Chapter 598

One was the current Empress Dowager of the Qinglin Kingdom; although she was over forty, she was well-maintained and looked no more than thirty. She was dressed in a dark golden phoenix-patterned palace gown, her hair coiled high, surrounded by pearls and emeralds.

Her appearance was dignified and noble, her skin as white as jade, and her brows and eyes carried the mature charm of the years and the settled grace. As her eyes turned, she had both the majesty of a superior and the charm of a mature woman, which could be called stunningly beautiful.

The other was the young Empress, dressed in a bright red palace gown with a hundred birds facing the phoenix, and wearing a crown of nine pheasants and four phoenixes.

She was only twenty, exactly the most beautiful age for a woman. Her face was exquisitely beautiful, with apricot eyes and peach cheeks, a touch of vermilion lips, and a slender and exquisite figure. Under the dignified temperament of the mother of the nation, she faintly revealed the tenderness and grace of a newlywed woman, shining with beauty and incomparable.

Li Chen's gaze stayed on the Empress Dowager and the Empress for a moment without any avoidance, appreciating their completely different beauties, and then the corners of his lips curled up, and he said indifferently to the Emperor and the Dean: "I see that the Empress Dowager and the Empress are both people with wisdom and clear spirituality. It would be a pity to be trapped in the deep palace. Why not follow me in cultivation? Perhaps there will be another fortune in the future."

Once these words were spoken, the whole scene was silent!

This was not just asking for a minister's daughter; it was simply stepping directly on the Emperor's face and rubbing it on the ground!

The Dean's heart tightened, fearing that his disciple would be unable to hold back, and he looked at the Emperor nervously.

This was a great opportunity to curry favor with the Tian Ce Emperor; what was sacrificing two women!

The Qinglin Emperor's face instantly turned pale, his fingers holding the wine glass turning white due to extreme force, and anger and humiliation churned in his chest, almost exploding!

Those were his mother and his wife!

When he met Li Chen's smiling but bottomless eyes, all his anger was instantly extinguished by cold fear.

He forcibly squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying, his voice dry and trembling: "To... to be favored by you, Emperor, is the blessing of the Empress Dowager and the Empress, and the honor of my Qinglin imperial family... This junior... this junior thanks you, Emperor, for your grace on their behalf."

Seeing this, the Dean finally breathed a long sigh of relief and hurriedly smoothed things over: "Emperor is wise! This is their great fortune!"

The state banquet ended in this strange and oppressive atmosphere.

Li Chen was full of food and drink, got up and left in a pleasant mood, followed closely by two stunning beauties with complex expressions but who dared not have the slightest disobedience—the Empress Dowager and the Empress.

The Emperor personally sent Li Chen to the palace gate, bending and bowing, his posture humble to the dust.

Li Chen's move was naturally to give him a profound lesson.

If he hadn't spoken rudely just now, Li Chen might not have humiliated him like this.

A Sage cannot be humiliated, and the majesty of an emperor cannot be provoked even more. If Li Chen really wanted to pursue it seriously, the throne of this Qinglin Kingdom should have changed hands long ago.

If Li Chen hadn't exposed his identity as an emperor, he might not have reprimanded this Qinglin Emperor.

But since your master told me everything, if I don't give you a lesson, how can I mix in the emperor circle in the future?

The Qinglin Kingdom is very strong, and its combat power can rank in the top three among the southern countries.

But so what? In front of the invincible Tian Ce iron cavalry, it's not a matter at all.

What's more, many of the surrounding southern countries are staunch vassals or loyalists of Tian Ce. There is no need for the Tian Ce army to come in person; as long as Li Chen shows a little dissatisfaction, there will naturally be plenty of countries willing to send troops to "serve" and take the opportunity to divide Qinglin.

Even just now at the banquet, if the Qinglin Emperor's face had dared to have the slightest bit of reluctance, Li Chen wouldn't have needed to make a move; his master, the Dean of the Heaven Monitoring Institute, who knew the stakes, would have been the first to "teach" this ignorant disciple a lesson to give Li Chen an explanation.

The civil and military officials would have knelt down in a row, crying and pleading guilty on behalf of the monarch.

For them, the stability and survival of the country are above everything else, and they would never bet the national destiny because of one person's face.

At the same time, the Empress Dowager and the Empress, who were following Li Chen closely, were also extremely uneasy and terrified in their hearts.