Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

"Uh……"

The Empress's facial muscles twitched slightly, clearly surprised, as if she hadn't expected her granddaughter to suddenly develop this hobby.

Wu Xiqun became more and more excited as she spoke:

"The best way is to sneak around right under Sister Youyou's and Sister Yue's noses! For example, after we each get married, we can go out together, and when Sister Youyou and Sister Yue have a little argument, I can secretly bully Sister Yu... Who told your wife to argue with my wife? I'm not doing anything to betray Sister Yue, but helping her get revenge, hehe."

"..."

The Empress was utterly speechless.

After a while, Wu Xiqun realized that her previous thoughts were a bit too outrageous, and what was even more outrageous was that she had said it directly to her elders... She immediately became extremely shy, and her two white silk-clad legs under her skirt were tightly pressed together and gently rubbed against each other.

Just as Wu Xiqun was pondering what to say to salvage her image, the Empress suddenly smiled:

"...This is actually for the best."

"what?"

Wu Xiqun looked somewhat bewildered.

Is this considered good? What's so good about it?

"Since you have such thoughts about Yu Yatou... no matter how perverted your thoughts are, it shows that out of the five candidates, she is actually the one you value the most, right?"

The Empress asked with a smile.

"……Um."

Wu Xi's face flushed even more, but she still nodded:

"If I could only choose one person to be the empress, I would choose Sister Yue. But if I could only choose one person to go on a date with, I would choose Sister Yu... She's really charming."

"That's why I said it's a good thing."

The Empress gave Wu Xiqun a deep look:

"Do you want to have a child with your Sister Yu? It's like this..."

Then the Empress stopped hiding it and told Wu Xiqun about the agreement she had made with Qin Huanyu.

Wu Xiqun first opened her mouth wide, her face blank.

Then she savored the moment for a while, and fantasized for a bit, before suddenly becoming excited. Her eyes grew brighter and brighter, and she even kept swallowing, her laughter sounding a little silly.

"Marry Sister Yue and then have a child with Sister Yu? Is there really such a good thing... Although I know this behavior is immoral, why do I feel so excited just thinking about it? Could it be that I am really a perverted princess?"

"I agreed."

After fantasizing for a while, Wu Xiqun quickly adjusted her mindset, regained her composure, and after thinking for a bit longer, gave her final answer:

"I will cooperate with your plan, Grandmother, and have a child with Sister Yu's bloodline. However, I have one condition: I must wait until Sister Yue and I have a child before proceeding with this plan. Otherwise, I will feel very sorry for Sister Yue and my mind will not be at peace."

Chapter 174 The selection of concubines concludes, and all nations pay tribute.

After Princess Wu Xiqun herself had secretly made her decision, the last two events of the princess selection competition were actually of little significance.

However, the selection process is designed by the royal family itself, so it will definitely not be stopped halfway through; the competition will still have to continue.

The sixth competition, the lobbying skills contest, is similar in process to the fourth competition. Both involve 5 candidates competing in 10 one-on-one matches, with the final ranking based on the number of wins and head-to-head results. The only difference is that the competition format has changed to debate.

The seventh project, "Life's Little Joys," involves five people taking turns dating Wu Xiqun, with the highest ranking going to whoever can make Wu Xiqun happy.

In order to control their scores, Qin Huanyu and Yi Youyou completely slacked off in both events, taking fourth and fifth place respectively.

Wang Ruoxi didn't give up and worked very hard in every project, but Wu Xiqun just couldn't get along with her saintly nature, so no matter how hard she tried, there was no hope.

The two who ultimately fought the fiercest battle for the title were Nangong Yue and Yuan Tingxue.

In the sixth event, the one-on-one debate, Yuan Tingxue had a slight edge. Since cultivation inherently involves debates, Yuan Tingxue, a cultivation genius, excelled not only in combat but also in debate. Furthermore, her slightly cunning nature allowed her to easily lure her opponents into her verbal traps, ultimately securing her first place with a perfect 4-0 record.

Fortunately, in the last project, Nangong Yue turned the tide through her own abilities.

The "Life's Little Joys" project involves each person having a one-day date with Wu Xiqun, with the details of the date entirely arranged by the princess consort candidate.

In order to get a low score, Qin Huanyu and Yi Youyou arranged very strange dates.

Yi Youyou was alright; the date she arranged was more like a prank. She took Princess Wu Xiqun with her to be phantom thieves for a day, stealing things from the homes of various powerful figures in the capital... She also unexpectedly discovered a beast who liked to torture girls with evil magic in the basement, and killed him on the spot.

Although the date was a bit bizarre, Wu Xiqun herself had a good time, not to mention the unexpected surprise of killing scumbags and rescuing an innocent girl.

Qin Huanyu went too far. She didn't treat Wu Xiqun like a princess at all. She dragged Wu Xiqun to the research department of the Investigation Bureau and made Wu Xiqun her research assistant for a whole day. She really treated Wu Xiqun like an assistant and ordered her around at will.

During this time, Wu Xiqun wanted to pin Qin Huanyu down on the lab table and tear off her white coat to punish her severely several times, but she held back. However, she kept the matter in mind and planned to settle it later.

The date arranged by Wang Ruoxi and Yuan Tingxue was quite normal.

Wang Ruoxi chose to take Wu Xiqun to two art exhibitions, and they went on a normal date like a couple, eating, shopping, and watching a movie... It was warm and ordinary, but there were no unexpected surprises.

Yuan Tingxue, on the other hand, took Wu Xiqun sightseeing. In one day, they visited several famous mountains in the Eastern Divine Continent, enjoying the natural scenery and experiencing the great principles of heaven and earth.

However, it was Nangong Yue who truly unleashed the decisive blow.

She didn't go anywhere; she just stayed home all day with Wu Xiqun, carrying a suitcase full of custom-made special clothes and toys.

No one knows exactly what happened during that time, but when Wu Xiqun went out to announce the final results the next day, she looked visibly weak in the legs, while Nangong Yue simply said that she was 'not feeling well and was recuperating'.

In the end, Nangong Yue won the championship and became the princess consort thanks to her first place in the seventh event and the extra points given by Wu Xiqun.

After the princess selection competition ended, the candidates for princess did not immediately disband.

Because they are not only candidates for princess consorts, but also the direct descendants carefully selected by the Empress for Wu Xiqun. In the future, they will all hold important positions in various aspects and become Wu Xiqun's right-hand men.

Another purpose of the princess selection competition was to make them all friends with Wu Xiqun, while simultaneously creating internal competition and factions to check and balance each other.

Now that Nangong Yue has become a princess consort, Yi Youyou, who had some minor grudges with her, has immediately been given important responsibilities and promoted. This is a kind of check and balance.

Yi Youyou's new position is called [Luantai Siming], and her specific duties are roughly equivalent to Wu Xiqun's agent. In this era where the royal family no longer participates in national affairs, it's not a busy job, but it's definitely not an easy one either. After officially taking office, she certainly won't be able to slack off in the office anymore, and she'll rarely have the opportunity to transform into Miss Yun Que and act as a phantom thief again.

However, the impact will not be significant in the short term, because the current Empress Wu Tianyi is still alive, and Wu Tianyi has her own Luantai Siming. Yi Youyou only needs to spend more time learning how to handle various situations from her seniors.

Qin Huanyu wasn't promoted immediately, but she had been hinted at more than once... as long as she did well in the Investigation Bureau and didn't make any big mistakes, she would definitely get one of the three deputy director positions in the future.

Given Lei Mingming's previous special treatment, it's clear that Qin Huanyu is Lei Mingming's chosen successor within the Investigation Bureau. Her future relationship with Wu Xiqun will likely resemble that of Lei Mingming and Wu Tianyi.

Yuan Tingxue's position as a stepmother is a foregone conclusion; she will become the next Celestial Master and the next head of the Treasure Pavilion, serving as a check on Qin Huanyu.

In fact, Yi Youyou was originally more suitable for this position, but now that she and Qin Huanyu are a couple, having them check and balance each other would only be pointless. Therefore, the royal family simply promoted Yi Youyou to a civil post to openly check and balance Nangong Yue, while having Yuan Tingxue and Qin Huanyu check and balance each other in the military post.

In this way, Qin Huanyu and Nangong Yue, as the reformist royal family members, would check and balance each other against Yi Youyou and Yuan Tingxue, as the conservative royal family members. It would be a 2-on-2 situation, which would be very balanced.

Their minor grudges prevent them from completely colluding and deceiving each other, while their superficial friendship allows them to unite against external enemies, making them an excellent combination and choice for the royal family.

The royal families of the Holy Zhou Kingdom have always done the same thing. People like Lei Mingming, Yi Qiushui, and Yuan Qi, who were by Wu Tianyi's side, were basically small groups back then.

As for Wang Ruoxi, although she was too saintly, her talent and ability were undeniable. She was assigned to the Ministry of Rites and would eventually take charge of the Imperial Music Bureau, where she would be responsible for all cultural and artistic activities related to the royal family.

. . . . .

The results were officially announced three days after the princess selection competition ended.

Nangong Yue will marry Wu Xiqun as a princess consort on an auspicious day in half a month. Wu Xiqun will retain her princess status but will officially become the new head of the royal family, roughly equivalent to the former regent and crown prince, and will automatically succeed to the throne after the empress's death.

This is actually an old tradition of the royal family of the Holy Zhou Kingdom.

Because of the infamous Xuanwu Gate Incident, the position of Supreme Emperor was considered taboo, so the Holy Zhou Kingdom never had a Supreme Emperor.

However, once the empress reaches a certain age, she will indeed become powerless to govern the country... No matter how powerful the bloodline of a hero is, there is a limit. Everyone will eventually die, and the royal family is no exception.

Therefore, the concept of a regent crown prince later came into being in the Holy Zhou Kingdom. In reality, the work of the regent crown prince was no different from that of an empress, only the title was different.

This means that in half a month, Wu Tianyi will retire completely and enjoy her old age, and the Holy Zhou Kingdom will begin a new chapter.

This is a major event for the whole world, so Wu Xiqun and Nangong Yue's wedding will not only be a cause for celebration within the Holy Zhou Kingdom, but will also be attended and congratulated by many foreign dignitaries.

The international situation in the world today can still be divided into two major camps: the Holy Zhou Kingdom and other countries outside of the Holy Zhou Kingdom.

More than 70 years ago, the two sides fought a bloody war, and their relationship is still not very good now, but they do have formal diplomatic relations on the surface, so it is still necessary to send congratulations on such an important occasion.

These countries that once fought a great war with the Holy Zhou Kingdom still have a "Strategic Alliance Pact of the Free World". Apart from the Holy Zhou Kingdom itself and the backward tribes in the Hot Sand Continent that are not even considered countries, the remaining countries are basically members of the Free World Pact.

Of these more than seventy member states of the Freedom Covenant, three countries are the main force.

The strongest force is the White Eagle Federation, whose territory almost occupies the entire northern part of White Eagle Continent, roughly equivalent to the combined territory of the United States and Canada in the transmigrator's world. The White Eagle Federation was the first country in the world to undergo the Industrial Revolution, and currently boasts the strongest technological strength and a highly developed commerce.

The other two main countries of the Freedom Covenant are the Commonwealth of Anglo-Chinese and the Republic of Aryan. They are both long-established powers in the Western Continent, and have traded with the Holy Zhou for thousands of years, and have also fought many wars.

The White Eagle Federation sent a delegation of over 100 people to attend the princess's wedding, but there were only two truly important figures... or rather, two and a half.

One of them is the Secretary of State of the White Eagle Federation, a high-ranking official in the Federation second only to the President, who is responsible for virtually all of the Federation's major diplomatic affairs.

The current Secretary of State of the White Eagle Federation is a 45-year-old white man with a shaved head and strange monster tattoos on his arms, making him look more like a gang leader than a government official. However, his unconventional appearance seems to be quite popular within the White Eagle Federation, and he enjoys high public approval ratings.

Another important figure in the White Eagle Federation was not a government official, but a kind-looking old man in a long robe. He was the archbishop of the Church of the Apocalypse and the religious leader of the White Eagle Federation.

The last half-important person was a beautiful white woman with long, straight black hair named Erica.

Erica herself is just a reporter for the Federal Daily and seems unremarkable, but her father is the current President of the Federation, and she has more bodyguards than the Secretary of State.

As the strongest member state of the Freedom Covenant, the White Eagle Federation could put on airs and send only its Secretary of State with a delegation to attend the congratulatory gift ceremony, but other countries could not.

Even the two main member states of the Freedom Convention, the Commonwealth of Anglo-Saxon States and the Aryan Republic, sent their presidents in person, not to mention the other smaller countries, where only the top figures came.

Having just finished the selection process for princess consorts, the group had no time to rest and immediately plunged into their extremely busy work.

Nangong Yue, needless to say, needed to prepare for the wedding, and so did Wu Xiqun.

However, the royal family still needed someone to participate in various diplomatic activities. The Empress was getting old, so this task naturally fell to the Luantai, whose duties were equivalent to those of the former Secretariat.

Although Yi Youyou is now only the Chief of the Luantai Palace and not the Grand Chief of the Luantai Palace, she still has to participate in various diplomatic work with the current Grand Chief of the Luantai Palace to accumulate experience, so she is extremely busy. Even if she calls Hattori Sayo over again to be her stand-in, she is still too busy to even have time to date Qin Huanyu.

Qin Huanyu herself is also very busy.

With so many dignitaries from various countries attending the princess's wedding in the capital of Shengzhou, they must all be accompanied by their own security forces, including some powerful superhumans.

Although the war is over, we must remain vigilant. Powerful superhumans from abroad are active in the capital, and someone must keep an eye on them. This task naturally falls to the Investigation Bureau.

Most of the inspectors and investigators of the 404 Investigation Bureau have returned to the capital. Basically, only one investigator remains in each major region. For example, in Qin Huanyu's 11th team, Hua and Shang Chenghai are responsible for staying behind, while she and Bai Ling are in the capital.

Qin Huanyu and Bai Ling were once again assigned to work under Ling. The three of them formed a temporary team to keep an eye on the superhumans in one of the delegations.

Zero's strength doesn't rank among the top three among the inspectors, so the delegation assigned to her is not one of the three main member states of the Freedom Covenant, but it's not weak either.

This delegation came from a small country called Olympic. The country itself is very weak, with its economy and conventional military strength ranking at the bottom among the member states of the Freedom of Trade Agreement. Even the soldiers in the army work from nine to five and have weekends off.

However, the extraordinary power of the Olympic nation should not be underestimated; it was one of the main forces on the extraordinary battlefield during the war.

The people of this country worship Athena, the goddess of war, and have long possessed a special divine magic that allows them to transform a platinum-gold light into various incredibly sharp cold weapons, while also greatly enhancing their physical abilities.

Those who wield this divine power are known as Saint Maidens in the Olympic Kingdom. Each generation of Saint Maidens consists of only five individuals, also known as the Saint Maiden Squad. Whenever a Saint Maiden dies in battle, the divine power within her returns to the Olympic Kingdom to select a new Saint Maiden to fill the void.

When Lei Mingming recounted her glorious achievements to Qin Huanyu, she emphasized the Holy Maiden. She had repeatedly tried to retain the divine power after killing a Holy Maiden, but failed each time. Throughout the war, she killed over 100 Holy Maidens, yet she couldn't truly reduce the Holy Maiden's team to a single member. Each time a Holy Maiden died, a successor would quickly appear, and their strength was almost indistinguishable from their predecessor.

The three girls who escorted the President of the Olympic Nation to the capital city this time all possessed strong spiritual energy.

However, there was one thing Qin Huanyu really wanted to complain about: only two of the three holy maidens were beautiful girls with an overall charm score of 85 or higher, which matched Lei Mingming's previous description.

But the remaining one was not only a black woman, but also fat and ugly, with crooked teeth, making her look disgusting... Anyway, Qin Huanyu really couldn't understand what she had to do with the Holy Maiden.

Keeping an eye on the three holy maidens doesn't require constantly following them.

The entire capital is covered with surveillance cameras. As long as we keep an eye on their movements, we can get to the scene and stop them as soon as they cause trouble.

Moreover, the Olympic delegation kept a low profile, staying in the embassy after arriving in the capital and not going out, making their surveillance work relatively easy.

For example, right now, Qin Huanyu and the other two are sitting in front of the monitor, drinking milk tea and eating snacks, while casually chatting about the topic of Saint Girl.

Zero is, after all, an inspector. She may not be able to defeat Qin Huanyu now, but she still has more experience and knowledge than Qin Huanyu and knows some things about the Saint Girl team.

After hearing Qin Huanyu's question, Zero first gave a strange laugh for a while before explaining it to Qin Huanyu and Bai Ling, who also looked curious:

"What else could it be... political correctness, of course."

"Huh? The Saint Girls Squad is going to get politically correct too?"

Qin Huanyu and Bai Ling were both dumbfounded.

"Of course, since the Olympic nation is also a member state of the Freedom Covenant, it naturally follows their White Eagle Federation father in everything."

Zero curled his lip in disdain:

"In the past, only beautiful girls could serve as members of the Saint Girls Squad. The divine powers that were said to be the power of Athena would only choose beautiful girls as their hosts."

"Until a few years ago, an international women's boxing organization suddenly attacked the Saint Girls team, saying that beautiful girls are only a very small minority of women and cannot represent women at all. Using beautiful girls to represent women is killing women."

"Behind that international women's boxing organization is a bunch of idiots from the White Eagle Federation. The Olympic Nation, a small country, couldn't resist them and finally agreed to add a fat and ugly black woman to each generation of the Saint Girl team."

"However, that divine power itself clearly only likes beautiful girls. No matter what methods the Olympic government used at the beginning, that divine power refused to choose a fat and ugly black woman as its host."