#363 - Meeting Your Majesty (4000 words)
"He went to a brothel," the maidservant said.
Hearing the maidservant's answer, the Dragon Queen turned her head to look at the servant.
The Dragon Queen didn't find it particularly surprising that a man would go to a brothel in Dragon City.
In fact, the brothels in each of the Four Seas' underwater palaces were quite famous, and many cultivators frequented them for entertainment.
Whenever there were envoys from the Martial Kingdom visiting the Dragon Palace, those envoys would always take the opportunity to visit the brothels.
What surprised the Dragon Queen was that these envoys usually showed some restraint when visiting brothels, waiting for a while before going, at least to avoid appearing too eager.
However, Xu Ming seemed to be completely oblivious.
Xu Ming was the first envoy to visit a brothel just a few days after arriving in Dragon City.
Not to mention that Xu Ming, as a high-ranking official of the Martial Kingdom, needed to pay even more attention to his image.
"Which brothel did Xu Ming go to? Which girls did he call for? What did he do at the brothel?" the Dragon Queen asked in rapid succession.
It seemed that the Dragon Queen was very concerned about Xu Ming's visit to the brothel.
But that wasn't the case.
The Dragon Queen asked these three questions only to better understand him.
Even if he had called for a dozen girls and stayed for three days and three nights, the Dragon Queen's emotions wouldn't have wavered in the slightest.
"Your Majesty, Xu Ming went to the most famous brothel in Dragon City, Azure Sea Pavilion. After arriving at Azure Sea Pavilion, Xu Ming didn't call for any girls," the maidservant Xiao Lan said respectfully.
The Dragon Queen was taken aback for a moment, and looking at the maidservant, she asked curiously, "He didn't call for any girls, so what did he go to the brothel for?"
"That young master Xu merely opened a seat in the brothel, ordered some dishes and two pots of wine, and just watched the girls perform.
Other than that, he didn't enter a room with any of the girls, nor did he interact with anyone else. Some of the girls even wanted to offer themselves to accompany him, but he refused."
Xiao Lan truthfully told the Dragon Queen everything Xu Ming had done at the brothel.
Dragon Queen: "After that, where did he go after leaving the brothel?"
Maidservant: "After leaving the brothel, that young master Xu went to a restaurant to eat."
"Heh heh."
The Dragon Queen chuckled softly a few times.
"They always have some inexplicable habits when it comes to scholars. To put it nicely, it's called scholarly elegance, called humor; to put it bluntly, it's just affectation."
Xiao Lan lowered her head and didn't speak.
"Have the other three Dragon Palace envoys all arrived? And among the guests we invited, who is the latest to arrive?"
The Dragon Queen no longer questioned Xu Ming's affairs.
In the Dragon Queen's heart, she already had a general impression of Xu Ming.
Xiao Lan nodded: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the three Dragon Palace envoys have all arrived. The East Sea Dragon Palace even sent the First Crown Prince of the East Sea, the West Sea Dragon Palace sent the West Sea Dragon King's most beloved little daughter, and the South Sea Dragon Palace sent the Crippled Prime Minister.
As for the various sects and factions, most of the delegations have also arrived in Dragon City, and we have already arranged their accommodation.
It is expected that the latest to arrive will be the White Deer Academy. The scholars of the White Deer Academy are indeed relatively far away."
The Dragon Queen nodded: "Those scholars from the White Deer Academy are always troublesome, so it doesn't matter. They are always the last to arrive. By the way, who is leading the team from the White Deer Academy this time?"
Maidservant: "This time, the White Deer Academy is led by Zhu Cici, the closed-door disciple of the Dean."
The Dragon Queen was stunned for a moment: "Zhu Cici? Is that the one, the Zhu Cici of 'The most difficult thing to keep in this world is beauty, Zhu Yan bids farewell to the mirror, flowers bid farewell to the tree'?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Maidservant Xiao Lan continued, "Speaking of which, this poem was written to her by Young Master Xu when Zhu Cici was an envoy to the Martial Kingdom, and Xu Gongzi was responsible for receiving her."
"Hmm." The Dragon Queen nodded, "This poem is really well-written."
Maidservant Xiao Lan said with a smile: "At this Four Seas Grand Ceremony, we must also have that Young Master Xu write a poem for Your Majesty. In this servant's opinion, Your Majesty is much more beautiful than that Zhu Cici."
"I'm already old, why ask others to write poems?" The Dragon Queen shook her head.
"Issue the order, the Four Seas Grand Ceremony will be held in five days," the Dragon Queen said slowly.
"Five days?" Xiao Lan blinked, "Your Majesty, isn't the time a bit too rushed?"
"What?" The Dragon Queen looked at Xiao Lan, "Is the preparation not enough?"
"The time is naturally enough," Xiao Lan replied.
"Then start as soon as possible, end as soon as possible," the Dragon Queen waved her hand.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Maidservant Xiao Lan nodded.
Xiao Lan originally wanted to say that the time was too rushed, which would make it difficult for others to adapt in time, and the way of hospitality might not be perfect, and in the end, others might secretly gossip.
But she knew this matter, so how could Your Majesty not know?
Since Your Majesty doesn't care, she couldn't say anything.
All she could do was to do this thing well as soon as possible, and that's all.
"Then go and ask someone to invite Xu Ming over. It's indeed time to meet him," the Dragon Queen continued.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
As the Dragon Queen's personal maidservant for thousands of years, Xiao Lan naturally knew what her master was thinking.
At most, the master just wanted to determine whether Xu Ming was the reincarnation of that person before the Four Seas Grand Ceremony.
Most of the time, once her master encountered someone similar to that person's reincarnation, the master would call that person over as soon as possible, and then see if the other person was indeed him.
As time gradually passed, the number of people Your Majesty searched for increased, but each time Your Majesty ended in failure.
Over time, Your Majesty seemed to be tired.
Perhaps in a few years, her Majesty would give up.
In maidservant Xiao Lan's opinion, it would be best if her Majesty could give up.
After all, it had been so many years, and Your Majesty should indeed move on and not be immersed in the past.
Xiao Lan directly retreated and left the palace.
At the same time, Xu Ming, who was eating in the restaurant, also learned a not-so-secret secret about the Dragon Queen of the North Sea.
Xu Ming already knew that the Dragon Queen of the North Sea had an old lover, and she had been looking for him for nearly ten thousand years.
It can be said that everyone in the world knew about this matter.
This Dragon Queen could be said to be very pure, and she had never changed her partner.
But what Xu Ming didn't know before was that the North Sea Dragon Queen had established a magic circle in the Dragon Palace in order to find the reincarnation of that man.
That magic circle could roughly calculate whether a certain person was the reincarnation of that man.
But in the past few thousand years, that magic circle had never succeeded once.
It wasn't that the Dragon Queen hadn't found similar people before, but in the end, they weren't.
And because of that magic circle, the number of people brought to the Dragon Palace was already unknown to the tens of thousands.
After giving these people some money, the Dragon Queen dismissed them. Xu Ming also guessed why he was called over by that Dragon Queen.
The reason was very simple, it was just because he was locked by that magic circle.
Then the Dragon Queen, with the principle of 'rather kill by mistake than let go,' called him over, wanting to see if he was the reincarnation of the other party.
But in Xu Ming's opinion, there was no need to think about it, he was definitely not the other party's reincarnation.
His soul came from Blue Star.
It was impossible for her old lover to be reincarnated on Blue Star, right?
If there were no accidents, that Dragon Queen would just take a look at him, and after taking a look, she would leave, ignoring him.
But speaking of which, there was reincarnation in this world, and that Dragon Queen hadn't found him for nearly ten thousand years. Was her luck too bad?
In ten thousand years, the soul was probably worn away.
Could it be that the soul of her old lover had already been annihilated? It was just that this Dragon Queen didn't want to face reality, so she had been searching bitterly?
Xu Ming shook his head, throwing all the thoughts in his mind out.
Xu Ming felt that this was none of his business.
What made Xu Ming a little puzzled was how that magic circle could lock onto someone from another plane like himself.
How could he be the person the other party was looking for?
That magic circle was probably bugged, after all, it had been running for nearly 10,000 years, and it was normal for something to go wrong.
Unfortunately, he had to come to the East Sea Dragon Palace.
After chatting with some of the residents of Dragon City, Xu Ming had almost finished eating, generously paid the bill for this table, and walked out of the restaurant.
However, as soon as Xu Ming walked out of the restaurant, a woman dressed as a palace maid walked towards Xu Ming.
Xu Ming looked at the palace maid, his brows furrowed involuntarily, and his mind subconsciously began to be vigilant.
Although the other party was a palace maid, the other party's spiritual power brought great pressure to him.
Xu Ming guessed that the other party was at least in the Jade Purity Realm.
A cultivator in the Jade Purity Realm, and still dressed as a maidservant.
The other party should be the Dragon Queen's personal maidservant.
"This servant has met Young Master Xu."
The palace maid walked to Xu Ming and bowed.
Xu Ming cupped his hands in return: "May I know who this lady is?"
The palace maid smiled and said: "This servant is Your Majesty's maidservant, Young Master Xu can just call me Xiao Lan."
"Miss Xiao Lan." Xu Ming called out.
Xiao Lan nodded, even though the other party was in the Jade Purity Realm, she lowered her stance very much: "I wonder if Young Master is free, our Majesty wants to meet Young Master."
Xu Ming smiled: "If Your Majesty invites me, then I have to be free even if I'm not."
Moreover, even if he was busy, he would have to make time. After all, this was their territory, and he couldn't possibly refuse to give them face.
Little Lan's eyes curved into crescents: "Since that's the case, please follow me, Young Master Xu."
Xu Ming: "After you, Miss."
"After you, Young Master."
Little Lan turned around and led Xu Ming towards the direction of the palace.
Previously, Xu Ming didn't know what was going on and felt a little uneasy.
But now that Xu Ming knew the Dragon Queen's purpose in seeking him out, he didn't care anymore.
It was a good opportunity for him to see the legendary North Sea Dragon Queen.
Strictly speaking, this North Sea Dragon Queen had been a married woman for ten thousand years.
If possible, he would also ask about that treasure. This trip to the East Sea Dragon Palace wasn't just for the mission; he also wanted to obtain that treasure for Qin Qingwan.
After entering the palace, Xu Ming continued to walk inside.
Actually, the place where Xu Ming and the others resided, although within the palace, was practically just a transition zone between the palace and Dragon City.
The central area of the palace was the North Sea Dragon Queen's domain, including her office and residence.
Without a specific summons, no one could enter.
Xu Ming followed Little Lan further inside.
Soon after, Little Lan led Xu Ming into a garden.
As soon as he entered the garden, Xu Ming smelled an extremely rich spiritual energy.
"Young Master Xu, just follow this path straight ahead, and you will see Her Majesty. This servant will not accompany you any further." Little Lan stopped and bowed to Xu Ming.
"Thank you, Miss Little Lan." Xu Ming nodded and walked straight down the path.
The garden was very large, surrounded by corals and spiritual flowers that could only survive in the ocean. Logically speaking, such a large garden should have been a riot of colors.
However, in this garden, Xu Ming only saw white and light pink.
These two colors were originally simple and clean, so the entire garden didn't feel overwhelming but rather elegant.
After walking about five hundred meters, Xu Ming stopped.
Not far ahead of Xu Ming, a woman was sitting.
The woman was wearing a light blue robe, sitting calmly on a stone chair.
She looked up at the sky, her long eyelashes fluttering gently, revealing a pair of sapphire-blue eyes beneath them.
The woman's eyes were very beautiful, like a pair of sapphires.
The woman's features were even more exquisite, leaving no room for criticism, her delicate skin as white and tender as snow-woven cloth.
Even though the woman was sitting, Xu Ming could still feel her tall figure.
Xu Ming guessed she was probably 1.8 meters tall.
Under the light blue dress, the woman's figure was graceful.
If the top ten beauties on the Red Beauty List were considered equally beautiful,
in Xu Ming's opinion, she was definitely the woman with the best figure he had ever seen, especially those long legs with golden proportions. Even though they were hidden by the long dress, Xu Ming could imagine their shapely and slender form.
Xu Ming bowed: "Xu Ming of the Wu Kingdom, greets Your Majesty."
......
......
[I had a minor surgery and will be staying in the hospital for a while, but it's not a big deal. Fortunately, it wasn't my hand that was injured, so I can write more during this time in the hospital. Maybe I can write 10,000 words every day for the next period.
I had a minor surgery and spent a lot of money, so I have to update more to see if I can earn back the medical expenses.
Another small flag! From tomorrow until the end of this month, I will update 10,000 words every day!
Anyway, I have nothing to do in the hospital bed, and even less to do when I get home, so I'll just write more!]
