Blood-Sucking Empress - Chapter 33

“Empress, there is something this servant is unsure what is to be done, Your Majesty?” With great difficulty, Feng Ying blurted out these words as they walked out of Luoxian Palace.

“Speak.” It was most likely related to that Imperial Prince, that so-called spy.

“How could Mu Zixin’s matter be arranged? This servant is slow-witted, and cannot understand Your Majesty’s intentions…” Feng Ying wanted to understand, but no matter how much she thought about it, she could not. Male pets…they weren’t an uncommon existence in the Imperial Palace, these male pets usually had ordinary identities and status. As long as they had no titles, they would be randomly and indifferently crammed into a random corner of the Imperial Palace. However, this time, she did not know where to throw this male pet….

“Ah, Mu Zixin is the name of the young man you just picked…” Before the Empress could answer, Feng Ying had thought that Qianhe Liyou did not even know the name of the young man and had hence given an explanation.

Mu Zixin? It was actually Sang Zixin, the eleventh Prince of the Sang Dynasty. What arrangements would be good?

“Arrange for him an average residence in the Imperial Harem. As for what he should do, have him chop firewood first. He will need to exercise his body accordingly if he wants to serve zhen.”

“Chopping wood? Ah….Yes!” Feng Ying was flabbergasted, but under the Empress’ icy stare, she immediately fell silent and went away to arrange matters.

After taking two steps, she felt the air tremor, discovering the familiar presence of Anhui. Changing course, she suddenly turned and headed towards the Imperial study. She dismissed everyone and waited for Anhui to make an appearance.

“Empress, battles have broken out near the borders. This is the report from the border garrisons. General Jiang’s report will arrive in about a day.”

Qianhe Liyou opened the battle report, carefully reading the inked characters. The enemy troops totaled to an impressive 300,000 soldiers. They had mounted a sneak attack under the cover of the darkness of the night, hoping that their sneak attack strategy would work. However, the Qianhe army was prepared, and even if strict, secret orders had been passed down, it was impossible for the other party’s 300,000 strong armies to be completely invisible. Yuling Pass’ Gatekeeper, Jiang Hanyang, was not an idiot, the garrisons had been strictly tightly guarded. Not only did the Sang Empire fail to take advantage of the sneak attack, but they had also suffered a heavy loss. After a fierce night battle, they gave up 40,000 corpses to the Qianhe soldiers, finally withdrawing to cut their losses. The Qianhe troops only lost 6,000 soldiers. It was undeniably a great success for a battle that had occurred in the middle of the night during a sneak attack. But in any case, the war between the Sang Empire and Qianhe Empire had finally started. While the Sang Empire’s sneak attack under the cover of the night had failed, a war memorandum had been announced on the second morning. The Sang Empire’s war memorandum declared the Qianhe Empress mediocre and tyrannical. The people of the Qianhe Dynasty lived in hardship and was starving. The Sang Empire would dole out justice on behalf of the Heavens, following the Mandate of Heaven. To her, this was just pure nonsense.

Setting down the battle report, Qianhe Liyou thought of another matter, “Anhui, do you have more detailed information about the spies sent by the Sang Empire?”

Anhui was not surprised by the Empress’ inquiries, taking out another piece of intelligence from his sleeve. This intelligence had long been prepared and Anhui presented it to the Empress. He had just received this information yesterday and had brought it with him because he anticipated that the Empress would want it.

The Eleventh Prince of the Sang Empire, Sang Zixing, was 18 years old this year. His father was originally a palace attendant without any title. He had been bestowed a low-ranking title after giving birth to an Imperial prince. But despite acquiring a title, he was no better than a normal palace attendant. Not only was he neglected, but he was also bullied by others. Even with the newly born prince, he had become a punching bag for all the various princes and princesses. Their situation was incredibly miserable. However, the prince had been sent over as a spy this time, treated not long as a mere pawn, but also as a useless prince discarded by his own Imperial family. He was only sent to inquire about the Imperial Palace’s situation, a dispensable spy. No wonder Qianhe Liyou had felt it strange after seeing the boy today. It turned out he was just a pitiful creature under the cloak of the Imperial prince.

“Arrange for someone to watch his movements. Although he is just an abandoned chess piece, we cannot be reckless. Zhen does not want any mishaps.”

“Yes!” Anhui’s thoughts perfectly corresponded with the Empress. The best policy was to be careful in everything.

“If there is nothing else, you can withdraw.”

Anhui did not leave. Apparently, there were other matters.

“What is it?”

“Empress, the current situation is extremely precarious. This subordinate feels that they should send two people to protect Your Majesty.” Ever since the rebellion had been quelled, everyone in the entire Empire learned of the Empress’ strong martial prowess, the depths of her true power unknown. But how could there be no one protecting the Empress? While Imperial guards had better skills than ordinary people, once they encountered a martial expert, they wouldn’t even be able to catch a glimpse of that expert’s shadow. They were not worthy of protecting the Empress.

“…Zhen does not need protection.” She disliked having strangers follow her. In addition, her physical senses were extremely sensitive, if someone were to follow her, she would feel uncomfortable.

Anhui suddenly knelt on the ground, saying nothing, but extremely persistent! There was only one Empress, and he definitely did not want any harm to come to her.

Why did everyone like to persuade her in this way? By kneeling there without saying a word, did they think she would agree? Was she not temperamental enough, so everyone believed her to be softhearted? Luo Weiqing used this same method, and now Anhui was as well.

“Anhui, as part of the Anbu Black Ops, what is the most important thing?”

“To be loyal to the Empress!” The Anbu Black Ops was an existence that entirely belonged to the Empress, enacting the will of the Empress on her behalf. There was nothing more important than the Empress.

“Then there is no need for zhen to say this. Zhen has already decided but look at your attitude. Are you fighting against zhen’s decree?/”

“This subordinate does not dare. This subordinate is doing this for the Empress’ safety. The Anbu Black Ops have always been cultivated as phantoms and shadows in charge of protecting the Imperial family. Just let two shadows protect you from the dark. The guards outside really make this subordinate very worried!” Anhui insisted. The former Empress had never cared about the matters concerning these shadows hidden in the dark, and they had always watched the Empress from a distance. But ever since the rebellion, the Empress had dismissed the two shadows, making him feel a little worried. He did not know whether the Empress was dissatisfied with them, or if it was for other reasons.

“Are these shadows strong?” Hearing Anhui’s words, although Qianhe you suddenly became very interested, her tone was full of blatant disdain. It seemed that these Imperial guards were really weak. She would have to discipline them well.

“Of course, they are all personally trained by this subordinate.” Hearing the Empress’ question, he secretly felt relieved and seriously responded, but the pride in his tone was quite obvious.

Qianhe Liyou became even more curious. What kind of existence could make such a lowkey and silent person feel proud? Regarding the Anbu Black Ops, as the Empress, she knew only the overall logistics and basic information, but all specific operations were handled by Anhui, the leader of the Anbu Black Ops. This included specific training regimens and personnel arrangements. As for these, she did not actually know of the inner-workings.

“Anhui, these two shadows you want to arrange for zhen, how do they compare to you?”

“…This..Anhui is the leader of the Anbu Black Ops. Naturally, this subordinate cannot be weaker than his subordinates.” Anhui’s confidence carried a kind of tenacity.

“Then how do you compare with me?”

Anhui was not a fool. He had long understood where this conversation was going, but he was just unsure of how to answer the Empress’ questions. He had not formally compared himself to the Empress in a duel, but he had secretly analyzed it. Every time he appeared, the Empress would always be the first to discover him, and it was always extremely fast. No matter how hard he tried to mask his aura and breath, he would always be found in a matter of minutes. It proved that the Empress’ true power was certainly more profound than him. And at this time, when the Empress had asked such questions, it had been established that those two shadows could not even beat himself. If he was not better than the Empress, then what was the point of sending someone weaker than the Empress to protect the Empress. But, this matter could not be completely analyzed just in this way….