Chapter 425: The Deity Altered Her Memory

Through the beaded curtain.

For a long while, neither of the two spoke first.

Jiang Li's internal pressure gradually increased; he always felt that the woman behind the beaded curtain seemed to have seen through something.

"You..."

"You..."

Imperial Consort Xiao behind the beaded curtain, her tone actually trembled somewhat, as if extremely agitated.

Jiang Li was even more nervous.

"Could it be she has recognized my identity? Or..."

He touched his own face, because in this world he was after all the son of Second Generation Norland, so in terms of appearance there must be some similarity to Second Generation, right?

The great hall fell into silence again.

"You... come to my Imperial Garden."

After Imperial Consort Xiao finished speaking, she turned and left, still somewhat flustered and nearly tripping over her own body.

After a while, a little Eunuch came before Jiang Li and said: "Mr. Jiang Li, the Imperial Consort requests your presence!"

"The rear palace grounds, it would not be good for me to go," Jiang Li said.

Seeing Jiang Li refuse, the little Eunuch still wore a smile on his face and said: "The Imperial Consort said, follow your heart; if Mr. Jiang Li wishes to go, naturally you may go; if you do not wish to go, you may leave at will!"

Jiang Li was somewhat torn.

"According to reason, I, a mere first-place winner in two tests, should not warrant such favor from Imperial Consort Xiao; I, who have been assimilated by dark power, only deserve the portion of a servant."

"What is the reason for this? Could it be she has seen through the clues? That is impossible; with her current status, if she knew my Norland identity, she would likely instantly crush and kill me."

With a complex heart, Jiang Li Norland's footsteps followed the little Eunuch to the rear garden.

Inside the rear garden, hundreds of flowers bloomed; various flowers with names that could not be recalled; among the myriad flowers, paths layered upon layered like a spiderweb; looking into the distance, the colors of the myriad flowers were shrouded in mist.

"Mr. Jiang Li, the Lady is just inside; you enter yourself; I shall leave first!"

Jiang Li still wanted to call out to stop the little Eunuch and ask, but who knew the little Eunuch's footsteps were fast; in an instant he disappeared before his eyes.

Jiang Li was secretly startled in his heart; he did not expect the other party's strength to be so formidable; now he suddenly realized that the attributes of that little Eunuch he simply could not see; this could only mean that the little Eunuch's strength had already surpassed some kind of limit; at least his Direct Death Magic Eye had lost its effect.

Xiangleyi Society—Jiang Li felt he must make this journey; regardless of danger or no danger, if he did not go to meet that Imperial Consort Xiao, the consequences might be even more severe.

"The worst result is that the other party discovers my identity!"

"But even so, if I wish to hide, I cannot hide!"

After understanding this point, Jiang Li directly stepped into the path and walked aimlessly; on both sides of the road were all colorful fresh flowers; deep within the fresh flowers were ponds one by one, emitting steam; the fragrance somewhat made people feel refreshed, like roses, yet also like the mellow aroma of fine wine.

After walking for a while, the mist ahead became even more hazy; a relatively large pond appeared before Jiang Li.

Inside the pond—faintly visible, a woman was bathing, with red hair.

Her skin was like sheep fat; for a moment Jiang Li, merely looking at her back, was stunned into stillness.

"Too beautiful!"

He could not move his eyeballs.

After a very long time, possibly a century, Jiang Li somewhat awkwardly turned around; seeing that the other party had apparently not noticed his peeping just now, he directly asked: "Miss, I did not intend to offend!"

"I wish to inquire about a..."

Jiang Li suddenly sobered up; this was the rear palace after all.

Besides Imperial Consorts, who else was there? And in the Imperial Garden, besides Imperial Consort Xiao, who else would dare come?

It was only that his heart trembled fully.

Just as he wanted to say something to make amends.

"Splash!"

She heard the sound of her emerging from the water.

"Splish-splash-splash"

She walked in the water toward the shore.

The sound of splashing water gradually grew smaller, finally becoming the sound of wet feet rubbing against the ground, a "meh-meh" sound.

Before Jiang Li could even turn around, two arms like sheep-fat jade directly embraced his waist.

Jiang Li's whole body tightened; his heart startled; this was???

Jiang Li was stunned.

An irresistible force surged; Jiang Li directly turned around and faced her eye to eye.

Gentle as water, autumn waves; the two of them were thus pressed together.

Too beautiful.

How could there be such a beautiful woman in the world.

Compared to all the women Jiang Li had seen before, she was more beautiful.

And big—

Yes, the woman before him was exceptionally tall; in his previous life Jiang Li once played an apocalypse game; inside it there was an Eight-Foot Lady BOSS.

The woman before his eyes was the Eight-Foot Lady of this world; only she was too beautiful, beautiful to the point of unreality; Jiang Li was over two meters tall, yet she steadily still suppressed him by half a head...

Her face looked even like sixteen or seventeen years old.

"Is she Imperial Consort Xiao?"

Jiang Li himself could not convince himself.

He would rather believe that the woman before his eyes was some concubine of the old palace within the imperial palace...

"Dream—do you believe we have met in our dreams?" Imperial Consort Xiao said.

"I..."

Jiang Li had no idea how to answer.

Say he had seen her?

Say he had not?

Was she lying, making excuses? Was that necessary, given her status above ten thousand people?

Did she want a man? Was flattering him really necessary?

Then—could she be mentally deranged? Obviously not.

Did the gods alter her memory? That might be the only reasonable explanation...

As Jiang Li hesitated, the next moment he felt a slight loss of weight; bewildered, he saw the woman actually give him a Princess carry, holding him as she walked back toward the pool.

"This..."