Ju Zi immediately lowered her head when she heard those words.
"Please give your orders, Your Highness!"
"I hear that Tian Chen is especially fond of beautiful women. I will arrange for him to join Xuan Ziwen's laboratory. Try to get close to him, learn about him, and make him fall for you until he willingly hands over all the information and documentation on that technology. And pry out everything about the faction behind him!"
"After that, find a way to use that thing to extract his..." Xu Tianran crooked a finger. Ju Zi obligingly lowered her head as his lips parted slightly.
Hearing Xu Tianran's words, Ju Zi felt an icy chill shoot from the soles of her feet straight to her skull.
When it came to understanding Xu Tianran, if she claimed first place, who would dare claim second?
Once, she had been filled with gratitude toward Xu Tianran. Only with time had she finally figured out just what sort of lunatic he was.
Was this madman really going to make me...?
"What's wrong? It's all right. Is it a little hard to accept?" The smile on Xu Tianran's face was unreadable.
"I wouldn't dare. I have long regarded life and death as no more than dirt. Your Majesty is my everything. Even if you ordered me to die right now, I would willingly obey!" Ju Zi immediately knelt, which also let her avoid the flash of cold malice in Xu Tianran's eyes.
"Hehe! Relax, I was only joking. What are you afraid of?" Xu Tianran chuckled twice, as though nothing had happened.
"Don't worry. No matter what, I would never make you do that sort of thing."
"But I truly am interested in Tian Chen. They say he had six hundred thousand year soul rings during the