Looking at the Empress's expression, Liang Zhu knew that this woman was about to set him up again.
With the spirit of someone bravely marching to his death, Liang Zhu said, “Your Majesty, feel free to give your orders.”
“I want you to properly educate the Princess…” the Empress said solemnly. “No matter what method you use, no matter what means you employ—even if you beat or scold her, I will support you.”
Liang Zhu finally understood.
The matter of him secretly beating the Princess in the Imperial Garden last time had definitely been discovered by the Empress.
After all, Chuchu had caused a scene that morning, and Xiao Meiyue and the others had all witnessed it.
But the question was, why did he have to be the one to teach the Princess?
Liang Zhu was nearly driven mad. “Your Majesty, isn’t there a Grand Tutor to educate the Imperial Clan? If that doesn’t work, there are also the female officials in the palace.”
The Empress was helpless. “The Grand Tutor has a rigid personality, and besides, being a man makes things inconvenient. The female officials are too timid and cannot control the Princess. Now, you are the only one who gets along best with the Princess. Yanzhi has praised you before Me many times.”
Fine. Liang Zhu was certain that Xiao Yanzhi had gone to complain about him.
Thinking of the Princess’s lunatic manner, Liang Zhu felt like dying.
Although the Empress had said he could beat or scold her as he pleased, the question was, who would actually dare beat the Princess?
With that eccentric Princess, hitting her lightly would have no effect, while hitting her hard would certainly make her throw a tantrum. If he were responsible for teaching her, he might as well commit seppuku.
Besides, there was fundamentally no end to something like education.
What would count as having finished educating the Princess?
What was the standard for educational success?
Liang Zhu was certain this was a big pit.
However, the Empress did not treat Liang Zhu unfairly either. She had Xiao Meiyue bring over a box.
When he opened the box, there was a small golden token inside.
A phoenix design was engraved around the golden token, while the middle bore the eight characters, “As If I Were Present, all officials obey.”
The Empress said earnestly, “Little Pillar, you will soon have to deal with Wu Shixiong. Carry this golden token with you. In a crisis, you can mobilize the officials of all prefectures and counties, as well as directly mobilize runners and up to five hundred soldiers.”
While thanking her for the favor, Liang Zhu rolled his eyes inwardly: Was Xiao Yanran treating him like a laborer?
Now that the Empress favored Liang Zhu, she had entrusted him with three missions in total:
First, educate the Princess.
Second, seek out one or two titled sword saints to come provide support.
Third, help Chu Xiaoxiang kill Wu Shixiong.
Liang Zhu had a headache. Not one of these three missions was easy!
Educating the Princess was a long-term mission, so there was no need to deal with it for now.
Finding a Sword Saint was a random mission—something that could only be encountered by chance.
Only killing Wu Shixiong was the most reliable mission. It had the Empress’s support and Chu Xiaoxiang’s full assistance, so its difficulty was actually somewhat lower.
As for how the Empress would answer to the Prince of Zhenxi after Wu Shixiong died, that had nothing to do with him.
After finishing his thoughts, Liang Zhu lazily tapped the Golden Treasure Chest he had obtained.
To be honest, Liang Zhu had already grown accustomed to Epic Treasure Chests, so he had little interest in this low-grade reward.
However, the moment he opened it, Liang Zhu’s eyes went wide.
【System Prompt】Golden Treasure Chest opened! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the body “Zhao Yun’s Gallbladder”!
【System Prompt】The body has taken effect automatically. Attribute activation successful. Host has obtained the Divine Weapon: Dragon Gallbladder Spear!
【System Prompt】The Dragon Gallbladder Spear possesses bonuses for military formation battles, mounted battles, and battles fought alone. The three bonus effects can be stacked.
Back then, Liu Bei highly praised him, saying, “Zilong is gall itself,” and even specially forged a Dragon Gallbladder Spear for him.
This Dragon Gallbladder Spear was no less formidable than the Azure Dragon Crescent blade or the Heavenly Halberd. It also contained a sealed Battle Soul, making its combat effectiveness extremely formidable!
Even more incredible, the Dragon Gallbladder Spear possessed bonuses related to warfare, and could continue granting bonuses when fighting alone on horseback. It was truly an essential weapon for slaughter on the battlefield and travel at home.
Liang Zhu went to an unoccupied place, summoned the Dragon Gallbladder Spear, and swung it a few times as it cleaved through the air.
The Dragon Gallbladder Spear was pale gold all over, shimmering with a faint radiance, and Liang Zhu could not bear to part with it.
In this world dominated by cold weapons, the Dragon Gallbladder Spear was absolutely a treasure.
By this point, Liang Zhu could basically understand the settings of the Destiny System:
Epic Treasure Chests generally contained mythological weapons—existences that were explosively powerful, domineering, dazzling, and cool.
Golden Treasure Chests were somewhat inferior, usually containing moderately powerful or more “normal” weapons, but they still represented the ceiling of human military force.
As for the other chests, they were more likely to contain pills, scrolls, and the like.
Liang Zhu returned cheerfully to Wutong Courtyard, only to see Chu Xiaoxiang and Chuchu holding hands and talking.
When Chuchu saw Liang Zhu arrive, she called him master with every other word, washing his feet and massaging his legs, which left Chu Xiaoxiang extremely depressed.
Chuchu’s mother had also been a Princess, yet Chuchu, who had been born in the Imperial Palace, had instead become a natural-born slave.
Although the unhappy Chu Xiaoxiang knew that Liang Zhu had shown Chuchu great kindness, she still found him displeasing and went alone to sleep in another bedroom.
In the middle of the night, Chu Xiaoxiang heard a disturbance near the door.
Chu Xiaoxiang sat up vigilantly and asked solemnly, “Who is it?”
The door opened, and Liang Zhu came in with a beaming smile.
What made Chu Xiaoxiang blush was that Liang Zhu was bare-chested, his pectoral and abdominal muscles sharply defined.
His appearance hardly resembled that of a eunuch.
Chu Xiaoxiang gave a cold laugh. “Little Pillar, how audacious of you!”
Liang Zhu smiled without speaking and walked toward Chu Xiaoxiang step by step.
Chu Xiaoxiang pointed coldly outside the door. “Get out! Otherwise, I will kill you!”
A strange smile appeared on Liang Zhu’s face as he reached out to grab Chu Xiaoxiang.
Furious, Chu Xiaoxiang raised his hand and slapped him.
Unexpectedly, Liang Zhu’s strength was formidable. Not only did he grab Chu Xiaoxiang’s skirt, he also raised his hand and punched her twice in the stomach with two heavy thumps.
Chu Xiaoxiang was beaten until her entire body went limp.
Standing beside the bed, Liang Zhu casually gave a tug, and most of Chu Xiaoxiang’s skirt ripped apart.
Chu Xiaoxiang had no idea what kind of restriction he had used; it actually left her entire body powerless.
Liang Zhu let out a proud laugh, his tone extremely suggestive.
Chu Xiaoxiang truly could not understand why a eunuch would make such a strange laugh.
The next second, Chu Xiaoxiang was horrified…