World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 985 - 454: Suo Lun’s Tactics! Fang Qingyi Terrified!

Chapter 985: 454: Suo Lun’s Tactics! Fang Qingyi Terrified!

Under the looming threat of civil war within the royal city, a storm seems inevitable.

Can it be that the most distinguished courtesan in front of the royal palace actually brought a dozen courtesans to meet the Regent Duke of the kingdom?

No wonder Zhuang Zhixuan added a sentence afterward, asking whether they should be kicked out?

Moreover, what does the Gold Coin reserves of the royal city’s financial institution have to do with you courtesans? This is a major affair of the kingdom!

It’s not only Zhuang Zhixuan who looked displeased, but even the eunuchs and the Forbidden Army outside also showed their dissatisfaction.

At this moment, Yi Manman, once the top courtesan of the royal city, had a face filled with anxiety!

Last night someone incited all the courtesans of the royal city to rush to the financial institution for withdrawals, Yi Manman instinctively felt this was bad news.

Firstly, she was also worried that the Gold Coin reserves of the financial institution might indeed have vanished into thin air; then countless sisters would see their lifelong savings disappear. While the young and beautiful ones might be fine, there is no telling how many of the older, faded ones might hang themselves.

Moreover, she was once the close confidante of Suo Lun, and instinctively worried for him.

Thus, last night she bravely volunteered herself, agreeing to bring a dozen representatives of the courtesans to visit Suo Lun.

However, this morning, before Yi Manman and the dozen courtesans reached the royal palace, they were greeted with a dense formation of the Forbidden Army, causing her legs to soften with fear.

Moreover, a few hundred meters from the palace, they were immediately stopped.

Originally, Yi Manman knew that there was a world of difference between her status and Suo Lun’s, and she felt even more that her idea last night was ludicrous.

What status do I hold? And yet I sought an audience with the future Regent King? Truly ignorant of my own insignificance.

Of course, having come this far, there was no room for retreat.

But just as she barely mentioned wanting to meet Regent Duke Suo Lun, the eunuchs and Forbidden Army outside the palace completely changed their expressions and even drew their swords to arrest them.

The Regent Duke is an esteemed figure of the nation; are he and a few poor women even within the same realm of contact?

Startled, Yi Manman quickly said, "I am very familiar with Duke Suo Lun; I was once his cherished confidante!"

With this, the Forbidden Army and the eunuchs hesitated to act rashly. After all, they were aware of the Regent Duke’s previous romantic history, and if this woman really was one of his former lovers, it would be troublesome indeed if they mishandled the situation.

Therefore, a eunuch hurried inside to report to a higher-ranking eunuch supervisor, who quickly passed the information to Zhuang Zhixuan.

Eventually, Zhuang Zhixuan reported to Suo Lun!

It’s known to Suo Lun that a significant portion of the savings in the royal financial institution belongs to the courtesans.

Therefore, although very busy and under pressure, Suo Lun still decided to spare ten minutes for Yi Manman.

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Inside a side hall, Yi Manman, leading a dozen courtesans, met Suo Lun.

Walking within the royal palace, her heart pounding fast, she felt an almost breathless sensation.

The other courtesans were even more overwhelmed. Although they were accustomed to seeing powerful figures and frequenting homes of the wealthy,

the royal palace, aside from its solemn grace, was not particularly opulent, but they still felt an overwhelming authority, tiptoeing and daring not to make a sound.

"Citizen Yi Manman, pays respect to the Regent Duke!" Yi Manman knelt down meticulously, and the dozen courtesans also knelt behind her.

Yi Manman had already been the top courtesan of the royal city several years ago.

Moreover, she was one of the few who practiced her arts without selling her body. She had been involved with the then-profligate Suo Lun for several years as his lover.

Of course, back then, the penniless Suo Lun meant that not only did Yi Manman not earn any money, but she also even had to financially support him.

And when Lanling became Suo Lun, owing three thousand nine hundred Gold Coins to the royal financial institution, he specially sought Yi Manman’s help, and without hesitation, she handed over nearly all her savings.

Moreover, this woman also came from a noble family; her father was once a high-ranking Samurai lord, at one point even serving as a Deputy Commander of the City Defense Army of a county.

Her own talent in Martial Arts was extremely high, and she might have become the only female Dragon Samurai in her family if not for unfortunate events.

But regrettably, her family served the faction of Crown Prince Zhi Lan. In the years following King Quo Bian’s ascension to the throne, continuous purges of dissidents took place, affecting her family as collateral damage, and she, just a young girl at the time, also fell into the life of a courtesan in the royal city.

This is a woman of great knightly spirit.

After Suo Lun made his fortune, Yi Manman also contemplated seeking refuge under Suo Lun.

But every time this thought emerged, she would immediately dismiss it, feeling self-deprecating and shameful.

When she heard that Suo Lun was to marry Princess Zhen Yan, she lost even the courage to see him.

So, after Suo Lun took control of the royal city, she never visited him. She likely felt she no longer even had the right to look up to Suo Lun, so she quietly watched from a corner, witnessing his brilliance.

If not for these exceptional circumstances, she probably would never have come to see Suo Lun.

Suo Lun stood on the elevated steps, looking down at Yi Manman kneeling on the ground, motionless and silent.

Suddenly, Yi Manman felt even more uneasy, lowering her body further, her forehead touching the ground.

Suo Lun stepped forward, lightly slapped her shoulder, and said, "Manman, I’ve been in the royal city for so long, and you never came to visit me. Surely I can’t be expected to go to Yuhua Pavilion again, can I? It wouldn’t look good for the mighty Regent Duke to visit a brothel."

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