Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler

Chapter 124: A Successful General Comes at the Cost of Thousands of Lives (I)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

Shi asked why, but Zou just smiled and didn’t say anything.

When Shi was about to say something more, Zou said, “Qingzhou, you’ll understand later.”

“All right.” Shi was not a man who liked to force others, so he stopped asking after Zou said that.

Now that they’d got the information of the jade pendant, Shi did not stay and left with Long.

Zou escorted them to the gate.

Unexpectedly, when they just got to the gate, a fancy carriage stopped out there.

All the people, including Shi and Long, instinctively looked over there, and then, they were all stupefied.

A stunningly beautiful woman came out of the carriage. She was dressed in white and looked very graceful.

Zou ran to her immediately. “Mistress?”

That woman was actually the mistress of Tianji Sect, Wu Xiangyuan.

Wu smiled at Zou. “Guardian.”

Zou immediately said with a smile, “Mistress, why did you come alone? Where are your guards?”

Given Zou’s behavior, it could be seen that the two of them were on good terms.

Wu smiled. “It’s okay. You know how powerful I am. Don’t worry. Ordinary bandits won’t hurt me. I came all the way from the south and I didn’t even bring a maid. I’m really exhausted.”

“Then please come in and have a rest,” Zou said at once.

Wu nodded, but when she was about to turn around, she saw Shi and Long.

Long raised his vigilance when he heard Zou call that woman “mistress”. Seeing that Wu was looking at them, Long’s heart was thumping.

In that novel, his dear empress actually married this woman.

“Damn it! Is it that this woman fell in love with Qingzhou at first sight and then kept following him shamelessly?”

When Long was thinking about it maliciously, he didn’t expect that that woman was actually walking towards them.

“Guardian, who is this?”

Obviously, Wu was looking at Shi, so she was asking about him.

And Long? Maybe she had just ignored him!

“Damn it! I don’t deserve your attention? You can’t see me, can you?” Long cursed in his heart and there was a trace of unhappiness on his face.

“Mistress, this is my good friend, Shi Qingzhou,” Zou said.

“Oh, he’s your friend?” Wu seemed to be very interested in Shi. Long really wanted to curse her, “You’re a woman. Where are your manners? How can you show such obvious interest in a man in public? How did your mother educate you?”

Long was so annoyed that he directly dragged Shi over behind his back.

All the people were stunned by Long’s sudden action.

Even Shi was also shocked.

So was Zou, who wanted to make a further introduction, but was stopped by Long’s behavior.

Wu narrowed her eyes slightly and her eyes were finally fixed on Long.

It seemed that she just noticed the existence of this man.

“Miss, we still have something else to do. Goodbye.” After spitting out these words coldly, Long dragged Shi and turned to leave, which was actually rather rude.

Shi was slightly stunned, but he did not refuse. He just followed Long.

When Long and Shi went far away, Wu turned her eyes to Zou.

“Guardian, who was that man?” She was asking about Long this time.

Zou smiled bitterly. “I don’t know that man... But... Qingzhou has a special identity, yet that man could hold Qingzhou’s hand and wasn’t refused. Plus some gossips about the court, it’s not hard... to guess that man’s identity.”

“Oh?” Wu said directly, “Tell me who they are.”

“The present emperor and empress.” Zou raised his hands to show respect for His Majesty.

Wu gasped. “The emperor’s name is Long Xiaoyuan... That friend of yours, Shi Qingzhou... He’s the empress?”

“That’s right.” Zou nodded with a wry smile. “But when I made friends with him, I didn’t know his identity. I knew it later.”

Sadness flickered in Wu’s eyes.

“Mistress?” Seeing that Wu was a little strange, Zou called her.

Wu lowered her head slightly. “It’s alright... I’m a little tired. I’ll go to have a rest first. The coachman outside is hired by me in the south. He’s not from our sect. Go to pay him.”

“Yes, no problem. I’ll take care of it.”

Wu nodded. Without saying anything, she went inside...

That man turned out to be her Brother Shi... Her feeling wasn’t wrong... He looked so familiar... However, her Brother Shi must’ve forgotten her.

Wu pressed her lips together and felt very upset.

Shi was dragged by Long. Long was walking very fast, which was totally different from when he came here.

Shi was very confused. He found that Long had become a little strange ever since they entered that building and now Long was going even further...

Shi waved his hand and asked the two Shadow Guardians to leave.

Then, looking at his hand that was tightly held by Long, Shi said, “What’s the matter with you?”

Long stopped abruptly. Shi was an agile warrior, so he wouldn’t bump against Long because of that and just stopped immediately.

Then, Long stared at Shi and suddenly asked, “Qingzhou, tell me, is that woman beautiful?”

Shi didn’t know what to say.

Shi even wondered whether he had heard it wrong.

Shi’s silence made Long misunderstand him. “You really think she’s beautiful? It can’t be true. I think she’s just so-so. Who said she’s the most beautiful woman in the martial arts world? That’s nonsense. In my eyes, even Lady Shan and Lady Rou are prettier than her!”

Shi doubted that. “Lady Shan... is pretty?”

“That’s not the point,” Long said at once.

Shi became speechless again.

Long hurriedly said, “Qingzhou, do you really think she is beautiful? How can it be? I think she’s just an ordinary woman. You...”

“Does it matter to me whether she is beautiful or not?” Shi finally interrupted Long.

“Uh...” Long was stunned.

Shi really found that Long was so strange.

“Whether she is beautiful or not has nothing to do with us, right?” Shi said again.

Long blinked, and blinked again. Then, he suddenly smiled. “You’re right! What does it have to do with us?”

Even if Shi married that woman in the novel, it didn’t matter at all. Humph, the plots had already been changed!

Seeing that Long suddenly thought it over, Shi asked with doubt, “You... Why did you ask such a question?”

“I’m afraid you’ll be captivated by her beauty,” Long said it as a matter of course.

Shi was speechless.

Long grabbed Shi’s hand. “Don’t you believe it? Isn’t this normal? Suddenly a beautiful woman went to you and she seemed to be very interested in you. Of course, I had to take precautions. We must be far away from such women who are so thick-skinned!”

Shi really wanted to laugh and he didn’t know what he should say at that moment!

Long continued, “Qingzhou, do you have any feelings for her?”

“I don’t even know her. What feelings can I have?” Shi said helplessly.

“Well, that’s the best! You don’t need to know her at all!”

Looking at Long, Shi sighed. “Even since we entered that building, you became a little strange. We haven’t met that woman at that time. Now tell me. What were you thinking back then?”

“Uh... well...” Long touched his chin and felt a little embarrassed. “Nothing.”

“Nothing?” Shi narrowed his eyes. Obviously, he didn’t believe it.