4024

Chapter 4024: Heavily Struck

Empress Liu paced back and forth in her palace, her gaze hardening inch by inch. "What is Old Fourth doing now?"

The old eunuch bowed his head and said softly, "Fourth Highness has been dispatched by His Majesty to Fengyang City to negotiate with the Divine Land Army."

"Why him?" She had, of course, heard about the Divine Land Army, a million strong, encamped outside Fengyang City.

Even if His Majesty was unwell, such an important matter should not have been entrusted to Old Fourth.

The old eunuch lowered his eyelids and said softly, "It is rumored that His Majesty originally intended to send His Highness the Crown Prince to handle this matter."

"However... the Crown Prince is currently the talk of the town, all because of a pure male courtesan from Huachu Pavilion. His reputation is truly poor."

Empress Liu clutched her chest, again looking as if she would collapse and faint.

Impossible! How could her Li'er inexplicably become like this?

The old eunuch continued, "Moreover, the commanding officer of the Divine Land Army specifically requested Fourth Highness to go and discuss this matter."

"Because of this, His Majesty has already handed over the Tiger Tally for the mobilization of seven hundred thousand Tiger Fierce soldiers to Fourth Highness."

Empress Liu's eyes instantly widened, her face filled with disbelief. "No, impossible! Impossible!"

The old eunuch lowered his brows, sighed, and said, "This matter is already settled."

Empress Liu threw her hand, wanting to smash something nearby, but her hand met only air. She froze on the spot.

It turned out that there was nothing left to smash in her bedchamber!

The old eunuch lowered his eyes, his expression submissive, but secretly, a mocking smile curled at the corner of his lips.

What kind of Central Palace Empress? She's like a madwoman. No wonder His Majesty dislikes her more and more.

When she encounters problems, all she does is smash things. Besides that, she has no other methods.

Just as he was thinking, he heard the Empress sharply say, "Shadow Guard."

The old eunuch's heart skipped a beat. He immediately looked up and advised, "Your Majesty, sending the Shadow Guards to force your way out now will only further incur the Emperor's wrath!"

"Heh, if I continue to be confined in this palace, I won't even know when the outside world changes!"

"Your Majesty, please be careful with your words," the old eunuch quickly said.

"I cannot be careful!" Empress Liu shrieked. "Shadow Guard, Shadow Guard!"

Immediately, two black-clad Shadow Guards flashed in through the window, clasped their fists, and saluted. "Your Majesty."

"To the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace!"

She wanted to go to her son's place and see what was going on!

Moments later, the two guards stationed at the entrance of Renchuan Palace lay in pools of blood.

Under the protection of the Shadow Guards, the Empress hurriedly arrived at the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace. Before she even reached the bedchamber, she heard a burst of laughter and playful chatter from outside the door.

Upon hearing the voices of these wanton men and women, the Empress's eyes turned red with rage.

She ordered someone to kick open the Eastern Palace door. The scene of a virtual 'wine pond and meat forest' before her made her tremble with anger.

In just a few days, the Crown Prince had actually dug a large pool in his bedchamber!

More than a dozen half-clad young women sat around Crown Prince Rong Li, some offering wine, others peeling fruit. Their alluring eyes, like silken threads, glanced over in response to the sounds.

"Get out, all of you!!" Empress Liu's sharp voice resounded throughout the Eastern Palace bedchamber.

It made all the reveling men and women shiver.

"Oh, Mother has arrived." Crown Prince Rong Li, like a boneless, weak-kneed shrimp, leaned against the soft bodies of two women and raised his hand to remotely toast Empress Liu, who stood above the pool with an unreadable expression.