Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law-Chapter 448: The Emperor Truly Is Blessed

In the elegantly decorated room, the lights were bright, and the dim warm light illuminated the copper mirror, reflecting a gentle halo.

On the two-foot-high dressing table, everything had been overturned and was scattered on the ground. Xu Ying was half-leaning on the dressing table, her hands weakly lying flat on the surface. Her disheveled long hair covered the entire tabletop, her sandalwood lips occasionally parted, exhaling a faint orchid fragrance.

Xu Ying’s charming and delicate jade cheeks were already blushing like the clouds, her eyes filled with a hint of shame. The nails painted with rouge left several indistinct white marks on the tabletop.

Chen Mo repeatedly called her Empress, but the way he treated her just now did not regard her as an Empress, but rather like a woman from a brothel, even less than a brothel’s woman.

Yet, for some reason, this rough treatment stirred an addictive feeling in her heart.

"You...still... I can barely stand." She had been standing for almost half an hour, and even as a Martial Artist, she found it hard to endure, not to mention that she was also talking about the recent events in the Capital.

"Empress indeed makes this subject fascinated; the Emperor indeed has blessings." Chen Mo embraced Xu Ying’s waist, pressing against her jade-like back, whispering seductively in her ear.

Xu Ying: "..."

Truly deceiving the heavens.

Is this the Emperor’s blessing?

Shouldn’t it be yours...

Xu Ying bit her pearl-like teeth without speaking.

Chen Mo also remained silent, merely holding Xu Ying quietly, enjoying the beauty of that Immortal Realm.

After a moment of silence, he resumed his work and asked, "Do you know how many soldiers your father has under his command?"

"I don’t know exactly how many, but... but when in the Celestial River, my father commanded the Four Great Capital Battalions’ soldiers, the Yulin Army, and Youzhou’s Border Army. Later, Prince Huai rebelled, joined forces with over a dozen Dukes to revolt against my father, causing significant losses to the Four Great Capital Battalions’ forces..."

As she spoke, Xu Ying’s words suddenly paused, with her voice carrying a surprisingly seductive and coquettish tone, prompting her to glare at Chen Mo before continuing, "After relocating the capital to Luonan, my father recruited more soldiers. After all, I’m just a woman, so I didn’t pay too much attention to how many soldiers there were..."

"The Imperial Guard of the Four Great Capital Battalions and the Yulin Army are all under your father’s command. How did Lu Sheng succeed in this Luonan mutiny? Don’t tell me your father wasn’t guarding against Lu Sheng." Chen Mo asked with some doubt.

Xu Guozhong, who became Prime Minister and overshadowed the imperial authority, was indeed a veteran in the officialdom. How could such an experienced and cunning person be defeated by Lu Sheng?

Hearing this, Xu Ying was also somewhat irritated, gathering her strength, causing the unprepared Chen Mo to accidentally grant her immense wealth.

"Slap..." A crisp sound echoed in the room.

About to speak, Xu Ying looked incredulously back at Chen Mo.

From childhood to adulthood, she had never been spanked by anyone. Tonight was the first time.

"Go on." Chen Mo ignored her dissatisfaction and urged.

Xu Ying slowly began to speak.

In Xu Ying’s words, Xu Guozhong trusted Lu Sheng immensely, always keeping him close and nurturing him carefully, without realizing Lu Sheng harbored ambitious intentions, cultivating his own base within the army, even undermining Xu Guozhong’s foundation...

Xu Ying had always been in the palace and didn’t know that there was already a rift between her father and Lu Sheng.

Nor did she know about her younger brother’s involvement with Hui Cheng’s concubine.

She was also unaware that her father had already planned to act against Lu Sheng, but news of it was preemptively discovered by Lu Sheng.

In her eyes, the Luonan mutiny was Lu Sheng’s betrayal, dissatisfied with his current position, overthrowing her father.

It was Lu Sheng who acted against her father single-handedly.

Xu Ying hated Lu Sheng to the core.

She believed that her father had taken him in, acknowledged him as a foster son, trained him, and valued him. But in the end, he was repaid with betrayal and stabbed in the back.

Utterly a white-eyed wolf.

After listening, Chen Mo pondered for a moment, then couldn’t help but say, "Lu Sheng truly inherited your father’s ways and even surpassed the master."

After all, the success of this mutiny involved quite a bit of scheming behind the scenes.

Xu Ying’s heart moved, and she turned back again, biting her lip, "Marquis, can you help me avenge my father?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo laughed, saying, "Empress, you were given to me by him in the name of the Emperor, and now you want me to deal with him?"

A few patches of embarrassed rosy blush immediately emerged on Xu Ying’s cheeks, as she said tremblingly, "But when my father was alive, didn’t he help you, Marquis? The marquisate was something he helped you ask from the Emperor."

Chen Mo gathered Xu Ying’s scattered hair on the dressing table, so it wouldn’t cover her face, saying, "That wasn’t help; it was merely mutual need."

"But..."

Xu Ying still wanted to continue, but as soon as she started, Chen Mo interrupted, "Empress, don’t think that because I touched you, you can make demands of me. You must know, you are now just a Female Musician from the Music Bureau. If Lu Sheng hadn’t bestowed you on me, you know very well what your fate would be in the Music Bureau without me saying. At least with me, I can provide you with superior living conditions, and if you behave well..."

Chen Mo caressed Xu Ying’s cheek, continuing, "I can also give you absolute freedom."

Xu Ying understood what Chen Mo meant, that he could sustain her, even allow her to continue living like an Empress, enjoying riches and honor, but she couldn’t make demands of him.

Xu Ying’s expression dimmed a bit.

"Of course, if I ever end up opposing Lu Sheng in the future, I’d be more than glad to help." Chen Mo said.

Right now, there was no way he would go against Lu Sheng.

Upon hearing this, a glimmer of hope sparked in Xu Ying’s heart.

She could sense Chen Mo’s ambition, and knowing that there was only one throne, if neither eventually submitted to the other, a showdown would be inevitable.

"Alright, it’s getting late, and you seem tired. Let’s go to bed."

Chen Mo lifted Xu Ying up and headed towards the bed.

Throughout the entire process, Chen Mo didn’t draw his sword.

Chen Mo gently laid Xu Ying down and tenderly wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Having been treated roughly before, Xu Ying was somewhat unaccustomed to Chen Mo’s sudden gentleness, yet her heart felt sweet.

But the next moment, she no longer felt sweetness.

Because Chen Mo leaned down, went up to her ear, and said something softly.

Xu Ying blushed instantly upon hearing it.

Although she was a Martial Artist, her riding skills were not proficient.

After all, whenever she traveled, she rode in a palanquin or a carriage.

However, under Chen Mo’s watchful gaze, Xu Ying dared not refuse, only asking, "Can...can the lights be turned off?"

"No." Chen Mo refused very decisively.