With Xiao Yang's Dou Emperor-level cultivation, the imperial palace of the Heaven Dou Empire was no different from an unguarded courtyard to him.
In the dead of night, Xiao Yang swaggered straight into Emperor Xue Ye's bedchamber, hauled him out of bed, and forcibly fed him a Nine Revolutions Heart Pill.
Then, to silence any witnesses, he killed the favored consort lying beside him. Startled awake and about to cry out, she was struck down by a single palm that shattered her body.
Emperor Xue Ye watched it all without the slightest concern, as though the one who had died was not his favored consort, but some irrelevant stranger.
Qian Renxue was the same age as Xiao Yang, only a few months older. By calculation, she had only just turned ten.
Qian Renxue was a full nine years older than Tang San. If one counted from when Tang San joined Notting City Academy at the age of six, there were still five whole years before the plot began.
If one counted from when Tang San entered Shrek at age twelve, then there was an entire ten-year gap left.
With so much time, Xiao Yang would not just stand by and watch Qian Renxue waste it away.
Besides, it was no solution for him and his wife-to-be to keep living apart. Xiao Yang had no desire to keep being force-fed affection by Xiao Yan and Xun Er.
Being a single dog in his previous life was one thing. But in this life, he already had a wife-to-be lined up for him. If he still sat around watching others flaunt their love, wouldn't that make him an idiot?
Black Seal City, City Lord Manor.
The luxurious large room that had once belonged exclusively to the former city lord, Yuan Yi, had now