Page 1061

Empress Dowager?

The Emperor swallowed, feeling that no matter how many times he heard it, the Empress Dowager’s voice was always so... heart-stirring.

The enchanting figure stepped out from the Palace Gate, a strange fragrance making everyone momentarily forget the gravity of the situation at hand.

"Come in..."

"Empress Dowager!" The Emperor came to his senses and hastily said, "The situation is urgent, please follow me out of the Imperial Palace first!"

"Leave the palace?" The woman smiled faintly, "Is it possible to leave?"

The Emperor was taken aback and for a moment was too choked up to speak.

If it was possible to leave earlier, they wouldn’t have been forced to come here.

In reality, his relationship with the Empress Dowager was never that deep.

If there was a chance to escape, why would he come here and waste time?

"Come in...." The woman repeated.

This time, although her voice still carried a hint of indolence, it also gave an inexplicable sense of oppression. For a moment, neither the Emperor nor the attending Noble Family ministers dared to counter her.

With uneasy hearts, they followed the silhouette of the Empress Dowager into the depths of the Imperial Palace.

Li Yankong followed behind, but at this moment, he was the most clear-headed one.

This Imperial Palace... Where is the Empress Dowager?

The Emperor is of the Holy Clan. The succession of an Emperor in the Holy Clan is not based on lineage, but rather, the Holy Clan decides on their own, choosing the best among the youngest generation to assume the role.

The Sorcerer Dynasty’s Emperor does not inherit his position from his father, so in such circumstances, the existence of former concubines is unprecedented.

The previous Emperor had no direct blood relation to the current one, and when the former abdicated, the former Empress automatically returned to her clan and no longer appeared under the title of Empress.

The current Emperor’s mother also remains within the clan, never elevating her entire family to the ranks of the Imperial Clan due to one person’s achievements.

It is precisely because of this that the Sorcerer Dynasty has been spared from many contentious struggles for the throne, and the turnovers of numerous dynasties have been relatively peaceful. The intense competition may exist within the Holy Clan, but outsiders are unable to see it.

In the Sorcerer Dynasty, there is no such concept as an Empress Dowager. Li Yankong remembers there was only an Empress, and if his memory serves him right, his own fate changed because of this Empress...

With complex emotions, the group hurriedly followed the Empress into the palace. Even as external officials, including several Noble Family Heads, this was their first time entering The Harem.

It could be because the Empress Dowager was too seductive or perhaps it was the novelty of entering The Harem for the first time, but everyone felt an indescribable restlessness, a base impulse they had not felt in a long time, making their blood begin to boil.

This included Li Yankong. The feeling was strange. Li Yankong considered himself not one to lust after beauty, especially not at a critical moment of life and death. Yet, the desire in his heart was so overwhelming that this woman must surely be problematic.

Suppressing their thoughts, everyone found it harder to concentrate as they walked further, their imaginations running wild and breaths growing heavier.

The Emperor too was dripping with cold sweat, hands trembling. He had felt impulses like this before, but now, at the brink of life and death, the urge was even clearer.

The Elder was decisive in killing – the way things stood, it didn’t seem like they would be let go. Given this, why not indulge recklessly once?

The more he thought about it, the more he swallowed his saliva, barely able to help but quicken his pace, wanting to catch up to her.

But for some reason, no matter how much he sped up, he was always the same distance from the Empress Dowager. That feeling of yearning yet unattainable made his eyes turn bloodshot!

Unknowingly, even he hadn’t noticed that those few who had been following behind him had, at some point, disappeared...

"Empress Dowager...wait for your son!" The Emperor’s voice was filled with longing.

"Your Majesty...." The woman stopped, turned around, and with a coquettish smile on her gorgeous face, she asked: "What do you wish to do?"

"I... I..."

Unable to hold back any longer, he pounced forward like a starving wolf onto its prey, embracing her.

The feeling of her soft embrace was unprecedentedly soothing for him, as if she was made of cotton, seemingly melding perfectly into his entire body.

But the reality is indeed so...

What he cannot see is that the woman’s body is indeed slowly fusing with his....

------------------------------------

"Murong, why have you stopped moving?"

In another scene at this time, Li Yankong halted in his steps, looking coldly at the figure in front of him.

As he came to a standstill, the other party also stopped, and the atmosphere between them grew even more ambiguous. Li Yankong bit the tip of his tongue forcefully, suppressing the desire within his heart, and the chill deep inside allowed him to maintain the last shred of sanity!

"The Emperor has disappeared, and I have been following you all this time; who could know where you are trying to take me?"

"Interesting..." The voice of the Empress Dowager suddenly turned chilling, and when she turned back, her garments had been completely shed, revealing her jade-like body totally exposed to the other’s eyes.

Li Yankong, as the Family Head of the Murong Family, what kind of character had he not seen before? Yet, in front of this jade figure, he even felt as if his body was no longer under his control.

Involuntarily, he dragged himself step by step, slowly approaching.

But this phenomenon lasted only for an instant...

"Oh?"

The woman raised her eyebrow, looking at Li Yankong at this moment, the mocking expression on her face finally subsiding as she regarded him seriously for the first time.

In countless years, she had never seen such a situation.

Li Yankong, whose body was no longer under control, actually used the only lucid part of his consciousness to manipulate elements, severing his own tendons, and collapsed to his knees in an instant!

"Truly interesting..." The woman’s smile receded, and she said coldly: "What use is there in doing this?"

"To see if I can regain some consciousness in my body...." Li Yankong said with a bitter smile. However, seeing how his body was still earnestly crawling forward, he knew that even severing his limbs would not stop his body.....

"The Joyful Buddha Method, the Buddhist mother’s temptation, all these years, this is still the first time I have seen someone able to remain lucid, you..... are called Murong Lisheng, right?"

"It is my honor for a senior to remember my name; may I know the senior’s esteemed name?"

"You wouldn’t be able to remember my name..." The woman approached slowly, observing the struggle in his eyes, even as she drew fully close, he still managed to maintain the last bit of clarity, a flash of admiration swept through her eyes.

"Even top demon bloodlines can’t maintain their sanity in front of me, the Human Race really is different; there are those whose will is as fragile as paper, and then there’s you, so resolute and terrifying, it’s an opportunity...."

"What does the senior mean?"

"I mean... how about we make a transaction?"

"A transaction?" Li Yankong’s eyes were full of vigilance, yet he could only respond: "What kind of transaction would the senior like to make?"

And at this moment, even if the woman in front of him could not see, Li Yankong’s thoughts deep in his heart were entirely different.

Of course, they would be different since he had experienced all of this before; all the wariness, surprise..... naturally, they were all feigned.

But the moment the other party approached, and he saw the other’s face clearly, he was truly shocked.

No... it should be said that he was scared into a cold sweat.

How could it be her??

This face, it was none other than the woman who bore him two children in this life and accompanied him through the journey - his lawfully-wedded wife??