While Lu Yao was indulging in pleasures, the Empress Dowager was expending effort to stabilize her Divine Soul's damage and to heal and mend her body.
She could only hope that Lu Yao, preoccupied with his beauty, would forget time itself and leave her out of his mind.
But just as the Empress Dowager began to see some improvement, a pair of feet abruptly appeared before her face!
These delicate and beautiful feet were fair and transparent as if made of crystal, evidently belonging to a woman.
Looking up, she saw the person before her was none other than Yun Qinglan, the Holy Maiden of the Joyful Sect and the direct disciple of the Joyful Bodhisattva.
Yun Qinglan had been observing for a while, confirming that the Empress Dowager had no strength to resist, before she showed herself with intentions to do something.
When the Empress Dowager saw her, she feigned composure and said,