Kong Ming's feather fan froze in midair. She slowly turned around and saw that Qi Yuan was wearing a white shirt today, with a familiar scabbard strapped to the leg glimpsed through the slit in her pants.
Qi Yuan wore the pair of Sea Cloud Stone earrings Mu Chen had brought back from Sky Island, and they swayed gently with her breathing.
This Empress was not easy to deal with, so Mu Chen could not get to work so easily.
Kong Ming was also speaking against her heart, but with Qi Yuan's powerful hearing, she naturally caught that Kong Ming was lying.
Qi Yuan said with a half-smile, "Hmph, is that so?"
"I think Vice Admiral Mu Chen was so stunned by the world's most beautiful woman that he couldn't move, wasn't he?"
"How would I know? How about this? I'll go notify Vice Admiral Mu Chen right now and tell him you've arrived."
But to Kong Ming's ears, those words carried danger.
Kong Ming knew that jealous women were the most terrifying. Just as she turned to notify Mu Chen, Qi Yuan's blade was pressed against her neck.
"No need. I'll go myself!"
With that, Qi Yuan leaped into the air and vanished from the deck.
Watching Qi Yuan's retreating figure, Kong Ming shook her head repeatedly. "Sigh, Vice Admiral Mu Chen, good luck. I really did my best!"
Kuja Palace, Rose Garden.
The midday sunlight filtered through the crystal dome, scattering flecks of gold across the garden's blood-red roses.
Hancock's legs curled around Mu Chen's waist like works of art, rubbing ambiguously against the belt buckle on his military trousers.
Her slender fingers held a grape covered in morning dew and slowly brought it to Mu Chen's lips. "Come."
"Want another one?"
"These have been soaked for twelve