Chapter 317: Wu Qingkui

"What? Mistress and Master aren't actually a married couple?!"

The younger senior sisters waiting outside the room, upon hearing the words of Master Senior Sister Xie Wanning, were filled with disbelief.

Xie Wanning looked at her astonished junior sisters and said, "I was raised by Master since I was small, and I am the one who has been by Master's side the longest, so there are many things you do not know, just as some of you have never seen Mistress."

"Master Senior Sister, tell us about it, what exactly is going on?"

Li Qingyan asked with a look of gossip, "Also, how did Mistress become the Sovereign of this Great Xia Kingdom? We are very curious."

"That is a long story."

Xie Wanning smiled slightly, her expression reminiscent, and said, "When I first saw Mistress, I was only five or six years old; at that time, I hadn't been following Master for very long."

"Mistress came from a great family of the former Xia, the Wu family. It's just that later, they failed in a family war, and Mistress was the only one from the entire Wu family to escape.

When Master and I met her, she was only wearing a thin undershirt, barefoot, not knowing how far she had run; her feet were a bloody mess.

Master saved Mistress and also helped her drive away the people who were hunting her. Later, Mistress realized that Master was a very powerful person, so she begged Master to help her take revenge.

Master did not agree at first, but Mistress just kept following us, inseparable."

"Later, the enemies found Mistress again and wanted to drag her back. This time Master did not intervene, and it was also this time that Mistress first displayed her special constitution, the Yin Cold Body."

Xie Wanning leaned against the railing, looking toward the horizon; even though many years had passed, recalling the scene at that time, her expression was still filled with shock, "Mistress's constitution was even more powerful than imagined. Not only did the people who came to catch her turn into ice sculptures, but an entire small town turned into an ice city."

"After that, Master helped Mistress take revenge?"

"He did not." Xie Wanning turned her head and continued, "Master was also shocked by Mistress's constitution, so he agreed to let her follow us, and in order to protect Mistress, Master even lied, claiming that Mistress's enemies were killed by him, and stated that Mistress would be Master's woman from then on."

"Perhaps the enemies feared Master, so they never looked for Mistress again. From then on, Mistress traveled with us, and when Master taught me, he would also teach Mistress.

I also started calling her Mistress from that time, but in fact, Mistress is just like us; strictly speaking, she is also Master's disciple."

Xie Wanning looked at Tang Yu'e, who was in full military attire, and said, "I don't know how many years the three of us spent together, I only remember that when Mistress left, I was already as tall as her, and it was also that year that Master picked up the second one."

Tang Yu'e took over the conversation: "Because I was following Master, Master Senior Sister left with Mistress."

Xie Wanning nodded and said, "After Mistress and I parted ways with Master, the first thing Mistress did was take revenge."

"Overnight, Mistress killed the enemy family down to the last dog and chicken, and she got to know the then-Patriarch of the Li Family, Li Yunping."

Xie Wanning tapped the red-lacquered high wall, "This Forbidden City originally belonged to the Li Family, and strictly speaking, it still does. Li Yunping admired Mistress's decisiveness in killing and invited Mistress to the Li Family."

"Mistress thought that the two of us had nowhere to go, and later she found out that Li Yunping was a decent person, so Mistress became Li Yunping's foster daughter, and that is how we entered the Li Family."

Hearing this, Li Qingyan and the others all had looks of sudden realization, but they were still somewhat unsatisfied.

"And then? How did Mistress become... um... let me think how to say it more imposingly..."

Li Qingyan racked her brains for a while, and a flash of inspiration struck, "How did she become this Great Xia Empress?!"

"That brings us to Li Yunping."

Xie Wanning said, "The former Patriarch of the Li Family, Li Yunping, was indeed a qualified Patriarch, and even more so an impeccable Sovereign. It is just a pity that none of his descendants were promising; even the current Patriarch of the Li Family, Li Shizheng, is a petty person who is jealous of talent."

"Old Master Li had no choice; he picked and chose among the Li family members, but he couldn't feel at ease with any of them, and in the end..."

"In the end, he let our Mistress take over!"

Li Qingyan cheered, "Our Mistress is truly a heroine among women, not yielding to men!"

Li Qingyan hadn't been happy for even three seconds before her expression immediately sank: "So that means Mistress is actually a senior sister, and now she is inside healing Chen Che, and the method of healing is that kind of... the most critical thing is, Mistress is so beautiful and so sexy..."

Li Qingyan muttered with her head lowered, and Cheng Kexin glanced at the tightly closed door and also lowered her eyes.

Song Jinhe sat quietly in her wheelchair, her face turned to the side; clearly, she was not in a good mood either.

Xie Wanning looked at the three people with strange expressions, exchanged a glance with Tang Yu'e, and laughed out loud: "What is this? You wouldn't be jealous because you found out that Mistress is actually the same as us, and now she is healing Chen Che?"

"I don't think it's necessarily jealousy; it looks more like a lack of confidence."

Tang Yu'e teased with a smile.

"That's true. Our Empress, who is both Mistress and senior sister, is herself peerless and stunning, and coupled with her special relationship with Chen Che, there is no guarantee that Chen Che won't be captivated by it."

Xie Wanning said with a look of regret, teasing them.

"Alright sisters, Chen Che is our junior brother; his excellence has been acknowledged by Master, not to mention that after this series of events, we have all seen it with our own eyes."

Tang Yu'e said: "But we are not bad either; it's just a man, there's no need to be like this."

"That's right, you all need to have some backbone."

Xie Wanning echoed.

Li Qingyan raised her face defiantly, looking at Xie Wanning and Tang Yu'e, and said, "Master Senior Sister, Second Senior Sister, remember what you said today; one day, you will also become one of us!"

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Wu Qingkui stood by the wooden barrel, examining Chen Che who was soaking inside.

Heat rose, mist swirled, and her sleeping robe was dampened, sticking bit by bit to her milky-white skin.

"He does look quite good, better-looking than your Master."

Wu Qingkui scrutinized him carefully, and after a while, another sentence popped out, "Killing the Gu Yuanzong in front of Tang Yu'e and Luo Lin, this unyielding manner is exactly the same as your Master."

"If your Master were still alive and saw his most beloved disciple in this state, I wonder what he would think..."

Wu Qingkui bent down, her fair, jade-like hand reaching into the water, gently waving to test the water temperature.

She suddenly froze, a nameless fire rising; with a flick of her arm, she splashed a face full of medicinal soup onto Chen Che with a splash.

"This old thing, before he died, he sent me a message telling me to find an opportunity to help you well. I didn't understand at first, but now I get it."

"This Great Red Sun Poison of yours must be aided by Yin-cold objects to be neutralized. That old thing anticipated today long ago, and he actually dared to scheme against me!"

Wu Qingkui gritted her teeth and said: "You really are his beloved disciple!"

The room fell into silence, with only the sound of Wu Qingkui's angry, heavy breathing echoing over and over.

Steam rose slowly in the air, like a soft veil, shrouding the entire room in a hazy atmosphere.

Light filtered through the translucent curtains, becoming soft and warm, adding a touch of coziness and privacy to the space.

Under the reflection of the lights, the water vapor looked like countless tiny diamonds dancing in the air, flickering with a charming glow.

With every breath, one could feel the moisture and warmth of the water vapor, making one unconsciously relax and immerse themselves in this special world.

Wu Qingkui bent down and reached out her hand again; this time, she touched Chen Che's face.

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