The Empress’s Gigolo

Night. Yuelai Inn.

Two figures appeared in the pitch-dark hall and quietly went up the second story.One of them took out a tube, punctured the paper surface of the window, and blew the powder from the tube into the room.After blowing the tranquilizer powder into the room and waiting for a while, the two people were relieved when they didn’t hear any sound coming from inside.The two had confidence in their Intoxicating Powder. It was made from intoxicating flowers and other ingredients and had gone through many years of research and development before emerging as a powerful drug. Ordinary people took seven days to wake up after inhaling it, Man Wheel experts needed three days, Earth Wheel experts would need half a day, and even Spirit Wheel practitioners would be slightly affected as well. “Keke, kekeke…” one of them chuckled. Her voice was charming and pleasant.The lady boss was excited since she would certainly be able to produce a highly valuable human puppet tonight.”Is everything ready?” the lady boss asked excitedly.”16 skinning knives and 48 Soul Fixing Pins. Aren’t they all in this box? You are in such a hurry because you have found something good, but how does that benefit me?” the other person asked. It was a male voice.”How does it benefit you? Just look at her and you will know.” The lady boss smiled and pinched him.She had already made the decision to give up the inn in exchange for this human puppet and to hide herself in another city with complete anonymity later.Consequently, she didn’t hesitate to commence action in the inn so as to prevent any problems from cropping up halfway. A perfect human puppet was her lifelong pursuit.She had heard it before that, “Having learned the truth in the morning, one may die in the evening without regrets.” She was deeply convinced by these words.As long as she could produce a perfect human puppet, she wouldn’t desire anything else for the rest of her life.The man snorted, took out a small bottle to take a sniff, then pushed open the door.”Go in, don’t stand here,” the lady boss said unhappily because he had stopped moving after opening the door.What the man said next, however, caused her expression to change.

“Why are you fine?” The man’s voice was filled with incredulity. This Intoxicating Powder took many years to develop, and even his master had been knocked out by one package of it. His master was a famous poison expert in Tianjing Basin, yet even he succumbed to this Intoxicating Powder, not to mention other people.A lady in red could be seen sitting at the table in the middle of the room with one hand resting on her chin as her shining eyes looked in the direction of the open door. There was no sign that she had been affected by the drug.”I would like to know the benefit.” The empress’s tone was bone chillingly cold.The lady boss changed her expressions a few times and cursed, “Useless thing! Use the hard approach instead of the soft one. I don’t want this inn anymore, so catch her and leave the city immediately.”Then, she gave a coquettish smile to the person in the room and said, “It’s your bad luck that you ran into me. Blame yourself for being too attractive.”

She urged the man beside her, “What are you waiting for? Don’t injure her skin or it wouldn’t be nice.”Her mind was filled with the thought of making a human puppet. It was difficult to encounter such perfect material in a lifetime, and she couldn’t care about anything else. This was all for the sake of art. At her urging, the man beside her propelled himself horizontally across the room with his legs touching the floor a few times, as if gliding. With a turn of his hand, a bright light seemed to split the darkness of the room.It was a short knife about half a meter long. The knife gleam was like jade instead of a normal white. The next second, the blade gleam appeared in front of the empress’s throat, and it seemed as if it was going to pierce her throat. He was confident. As long as he touched it, the force at the knife tip should shatter the larynx while only leaving a small mark.

However, these thoughts ended abruptly the next moment. His heart started to beat wildly, and it was almost impossible to control his panic.He saw an exquisitely white hand grasping his short knife, and he was unable to move his weapon no matter how much strength he used. It was as if the knife had frozen in place.Almost at the same time that he took out his knife, another figure flew over his head and aimed a pair of short needles at the empress’s eyes.The empress used her other hand to strike at the air a few times. Every strike clashed right at the front of the needles. The lady boss only felt a strong force transmitting back that forced her to fly back in the direction of the door. If she hit the door, it would fly out and awaken the people in the inn.At that moment, the empress got up and stretched her palms at lightning speed to pull the lady boss back. She tapped each person’s head once with her finger, causing the two people to instantly bleed from their five facial features before collapsing upon the ground. However, if one were to look carefully, both of them were still barely alive.The empress nonchalantly lit a lamp, shut the door, and opened the box that they had brought along. There were 16 knives of various sizes inside the box. Some were as big as a palm while others were as small as a finger.Beside these blades, there were also 48 silver needles as well as a bunch of cans and bottles.The empress put the needles in her hand, took a look at their bodies, then inserted these needles one at a time.She sequentially inserted one on the left and one on the right. As a ruler, it was very important to be fair, and both of them should receive an equal amount.

Usually, this saying was seldom used, but at this time, applying it was apt. After the 48 needles were inserted into their heads, the empress looked at the 16 small knives of different sizes.Although she didn’t converse with them directly, she heard their conversation clearly. When she heard about skinning knives and Soul Fixing Pins, she knew their intent and naturally didn’t give them a chance.Although the two were almost dead, these things should be used on their bodies.The empress laid out the 16 knives neatly and divided them into two portions, each consisting of various sizes. After feeling that they were about the same proportion in terms of size, she inserted them into their bodies.After completing all of these tasks, the empress was in a better mood. Trying to harm her was really a reckless thing to do.The last person who dared to mess with her… After racking her brain, she couldn’t think of anyone who had dared to do so… especially with such disgusting and enraging ideas. If not for the inconvenience of being outside, she would have hung these two on the city wall until they were dried out.She tidied up the two people and picked up the bottles and cans on their bodies. She didn’t know what had been blown into her room, but Qing Yuan and Hong Luan, who were in the next room, should have been affected. She lightly sniffed a bottle and felt a little worried because she didn’t know much about these things.

Initially, she didn’t expect to find so many bottles and cans on their bodies. There were more than ten in the box, 7 or 8 on their bodies, and she didn’t know which one containers stored poisons and which ones held the antidote.Seeing that the two were still breathing, the empress poured the contents from two bottles into their mouths. She saw the lady turn green and then purple, start blistering all over, and the lady’s body began to swell. Within a few moments, yellow fluid flowed out of her body, and after a short time, she became a piece of thin skin as the rest of her body liquefied.As for the other person, his body became a riot of colors, streak after streak of blood appeared on the surface of his body, and these streaks soon burst, leaving a mass of flesh and blood as the end result.

Throwing the two bottles aside, the empress went out to knock the innkeeper and the chef unconscious before bringing them to an empty room. Subsequently, she took those untested bottles and cans and began experimenting on them.The room she was staying in previously was bloody, reeked, and was no longer habitable.After two hours of agony, the empress finally found the antidote. By this time, even the livestock being raised behind the inn were all dead.”What was that phrase the rascal always says? Hey… is this a reunion or is everything in good order? I think they are reunited and in good order!”

The empress thought about Ren Baqian’s frequently used words and felt like laughing.