Fearing being killed for his overwhelming merits, the empress decided to marry him.

001 One knife kills one minotaur

(Daniel Wu, Eddie Peng, Liu Yifei, and others, hand over your brains to AI for safekeeping.)

(It's okay if you don't hand it over, I'll absorb it.)

In the first year of the new calendar of the Great Chu Dynasty, in the capital city of Jinling.

"Anmin, I beg you, please say yes! Young Master Zhao said that if I stay with you for a month, he will agree to take me as his concubine."

You've always loved me, haven't you? Please promise me, please help me just one more time, I beg you!"

Inside the magnificent Luoyue Pavilion, a beautiful young woman of sixteen or seventeen was kneeling weeping before a young man in brocade robes.

Behind him, a wealthy young man holding a folding fan sat upright in the hall, watching them with amusement.

The boy's name was Zhao Anmin, and the girl's name was Chen Jiao. The two were childhood sweethearts.

Unfortunately, six months ago, Chen Jiao met her so-called "white moonlight," which was the carefree rich kid, Sun Shigui.

Speaking of Sun Shigui, he was a notorious playboy in Chang'an, skilled in eating, drinking, gambling, and whoring, and he lived a life of extravagance.

Moreover, this person has a peculiar habit: he possesses an extraordinary blond-haired attribute, and after conquering someone else's partner or lover with his superb and awesome skills, he drags her to his other half to show off.

The naive Chen Jiao was tricked into bed by Sun Shigui and soon became completely captivated. She then took the initiative to separate from Zhao Anmin and became hopelessly addicted to sex.

This is probably what is commonly known as decadence.

Poor Zhao Anmin, this love-struck simp, had previously been very protective of Chen Jiao, but he couldn't resist the entanglement of the yellow-haired man and ultimately silently endured the pain of being cheated on.

Even today, the goddess in Zhao Anmin's heart, who is someone else's plaything, is forced to kneel before him, begging to spend a month with him.

After six months of meticulous cultivation, Sun Shigui gradually lost interest in Chen Jiao. However, Chen Jiao was unwilling to leave, so she proposed this explosive condition.

And that's how the opening scene came about.

Zhao Anmin could hardly believe his eyes. The goddess he had cherished and the woman he wanted to spend his life with had turned into this.

"Jiaojiao, what are you talking about?"

"Please, Anmin, please help me. Please say yes, just let me be with you for a month."

Then I can enter the Sun family and live happily ever after with Young Master Sun. Please, help me!

"I'll do whatever you want to me this month, as compensation for all the years we've spent together."

"Jiaojiao, what's wrong? That bastard treated you like that, why are you..."

"I won't allow you to talk about him like that. I'm only asking you one question: are you willing to help me this time?"

Zhao Anmin felt a sudden darkness engulf his vision, never expecting Chen Jiao to say such a thing.

"Jiaojiao, what's so great about him? Is he worth you turning into this?"

"he……"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jiao blushed, turned around and glanced tenderly at Sun Shigui, who had a playful expression on his face, before lowering her head.

"He lets me experience the joy of being a woman..."

Zhao Anmin felt his whole body tremble and staggered back two steps.

"So, Anmin, will you promise me?"

Even the most sycophantic Zhao Anmin was angered.

"Chen Jiao, there's nothing between us anymore. From now on, we'll go our separate ways and not contact each other again."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

"Zhao Anmin!"

Seeing that she could not complete the task given to her by Sun Shigui, Chen Jiao simply dropped her pretense.

"What are you pretending for? It's your good fortune that I can spend a month with you, can you please stop being so ungrateful!"

"Without me, who would even want you? Believe me, you wouldn't even be able to stay in this capital city!"

Zhao Anmin sneered, glanced back at Chen Jiao, shook his head, and said, "Chen Jiao, look at yourself, look at what you've become."

Even if I, Zhao Anmin, like you very much, I would never accept such a request. So, I'm sorry, I will not agree to such an outrageous request.

"Hahaha……"

Sun Shigui, who had been watching the play, suddenly clapped his hands and laughed.

"Jiaojiao, don't blame me for not giving you a chance. It's just that he doesn't accept you. Don't blame me, hahaha."

After saying that, he laughed loudly and got up to walk out of Luoyue Pavilion.

Chen Jiao panicked and hurriedly crawled to Sun Shigui, pleading, "Young Master Sun, please don't abandon me. I really can't live without you. Please, give me another chance, okay?"

Sun Shigui sneered, just about to say a few more sarcastic remarks.

boom--

The tightly closed door to the private room was kicked open.

The next moment, a group of officials dressed in the black flying fish robes of the imperial city filed in.

Sun Shigui was taken aback: "Who are you people?"

A spirited woman immediately stepped forward, holding a token, and said, "I am Su Yun, the captain of the Imperial Guard of Her Majesty the Empress. Young Master Sun, please come with us."

"Hahaha……"

Unexpectedly, Sun Shigui burst into laughter.

"Jingwei Division? Do you know who I am? Ye Hui, the eldest son of the current Prime Minister's mansion, is my good friend."

Even Her Majesty the Empress has to give the people of the Prime Minister's residence some face. You bunch of worthless scoundrels, how dare you interfere with me?

"You'd better get out of here, or I'll sell you to a brothel!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yun's brows furrowed immediately: "You intend to resist arrest?"

"What a joke! Aside from the Prime Minister's residence, I..."

jingle--

A clear, crisp sound of a wind chime rang out in the hall, interrupting his words.

A sudden gust of cold wind swept through the room, and Sun Shigui felt a flash of cold light before his eyes.

He would never be able to say the remaining half of the sentence again in his life.

Before he could react, a graceful and handsome figure, dressed in brocade robes with a cloak draped over his shoulder, stood behind him, holding a dark dagger in his left hand.

For a moment, time seemed to stand still.

A drop of blood slid down the tip of the dark dagger in the boy's hand, splashing onto the floor and creating a spray of blood.

"All done, call it a day."

The boy left behind a sentence, the dagger in his hand swirling like a stream of light, and in an instant it was inserted into the leather sheath behind his waist.

Then, with a flick of his cloak, a gust of wind swept across the scene, so strong that people could barely open their eyes.

When they came to their senses, the boy had vanished from the scene, as if he had never been there, like a ghost.

"what's the situation?"

Coming to her senses, Su Yun was puzzled by this.

Suddenly, a bloody mark appeared on Sun Shigui's neck.

puff-

Then, blood spurted from his neck, and Sun Shigui fell straight to the ground, lifeless, his eyes wide open and his face full of disbelief until his death.

"Murder!"

Instantly, everyone from Luoyue Pavilion who witnessed this scene exclaimed in surprise.

The entire attic was thrown into chaos.

"Don't move! Stay where you are!"

Su Yun reacted quickly, immediately maintaining order at the scene, and promptly ordered someone to notify her superior, Commander Jiang Chaoyun.

After a short while, Jiang Chaoyun arrived at the scene. After briefly examining the wound on Sun Shigui's neck, he immediately said to Su Yun, "Go and notify the Jinling government office to come and collect the body. The rest is no longer our responsibility."

Su Yun was startled: "Lord Commander, why do you seem to have expected this all along?"

Jiang Chaoyun glanced around, then pulled Su Yun aside and whispered:

"Xiao Su, you've only been in Chang'an for a month, so you probably don't know much about the Jingwei Division."

Today is your first day on the job, and it must have been tough for you to encounter something like this. You'll get used to it.

Actually, the person who made the move was also your colleague and your direct superior, named Shen Lang.

"Shen Lang?"

Su Yun was taken aback.

"Is that Shen Lang, who hasn't reported for duty in front of the Imperial Guard for a whole month?"

"Keep your voice down!" Jiang Chaoyun reminded them, "This is the most untouchable person in our Jingwei Division."

Even our commander, Jiang Shangxian, the current Empress's uncle, receives considerable respect from Lord Jiang. So be careful not to offend him.

You may not know this, but since Commander Shen joined His Majesty's Jingwei Division a year ago after his ascension to the throne,

The fact that he has survived to this day without being overthrown by those incompetent officials in the court is all thanks to him.

"what?"

Su Yun was shocked upon hearing this.

"Alright, I'll explain the details to you when we get back."

Jiang Chaoyun glanced at Zhao Anmin and Chen Jiao, who looked dazed, and shook her head.

"Take these two away and hand them over to the Security Bureau for a statement. As for the rest, don't worry about them. I need to go back and report to the Commander. I'll leave this place to you for now."

After speaking, he patted Su Yun on the shoulder and walked away from Luoyue Pavilion.

……

On the other side, after Shen Lang cleanly and efficiently dealt with Sun Shigui and left Luoge, he looked up at the sky.

"The lights are about to be lit; it's time to treat yourself to some fun."

As he spoke, he patted his stomach and walked towards the braised food stall on the street corner not far away.

How to make a stay-at-home man happy for one night?

A: Eighty-six coins are enough to buy a small bottle of wine, a plate of fried peanuts, and a serving of braised dishes.