The Empress's No.1 Lackey-Chapter 533 - 403, Together in the Same Room for the Second Time (6k)_4

As for why it was in deep winter, it was also easy to understand:

During the cold winter, the borders were most stable, with no possibility of any large-scale wars breaking out. At this time, it made sense to call the border generals back without worrying about problems at the frontier.

Xu Zhenguan softly "hmmed" in agreement.

Zhao Douan discerned the hidden worries in Zhenbao's tone, and suddenly said,

"General Zhao Shixiong will come back too, right?"

Last time, Xue Shence had told him that Zhao Shixiong, stationed in the southwest border, had a connection with Mu Prince.

This time, Xu Zhenguan was silent a bit longer before saying, "Logically, he should return."

Zhao Douan also fell silent.

"It's late, let's sleep," the Empress suddenly said. "You could try to contemplate the Six Chapters Scripture more to expend excess energy so you can fall asleep."

"Okay."

Zhao Douan blew out the candles in the warming room, and the room immediately plunged into darkness, with only the moonlight spilling in through the window paper.

A man and a woman ended their conversation and each tried to fall asleep.

However, this time, it was Xu Zhenguan who couldn't sleep...

Blurred and uncertain how much time had passed, maybe an hour or two.

Suddenly feeling a painful bladder distention, the Empress on the bed was awakened by the urge to urinate...

Well, cultivators of the Worldly Realm are not gods; they still need to eat, drink, and relieve themselves daily—even celestial beings get up at night.

Even inside the bedroom, there was a chamber pot under her bed, which she normally used for nocturnal visits.

But today was a bit inconvenient.

Xu Zhenguan turned over, and her hand, reaching unconsciously for the chamber pot, abruptly stopped. Her eyes fixated straight at the curtains, behind which lay someone in the warming room.

A slight drowsiness immediately dissipated.

In the darkness, her eyebrows slowly furrowed.

"...Troublesome..."

To forcefully hold it in? It seemed not very easy... but even with a curtain separating them, it was impossible for her to remove her undergarments and relieve herself—the thought itself was inconceivable.

"Hey... are you asleep?" Xu Zhenguan hesitated for a moment, then called softly.

She wanted Zhao Douan to go out for a while, to wait until she was finished before coming back in.

There was no response; only the steady breathing of the man in the warming room could be heard.

"Really asleep, huh?"

Xu Zhenguan's face wrinkled in annoyance, suddenly regretting having told him the method to fall asleep.

She'd really tied her own hands.

Of course, as the Emperor, she could roughly awaken him, but she hesitated and ultimately didn't do so.

It took a lot for him to fall asleep... she wouldn't want to wake him up now...

Take the opportunity to relieve herself? No!

Even without considering the noise of urination, setting up a soundproof barrier was still unacceptable.

So, it seemed she had no choice but to go out herself... Going out to relieve herself on a cold winter night, even with the Empress' cultivation not fearing the cold, was truly not a pleasant experience.

"Sigh." She sighed softly, and Xu Zhenguan reluctantly pulled her legs out from under the covers, exposing her crystal-clear, snowy feet to the air. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

Getting up, she tiptoed to lift the curtain and entered the warming room.

Her dark, lustrous phoenix eyes looked down at Zhao Douan, who lay on the ground with his head back, lightly sleeping. After watching him for a while to ensure he was indeed asleep, she quietly stepped on the carpet, crossed over him, and approached the door.

She casually slipped on a pair of shoes and quietly pushed the door open, heading toward the latrine not far away.

Now, Zhao Douan was left alone in the room.

However, what the Empress didn't know was that at this moment, the apparently sleeping Mr. Zhao, after several rounds of contemplating, and after being flung out of the "Six Chapters Scripture" by Pei Niannu opening his skull cap, drifted hazily in his mental ocean, where a green lotus appeared before him.

"A green lotus? Is this the one bestowed by the World-honored One? How come I can see it..."

Zhao Douan was dazed, his thoughts unclear.

His Divine Soul dazedly floated above his own sea of consciousness, subconsciously approaching the gently swaying green lotus in his mind, completely green, emitting a gleaming green light.

Then the next second...

With a "boom," Zhao Douan felt his sea of consciousness suddenly expand; in an instant, his Soul Power, which had long surpassed the normal range of the Divine Chapter Realm, wildly diffused.

Centering on the brow, it swiftly spread to the surrounding reality.

He didn't wake up, yet he clearly "saw" every piece of furniture, every detail in the Empress' bedroom, and saw next door's bed—empty.

Then, his Soul Power continued spreading out of the room, dissipating into the night...

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