Even the beast felt its heart leap in fright, taking another two steps back as it wiped its face-rooster blood had splattered all over the beast's face.
No wonder she earned the reputation of a "rose," no wonder Qin Zheng fell for her at first sight, and no wonder Elder Chen said the brilliance in her eyes didn't even equal half of hers. Just looking at her like this, Nie Wanluo already felt that those slightly upturned, slender phoenix eyes had come alive. This was merely a portrait, so the living person must be even more breathtaking.
"You flatter me, Empress. How could your humble concubine blame you? Everything you do is for my own good." Gong Moli's bland, unhurried attitude left the Empress unable to read her at all.
Although the Jade Book was not nurtured by heaven and earth, it was nonetheless a supreme Immortal Artifact, revered by the Confucians as a Holy Artifact.
"Then may I understand it as: any losses belong to the state, while any profits are my, Yue Qi's, contribution?" Yue Qi did not continue probing what the most important thing was, but simply repeated his previous question while making his stance clear.
Yang Ruofeng hesitated for a moment. Should he lift the bridal veil? He ultimately decided to lift the bridal veil, explain the situation to Yang Ruyi, and then figure out a way to shatter this illusion.
It was simply Xiuquan's good fortune that he happened to make the acquaintance of a cook working for the church named Zhu Jiu at this time. Though Zhu Jiu was merely a cook, he had entered the faith and become a church member, making him someone the local authorities dared not provoke. Nor did he care much for the yammering of the officials, living quite