didn’t know what to say at the moment.

Although the Dragon Empress said cultivating here could double the results, in Xu Ming’s opinion, the Dragon Empress just wanted to take a bath with him, which was why she called him over.

“How, are you unwilling?” The Dragon Empress frowned as she saw Xu Ming’s silence.

“This subject is not unwilling, but this subject feels it might not be appropriate.” Xu Ming’s tone sounded somewhat uneasy and honored.

To be honest, Xu Ming was worried that staying here for a few days might lead to someone’s death.

“There’s nothing inappropriate about it.” The Dragon Empress looked at Xu Ming calmly. “Moreover, your Majesty’s body, the parts you should have touched, you’ve already touched; the parts you shouldn’t have touched, you’ve touched too. Now you’re saying it’s inappropriate? Isn’t it a bit late?”

Xu Ming: “…”

Xu Ming wanted to say that it wasn’t something he intentionally did. From beginning to end, he was passive!

But when the Dragon Empress’s body pressed against Xu Ming’s chest, the sensation was too exaggerated.

Using the four words “a temptress of the mortal world” doesn’t even accurately describe it.

It was only because Xu Ming had strong willpower; otherwise, any normal man placed in such a situation, being tempted by such a woman, would find it hard to remain steadfast.

“Your Majesty, there are a few questions I’d like to ask.” Xu Ming looked into the Dragon Empress’s eyes.

The Dragon Empress nodded: “You may ask anything. As long as I know and can tell you, I will answer. But if it involves heavy karma, I won’t tell you. It’s not because I’m hiding anything, but because I’m protecting you. Knowing those things won’t benefit you.”

“Thank you for Your Majesty’s trust and concern. But shouldn’t Your Majesty let go of me first?” Xu Ming felt that his General Guan Er was not just angry but ready to explode!

This feeling was truly unbearable.

“Do you not like it?” The Dragon Empress’s eyes stared directly at Xu Ming, and her body pressed closer.

Xu Ming sucked in a cold breath and started chanting calming spells in his mind.

“Your Majesty, please, has the destruction of the Dragon King Teng really had no impact on the Four Seas?”

Xu Ming shifted his focus, asking the question that had been troubling him for these past few days.

Otherwise, if things continued like this, Xu Ming feared he wouldn’t be able to control himself.

Moreover, Xu Ming suspected that the Dragon Empress might intentionally be seducing him.

If he were truly the reincarnation of her old lover, Xu Ming would definitely not be enduring this hardship now.

The problem was that he wasn’t her old lover…

Even if he gained numerous advantages, he couldn’t cross that line.

Otherwise, regardless of what the Dragon Empress would do to him in the end, using someone else’s identity to do immoral deeds, how would that be any different from Huang Mao?

“Of course not. Although I publicly stated that the destruction of the Dragon King Teng had no impact on the Four Seas, in reality, the impact was immense.”

A hint of melancholy flashed in the Dragon Empress’s eyes as she shook her head and explained calmly to Xu Ming.

“Do you know what kind of existence the Dragon King Teng is?”

Xu Ming shook his head: “This subject does not know, but I vaguely heard Miss Ao mention that the Dragon King Teng was actually suppressing something?”

“That’s correct.”

The Dragon Empress nodded.

“The Dragon King Teng was created during the ancient times when our ancestors sacrificed themselves, offering their blood, flesh, and divine souls to refine it.

Its main function was to stabilize seals and suppress certain ancient existences. For example, the illusion you encountered before was one of those ancient beings, and also an opponent of our ancestors.

In the four seas, there is an Abyss in each.

Within these Abysses, there exists such an opponent.

Killing them is extremely difficult. Even if they have been trapped under the Abyss for countless years, even if I personally went to the Abyss and used the imperial seal, I still couldn’t eliminate them.

Not long ago, I shattered his Dharma Heaven and Earth technique, which severely injured him. For nearly a thousand years, he probably won’t cause much trouble.

But what about after a thousand years? That’s what concerns me.

Moreover, I once heard my father say that the entities imprisoned in the Abyss not only pose a threat to the Four Seas but possibly to the entire world.

Our duty as the Four Sea Dragon Kings is to guard these ancient beings. That’s why the four sea dragon palaces are built near the Abysses.”

Xu Ming asked further: “Your Majesty mentioned the Four Seas, but what about the Eastern Sea, Western Sea, and Southern Sea? If the ancient beings sealed in these three seas escape, what should we do?”

The Dragon Empress smiled and said: “That’s their responsibility. I only manage my own sea, and I believe I’ve done enough to honor our ancestors. Even if the Four Seas perish, I’ve fulfilled my duties.”

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“…”

Xu Ming thought the Dragon Empress’s reasoning was sound and very open-minded.

Indeed, that’s the truth.

What could the Dragon Empress manage concerning the other four seas?

She isn’t the ruler of those seas either.

Matters of other seas should naturally be resolved by those seas themselves.

Even if problems arise, the ancestors can only blame them, while the Dragon Empress remains blameless.

Looking at Xu Ming’s face, the Dragon Empress continued: “But rest assured, compared to the entity beneath the Northern Sea Abyss, the ones suppressed in the East, West, and South Seas are weaker.

Moreover, the Western Sea Dragon King has reached the Ascension Realm, and the Southern Sea Dragon King is halfway there. With the support of the Seadragon Palace’s magic array and royal fortune, they can temporarily suppress the entities.

There won’t be significant chaos in the short term.

The only concern should be the Eastern Sea.

With the Eastern Sea Dragon King dead and without a leader, there’s no one left to suppress that entity.

Perhaps that entity has already escaped or even been taken away by Mount Zhongyan.

But even if one escapes, it’s not a major issue.

Actually, the guy beneath the Abyss was right.

No matter how united the Four Sea Dragon Kings claim to be, they ultimately have four heads and four hearts.

With four heads and four hearts, conflicts are inevitable. Some will have inexplicable ambitions, wanting to do meaningless things, thinking themselves extraordinary.

I assume you’re wondering why I knew about this beforehand yet allowed their plan to proceed halfway, right?”

Xu Ming nodded: “Yes, Your Majesty.”

The Dragon Empress smiled: “That’s because I also wanted to obtain the Dragon King Teng.”

Xu Ming: “…”

The Dragon Empress continued: “Once I possess the Dragon King Teng, the other three seas must submit to me. However, I’m not greedy for power over the Four Seas. I merely wish to refine the Dragon King Teng into my personal dharma instrument. Thus, others won’t be able to tamper with it, ensuring greater stability in the Four Seas.

Other dragon clans, no matter what schemes they harbor, will have to endure and be suppressed by me.

So when I learned that someone intended to act against the Dragon King Teng, I suddenly saw an opportunity.

Things went smoothly at first, but I didn’t expect Mount Zhongyan to be so ruthless, willing to make enemies with the Four Seas just to destroy those seals.

These past few days, no matter how I analyzed the situation, I couldn’t figure out what Mount Zhongyan truly intends to do.

Regardless, everything Mount Zhongyan has done has irreparably damaged its relationship with the Four Seas, making them eternal foes. Mount Zhongyan will eventually pay the price.”

Xu Ming: “…”

The Dragon Empress: “Do you have anything else you want to ask?”

Xu Ming thought for a moment: “About Ao Jin, how will Your Majesty deal with him?”

When Xu Ming asked this question, the Dragon Empress blinked a few times at Ao Yiner seriously: “What you’re really asking is not how Ao Jin will be dealt with, but how Ao Yiner will be handled.”

Xu Ming nodded without any concealment: “Yes, as Your Majesty said, I am asking on behalf of Ao Yiner.”

The Dragon Empress tilted her head curiously: “Do you like that girl from the Eastern Sea? If you do, I can let her be your concubine.”

Xu Ming: “…”

Xu Ming didn’t expect the Dragon Empress to be so generous.

However, the Dragon Empress isn’t entirely generous, because she immediately designated Ao Yiner as a concubine, not even granting her the status of a secondary wife, let alone a primary wife.

Moreover, the Dragon Empress’s tone was similar to that of a lawful wife showing tolerance.

The husband can take concubines, but only because she is magnanimous and not jealous. However, the position of the lawful wife is off-limits—impossible to consider.

“Your Majesty misunderstood. This subject only has ordinary friendship feelings towards Ao Girl, nothing more. And precisely because this subject is a friend of Ao Girl, and Ao Girl is innocent and carefree, she will surely be unable to accept these matters. Moreover, Ao Girl herself is innocent,” Xu Ming explained.

However, the Dragon Empress just shook her head: “Xu Ming, in this world, there are few who are truly innocent. She is a member of the Dragon Clan, the daughter of the Eastern Sea. Since she was born, she has enjoyed resources unimaginable to others, and similarly, she must bear costs unimaginable to others.

Ao Jin colluded with Mount Zhongyan. Normally, Ao Jin should be beheaded in public as a warning. But if you want to save him, I will spare his life.

As for Ao Yiner, although she did nothing, I should have locked her in prison for a thousand years to set an example.

However, since you plead for her, I will naturally forgive her.”

Xu Ming: “…”

Xu Ming thought carefully: “Ao Jin indeed deserves death, and if Your Majesty wants to kill him, I won’t plead for him. But I do want to plead for Ao Yiner, and I don’t hope Your Majesty spares her out of consideration for me.”

The Dragon Empress tilted her head: “Then what do you mean, Xu Ming?”

Xu Ming: “I wonder if I can meet Ao Jin? Perhaps, he can be of great use, at least more useful alive than dead. If this plan fails, then Your Majesty can execute him later.”