At Yu Linglong's words, intense hatred flashed in Dugu Yan's eyes. If looks could kill, Bai Yu and Yu Linglong would have died ten thousand times over.
Xiao Rongrong, however, was unnaturally calm, even a faint smile curling at her lips, as though this sort of scene was nothing to her.
In fact, the boy before her had even piqued her curiosity.
"The empress and imperial consort of the Absolute Sword Dynasty?"
"Looks like Li Xunhuan put forth quite a bit of sincerity..."
Bai Yu rubbed his brow. Whether Li Xunhuan had done this for his younger sister or for the sake of that agent's identity, these two women had ultimately fallen into his hands. What a nuisance.
It was not that he did not want retainers or slaves, but he had standards for them—they needed to have quality, not simply be walking "feather-clamping" vessels...
The empress and the demon consort...
Their hands could not carry, their shoulders could not bear. Aside from their faces and figures, what advantages did they have?
"You know them?"
Bai Yu looked toward Yu Linglong and asked slowly.
"I've heard of them, but I've never seen them in person."
"But in the mortal world, the two of them are far more famous than the emperor of the Absolute Sword Dynasty."
"Especially Dugu Yan. Back then, she was the great general guarding the borders of the Absolute Sword Dynasty. Though young, she had already won the hearts of the people. After Old General Dugu died, she, the orphaned daughter of a military family, held up the sky for the Absolute Sword Dynasty."
"Yet once the Absolute Sword Dynasty had stabilized, she entered the palace in the bloom of her youth and was made empress. Though she bore no sons or daughters, she still sat firmly