Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 777 - 381: The Woman in the Cactus

Chapter 777: Chapter 381: The Woman in the Cactus

On the spacious official road, a luxurious carriage steadily advanced, drawn by two sleek horses with coats gleaming like silk.

The wheels, inlaid with gold and jade, produced a crisp and pleasing sound as they rolled.

The interior decoration of the carriage was even more lavish.

It was furnished with plush cushions embroidered with gold threads and silver silk, featuring intricate and magnificent patterns, exuding royal grandeur.

The walls were also adorned with exquisite woven brocade curtains, resplendent in color.

Traveling in such luxury and making such a grand display could only be the prerogative of the domineering new Empress Dowager of Dazhou—Luo Wanqing.

"So, you also don’t know where you went previously?"

Luo Wanqing, dressed in a grand golden long gown, sat lazily on a soft mink-covered comfortable seat, enjoying a massage from a girl while she asked another girl driving the carriage.

These two girls were Jinxiu and the calm eldest lady of Tianqing Manor.

The calm one was massaging, while Jinxiu was driving the carriage.

The last time, Luo Wanqing coincidentally saved the two girls and learned that Jiang Yi was in Nanjin Country and injured, so she brought the two girls to find her.

At first, the two girls were in a dazed state, but they gradually regained their senses under Luo Wanqing’s Nine Golden Lotus healing.

They naturally became Luo Wanqing’s new maids.

Serving her in dressing, accompanying her by driving the carriage and chatting...

Among all the women Jiang Mo knew, Luo Wanqing was the one who could most enjoy wealth and luxury.

Born with a silver spoon, she never knew what frugality and hardship meant. Even during her years training at the South Sea Holy Sect, her living standards were higher than other disciples.

After becoming Empress, she knew even less about what wastefulness was, wearing only the finest, eating the best, using the best... her hallmark being a golden phoenix.

Her bathing was especially more luxurious than Jiang Yi’s.

The water for bathing was made from Coral Ice and Loulan Star Grass dew, collected only a little during full moon nights, extremely precious.

Let alone other rare ingredients added to the water.

It was clear how rare it was for this Empress to occasionally leave the palace.

Jiang Shouzhong once in his heart compared these women he had been close to... In his view, Luo Wanqing’s skin was by far the most exquisite.

Jinxiu nodded her little head and said:

"At that time, we didn’t know what happened. Originally, Ms. Jiang planned to go to Zhenxuan Mountain to find the eldest lady, but halfway, she encountered a very strange demon.

Qiuye and the others drove away the demon, but then thunder suddenly began to strike from the sky, and Jiang Yi and we fainted. When we awoke, we didn’t know where we were, but that place was strange, with lakes in the sky and mountains inverted..."

Jinxiu tried to recall the fragmented memory, her charming little face still showing lingering fear.

Inverted mountains?

Luo Wanqing gently tapped her thigh with her fingers, lost in thought.

Jinxiu continued: "Afterward, more demons appeared in that place. These demons looked very peculiar and were quite fierce, so we could only run for our lives.

Later... later I can’t remember what happened, but when we came to our senses, we found that we were in Nanjin Country, and only me, the calm one, and Ms. Jiang were left."

Calmingly massaging Luo Wanqing’s shoulders, the calm one said:

"I don’t know why, but those demons mostly attacked Ms. Jiang, so I could only throw the magic treasure my mother left me, that cactus, to Ms. Jiang to protect her."

Luo Wanqing slightly opened her sandalwood mouth.

The calm one, seeing this, obediently handed a peeled grape to her lips.

In the center of the carriage was placed a small purple sandalwood table, displaying jade dishes of delicacies and glass cups of wine, plus various snacks, with incense burners by the side wafting a faint aroma.

Luo Wanqing bit into the grape and sneered: "That vixen’s scent naturally attracts demons."

Jinxiu dared not retort.

After all, this was a grudge between big personalities; as a maid, she couldn’t get involved.

However, this Empress was also kind-hearted, although she continually criticized Jiang Yi, she still made a special effort to bring them to find her, albeit with high-profile manners.

The luxurious carriage attracted quite a few mountain bandits and even Jianghu people along the way.

The result was naturally several more corpses.

Enough to show the two girls the terrifying cultivation of the other party.

"Speaking of which, what exactly happened at your Tianqing Manor before? Why did it suddenly fall into internal conflict?"

Luo Wanqing suddenly asked the calm one.

A deep worry appeared on the calm one’s face as she began to speak:

"I’m not sure of the exact reasons, but suddenly a very powerful expert came to seize the Nirvana Bone treasure of our Tianqing Manor. That person’s cultivation was too high; my father was no match at all.

To escape was already fortunate enough. Luckily I met Brother Jiang on the way. Without his protection, I might have been captured by those villains."

"I didn’t expect your Tianqing Manor to actually hide a ’Nirvana Bone’ treasure."

Luo Wanqing frowned curiously and asked, "It’s said the Nirvana Bone can rejuvenate and bring about Nirvana Rebirth. Is it really true?"

The calm one hesitated for a moment and then said softly:

"I dare not say if it’s true or false. But even if the villain seized the Nirvana Bone, they wouldn’t be able to use it. Because the Nirvana Bone also has a key hidden in the cactus. If the villain forcibly cultivates, they will plant disaster for themselves."

Upon hearing this, Luo Wanqing pinched the girl’s cheek with a smile:

"You little girl really are unguarded, daring to tell me such an important secret. Aren’t you afraid I’ll snatch it away someday?"

The calm one laughed: "The Empress is a good person."