It was a torturous night for Ren Baqian. He obviously couldn't sleep, but he didn't dare to move. He even had to breathe softly so as not to wake the empress.
He was thinking about the scene he saw and the lingering sensation on his hand. He was also worried that the empress would fly into a rage out of humiliation when she woke up.
Their marriage had already been decided and they had even talked about it in front of the empress's mother's grave.
However, the empress was extremely shy in this regard.
It was difficult for them to make much progress before the wedding.
Ren Baqian was already aware of this. Anyway, there were only a few months left, so he wasn't in a hurry.
He didn't expect such a situation to occur because of such a small bowl of fake honey.
On the contrary, it made him feel a little apprehensive.
Although the harvest was big enough …
The danger was greater than the harvest.
Marx once said that it would dare to commit any crime for 300 percent profit, even at the risk of being hanged.
However, Ren Baqian felt that it would be too unjust if he was buried by the angry empress after just holding her hand once … twice … thrice …
Therefore, the best choice now was to pretend to be dead.
After an unknown period of time, Ren Baqian shut his eyes tightly and heard a soft groan from the bed, followed by the sound of the empress getting up.
The empress sat there for a moment and put on her clothes. Ren Baqian's mind gradually outlined the details of the empress's movements.
Then, the empress kicked Ren Baqian awake.
"Oh? It hurts! "Ren Baqian said with sleepy eyes.
"What happened last night?" the empress asked faintly.
"What happened? I don't know! " Ren Baqian looked at the empress blankly. At this time, the empress had put on her white undergarments and red veil. She was staring at him with flickering eyes.
"What happened?" Ren Baqian asked.
"Nothing!" The empress shifted her gaze away and appeared at the door in a flash.
Seeing the empress's actions, Ren Baqian secretly heaved a sigh of relief and gave himself a thumbs up. She was indeed worthy of being the best actor.
The empress opened the door with her eyes flickering. She felt tiny beads of sweat on her back. With her strength, this was simply impossible.
"Your Majesty, why is your face a little red?" Qing Yuan asked curiously from the side while carrying a wooden basin.
The empress glared at her fiercely, but her voice didn't reveal any clues. She casually asked, "Your face is red?"
Qing Yuan was kicked by Hong Luan. She lowered her head and said, "I saw wrongly. The morning sun shone on His Majesty's face, making it look slightly red."
"What happened to Her Majesty?" Ren Baqian asked as he walked out of the room.
"I'm fine." The empress waved her hand and got them to help her wash up.
"If Your Majesty's face is a little redder, I'm sure it will look very good." Ren Baqian laughed.
Although he had suffered for a whole night, he was in high spirits, mainly because of the effects of the honey. Just a little bit of it could make a person feel a hundred times more energetic.
This honey had a very strong stimulant effect.
However, if it was just a little more, the situation from last night would occur. Excitement, pleasure, and all kinds of hallucinations, even fragments.
After breakfast, the group prepared to leave.
However, only 300 of the winged cavalry warriors would leave with the empress. The other 300 would head in other directions to various villages.
Including Gong Zheng, they still had a mission from the empress: replenish the winged cavalry.
This wasn't just to replenish the winged cavalry. This time, the empress was going to expand the winged cavalry to 4,000 people.
After all, Dayao's food production had greatly increased, and the Yun Nation was about to fall into their hands. No matter how big the appetite of the winged cavalry warriors was, they could now raise more.
The direction that the empress and Ren Baqian were heading in was considered a barren and treacherous forest in the Sixty Thousand Mountains. There were almost no villages, so they simply split into two groups. Ren Baqian and the empress would go to the place that Librarian Lin had mentioned, while the other 300 people would go to the depths of the Sixty Thousand Mountains under Gong Zheng's lead to recruit Kismet Heaven experts.
While everyone was packing, Ren Baqian saw that the people from the imperial kitchen had actually put the jar of honey on the backs of their mounts. He quickly said, "You don't have to bring this."
"Sir, the honey of the Golden Ring Bee is very precious. It would be a pity to throw it away," the people from the imperial kitchen said.
Ren Baqian thought about it. This honey was indeed good stuff, but he didn't know if it would be addictive. Otherwise, it would be excellent to drink some during the bridal chamber.
"After all, we have to walk on the mountain road and can easily break it. I'll leave it here and take it when I come back."
At this time, he was glad that he had hidden this from the empress. Otherwise, he didn't know what her reaction would be.
As for using it during the bridal chamber, it didn't matter.
Qi Ziting had already heard about this from the empress, so he wasn't surprised to see everyone ready to set off. Instead, he sent them off to the front of the village. Accompanying him was a burly man in his fifties. There was a claw mark on his neck that tore open his skin, but he was lucky to be alive.
However, the sound of his breathing was different from that of an ordinary person. It seemed that his trachea had been injured when he was clawed by the beast.
This man carried a bow that was half the height of an average person on his back and led a strange-looking mount. It had antlers and a dog's face, but it had the body of a tiger. Its fur was covered with camouflage-like stripes, and it had a dog's tail.
"His name is Ya Sheng, and he has been to the most places in the village besides me. He has also been to the place that you want to go and can lead the way for you. I won't be accompanying you. In any case, that place isn't very dangerous for you, and you still have to come back when you return. "
The empress sat on Qi Shui's back and nodded. "There's no need to send me off. I'll be back in a few days."
Then, she ordered everyone, "Set off!"
Everyone, who was already prepared, immediately set off.
For the rest of the journey, Ren Baqian spent less time with the empress and would read a book when he had nothing to do.
On the one hand, he felt guilty. On the other hand, he wanted to read the [Yang Boosting Technique] again so that he could memorize all the details.
According to Librarian Lin, this technique was easy to understand, and the most difficult part was to nurture the human furnace.
However, Ren Baqian didn't dare to let his guard down.
They traveled in the southwest direction for seven days. This section of the road was a hundred times more difficult than before. There were deep mountains, dangerous rivers, and strange rocks everywhere. The Sixty Thousand Mountains was already a barren land, but this area was even more desolate and dangerous. The surrounding trees blocked out the sun, and the sky was almost invisible.
There were no roads in many places, and the weeds were taller than people. They had to rely on Ya Sheng, the guide sent by Qi Ziting, to lead the way.
On this day, as they were advancing, they suddenly heard a roar that sounded like a lion or a tiger. The sound was so loud that it sounded like a drum being beaten beside their ears.
Even though they were thousands of meters away, they could still feel the unparalleled ferocity of the beast.
Ren Baqian subconsciously approached the empress and said, "Your Majesty, there seems to be a big guy in front!"
After being in the Sixty Thousand Mountains for so long, he could gradually distinguish the strength of some beasts. Although he had never encountered this beast in front of him, he knew that it wasn't to be trifled with just from its might.
Moreover, after hearing this roar, the crow general that Ren Baqian was sitting on also became vigilant.
One had to know that the crow general was a Cardinal Heaven level beast and was even more powerful than an ordinary Cardinal Heaven expert. Only the empress could subdue it.
Even it behaved like this after hearing the roar. From this, it could be seen that the beast in front was definitely extremely powerful.
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