344: Reach a consensus with the Empress!

“Of course!”

Guo Feng also felt his breath catch, but he did not back down.

He nodded and said, “Since you are recruiting an Emperor-Consort, if others can marry you, why can’t I?”

“How dare you!”

Ninth Chief Eunuch immediately reprimanded him loudly.

His heart was also extremely shocked!

Who was the Empress?

She stood out among many princes, slaying several powerful competitors.

She annihilated several major families.

She suppressed the border barbarians and rebellious foreign tribes with cruel methods.

She was a woman who even the previous Emperor felt pressured by!

No one had ever dared to speak such frivolous words in front of her!

The Empress, however, smiled and waved her hand to stop Ninth Chief Eunuch, then looked at Guo Feng: “You are right, if others can marry me, of course, you can.”

“But—”

She changed her tone, “Neither your strength nor the power behind you is enough for you to marry me right now.”

Guo Feng frowned.

He had previously claimed to marry the Empress, but it was just talk; how could marrying the Empress be that easy?

However, the Empress saying it directly to his face still made him a little uncomfortable.

At this moment, the Empress said again: “Of course, with your talent and the speed of your improvement, you are not without a chance.”

“Then tell me the conditions?”

Guo Feng asked with some dissatisfaction.

“My husband must have at least Ninth Grade, Ninth Level strength. Not to say invincible, but he must be among the best.”

The Empress said calmly, “Moreover, he must be a ruler of a region, either commanding millions of elite soldiers or holding sway over the Ten Great Sects.”

She looked at Guo Feng, “Are these conditions problematic?”

“Uh…”

Upon hearing this, Guo Feng had to nod.

This Empress’s beauty was probably truly unparalleled in this world.

Hua Yinxi was originally the most beautiful and attractive girl Guo Feng had ever seen.

However, Hua Yinxi was far inferior to the Empress.

One was heaven, the other was earth.

And the Empress’s strength was at least above Ninth Grade, Sixth Level; he couldn’t fully perceive how strong she specifically was.

Moreover, her status was noble; she controlled the life and death of hundreds of millions of people, capable of commanding fifteen Great Qin Wang Cities, hundreds of main cities, and thousands of large cities.

Her criteria for a spouse were indeed not problematic.

“I admit what you said is flawless, but, under heaven, the only ones who can meet your requirements are probably the Sect Masters of the Ten Great Sects, right?”

Guo Feng chuckled, “If you wanted to marry those old Sect Masters, you would have married them long ago. You must not trust them or look down on them, right?”

“The Empire is so vast, with countless hidden talents. It’s not impossible for someone like you to rise unexpectedly.”

The Empress said calmly, “Moreover, my recruitment of an Emperor-Consort is merely a test of loyalty for the various feudal lords, making it easier for me to eliminate traitors. I, the dignified Empress, am not yet so weak as to truly need to recruit an Emperor-Consort!”

She paused, then continued, “Do you really think this Empress’s power is so weak that I need to recruit an Emperor-Consort to support my throne?”

“Oh?”

Upon hearing this, Guo Feng raised an eyebrow, suddenly enlightened.

That’s right!

How could an Empress, who controlled the entire Empire, truly rely on others?

But he had to admit.

The Solar Flame Empress’s strategy was effective.

Even Guo Feng initially underestimated the Empress, thinking she was weak.

And those ambitious individuals, even if they could guess the Empress’s intentions.

However, ambitious individuals are ambitious individuals precisely because they are gamblers!

As long as there’s a chance, they will take a gamble.

Isn’t that so? Duke Guo originally intended to feign compliance, but after Earl Changsheng, Nan Liru, and Guo Feng stirred things up, he directly declared himself Emperor and rebelled!

Others were either observing.

Or showing their loyalty!

Or… they probably couldn’t bear it and wanted to create a situation where various warlords carved up territories!

This Empress is not simple!

“Then how will you conclude this?”

Guo Feng suddenly retorted.

“Isn’t this giving you a chance?”

The Empress chuckled, “You are an outsider, possessing monstrous talent, and without a powerful faction, completely within my control.”

As she spoke, the corners of her mouth curved upwards, “Making you the nominal Emperor-Consort, for you and for me, wouldn’t it be a win-win?”

“Good!”

Upon hearing this, Guo Feng couldn’t help but smile, “Empress, what you said is exactly what I thought.”

“Let’s be a superficial crew.”

“Each taking what they need.”

“Furthermore, I am naturally a scoundrel. As the Emperor-Consort, I can help you do things you cannot do!”

He continued, “Of course, since it’s a win-win, I also have conditions.”

“You are quite interesting.”

The Empress revealed a playful smile, carefully looked at Guo Feng, and then said, “However, now is not the time for you to make demands.”

“What do you mean?”

Guo Feng asked again.

“You don’t even qualify to be a nominal Emperor-Consort yet.”

The Empress said indifferently, “You still need to pass two of my tests, otherwise, wouldn’t it be better to just find someone I can control to be a puppet Emperor-Consort?”

“Tests?”

Guo Feng raised an eyebrow and asked, “What tests? Tell me.”

“First, become one of the Five Great Disciples of the Six Harmonies Sect.”

“Second, find an opportunity for me to kill Duke Guo’s thirteenth son, Guo Xiaoyi.”

After the Empress finished speaking, she added, “Of course, the premise of all this is that you can survive and enter the Emperor-Consort’s final examination stage, only then can I personally select you.”

“Okay.”

Guo Feng readily agreed, “No problem.”

“But.”

He looked at the Empress, “You also have to agree to two conditions of mine in advance.”

“Speak.”

The Empress said calmly.

“First, once I become Emperor-Consort, I want to lead Guo Wang City and Qin Wang City, the two great Qin Wang Cities.”

“Second, come with me to my Huaxia Continent, which you call the Land of Sins.”

Guo Feng directly put forward two conditions.

Originally, he had planned to ask the Empress to agree to peaceful coexistence with Huaxia.

However, after meeting the Empress.

He felt things were not that simple.

Therefore, he planned to take the Empress to the Huaxia Spirit Realm, to Huaxia.

To make her understand that Huaxia had no hostility.

At the same time, also to let her experience the social atmosphere of Huaxia.

Of course, the premise of all this was that his strength, or the strength of Li Chi and Sima Hui, was sufficient to match the Empress and the people behind her.

By the way!

He would take these crew to deal with Lord Huntian!

Killing two birds with one stone!

“I cannot agree to either of your two conditions now.”

The Empress shook her head, “However, if you demonstrate sufficient strength, I can consider it. If you don’t think so, everything we discussed before is invalid.”

“Alright, anyway, there’s plenty of time. My conditions have been put forward, and we can discuss them thoroughly then.”

Guo Feng didn’t expect the other party to agree immediately.

First, give the other party a psychological predisposition.

After all, neither of these two matters was trivial.

One concerned two great Qin Wang Cities!

One concerned the Empress’s tour!

“Alright, our conversation ends here. Ninth Chief Eunuch, take him back.”

The Empress waved her hand, then added, “Oh, and give him an imperial decree.”

“Also.”

She continued, “Tell Qin Yu and the others to go back. Find any excuse to put them off. This Empress does not wish to see any of the hostages from the Qin Wang Cities recently.”

“Yes!”

Ninth Chief Eunuch quickly agreed.

The Empress looked at Guo Feng again: “Guo Feng, go. I hope you won’t disappoint me.”

After she finished speaking, she took a step.

She had already disappeared.

At this moment, Ninth Chief Eunuch showed Guo Feng an almost fawning smile: “Young Master Guo, this is the imperial decree. With the imperial decree, you can freely enter and exit anywhere in the Imperial Capital, and you can come to the Imperial Palace at any time. However, the Imperial Palace has its rules, which you still need to obey.”

As he spoke, he took out the imperial decree and handed it to Guo Feng.

It was a token engraved with a sun bird and the sun.

Guo Feng’s heart trembled.

Huh?

Sanxingdui?!