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At those words, Dai Xiao jumped in fright. The imperial dignity he had just mustered vanished without a trace, like a ball deflating. He hurriedly called in a hushed voice to the soldiers about to charge into the palace, "Come back! Get the hell out!"

A few soldiers were a moment too slow leaving the palace and even received a kick from Dai Xiaoyao.

Had he known the person inside was Li Chen, Dai Xiaoyao would never have dreamed of going in. He would not even have dared linger at the palace gates.

If he disturbed Li Chen, even being emperor would do him no good.

Dai Xiaoyao was a perfectly normal man, and something of a lecher.

What did the palace contain? Beauties, of course. Beauties in heaps, beauties whose heavenly fragrance and peerless looks could topple a nation.

Those were the realms Dai Xiaoyao longed and yearned for.

But Li Chen was inside. What did that mean? It meant Li Chen was enjoying them.

This was not even a question of whether Dai Xiaoyao felt humiliated. He did not dare entertain that thought. What frightened him was whether Li Chen would be angry if he learned what Dai Xiaoyao had just done.

After agonizing over it, Dai Xiaoyao finally decided to wait where he was until Li Chen finished, then go inside to apologize. Perhaps Li Chen would have enjoyed himself so much by then that he would not hold it against him!

Though he inwardly regretted losing Zhu Zhujing's beauty, what did that matter compared to his own safety? He was emperor now. Could he not have as many beauties as he wanted? Once Li Chen leaves, I'll bring a hundred beauties into the harem. No, a thousand! Dai Xiaoyao thought to himself.

Time ticked past. Dai