Chapter 1013 — Breaking Into the Heavenly Lord's Inner Court Again
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Cold sweat broke out on Shen Mu's forehead. Just then a sweet, pleasing voice came to his ears, saying with a laugh, "Some days ago I heard that the Heavenly Venerable Mu had peeped at the consorts of His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor while they bathed — truly shameless. This palace did not believe it, yet who would have thought I would actually meet the Heavenly Venerable Mu!"
Shen Mu turned and saw a noble consort walking toward him, dressed in crimson and white with her shoulders bare, her cloud-like hair piled high, the white swell of her breast half revealed, and on her feet cloud-treading boots with soles some four inches high that clacked as she walked.
Something stirred in Shen Mu's heart. This woman was Consort Qiang of the palace, and also the Heavenly Venerable Qiang among the Ten Heavenly Venerables. He had once suspected that this consort was the Empress or Lady Yuanmu.
Behind Consort Qiang, ribbons turned and drifted slowly. Her brows and eyes were bright as snow. Her gaze fell first on Shen Mu, then was drawn to God King Langwan, and she stared at her fixedly, unable to look away.
God King Langwan grew uneasy under that stare, took out a mirror and looked at herself, but could see no difference between herself and her usual appearance.
"Jue — Jue Wuchen!"
Consort Qiang was utterly distraught, and cried out in shock, "Jue Wuchen, you dare to show yourself?"
"The Heavenly Venerable Qiang is not Lady Yuanmu, nor is she the Empress. Lady Yuanmu is Jue Wuchen, and the Empress knows this too. If Consort Qiang were either of them, she would not have said such a thing."
Shen Mu was suddenly struck dumb. "Then who is Consort Qiang? Could she be..."
An absurd notion rose in his heart.