So that was it! Ning Xiaochuan jumped in fright. He had thought that Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen had discovered the scheme between him and Silver Pool Madam, but it turned out she had merely noticed the affection in Silver Pool Madam's eyes, not uncovered her true identity.
No wonder Ten Thousand Sound Fairy Queen had misunderstood. She had always believed that Silver Pool Madam was the First Netherworld Envoy. That was why she thought Ning Xiaochuan was exceptionally skilled at handling women, having made the First Netherworld Envoy utterly devoted to him in just three days.
Was Ning Xiaochuan really that good at dealing with women? If he had deliberately pursued Silver Pool Madam and tried to make her fall hopelessly in love with him, then let alone three days, even thirty years would not have been enough to make a shrewd woman like Silver Pool Madam fall for him.
Silver Pool Madam's fall into Ning Xiaochuan's hands had been entirely accidental.
If Ning Xiaochuan had deliberately pursued her and used honeyed words to please her, it would only have disgusted her. She would have lumped Ning Xiaochuan together with all the other men who wanted to sleep with her. Even if Ning Xiaochuan could obtain her body, he could never obtain her heart, much less make her willingly betray Dark Emperor City and summon the courage to betray Jade Ripple Great Emperor for his sake.
The driving force behind all of this had one prerequisite: Silver Pool Madam's heart had completely fallen into Ning Xiaochuan's hands.
Without that prerequisite, who in the world could make her turn foolish with love and willingly march to her death?
Ning Xiaochuan let out a breath of relief and put on an air of expertise. "To make a woman work for you