Chapter 9: Takeoff.

Xu Changle’s heart cried out.

No!

No way! He absolutely did not want that kind of thing!

Xu Changle, with his side face and upper body pressed against the door, struggled with all his might, but the effect could not be said to be none — it was completely nonexistent.

His strength in front of Xiao Linyue was not even comparable to a little girl’s!

Was it going to end here?

Was it really going to end just like this…?

…No.

Absolutely not!

It had not reached the point of desperation yet!

All along, Xu Changle had considered himself someone who could bend and adapt. After suddenly transmigrating to this female-dominated world and becoming a puppet emperor controlled by others in every way, he had not given up on himself. Instead, he had been recuperating his body while adapting to this world, actively looking for any opportunity to regain his freedom.

Only by living freely could one truly be alive. His body existed in this female-dominated world, but his soul still carried the indelible marks of Blue Star.

That was exactly why he had made such a big mistake.

Why had he subconsciously assumed that the drug would definitely be given to the man?

He had been careless! This was a female-dominated world!

These arrogant phoenixes had status and power. To them, they were the eternal ones who held the initiative.

As long as they got serious, men? They were nothing more than playthings in their palms, completely without the ability to resist them.

He had been too arrogant.

His will, his strength, and even his entire person had never entered Xiao Tan’s eyes.

Even now, Xu Changle’s body showed no signs of being drugged at all. If anything, that bowl of nourishing soup had made his mind clearer, his strength greater, and his endurance stronger and more lasting. Otherwise, he would not have been able to hold on for so long under Xiao Linyue’s brute force.

Xiao Tan had not administered any aphrodisiac drug to him, this puppet emperor.

The nourishing soup sent every day was truly just a simple bowl of tonic.

All her methods had been used on the harder-to-deal-with Xiao Linyue.

This also meant that Xiao Tan must have made thorough arrangements for tonight, determined to succeed in one strike.

She might have even forced Xiao Linyue to drink the hundred-percent baby girl soup, just waiting to check the pulse in a month.

Xiao Tan! You iron-blooded one! Damn you!

You arrogant bastard, how could I possibly let you succeed!

Don’t underestimate me. Just wait. One day, I will make you regret looking down on me today!

A ball of fire seemed to burn in Xu Changle’s chest, blazing fiercely. He took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed this rage deep in his heart.

He relaxed his body and assumed a soft, obedient posture, allowing Xiao Linyue to do as she pleased.

It looked as if he had accepted his fate.

“Empress…” Xu Changle’s tone was gentle. He stopped resisting.

Xiao Tan’s arrangement was indeed ingenious. Facing the huge difference in strength between him and Xiao Linyue, he truly had no power to resist.

As long as Xiao Linyue wanted it, no matter what Xu Changle himself wished, the only choice in the end was to lie down and let her do whatever she wanted.

But Xiao Tan had missed one point.

That was — Xiao Linyue was a complete novice!

This proud noble daughter who usually looked at people with her chin raised had zero interest in those colorful little picture books that circulated in noble circles and paid no attention to knowledge in this area at all.

Although her family had sent her relevant teachers when she got married, halfway through the Empress enthronement ceremony Xiao Linyue had already told that teacher to get lost. She had not listened for even a second.

As a result, even though Xiao Linyue was almost driven crazy by the drug’s effects right now, she could only act instinctively and clumsily.

The movements looked quite scary, as if the door was about to be smashed open. It seemed like an intense battle…

But as for actual harm…

Other than anxiously covering his face with saliva, what else could she do?

Xiao Tan had probably never imagined that Xiao Linyue’s knowledge in this area would be so lacking. After all, anyone who had attended a few noble banquets would have seen or heard about such things many times even if they had not done it themselves.

Even if one had never eaten pork, one should have seen pigs run, right?

Yet Xiao Linyue had neither eaten the pork nor seen the pigs run.

Her personality was so arrogant. She would not attend banquets hosted by people she disliked, nor those where disliked people were present. If she was in a bad mood at a banquet, she would turn and leave. If the topic did not interest her, she would leave without giving face…

Basically, there was no banquet that could make her stay for long.

For someone of Xiao Linyue’s family background, this was not a big deal.

Born in the Xiao family, a bit of arrogance was nothing.

Not only the Xiao family members, but female sovereigns from other prestigious families thought the same. At worst, they just would not play with Xiao Linyue and would not invite her when there was something interesting. Small matters, all small matters.

Indeed, they were not big deals.

But bit by bit, these small matters had accumulated and finally became the boomerang that struck Xiao Tan today.

“Empress…” After Xu Changle stopped struggling, Xiao Linyue gradually loosened the force restraining him, allowing him to turn around and face her directly.

Xu Changle made his voice as soft and gentle as possible and proactively pulled Xiao Linyue into his arms, lightly patting her back. “It feels very uncomfortable, right? Let me help you feel better, okay?”

“Mmm!”

She mumbled vaguely, but had no idea what she truly wanted.

Xiao Tan’s drug was too strong. After being tormented for so long without relief, Xiao Linyue’s brain had completely lost the ability to think and was left with almost only instinct.

He could not ignore her. He had to help her dispel the drug’s effects, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

But he could not dispel it in the way Xiao Tan wanted.

He did not know whether Xiao Linyue would retain memories of this period after the drug wore off.

If she did…

Xu Changle sighed softly. “I admire the Empress in my heart and naturally want to be closer to you. But not like this, and certainly not in this way.”

“How could I take advantage of the Empress’s crisis?”

He was a love-brained fool devoted to the Empress! So even if Xiao Linyue recovered her memories after the drug wore off, she could not blame him at all!

First, he coaxed Xiao Linyue away from the door area. Being too close to the servants outside would make it easy for them to discover his upcoming “substitution” plan.

Xu Changle coaxed Xiao Linyue to a suitable spot like coaxing a child.

Xu Changle sighed softly once more and gently stroked Xiao Linyue’s smooth hair in the darkness.

“Empress, do you know what takeoff means?”

Earlier, when Xu Changle thought he had been drugged, he had considered the worst-case scenario — which was nothing more than him manually taking off once.

This was the backup plan to dispel the drug’s effects.