"Alright."
Zeng Anmin agreed solemnly:
"Go back. The situation is quite urgent."
"Mm."
The Empress no longer hesitated. She turned lightly and headed outside.
"Wait!"
Zeng Anmin called after her.
"What?"
The Empress paused, then turned back and blinked at Zeng Anmin as she asked:
"Can't bear to see me go?"
"You forgot this." Zeng Anmin took a jade pendant from his robe.
This jade pendant was the treasure Gu Xiangnan used to conceal her appearance.
After he had slain Mr. Xin that day, he had casually tucked the pendant into his robe.
"I nearly forgot."
The Empress smiled, accepted the jade pendant, and walked out.
Watching the Empress's retreating figure,
Zeng Anmin finally let out a complete sigh of relief.
"The Bizarre Qi in my body has been completely dealt with."
"With the Heavenly Lotus's help, my Confucian Path has also smoothly entered the Fourth Rank, making me a Great Scholar."
A sharp gleam flashed in Zeng Anmin's eyes.
"My current Confucian Path Realm is already no different from Dean Qin's."
"Just eighteen years old."
"Two years of cultivating the Confucian Path, and I became a Great Scholar."
At this, he rubbed his chin.
"Most importantly, my Martial Arts Realm has now broken through to the Fifth Rank. With the Golden Finger's help, my combat strength is also at the Fourth Rank, the same as Bai Ziqing's!"
"Now, in this world, I can finally be said to possess the means to protect myself."
Ji Hongli's death became an excuse for those lawless people in the Jiang Kingdom court to attack the Empress.
Yet the Empress gave only two reasons.
First, a Third Rank Martial Artist stood at Ji Hongli's side. To kill him, one would need at least a Second Rank Expert.
But there were no Second