A Nighttime Conversation in the Imperial Palace

After chatting for a while, Han Yu hesitated for a moment before cautiously asking, "Brother Xiao Yu, I have a favor to ask. I wonder if you would be willing to listen?"

"Go ahead and speak, I'm listening," Shen Ge nodded.

"It is like this, on the fifteenth of this month, our Phoenix Kingdom will be holding a sacrificial ceremony to Heaven. I wonder if Brother Shen would be able to attend?"

"A ritual to worship Heaven?"

"It's the kind of prayer where you pray to God to tell Him that our country is now peaceful and prosperous, and that we are asking Him to continue to protect us."

Shen Ge thought that there were only a few days left, so he might as well take a look. After all, such a grand event was rare in the mortal world.

"Alright, I can go and take a look. However, this country's prosperity is due to its wise ruler and capable ministers. It's not a blessing from heaven, but rather your own hard work."

"Actually, people at our level are simply beneath Heaven's notice; it won't pay us any attention whatsoever."

"That's true, but this is also a time for the monarch to show off his abilities, so naturally he won't let it pass."

After chatting for a while, Shen Ge had a meal with Han Yu.

Although he is already capable of Grain Avoidance, it's not bad to occasionally enjoy these foods.

However, there was one thing that made Shen Ge very uncomfortable: the beautiful maids who served him by pouring wine and adding tea, whether at Han Yu's behest or not, were intentionally or unintentionally showing off their graceful figures, and even daring to lean against him.

In the past, Shen Ge would have pretended not to know and let them be. But now, perhaps because of his improved cultivation level, Shen Ge truly looked down on these common women. It wasn't that they weren't pretty enough, but as mortals, they always seemed to carry a faint air of filth in Shen Ge's eyes.

After the meal, Shen Ge was accommodated in a grand hall arranged by Han Yu, while Han Yu hurriedly boarded a carriage and headed straight for the palace.

The carriage sped along and stopped directly outside Emperor Su Du's palace. This was a privilege unique to Han Yu; she was the only one in the entire Phoenix Kingdom who could disregard the rules of the palace, which showed how much Su Du treated her.

After getting off the carriage, Han Yu quickly walked to the entrance of the palace. "Sister, are you asleep?"

A moment later, the sound of dressing came from the palace, and soon a slightly languid yet alluring voice came from inside. "Xiao Yu, you haven't come here for a while. Are you having trouble sleeping tonight and want your sister to lull you to sleep? If so, come in. If not... well, you can come in anyway. Since you're here, you have to sleep with me."

Han Yu did not react to Su Du's teasing. She pushed the door open and entered. At this moment, a woman with a graceful and alluring appearance was sitting in front of the dressing table. She was wearing a purple gauze dress, and her exquisite figure was faintly visible through the gauze.

This hazy beauty is simply irresistible, but unfortunately, no one can appreciate such breathtaking scenery.

Although Su Du is the same age as Han Yu Han Yu, she has a better figure and greater charm, especially her exquisite face, which seems to have been untouched by time.

Han Yu smiled and walked behind Su Du, placing her hands on Su Du's fair and smooth shoulders and gently massaging them. Su Du closed her eyes in enjoyment.

After a while, Su Du asked with a look of rapt attention, "Xiao Yu, you didn't come here just to give me a shoulder massage, did you? Although I really enjoy it, please get to the point."

Han Yu's fingers never stopped moving as he said with a slightly excited tone, "Your Majesty, he's here."

"Him? Who is he?" Seeing that Han Yu didn't respond, Su Du's heart skipped a beat. He opened his eyes, lay back in Han Yu, and said, "You're not talking about that immortal brother Shen you've been longing for, are you?"

Su Du was unaware of this news because she unconditionally and absolutely trusted Han Yu, so she didn't plant any spies in the Han residence. Otherwise, with her intelligence network, Phoenix City would have no secrets from her at all.

Han Yu nodded, her eyes filled with confusion and helplessness. "Sister, my heart is so confused right now. It's fate that we can meet again in this vast sea of people, but he is still as handsome as a young man, while I am old and faded."

"I really, really like him. I've fantasized countless times about what it would be like to reunite with him. I would rush into his arms and kiss him, telling him how much I've missed him. But now that he's actually standing in front of me, I realize that fantasies are still just fantasies. I don't have the courage to face him at all."

"That's true. He's a high and mighty immortal, while I'm just an ordinary mortal. Perhaps I'm somewhat attractive, but what does my attractiveness mean to those immortals?"

Su Du chuckled and pinched Han Yu's cheek, saying, "I never thought that Xiao Yu, who is always so decisive, would be so absent-minded. Do you feel that you are not good enough for him? Why don't you add me to the list and see? The two of us, still charming and beautiful women, should be a good match for him, right?"

Han Yu raised her hand to grasp the small hand that was wandering all over her face, her expression slightly displeased, and said, "Sister, what kind of time is this to still laugh at me? I came here to ask you for advice, not to have you laugh at me."

"Give me some ideas?" Su Du's small hand, still restlessly circling in Han Yu's palm, was being held by Han Yu. "My idea is to just sleep with him. You strip naked and then ambush him at night. If he's even a man with a shred of Blood Qi, he can't possibly resist this beauty who's delivered right to his doorstep. If you're really worried that your charm alone isn't enough, the two of us can ambush him together. If that still doesn't work, we can get a hundred stunning beauties to strip naked and ambush him together. As long as he's still a man, he can't possibly resist such a scene."

Seeing that Han Yu's displeasure deepened, Su Du stopped there, saying, "Alright, I'm not joking with you anymore. You just feel that you're still just a mortal and not good enough for him, right? You don't need to worry about that. I'll go and ambush him by myself at night. I don't believe he can resist my temptation."

"Elder sister!"

"Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore." Su Du snuggled into Han Yu and said coquettishly, "Your worries are really nothing. We've almost finished our preparations, and it's time to do that thing. Then, you and I will both gain immortality. So, you don't need to feel sorry for yourself just because you're a mortal. If you like someone, you should say it. Otherwise, your relationship might end after he leaves this time. Even if it doesn't work out in the end, at least you said it. Otherwise, this will become a regret for the rest of your life."

"By the way, if it works out, would you mind letting your older sister get involved too? After all, I've never tasted a man's touch before."