The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

So, the task of luring Jiu Zhikong was assigned to Fang Ying, while the matter of provoking war between the two sides went to Liu Junxin. It seemed that Tang Rao had nothing else to do.

Thus, he decided to take another look at the palace.

After all, the palace was his own creation, and even if he got caught by Mei Fanghua inside, Tang Rao was confident he could escape.

Of course, if Mei Fanghua directly destroyed the whole palace, then just ignore what he said.

But considering Mei Fanghua's character, she would definitely not do something like destroying the palace.

So yep, safety could be guaranteed.

"Master Auntie, that umm... you keep playing your old madam role, I'm off," Tang Rao stood up and said.

"Hey handsome, you already gave a million, don't you want to stay a bit longer?" Liu Junxin said squinting her eyes.

Tang Rao rushed off from Busi Mountain, Liu Junxin was simply out of her mind.

Stay a bit longer, do I dare?

Can I touch you or kiss you? Do I feel like harming myself that much...

After leaving Busi Mountain, Tang Rao went straight to the palace, this time following the previous routine of knocking out a guard and then wearing the guard's clothes.

This time, Tang Rao was very familiar with the place and headed directly for the courtyard where Mei Fanghua lived.

At the entrance of the courtyard were still the two guards from before.

Seeing Tang Rao, both men immediately smiled and waved at him.

"Little brother, haven't seen you for a while."

"We've been waiting for your wine!"

Tang Rao also smiled and said, "Please forgive me, brothers, I've been held up by some matters these past few days."

As he spoke, Tang Rao handed over two hundred Spirit Stones, a hundred for each.

"Little brother Tang Laosan, may I know the names of the two brothers?" Tang Rao said with a smile.

As soon as they received a hundred Spirit Stones each, the two were all smiles. This kid was spirited.

He was even more generous than Mei Fanghua.

They had been guarding this courtyard for so long, and Mei Fanghua never even mentioned a reward; she was as stingy as they come.

"We brothers are siblings. I'm Wu Tianming, and this is my little brother Wu Tianhei."

Tang Rao: "..."

Your damned names are Tianming and Tianhei, why aren't you called Tianliang...

"Tianming big brother, Tianhei big brother," Tang Rao immediately said.

"Hahaha, Lao San, don't be so polite, from now on we are all good brothers," Wu Tianming said.

Wu Tianhei also nodded with a big grin.

"When do the brothers change shifts? Let's go to Zuixian Building for a drink," Tang Rao said.

"It's almost time, half an hour till the shift change," Wu Tianming said.

"Then alright, I'll just wait here," Tang Rao said.

"No way, Lao San, you're our brother, it's not appropriate for you to stand. Go to the courtyard and sit for a while, we'll call you when it's time to change shift," Wu Tianming said.

"Tianming big brother, that's not suitable. This is the king's residence, it's not good," Tang Rao said.

"What's not good about it? The king won't be back now, she won't return until midnight. You go in and sit, absolutely no problem, it's just half an hour," Wu Tianming said while patting his chest.

"This..." Tang Rao looked troubled.

"Go in, Lao San, it's fine," Wu Tianhei also said.

"Alright then, I'll sit in the courtyard for a while," Tang Rao said.

Following that, Tang Rao entered Mei Fanghua's courtyard. To tell the truth, he had no intention of going in, but Tianming and Tianhei were too enthusiastic, it would be rude not to enter.

The courtyard was serene; unexpectedly, Mei Fanghua actually liked this simple and elegant style.

Of course, Tang Rao couldn't really just sit around in the courtyard; how dumb would that be? He had already made his way in.

The courtyard was set with some prohibitions and arrays, but these were a piece of cake for Tang Rao, who easily bypassed them and entered the rooms to investigate.

He didn't take anything. Just had a look around.

Eventually, he entered Mei Fanghua's main bedroom.

The bedroom was large, but there weren't many furnishings, not much clutter.

"Heh heh, Mei Fanghua, your daddy Lao Hei is going to give you a fun surprise." Tang Rao grinned and then took out a lot of materials from his Space Ring and started working on something.

It took Tang Rao a whole half-hour before he left.

Just as he reached the courtyard, he heard Wu Tianming's shout.

"Lao San, come on out, let's go!"

"Alright!" Tang Rao responded, quickly leaving the courtyard followed directly by Wu Tianming and Wu Tianhei.

...

At the Zuixian Building on Giant Merchant Star, the three got a small private room.

Given Tang Rao's connections with Giant Merchant Star, such arrangements were easily made.

"Lao San, you and us brothers clicked right away, come on, drink!" Wu Tianming said, raising his glass.

"From now on, you're our little bro. We'll take care of things for you!" Wu Tianhei, who had a drink, seemed even more enthusiastic than Wu Tianming.

"Brothers, I'll take you up on that, to our brotherhood!" Tang Rao said.

The three made merry over drinks, chatting away as if they had known each other for ages.

"By the way, Lao San, what duties do you perform at the palace?" Wu Tianming asked after a few rounds of drinks.

"Ah, just a guard. Think about it, I'm a Mahayana Realm cultivator, and yet I'm stuck guarding." Tang Rao shook his head, his face showing helplessness.

Tang Rao's words struck a chord in Wu Tianming and Wu Tianhei's hearts.

Both were also at the Mahayana Realm, but they just stood guard every day. Suffocating, really, for anyone.

"Earning just those few Spirit Stones each month, man, makes me regret having cultivated so hard before." Tang Rao continued.

Wu Tianming and Wu Tianhei both sighed with frustration, feeling much the same way.

"Lao San, you truly understand us," Wu Tianming said.

"Lao San, I think you're absolutely right!" Wu Tianhei continued to drink, his face full of pent-up grievances.

"To be honest, I've been thinking about quitting for a while now," Tang Rao said, shaking his head. "Although being a servant to the king sounds impressive to talk about, only we know the suffering. It's been four or five years, I want to go out and have another adventure. If I don't live a little now, I'm just going to grow old."

Stirred by Tang Rao's words, Wu Tianming and Wu Tianhei felt a surge of passion. If not now, when? Instead of wasting away in the palace, better to venture out.

Better to die with no regrets than live without splendor.

"Although, I've heard the king is pretty ruthless towards those who leave," Tang Rao added.

"That's true," muttered Wu Tianming. "There was a buddy of ours who was good friends with us, who also planned on leaving. He told the king. In the end, he did leave, but his cultivation base was destroyed."

Upon hearing Wu Tianming's words, everyone went silent.

"The bastard, that's so inhumane!" Tang Rao cursed outright.

"Lao San, watch your language."

"Big brother, don't stop Lao San. I think he's spot on. This Mei Fanghua is really inhuman; normally she's so stingy and won't part with a penny; and if you don't want to serve anymore, she ruins your cultivation base, what kind of trash does this?!" Wu Tianhei cursed fiercely, visibly upset.

Hearing Wu Tianhei's words, Wu Tianming fell silent.

"Anyway, if we're going to leave, we'll just make a run for it. If we tell Mei Fanghua, we might end up getting our cultivation bases destroyed just the same," Tang Rao said.

"But where would we go?" asked Wu Tianming.

"We can wander around, you know about Blue Star, right? I plan to go there. With Tang Rao in charge, Mei Fanghua won't be able to catch us," Tang Rao said.