85: Chapter 85 Half-Step Female Immortal Venerable

Su Fan could swear to the heavens that he was not trying to vie for any favor.

However, no matter how he explained it, the Empress just chuckled and scoffed.

"Male Consort, what kind of tricks are you trying to pull? Do you think that by using some schemes, I will fall into your trap? Then you are sorely mistaken. I do not regard you as that important, nor am I as fragile as you imagine. I have fought my way out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and I will not be so easily bewitched by your few words like those little girls."

After saying this, Empress Yan Yufei suddenly noticed sheets of paper filled with writing on the imperial desk. She reached out with her jade hand and casually picked up a few to see what Male Consort had written...

"Flowers are not flowers, mist is not mist. They come at midnight, and leave at dawn. Coming like a spring dream, how long does it last? Leaving like morning clouds, nowhere to be found."

"Last night the west wind withered the green trees; alone I climbed the high tower, gazing until the end of the world's path..."

"... The heights are too cold to bear. Dancing to play with my clear shadow, how can it compare to the human world..."

These poems were written down by Su Fan when he was bored. The female guards and palace maids didn't dare to speak to him much, and he couldn't leave the deep palace, nor did he have any entertainment. When bored, he could only write down some poems to pass the time.

Over this period, the days of copying had actually made his calligraphy improve more and more; his strokes were like dancing Dragons and snakes, iron lines and silver hooks, flowing like clouds and water, penetrating deep into the wood!

Empress Yan Yufei looked at these poems, sometimes frowning, sometimes lost in thought, holding the papers as she paced slowly in the hall...

After a while, she suddenly stared intently at Su Fan: "Who allowed you to write these messy, nonsensical things?"

Su Fan opened his mouth, just about to explain something...

"Confiscated!!"

After saying this, Empress Yan Yufei took the stack of papers and left.

...

Time flowed on. Ever since Empress Yan Yufei took the poems Su Fan had written, she hadn't come to Kunyu Palace for nearly a month.

Those female guards and palace maids still didn't dare to speak to Su Fan much.

Su Fan wanted the palace maids to set the poems he had written to music and sing them, but the palace maids just ignored him, disregarding his request.

Because of this, Su Fan could only be bored to the point of drinking tea and playing Go by himself. When playing against himself, whenever he made a brilliant move, he would often burst into laughter, looking somewhat mentally unstable, but the palace maids would only glance up slightly and not find it strange.

[In the blink of an eye, more than another month passed]

[You couldn't even remember how many days had passed. At first, you would record the dates according to the Great Yan Empire's era name, but later you simply stopped counting. You just lived day by day. Anyway, there weren't many days left until you had lived for 15 years; once late spring arrived, this long simulation could end...]

[As for why you only needed to survive for 15 years, this part of the content seemed to be missing from your memory. The more you tried to recall it, the more your head would ache, so you stopped insisting on remembering...]

[One day, you suddenly heard a huge, rumbling sound. You curiously stood at the palace gate to watch, and saw that in the direction of the Empress's sleeping quarters, a golden light suddenly flashed on the roof. However, it wasn't because someone was fighting, but rather as if someone was having a Breakthrough. In the sky, thunder and lightning flashed, and dark clouds rolled, as if a powerful force was breaking through its restraints...]

[Afterward, the golden light intensified, piercing through the clouds. Gradually, the sky cleared, and the Empress suddenly arrived at Kunyu Palace...]

The Empress looked radiant, her waterfall-like dark hair tied up with a golden crown. Her stunning face had firm lines, exuding a sharp, heroic aura. Her back was straight, her posture gallant, and her whole body radiated a masculine, virile aura like that of a handsome man.

"Has your injury healed? You look to be in very good condition today. It seemed like someone had a Breakthrough just now, actually causing quite a significant phenomenon in the heavens and earth... How have you been lately?"

Su Fan's nagging words caused Empress Yan Yufei's face, which had just shown a slight smile, to suddenly turn cold again.

"Male Consort! Are you my father, damn it?"

Empress Yan Yufei cursed outright, "Who allowed you to ask these things?"

She sat on the chair, fuming, and waved her jade hand, "Come here, kneel down. I haven't favored you for a month. Today I am in a good mood, so let me favor you properly..."

Su Fan refused: "Yingzi, don't be like this. If you are happy, I will go make you something delicious. I remember... you like to eat chicken, right? I will go make chicken for you myself. Lotus leaf chicken or Beggar's chicken?"

Hearing this, Empress Yan Yufei stood up from her seat with a swoosh and slapped Su Fan across the face.

"Male Consort! I am warning you again!"

"First, don't call me Yingzi!"

"Second, I don't like eating any chicken!"

"Third, I am telling you to serve me now, so you will serve me obediently!"

This slap carried a slight bit of True Qi. Su Fan couldn't take it; his body flew directly against the wall, crashing down feeling dizzy and disoriented, his bones feeling as if they were about to fall apart...

"Yingzi... I know it's all my fault... I shouldn't have smuggled salt, I shouldn't have broken the law. I should have been an honest and law-abiding citizen, that way I could have spent every day with you... I know, I was wrong. I shouldn't have abandoned you. It's all my fault..."

Su Fan ignored the pain in his body, looked at Empress Yan Yufei, his eyes reddening...

"It's all my fault... I lost you. I don't know what you have experienced over these fourteen years, but I know that you must have lived very painfully these fourteen years... Now that we are finally reunited, let me make up for that lost love for you, okay?"

He ignored the pain in his body, gritted his teeth, and walked step by step to Empress Yan Yufei. He held her face in his hands and said to her with tears in his eyes.

Empress Yan Yufei's Phoenix eyes were cold, and her lips twitched. She had intended to lose her temper and scold this man in front of her not to go too far, but for some reason, her heart suddenly softened, and she said: "As a grown man, why are you crying and whimpering!?"

After saying this, she felt inexplicably annoyed in her heart. Why am I caring about him!!

She turned cold again, then stood with her hands behind her back, her posture arrogant as she said: "The poems you wrote were very helpful to me. After reading your poems, I gained some insights and have already directly had a Breakthrough to the Great Perfection of the Emperor Realm. I am now a half-step Immortal Venerable."

"Congratulations to the Emperor on the Breakthrough!!"

The group of palace maids and female guards knelt down and said.

Empress Yan Yufei waved her hand indifferently, and the group of palace maids and female guards rose one after another and retreated.

Su Fan was just about to say some congratulatory words, but suddenly felt a jade hand embrace him. Empress Yan Yufei's face was almost pressed against his, her Phoenix eyes gazing into his eyes: "Male Consort... I didn't expect your talent to be quite good after all. Compared to your body, it is even more helpful to me..."

A faint fragrance was exhaled onto Su Fan's face, and Empress Yan Yufei slowly lowered her lips: "However, compared to your talent, I still like your body more..."

The moment his lips were covered, Su Fan's mind was in a panic.

"No... not again!?"

He resisted somewhat, but in the end, he was still pressed onto the couch by Empress Yan Yufei...