Chapter 1104

Facing the hand the Empress Dowager reached out, Luo Quan's first reaction was to dodge.

But thinking that her identity had already been exposed, it seemed that dodging or not dodging no longer had any meaning.

On the other hand, the Empress Dowager's hand looked slow, but when she wanted to move her body, her collar had already been grabbed.

Seeing the Empress Dowager pull down, Luo Quan's slender collarbone was revealed, along with a large expanse of snow-white skin underneath.

The Empress Dowager sneered: "Hehe, Ning'er's ideal husband really has good skin, whiter than both of us mother and daughter."

Ye Zhining said calmly: "Leon is mixed-race. I believe Mother can see it clearly from her appearance; it's normal for her skin to be a bit whiter."

"Then why are her pectoral muscles so exaggerated?" The Empress Dowager continued to ask, then pulled the collar down a bit more, revealing the chest binder Luo Quan had wrapped incredibly tight.

To make her figure look normal, Luo Quan specifically wore a chest binder, and it was wrapped very, very tight.

But after all, it was an F-cup; even if it couldn't be seen through clothes, now that most of the collar had been pulled down, if it still couldn't be seen, it wasn't blindness of the eyes, but blindness of the heart.

Seeing that she couldn't hide it anymore, Luo Quan helplessly turned her head to look at Ye Zhining: "We can't hide it, let's stop being stubborn."

Ye Zhining glared at Luo Quan angrily: "Why is your will so weak? You confessed everything after just two questions. If it were in the past, you would have been a traitor in minutes!?"

Luo Quan naturally had her own reasons: "If I didn't confess, I was afraid the Empress Dowager would strip off all my clothes."

"Did you two think you could hide these little tricks from my eyes?"

The Empress Dowager let go of Luo Quan's collar, crossed her arms, and smiled: "These are all tricks I played back in the day. If I'm not mistaken, you should be that Saintess of the Dawn Church."

Luo Quan's eyes widened: "Even this is known?"

The Empress Dowager smiled: "Although I am not in the Universe, I have always been paying attention to the news here."

"I heard before that a peerless beauty who seemed like the reincarnation of the Goddess Luo appeared in the Dawn Church. Your appearance after cross-dressing is so outstanding, it's hard not to make associations."

"Mother is indeed the smartest woman in the Universe. Daughter's little tricks are truly showing off before an expert." Ye Zhining sighed and finally stopped pretending.

"Less of this nutritious flattery."

The Empress Dowager waved her hand and asked seriously: "Ning'er, if you didn't want to marry, you could have just said so. Why use this method to deceive your mother?"

Ye Zhining replied: "Daughter just wanted to keep freedom in her own hands. Mother's heart might be good, but this kind of proposal shouldn't have been made."

The Empress Dowager was stunned for a moment, then a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes: "To think that we mother and daughter have become so estranged to this point?"

"Daughter definitely didn't mean that." Ye Zhining quickly explained, "Daughter can listen to you on other things, but I want to make my own decisions on major life events."

The Empress Dowager asked softly: "But how do you know that the one Mother found for you isn't suitable for you?"

"I only trust my own feelings on this kind of thing. Whatever others find, no matter how good, it definitely won't fit my heart, even if this person is my mother." Ye Zhining's answer was also very firm, with no intention of compromising at all.

"Whether it fits or not, it's not too late to decide after meeting once. People came from thousands of light-years away; if you don't even meet, that would be too rude."

The Empress Dowager stood up as she said this and said in a tone that allowed no refusal: "Follow Mother to meet him. As the Emperor of the Saint Tang, don't lose your manners."

Since things had reached this point, Ye Zhining naturally couldn't refuse anymore.

"Then I won't go, I'll just wait here for you?" Luo Quan rubbed her face, feeling she could start removing her makeup.

Ye Zhining nodded: "You stay here for a while, I'll be back soon."

Luo Quan chuckled: "Have the maid send some good food over, I'm a bit hungry."

Ye Zhining rolled her eyes, not knowing how to complain.

After the mother and daughter left, Luo Quan's first task was to take off the chest binder that had been torturing her for half the day.

Ye Zhining said this thing was very tough and wouldn't break no matter how tight it was pulled.

The facts were indeed so; Luo Quan felt like she was wearing a binding rope when she put it on, choking her so she couldn't breathe at all.

Now that the restraint was gone, Luo Quan suddenly felt the comfort of returning to land from the water, with fresh air in her entire lungs.

Not long after, maids in golden dresses walked over carrying basins of fruits and pastries, filling the table in front of Luo Quan.

"Please enjoy, Saintess." The leading maid bowed and said crisply.

"Haha, thank you." Luo Quan looked at these fragrant snacks with glowing eyes, not knowing which one to eat first for a moment.

After the maids left, Luo Quan began to eat…………

The mother and daughter said they would be back soon, but when Luo Quan swept away all the food on the table, they still hadn't returned.

Out of boredom, Luo Quan went for a stroll on the Universe Network.

The news of the Empress Dowager's return had spread all over the network, and the people were cheering, saying they wanted to open the Imperial Capital to participate in the "Return to Phoenix Pool Praise."

The so-called Return to Phoenix Pool Praise was the name of a banquet once held by the Empress Dowager.

Because the main course was lotus root soup made from lotus roots from the Return to Phoenix Pool, it was called the Return to Phoenix Pool Praise.

Every citizen who came to the Imperial Capital to attend the banquet could get a bowl of fresh and delicious lotus root soup, and just by drinking one sip, they could extend their life by thirty years.

For the people of the Universe whose average lifespan was over three thousand, thirty years wasn't much.

But for Earthlings, this number was absolutely terrifying.

It was said that this time the Empress Dowager returned to hold the Return to Phoenix Pool Praise, which had been suspended for a long time, making her heart burn with excitement.

If she brought a bowl back for everyone to taste, wouldn't everyone be able to be thirty years younger?

Of course, age couldn't be simply added or subtracted.

It might be staying young for thirty years, or it might be recovering from middle age to youth.

But no matter what the situation, there was definitely no harm in eating such a bowl.

So Luo Quan planned to ask Ye Zhining properly later to see when this Return to Phoenix Pool Praise would start.

Besides this, Luo Quan also learned the Empress Dowager's real name on the Universe Network.

Surname Fang, named Fang Yitian.

A name that sounded very domineering, and her personality was also very strong. No wonder she could counterattack from a concubine's lineage of a big family in the Qiankun Divine Kingdom to become the Empress Dowager of a major cosmic civilization.

Compared to this, Ye Zhining was too gentle; it didn't sound like a name a female emperor should have.

If she didn't tell others the real relationship between the mother and daughter, if a hundred people were asked to choose the name of a female emperor, ninety-nine would probably choose Fang Yitian.

Just as she was letting her imagination run wild, the mother and daughter returned, followed by a woman in a black and white dress.

Ye Zhining's expression was a bit strange, with some amusement, as if she had encountered something that made her want to laugh.

"Don't tell me this young lady is the person you are going on a blind date with." Luo Quan looked at Ye Zhining and asked with wide eyes.

Fang Yitian nodded: "Not bad, this is the virtuous helper I picked for Ning'er. She is the legitimate daughter of the Third Elder of my Qiankun Divine Kingdom, named Fang Mo."

"Young lady Fang Mo, I have met Saintess Luo Quan." Fang Mo stepped forward and said politely to Luo Quan.

Fang Mo's appearance was beautiful, like a classical beauty who walked out of an ink painting, with eyebrows and red lips adorning her snow-white face with a beauty that could topple a country.

And her temperament was also outstanding, with a trace of toughness in her weakness, making it easier for people to develop a desire to conquer.

Just in terms of looks, Fang Mo was no worse than Ye Zhining.

Of course, she was slightly inferior to Luo Quan herself.

However, she was now wearing earrings, which caused her looks to plummet, and compared to the other three great beauties present, she was a whole grade lower.

And when Fang Mo saw Luo Quan, she was also a bit disappointed in her heart.

Before coming, she heard that an unparalleled beauty had appeared in the Universe, and after some conversation just now, she learned that this beauty was in the harem.

As a result, when she came over to see, the gap with her expectations was too big.

However, Fang Mo was also a child of a big family; no matter what thoughts she had in her heart, she wouldn't show them directly, so she was still smiling on the surface.

"So, has your business been settled?" Luo Quan looked at Ye Zhining and asked.

"It's considered settled."

Ye Zhining glanced at Fang Mo and said: "Fang Mo is now considered a person of my Saint Tang Heavenly Dynasty. She no longer needs to worry about being forced into marriage by her own family and can do what she likes.

At the same time, I won't restrict her freedom."

Hearing this, Fang Mo said with gratitude in her eyes: "I will never forget the Emperor's great kindness. If there is a need in the future, I will definitely repay it as a cow or horse!"

Now it was Luo Quan's turn to be confused. It didn't sound like a blind date at all; it sounded like she was hiding from the orders of the adults in her family, and Ye Zhining was completely acting as a tool.

"As you can see, I just acted as a tool once." Ye Zhining laughed out loud, "Mother thinks highly of Miss Fang and wants to take her as a disciple.

But those old immortals in the Qiankun Divine Kingdom felt that Miss Fang had other great uses and refused to let her go.

In the end, Mother could only bring her out under the name of a blind date, and then hang her name here with me, which is considered helping Fang Mo solve the problem of personal freedom.

As for the blind date statement, it was completely a last resort and doesn't need to be taken seriously."

"So that's how it is." Luo Quan looked at Fang Mo, a trace of sympathy appearing in her eyes.

Born in such a big family, although life can be much better than others, many things are not up to oneself and almost have to be controlled by family members all the time.

However, if they could choose, most people would probably want to be born in such a big family.

If the family is wealthy, then you at least have the strength to resist fate.

And if the family is poor, then all your strength can only be used to compromise with survival.

Thinking of this, the cheap sympathy in Luo Quan's eyes dissipated.

There are plenty of pitiful people in the world; there is no need to use it in this kind of place.

Moreover, Miss Fang probably doesn't need others to sympathize with her; after all, she is now clinging to Ye Zhining's thigh, and those old immortals in the family can no longer control her.

The matter is definitely a good thing, but because of the prior concealment, she and Ye Zhining were busy for a while, and after being exposed just now, they were still trembling with fear.

However, looking at Ye Zhining's appearance, she didn't seem unhappy.

Could it be that there is another one in the harem, so she is in a very happy mood?

Sure enough, emperors all over the world are the same, but if she can focus her attention on Fang Mo because of this, it is also good news for her.

After chatting for a few more sentences, the aunt and niece Fang Yitian and Fang Mo left. Ye Zhining looked at Luo Quan, her eyes full of helplessness.

"You seem quite unhappy." Luo Quan laughed out loud.

Ye Zhining immediately said: "Of course I'm unhappy, making me worry for so long for such a trivial matter!"

"But one thing to say, this Fang Mo is indeed quite beautiful." Luo Quan recalled the appearance of that classical beauty again, thinking that if she went to act in a costume drama, she would definitely be a big hit.

"You are still too superficial." Ye Zhining shook her finger, "Looks are just her most superficial advantage. You must know that this is a Confucian scholar with a literary heart!"

"Literary heart?" Luo Quan heard this concept for the first time, but in the Universe, nothing is strange.

Scholars can also enter the Dao, such as the Imperial Teacher, who was one of the three red-robed ministers in the court before, was a scholar who entered the Dao with learning.

It is said that this Dean of the Imperial Academy, who has students all over the world, can speak the law and get whatever he wants, completely detached from the category of materialism.

"Remember the Imperial Teacher? He only developed a literary heart in his later years, while Fang Mo was born with it. It can be said that she is a natural material for a literary saint."

Ye Zhining's exclamation confirmed Luo Quan's conjecture.

"That is to say, in terms of reading, she is just more talented than others." Luo Quan made a more popular summary according to her own understanding.

Ye Zhining looked at Luo Quan: "Listening to your tone, you don't take it seriously. Could it be that you also have achievements in writing?"

Luo Quan proudly puffed out her chest: "I told you long ago, I am an all-around goddess. There is nothing in the world I can't do. Writing some articles is just a piece of cake. Have you heard of speaking in chapters?"

"Didn't expect the Saintess to also have research on articles?" A hoarse voice suddenly came from behind.

The two turned their heads and found that it was the Imperial Teacher mentioned just now.

"Teacher." Ye Zhining greeted respectfully, "Don't know why Teacher came to find me?"

Master Xu touched his beard with a smile: "The new year has arrived. Tomorrow, the students of the Imperial Academy will sacrifice to heaven with articles and guide the literary dragon to descend. As the leader of the Imperial Academy, has the Emperor thought about how to write the dragon head?"

Ye Zhining suddenly showed embarrassment: "This, I really forgot. These days are too busy..."

Master Xu smiled: "Busy with what? The old minister has never missed a morning court, but the Emperor has been absent many times during this period."

Speaking of this, Master Xu looked at Luo Quan again: "The Saintess and the Emperor have such a good relationship, and she has achievements in articles. Why don't you think of a way for the Emperor?"