At that moment, Verdant Green Maiden was still fishing on the Qiantang Riverbank. She calculated on her fingers and learned that Liu Yu, that old brat, was going to snatch her garden. She immediately stood up.
"You brat! How dare you! Brother Ox, let's go!"
She turned around. Old Yellow Ox was nowhere to be seen.
"..."
Verdant Green Maiden clenched her fist and smashed the boulder she had been sitting on with a single punch!
"Moo—!!"
Old Yellow Ox came charging out of the distant woods at a gallop.
Verdant Green Maiden swung herself onto his back and patted his shoulder. "Let's go to Jiankang. Someone dares to fight this dragon for her house!"
Old Yellow Ox was no longer an ordinary ox. He was the ox the Jiao Dragon had ridden, and after a century or two, even if he hadn't become an immortal, he was at least a spirit creature. The distance from the Qiantang River to Jiankang City was considerable, but at his speed, it took only a few days to get there.
By then, Liu Yu had already occupied Dragon Treasure Garden.
He had never thought much of the High Clan Aristocrats. In his eyes, so what if he took over the Cao Clan's garden?
One day, however, as he left court, he saw a woman in green standing by the gate, feeding an ox.
"Hmm?"
Liu Yu frowned when he saw her.
Why was a shepherdess grazing cattle in a place like this?
Puzzled, he drew closer. The moment he saw Verdant Green Maiden's face, he froze in place.
"Jade Maiden Empress?"
He left his attendants behind and hurried toward her.
Before he could greet her, Verdant Green Maiden turned and kicked him. Liu Yu couldn't dodge in time and took the blow. Fortunately,