The Empress's First Running Dog

Chapter 106 Beauty Initiation

Chapter 106 Beauty Initiation
In Tangquan Palace, the moonlight is bright tonight. The dim light from the scattered bronze lamp posts shines on the misty water vapor, making it seem like a dream.

Zhao Duan suspected that he was dazzled.

The Empress of Dayu, who used to be dignified and graceful with the appearance of an emperor, seemed to have lost the halo of "Empress" tonight and looked like a fairy with skin as white as ice and snow.

Because I was hiding in the pool, what I saw right in front of me was a pair of snow-white, crystal-clear feet without stockings.

As smooth as jade, as soft as satin, and like two pure white lotus flowers slowly blooming on the surface of Tianchi Lake.

The faint blue veins on the instep make the icy skin look transparent, which must be a divine product.

Moving his eyes upwards, the slender part of his calf above the ankle disappeared into the clouds. Xu Zhenguan looked ethereal and otherworldly, just like a fairy emerging from the bath, riding the wind.

On that flawless and beautiful face, her dark eyes looked down at him without any worldly concern, with a hint of red dotted between her brows.

He looks less and less like an earthly emperor, and more like a true being from the otherworldly world.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Zhao Duan was stunned for a few breaths, then looked up and saluted to show respect.

He wanted to stand up and bow again, but then he realized something was wrong and shrank back:
"I am not feeling well and cannot perform my duties properly..."

"It's okay." Xu Zhenguan's voice was clear and cold, like the tinkling of spring water.

For some reason, her demeanor and behavior tonight were different from before.

There are fewer expressions on her face, like the goddess statue in the temple, and she seems to be deliberately maintaining the aloofness of a "great monk" in order to keep a certain sense of distance.

But when she landed just now, her slightly curled toes seemed to reveal the empress's inner heart, which was far from as cold and calm as her appearance.

"I'm sure Hai Gongsheng has already told you."

Xu Zhenguan said:
"Tonight, I will personally give you absolution, cleanse your marrow with the Book of Changes, and rebuild your martial arts foundation."

Zhao Duan bowed slightly, placed his hands horizontally, and said in a strange posture:
"Your Majesty, I have no way to repay your kindness in giving me a new life."

He smiled bitterly:

"In fact, I am a little nervous and flattered. With my humble contribution, I really don't deserve such a big reward."

As a police officer, arresting rebels is within his job scope. Even if he puts in a lot of effort, just making a note in the evaluation book and rewarding him with some silver is enough.

All he had hoped for before was to be able to enter the royal arsenal again and pick out some good magic weapons or elixirs to assist in his practice.

——After all, the pills I got last time have been used up.

But I never expected that the empress would be so generous.

Those medicinal herbs just now are fine.

It is precious to ordinary people, but it is nothing compared to the six hundred years of dynasty heritage.

But the Empress personally gave him the initiation, and no one else in the world had such an honor.

What's more, it also involves the distinction between men and women...

Of course, Zhao Duan also understood that it was his own stunning performances that gave the empress the idea of "increasing investment."

He also came at the right time.

The empress had just ascended the throne and had few talented people under her.

It is understandable that someone like him, who is both loyal and capable, would receive "training" beyond expectations.

"Since you know this, please do more for me in the future, then my efforts will not be in vain." Xu Zhenguan said calmly.

Zhao Duan was not hypocritical and polite, and said seriously:
"I will do my best."

Xu Zhenguan nodded slightly, quite satisfied with his statement.

Well...if you ignore the awkward situation between the king and his subject, and the pile of clothes at her feet.

"So...what should we do next? That initiation?"

Zhao Duan also felt extremely embarrassed and tried to dilute the strange atmosphere with serious matters.

Xu Zhenguan said calmly:

"There is a stone beside the pond. Sit with your back to me and expose your upper body above the water. I will give you acupuncture first."

Only then did Zhao Duan notice that the empress was holding a small cloth bag under her sleeve.

"According to the order."

Zhao Duan didn't act pretentiously and immediately groped his way to the hot spring pool.

Sure enough, we found raised stone steps in the water where we could sit.

He turned around and slowly pulled his upper body out of the water.

"Wow--"

In the quiet Tangquan Palace, there are waves of sound.

As Zhao Duan broke through the water, what appeared was a tall, muscular and muscular body.

His muscles were full and smooth, his shoulders were broad and his waist was thin. His arms, stretched out horizontally on the edge of the pool, were well-proportioned and slender, and looked very chiseled, without a trace of excess fat.

It's not the dead muscles trained in the gym, but the typical type of muscles that look thin when dressed and have muscles when undressed.

At this moment, water droplets slid down the lines of Zhao Duan's back. The fairy, who looked like a real person and was cold and otherworldly, had a slightly irregular breathing and was a little distracted.

"His Majesty?"

Zhao Duan sat down obediently and waited for a while. Seeing no movement behind him, he couldn't help but call out softly.

Xu Zhenguan came back to his senses and said calmly, "Don't move."

I didn’t move… Zhao Duan was stubborn in his heart.

Because I was facing away, I couldn't sense the movement behind me and could only look at the water in front of me.

Well, luckily it was night, and with a bunch of medicinal herbs soaked in it, the entire spring pool was turbid and the water was not clear.

This greatly reduced his sense of shame.

Behind her, the empress estimated the height and simply sat cross-legged on the shore. She shook the cloth bag and densely packed silver needles appeared inside.

She picked up one with her slender jade hand, rubbed it, and the energy flowed into the silver needle from her fingertips. Then, she was a little unfamiliar with it, and clumsily inserted it into a certain acupuncture point on the man's back.

The silver needle was extremely thin, and Zhao Duan only felt a slight pain, but more of a sore, numb and itchy feeling.

"Your Majesty, may I ask what initiation means? I have heard that initiation is mostly a method for martial artists to pass on their skills." He never forgot to learn.

Xu Zhenguan picked up the second silver needle, inserted it into another acupuncture point, and said:
"Listen less to those stories from the Jianghu. Although it is not impossible for a martial artist to pass on his skills, it is extremely demanding. Not only do both of them need to practice the same martial arts, but they also need to have the same martial arts foundation and meridian acupoints, as well as a series of demanding conditions to be able to do it.

But even if the conditions are met, if one passes on one's skills to an outsider, it will be greatly reduced. In the end, one can only get 20% to 30%. The one who passes on the skills will also greatly reduce his life span, so it rarely happens."

So, it seems that my plan of finding someone to teach me skills so that I can achieve great success overnight is not feasible... Zhao Duan thought.

Xu Zhenguan continued:

“Therefore, the so-called initiation is often the great monks using their own strength to help others open up the meridians, organize the qi, heal injuries and strengthen the body, and at most help others break through the barriers, but this is not a good thing.

The realm that is promoted with the help of others is extremely superficial. There are some family children in the martial arts world who have only martial arts realms, but actually rely on their elders to be promoted. They should not learn. "

While he was talking, he didn't stop inserting the needle.

Zhao Duan suddenly realized, thought about it, and changed the subject:

"Just now I saw Your Majesty walking out of the clear pool. Did you finish your bath as well? Ah——"

He suddenly grimaced and cried out in pain.

The empress's hand that was giving the acupuncture shook just now, and a stream of energy was not gathered steadily and hit his meridians directly.

There was suddenly a blood-red needle hole on the back.

"..." Xu Zhenguan took a deep breath, pretended to be calm and pulled out the silver needle. He used the cotton wool in the cloth bag to press his wound and frowned:

"Just bear with the pain and don't scream."

No... This really hurts... Zhao Duan's cheeks twitched and he said rudely:

"Your Majesty, are you worried that the noise might get out and be heard by people outside?"

Outside the Tangquan Palace, there were a large number of palace guards to prevent any ignorant people from barging in and disrupting the initiation.

The thick eyelashes on the pale face of the Great Yu Queen trembled as she said calmly:

"Why should I worry?"

Zhao Duan said: "It will affect your majesty's reputation if it gets out."

Xu Zhenguan had a slightly mocking look on his face. He threw away the cotton wool and started acupuncture again:
"Reputation? When you were using my reputation to get around, openly and secretly promoting your identity as my lover, did you ever care about my reputation?"

Perhaps because she was facing away and her face could not be seen, the "real person" posture she maintained was a little broken, and her expression and tone became much more lively.

These words were said with some gnashing of teeth.

Zhao Duan was exposed and felt very embarrassed. He said:

"I am doing this for your majesty's sake, so...ah!"

His cheek twitched, it hurt again!
on purpose!
She definitely did it on purpose this time!
Xu Zhenguan snorted coldly and squinted his eyes.
"Stop talking nonsense and concentrate on sensing your meridians."

Zhao Duan didn't dare to say a word. He closed his mouth and let the empress pierce all the silver needles into his back, neck, and even the top of his head.

Looks like a pitiful hedgehog.

After seeing her own "masterpiece", the empress couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth, as if she found it quite interesting.

It feels like I have completed a big project, and I feel a great sense of accomplishment.

"Your Majesty, how long will this injection last?" Zhao Duan didn't dare to move.

The empress frowned:

"One quarter of an hour, during which time you should calm your mind and regulate your breathing, slowly moving your Qi and blood, so that your whole body can open up and absorb the medicinal power."

"Oh..." Zhao Duan responded, took a breath, and suddenly opened his eyes again, and asked a little uneasily:
"Your Majesty, I suddenly remembered something."

"explain."

"That's it..." Zhao Duan's face looked a little strange:
"The last time I walked with you in the Imperial Garden, His Majesty said that with your cultivation, your spiritual awareness covers the entire palace. You don't need to use your eyes to see or your ears to hear. Any slight movement will not escape your perception."

"Hmm, what's up?"

Zhao Duan hesitated and asked, "So now, too?"

"..."

Queen Dayu was silent.

In the night breeze, her cheeks flushed slightly with embarrassment, then spread and could not be contained.

The atmosphere between the two became strange.

Suddenly, Xu Zhenguan picked up another silver needle with two fingers, threw it casually, and with a "puff" it pierced Zhao Duan's waist above the water.

Zhao Duan screamed in response.

Not far away, at the edge of the courtyard, a tulip standing upright in the wind was suddenly blown down.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to do this."

"Shut up! Prepare for the initiation, the Yijing cleansing of the marrow."

The empress flicked her sleeves, and the silver needles on his back and head were pulled out one by one, leaving only the one on his waist.

Then, Xu Zhenguan's eyes were clear, with no joy or sadness:

"I will give you the initiation later. You must visualize the Martial God Diagram and start practicing."

"Okay." Zhao Duan, who was in a depressed mood, looked serious.

Silently visualize the "Picture of the God of War" in your mind and gradually enter a state of meditation.

After confirming that he had fallen into meditation, Xu Zhenguan bit his lip.

A pair of beautiful hands slowly pressed towards his thick back.

The wind blew, and in the Tangquan Palace, the thirty-six spring pools began to boil, and the pressure of the heavenly realm filled the air.