419: Dongfang Qianyue and I fell into the water, who would you save first?

In the woods outside the shelter, a golden light was rapidly flying towards them at an astonishing speed.

Su Xiaobai hurriedly went to meet her.

"Your Majesty! Why did you—"

Before he could finish speaking, the Empress immediately summoned a golden war halberd and struck it down at him!

Su Xiaobai was startled and quickly dodged to the side, but the sharp halberd's power still brushed past his face, cutting a hundred-meter crack behind him.

A few drops of cold sweat dripped from Su Xiaobai's forehead; the Empress was clearly trying to kill him!

What on earth happened?!

Clang!!!

The golden war halberd was placed across his neck.

The Empress held the war halberd, her face as cold as frost, her eyes filled with Killing Intent.

She wore a simple yet luxurious brocade cloud-patterned Lingzi dress, her black hair cascading like a waterfall behind her; she hadn't even worn a veil, as if she had just been preparing for bed and then rushed over in a hurry.

Su Xiaobai immediately raised his hands in a gesture of surrender and tentatively asked, "Your... Your Majesty, I wonder what I have done to displease you?"

"How dare you say that!" The Empress gritted her silver teeth, her eyes blazing with fury, and the war halberd pressed closer to Su Xiaobai's neck, "I lowered myself to merge Luck with you, and you actually treat me as a tool!"

"Su Xiaobai, do you really think I'm easy to bully?!"

Su Xiaobai suddenly understood; it must have been Senior Sister's doing! She had just given the Empress the title of 'tool person' today, and he hadn't expected it to spread so quickly!

He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty misunderstands! How could I have such a thought?"

"Then how do you explain this letter from Dongfang Qian Yue? She also said you didn't deny it at the time!"

She threw a blank piece of paper to Su Xiaobai.

Su Xiaobai took the letter and saw that it was black text on white paper, with elegant and delicate handwriting—undoubtedly Senior Sister's handwriting!

It read:

"I, your concubine, already know about the matter between Your Majesty and my husband. This was forced by circumstances. Although I am displeased, I am not an unreasonable person.

Moreover, my husband is an upright man. Since you two have had the reality of husband and wife, even if I obstruct it, he will be responsible to Your Majesty and marry Your Majesty into the family.

However, as the mistress of Su Manor, I still have a few points to clarify:

The matter between my husband and Your Majesty was forced by circumstances; you two have no emotional ties. But if Your Majesty wishes to leave Su Manor in the future, you may take five-tenths of Su Manor's property as compensation.

Additionally, I once asked my husband if he only regarded Your Majesty as a tool? My husband tacitly did not answer.

Although my husband was forced by circumstances, I still greatly look forward to meeting Your Majesty at Su Manor."

After reading it, Su Xiaobai gasped, cold sweat pouring down his back.

Senior Sister, you really dare to speak! This is slander, blatant slander!

"Heh, forced by circumstances? And taking five-tenths of Su Manor's property? Do I lack your meager offerings?!" She angrily shouted at Su Xiaobai.

The entire Su Manor was bestowed by her to Su Xiaobai. When she leaves, she would still be given five-tenths of the property as compensation? That was an insult to her!

"Of course not lacking, of course not lacking." Su Xiaobai replied with a bitter smile.

"And, she asked if you treated me as a tool, and you kept silent! Su Xiaobai, you are really something!" She gritted her teeth, wishing she could cut off Su Xiaobai's head right now.

"Your Majesty misunderstands! It's not like that..."

Su Xiaobai hurriedly told her what happened earlier today and explained Senior Sister's idea of using this as a Breakthrough in future palace struggles.

As expected, after listening, the Empress's anger dissipated by more than half, and the war halberd was withdrawn from Su Xiaobai's neck.

"Heh, what a childish trick!" She snorted coldly.

Su Xiaobai let out a sigh of relief, muttering to himself, "Such a childish trick, yet you came to chop me with a war halberd in the middle of the night?"

"What? Do you have an opinion of me?" The Empress crossed her arms and looked at him with an unfriendly gaze.

Their Luck was intertwined, and to a certain extent, they could sense each other's emotional fluctuations. She clearly felt mockery and disdain from Su Xiaobai now!

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare." Su Xiaobai waved his hands repeatedly.

"Alright, I ask you, if I and Dongfang Qian Yue both fell into the water at the same time, who would you save first?" She raised her head, staring intently at Su Xiaobai.

Ten thousand grass-mud horses galloped through Su Xiaobai's mind. How could someone still ask this question even after Transmigration to another world!

"You are all Cultivators; you wouldn't need me to save you if you fell into the water..."

"Then what if we were both ordinary people? And neither of us could swim." The Empress pressed on, giving him no chance to argue.

Su Xiaobai's scalp tingled.

If he answered that he would save the Empress, she would definitely boast to Senior Sister again, and then Senior Sister would come to question him, with an undoubtedly fatal result!

If he answered that he would save Senior Sister, the Empress could kill him right now, with the same fatal result!

Either way was death; it was simply unsolvable!

"What? Is it that difficult to answer? Don't worry, even if you say you'd save Dongfang Qian Yue first, I won't be angry." The Empress said with a smile.

I'd be a fool if I believed that! ...Su Xiaobai secretly thought to himself.

The truth was indeed as Su Xiaobai had thought; if he had said he would save Dongfang Qian Yue first, he wouldn't have left the small forest intact today.

His mind raced, and he finally came up with the only solution—sincerity!

He took a deep breath and slowly said, "I will save the person closest to me first, but if I fail to save the other person, then I will jump into the water and die with her, accompanying her to the Yellow Springs."

His eyes were sincere, and his words came from the bottom of his heart.

The Empress stared at him, and after a long moment, she turned her head away, "Hmph! You pass."

Su Xiaobai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. It was truly like accompanying a tiger; too terrifying.

At this moment, the Empress turned her head again, looking towards Shui Yanling's tent in the shelter, a hint of mockery in her eyes.

"What? Haven't had enough fun with me these past two days, and you're already getting involved with another woman so quickly?"

Su Xiaobai's face was awkward, "How could I, your subject, do that? Linger is my un-married wife. She naturally has needs, and it is only right for your subject to satisfy them..."

"Hmph! I also know that I am a latecomer and cannot control such matters so broadly."

"I don't care how you handle them these next few days, but..." She turned to look at Su Xiaobai, a domineering expression on her face, "When we return to the capital in a few days, our Qi cultivation cannot be interrupted. At that time, you must report to my bedchamber every day!"

"Your subject understands, your subject understands." Su Xiaobai nodded repeatedly, and at the same time, couldn't help but touch his waist. He would have to get some medicine from Little Han another day, otherwise, he really couldn't handle it.

"Alright, nothing else. I'm going back now."

With that, the Empress transformed into a golden light and departed.

Su Xiaobai let out a sigh of relief. Today was finally a close call.

Afterward, he returned to Shui Yanling's tent, where she was obediently sitting on the bed, waiting for him.

Seeing him return, she immediately got up and hugged his arm, asking with concern, "Did Your Majesty do anything to you? Why did she suddenly show Killing Intent towards you?"

Su Xiaobai smiled and shook his head, "Don't worry, Your Majesty didn't do anything to me. This matter has to start with Senior Sister..."

He rubbed his temples and then recounted what had just happened.

Shui Yanling nodded slightly as she listened, a barely perceptible smile appearing at the corner of her lips.

Excellent! Dongfang Qian Yue has already clashed with the Empress. As the saying goes, when the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman profits! I will sit back and watch the tigers fight, then whisper sweet nothings into Xiaobai's ear and take control of the situation!

She charmingly blinked at Su Xiaobai, her cheeks flushed as she shyly twisted, "Since the matter has been resolved, shall we... continue?"

Su Xiaobai thought for a moment, then nodded, "Continue!"