In Qi Country, within the main hall of the Phantom Sound Workshop in Fengxiang City.
"Clang!"
"Boom!"
"Clang, clang, clang!"
A barrage of deafening sounds, mixed with the crashing of heavy metal and objects smashing to the ground, filled the center of the hall.
The Empress stood in the middle of the hall in a noble and overbearing red gown, radiating an imposing aura.
Killing intent blazed in her phoenix eyes as her pair of snow-white hands struck out again and again.
Palm-shaped blasts of inner force shot through the air, leaving one deep dent after another in the bronze vessels and walls on both sides of the hall.
The alluring Nine Heavens Holy Maidens stood trembling at the sides, not daring to utter a word!
Only after a quarter of an hour did the Empress stop. Her breathing was slightly disordered, and when she saw the bronze instruments she had wrecked around her, she felt a twinge of regret.
"It's all that little thief Wang Shu's fault. He's truly detestable!" The Empress was filled with fury. She had been toyed with yet again.
Ji Ruxue stood not far away with her eyes lowered, staring straight ahead. Ever since the Empress had returned, she had become extremely irritable.
She found fault with everyone, and several slow-witted female attendants had been punished until they wept bitterly.
Whether it was an illusion or not, Ji Ruxue felt that the Empress's gaze kept drifting toward her, sending chills down her spine. She thought to herself:
I didn't do anything wrong, did I?
"All of you, get out!" the Empress snapped angrily, her supreme authority echoing endlessly through the empty hall.
"Yes!"
"As you command!"
The Nine Heavens Holy Maidens breathed a sigh of relief and promptly withdrew.
Ji Ruxue silently lowered her head