In the afternoon.
Gu Lan was resting in the bedchamber when a refreshing, subtle fragrance drifted over from behind him, and a pair of lotus-root arms wrapped around his waist.
His clingy little wife had arrived…
Knowing that she had been inexplicably happy these past few days, Gu Lan smiled and turned around, wrapping his arm around the Empress’s delicate body in return as he asked gently, “Wife, what is it?”
“Dear husband, you still haven’t finished the story of 《Journey to the West》 from last time. I still want to hear it.”
Mu Yuyan blinked, and her exquisite, mature, elegant face actually carried a hint of cuteness.
“Oh, where did I leave off?”
The storybooks and novels from his previous life were undoubtedly enormously appealing to girls in this ancient-style world.
Putting aside using them to show off, just by telling stories to win over beauties, Gu Lan could feel the charisma of transmigration.
Being a plagiarist really was nice!
“You left off when the master and his 3 disciples first arrived in the Women’s Kingdom, and Tang Xuanzang was detained by the Empress, who wanted to recruit him as the ruler.”
Mu Yuyan reminded him softly.
“Oh, right, that part.”
Gu Lan organized his thoughts, then slowly began, “After that… Monk Tang’s steel-like will overcame the temptation of living off the Empress, and he resolutely fell in love with the Pipa Spirit next door… Meanwhile, the Great Sage returned to Mount Huaguo, Old Pig went back to Gao Village to marry the young lady of the Gao family, and Monk Sha found the Glass Lamp and returned to the Heavenly Palace.”
“They all lived happily ever after!”
Gu Lan told the poisonous little story with a perfectly serious expression, secretly glancing at the beauty in his arms.
Sure enough.
Mu Yuyan froze for a second as she listened!
But when she looked up and saw the mischievous look in Gu Lan’s eyes, then connected it with the context, she quickly understood that Gu Lan was teasing her.
“Hmph!”
Mu Yuyan gave a delicate snort, her cheeks slightly red, and said softly, “I thought my husband was a proper man… I didn’t expect you only knew how to bully me for not understanding literature!”
A smile rippled across Gu Lan’s lips. Taking advantage of her inattention, he reached out directly and gave her a squeeze.
It made Mu Yuyan unable to hold back, and she cried out in bashful annoyance!
By now, Gu Lan had already figured it out. In front of others, his wife liked to call him dear husband; when she was acting spoiled, she called him husband.
A wife who was both soft and maturely elegant was truly impossible to put down!
Now he finally understood what ancient people without computers or phones played with at home every day…
“Ahem, no more jokes.”
Gu Lan then told the original version of the Women’s Kingdom segment.
『You told 1 chapter of the storybook 《Journey to the West》. Cultivation +50 years. You then obtain “Hongmeng Sword Dao” true meaning +100』
No sooner had he spoken than Gu Lan’s strength rose once more.
A set of practiced martial arts insights simultaneously poured into his mind!
Martial intent was equivalent to the System helping him study a martial arts technique once, directly granting him the purest memories!
There were no side effects like qi deviation or getting half the result for twice the effort at all!
If all those people who painstakingly cultivated and sought the Dao heard that there was such an outrageous function, they would probably die of envy on the spot… Gu Lan thought.
Remembering that he also had a matching Xuantian Supreme Treasure, the Hongmeng Sword,
Gu Lan grew a little curious. He wondered how his current level compared with that of true sword cultivator experts…
Just then.
After listening to the storybook, Mu Yuyan was entranced by the love, hatred, and grudges of the Queen of the Women’s Kingdom, unable to extricate herself for a long time.
As the Empress, she identified with it far too strongly!
At last,
“No, no!”
Mu Yuyan furrowed her brows and shook her head. “Dear husband, the ending of this story is not good.”
“Hmm?”
“It should be changed so that Tang Xuanzang is touched by the emotions of the mortal world, chooses to stay and form a family with the Queen of the Women’s Kingdom, and returns to secular life from then on!”
Mu Yuyan raised her brows and spoke with confidence, “Later… Xuanzang became the emperor, the queen became the empress, and the two of them found fulfillment!”
“Uh…”
Gu Lan gave 2 dry laughs. “As long as you like it, wife.”
“Then change the storybook according to what I said, all right?”
Mu Yuyan’s delicate face rested against Gu Lan’s chest, her eyes shining.
“All right!”
Gu Lan agreed readily.
In any case, Old Master Wu Cheng’en was not here. This book was written by me, and making my wife happy is the most important thing! (shameless.jpg)
Seeing that he agreed, Mu Yuyan’s brows lit up with joy.
All at once, she thought of how Gu Lan studied hard every day, yet still wrote storybooks for her and made her happy, and a warmth she had never felt before spread through the Empress’s heart.
Born into an imperial family, ever since she came of age, perhaps dear husband was the only person who had ever doted on her like this…
Mu Yuyan’s tenderness was like water. She parted her red lips slightly and said emotionally, “Husband…”
Gu Lan looked at her. Her bright eyes held countless charms.
“My monthly period is over.”
Mu Yuyan’s pretty face flushed crimson.
Gu Lan said in surprise, “Wife, but it’s still daytime.”
Mu Yuyan: “???”
“All right!”
Gu Lan could not keep pretending to be coy. He swiftly got out of bed and closed the door.
…
Near evening, a crescent moon curved across the horizon.
Gu Lan pushed open the door, feeling more refreshed than ever before!
Just then,
Liu Yexi, the only maidservant in the Gu Residence, walked over and asked in puzzlement, “Young Master, why did you nap for so long today? Where is Madam?”
“There!”
Gu Lan glanced proudly at the bed, stretched his muscles and bones, then walked toward the study.
As he walked, he even improvised a poem.
“Clouds recall her robes, flowers recall her face; the spring breeze brushes the rail, and dew on blossoms gleams richly.”
“Had I not seen her atop the Jade Mountains, I would meet her beneath the moon on the Jade Terrace.”
『You were moved by the scene and recited 1 poem. Cultivation +100 years. External tempering physique +69』
…
A casual recitation from Gu Lan was an immortal famous poem.
Even though this was a poem describing a woman, it did not give off the slightest vulgar feeling.
Even after he walked far away, Liu Yexi still stood rooted at the doorway, stunned as she listened!
Only after coming back to her senses did she notice Her Majesty the Empress, who had already collapsed on the bed!
Mu Yuyan’s hair was disheveled, and her fair cheeks were still damp with sweat!
In just a few short seconds, Liu Yexi was dumbfounded for the second time!
“Your Majesty, you… you couldn’t have done it in broad daylight, could you…”
Her almond eyes widened, unable to believe this was her own noble and aloof Majesty!
“Ahem… Little Xi, help me up.”
Only when Mu Yuyan was together with Gu Lan would she show embarrassment, bashfulness, and awkwardness. She was quite calm and composed toward her subordinates.
“Oh!”
Her Majesty was still the same Her Majesty… Liu Yexi instantly found her footing again.
People always used to scold me as a foolish ruler. So this is what being a foolish ruler feels like… Mu Yuyan lightly licked her red lips, seemingly still savoring the tenderness from moments ago.
A moment later,
The Empress straightened her clothes and said calmly, “What did you come to see me about?”
“Your Majesty, this time there is an important matter from the court to report.”
As Liu Yexi spoke, she took a memorial out from her robes.
Mu Yuyan took it and read through it, but her expression changed slightly.
“The Yunzhou Provincial Administration Commissioner submits this memorial to impeach Duan Pei, Sect Master of the Huajian Sect, a subordinate sect of our Great Jing, for colluding with the Demon Clan and committing treason!”
“I beg Your Majesty to uphold justice for my Wu family!”
…
Night fell beneath a moonless, windy sky.
A wretched figure fled into Langzhou City in panic over the city gate!
He was a martial cultivator. At this moment, his whole body was covered in blood, and he was utterly exhausted. In his hand, he still clutched a stone flickering with faint blue light.
“As long as I bring this Image-Recording Stone to the capital and deliver it before the Empress, that old thief Duan’s treasonous dealings can be proven, and Lord Father’s vengeance can be had!”
He was none other than Wu Feng, the young master of the former Yunzhou Provincial Administration Commissioner!
“But now my true qi is exhausted. If I keep fleeing, the people from the Huajian Sect will definitely catch up to me… What should I do…”
As Wu Feng was thinking hatefully, his expression suddenly changed!
He sensed several powerful auras behind him rapidly closing in!
Wu Feng gritted his teeth, turned around, and walked into a dark alley. After turning left and right, he arrived before the door of a teahouse that had not yet closed for the night.
He looked up at the signboard: Gu Teahouse.
Wu Feng did not hesitate. With the mindset of gambling his life, he knocked on the door.
At this moment, an old man with somewhat graying hair came out from inside.
“Are you staying the night, sir? The second floor is…”
The old man’s words caught, because he saw the bloodstains on Wu Feng’s body!
“I’m staying.”
Wu Feng’s expression was extremely ugly, and his hand gripped his saber nervously.
If the old man in front of him shouted loudly, then he could only kill an innocent person.
However!
Fortunately, the old man’s expression instantly returned to normal. As if he had seen nothing at all, he smilingly welcomed Wu Feng inside.
A moment later,
The old man hurriedly tiptoed out and, without looking back, walked toward the Gu Residence.