Chapter 401: The Empress Returns

Xu Que had long guessed that the Empress was not the late Emperor's daughter; her temperament was too unique, and it definitely didn't look like something a mere Shuiyuan Kingdom could cultivate.

And Liu Jingning had also reminded him earlier that the Empress came from the Jiang Family!

Where is the Jiang Family? How massive is it?

Xu Que had never known!

Thinking back carefully, Xu Que also realized that he had almost no other understanding of the Empress. Now that he heard the Third Prince mention this, he immediately became interested and asked him for the detailed situation.

But the Third Prince was also stunned. The Empress's background?

He really didn't know about this point. At best, he only knew that the Empress was not the late Emperor's biological daughter; as for where she came from and why she impersonated the late Emperor's daughter, the Third Prince knew nothing at all.

"Her background is not important; what is important is that this Prince can prove she is not the late Emperor's biological child!" The Third Prince said in a deep voice.

Xu Que was immediately unhappy.

Prove your sister, who the hell wants you to prove it?

However, the Third Prince continued: "Young Hero Zhuge, this Prince appreciates you very much. I originally planned to look for you today, but I didn't expect you to come to my door instead! But it's not too late now. If you can join forces with this Prince, relying on my current military strength and foundation, plus the secret that the Empress is not the late Emperor's daughter, we will definitely be able to successfully seize the throne! At that time, whatever you want, this Prince can give you!"

"Screw your mother! You don't know anything, yet you still have the nerve to waste my time!" Xu Que said, annoyed.

This Third Prince still didn't know that his rebellion had already spread throughout the Imperial City, and at this moment, he was still trying to persuade Xu Que to rebel together.

But what Xu Que was interested in was the Empress's background. Since this Third Prince didn't know, there was no need to keep him!

"Presumptuous, you..." The Third Prince widened his eyes, confused after being scolded, and was a bit dumbfounded!

"Screw your mother's presumptuous! Go to hell!" Xu Que was impatient, picked up the sharp sword, and wiped it toward the Third Prince's neck.

If he wanted to kill someone who deserved to die, he wouldn't hesitate at all!

The Third Prince's face changed instantly, wanting to break free from the mysterious iron chains, but after being kicked in the face by Er Gouzi, he had suffered heavy injuries, and coupled with his meridians being sealed by the mysterious iron, it was difficult for him to move at all.

"Stop, don't you want to get promoted and get rich? As long as this Prince becomes the Emperor, you will have endless heavenly materials and earthly treasures!" The Third Prince roared.

Xu Que narrowed his eyes and sneered: "I don't lack heavenly materials and earthly treasures; I only lack cultivation techniques!"

"There are cultivation techniques, of course! All the cultivation techniques in the palace, you can choose as you please!" The Third Prince shouted again, unwilling to die just like that.

"Forget about the ones in the palace; I can just find the Water Emperor and ask, and I'll still be able to choose as I please. As for you, I'll execute you first and report later!" After Xu Que finished speaking, the sharp sword in his hand had already been swung, like a meteor streaking across, leaving a bloodstain in front of the Third Prince's throat.

"Isn't it just a broken prince? How dare you rebel against my Empress!" Xu Que snorted and turned to leave.

"Uh..." The Third Prince widened his two eyes, his mouth agape, his eyes gradually dimming, and he completely lost his life.

Solving a Third Prince was not a big deal for Xu Que, but for the people of the Imperial City, it was earth-shattering!

Regardless, the Third Prince's status was always there, a blood relative of the royal family; even if he rebelled, it was not the turn of a general to kill him at will.

But Xu Que killed him anyway, and after killing him, he had people raid the prince's mansion again.

In the end, even the Twelve Young Masters of the Imperial City could not escape the disaster. After this guy received the news, he tried to flee the Imperial City, but because a large part between his legs was swollen, it was inconvenient to run, and he was forcibly caught up by Er Gouzi leading the Snow City army and kicked to death by a dog leg.

This guy originally intended to show off and capture the fugitive, but he used too much force and didn't seem to expect that the Twelve Young Masters of the Imperial City were so weak that they died with one kick!

The Imperial City was once again in shock!

"Something big has happened this time!"

"General Zhuge executed him first and reported later, killing the Third Prince, and now the dog he raised has also killed the Little Prince!"

"This is almost like exterminating the whole family!"

"Yes, no matter what, the Twelve Young Masters of the Imperial City were the last male descendant of the young generation of the royal family. If he is killed just like that, the problem is very serious!"

"After the Water Emperor returns, I'm afraid she will handle it impartially, right? General Zhuge and that dog, at least one of them will have to accept punishment!"

"General Zhuge should be fine; after all, he performed a great meritorious service, and the Third Prince intended to rebel anyway. Adding these together is enough to make up for his faults!"

"Then the one being punished must be that dog!"

The people in the Imperial City were discussing it!

As a result, Er Gouzi also heard these rumors and immediately knew something had happened. It stole a pile of food from the palace's imperial kitchen overnight and then ran away!

Before leaving, it didn't forget to frame Xu Que, saying that it was Xu Que who instigated it to kill the Twelve Young Masters; whenever the Imperial City could return its innocence, it would come back!

Xu Que shook his head speechlessly when he heard such words, and he was too lazy to pay attention to that guy. He went straight back to the palace and lived there as if nothing had happened.

During this period, Zi Xuan never came to question him. Xu Que spent two days of leisure, recycled all the hundred-plus cultivation techniques searched from the prince's mansion to the system, exchanged them for technique essence, and upgraded the "Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body"!

The previous fifty-plus cultivation techniques had brought the "Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body" to 30% proficiency; this time, the hundred-plus cultivation techniques could only increase its proficiency by 40%. In total, it was only 70%!

Besides scolding the system for being a profiteer, Xu Que could only endure it.

After all, 70% proficiency was not a small amount. With Xu Que's current Nascent Soul Stage Layer Ten realm, if he transformed into an illusion body, the illusion body's realm could also reach Nascent Soul Stage Layer Seven, and its strength was still very terrifying!

Two days later, the Empress returned!

Driving a crystal-clear and brilliant flying sword, like a deity, dazzling and brilliant, she fell from the sky toward the Imperial City!

The commoners and cultivators of the whole city bowed down to welcome her, shouting in unison from their hearts: "Welcome back, Your Majesty the Water Emperor!"

The Empress smiled slightly, her green-onion-like jade fingers waved lightly, and a wisp of blue light swept out, a gentle force preventing some people who wanted to kneel.

Subsequently, she stepped lightly, her movements dignified and elegant, seemingly slow, but in reality, every step she took made her figure teleport a thousand meters, heading toward the Imperial Palace.

But before she reached the Imperial Palace, Zi Xuan came out, appeared in front of the Empress, and opened her mouth to talk about what Xu Que had done in the past few days, especially about the Third Prince!

The Empress shook her head slightly and smiled faintly: "No matter, I already know about this!"

"Sister, then just let this matter go? He killed the Third Prince and the Little Prince. There are already rumors in the city. If you don't handle it, others will say you are favoring him!" Zi Xuan said in astonishment.

She thought the Empress's reputation was very important. Although Xu Que didn't go too far, at least he should be given a symbolic punishment, otherwise it would be difficult to block the mouths of some people in the city!

The Empress smiled calmly: "I might be able to punish others, but him... I can't punish him!"

After speaking, she looked up at the Imperial Palace again and asked softly: "Where is he? Is he still in the palace?"

"Of course he is, and he even treats the entire Imperial Palace as his own home!" Zi Xuan puffed out her cheeks and said.

"That doesn't matter!" The Empress still smiled faintly.

"But these past few days, he has been living in your sleeping palace, Sister! Can this also not matter?"

As soon as Zi Xuan said this, *swish*, the smile on the Empress's face froze instantly! ===== CHAPTER 402 =====