Chapter 835
Chapter 835
Two days later.
Shen Lang was ready to perform a fallopian tube recanalization for Queen Eda using a guidewire. Normally, such a procedure could not be performed without a hysteroscope. However, Shen Lang had his X-ray vision and supercomputer brain, so he could proceed with the surgery as planned. The entire surgical process need not be detailed. In any case, Shen Lang struggled greatly during the surgery, drenched in sweat. Queen Eda was even more beautiful than Princess Dora, and she was at the peak of her mature beauty. Any man would be fatally captivated by a woman of noble status, supreme martial skill, and pristine innocence. Shen Lang had to clear his mind of all distracting thoughts to complete the surgery smoothly. The operation was a complete success.
* * *
Three days later, the high priestess excitedly announced to Queen Eda,
“Your Majesty, you can now become a mother. You may attend the next Rite of Procreation.”
Hearing this, Queen Eda was overcome with emotion and immediately knelt, facing north.
“Thank you, Heavenly God. Thank you, my ancestors, for bestowing this divine healing upon me.”
While most women long to have children, this was especially true for the Amazon warriors. For them, it was akin to carrying on a legacy. The fact that Queen Eda could become a mother held even greater significance for the Amazon Queendom. It meant that the queen's golden bloodline would not be broken, and the next queen would be just as powerful. With the next Rite of Procreation only a month and a half away, the queen had to prepare to bear an heir. Of course, Amazon warriors could generally have children from the age of twenty-two, but the queen's current age was by no means too late. Since neither the queen nor Princess Dora showed signs of gout, they could live healthily for decades to come, with ample time to raise a new, powerful queen.
“My teacher, not only did Miss Yun Nana save many of our tribe's warriors, but she has also enabled me to bear an heir, ensuring the golden bloodline of the Amazon royalty continues. How can I possibly repay such a profound debt of gratitude?”
Queen Eda was deeply troubled. A debt of gratitude must always be repaid. This, too, was a teaching passed down from their ancestors. However, they were so powerful that they rarely found themselves indebted to others. If they failed to repay a debt, their people could no longer be called a noble race. She had asked Shen Lang several times what he needed, but he had requested nothing.
“What does she say she wants?”
The high priestess asked. Queen Eda shook her head.
“She said she needs nothing.”
“Your Majesty, there are two kinds of people in this world who want nothing. The first are the truly noble, who genuinely desire nothing. The second are those whose desires are so vast and great that they dare not speak of them.”
“Then does Miss Yun Nana seem like the first kind?”
“What do you think, Your Majesty?”
“Teacher, I may be a queen, but I am more of a warrior. I am not adept at guessing people's intentions.”
“My Queen, you will soon face a great dilemma.”
“What is it?”
“That Miss Yun Nana may be a man.”
Hearing this, Queen Eda's eyes narrowed, while Princess Dora, standing beside her, cried out in shock.
*‘How is that possible? Where in this world could you find a man so beautiful and delicate? He's prettier than a woman. How beautiful are her nose, her eyes, her eyelashes? She's even more feminine than many of the women of the Amazon tribe.’*
But then, Princess Dora suddenly recalled recent events. Every time she playfully teased Yun Nana, she would always instinctively pull back. Why was that? Furthermore, when she invited her to bathe in the hot springs together, she refused. She stayed inside her own house and always bathed alone. The Amazon Queendom was inhabited only by women. The weather here was hot, yet there were many large bathhouses. Every day, many warriors bathed in these large bathhouses, so they all saw each other in their natural state. Whether their faces were beautiful or plain, the Amazon warriors all had superb figures, like top-tier models. Moreover, they were not ashamed to speak of their bodies. They considered flat chests beautiful because it was more convenient for combat. If a woman's chest was too large, she would desperately try to make it smaller.
But Miss Yun Nana never went to the bathhouses. She did, however, come to observe them once, but she didn't stay for more than a quarter of an hour. At the time, Yun Nana's expression was a little strange, but Princess Dora hadn't paid it much mind. She knew that female nobles from the Seilun Dynasty were all like that, highly valuing their privacy and unaccustomed to such scenes. A frost seemed to cover Queen Eda's beautiful face. She asked,
“Teacher, do you have proof?”
“I do not. But I am eighty percent certain. Your Majesty and Princess Dora have never seen a man, but I have.”
Her teacher never lied. If she said eighty percent, it meant she was one hundred percent certain. Queen Eda clenched her fist and slammed it down.
Bang!
The stone table in front of her immediately cracked and broke. Her strength was terrifying, far greater than Princess Dora's.
“Your Majesty, according to the will of our ancestors, any man who enters the Amazon Queendom must be beheaded, torn to pieces, and then burned to ashes. What do you intend to do?”
Queen Eda said nothing. In the past thousand years of history, some exceptionally handsome men had tried to enter the Amazon Queendom disguised as women. And they were all castrated, flayed, and finally burned to ashes. If Yun Nana was truly a man, how should he be dealt with? Should she kill him? But he had done the Amazon Queendom a great service, and no queen in history had ever been so deeply indebted to an outsider. Not kill him? That would be a complete betrayal of the ancestors' will. A queen who defied the ancestors' will was no longer fit to be queen. After a long moment, Queen Eda spoke.
“Dora, bring Yun Nana here.”
* * *
Over an hour later, Shen Lang appeared before Queen Eda. Seeing her face, Shen Lang's heart began to pound. The queen's frosty, cold face was filled with anger and killing intent. Shen Lang realized his disguise had been discovered. However, he had no intention of continuing to deceive them. After all, there were people within the Amazon Queendom who had experience with men.
Queen Eda asked,
“Yun Nana, someone has said that you are a man. Proving it would be very simple. You would only need to remove your pants. But I do not wish to do that. I want you to tell me yourself. Are you a man or a woman?”
Princess Dora, standing beside her, added,
“Yun Nana, you'd better answer carefully. According to the will of our ancestors, any man who enters the Amazon Queendom must be castrated, flayed, and then burned to ashes.”
The high priestess at her side gestured, and a dozen warriors instantly entered the room. Shen Lang asked,
“Your Majesty, if I am a man, I would like to know what you will do.”
A tremor ran through Queen Eda's beautiful face. But the queen spoke calmly,
“According to the will of our ancestors, I should castrate you, flay you, and burn you. But you have done us a great service. Therefore, I will castrate you and then banish you from this place. Of course, even doing so would be a betrayal of our ancestors' will, so I would no longer be worthy of being the Amazon Queen. I will abdicate my throne and go into self-exile.”
This meant Queen Eda was willing to pay the price of her throne to save Shen Lang's life. It was already a great sacrifice. Princess Dora said,
“We are a noble race. We would never lift a lady's skirt to verify her gender. So if you say you are a woman, we will let you go and even give you a box of gifts.”
Did this mean they were willing to look the other way?
“But from this day forward, you must never approach our waters again.”
Hearing Princess Dora's words, Shen Lang was filled with admiration for the Amazon tribe and their queen. They always repaid their debts of gratitude. Even if it meant violating their ancestors' will, they were truly willing to give up the throne to repay their debt. They were truly a people of boundless honesty and integrity.
Princess Dora continued,
“Miss Yun Nana, so you must answer with great care. If you are a man, not only will we have to castrate you, but Her Majesty the Queen will also lose her throne.”
Shen Lang hesitated for about thirty seconds, then took off his wig, pulled out some cleansing water to wash his face, and removed his skirt, returning to his male form. Seeing this, Queen Eda trembled, and everyone present closed their eyes in anguish. They could not understand why this person had made such a choice. Shen Lang spread his arms and said,
“Queen Eda, Princess Dora, I am a man. My name is Shen Lang, son of Jiang Li. I am one of the contenders for the two imperial thrones in the Eastern world.”
Queen Eda took a painful breath and removed the crown from her head. Princess Dora turned pale, her face completely drained of color. She couldn't understand how things had come to this. The high priestess gestured and said,
“Guards, seize this man, execute his sentence before everyone, and make sure he is castrated.”
Instantly, a dozen Amazon warriors moved to seize Shen Lang. Shen Lang did not resist at all, spreading his arms to make it easier for them to grab him, and said,
“Your Majesty, Honorable High Priestess, I have come to save you. I don't mean saving you by treating the gout or helping Queen Eda become a mother. That was simply my duty as a physician; I cannot claim to have saved anyone with that. Those were merely minor tricks. But the Amazon Queendom is about to face a catastrophic disaster. Your homeland will be completely wiped from this world, and everyone will die. Only I can save you, the Amazon warrior tribe.”
This was the true way for Shen Lang to conquer the Amazon Queendom.