Chapter 17 – Golden house hides beauty
"I was so tempted to snatch that concubine away, I could barely control myself."
"In my desperation, I had no other choice but to give myself a good beating to snap out of it through the pain."
Jiang Li's smile faded, his expression gradually becoming serious.
When he heard about Emperor Wei and Emperor Meng Jiang fighting over a concubine, Jiang Li didn't think much of it. In his view, these two were emperors simply because they were the tallest among dwarfs. The royal family had no one else capable of shouldering the responsibility. Compared to Emperor Zhou, they were far from competent. It wouldn't be surprising if they jeopardized their kingdoms over a beautiful woman.
But Zhang Konghu was different. As the commander of the Peoples Emperor's Palace, regardless of his cultivation level, his character was definitely top-notch. If a concubine could make even a rough man like Zhang Konghu lose control, there must be something wrong.
"I'm aware of the situation. How many days are left until the agreed date of the war between the two countries?"
Zhang Konghu showed a bitter smile: "Originally, they agreed to settle the dispute on the banks of the Earth Mother River a month later, but their quarrel has escalated, and now they have agreed to start the war in twenty-five days."
After saying this, Zhang Konghu slightly turned his head, as if he heard something: "Oh, now they have changed it to twenty days later to decide life and death."
Jiang Li exclaimed, not only had the time been shortened, but it had also changed from deciding victory to deciding life and death.
Originally, he wanted Zhang Konghu to contact the previous candidates for the Peoples Emperor and ask them to investigate whether their relatives and friends had encountered the man in black. But now, it seemed that he should leave the matter of the man in black to the other commanders and go to the Meng Jiang Dynasty to check the situation himself.
As for the system's task, it could be postponed for now.
"I'll go there right away."
Jiang Li left this sentence and immediately cut off contact with Zhang Konghu. On his way to the Meng Jiang Dynasty, he contacted another commander and asked him to notify the former candidates for the Peoples Emperor.@@novelbin@@
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At this time, the palace of the Meng Jiang Dynasty was like a ruin, a testament to the battle between Emperor Meng Jiang and Emperor Wei. If it weren't for Zhang Konghu's timely rescue, the casualties would have been unimaginable.
In the ruins, only a golden house stood out, unscathed. Clearly, Emperor Meng Jiang and Emperor Wei had deliberately avoided the golden house during their fight. Zhang Konghu had driven away the guards of the two emperors, leaving only himself near the golden house.
Hearing the increasingly fierce quarrel inside the golden house, Zhang Konghu felt that before Jiang Li arrived, these two could advance the date of the war by another ten days.
A war that concerned the lives of millions of people should not be treated as child's play!
He gritted his teeth, determined to dissuade the two emperors. He slapped himself twice and then bravely entered the golden house.
"Listen to me, stop arguing. You are both rulers of a country, you can't let a beautiful woman jeopardize your kingdoms... I'll take the beauty!"
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With Jiang Li's full speed, he crossed more than half of the Jiuzhou in just half a day, rushing from the eastern Great Zhou Dynasty to the western Meng Jiang Dynasty.
Such speed was astonishing!
Before Jiang Li even arrived at the capital of the Meng Jiang Dynasty, he could hear the rumbling sound, like muffled thunder. Looking from afar, three figures were fighting fiercely in the sky above the capital.
It was Zhang Konghu fighting against Emperor Meng Jiang and Emperor Wei!
Emperor Meng Jiang and Emperor Wei were not talented in the path of cultivation. Their real cultivation level was probably only at the Elemental Infant stage. But with the support of their kingdoms, the two of them were able to hold their own against Zhang Konghu, even showing signs of surpassing him from time to time. If it weren't for Zhang Konghu's rich combat experience, he would have been defeated long ago.
This was still because Emperor Wei was too far from Da Wei, and the effect of the kingdom's support had not reached its best!
Zhang Konghu was fighting vigorously, his witch bloodline stimulated to the extreme. The tattoos of the twelve ancestral witches on his back were faintly glowing, and the ancient and heavy aura was overwhelming.
The stars in the sky were twinkling, countless starlights were pouring on Emperor Meng Jiang, making each of his punches like a meteor falling, causing Zhang Konghu to feel pain.
Emperor Wei held the jade seal of the country, and the eight characters "Mandated by Heaven, Long and Prosperous Life" were imprinted in the air, like the will of heaven, blocking the sun and controlling the weather.
"Only the strong deserve the beauty!" Zhang Konghu roared.
"Get lost, you brute!" Emperor Wei shouted.
"This is the Meng Jiang Dynasty, you both have to listen to me!" Emperor Meng Jiang was not to be outdone.
"Calm down, all of you."
Jiang Li instantly appeared above the three of them, slapping these three irrational guys into the ground with one palm.
The tattoos of the twelve ancestral witches dimmed, the stars disappeared into the star sea, and the eight characters "Mandated by Heaven, Long and Prosperous Life" were wiped clean.
It took these three a good while to crawl out of the human-shaped pits.
"Brother Jiang, you hit a bit hard, almost shattered my bones." Zhang Konghu laughed, Jiang Li's slap had woken him up.
Jiang Li scolded without mercy: "Fortunately, you still have some sense left, knowing that the fight should not involve others, so you took it to the sky. If you dared to fight in the capital, I would have slapped you straight to the underworld!"
Zhang Konghu didn't dare to say anything, he could only laugh foolishly.
Anything he said now would be wrong.
He, Zhang Konghu, prided himself as the number one person under the Tribulation Crossing stage. Even against a Tribulation Crossing stage powerhouse, he had the courage to have a fight. But facing Jiang Li, he didn't dare to say let's have a contest.
One slap had dimmed the tattoos of the twelve ancestral witches he was most proud of. Another slap could make him literally confused.
"Jiang Peoples Emperor."
"Jiang Peoples Emperor."
Seeing Jiang Li, Emperor Meng Jiang and Emperor Wei seemed to forget about the slap just now, and they both saluted. Jiang Li also politely returned the salute."May I meet that extraordinary woman?"
"Of course, Jiang Peoples Emperor." Dream Jiang Emperor naturally wouldn't dare to refuse Jiang Li's request.
The palace was in ruins, it was hard to find a place to step on, let alone a corridor.
The four of them levitated ten meters above the ground, flying towards the golden house. Seeing the tragic state of his palace, Dream Jiang Emperor couldn't help but sigh, "I was led astray by beauty!"
"If I could have such a beauty, I wouldn't mind destroying and rebuilding the palace ten times over." Wei Emperor shook his head, not caring at all.
"Tyrant!"
"Foolish ruler!"
The two monarchs started to quarrel again, showing signs of a fight. Jiang Li coughed lightly, and they finally calmed down.
The golden house was the most luxurious Jiang Li had ever seen. The exterior was built with bricks of merit, the interior was paved with top-grade spirit stones, dozens of spiritual treasures decorated the walls, golden springs gushed, and green lotuses took root.
Jiang Li suspected that Dream Jiang Emperor had emptied the national treasury and used it all in this golden house.
Beauty could indeed drive people mad, this was the perfect example.
The beautiful woman in red was quietly lying on the golden bed, sleeping. Her petite body slightly curled up, her cherry lips slightly opened and closed again, like a sleeping kitten, extremely adorable.
The woman's features were exquisite, a beauty that seemed not of this world. Her snow-white neck was slender and graceful, her body curves were captivating, and her pair of jade feet were delicate and exquisite, making one couldn't help but want to hold and play with them.
Upon seeing this woman, even Jiang Li's usually calm heart was slightly shaken.
He had seen this woman before! To be precise, he had seen her portrait!
That portrait, drawn with ordinary paper and ink, was listed as a forbidden item because it depicted this woman!
A woman who should have been dead!
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