649 Women (2/2)

”I'm Shangguan Ru, the instructor of the Land of Fragrance,” said Shangguan Ru of her own initiative.

Queen Ju's eyes couldn't move. So this was that legendary 'Queen' who had taken back the entire country from the Dragon King's hands but always called herself the 'instructor'.

With her head tilted, Xu Yanwei enjoyed herself despite the unfavorable situation and secretly judged the two similarly-aged women as an onlooker.

Queen Ju was getting bossier. The timid and shy princess had long disappeared. Now she could remain dignified in the face of adversity as if she was humbling herself to come here and that this was an incognito visit to buy over people.

Miss Ru, who she hadn't seen for a long time, had changed a lot. She appeared much less sad and depressed than when she was at the castle, and her smile was quite graceful and confident, somewhat seemingly resembling that of a real queen. It was just that she still possessed the innocence of childhood and looked too young.

'If I were the Dragon King…' Before Xu Yanwei's mind could drift away, Queen Ju opened her mouth. ”The Dragon King often talked to me about you.”

The Queen's voice was approachable but Xu Yanwei immediately understood that the duel had begun. Queen Ju was lying. Xu Yanwei knew this more clearly than anyone else about how hard it was for the Queen to see the Dragon King even once. Even the ordinary soldiers of the Dragon Army saw the Dragon King more often than her. How could the Dragon King 'often' talk to her?

Shangguan Ru responded better than Xu Yanwei had thought she would, not showing the slightest emotion. ”You must be the Queen of the Stone Kingdom. I really didn't expect to see you here.”

Xiao Fengchai suddenly realized something, ”Wait a minute, all of you are the Dragon King's women. Did his enemies kidnap you?”

”I'm not.” Shangguan Hong spoke up for the first time after entering the tent. He had been standing beside Queen Ju and behaved no differently from a submissive servant.

”Pooh, they wouldn't have tied you if you hadn't shamelessly insisted on coming.” Xu Yanwei bluntly pointed out the truth.

Shangguan Hong really regretted it. As the Queen's close aide, he wanted to show his loyalty at the critical moment but didn't expect that the kidnapping would really succeed and that no one would come to save them.

The words 'women of the Dragon King' had a subtle effect on both Queen Ju and Shangguan Ru. The two bowed their head and said nothing, but in Xiao Fengchai's eyes, it was just an intermission before even fiercer moves were revealed next. She had to do something to stop it, so she said to Xiao Fengchai, ”That's strange. What do these young and old baldies have to do with the Dragon King? And what's your relationship with the Dragon King?”

”I have nothing to do with the Dragon King,” the two said at the same time. One of them was Lianqing, who had been sitting behind his Master as an onlooker, and inwardly sighing about the Dragon King's good fortune in love affairs. ”We have been imprisoned here for a long time. It was the Khan's order, and it had nothing to do with the Dragon King.”

Xiao Fengchai also denied this, saying, ”There must be a mistake or there are some other reasons. I have nothing to do with the Dragon King at all.”

Xu Yanwei pursed his lips. ”Xiao Fengchai, we used to be in the same trade and neighbors, so you don't have to hide from me, do you? Can you swear that you've never seduced the Dragon King? Can you swear that you've never done it?”

Although Xu Yanwei had long since retired from her old job, she was still a little jealous of Xiao Fengchai and didn't believe that any man could resist the charm of this woman.

Unannoyed, Xiao Fengchai replied with a straight face. ”While living in the brothel, it's unavoidable that I seize a chance wherever there is merrymaking. But I swear to the Heavens that the Dragon King and I are innocent. He knows who I really love and therefore has always treated me with courtesy. He's a worthy gentleman.”

Xiao Fengchai deliberately raised her voice in the hopes that the words would reach the kidnapper's ears.

Xu Yanwei smiled and proudly glanced at Queen Ju and Shangguan Ru before she said to Xiao Fengchai, ”Well, we all have someone we love. It happens all the time. You don't have to care too much about it. Every man will become picky once they have two beautiful women like these two, let alone the Dragon King.”

The Dragon King had actually met Xiao Fengchai before he got married at the Stone Kingdom. Xu Yanwei didn't care about the loophole in her words as she simply felt that the gap between her and the most popular courtesan of the Retention Alley wasn't as big as she had thought.

Xiao Fengchai didn't want to argue with Xiao Fengchai. She smiled and turned to Shangguan Ru, ”That's right. The Dragon King and Miss Ru were childhood sweethearts. Together, they manged the Kun Society well. The residents of the whole Jade City still remember them.”

Upon hearing this, Queen Ju abruptly raised her head, trying to say something but paused, though her expression had changed. She turned to Shangguan Hong and snapped, ”What are you doing standing around here? Go and ask what's going on and get me a glass of water while you're at it.”

None of the two tasks was easy to complete but Shangguan Hong dared not object. He nodded and ran to the monks, intending to make up some lies and sneak out later. He knew that the Queen just wanted to vent her anger on him but didn't really expect anything.

The four women fell silent, and Lianqing wasn't aware of their complicated relationship and the battle of words at all. He could only think of one question. ”Does the Dragon King only have this few women? It seems a bit too few.”

Xu Yanwei immediately said, ”Of course not, there's more, like…” She held back the name of Luo Ningcha in time. ”Lotus. Right, if this is really a kidnapping of the Dragon King's women, she should be the first to be kidnapped.”

Queen Ju sneered as she revealed, ”I'm afraid the kidnapper is exactly her.”

Just then the officer came in and said, ”One, two, three, four women, come with me. Someone wants to see you.”