Chapter 1100 - 185: Is She Better Than Me? (2 Updates)

Chapter 1100: Chapter 185: Is She Better Than Me? (2 Updates)

"What is your relationship?" Li Yuan’s words carried some resentment.

All the maids around, upon hearing this, lowered their eyes, restrained their expressions, and tried hard to minimize their presence, standing with eyes observing their noses and noses observing their hearts.

Because they knew, the Divine Emperor was angry!

Crack!

A crisp sound echoed in the hall, particularly abrupt.

The jade hairpin that Li Yuan had been playing with in her hand was already broken into two pieces. Li Yuan let go of her hand, and the broken jade hairpin fell directly onto the floor of the great hall, making another sound.

With that sound, the maids in the hall held their breath even more, not daring to make a sound.

Li Yuan’s eyes became cold.

The feeling was as if something she valued was told to have already been reserved by someone else. Her cold eyes gradually condensed with gloom, making her whole person look sinister and heavy.

Suddenly, a wrinkle appeared on her perfect face.

Immediately, crow’s feet appeared at the corners of her eyes, and her originally tight and smooth skin instantly became loose and dim.

This change was keenly felt by Li Yuan.

She was shocked, covered her face, and screamed, "Quick! Light the incense quickly!"

The maids in the hall became flustered, and the maid holding the incense burner hurriedly lit the specially made incense with trembling hands, placed it into the incense burner, and knelt down, approaching Li Yuan.

She held up the incense burner with both hands, kept her head very low, and her shoulders were faintly trembling.

Li Yuan covered her cheeks, closed her eyes, and deeply inhaled a breath of the purple smoke wafting out of the incense burner, finally relaxing her tense nerves.

After inhaling three or four breaths, Li Yuan’s aging appearance was finally brought under control, her once smooth and taut skin slowly restored, and her eternally youthful, flawless beauty returned to her face once again.

While Li Yuan’s appearance was recovering, the maid holding the incense burner was so frightened that she sobbed ’ying ying’.

She was already the 120th incense attendant. The 119 incense attendants before her all mysteriously died after lighting the incense each time. She was terrified.

Finally, after Li Yuan finished inhaling the last wisp of purple incense from the incense burner, she completely relaxed and a joyful smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

However, this smile had not yet been maintained when it disappeared. Li Yuan opened her eyes, filled with slaughter and hatred. "Come, drag this little maid away."

The incense maid was startled, lifted her head sharply, and desperately shook her head to plead with Li Yuan, "Divine Emperor, I didn’t see anything, I know nothing, please spare me!"

However, Li Yuan did not listen at all, allowing her to be dragged away by the guards stationed in the hall. She caressed her own face and murmured, "If you want to hate, then hate him. If it weren’t for him causing this emperor to suffer backlash, how could this emperor resort to such evil techniques to retain youth forever?"

"Divine Emperor, spare me—! I really didn’t see anything—!" The terrified cries of the incense maid kept coming, but they grew fainter and fainter.

"Divine Emperor." A female official walked to Li Yuan, bowing respectfully. She seemed to be Li Yuan’s confidant.

"Speak." Li Yuan’s gaze darkened, sweeping across the other maids in the hall. If it weren’t for them standing far away, unable to see what happened, none of them would be spared!

The confidant pondered in her heart for a moment, mustered the courage, and said, "Please control your emotions, Divine Emperor; it’s best not to be angry again. We have little incense left."

"If it’s insufficient, refine more! Aren’t there still men’s essences? Continue refining them for me!" Li Yuan said sternly.

The female official worriedly said, "If we refine more, they will die."

"Then recruit more once they’re dead!" Li Yuan said impatiently.

Meanwhile, Mu Qingge and Chu Nian had already walked outside the Divine Emperor Palace, seeing the incense maid being dragged away, pleading all the way. She knocked over the incense burner in her hand, leaving a lingering fragrance, which furrowed Mu Qingge’s brow, a hint of doubt arising in her eyes.

Chu Nian asked the maid beside her, "What did she do to be punished?"

However, the maid lowered her gaze, not looking at her companion at all, and only whispered, "Perhaps she offended the Divine Emperor, so she was punished."

Chu Nian knew it was inappropriate to interfere in matters of other Divine Domains, nodded, and did not continue to ask. Only when she retracted her gaze did she notice Mu Qingge was pondering something.

"Qingge?" Chu Nian called softly.

Mu Qingge withdrew her thoughts and said to Chu Nian, "What is it?"

Chu Nian smiled slightly, "Nothing, let’s go in, we shouldn’t keep the Phoenix Heaven God Emperor waiting. Speaking of which, you are the guest, and I have come to seek lodging."

Lodging?

Mu Qingge raised her eyebrows slightly.

The maid’s interruption had prevented her and Chu Nian from discussing why Chu Nian had come to the Phoenix Heaven Domain, a matter she had yet to inquire about.

Hearing the word lodging again led her to some associations.

However, now wasn’t the time to think or ask more, so Mu Qingge collected herself and walked into the Divine Emperor Palace together with Chu Nian.

Upon seeing the two enter, a trace of resentment flashed in Li Yuan’s eyes.

The female official next to her, seeing her intently staring at Mu Qingge, became worried and hurriedly whispered a reminder. "Divine Emperor, you cannot! We can move men without backgrounds in Divine Land, but this is Huan Yue Domain’s Young Divine Emperor. If anything happens to him, the Huan Yue God Emperor will not let it rest."

Li Yuan’s eyes changed slightly, saying in a low voice, "I have my own judgment, you may step back."

There was already a hint of impatience in her tone. The female official did not dare speak further and could only bow and retreat.

Mu Qingge and Chu Nian came to the base of the Divine Emperor’s Throne, also looking up to Li Yuan sitting high on the throne.

"I heard, you are old acquaintances?" Li Yuan slowly opened her mouth, her half-squinted eyes making it unclear what she was planning.

Mu Qingge and Chu Nian glanced at each other, the former said, "Indeed. I have been to the Wuhua Domain before and had the fortune of meeting Princess Chu Nian."

"What is your relationship?" Li Yuan asked again.

Her question made Mu Qingge frown slightly in displeasure. She thought Li Yuan must be paranoid, caring so much.

However, Chu Nian answered good-naturedly, "We... count as drinking buddies." She smiled at Mu Qingge, "Young Divine Emperor, besides drinking buddies, are we not also friends who get along well?"

Mu Qingge smiled and nodded, "Indeed, we are."

The harmony between the two made Li Yuan feel angry.

Earlier, Mu Qingge was praising her beauty; now, how could she be chatting so happily with another woman?

"Never expected to meet again in the Divine Emperor’s Phoenix Heaven Domain, it’s indeed surprising and delightful," Mu Qingge said again.

However, this sentence was like adding fuel to the fire for Li Yuan.

The anger in her heart rose instantly, but she quickly realized it, suppressed the anger to prevent her appearance from collapsing again.

She looked at Mu Qingge, the extremely beautiful face made her uncomfortable. Suddenly transmitted, ’Is she better than me?’