Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

The small room was silent.

Looking into those eyes, past memories surged into her mind.

”Who are you?” she weakly asked.

”Before knowing who I am, you must answer my question: who are you?” Chen Mo frowned and said, fearing she might try to kill herself again, he added, ”If you attempt suicide again, I absolutely won’t rescue you.”

Jiang Ruoqing’s expression stiffened. After closing her eyes and concentrating for a moment, her complexion gradually recovered, as though she had thought something through, and said, ”Jiang Ruoqing.”

Hearing this, Chen Mo blinked and said, ”Nice name, and you seem to match it. Now can you tell me why you tried to kill me? And why you wanted to kill yourself?”

Jiang Ruoqing propped herself up slightly with her elbow and said, ”Although you saved me, my purity was sullied by you, so I wanted to kill you. As long as you’re dead, I can mock my shame.”

”???

Chen Mo was speechless, what kind of nonsense logic is this?

”I only saw your body, how does that tarnish your purity?”

”What’s the difference?” Jiang Ruoqing bit her lips, seemingly not expecting him to ask such a brainless question.

”So you value your purity more than your life?” Chen Mo was somewhat speechless.

It wasn’t that she was truly sullied, just seen naked, and she was ready to live or die over it.

So pretentious.

Jiang Ruoqing nodded seriously.

Chen Mo laughed angrily, ”Then die if you want, I won’t stop you.”

But at this moment Jiang Ruoqing pursed her lips and said, ”I wanted to kill you, so why did you save me?

If you reported me, you’d probably earn a great merit.”

”Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?” Hearing this, Chen Mo chuckled.

”Of course the truth.”

”You’re truly beautiful!”

”Hmm?” Jiang Ruoqing looked at him in confusion.

”That’s the truth. Have you heard this saying?” Chen Mo asked.

”What saying?”

”Morals follow appearances. If you were ugly, at most, I’d dig a pit for you.”

”Hmm?”

”And bury you.”

”Scoundrel.” Jiang Ruoqing couldn’t help but spit at him.

”Miss, you have a sharp eye for people,” Chen Mo laughed, then stood up and approached Jiang Ruoqing step by step, squatting down and lifting her chin with a finger.

Last night, in a faint, Jiang Ruoqing didn’t fully reveal her beauty.

But now it was different.

Skin like jade flushed with red, crescent brows and starry eyes gave off a cold allure with an almost otherworldly look.

With her chin raised, Jiang Ruoqing’s eyelashes trembled, wanting to lift her hand to slap Chen Mo’s hand away.

But instead, he grabbed her hand.

”I’ve decided,” Chen Mo said, continuing in response to Jiang Ruoqing’s puzzled gaze: ”I have a very large cage, missing a canary, and I think you’re quite suitable.”

”You...”

”You don’t think that just because you don’t want to die, I would let you go? Last night once, today twice, counting it up, you’ve tried to kill me three times, don’t you think you should pay up?”

Chen Mo directly interrupted her, caressing her face.

He didn’t know why.

Despite this behavior being somewhat unethical.

But a voice inside him shouted.

Own her, own her.

Or perhaps, it was just in his nature to be lecherous.

Jiang Ruoqing’s face changed, ”I can give you money.”

Chen Mo was amused, ”How could my life be measured with money, and besides, I saved yours.”

”Then what do you want?”

”I said it, I’m missing a bird from my cage.”

”You...dream on.”

”It’s fine, I have plenty of time for you to think it over,” Chen Mo released her and then stood up, walking towards the room’s exit. Just as he was about to leave, he added, ”Of course, you can also choose to commit suicide.”

Her cultivation had already been sealed by him.

Chen Mo wasn’t afraid she’d escape.

The guards could watch over her afterward.

Watching the tightly closed door, Jiang Ruoqing closed her eyes as tears streamed down.

...

After leaving the room, Chen Mo found Chun Lan and told her about Jiang Ruoqing, though he didn’t mention she was an assassin; he merely said he planned to raise a canary, but this canary was disobedient and needed proper training.

Of course, even though her cultivation was sealed.

She was still a martial artist after all, and she still had some skills.

Therefore, Chen Mo instructed Chun Lan to deliver three meals a day.

Then Chen Mo instructed Chun Lan to go to the market to buy some servants.

The vast mansion with just a few people felt too empty.

After instructing Chun Lan, Chen Mo found Xia Lan.

He had her take his token to the Infantry Department to find Gao Zheng.

As for Chen Mo, he intended to stay at Chen Mansion.

As to prevent himself from not being there and Jiang Ruoqing making an escape attempt.

When Gao Zheng arrived, Chen Mo had him select nearly a hundred loyal soldiers to serve as guards at Chen Mansion.

Gao Zheng heartily agreed without hesitation.

Then Chen Mo gave Gao Zheng the token given to him by Xiao Yunqi, telling him to organize the remaining troops into his own Fire Qilin Army.

That’s right, he had given his army a title.

Fire Qilin.

Divided into ten reinforced battalions.

Each battalion consisting of a thousand men, five units.

...

Although Quan Qiyang was Consort Yu’s elder brother.

It wasn’t easy to meet Consort Yu.

But Quan Qiyang was a meritorious minister, after informing the Emperor, he went to Consort Yu’s chamber accompanied by two eunuchs.

”Brother.” Consort Yu knew her brother was coming to see her and had prepared in advance, waiting just outside the palace. Upon seeing Quan Qiyang, she immediately went forward to greet him.

Because of her lack of favor in the palace, she could only rely on her brother’s name to avoid being bullied in the harem, so Consort Yu was full of attachment to Quan Qiyang.

Of course, this attachment was purely sibling affection.

Not some perverse relationship.

The reason Quan Qiyang wanted to see his sister in person rather than sending a message.

Was mainly to have a good talk with his sister, and to reassure her by standing whole and unharmed before her.

When the siblings met, they didn’t talk much about military matters but chatted about family things and some of Consort Yu’s experiences in the harem.

Since the accompanying eunuchs were nearby, Consort Yu wasn’t able to say any complaints.

After all, this was the harem, and aside from eunuchs and palace maids, no other men were allowed. Even though Quan Qiyang was Consort Yu’s brother, he couldn’t stay long, so after chatting for about a quarter of an hour, he stood up to leave.

Before leaving, he dismissed the two eunuchs.

On the pretext of saying a few words alone to Consort Yu.

Of course, they wouldn’t question it.

”Brother, what’s wrong?” Consort Yu was surprised to see her brother dismiss the accompanying eunuchs.

”It’s nothing major.” Mainly, because the Emperor’s attitude towards Chen Hong was a bit strange, Quan Qiyang naturally couldn’t discuss matters concerning Chen Hong in front of the eunuchs, thus he said, ”Ah Yu, do you know Chen Hong?”

”Chen Hong?” Consort Yu was puzzled, not understanding why her brother brought this up.