Qin Chuan accompanied the Empress to her bedchamber in Weiyang Palace. Seeing her troubled expression, he asked, "Li'er, what's wrong? Is something on your mind?"
The Empress bit her lip, her phoenix eyes fixed on Qin Chuan. After a few breaths, she finally said, "My husband, I wish to... abdicate the throne to you."
"Huh? You're going to abdicate in my favor?"
Qin Chuan was startled upon hearing this and quickly waved his hands, "No, no, how could you abdicate the throne to me! Absolutely not! Li'er, you can't do this!"
Seeing his appearance, the Empress's doubts were immediately dispelled, and she said, "Husband, you have done so much for Da Gan. I have long wanted to pass the throne to you so that you can implement new policies and bring blessings to the people of Da Gan."
At this point, she turned gently and swayed gracefully, saying, "It's not that I'm without selfish thoughts. I'm afraid that one day you... won't love me anymore. If that happens, I might not even know how I died. But I'd rather believe that even if everyone's heart changes, my beloved husband is different from everyone else. He is the most perfect man in the world and will never betray my heart..."
"My husband..."
She turned around, took three steps in two, walked up to Qin Chuan, and tightly grasped his hands: "The poem you wrote for me, 'Until the mountains crumble and the heavens and earth unite... I will never part from you...' must be your true heart, right? You will never let me down, right?"
"Li'er," Qin Chuan pulled his hands away from hers and wrapped his arms around her slender, soft waist, "I always keep my word, but..."
"Just what?"
Xiao Li blinked her phoenix eyes slightly, as if she suddenly realized something, her delicate eyelashes fluttering, "Husband, are you trying to talk back to me again?"
"Oh, no way, I can't keep arguing with you every day..."
Qin Chuan quickly released his hands, moving away from her, and suppressed his desire, saying, "But I don't want to be emperor..."
"Why do you say that?" the Empress asked with a smile.
“Because it’s exhausting,” Qin Chuan sighed, then continued, “Being an emperor involves so much. You have to understand the art of imperial power, worry about this and that all the time, and constantly fear that someone is coveting your position. The worst part is that even after becoming emperor, you still have to get up early every day to clock in for work…”
"What does 'clocking in' mean...going to work?"
"It's just that I have to get up very early every day to attend the morning court session. After attending the morning court session with you for two days, I'm already exhausted. So you should be the emperor. I don't even want to covet it..."
Hearing him say that, the Empress was both amused and exasperated. "So you do understand how tired I am, my husband. I am truly exhausted..."
At this point, she lay down directly on the dragon bed, her breasts high and firm, her beauty alluring and seductive. Her phoenix eyes blinked lightly: "Husband, will you contradict me? If you won't, I'll take a short nap..."
"No, you should rest, I'm leaving too..."
After saying that, Qin Chuan lifted his foot to leave.
The Empress's voice rang out behind him: "Remember to come every three days. If you dare not come, I will... I will break your legs!"
"Oops!"
Qin Chuan turned around and stuck out his tongue.
Seeing him like this, the Empress rolled around on the dragon bed, laughing so hard she was shaking...
...
"drive!"
At the border area where Da Gan and Da Jiang meet, two fast horses galloped out of Da Gan Pass!
The lead white horse carried a woman dressed in the same white outfit.
The woman wore a cloak and a veil, her cold eyes revealing a chilling and domineering aura. She was tall and slender, and the way she held the reins was dashing and heroic.
"Holy Maiden! Wait for me!"
Behind them was a red horse carrying a beautiful woman of slightly shorter stature. A cinnabar dot on her forehead added a touch of allure to her already pretty face.
"Whoa!"
The white horse in front paused for a moment. Saintess Jiang Lianyue reined in the horse, looked at the mountain road leading into the Jiang Kingdom, and said, "The road ahead will be a bit more difficult, but it's alright. In three more days, we will reach the capital."
"Holy Maiden, are we really going back to report like this?" Jiang Ran couldn't help but ask.
"Um……"
Jiang Lianyue responded softly, then said, "The news of Gan Guo's annihilation of the Southern Xiongnu should have reached the capital long ago. His Majesty couldn't possibly have been completely indifferent..."
“But isn’t our mission to assassinate the Empress of Gan Kingdom? If we return empty-handed, will His Majesty forgive us?” Jiang Ran asked.
Jiang Lianyue sighed softly, "That was true at first, but who could have imagined that Qin Chuan would emerge from this great undertaking, sweeping away the Southern Xiongnu in one fell swoop? In the future, the only one who can lead the unified nation will be Qin Chuan..."
“Hey, Holy Maiden… don’t you think Young Master Qin is both noble and charming…” Jiang Ran interjected.
"I'm talking to you about serious matters, what are you doing, daydreaming about!"
"..."
"Alright, I'm too lazy to talk to you anymore, let's hurry up and get going!"
Jiang Lianyue spurred her horse and galloped away, with Jiang Ran immediately following...
Three days later, in Jiangdu.
Jiang Lianyue led Jiang Ran straight to the Jade Pool Palace of the Jiang Kingdom's Empress.
At this moment, Empress Jiang Yao of the Jiang Kingdom was bathing in the hot spring...
Soft laughter occasionally drifted from the lotus pond. A stunningly beautiful young woman, as radiant as the first rays of dawn, emerged from the water like a lotus flower. Her long, straight black hair flowed like three thousand strands of silk into the hot spring pool...
With a soft laugh, the young woman appeared, her beauty like a lotus in bloom, pure and untainted by the mud. The plum blossom painted with vermilion on her forehead was lifelike, as if it were about to bloom.
The young woman had slender, delicate shoulders, fair skin, bright eyes, and red lips; she was charming and alluring.
She extended her two slender hands above the water, the steaming hot spring water obscuring her figure below her breasts, leaving only a portion of her proud peaks visible. Her jade-like body beneath the water only fueled the imagination...
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