It turns out, they were the main characters.

Even if she chose Luo Tan, she might not be happy, after all, the princess is her best friend, and she is also close to Mu Zhian.

But if she were to be chosen as a princess... then she would be even less likely to be happy.

The only solution is to praise both of them before the problem arises, thus preventing it from escalating.

Ha, although you're at the Dao Integration Realm in terms of cultivation level, you're still not as experienced in matters of the heart as I am...

Seeing Luo Tan remain silent for a moment, Mu Zhian couldn't help but feel a little smug.

But just then, he heard Luo Tan's soft and sweet voice ring in his ears again: "Then, between me and the Princess, who do you feel more comfortable kissing?"

Mu Zhian's thoughts paused slightly.

Wait, wait a minute!

Why would someone ask such a strange question out of the blue?!

"His Majesty……"

"Me?" Luo Tan's voice carried a hint of strangeness.

Mu Zhian shook his head and sighed softly, "Your Majesty, I am afraid I cannot answer your question."

Luo Tan: "Hmm? Is there perhaps some unspeakable reason?"

She looked at the boy whose eyes she had blindfolded, then glanced with a mocking look at the beautiful woman standing on the other side of Mu Zhi'an.

Mu Zhian remained calm: "If I were to answer 'Your Highness,' what would you think?"

Luo Tan remained silent.

"But what would you think if I answered someone other than Her Highness the Princess?"

Mu Zhian sighed and said, "You might think I'm just using sweet talk, praising you in front of you and flattering Her Highness the Princess in front of you, saying one thing to people and another behind their backs... so no matter how I answer, it won't be appropriate."

Luo Tan was silent for a moment, then suddenly chuckled and said, "If you could put your mind to good use, you would be more than qualified to be my advisor in the future."

Mu Zhian smiled and asked in return, "Does not being a strategist mean I can't stay by your side?"

Although he saw nothing, Mu Zhian instinctively took Luo Tan's hand and whispered, "You may have many advisors around you, but the only one who can help you to the end is me."

He was born to be a furnace, so he was naturally qualified to say these words.

For a fleeting moment, Mu Zhian could feel Luo Tan's body stiffen slightly. Although he couldn't see her expression, it wasn't hard to imagine that the woman's expression was clearly a little off.

Like Yao Meng, this empress is high on offense and low on defense. She can tease others, but when it's her turn to be the one being teased, Luo Tan feels a little girlish shyness and joy.

"You...you haven't answered my question yet."

At this moment, Luo Tan suddenly spoke softly with a hint of shyness.

Mu Zhian slowly shook his head: "If you mean between the Princess and yourself, then I'm afraid I can't answer that... Moreover, my relationship with the Princess happened several days ago, and my intimacy with you has been a long time coming, so I can't make a direct choice right now..."

He thought this explanation would be enough to make Luo Tan give up on the matter, but then he heard Luo Tan ask in a gentle voice:

"What if you were to experience it first before making a choice?"

“Then without a doubt, the person I will choose is you,” Mu Zhian replied calmly.

"Because I'm right in front of you now, I can give you the most direct experience, right?"

Luo Tan seemed to understand the meaning behind Mu Zhi'an's words, and smiled slightly: "Then if I'm not the only person you're intimate with right now, what would you choose?"

Mu Zhian was taken aback; something about those words just didn't sound quite right...

He was about to speak when he felt the woman gently press her red lips against his.

Her eyes were obscured by the white fabric of her dress, leaving her in complete darkness. But for some reason, it was precisely this darkness that made it easier to sense the woman's presence.

This is not Luo Tan!

After feeling the woman's kiss for a moment, this thought flashed through Mu Zhian's mind almost immediately.

Despite the other party concealing their aura, for some reason, Mu Zhian had this intuition.

The person kissing him right now is not Luo Tan... There is a third person in this bedchamber!

At this moment, Luo Tan hugged him from behind, gently pressing her soft body against Mu Zhi'an's back, and said in a gentle and sweet voice, "Do you like this surprise?"

Mu Zhian was silent for a moment, then tried to untie the white dress covering her eyes.

However, Luo Tan reached out and pressed Mu Zhi'an's hand, stopping him from doing so, and said gently, "Don't untie her... She's a little shy, so let's leave it like this for now."

As he finished speaking, he looked up with a slight smile at the beautiful woman standing in front of Mu Zhian.

The two women surrounded Mu Zhi'an from the front and back, and he felt as if his brain was turning over in a sluggish way.

After a long while, their lips parted, and Mu Zhi'an gently exhaled, boldly reaching out to take the woman's soft hand in his. He then whispered, "Your Highness...?"

A brief silence fell over the bedchamber.

The princess frowned slightly, glaring at Luo Tan, who was watching the show, with annoyance and embarrassment, and then asked, "How did you find out?"

She truly is a gentle woman; even when she's embarrassed, she gives off the feeling of a lover staring at you with a resentful look.

Mu Zhian smiled and said, "If I can't even tell what fragrance Her Highness the Princess is wearing, then as Her Highness the Princess's secret lover... I would be a complete failure."

The princess had indeed concealed her aura, and with his level of cultivation, it would have been impossible for him to detect it. But the princess had been so close to him just now, how could Mu Zhi'an not have noticed?

"I'm just a little curious, why are you here tonight...?" Mu Zhian suddenly asked.

"I asked her to come."

Luo Tan removed the blindfold from Mu Zhi'an's eyes.

Dressed in a magnificent white gown, the beautiful and elegant alchemist empress smiled and said, "I now roughly understand why you and the princess are so intimate... You want to comprehend the laws of the Great Dao, don't you?"

Before Mu Zhian could speak, a hint of mockery flashed in Luo Tan's bright eyes: "In the past, there were quite a few people who wanted to use our Great Peng Emperor's wife to comprehend the Great Dao, but I didn't expect her to choose you in the end."

Mu Zhian was speechless: "So His Majesty knew everything all along..."

He knew the princess and Luo Tan had a good relationship, but he never expected the princess to tell Luo Tan something like this...

“She didn’t tell you about your relationship at first, but I already had some suspicions when you returned to Yuzhou today, so I tested her a little during the day,” Luo Tan said with a faint smile.

"But what do you mean by summoning Her Highness the Princess to the bedchamber tonight...?" Mu Zhian asked with a hint of probing.

"Since you want to comprehend the laws of the Great Dao, the simplest way is to enter and exit the Great Dao, and then try to resonate with the Great Dao at the moment you step into the peak of the Returning to Emptiness stage... As long as the Great Dao recognizes you, you can merge with the Dao in the future."

Luo Tan looked at Mu Zhi'an and said softly, "Tonight you will be able to return to the peak of the Void Realm. As for whether you can comprehend the Dao, that depends on whether the Great Dao recognizes your existence."

Mu Zhian's eyes widened slightly. Looking at Luo Tan's stunningly beautiful face and the hint of shyness in her usually haughty gaze, he understood the meaning behind her words.

Luo Tan wanted him to break through to the peak of the Returning to Emptiness realm tonight, and then, with the help of the princess's special physique that was connected to the Great Dao, comprehend the Great Dao in one fell swoop!

Only moonlight streamed through the windows of the bedchamber, and a brief silence fell over the room, creating an atmosphere that seemed somewhat ambiguous.

Leaving aside the princess, although she is the wife of the Great Roc Emperor, she is inexperienced in matters of the heart and possesses the mature sexiness of a young woman, while being as pure as a blank sheet of paper in matters of the heart.

As for Luo Tan... perhaps in the eyes of the cultivators of Yuzhou she is an inviolable empress, however, like the princess, she has never had any physical intimacy with men in the past...

Despite this, she still secretly summoned the princess tonight.

This is truly a pleasant surprise...

"Why aren't you saying anything? Are you still upset that I teased you earlier?"

Luo Tan looked at the silent boy and suddenly chuckled: "Or are you hesitating about something?"

She tiptoed slightly and whispered in Mu Zhi'an's ear, "For example... can you only satisfy one person?"

These words were so powerful they could ignite one's emotions, and even Mu Zhian couldn't tolerate such questioning.

He could no longer restrain himself. He reached out and put his arm around Luo Tan's voluptuous waist, then looked at the princess beside him and said, "Princess, is it alright?"

The princess pursed her lips and gently leaned against the young man's chest.

Then, a gentle and sweet voice rang out in the bedchamber: "Of course."

"Please keep this from the Great Roc Emperor, and then... fully experience the Great Dao!"

……

That night, Yuzhou was no different from any other day, with a bustling scene everywhere.

The people sang praises of the Empress, and the palace was patrolled as usual by attendants.

No one in the palace slacked off during the inspections.

Even late at night, their empress would often work tirelessly, reviewing memorials, even after returning to her palace.

If even Her Majesty the Queen is like this, then those below her should naturally learn from her even more.

However, no one knew that their Empress was not reviewing memorials tonight, but rather...

Boom...

At one moment, a deafening thunderclap seemed to resound above the imperial palace in Yuzhou, attracting the attention of countless cultivators within the palace, who all looked up in that direction.

That is the Queen's bedroom.

Immediately, people began to whisper among themselves.

They assumed that His Majesty had concocted some kind of elixir that had attracted a calamity.

At this moment, centered on the sleeping quarters, a five-pointed star formation quietly spread outwards, and soft white light rippled outwards, subtly concealing the vast spiritual energy that originally overflowed from the sleeping quarters under the formation.

The deafening thunder also dissipated.

Deep within the sacred land of Yaochi, Yao Meng seemed to sense something immediately, looking up towards the direction of Yuzhou, lost in thought.

Not far from her, a girl with a cool and aloof demeanor slowly opened her eyes. Her skin was also shrouded in a faint silver glow, making her appear holy and captivating.

"Holy Maiden, what are you thinking about?" the Holy Maiden of Yaochi asked softly.

With mixed feelings, Yao Meng said, "I never imagined that I would one day be handing my lover over to another woman."

Yaochi Saintess: "?"

Yao Meng shook her head and smiled, "It's alright, just stay here and cultivate in peace."

"Does Your Majesty intend to go out?" asked the Holy Maiden of Yaochi.

Yao Meng nodded and said quietly, "Let's go to the restricted area to clear our heads."

"By the way... I'd like to ask Qian'er about something."

The Holy Maiden of Yaochi was momentarily stunned.