King Yu sat boldly and drank with a smile, looking upon the many old brothers who had fought alongside him to win the realm. Cup after cup, he accepted all comers, driving the banquet to its climax.
"You spoil them too much."
Zhou Xiaocui was now ravishingly beautiful, her skin white as snow, charming and alluring, tempting yet dangerous—entirely unlike the village girl she had once been. Bolstered by the Queen's position within the Fortune Dynasty, she faintly exuded the terrifying aura of the Void Refinement Peak.
She was in the form of a venomous scorpion.
The renowned Scorpion Queen of the outside world had struck fear into the hearts of countless deities and powerful cultivators, with untold bones beneath her hands.
Yet now, her gaze upon King Yu was filled with pure tenderness, without the slightest impurity.
As though before him, she was still Xiao Cui of the Zhou Family from so many years ago—the girl who had fallen in love with him at first sight when he was young, a love that had never changed through all these years.
"Everyone here survived a hundred battles. Founding this cause was hard, and only then did we have today."
"How could I bear to be harsh with them?"
King Yu let out a long sigh, his gaze gentle. "Cui, I know. In the future, I will establish the laws, define the dynasty's interests, and distinguish rank from station, so that our foundation may endure for ten thousand generations. Our children can grow up happy in the future, no longer suffering as we did in our childhood."
"Later, we will have even more children. Our children will all be dukes, marquises, princes, and royal descendants."
He looked lovingly at Zhou Xiaocui's slightly protruding belly.
"Pah!"
"Who's going to have more children