Chuchu rose from the stool and walked to the doorway, where she knelt.
“This servant, Chuchu, pays respects to my master…”
Watching Chuchu kneel gracefully before him, Liang Zhu was absolutely delighted.
Chuchu was beautiful and skilled in martial arts. After completing a mission, he had received a treasure chest reward and even gotten a beautiful maidservant for free. It was enough to make Liang Zhu grin from ear to ear.
Liang Zhu smiled as he helped Chuchu up. “How is it? Have your wounds healed?”
Chuchu nodded trembling with fear. “After applying the healing medicine, they have already healed halfway.”
The martial artists of this world had relatively powerful physical functions.
For someone like Chuchu, wounds would generally heal quickly after applying healing medicine.
Liang Zhu said smugly, “As long as your wounds are healed. When I leave the palace to handle some business, I’ll still need you.”
“Leave the palace?” Chuchu asked in surprise. “Can my master leave the palace?”
Liang Zhu burst out laughing. “That’s right! Her Majesty allows me to freely enter and leave the court. Hehe, if you want to go out and have fun, you can team up with me.”
Chuchu was eager to try.
As a female guard who had grown up in the palace, Chuchu had rarely left the Imperial Palace to explore the outside world.
If she could frequently leave the palace with Liang Zhu…
At this thought, Chuchu suddenly felt alarmed. “Master, Her Majesty allows you to freely enter and leave the court because…?”
“Hmph, of course it’s so I can gather intelligence for Her Majesty!” A loyal-dog-like expression appeared on Liang Zhu’s face. “There are so many treacherous officials now. The Eastern Depot and Western Depot must do everything we can to eliminate them for Her Majesty the Empress!”
Chuchu asked, puzzled, “What are the Eastern Depot and Western Depot?”
Liang Zhu said casually, “The Eastern Depot and Western Depot are Her Majesty the Empress’s support group and fan club. Anyone who dares show disrespect to Her Majesty the Empress will be slaughtered.”
Liang Zhu never imagined that, with that casual remark, the fearsome organization known as the “Eastern Depot” would be born in the Otherworld.
From then on, the Imperial City Department was trash, the Imperial Household Department was the younger brother, and the Directorate of Ceremonial became a mere decoration…
Many years later, after the three chief eunuchs successively abdicated, everyone inside and outside the Imperial Court trembled with fear whenever they heard the words “Eastern Depot.”
Liang Zhu did not yet know about his future glorious achievements. With Chuchu serving him, he soaked his feet, then went to bed comfortably.
Although Chuchu had once been a guard, she had grown up in the palace and was also very familiar with a maidservant’s duties.
After Liang Zhu fell asleep, Chuchu found a bed in the outer room and lay down. She closed her eyes and sighed resignedly.
From now on, she was Eunuch Xiao Zhuzi’s servant.
Fortunately, this master seemed easy to get along with and was highly valued by Her Majesty the Empress.
Perhaps following him would offer her a brighter future than serving a Princess.
Chuchu looked up toward Liang Zhu. In the darkened light, she saw a strange smile on his face.
The smile was suggestive and very manly, utterly unlike an expression a eunuch should have.
The reason Liang Zhu was smiling was that he was dreaming.
It was a beautiful dream.
Liang Zhu dreamed that he was strolling through the Imperial Palace. He was no longer wearing eunuch clothes, but a luxurious, flowing long robe.
Along the way, the female guards and palace maids ignored Liang Zhu completely, allowing him to swagger into the imperial bedchamber of the Empress.
Inside the imperial bedchamber, Her Majesty the Empress was still busy reviewing memorials.
A red brush scratched across the pages, and the Empress looked rather tired.
Liang Zhu knew that the Empress’s exhaustion was not something that had begun only recently.
When one’s heart was weary, the body became weary as well. Symptoms such as dizziness and headaches appeared from time to time, greatly troubling the Empress.
Liang Zhu stood before the desk, watching the Empress work, feeling somewhat distressed for her.
Just then, the Empress looked up in surprise. “Little Pillar, why have you come?”
“I came to see you.” Liang Zhu walked to the Empress’s side and snatched away her writing brush. “Are you not tired from handling government affairs all day?”
The Empress stared at Liang Zhu in surprise. “Why have your clothes changed too?”
Liang Zhu burst out laughing. “Because we’re dreaming!”
“Audacious! What nonsense are you spouting?” The Empress scolded Liang Zhu with a darkened expression. “Without being summoned, who allowed you to come to my imperial bedchamber?”
Liang Zhu tugged at Xiao Yanran’s clothes and laughed. “All right, all right. I told you this is a dream. Why are you taking it so seriously?”
Seeing Little Pillar actually start tugging at her, Xiao Yanran flew into a rage.
The Empress flicked her sleeve. “You—ah?”
Because she was in her own imperial bedchamber, the Empress was wearing a gauzy nightgown.
When she flicked her sleeve, she had originally expected Liang Zhu to release it sensibly.
Unexpectedly, this damned little eunuch held on tightly.
As a result, with a ripping sound, all the fabric from the sleeve to the shoulder was torn apart.
Looking at the Empress’s flawless, pure white skin, a strange smile appeared at the corner of Liang Zhu’s mouth.
Since this was a dream, Liang Zhu decided to do whatever he pleased.
He reached out, grabbed the back of the Empress’s neck, and pinned her against the desk like an eagle catching chicks.
Under Liang Zhu’s hands, the Empress cried out in pain and tightly furrowed her brows.
Meanwhile, a series of messages flashed through Liang Zhu’s mind:
【System Prompt】“Spring Sleep Unaware of Dawn” cultivation technique activated successfully!
【System Prompt】cultivation technique matched with cauldron Xiao Yanran. Lock-on successful!
【System Prompt】Insufficient Exchange Points to exchange for the second layer cultivation technique, “Spring Dream leaves No Trace.” Host, please work harder.
Work harder?
Liang Zhu was working exceptionally hard.
Only now did Liang Zhu awaken as if from a dream.
It turned out that this so-called “Spring Sleep Unaware of Dawn” cultivation technique was a cultivation technique practiced in dreams.
No wonder nothing had happened after he exchanged for “Spring Sleep Unaware of Dawn.”
It turned out that he had to dream for the cultivation technique to activate!
After one complete cycle of the cultivation technique, Liang Zhu felt his entire body overflowing with spiritual energy. He estimated that the effect was better than half a year of cultivation for those martial artists.
After an unknown length of time, Empress Xiao Yanran slowly opened her eyes…