She dropped the imperial air she had been maintaining, leaning her body forward slightly with her elbows propped on the small tea table and her chin resting in her palm.
She deliberately closed the distance between them, and her voice became softer, carrying a faint, lingering hint of flirtation:
"Palace Master Gu... you seem a bit ill at ease?"
"Could it be that this Empress's bedchamber makes you feel uncomfortable?"
She paused, her eyes rippling with a shimmering light and a beaming smile:
"Or is it... that Palace Master Gu is simply so unwilling to be watched by this Empress?"
The teasing intent in these words was quite obvious.
Gu Han felt her scalp tingle slightly, her heart filled with speechlessness.
What was with this Empress?
They were just discussing serious business; how did the atmosphere suddenly turn into... this?
With that half-smile and those flirtatious eyes, she didn't look like a Dominator of a region at all, but rather... like a romantic Young Master from a storybook teasing a virtuous... er, a virtuous woman!
She felt the surface calm she was maintaining was about to crack.
I can't back down! Gu Han told herself in her heart.
She was, after all, in the Late Stage Ascension Realm and the master of Yaochi Immortal Palace, with a crowd of Mahayana and Undergoing Tribulation cultivators under her command.
How could she lose her composure over this little 'beauty' offensive... er, over this little bit of teasing?
Since you want to play... Gu Han took a deep breath, suppressing that bit of unease.
She suddenly turned her head back, meeting those eyes filled with mischievous laughter head-on.
Seeing her suddenly look back, the smile in Empress Qing Xuan's eyes deepened, and she was just about to say something more.
However, in the next moment—
Gu Han moved.
She didn't use any spiritual Qi or Divine Ability, but simply reached out as fast as lightning.
Under Empress Qing Xuan's slightly stunned gaze, she grabbed the fair wrist propped on the tea table!
Empress Qing Xuan's body stiffened slightly, clearly not expecting Gu Han to suddenly make such a move.
With her cultivation, she could have naturally avoided it.
But for some reason, perhaps she was attracted by that rare, aggressive light in Gu Han's eyes.
Or perhaps she wanted to see just how far this mysterious Palace Master could go.
She didn't immediately break free, her beautiful eyes merely widening slightly as she looked at Gu Han.
Gu Han applied force and gave a gentle pull.
Empress Qing Xuan's originally forward-leaning body instantly lost its balance, and with a low cry, she was pulled forward involuntarily!
The next moment, a bosom full of warm fragrance and soft jade.
Empress Qing Xuan had already been pulled into Gu Han's arms, sitting on her lap.
The distance between the two was instantly shortened to the extreme.
Empress Qing Xuan could smell the cold, snow-lotus-like scent on Gu Han, as well as the warmth of her body beneath the fabric.
Time seemed to come to a complete standstill at this moment.
Beside the tea table, only one prayer mat remained empty.
On the other mat, two women of peerless elegance and heaven-reaching cultivation leaned together in an extremely intimate, even ambiguous, posture.
On Empress Qing Xuan's exquisite face, the originally composed and mischievous expression completely froze.
Her long eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings, and her beautiful eyes were wide open, filled with shock, confusion, and a rapidly spreading... loss of composure.
She... the Azure Profound Empress, Dominator of the East Region, a Mid-stage Ascension Realm powerhouse.
Was now actually... being held in someone's arms?
And in such a... nearly 'held-sitting' posture?
This had never happened before!
And Gu Han, the moment she pulled the woman into her arms, also felt a surge of shock in her heart.
I acted on impulse!
She had done it entirely out of a psychological need to strike back against being teased!
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