Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

"Shh, don't talk."

In the corner, Shen Ye pinned the woman against the wall and whispered in her ear.

But how could the woman listen? She began to struggle violently, even using her inner energy. Although she still couldn't break free from Shen Ye's restraints, she made quite a commotion.

Having no other choice, Shen Ye led her to the door of the Empress's room, rammed the door open with his shoulder, and pushed the woman inside.

The Empress was still getting dressed when she saw the woman thrown in. She was startled, and when she saw that it was Miao Chengtian, one of her Nine Heavenly Saintesses, she immediately looked at Shen Ye, who walked in afterward, and said angrily, "You scoundrel, it's one thing to lay hands on me, but now that we've just stepped out, you've already attacked my people."

"I didn't!" Shen Ye was taken aback and explained with an innocent look on his face, "She saw me come out of your room, and I was afraid she would make a fuss, so I had to bring her to your room first."

Miao Chengtian, who had been lying on the ground since being thrown in, was already in a daze when he saw the woman. After hearing their conversation, his eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at his empress.

She said weakly, "Empress, you and him..."

"Shut up."

"Yes!"

The Empress reverted to her aloof demeanor before her subordinates. Her simple two words were enough to frighten Miao Chengtian into kneeling on the ground, head bowed, not daring to utter another word.

Seeing this, Shen Ye couldn't help but tease, "Oh, you look pretty intimidating!"

"That's all you can do to fool them." The Empress glared at him, her words carrying a hidden meaning.

Then, she looked at Miao Chengtian kneeling on the ground and frowned, saying, "Why are you still kneeling? Come and help me get dressed."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Miao Chengtian quickly got up and went over to pick up clothes to help the Empress dress.

Shen Ye didn't flinch, just stood there with his arms crossed, watching until the Empress finished dressing, then he asked, "What do we do now?"

"What do you mean, what should we do?" The Empress looked at him in confusion.

Shen Ye pointed at Miao Chengtian: "Her? What should we do?"

Upon hearing this, the Empress understood the meaning behind his words and immediately frowned, saying, "Miao Chengtian is my person."

Miao Chengtian, being a quick-witted person, chimed in, "This subordinate would never speak carelessly."

The Empress nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright then." Shen Ye could only shrug. Actually, he didn't care; he was mainly thinking of the Empress.

At this moment, the Empress, now dressed, sat upright on the edge of the bed with her hands clasped in front of her abdomen. Although her hair was still loose, she still looked incredibly dignified, completely different from when she was dressed as a man. This made Shen Ye's gaze never leave her.

The empress, her face flushing slightly under Shen Ye's intense gaze, rolled her eyes at him. However, to maintain her image in front of her subordinates, she didn't dare to make any big movements, which looked like she was subtly flirting, making Shen Ye's heart flutter.

"cough……"

After a while, Shen Ye withdrew his gaze, coughed lightly, and said, "Well, let's go down first. If we keep hiding, it will eventually arouse suspicion."

The Empress nodded and said, "Yes, you can go down now. We'll go down later."

"Okay." Shen Ye nodded and turned to leave.

But then, Miao Chengtian suddenly called out to him.

"Master, please stay."

"what happened?"

Shen Ye turned to look at her, and the Empress on the other side also looked at her.

Miao Chengtian pointed to his clothes and said, "If you go down wearing these clothes, it might cause the other sisters to have wild thoughts. So let me and the Empress go down first, and then I will explain to the sisters individually..."

"Wait, how are you going to explain this?" Shen Ye interrupted her. "Are you going to say that I fought with your empress and tore my clothes, so I had no choice but to wear her clothes? Wouldn't that just make them think that I'm having an affair with your empress?"

"You can't expect anything good to come out of a dog's mouth. What do you mean by 'having an affair'? Can't you say it another way?" The Empress glared at him.

Shen Ye immediately changed his tune: "Sorry, sorry, it's mutual affection."

The Empress spat again, "Who said we're mutually in love? It's clearly you..."

At this point, she blushed and was too embarrassed to continue.

Listening to the two bickering, Miao Chengtian wisely looked to the side, not daring to remember a single word.

After a moment of silence, seemingly having thought things through, the Empress said to Miao Chengtian, "Alright, Miao Chengtian, just tell the other Holy Maidens directly. There's no need to inform the other disciples; I doubt they'd dare to overthink it. As for Xue'er..."

She paused for a moment, then looked at Shen Ye and said, "I will talk to Xue'er about it myself."

"That's great." Shen Ye said with satisfaction, "Now you can let Xue'er follow me legitimately."

"Dream on." The Empress glanced at him. "Xue'er is my personal maid. From now on, she can only follow me and obey my orders. Whether she follows you or not, it all depends on my approval."

"You're already starting to differentiate between senior and junior?" Shen Ye frowned and said, "She knew me before you did."

"She can only be a concubine," the Empress sneered, but the blush on her face deepened.

“Alright, alright, she’ll be the younger sister, and you’ll be the older sister.” Shen Ye also knew that in this era, the order of seniority was prevalent, and it was only natural for the person in charge to be the older sister.

"You can only be a big shot here. When you come back with me, you'll only be a small fry," he muttered again.

Of course, he only thought this to himself and didn't dare to say it to the Empress's face, otherwise he would definitely make a scene, after all, the Empress is a woman who dares to love and hate.

At this moment, Miao Chengtian, who had been left out for a long time, whispered, "Empress, Young Master, shall we go down together now?"

"No, it's still you and your Empress... By the way, what should I call you? I can't just call you Empress like everyone else, I can't accept that." Shen Ye knew that the Empress had several names. Her original surname was Song, but after changing the imperial surname, it became Li. She also had an alias when she traveled the martial arts world, so he didn't know how to address her now.

"Shuiyun Ji, you can call me that for now." The Empress thought for a moment, but did not tell Shen Ye her real name.

“Alright, Yun Ji.” Shen Ye called out, feeling that it went quite smoothly, and continued from where he left off, “You and Yun Ji go down first, I’ll take a walk outside for a bit and then come in through the main gate.”

"Is it necessary to hide like this? Fine, let's do it your way." The Empress rolled her eyes at him, but she knew he was doing it for her own good. After all, it didn't matter if her close subordinates knew about this, but if outsiders found out, it would definitely cause trouble.

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Chapter 411! Night Visit

(I've been drinking again, so this chapter is a bit messy... It was supposed to be a long passage of psychological descriptions and some jealousy, but I really can't think of anything right now... I'll polish it later.)

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Afterwards, the Empress and Miao Chengtian went out downstairs, while Shen Ye opened the window and jumped out.

To give the Empress and Miao Chengtian enough time, Shen Ye wandered around the town several times, almost attracting the attention of the town's night patrolmen, but he still managed to shake them off.

After feeling that it was about time, Shen Ye returned to the inn, where the Empress and Lu Linxuan were having dinner.

"Brother Shen, you're finally back."

Upon seeing Shen Ye return, Lu Linxuan immediately stood up, ran to the entrance of the inn's courtyard with a joyful expression, and pulled him to sit down.

Ji Ruxue stood up with her, but as soon as she stood up, the Empress ordered her to sit down, which made her very depressed.

"Brother Shen, are you alright?"

After Lu Linxuan pulled Shen Ye to a seat, he first asked the waiter to bring another set of bowls and chopsticks, and then began to check Shen Ye's body, fearing that he might be injured.

"I am fine."

Shen Ye said somewhat uncomfortably, not because of Lu Linxuan's actions, but because the Empress's gaze kept sweeping over him, and he could vaguely hear the Empress's cold snort.

Regardless, the two had been intimate, and the Empress had never had close contact with a man before. Although she couldn't say she fell in love with Shen Ye at first sight, by chance, she decided that he was her life partner. As a woman, even someone in a high position, jealousy was inevitable.

"Brother Shen, this outfit doesn't seem to fit you very well," Zhang Zifan suddenly said.

When Shen Ye entered, he noticed it. Recalling the half-clothes he had seen in the woods outside the town and the fact that he saw the Empress had changed back into women's clothing when he returned, he, who was good at making connections, felt that there must be something strange about it.

Upon hearing this, the ordinary female disciples of the Illusionary Sound Pavilion also showed puzzled expressions, including Ji Ruxue, because they recognized that the clothes Shen Ye was wearing now seemed to belong to the Empress.

But just as the Empress said in the room, they didn't want to overthink it. After their initial confusion, they picked up their bowls and started eating.

Only the Nine Heavens Saintess's expressions were normal. They had already heard Miao Chengtian tell them the whole story, so they were not surprised. However, their gazes toward Shen Ye were extremely ardent, especially that of Fan Yintian, the most senior among the Nine Heavens Saintess. Her gaze, which seemed to want to devour Shen Ye, even caught the Empress's attention.

"Brother Zhang, my clothes were torn during the fight. When I came back, I just randomly picked a tailor shop in town and bought a new set of clothes, so they don't fit."

Shen Ye had already prepared his explanation, which was full of loopholes and not very credible, but at least it was a reason.

As expected, Zhang Zifan stopped talking. Although his eyes were still full of doubt, since Shen Ye was not going to say anything, there must be a reason. Besides, he owed Shen Ye a huge favor, so he shouldn't keep asking.

To be honest, Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan also had some doubts. However, Li Xingyun was not a talkative person, and Lu Linxuan trusted and obeyed Shen Ye completely. After hearing Zhang Zifan's words, the two senior and junior siblings only had a brief moment of doubt and did not think about it any further.

When Shen Ye replied, the waiter brought over the bowls and chopsticks. He was already very hungry, and after Lu Linxuan served him a bowl of rice, he ate it all up.

While they were eating, the Empress, who was sitting next to them, spoke up. She looked at Fan Yintian, who was sitting opposite them, and said, "Fan Yintian, prepare three rooms for them to stay in later."

“Three rooms… But, Empress, there are four of them.” Fan Yintian was taken aback.

They were fighting to the death before, and now they're being given rooms to live in, and there are only three rooms for four people. She really doesn't understand why.

"Just do as I say." The Empress glanced at Ji Ruxue first, then looked at Lu Linxuan, and said calmly.

"Yes, Empress." Fan Yintian dared not disobey and stood up, clasping his hands in greeting.

Upon hearing that the Empress had offered three rooms, Lu Linxuan and the others were overjoyed, especially Lu Linxuan, who had already decided how to arrange the rooms for the night.

But then, as if guessing Lu Linxuan's thoughts, the Empress suddenly added, "But what you said makes sense. How can four people share three rooms? How about this, Xue'er, you and I will share a room tonight, and the room you leave empty can be used by that little girl."

This time, it was Ji Ruxue's turn to be stunned. Although she was the Empress's personal maid, this was the first time she had ever slept in the same room as her master.

Just as she was hesitating, she heard Lu Linxuan whisper, "Brother Shen, I think three rooms are actually quite nice. I can share a room with you!"

Then, her gaze instantly fell on Lu Linxuan, her eyes filled with shock.