The Emperor Chose Consorts, but King Zhou Was Nowhere to Be Seen

King Zhou did not attend the consort-selection gathering in person.

This was both King Zhou's own wish and the result of Shen Gongbao and Grand Tutor Wen's deliberate, if unspoken, cooperation!

After all, of the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb, the most important one, the Nine-tailed Demon Fox, had already joined the Interception Sect!

But the other two, the Jade Pipa Spirit and the Nine-headed Pheasant Spirit, were also formidable demons!

Their powers of seduction were impressive, too!

King Zhou was a lecher by nature, a flaw he could hardly be expected to overcome!

If he saw the beauties the Nine-headed Pheasant Spirit and Jade Pipa Spirit had transformed into, his heart would surely race and his head would spin!

That would be terrible news for the great plans that lay ahead!

So Shen Gongbao wisely arranged to keep King Zhou occupied elsewhere!

With King Zhou absent, the consort selection naturally fell into Empress Jiang's hands!

Grateful to Su Daji for yielding to her, Empress Jiang invited Su Daji to help oversee the selection!

Shen Gongbao took the opportunity to tell Su Daji about the arrangements for the event!

Then, a short while later, Su Daji passed the information on to Empress Jiang!

Neither Su Daji nor Empress Jiang wanted two more powerful rivals by their side, so they had little enthusiasm for the consort selection to begin with!

After Shen Gongbao told them what was going on, they became even more determined to keep the Jade Pipa Spirit and Nine-headed Pheasant Spirit from appearing before King Zhou!

"I never would have guessed that the two most beautiful candidates were demons!"

Empress Jiang furrowed her brow slightly. "We absolutely cannot let these demons bewitch Your Majesty. Otherwise, the favorable situation we worked so hard to establish could take a turn