Imagine the best life you can imagine, one you can live forever, and change it whenever you get tired of it. Handsome men and beautiful women, delicious food and beautiful scenery, you can enjoy and see them for billions of years to come, starting now. You can even try to see if humans can reproduce with aliens and witness the sun go out.

Even if it's just about staying young, who wouldn't want that?

Who wants loose skin, a shaky gait, and teeth that can't even bite into a piece of meat?

Having more, one desires more for a longer period. Emperor Jiajing saw hope and resolved to seize the opportunity at all costs.

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Li Changzhou was reading Taoist books in the inner treasury, while Yaochi left Chaotian Palace to meet up with Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia, ​​preparing to gather information together.

Bi's five subordinates have arrived, and Yaochi's five subordinates are on their way.

The snow-covered capital city, spread out in the courtyard, was exquisitely beautiful.

"Sister Yao, I heard that you are my brother's wife?" Li Qianxia asked with a smile.

"What, Sister Yao?" Yaochi rolled her eyes at her. "Call me sister-in-law."

Li Qianxia pretended to be surprised, widened her eyes, and then looked at Yang Qinglan as if she wanted to stir up trouble.

Yaochi also looked at Yang Qinglan and said with a smile, "This is the identity allocated in the value game, which is also known as a match made in heaven."

Yang Qinglan, with her stunning beauty, smiled nonchalantly, "You forgot we're black cards."

“Changzhou and I are also white cards. Without Qianxia, ​​you wouldn’t have met him. Changzhou and I are the real couple.”

“She said you’re not here,” Yang Qinglan said to Li Qianxia.

Li Qianxia immediately put her arm around Yang Qinglan's slender waist, and the two bright and beautiful girls stood together.

She raised her chin and said to Yaochi, "Sister Yao, there can only be one sun in the sky, and I only have one sister-in-law, Lanlan!"

Yaochi slapped her forehead and looked up, saying, "I made a mistake. I was only thinking about arguing with my sister and forgot to please my sister-in-law."

"She called you 'sister'!" Li Qianxia whispered in Yang Qinglan's ear. "What do we do?"

"It's not about what I should do, it's about what your brother plans to do."

"I have faith in my brother!"

In which aspect?

"Qinglan! How could you ask me such an embarrassing question! We're siblings!"

"I'm asking you—are you more confident in his philandering or his faithfulness?"

"Oh, this?" Li Qianxia nodded, then asked Yaochi, "Where's my brother? Why didn't he come?"

Let's change the subject!

"Your brother is playing with the Jiajing Emperor," Yaochi said with a smile.

As she spoke, she looked towards a corner of the courtyard, where a pool of clear water gushed out. Four people walked out of it, and then the pool of water transformed into a semi-transparent female player.

"Sister Yao, we're here," one of the female players in the group said.

"Sister Yao, why are you all girls?" Li Qianxia asked curiously. Given Yaochi's instinct to "favor her concubines," she should have men under her command.

"Because I'm going to pursue your brother, of course there can't be any other men around me. Oh, and remember to tell your brother about this," Yaochi specifically instructed.

Li Qianxia looked at the five female players under Yaochi's command: one was voluptuous, one was alluring, one was beautiful, one was demure, and one was radiant with spirit; all of them had a charm rating of around 7.

Li Qianxia whispered in Yang Qinglan's ear again, "Sister-in-law, I've heard that in ancient times, some ladies would have their maids help them in order to win favor. Be careful."

This isn't the Forbidden City, but even if it were, it wouldn't matter. Which player here doesn't have the skill of sharp hearing and keen eyesight?

The five female players were a mix of calm demeanor, shyness, and... eagerness to try.

Yaochi neither denied nor admitted it, standing there with a smile on her face, dressed in a long purple dress, noble and elegant, with a touch of otherworldly grace.

"Are you here to become immortals or to fall in love?" Bi flew over with her arms crossed and a candy in her mouth.

"I want them all," Yaochi said with a smile.

Li Qianxia didn't say anything, but simply clenched her fist and held the "microphone" to Yang Qinglan's lips.

“There are always some people who lack self-awareness and want to challenge my charm,” Yang Qinglan said.

"Your charm?" Yaochi seemed to have heard something amusing.

“Li Changzhou fell in love with me at first sight,” Yang Qinglan said calmly.

"......"

Li Qianxia brought the "microphone" to her mouth: "I can vouch for it, it's true."

Yaochi pulled her into his arms and played with her cruelly. Her purple and red dresses clung together, along with the colorful dresses of the others, making the courtyard a riot of color.

"This is so annoying! Are we still going or not? A bunch of twenty-year-old aunties!" Bi said impatiently.

Li Qianxia cried out in Yaochi's arms, "Wow, you actually dare to call me auntie? I'm only ten years old, younger than you, and I'm my brother's good little sister, okay!"

"Alright." Yang Qinglan glanced at her.

"...Can I say one last thing?" Li Qianxia raised her slender, white index finger.

"explain."

"Qinglan, I suddenly feel that you have the aura of a harem mistress."

Yang Qinglan felt both angry and amused. She said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Now that everyone's here, let's go."

“Wait a minute,” Yaochi said. “I have a suggestion. Let’s not look for people outside the palace. Let’s go to the Forbidden City. There’s at least one animal player there, and the Empress is acting strangely.”

“No,” Yang Qinglan rejected. “We can’t get any information from the players. Besides, if we take action in the Forbidden City and are discovered, it will implicate Changzhou and disrupt his plans.”

Yaochi looked at her and said, "Last night, the Empress seduced Li Changzhou and secretly touched his hand."

Yang Qinglan remained silent, like a snow lotus that had been swaying in the wind, suddenly coming to a standstill.

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