"I wonder if Your Majesty still needs a general like me?"

Chu Yungui was unsure of Xiao Li's attitude, and tried to test her and even counterattack her.

Xiao Li curled his lips and looked at him coldly: "I need a military commander, and I also need a military commander with strong martial arts skills like you, but why do you think that person must be you?"

Chu Yungui: “…”

Although he was a little skeptical, he still asked, "Your Majesty has never considered recruiting common people, right?"

He no longer submits to me.

Xiao Li took a sip of tea before slowly answering, "I admire you very much. You are from a military family, you have great martial arts skills, and you have magical weapons, but these are not the criteria I use when hiring people."

Xiao Li tapped the table and said, "Let me put it this way. There are three reasons why I don't want to use you. First, the Xiao family has a deep blood feud with you. Second, you are arrogant and aloof, and your intention to serve as my vassal is not sincere. Third, your Kung Fu is too high."

Chu Yungui was so angry that he laughed: "Your Majesty, are you afraid that I will retaliate against you?"

Xiao Li: "Do you think I'm judging others by my own standards?"

She lowered her head slightly, smiling wickedly: "I'm sorry, I'm judging others by my own standards."

"I lost my mother when I was young, and I have no feelings for my father. My brothers and sisters bullied me mercilessly. I have seen so much indifference, so I will cherish the people I care about even more."

"If anyone kills someone I care about, I will hunt him and his entire family down, slaughtering them to avenge my blood feud."

She tilted her head and smiled, showing off her evil aura, like a snake and scorpion: "Chu Yungui, do you want to kill me?"

Chu Yungui's heart skipped a beat: This was completely different from what he had imagined.

Can the emperor admit so frankly that he is a bad person?

Kneeling down: "I have never had any intention of killing Your Majesty."

This is the truth. Although the empress is a member of the Xiao family, she is a woman, and the Chu family does not kill women.

Of course, the empress was the emperor and could not be treated the same as ordinary women, but he really did not place the hatred he had for the late emperor on the empress.

Previously, the empress rectified the aristocratic families, reduced taxes, and benefited the country and the people. Even though she was branded as cruel, in his opinion, the empress was a good emperor who truly cared about the people.

Not to mention that the empress saved them at the critical moment.

The Chu family has clear grudges and grievances, so why would they want to kill the empress?

“Alas~~”

The empress sighed, her cold eyes lazy and indifferent: "Boring."

The generals are stubborn and it's not fun to tease them.

Xiao Li stood up: "You haven't answered my question yet."

The reason why he suddenly came back and wanted to pledge allegiance.

Chu Yungui wanted to ask, "Does it even matter? You've already given me three reasons for rejecting me."

But the empress was so eccentric and evil that it was hard to figure her out. For such a person, sometimes a rejection might not necessarily mean a rejection.

Of course, if the answer doesn't satisfy them, a refusal is a refusal.

"Your Majesty, I have no choice but to return. After the incident at the King Xian's banquet, everyone knows my identity. King Xian's men haven't come yet, and several other factions have come to recruit me. I don't want to be loyal to the rebel king, and I don't want to defect to another country. Plus, I have to treat Lingyi's leg, so I have to travel the world. After much consideration, Your Majesty is my best choice."

Chu Yungui chose to answer honestly because he really couldn't make up a lie that could deceive the empress.

Of course, for a man who is taciturn and somewhat withdrawn, just telling the truth made him rack his brains, let alone lying.

Xiao Li walked in slowly, squinting his eyes: "I wanted to ask you before, you keep covering your face, is it because you are ugly?"

As the empress stretched out her hand, a sweet fragrance with a domineering and aggressive aura came over me.

Chu Yungui's heartbeat was unstable, and he slowly took a step back: "I will do it myself."

He slowly pulled off the black scarf that covered half of his face, revealing the upper half of his face was bronze and dark, and the lower half was slightly white.

He looked up and saw the empress's strange expression. Suddenly realizing something, he quickly pulled up his sleeve to wipe his face: "I forgot I had something on my face."

Chu Yungui went back to wash his face, and Chu Lingyi looked at the empress awkwardly.

"Your Majesty, my brother didn't do it on purpose. He's used to it."

Xiao Li raised an eyebrow: "Are you used to it?"

Chu Lingyi nodded shyly: "My brother looks a little... "

She took a look at the empress's face and said uncertainly, "It's a bit pretty."

Compared to someone like the Empress, she felt that her brother didn't seem so unique and dazzling.

"He's the best looking guy in our area, so people always harass him and call him a gigolo. That's why my brother likes to use oil mixed with grass ash to make himself a little darker, and he always wears that scarf. That way he looks tougher and avoids a lot of trouble."

When Xiao Li thought about it, he could only remember that Chu Yungui had a pair of firm and cold eyes, and his face was both dark and white. He couldn't see his facial features clearly, so how good-looking could he be?

"His Majesty."

Chu Yungui came back after washing his face.

Xiao Li turned his head to look, his eyebrows unconsciously raised.

Is this to let her open a hidden version?

Chu Yungui's appearance matches his personality very well. He has fair skin, clear but not deep facial features, sword-like eyebrows, dark and bright eyes, a high nose bridge, and sharp lip lines. He is a cold and stern young man with a handsome face.

He is a handsome man who can be compared with Lou Yan and Song Junzhan.

But he doesn't have the evilness of Lou Yan, nor the gentleness of Song Junzhan. He is very cold.

It's not that he's out of reach, but that he's aloof and aloof in the sense of "no one can get close to me."

Inexplicably, I feel a little bit... well-behaved?

Xiao Li's sharp and bold gaze made Chu Yungui feel uncomfortable all over, and he even wanted to grab a weapon.

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