Martial Cultivator Chapter 78: Wind and Rain

The empress was not particularly beautiful, but there was a heroic air between her eyebrows. This might have been related to her father being the previous great general of the northern frontier. However, in reality, what she exuded most of the time was a feeling of gentleness and dignity.

After she said that sentence, all of Chen Chao's worries from before disappeared, and he became calm again, feeling as peaceful as he did when he was roasting sweet potatoes in Xie Nandu's small courtyard.

"Everyone, withdraw. This empress wants to have a private conversation with this child," said the empress softly. The palace maids on both sides slowly withdrew and Eunuch Li who had come with Chen Chao left quietly, as if he had never been there.

At the entrance of the palace, there were only the two of them left.

Suddenly, everything became quiet between heaven and earth.

Chen Chao stood in front of the empress, not knowing what to say. So he remained silent and looked at the ground where the shadow of the empress was cast.

The empress looked at this youth who had his head lowered as if he did something wrong and was afraid to look directly at his mother, and said with a gentle smile, "Lift your head. This empress also wants to see how the young man who dared to kill four foreign cultivators looks like."

The empress's voice was filled with encouragement and teasing, making people feel particularly close.

Hearing this, Chen Chao slowly raised his head. But his eyebrows were still low and he did not look directly at the empress in front of him.

The empress smiled slightly and said, "Look at this empress."

She did not have any impatience, but looked tenderly at the young man in front of her, wanting to see his eyes.

"This subject dare not."

Chen Chao did not look at the empress and just said such a sentence.

The empress smiled and shook her head as she said, "Forget it. Since you're not willing, why say that you dare not?"

Hearing these words, Chen Chao just remained silent.

The empress asked off-handedly, "Are t

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