“I… need you to mind your own business… hmph…”
Even at this stage, Ji Ningxuan was still being stubborn. With a coquettish grunt, she tried to continue speaking, but her consciousness was already blurring. Her head tilted, and she passed out.
“Empress!”
“Miss!”
At this moment, the bodyguards surrounding Ji Ningxuan cried out in alarm, quickly gathering around her.
Only now did they realize that Ji Ningxuan had been bitten by the Netherworld Blood Worm.
“What… what do we do? Ye Fan… let go of the Empress… don’t look at her with those eyes…” The Martial Emperor expert from the royal family saw Ye Fan holding Ji Ningxuan, and with her front chest almost popping out in all its sinful glory, he immediately shouted sternly.
All the advantages had been taken by Ye Fan. Where could the royal family’s dignity be placed now?
Bang!
Without any hesitation, Ye Fan’s wrist loosened, and he directly dropped Ji Ningxuan to the ground. “You think I want to hold her?”
It was only out of compassion, considering that Ji Ningxuan had recklessly rushed in to save him without regards for her own life, that he had held her to check if there was any hope for her.
But every time he thought of what the royal family had done to the Ye family, Ye Fan felt a wave of irritation in his heart.
So, hearing the reprimand from the grey-cloaked bodyguard, Ye Fan simply dropped Ji Ningxuan onto the ground.
“How… how could you treat the Empress like that?” The grey-cloaked elder’s face flushed with anger as he scolded furiously and rushed forward, wanting to pick the Empress up, but hesitated in his movements.
With the Empress’s noble status, no other man had ever touched her, and he, an old wreck, rushing forward and holding her, even if the Empress was saved, it wouldn’t look good when they got back.
“Empress!” Captain Gao Fei rushed over as well but also found it inappropriate to immediately reach out to help.
The scene suddenly became eerily deadlocked.
Meanwhile, Ji Ningxuan, who was lying on the ground, began to turn black in a blink of an eye as the black toxin swiftly spread throughout her body after losing the blockage of Martial Arts Qi Force in her veins.
“Young Master Ye, you should have saved her! Your mother owes a favor to the Prime Minister Manor… Back then, she was saved by someone from the manor!”
Suddenly, a grim voice came from the darkness.
The next moment, Director Chen, sitting in his wheelchair, was lifted by the black-robed man, appearing in front of everyone.
Huh?
Ye Fan was startled. After being seriously injured by the Ren Family, he had broken through to the Eighth Rank under the joint Nourish and Cultivate efforts of Qiu Wan, Qing Ruolan, and Ren Xueying. But how had these two appeared without his notice?
Was it because he was too focused?
“Great Xia’s Martial Commandant, Director Chen? You’ve come personally?” The grey-cloaked elder from the royal family saw Director Chen’s arrival and a hint of joy appeared on his face. “Director, it’s good that you’ve come, you must have a way to save the Empress, please save her!”
Both grey-cloaked elders and the other expert bodyguards from the Prime Minister Manor all bowed respectfully to Director Chen.
Director Chen, as the holder of the Great Xia Martial Commandant, was not only strong in combat but also became proficient in medical studies, especially in the use of poisons, after his legs were crippled.
Director Chen waved his hand and said indifferently, “I can’t save her! Only Young Master Ye can save her from the Netherworld Blood Worm’s poison. You should ask him.”
Ah?
Dumbfounded were both grey-cloaked elders and the other bodyguards of the Prime Minister Manor at Director Chen’s words!
Only Ye Fan could save her, but they had just offended Ye Fan again.
“Young Master Ye… we apologize…” Although extremely reluctant, the two grey-cloaked elders turned and awkwardly spoke to Ye Fan. For the life of the Empress, they had to swallow their pride.
Ye Fan ignored them, instead turning his piercing gaze to Director Chen, “How do you know about my mother’s past? And who are you, exactly?”
“Martial Bureau, Director Chen!” Director Chen looked at Ye Fan with a smile, inclining his body slightly, seemingly trying to appear a bit more benevolent. But, unfortunately for him, Director Chen’s cold face made his smile look uglier than a cry, “Your mother was an extraordinary woman back in the day, and I… consider myself one of your mother’s most loyal… friends…”
As he spoke, Director Chen hesitated for a moment, before changing his words.
Friend?
Really counts?
Sigh!
A profound look flashed through Chen Yao’s eyes as his thoughts seemed to return to that radiant sunny afternoon forty years ago!
Only, everything can no longer be as it was before.
“You can completely trust me! Because the biggest secret is that the Town Martial Hall was actually founded by your mother. I was merely the holder pushed to the front… The Town Martial Hall, after all, is destined to be controlled by Young Master Ye. My visit this time is for this matter…”
When Chen Yao spoke these words, he did not avoid the few grey-robed elders at all.
Gao Fei and the two grey-robed Martial Emperor powerhouses were shocked, their pupils inevitably widening when they heard Chen Yao’s words.
The Town Martial Hall that intimidates the entire Great Xia was actually established by Ye Fan’s mother?
And Chen Yao so resolutely stated that he wanted to pass the Town Martial Hall on to Ye Fan!
Motherf*cker!
What kind of magical world is this?
To know, the Town Martial Hall, as Great Xia’s deepest-hidden powerful organization, not even the royal family could command them—whoever controls such a force could do as they please in Great Xia without anyone daring to provoke them!
Hiss!
As Ye Fan listened to Chen Yao’s words, although it was just a simple few sentences, they contained a huge amount of information.
Obviously, Chen Yao was an old acquaintance of his mother’s; at least she showed no malice. As for whether there really was no malice, that would have to be verified later.
But one thing could be certain, the fact that his mother was the leader of the Divine Gate should be true. And those people and horses left behind by his mother in the Ye Family’s Underground Palace should be the cards she left for him.
Now that he had finally grown to this step, was he now able to come into contact with even stronger existences?
Ying Ying!
Beneath their feet, Ji Ningxuan, because of the poison spreading, let out a pained cry.
Ye Fan lowered his head to glance at her, furrowing his brow. Chen Yao nodded, “Young Master Ye, we can talk about our matters in a while! Now, you should save her first… There is a civilian house over there; you can use it temporarily!”
As he spoke, Chen Yao pointed towards a two-story house dozens of meters away.
The people inside had already been evacuated, but the lights were still on!
Ye Fan nodded. Since Chen Yao said the Prime Minister Manor had a favor with his mother, he must save Ji Ningxuan.
However, Ji Ningxuan’s wound was on her chest. If Ye Fan were to save her, he could not avoid close contact.
Ye Fan thought of this, and the grey-robed elders also thought of this.
“Director Chen, the Empress holds the highest status. It seems somewhat inappropriate for Young Master Ye to provide aid in such a private area…” the grey-robed elders and Captain Gao Fei were both so frustrated they were almost going mad.
How did it feel like the Empress lost all her innocence with this one outing?
In the end, is the Emperor Ji Ningxuan’s husband, or is Ye Fan?
“Then you do it?” Right as Ye Fan picked up Ji Ningxuan, upon hearing the grey-robed elder’s words, he stretched Ji Ningxuan out towards the grey-robed elder, immediately retorting angrily!
“I… I don’t know how…” The grey-robed elder had a bitter expression. He did not know how to and did not dare to touch Ji Ningxuan. Find your next read on empire
“If you don’t know, then keep your mouth shut!” Ye Fan snorted coldly, “Delay any longer, and even if I have to suck out the poison with my mouth, it might not be possible to extract it, and if Ji Ningxuan dies because of it, you can just pray for your own luck!”
Ah?
To use his mouth to suck?
The grey-robed elders nearly split on the spot!
That’s absolutely impossible!
This would be making the Emperor wear a green hat publicly, wouldn’t it?