357: The Empress's reward! A public kiss!

"What? You don't like it?"

Su Chen saw that Ji Hongxue remained motionless for a long while, and the smile on his face stiffened slightly.

[No way?]

[I risked my life and worked so hard to catch this limited edition SSR pet.]

Su Chen's mind was racing with complaints, but he managed to squeeze out a perfectly timed look of grievance on his face.

"I caught this specifically for you."

He shook the chain in his hand and began his sales pitch.

"Look at it. It has a high cultivation level and can guard the house. Plus, he was so arrogant before; if you're ever unhappy, you can just chop him up and feed him to the dogs. How convenient!"

Listening to Su Chen's serious-faced nonsense, Ji Hongxue could no longer keep a straight face.

The imperial majesty that usually shrouded her face completely melted away in an instant, replaced by a tenderness that could make the heavens and earth lose their luster.

In the square, all the citizens of great xia were dumbfounded.

They had never seen their decisive and world-disdaining Her Majesty the Empress show such a girlish demeanor.

"Ridiculous."

Ji Hongxue gave Su Chen a reproachful glance.

The charm in that single glance seemed capable of stealing one's soul away.

She didn't reach for the golden chain.

Instead, she performed an action that caused the Divine Souls of the billions of living beings present to come to a standstill.

Under the gaze of countless dull, horrified, and fanatical eyes.

This supreme Empress of the Great Xia Divine Dynasty took a step forward of her own accord.

She extended her jade-like arms, which held the power of the world, and gently wrapped them around Su Chen's neck.

Then, she stood slightly on her tiptoes.

And with great solemnity, she pressed her cool, soft red lips against Su Chen's.

Boom—!

Su Chen's brain buzzed, going completely blank.

He only felt a scent as crisp as winter plum blossoms, mixed with an intoxicating sweetness, instantly invading all his senses.

And that indescribable, soft sensation.

[Holy crap?!]

[This Silly Girl... has she gone mad?!]

[In broad daylight! There are billions of mobile cameras standing down there! Where is your imperial persona? Where is your cold and aloof image? You're just throwing it all away?!]

A billion-foot wave surged within Su Chen's inner world as he tried to use internal roaring to mask his suddenly racing heartbeat.

On the square, after a dead silence that lasted for three full breaths.

A cheer like a landslide or a tsunami suddenly erupted!

"Mighty is Your Majesty!"

"Mighty is His Highness the Divine Son!"

"A match made in heaven! Heaven blesses our Great Xia!"

All the citizens looked at the perfect couple embracing in the sunlight, their eyes filled with nothing but the purest blessings and fanaticism.

In their eyes, in all the world, only a man as domineering as the Divine Son of the Su Family was worthy of their unique Empress!

This kiss was very light and very short.

It ended as soon as it began.

A soul-stirring blush spread from Ji Hongxue's fair neck all the way to her ears, making her exquisite face incomparably beautiful.

She didn't dare look at Su Chen again; she released her arms and slightly lowered her head, her shy appearance showing not a trace of the iron-blooded ruler.

Su Chen subconsciously touched his lips; a hint of sweet residual warmth seemed to remain.

Looking at the woman before him who was so shy she almost buried her head in her Dragon robe, the shock of being "ambushed" was instantly replaced by a warm current in his heart.

[Sigh, forget it, forget it.]

[The kiss has already happened; it's not like I can return the goods, right?]

[Anyway, she's Su Chen's legally betrothed Fiancée. Keeping the benefits within the Family—it's not a loss.]

[It's just this waist... it's so thin. She feels even thinner than the last time we met. I'll have to make her eat more later.]

Su Chen muttered to himself, forcing himself to calm down, then coughed twice to try and break the romantic atmosphere.

He shoved the dog chain in his hand into Ji Hongxue's.

"Ahem, that... keep the gift safe. You can slaughter it whenever you want!"

"I suddenly remembered I have laundry to bring in at home. I'm heading back first!"

Before his voice had even faded, and without waiting for Ji Hongxue's reply, he turned with a hint of stiffness and flickered away, completely vanishing into the Void Realm.

He looked exactly like someone fleeing in panic.

Leaving behind a stunned Ji Hongxue and the citizens of great xia, who still hadn't recovered from that earth-shattering kiss.

Holding the still-warm chain and looking in the direction where Su Chen had vanished, Ji Hongxue finally couldn't help but chuckle.

This bastard... he actually got shy?

She slowly lowered her head to look at the chain in her hand and at Lin Yu, who was still unconscious.

Those phoenix eyes, which had just been rippling like spring water, were instantly covered by a bone-chilling frost.

She slowly raised her hand.

Toward the traitors prostrate on the ground below, trembling like chaff, she issued the final imperial judgment.

"Pass down my decree!"

"All rebels are to be executed on the spot. Leave none alive!"

"As for their Families, exterminate three generations!"

"I shall use their blood to wash away the humiliation our Great Xia suffered today!"

Her cold, ruthless voice resounded through the heavens and earth.

A grand, blood-soaked liquidation thus began.