The Empress hurriedly turned and left.
Once she was gone,
Chu Xuanzhen withdrew his gaze and looked back at Consort Ru, who was now a corpse.
"She shouldn't have died so easily."
The subordinate beside him indicated that he understood.
He would chop this vicious woman to pieces and feed her to the dogs.
The moment Shen Yangge appeared with a pair of Dragon Horns, Xiao Zhi stared at him in stunned disbelief, nearly dropping the osmanthus cake in his hand.
As if unable to believe his eyes, he looked him over from left to right, again and again.
"B-big brother?"
Shen Yangge nodded.
Xiao Zhi said, "A-are you really big brother?"
Shen Yangge nodded again and answered very seriously, "Yes. You don't need to be afraid. I don't eat people, and I don't eat children either."
Whether it was the last two statements or the first that worked, Xiao Zhi's tense expression finally changed. He shuffled up to Shen Yangge and offered him his half-eaten osmanthus cake.
"Big brother, why did you grow two horns?"
The longer Xiao Zhi looked at those golden horns, the more he wanted to reach out and touch them. He really wanted to know what touching them would feel like.
But he didn't dare.
Shen Yangge took the osmanthus cake, chewed a few times, and swallowed it down. Then he started making things up again. "Xiao Zhi, once you're as old as I am, you'll grow horns too."
"It's the same for everyone."
At that, Xiao Zhi's eyes instantly lit up. "Really!"
"...Yes."
System 615: [Host, isn't deceiving children a little inappropriate?] [Wouldn't that be illegal in your world?]
Shen Yangge replied with a perfectly straight face: [-No. At worst, the child's parents would chase me around with a mop.]
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