Chapter 299: Grand Marshal_1
"As long as it’s you, I like everything!" Chu Qin said with a slight smile.
Su Jin smiled seductively and took the initiative to extend her hand.
"Jin’er, did it hurt you?" Chu Qin asked gently.
"A little!" Su Jin replied with a shy tone. In her bones, she always maintained that dignified and prudent demeanor, somewhat reserved. If it were not for Chu Qin, she would never have done these things she considered shameful!
Now that she was once again sober, her true nature took the lead.
"It must have been hard for you!" Chu Qin, seeing Su Jin’s shyness, said with a touch of guilt.
"It doesn’t matter, as long as I can make you happy, I don’t care about anything else!" Su Jin shook her head and said.
"But it pains me!" Chu Qin replied, "In the future, if you’re unwilling, don’t do it again!"
"Okay, I understand!" Su Jin nodded.
"Let’s rest for a while, and then continue later?" Chu Qin suggested.
"Hmm!" Having just tasted the forbidden fruit, Su Jin was not ready to end it just like that!
"Duke Your Majesty, Shangguan Yaqing seeks an audience!" It was at this moment that Shangguan Yaqing’s voice came from outside the door!
"Ah..." Su Jin exclaimed softly. She didn’t wish for any outsiders to see her in such a state!
"It’s okay, Jin’er; you lie down here!" Chu Qin responded, "I’ll go outside to meet her."
Right after speaking, Chu Qin quickly dressed and said to the outside, "Wait for me out there!"
"Yes, Duke Your Majesty!" Shangguan Yaqing replied respectfully.
Straightaway, Chu Qin went outside, leaving the room door slightly ajar, "What’s the matter, coming to me so late?"
"Could it be that, you’re uncomfortable staying in my Duke’s Mansion?" Chu Qin inquired.
"No, not at all!" Shangguan Yaqing replied, "If not for Duke Your Majesty’s plea, Ya Qing would have been killed by Your Majesty long ago. How could I dare ask for anything more!"
"Hmph!" Chu Qin let out a light laugh, "Duke Shangguan, I do not like to hear lies!"
"Duke, what do you mean?" Shangguan Yaqing’s expression changed slightly as she asked.
"You’re one of Uncle Xue’s people, aren’t you?" Chu Qin cut to the chase.
"Ah..." Shangguan Yaqing froze on the spot, "Duke, why would you say that?"
"Just as I thought!" Chu Qin’s pupils contracted as he said, "Today, when I killed Sima Yulong and Osro, they said it was you who dispatched them to pay a visit to Uncle Xue! I suppose you and Uncle Xue had it all planned out long ago, to use my hand to remove the Eight Great Families?"
Directly exposed by Chu Qin, Shangguan Yaqing became utterly panicked and immediately knelt down, "I beg for Duke Your Majesty’s forgiveness!"
"Get up, if I were to kill you, you wouldn’t have survived in the imperial palace!" Chu Qin said with a slight frown.
Shangguan Yaqing then slowly rose to her feet.
"Shangguan Yaqing, although I won’t kill you, spies are what I hate the most in my life!" Chu Qin said coldly, "I advise you to confess honestly; otherwise, I have a hundred ways to torment you!"
"Duke Your Majesty, although I serve Emperor Xue Ye, I would never spy on you!" Shangguan Yaqing quickly said.
"Oh, you’re not sent by Uncle Xue to watch over me!" Chu Qin inquired.
Shangguan Yaqing shook her head, "No, I haven’t received such a mission from His Majesty! My task is only to ascend to the position of Clan Leader of one of the Eight Great Families and use the opportunity to eliminate them all in one fell swoop!"
"I hadn’t thought of this point, you turned out to be Uncle Xue’s man all along!" Chu Qin gave a slight smile, "Truly worthy of an emperor!"
"Indeed, having just Rogerson is enough, why the need for overkill by sending you too!" Chu Qin continued, "So, Shangguan Yaqing, what is your mission, don’t tell me you don’t have one!"
"Your Majesty, my duty is to serve you!" Shangguan Yaqing then said through gritted teeth.
"Serve, in what way?" Chu Qin arched an eyebrow and asked.
"His Majesty said that Kingly Peerage Your Majesty is lascivious!" Shangguan Yaqing responded, "He asked me to take the chance to get close to you, to become your woman, for your... pleasure!"
Chu Qin was slightly startled, "Did Uncle Xue really say that?"
"Hmm, if Ya Qing tells half a lie, may heaven strike her with thunder!" Shangguan Yaqing declared.
"And you, you really accepted this mission?" Chu Qin asked.
"Not hiding it from Your Majesty, but ever since I was young, I was not favored in the Shangguan Family, it was Your Majesty who took me in and trained me to be the leader of the shadow guards! Following orders is my duty!" Shangguan Yaqing said with a bit of solemnity.
"What a ’following orders is my duty’!" Chu Qin commented coldly with a sneer, "Very well, you may leave!"
"Kingly Peerage Your Majesty, you don’t..." Shangguan Yaqing began in surprise, she thought that Chu Qin would directly take advantage of her...
"Don’t what?" Chu Qin asked with a slight smile. Chu Qin still held some aversion to people who approached him with ulterior motives!
"Nothing! Kingly Peerage Your Majesty, I take my leave!" Shangguan Yaqing said firmly, biting her lip and turning to leave!
As Chu Qin watched Shangguan Yaqing’s retreating figure, he sighed softly, but upon entering his room and beginning another round of sparring with Su Jin, he was back to his old self!
The next day!
In the Tiandou Empire, on the Imperial Palace Square.
At this moment, a grand banquet was set, and not only Emperor Xue Ye and his royal concubines were present, but court ministers also brought their families to attend the feast.
It was Chu Qin’s first time realizing what ’thousands of beauties in the harem’ meant. Beside Emperor Xue Ye, there were at least a hundred consorts, and each minister’s consorts were numerous as well!
However, without a doubt, their quality was in no way comparable to the women by Chu Qin’s side. Any single woman from Chu Qin’s entourage would outshine all the rest when taken alone!
Despite this, Chu Qin still couldn’t help but mock himself slightly, "It seems I’m still not trying hard enough!"
"Truly deserving to be the sole Kingly Peerage of the Tiandou Empire, each woman by your side is as beautiful as jade!"
"Be careful, if you dare covet the wife of Kingly Peerage, the Eight Great Families will be your end!"
"Of course, I wouldn’t dare"
The court ministers were all sycophants, casting occasional glances at Chu Qin’s women, yet none dared harbor any ill intentions!
"Stop a minute!" Just then, Emperor Xue Ye’s voice rang out, immediately silencing the bustling square!
"This banquet is held for two reasons. First, Duke Chu Qin, through his individual strength, destroyed the God-Slaying Cult threatening the northwest, slaughtering over ten thousand Soul Masters!" Emperor Xue Ye proclaimed loudly.
"What? Single-handedly annihilating ten thousand Soul Masters?" On hearing this, all the civil and military officials became unsettled!
What does ten thousand Soul Masters represent? It’s comparable to hundreds of thousands of soldiers!
"The valor of Kingly Peerage is without equal in this world!" A Grand General shouted. Following this, everyone on the square began to chant in unison, "Azure Dragon Duke, without equal in this world!"
"Wow, my Chu Qin is indeed formidable!" Xiaowu, too, was excited and stuffed a grape into Chu Qin’s mouth!
"Secondly, it was Azure Dragon Duke who eradicated Osro, Sima Yulong, the treacherous traitors who nearly attempted an assassination!" Emperor Xue Ye continued, "Therefore, by special decree, the Azure Dragon Duke is named the Grand Marshal of the Armed Forces of the Tiandou Empire, commanding all military forces!"
