The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 758 Questions
Seeing Zhao Chen finally nodded, the Queen's beautiful eyes revealed a faint smile.

She stretched out her fair hand, took Zhao Chen's hand and shook it, then smiled and said, "Then, this will be considered a 'contract'."

Holding hands is considered a contract? What kind of binding force can it have?

Zhao Chen blinked, deeply confused by the Queen's actions.

As if she understood what he was thinking, the Queen shrugged casually and said, "At my level, there aren't many things that can be 'constrained'.

“Maybe you can in the future, but now you can only choose to trust my character.

"I shook hands with you so that you could 'identify' more information about me and dispel some doubts..."

At this point, she glanced at Zhao Chen with a smile and said jokingly, "Or, do you want to collect folk songs from other places to make the information you identify more complete?"

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This woman seems to be quite familiar with the abilities bestowed upon me by the Great Sun Star Raft... Could she really be the "Daughter of the Star God"?
Zhao Chen was already numb to the Queen's occasional teasing, and he also had experience in dealing with it. While thinking about other things, he casually said, "Is it okay?"

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This time it was the Queen Mother's turn to look sideways. Seeing that Zhao Chen suddenly became thick-skinned, she was unwilling to back down. After all, she knew that the other party didn't dare to really touch this "ghost" of hers.

Of course, he didn't have the ability to really touch it.

"Okay, come and sit here!" The Queen patted the seat beside her and half leaned on the green jade stone, without any urgency or shyness.

But Zhao Chen really didn't believe that she would not be scared. After staring at her provocative eyes for a few seconds, he slid straight to Queen Zhong with the help of the water flow, and his hand was about to touch the bath towel made of "real water from the galaxy".

He guessed right. No matter how high the Queen's realm was, or how her heart gradually fell into death, she would not really give it up in vain, at least not now.

Even when engaging in this "game", it also "awakened" her "joy" as a living being, making certain future "deaths" less quick.

This also made the Queen's eyes look at Zhao Chen even more profound.

So, as expected, Zhao Chen came up empty-handed.

By the time he reacted, the Queen had already stood in front of the screen. In the misty fog, he could vaguely see a tall and plump beautiful lady draping a veil over her body.

"Let's go, we're going to learn the piano." After saying this, the neatly dressed queen took the lead and walked around the screen and out of the bathroom.

Zhao Chen curled his lips. He knew that this woman would do this. She definitely didn't want me to really "investigate" her background.

Even so, his mastery of "Collector" suddenly increased significantly, and the magic power that had just been sucked away was basically restored.

"This is... the understanding I have built up about the Queen. Has it already reached the preliminary level required to become a 'collection'?
"Well, but if I want to collect her directly, not to mention that my current collection space cannot hold living things, even if I could, there is no chance of success...

"In theory, just like when I had in-depth exchanges with the Queen of Xiliang in the Seven Springs Cave, the progress of the 'collector' was rapid. The newly certified 'collections' are high-level enough in themselves.

"It's a pity that at the Gangsha stage, the mastery of the 'Lianwei' no longer has as obvious an effect on improving one's own cultivation as it did at the previous levels."

As his thoughts turned, Zhao Chen put on his clothes again and returned to the inner hall of the queen's bedroom.

At this time, the Queen was kneeling in front of the piano stand, with her hands on the strings.

Soon, a piece of music without any aesthetic appeal began to echo in the palace.

…At the same time, in Chengtian Hall where the emperor worked.

Eunuch Cao has informed the current Emperor of Zhao Chen's "request".

The emperor stroked his well-maintained long beard and said with a smile: "This Zhao Chen is indeed a smart man.

"Then you'll have to sort out some information and bring it to him tomorrow."

Eunuch Cao agreed, but still hesitated and asked, "Do we also need to sort out the rumors about the concubines and the queen's affairs?"

The reason why he mentioned these unbearable things to Zhao Chen was actually to remind him that he could get information from the Queen and get the necessary support from the Imperial Concubine.

But now it seems that even without his reminder, the boy has done a very good job in this regard.

“Give it all together…

"After all, the Imperial Concubine seems to like him very much, and the Queen... the Queen's background is mysterious and her thoughts are hard to predict. I agreed to let her enter the palace just because I hoped that Ning'er could have a safe environment in the palace.

"That person has sneaked into the palace while I was away over the years, but he was always scared away by the Queen."

At this point, the emperor suddenly stopped and asked, "Are you sure that the person's real body is still being dragged in the 'underworld' and can't return in the short term?"

Eunuch Cao nodded solemnly and said, "New news has come from the 'Central Ghost Emperor'. It seems that something has happened to 'Empress Pingxin'. Her condition has deteriorated. Now many forces have set their sights on her.

“That person naturally wouldn’t let go of such a good opportunity.

"After all, 'Empress Pingxin' is the most attractive to that person."

Hearing this, the emperor sighed slightly: "That's good... After years of planning, maybe this time we can really solve this problem..."

Then, he stood up, looked towards the outside of the palace, and asked again, "Has the meeting at Daxiangyun Temple tomorrow been arranged?"

"It's been arranged...but Concubine Ning will probably still have to take certain risks." Eunuch Cao replied with some concern.

"It's okay... Zhao Chen is involved in many causes and conditions. The incarnation or clone of that person should be able to sense it when he is close to him. It is unlikely that Ning'er will get into trouble near him." The emperor narrowed his eyes and continued, "What's more, I intend to use myself as bait to divert the attention of some people with ulterior motives."

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In the Queen's palace.

Seeing that the clock hands were about to point to midnight, today's piano lesson came to an end.

According to the previous agreement, Zhao Chen also used the "teaching" opportunity to "ask questions":
"I wonder how much you know about the 'enlightened beasts' suppressed by the 'enlightened gate'?"

Hearing this, the Queen looked at him with some admiration and said with a smile: "It seems that you have grasped the core of our Majesty's plan."

The core of the plan... Zhao Chen's heart moved, and all kinds of speculations popped up in his mind like a spring, but he did not interrupt, just quietly waiting for the Queen's next words.

"The 'Kai Ming Beast', or the ruler of Daliang back then, was not actually completely suppressed under the 'Kai Ming Gate'. Only his head was there."

(End of this chapter)