The precious sword was sharp, but fortunately, neither its speed nor its power was particularly great.
At the critical moment, Liang Zhu grabbed the Princess's wrist and twisted it backwards...
Xiao Yanzhi let out a soft cry of pain, and the precious sword fell to the ground.
Liang Zhu used the grappling techniques he had learned for self-defense in his previous life, forcing the Princess's body down and pressing his knee against her back.
The Princess's body was pinned to the grass, leaving her unable to move.
Liang Zhu was furious. Still gripping the Princess's arm, he twisted it backwards, making her let out a coquettish cry of pain.
“Are we palace maids and eunuchs not people?!” Liang Zhu pinned the Princess down and loudly berated her. “Playing around is one thing, but you actually brought out a real saber and sword. What would happen if you really cut someone to death?”
Seeing Liang Zhu recklessly courting death, the injured palace maid scrambled away in terror. https://m.
【Mission Prompt】mission completion rate 90%, princess satisfaction value 931. Host, please keep up the good work!
Liang Zhu was immediately dumbfounded: “Holy crap, it’s almost full already?”
Could it be that the Princess was actually happy after being beaten?
No, he still had to seize another wave of rewards!
Liang Zhu fiercely slapped the Princess's little buttocks twice. “Speak! Do you know what you did wrong now?”
The Princess's voice was soft and coquettish. “All right, all right, I know I was wrong.”
【Mission Prompt】mission completion rate 100%, princess satisfaction value 2125. Congratulations, Host, on completing the mission by more than twenty times the required amount!
【System Prompt】Host system Exchange Points +2125, which can be used to exchange for various bodies and items!
【System Prompt】Additional reward: one Epic Treasure Chest, granting one random piece of epic equipment or an item!
Mission complete. Liang Zhu released the Princess and declared with an imposing air of righteousness, “Princess, don’t treat us eunuchs and palace maids as if we aren’t people, or no one will play with you anymore!”
The palace maids who had fled returned trembling with fear, seemingly intending to see how Little Pillar would die.
Unexpectedly, the Princess was very tolerant. “Good! I had a lot of fun today! Reward everyone with ten taels of silver! Give the injured ones double! You, come with me!”
The Princess reached out, grabbed Liang Zhu by the hair, and returned to the side hall.
Long Baitian had already left, while Her Majesty the Empress sat there in a daze.
“Older sister, older sister!” The Princess dragged Liang Zhu inside. “Can you award this little eunuch to me?”
Liang Zhu secretly groaned inwardly.
This Princess was willful and headstrong. If he followed her, he would shed a layer of skin even if he did not die.
The Empress, who had been in a daze, came to her senses. “No. Little Pillar cannot be given to you.”
The Princess pouted unhappily. “Older sister...”
Before the Princess could finish acting spoiled, the Empress said coldly, “Go out first!”
Although Xiao Yanzhi was willful, she was very afraid of her older sister. Depressed, she saluted and turned to leave.
Before leaving, Xiao Yanzhi said in a low voice, “Hmph, so your name is Little Pillar. Just you wait!”
Liang Zhu gave a bitter smile.
This time, he had truly gotten himself into enormous trouble.
“Little Pillar...” The Empress's cool voice rang out. “Long Baitian said he wants to kill you!”
Liang Zhu's heart lurched. “Kill me? I haven’t done anything wrong! What right does he have to kill me?”
Xiao Yanran seemed to be muttering to herself. “That’s right. You loyally protected the throne, so what mistake did you make? Rather, this Long Baitian...”
At that moment, a loud rumble resounded through the main hall, and the table was overturned by the Empress.
The candles, incense burners, brushes, ink, paper, inkstones, and various memorials on the tabletop fell disorderly all over the floor.
“That rebel Long Baitian!” the Empress roared with tears. “He actually dares to openly murder a Regent Minister! Does he even have me, the Emperor, in his eyes?”
Two palace maids ran to the doorway, and upon seeing this scene, were so frightened that they fell to their knees.
The Empress waved her hand, and two men in black appeared like ghosts and dragged the palace maids away.
It looked as though the two palace maids might be silenced.
Liang Zhu indicated that he was terrified inside.
Soon, the Empress had stabilized her emotions and wiped away her tears.
The Empress turned and left. “Little Pillar, I’m going to rest. You may withdraw.”
Looking at the mess in the hall, Liang Zhu sensed that an unending struggle to the death was about to erupt between the Empress and Long Baitian.
Liang Zhu left the side hall absentmindedly. Xiao Meiyue approached with a beaming smile. “Little Pillar, congratulations!”
Liang Zhu smiled bitterly. “Sigh, Older Sister, don’t make fun of me. I was almost hacked to death by the Princess today.”
Xiao Meiyue glanced around and said in a low voice, “Come with me.”
The two of them left the quiet side hall.
As they walked, Liang Zhu inspected the rewards he had painstakingly earned.
First were the 2,125 exchange points. Although that sounded like a lot, the only thing he could exchange them for was a cultivation technique called “Spring Sleep Unaware of Dawn.”
The Azure Dragon’s Hand and angel’s Wings each cost more than ten thousand Exchange Points...
With Long Baitian threatening to kill him, Liang Zhu impatiently exchanged for “Spring Sleep Unaware of Dawn.”
After he clicked to learn it, the cultivation technique dissolved into nothingness.
Then, nothing happened...
Liang Zhu was dumbfounded. “What the hell is this?!”
Helpless, Liang Zhu proceeded to the next stage: the Epic Treasure Chest.
This treasure chest was guaranteed to produce something good.
【System Prompt】Congratulations, you have obtained the ancient magic treasure, the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
【System Prompt】The Heaven Measuring Ruler was a tool used by Nuwa to repair the heavens. Its first-layer ability, “Strict Laws,” has been automatically activated!
【System Prompt】The Heaven Measuring Ruler’s second-layer additional ability, “Law of Heaven, Form of Earth,” cannot be exchanged for due to insufficient exchange points. Please keep up the good work!
Liang Zhu grinned from ear to ear. A treasure left behind by Nuwa!
Even if his strength was low and he could only unleash one ten-thousandth of its power, that should still be enough to save his life, right?
At that moment, the absentminded Liang Zhu heard Xiao Meiyue say, “Little Pillar, you’re so happy. Don’t tell me you already know?”
Liang Zhu looked completely bewildered. “Know what?”
Liang Zhu realized that they had already arrived at Guangxin Palace.
This palace had originally been the residence of Crown Prince Xiao Qiang.
After the Crown Prince died from a sudden illness, Guangxin Palace had stood vacant for four years.
Xiao Meiyue said with a smile, “Your Majesty saw your loyalty and awarded you the Wutong Courtyard in Guangxin Palace!”
Wutong Court was a small courtyard of more than fifty square meters, along with a bungalow of over one hundred square meters—definitely a large-family garden residence.
Xiao Meiyue said to a little palace maid behind her, “Go and have the Imperial Kitchen prepare some wine and dishes. I’m going to hold a celebratory feast for Little Pillar!”
The little palace maid answered, and before long, the Imperial Kitchen delivered six dishes, one soup, and two jars of fine wine.
After three rounds of wine, Xiao Meiyue’s complexion had turned flushed, and her drunken eyes were hazy.
Xiao Meiyue had originally been sitting across from him, but now she was pressed tightly against Liang Zhu’s side.
Liang Zhu was somewhat nervous. This was the Imperial Palace!
If anyone discovered that something improper was happening, he would definitely die an ugly death.
Just as Liang Zhu and Xiao Meiyue were drinking and chatting, a soft pop came from outside.
Liang Zhu froze slightly. He went over to the bedside to look and immediately broke out in a cold sweat!
In the dusky twilight, a man in black carrying a gleaming long sword dropped down from the wall!