195: Chapter 195 The Empress Wants to Monopolize "Emperor's Madness," and Wants to Lock Me Up in the Harem as a Stud

"Whose bed did you end up in, exactly?"

Yue Qingxuan's fingers pinched Lu Chen's face with a pressure that was neither too heavy nor too light, sitting right on the boundary between pain and comfort.

The smile in her phoenix eyes vanished completely.

With the back of his head resting against the gold-threaded soft mattress, Lu Chen's expression underwent an incredibly fascinating transformation.

From the guilt of being questioned, to the calculation of how to spin a lie, and finally to a spark of cunning.

It took no more than two breaths.

He let out a sigh.

It was a deep, heavy sigh, carrying the aftertaste of someone who had survived a life-or-death ordeal after weathering many hardships.

"Little Xuanxuan, I won't hide it from you."

Lu Chen tilted his head slightly, shifting the angle of Yue Qingxuan's fingers on his face while simultaneously avoiding her sharp phoenix eyes that seemed to see through everything.

"The reason this Emperor has become... so romantic..."

His Adam's apple bobbed as he put on a pained expression, as if the words were too difficult to speak.

"...is because I was poisoned by a mysterious, peerless, and potent drug."

Yue Qingxuan's fingers paused.

Striking while the iron was hot, Lu Chen continued his fabrication with a serious face.

"This drug is called 'the great emperor is also crazy'. It's colorless and odorless, capable of even blinding a Great Emperor's Divine Sense. Those affected lose control over their seven emotions and six desires, their reason completely suppressed by instinct."

He closed his eyes, his tone heavy with sorrow.

"This Emperor was also acting against his will."

The hall fell silent for three breaths.

Yue Qingxuan released her grip on his chin.

Lu Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It worked. No matter how domineering this girl was, she should feel some pity after hearing he was forced.

"There is actually such a miraculous drug in this world?!"

Yue Qingxuan suddenly propped herself up.

Her movement was extremely fierce and swift.

The moment her upper body sprang up, her long golden hair scattered over her shoulders and slid down her back, causing the thin barrier of hair that had barely covered her to vanish instantly.

Two proud, snowy-white mounds were presented directly above Lu Chen without any obstruction.

The morning light filtered through the gaps in the Formation, hitting them; their rounded, full curves were exceptionally striking amidst the interplay of light and shadow.

Lu Chen's gaze was forced to take it all in.

Because he was lying flat on his back, while Yue Qingxuan was straddling him from above.

From this angle, unless he closed his eyes, there was nowhere to hide.

But he didn't close his eyes.

The reason was simple: Yue Qingxuan's current expression was even more alarming to Lu Chen than her figure.

Those phoenix eyes didn't hold a hint of sympathy; instead, they were bright to an extremely dangerous degree.

Flickering deep within her pupils was a type of fanaticism that made a chill run down Lu Chen's spine.

It wasn't pity, nor was it anger; it was excitement.

Yue Qingxuan bit her red lips, her chest heaving violently, her breaths carrying an uncontrollable agitation.

"Tell me quickly! Who developed it?!"

She leaned down, her hands propped on either side of Lu Chen's head, her long golden hair falling from her shoulders and brushing against his cheeks.

Her phoenix eyes were less than three inches from his face, his reflection mirrored in her pupils.

"Brother Lu."

These two words came from her lips, cloyingly sweet, but the content was anything but.

"You must give me the formula for this drug."

She paused for a beat, her red lips curving into a smile.

"I want to monopolize it."

Lu Chen's pupils contracted.

"From now on, you will stay obediently in my harem."

Yue Qingxuan's finger traced his jawline all the way to his Adam's apple, where she pressed down gently with her fingertip.

"I will use this drug on you every single day."

Her phoenix eyes curved, forming a smile that made Lu Chen's scalp tingle.

"Let's see if you can still run off to other places to fool around."

Lu Chen's head buzzed.

What did she mean by that?

Using "the great emperor is also crazy" as feed? Feeding it to him every day? Raising him like a stud in her harem?

He had shot himself in the foot, and he had done so quite thoroughly.

Lu Chen sucked in a breath of cold air.

This crazy woman was practically more terrifying than Jiang Yi and Nangong Waner combined. Those two would at most pull some strings behind his back, but Yue Qingxuan had built the cage already and was just waiting to throw in the fodder.

"You're trying to keep this Emperor as a pet?"

Lu Chen's voice rose by half an octave.

Yue Qingxuan tilted her head and nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Is there a problem?"

"I will provide for you better than they can. At the very least, you only need to obediently make me feel good."

These words were too lethal, directly striking Lu Chen's most vulnerable weakness.

Not going to the Immortal Realm to mine, being fed drugs every day, lying in the harem...

As this image flashed through Lu Chen's mind, his whole body shuddered.

No, no, no! How is this any different from mining? One is physical suffering, and the other is... also physical suffering!

"Stop messing around!"

Lu Chen grabbed Yue Qingxuan's finger that was pressing on his Adam's apple and pushed her hand aside.

"That formula is a top-secret poison developed by the Old Ancestor of the Ancient Jiang Family!"

He spoke nonsense, pulling a background story out of thin air.

"It's something the Ancient Jiang Family spent their entire lives' effort to refine, and the formula was destroyed long ago! This Emperor barely managed to survive the drug's effects!"

He got more into it as he spoke, his expression becoming incredibly pained.

"This Emperor almost died in there!"

Yue Qingxuan stared at him for two breaths.

Her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and the curve of her lips didn't disappear; instead, it deepened.

"The Ancient Jiang Family?"

She repeated the name, her fingertip tapping Lu Chen's chest twice.

"The Jiang Family's Old Ancestor, Jiang Taixu?"

Lu Chen felt a pang of panic; this woman actually seemed like she wanted to follow the lead and investigate.

"This Emperor almost lost his life to the drug, who had the time to ask which member of the Jiang Family refined it?"

He quickly cut her off.

Yue Qingxuan gave a cold snort.

That snort came from her nose, carrying the inherent dominance and unreasonableness of the Heavenly Overlord Body.

She didn't press him further about the formula, but instead did something even more terrifying.

Yue Qingxuan flipped over, her two long, fair legs closing in from either side of Lu Chen's body, her knees locking against the outside of his hips as she straddled him once more.

This time, she sat lower and more firmly.

The weight of the Heavenly Overlord Body combined with the strength of a Ninth-Revolution Quasi-Emperor pinned him firmly at the waist.

Her inner thighs squeezed his sides, her muscles tightening with a force so great that Lu Chen could feel the tyrannical power beneath her skin.

Yue Qingxuan propped her hands on his chest, her ten fingers pressing into his pectoral muscles.

She leaned down, her golden hair falling and shrouding the space between them.

"Since you won't give me the formula..."

Her phoenix eyes glowed through the curtain of hair, her red lips only an inch away from his.

"...then use your body to compensate."

The tip of Yue Qingxuan's tongue lightly licked her lower lip, her voice dropping to its lowest pitch.

"Don't even think about leaving this bed easily today."

The moment the words fell, she leaned down and captured Lu Chen's lips.

This time was not as urgent as before.

It was slow, a lingering grind, inch by inch; her tongue hovered at the gate of his teeth, not rushing to go deep, yet it made his scalp tingle more than any fierce assault.

The scorching blood-qi of the Heavenly Overlord Body was transferred through their lips and teeth, mixing with the scent of Ambergris and snaking into Lu Chen's Meridians strand by strand.

Lu Chen raised his arms.

His left arm slid under Yue Qingxuan's waist, his palm pressing against her back, his fingers spreading as he pushed her body down further.

Yue Qingxuan's phoenix eyes opened a crack during the kiss, a triumphant light flashing in her pupils.

Lu Chen's right hand also moved, and with a twist of his waist, he flipped them over again.

Yue Qingxuan's back hit the gold-threaded soft mattress once more, her golden hair fanning out and covering half the bed.

Lu Chen loomed over her, his arms framing her in the middle.

"Yue Qingxuan."

He called her by her full name.

"You think you're the one in control?"

The momentum of the flip made Yue Qingxuan's chest quiver; the triumph in her phoenix eyes shattered into surprise, which then transformed into anticipation.

Her arms wrapped around his neck, her long legs entining around him from the sides, locking tight at the small of his back.

"Then you be the one in control."

Her red lips pressed against his ear, her breath scorching hot.

"I permit it."

In Lu Chen's mind, the last shred of reason was frantically waving a flag and screaming: This is exactly how Ye Qingluan manipulated you last time! You are a Great Emperor! You must maintain your dignity!

Just then.

A faint sound came from the inner side of the bed.

It was an extremely weak, pained groan.

"Mm... ugh..."

It was raspy and carried a hint of a sob.

Lu Chen's movements stopped abruptly, as did Yue Qingxuan's; both turned their heads at the same time.

Yue Shiyun was curled up in mid-air, held by the Protective Aura, her silver hair hanging disheveled, the color on her small face fading at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Pink turned to pale, and pale turned to a sickly grey-green.

Her small hands clutched her chest tightly, her knuckles curled to the limit, her entire body curled into a ball.

Black misty threads emerged from beneath the skin of her lower abdomen—one strand, two strands, more and more.

The Death Qi was counterattacking.

"Revered Master... Brother... it hurts..."

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