Even emperors have it tough, so don't be too picky about the entries.

There's a reason why things are expensive.

Chen Shao finally nodded: "You're the one."

The madam was as if she had been granted a pardon.

He patted her ample chest. "Young master, you have a good eye. Miss Ruolan is our top courtesan."

Then, she swayed and staggered out.

The door was closed gently.

Su Ruolan walked gracefully to Chen Shao's side and sat down beside him.

He reached out and picked up the small celadon bowl from the table with practiced ease.

A few glutinous rice balls floated in the bowl.

Floating dumplings, also known as glutinous rice balls, have long been a popular dessert in this era, serving as a pre-meal treat on many elegant occasions.

She scooped up a glutinous rice ball with a spoon, pursed her lips, and blew on it.

"This was made by my own hands, young master, please try it."

Suddenly, a voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz reached Chen Shao's ears.

"Your Majesty, you must not eat food from outside indiscriminately. You can use a silver needle to test for poison."

Oh right, there are always treacherous subjects who want to harm me, and Chen Shao readily accepts their advice.

He also carried the silver needles that Eunuch Wei had prepared in advance.

"etc."

I inserted a silver needle into the glutinous rice ball and stirred it.

When Chen Shao pulled it out again, the tip of the silver needle had turned black.

His expression changed drastically.

He shouted sternly, "How dare you! You dare poison the glutinous rice balls!"

"ah..."

Su Ruolan was startled by his sudden change of attitude, and almost dropped the spoon in her hand.

He looked down at the blackened silver needle.

His lips twitched. Had he already given himself away?

wrong!

Is this bastard an idiot? This is black sesame glutinous rice ball!

"Young master...this isn't poison, it's just black sesame filling..."

Eh?

Chen Shao was taken aback.

To prove her innocence, Su Ruolan swallowed a glutinous rice ball in one bite, the soup overflowing as she bit into it.

"Young master is being too cautious..."

Chen Shaoqian chuckled and put away the silver needles.

"Well, I'm used to it, I'm used to it..."

Su Ruolan's beautiful eyes were filled with mist, instantly creating a stunningly beautiful scene.

She smiled wryly:

"I understand. In this world, one must always be wary of others."

"Especially... to protect women like us from the sex industry."

Her words, coupled with her pitiful expression, immediately triggered the urge that all men in the world would have.

The girl from the Liang family went into the water.

To persuade women of the night to reform themselves.

"Young lady, why have you entered the world of prostitution?"

Upon hearing this, two streams of tears instantly flowed down Su Ruolan's face.

She's encountered this kind of problem far too many times, and she knows how to deal with it by heart.

"Well, it's a long story. My father is a compulsive gambler, my mother is bedridden, and I have a troublesome younger brother..."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Chen Shao was disappointed; he had thought he might uncover some interesting story.

But it's still so old-fashioned.

Could it be... that all these women were trained by the same teacher?

A gambling father, a seriously ill mother, and a broken woman?

Can't you come up with something new?

"Alright, I got it. Go sit down over there."

Chen Shao's visit to the brothel was merely a cover; his true purpose was to sneak into the imperial prison after dark.

He didn't know how he could get into the imperial prison without anyone noticing.

But Eunuch Wei said he definitely had a solution.

Seeing Chen Shao staring blankly into space.

Anger flashed briefly in Su Ruolan's eyes.

She was the top assassin of the Golden Wind and Drizzle Pavilion, and had carried out countless difficult missions using her status as a courtesan.

At the same time, she had already mastered a set of charm techniques.

Those two moves just now, if it were an ordinary person, they would have already fallen at her feet and been lying there wanting to lick her socks.

But this person in front of me, damn it.

After hearing such a tragic story, how can you not feel any sympathy at all?

No, what are you doing at a brothel?

Then I won't feel itchy anymore.

The new task assigned by the organization is to eliminate this person without anyone noticing.

The best way to die is through excessive indulgence.

The higher-ups repeatedly emphasized: This Emperor of Great Yan is highly skilled and absolutely cannot be defeated by force.

The task is difficult.

But that's what makes it challenging.

The Assassin Emperor! This is the Assassin Emperor!

If successful, it would be a glorious achievement worthy of a separate page in the family genealogy!

No cat doesn't steal fish, and no man isn't lustful.

As long as he's a womanizer, we can definitely poison him and then stage the scene.

Su Ruolan is a top-tier assassin with an endless variety of methods.

The crevices in his body were already filled with poison.

Under her fingernails, in her mouth, even in her pores—anywhere she wanted to hide poison.

"Young master."

Su Ruolan called out sweetly.

She acted coquettishly while complaining.

"Young master, are you here to sit with me forever?"

Uh... I have things to do. Can I sit all the time instead of just sitting?

Seeing that Chen Shao remained unmoved, Su Ruolan became even more annoyed.

Are you trying to force me to use my ultimate move?

She gave Chen Shao a reproachful look, "Then how about I dance for you, young master?"

Is there such a show?

Chen Shao nodded, thinking to himself that the cost-effectiveness of brothels in this era far exceeded that of commercial establishments.

Su Ruolan is clearly an expert.

She stood right in front of Chen Shao.

Hip twists, backbends, bending over, S-shaped poses... she's just as good as the top-tier tabloid streamers.

Chen Shao initially thought it was nothing.

In his previous life, he had been with countless women and was very experienced.

How could an eighteen-year-old boy's body possibly withstand such temptation?

Even though Chen Shao's mind was usually focused on important matters, he couldn't help but feel his heart racing and his blood rushing.

His hands, without his control, pulled Su Ruolan into his arms.

He really didn't want to, but his body was out of control.

"Your Majesty, absolutely not! You are the Son of Heaven, how can your imperial body be defiled by such a courtesan!"

Wei Gonggong's telepathic message entered Chen Shao's ears again, but Chen Shao remained unmoved.

"Your Majesty, if you are truly so...why not let this old servant test the poison for you?"

Damn, is this something you can use for testing poison?

The key question is, do you have the ability to test for poison?

Chen Shao raised his middle finger towards the roof.

Inside the side room, clothes fluttered in the wind.

......

"Chen Yuan, you've lost!"

Shuangmu City, the Northern Mang camp.

The bonfire illuminated half the sky.

Fifty thousand iron cavalrymen decisively defeated an army of five hundred thousand. This was a war that would be recorded in history, a feat never before achieved by the Northern Barbarians.

Inside the camp, everyone was celebrating.

In the very center of the large tent, Empress Helian Yunni of Northern Mang sat at the head of the table.

Two rows of high-ranking generals from the Northern Barbarians sat on the left and right.

Each of them was burly and strong, exuding a fierce and untamed spirit rarely seen among people from the Central Plains.

At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the disheveled middle-aged man in the center of the tent.

Emperor Qing'an of the Great Yan Dynasty—Chen Yuan!

Helian Yunni looked down at him from her high vantage point, and after a long while, she slowly spoke:

"Chen Yuan, you have lost."

Chen Yuan was quite a man.

He just smiled nonchalantly:

"The victor is king, the loser is villain; this has always been the way of things, and I have nothing to say about it."

"I only hope that you will treat the people kindly and not harm my people of Great Yan. As for me, you may kill or torture me as you please."

These words were powerful and righteous.

"Oh?"

Helian Yunni raised an eyebrow.

"She has quite a backbone."

At this moment, a general with a round face and a full beard stood up.

"Your Majesty, according to the customs of our Northern Mang, we should hold a sheep-leading ceremony."

The Sheep-Leading Ceremony, also known as the Sheep-Leading Ceremony with Bare Bodies

It was the surrender ceremony of the Northern Mang.

The prisoners were required to be shirtless, draped in sheepskins, with ropes around their necks, and led like sheep.

Meaning: Like a sheep, at the mercy of others.

An emperor of a nation, no one has ever captured such a high-ranking official before.

The thought of that scene is enough to get anyone's blood pumping.

The tent suddenly became lively.

The generals slammed their fists on the table and started arguing.

Chen Yuan's face turned pale instantly.

"absurd!"

"I am the ruler of a nation, the master of the Central Plains. How can I endure such humiliation?"

"You might as well just kill me! I'd rather die standing than live on my knees!"

The Empress chuckled and waved her hand:

"In that case, let's just kill them."

Two soldiers immediately grabbed Chen Yuan from the left and right.

The scimitar was aimed at his neck.

"kill!"

The Northern Barbarians really have no martial ethics!

Chen Yuan inwardly cursed, "How can a monarch be treated like this?"

"etc!"

He broke free from the two soldiers.

"What's wrong?"

"I am the Son of Heaven, let me choose a good sheep."