Chapter 444

Upon hearing this, Dai Xiaoyao was startled. The majesty he had just gathered as an emperor vanished without a trace like a deflated balloon, and he hurriedly lowered his voice and shouted at the soldiers who were about to barge into the palace, "Come back, all of you, get out!"

Because a few soldiers were slow to leave the palace, they were even kicked by Dai Xiaoyao.

If he had known the person inside was Li Chen, Dai Xiaoyao wouldn't even have dared to stop at the palace gate, let alone try to enter.

If he disturbed Li Chen, then it wouldn't matter if he were the emperor.

Dai Xiaoyao was a normal male, the type who was somewhat lustful.

What was in the Imperial Palace? Naturally, beauties—piles of beauties, beauties of peerless charm.

Those were the areas Dai Xiaoyao longed for and yearned for.

But Li Chen was inside. What did this mean? It meant Li Chen was currently enjoying himself.

It wasn't a question of Dai Xiaoyao feeling humiliated; he didn't even dare to think that way. What he feared was whether Li Chen would be angry if he found out about his recent actions.

After much hesitation, Dai Xiaoyao finally decided to stand there and wait for Li Chen to finish before going in to apologize. By then, perhaps Li Chen would be in a good mood and wouldn't hold it against him!

Although he felt regret for Zhu Zhujing's beauty in his heart, what was that compared to his own safety? He was an emperor now; he could have as many beauties as he wanted! Once Li Chen left the inner palace, he would recruit a hundred beauties into the palace—no, a thousand! Dai Xiaoyao thought secretly.

Time ticked by second by second. Dai Xiaoyao's heart went from thinking he only needed to wait for the time it takes to burn a few sticks of incense, to a few hours. Finally, as he waited, the horizon began to turn white, and the female voices inside finally gradually calmed down.

Dai Xiaoyao was both afraid and envious that night. Although he was haggard with dark circles under his eyes, he carefully inquired for information from the eunuchs and palace maids.

That's right, an emperor who couldn't enter his own palace and had to find ways to get information from the people inside—Dai Xiaoyao was that emperor.

Hearing that Li Chen was still enjoying himself, he couldn't help but secretly give Li Chen a thumbs-up in his heart. As expected of the Sage Realm Human Emperor of the Heavenly Strategy Empire, he was indeed someone he had to look up to in every aspect.

He was already afraid of Li Chen's blame, and now, even if he were stupid, he knew Li Chen had been working hard all night. If he didn't sleep now, he would definitely need a meal. He immediately ordered the general beside him, "Go and have the Imperial Kitchen prepare breakfast now. It must be fast! By the way, don't prepare any delicacies; get some tiger whip, deer whip, ox whip, horse whip, sheep whip, pig whip, and so on!"

The general nodded and went to carry it out without the slightest delay.

However, just as the general left, more women entered the palace from outside—all of them famous beauties of the Star Fall Empire!

Dai Xiaoyao asked the guard commander in confusion, "What on earth is going on?"

He didn't understand. He was the emperor; even his authority wasn't that great. Who could unscrupulously mobilize all the beauties in the capital into the palace?

"It is the Second Miss Zhu's intention," the guard commander said cautiously.

Dai Xiaoyao's expression changed again and again, and finally, he sat in the corner with a bitter smile.

I knew it was her!

At this moment, how could Dai Xiaoyao not understand? This was Zhu Zhuying's revenge—a naked, unreserved revenge!

As her former childhood sweetheart, he knew very well that Zhu Zhuying either wouldn't do something, but if she did, she would definitely do it thoroughly.

You've been holding a grudge since back then just because I stole a taste of those two?

It seems that in the future, the beauties of the Star Fall Dynasty will have to be imported from abroad.

But even knowing all this, what could he do? He could only watch helplessly. Oh, no, he couldn't even see! "You, come here." Dai Xiaoyao smiled bitterly for a moment and continued to pull the guard commander over.

The commander came to Dai Xiaoyao's side, looking hesitant.

Dai Xiaoyao took a deep breath to calm his mood, then continued to say to the guard commander, "You go after General Hong and have him tell the Imperial Kitchen to add some tonics. If they don't have any, go to neighboring countries to buy them, such as thousand-year ginseng, Heavenly Mountain snow lotus, hundred-year-old black goji berries—put them all in. And you can add some seasonings appropriately to make it taste better, so that the Heavenly Strategy Emperor can eat it whenever he wants..."

After speaking, Dai Xiaoyao finally breathed a sigh of relief, like a servant, trying his best to satisfy his master's needs.

Days passed, and Li Chen continued to indulge in pleasure in the inner palace of the Star Fall Empire, and the news spread like wildfire.

Tasha Kingdom.

"You damn bastard, such important news that the Heavenly Strategy Emperor likes women, and you only rushed back to tell me today? In the future, news about Emperor Li Chen must be delivered to me by fast horse, understand?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

The envoy was incredibly aggrieved. He hadn't dared to stop for a moment on the road after hearing this news from the Star Fall Empire. He traveled day and night, and three fast horses with monster beast bloodlines had even died from exhaustion. How could he have delayed? Of course, he only thought this in his heart and naturally didn't dare to explain it out loud.

The King of Tasha snorted coldly, then waved his hand and said, "Pass down the order: within today, all princesses of marriageable age in Tasha Kingdom must set off for the Star Fall Empire!"

The same scene was playing out in many small countries like Baifan Kingdom. Some of them were die-hard loyalists to the Heavenly Strategy Empire, and some might have been fence-sitters, but at this moment, without exception, they all wanted to use their own princesses to exchange for more supplies and armor or to get closer to the Heavenly Strategy Empire.

Pillow talk was something that couldn't be guarded against. If their own princesses were favored, would they have to worry about the Heavenly Strategy Empire not taking care of them?

Li Chen felt very surprised by this. Zhu Zhuying only told him that there were many beauties in the southern countries and wanted him to appreciate them, but as a result, they were sent from everywhere? Then he would appreciate them carefully.

Even so, a trend of comparison formed privately among the small countries, as if the aunts and uncles of a commoner family were showing off how successful their children were.

Our country sent ten princesses who served His Majesty twice together. How about your country?

Oh my, the top ten on my family's list of beauties aren't as capable as your country's children; they only served Emperor Li Chen three times and were casually praised by His Majesty as "indeed very distinctive."

Oh, that's a pity. My princesses were also praised by His Majesty, who said they were quite good at serving people.

Of course, how much of this was made up by them to save face, or whether it really happened, is unknown.

A princess of a small country was quick-witted and brought back the news to her country that Li Chen seemed to prefer mature, charming women.

This made the kings who received the news first look at their own harems with eyes glowing, and finally, full of expectation, they sent their harems to the Star Fall Empire's Imperial Palace.

Soon, an empress of a small country sent back news that Li Chen had favored her six times. The king of this small country compared the number of times his daughters were favored with the empress's letter, immediately confirmed the previous speculation, and then began to sell the news to other countries, making a fortune.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves. Soon, the kings of the countries that purchased the news began to pack up their harems, and one "brand new" empress after another arrived at the Star Fall Empire at high speed.

At this time, Dai Xiaoyao was a bit worried because, to be precise, he wasn't married. When he was a Prince, he didn't even have a Princess, and now Li Chen was favoring his brother's harem.

Dai Xiaoyao saw other countries' emperors sending their harems over and was very panicked in his heart, because serving Li Chen well would definitely gain more authorization to purchase military equipment.

The beauties in the capital of the Star Fall Kingdom had all been mobilized by Zhu Zhuying, which counted as Zhu Zhuying's credit. Where could he find beauties for Li Chen?

Just at this moment, a woman with a proud and graceful bearing walked in.

(End of chapter)