Xie Qianyun had no choice but to change her clothes and go to Xiao Luming’s martial arts training room.

At this moment, Xiao Luming was also wearing form-fitting martial arts clothes, which made him look much more competent than usual.

When Xie Qianyun arrived, she saw Xiao Luming perform a splendid set of punches.

She always thought Xiao Luming was a frail scholar, never expecting he actually had some skills.

"Empress, come and spar with Us," Xiao Luming naturally noticed Xie Qianyun and commanded.

Xie Qianyun walked over, "Your Majesty, shall it be a real fight or a feigned one?"

"..." Xiao Luming looked at her.

Xie Qianyun pressed her lips together, "I fear I might injure Your Majesty."

"I’d like to see how you could possibly injure Us!" Xiao Luming scoffed.

Xie Qianyun secretly laughed to herself.

Since the emperor himself made such a request.

She decided not to hold back.

She clasped her hands together, "Please, Your Majesty."

Xiao Luming cast an eye at Xie Qianyun and directly threw a punch.

Xie Qianyun sidestepped, easily dodging it.

Xiao Luming’s eyes slightly tightened.

When experts spar, they can usually tell each other’s level from the first move.

It turned out Xie Qianyun really had some skill.

Xiao Luming struck again, and Xie Qianyun countered.

The two of them began a fascinating duel.

The eunuch on the side was dumbfounded.

Usually, when His Majesty practiced punches, he would have Inner Palace Experts accompany him, but the experts would never dare truly fight with His Majesty. They barely exchanged a few moves before being defeated by His Majesty. His Majesty would grow bored and end the session quickly. Today, however, he seemed genuinely interested.

On one hand, he worried about the emperor getting injured, because this Empress certainly did not play by the rules.

On the other, he was truly amazed, realizing how exhilarating sparring could be.

He even felt like clapping and cheering on the side.

In the expansive martial arts training room, the sounds of their combat echoed frequently.

Xie Qianyun had underestimated the young emperor’s abilities.

She thought someone who spent his days in the Imperial Palace, protected by numerous experts, would be defeated in no time, but surprisingly, the young emperor could keep up with so many moves, and not only were his martial arts decent, but his stamina was also better than she expected.

Xie Qianyun’s eyes shifted slightly.

At first, she was merely testing Xiao Luming. Now it was time to get serious!

Xie Qianyun shifted from a slightly passive stance to an active one.

With an offensive strategy, Xiao Luming clearly struggled to keep up.

His expression darkened considerably.

Xie Qianyun was not tall, and her frame was small, yet her explosive power was remarkably strong.

Where they had been evenly matched in their punching before, now he was definitely strained.

Xiao Luming was breathing unevenly.

When Xie Qianyun launched a punch, he nimbly avoided it, but in that instant, her other fist delivered a direct hit to Xiao Luming’s face.

Xiao Luming stumbled back several steps.

Xie Qianyun actually used deceit; her punch just now was clearly a Blinding Technique, and the real punch was the one he just forcibly took.

The strength of the punch was substantial.

At that moment, Xiao Luming felt a wave of dizziness before his eyes.

The eunuch on the side turned pale with fright when he saw it.

He hurried forward, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you all right? Quickly, quickly summon the Imperial Physician!"

Xiao Luming, covering his eye, looked at the triumphant Xie Qianyun before him.

Xie Qianyun knew her own strength; the punch hurt but wouldn’t truly injure the young emperor, so she wasn’t too worried.

Just a bit smug.

"Your Majesty, are you all right?" The eunuch looked anxiously at Xiao Luming, not daring to reach out and remove the emperor’s hand covering his eye, not knowing how serious the injury was.

"It’s nothing," Xiao Luming gasped, his voice icy cold.

"Does the emperor wish to continue sparring?" Xie Qianyun asked cheerfully.

The eunuch next to them was truly panicking.

Did the Empress really not realize the Emperor was angry?!

Even if one accepts the bet, but he is the Emperor.

The Emperor never loses.

If the Emperor loses, it’s intolerable by Heaven.

"From today, the Empress is grounded for ten days, not to step out of her bedchamber!" Xiao Luming threw down the words and stormed off.

Xie Qianyun watched Xiao Luming leave.

Her smile froze slightly.

The young emperor simply couldn’t handle losing.

Wasn’t it him who said to let her injure him?!

Actually injuring him, and he’s displeased.

Xie Qianyun truly felt she’d been shortchanged.

If she knew, she would have just sparred casually; she’d been so earnest.

...

Xiao Luming returned to his bedchamber.

When the Imperial Physician arrived and saw Xiao Luming’s right eye, it was bruised and swollen, quite alarming.