Zu An was speechless. What do you mean, all I did was sleep with an empress? What, are there a few more empresses I can sleep with out there?

Mi Li said, “I heard most of your conversation with that sly vixen, too. I reckon you were probably bullied quite badly by the emperor, and you were even flogged yesterday. That was why you poured out all of your revenge on the empress out of anger.”

Zu An was embarrassed as he said, “You’ve witnessed a poor side of me.”

Mi Li’s expression remained serious as she remarked, “No, I think you did quite well.”

Zu An really was confused now. He really didn’t know whether Mi Li was really angry, or if she was being ironic.

Mi Li could see through his thoughts. She harrumphed and said, “I’m being honest. You’re destined to become this world’s strongest man. How can you be afraid of the slightest thing? The emperor did whatever he...