I am the best when it comes to taking divergent paths. With just a flip of my hand, I shall take the path less commonly travelled. I search far and wide, only to find myself unbeatable and unrivaled. So now I ask, who else can match my awesomeness? Acting tough is second nature to me and I am a lone wolf. The road is long and winding but I shan’t feel lonely as long as I am able to act tough! Life and death bore me and I do whatever I deem fit. “Young man, way back when I started acting tough, you were still learning how to put on your underpants!” Xu Que thus decided to take the path of acting tough. He decided to act tough every single god-damned day. If he wasn’t acting tough, he was scheming for the best way to act tough!
Xu Que and his three thousand soldiers were marching towards the third Duke's residence.
On the other side, the soldiers of the Imperial City had no idea whether they should inform the Duke first or rescue Young Twelve first, feats which would be dangerous either way.
Thus, they just stood still.
…
In the main bedroom of the third Duke's residence, the door closed. Inside the room, a woman who was richly bejeweled began undressing a middle-aged man.
The man draped a pair of imperial robes on his body and sneered. "These are the imperial robes that belong to me!"
The woman covered her mouth with her hand and smiled. "Since you are wearing the imperial robes, you should start to call yourself 'Emperor' as well."
"Haha! Quite right!" The man laughed hard.
This room was shielded by a Protection Array, so they could not be heard by people outside.