Several Spring Nights with Nuwa?

These words naturally drew cries of surprise from the young ladies of wealthy families.

As the saying went, what young maiden did not dream of love?

The current Human Emperor's momentous deeds had naturally become a topic of conversation among them.

"I heard that the current Human Emperor is exceptionally handsome and has boundless strength. He can even hold up a roof beam and replace a pillar. I wonder if it's true."

"Of course it's true that the Human Emperor has boundless strength! I heard he can not only hold up a beam and replace a pillar, but also drag nine oxen backward. His strength is inexhaustible!"

"I heard the current Human Emperor is also very close to the Holy Mother. The Human Emperor spoke blasphemously of her, but she wasn't angry. She even appeared and invited him away. They say the two roamed the four seas and spent several spring nights together!"

Hidden in the crowd, Ye Xuan nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood when he heard that.

As it turned out, people only knew that Empress Nuwa had appeared to invite the Human Emperor away and that the two had departed on a cloud. They had no idea what the pair had actually gone to do.

That was how the story of the two spending several spring nights together had spread.

Bo Yikao, seated to one side, heard this and his face darkened.

He had never imagined that the damned Human Emperor held such a high place in the hearts of the people.

That was certainly no good news for their Xiqi faction.

What was more, these young women were discussing the Human Emperor right in front of him. Their disrespect toward him was truly infuriating.

"Young ladies, you're mistaken. Di Xin is nothing but a tyrant. Since he took the throne, many ministers and feudal lords have died at his hands."

"Some time ago, he even spent his days in the rear palace, wallowing in debauchery and neglecting the morning court. How can you still praise him like this?"

"Well said. Chaoge has long since become a place where the ruler does not act as a ruler, and ministers do not act as ministers. And not long ago, that tyrant even boasted that he would subdue the Dragon Clan!"

"The Dragon Clan is an ancient clan of sinners, a race burdened with grave sins. Yet that tyrant actually deludes himself into thinking he can subdue them. Isn't he afraid of offending all the gods and Buddhas in the heavens?"

"That tyrant is brutal by nature and flouts the rites and laws of his ancestors. He even thinks of killing the feudal lords. It's nothing but wishful thinking!"

The speakers were Bo Yikao's attendants.

Seeing his darkened face, they understood that their young master did not think much of the Human Emperor, so they all spoke up to rebuke the young women.

They did so to curry favor with Bo Yikao.

The young women were startled by their words and immediately fell silent.

Su Daji had been listening with great interest, and hearing this, she too felt somewhat annoyed.

These people had ruined her wonderful mood. They were truly detestable.

The Human Emperor's deeds had spread far and wide of late, and even Su Daji was extremely interested in them.

Whether it was his edict blaming himself, a first in history,

or his opening of the granaries to distribute grain, something never before seen since the world began,

or the mammoth cavalry that traveled across the land, all of it made her exceedingly curious.

And the rumors of the entanglement between the Human Emperor and the Holy Mother stirred her curiosity all the more.

She had been listening with great interest when these people interrupted, leaving even the habitually gentle Su Daji somewhat irritated.

Sanqi, the maid who had been standing by her side attending to her, could no longer stand it.

"What do any of you know? The Human Emperor can hold up a beam and replace a pillar, and drag nine oxen backward. Which of you can match that world-shaking might?"

At this, the other maid, Sanjiu, also found the courage to speak.

"That's right! You call the Human Emperor debauched, but even as Human Emperor, he has only a dozen or so consorts. That's already very few."

"If you really want to talk about debauchery, I'm afraid you'd have to look to the venerable Marquis of the West. They say he has hundreds of wives and only married another dozen or so a few days ago. He even has an outrageous ninety-nine children. At his age, doesn't he feel ashamed?"

Sanjiu was fiery by nature and far more eloquent than the gentle Sanqi.

Her words struck straight at the Marquis of the West's weak spot.

But everything she said was true.

The venerable Marquis of the West was now in his seventies, yet he had married another dozen or so beautiful wives. It was indeed rather hard to justify.

In fact, many people had their criticisms of this "sage" of Xiqi.

This so-called sage of Xiqi was merely a story used to fool the common people. Those with real discernment looked on it with disdain.

At the side, Bo Yikao's face suddenly turned cold when he heard this.

They had clearly been talking about the Human Emperor. How had this damned maid managed to drag his father into it?

She had even called his father debauched? It was outrageous!

His face dark, he could not help speaking up in rebuttal.

"You're mistaken. Although my father has married many wives, it hasn't affected his governance of Xiqi in the least."

"Xiqi is the most prosperous place in the world today, and he has governed it in perfect order. That is common knowledge."

"Besides, Di Xin has indeed been utterly brutal since taking the throne. Many important court ministers were executed by him in the Hall of Nine Chambers. If that isn't brutality, what is?"

"He actually allowed such a sacred place to be stained with blood, defiling the Human Clan Holy Land. I wonder how he'll have the face to meet the ancestors of the Human Clan in the future."

"A few days ago, he was even disrespectful toward the heavens and earth of the Primordial World, spouting wild boasts. I'm afraid he has already offended many gods and Buddhas. If they hold him to account, he'll surely have more than he can bear, and he might even drag the entire Human Clan down with him."

His words rang out with force.

They immediately won the approval of countless young masters present.

In an instant, they began denouncing the Human Emperor.

It was as if the Human Emperor had truly committed some unforgivable crime.

In the blink of an eye, their words had turned the Human Emperor into a thoroughly wicked being, as though he had truly done something that outraged both gods and mortals!

In that atmosphere, the young women who had been full of praise for the Human Emperor had no choice but to join in the denunciation.

After all, nothing good could come of offending Bo Yikao, the eldest young master of Xiqi.

The maids Sanqi and Sanjiu, along with Su Daji, watched the crowd's faces, indignation showing on their own.

She had never expected these people to show such faces, and Su Daji could not help feeling deeply disappointed!

Just then, a mocking voice suddenly rang out.

Though it was not very loud, it eerily drowned out every other sound there.

"You so-called talented scholars don't know a damned thing, yet you stand here spouting wild boasts. You're truly disappointing."

"Indeed, the singing girl knows not the grief of a fallen kingdom; across the river, she still sings 'Flowers of the Rear Courtyard'!"

At those words, everyone's expression changed instantly.

The singing girl knows not the grief of a fallen kingdom?

Across the river, she still sings "Flowers of the Rear Courtyard"?

Who was this? How could he be so audacious?

Had he just insulted everyone present?

He had spoken of a singing girl, but everyone could tell he meant them.

They looked toward the voice and saw a young man in a black robe.

He was exceptionally tall and slender. Though he stood there quietly, a terrifying presence emanated from him.

It made people feel as though they stood before an abyss, and they even felt an almost irresistible urge to bow down and worship him.

The young man looked somewhat out of place standing there.

Yet he was like a crane among chickens, a tiger among sheep.

As for his looks, he was unmistakably handsome beyond compare.

His face was as though carved, his features sharply defined and angular, utterly beautiful.

His entire body brimmed with a powerful masculine bearing that was intensely aggressive.