What made Xiao Ying feel awkward was that the difference in age, seniority, status, and so on was simply too great. People would definitely point fingers behind his back!
"Her body fragrance should be the natural overflow of a Dao Fruit. One can imagine her cultivation in her previous life! The stronger the fragrance, the closer the day of her awakening. you decide what to do..."
Seeing Xiao Ying react like this, Bai Ze felt both exasperated at his failure to live up to expectations and consumed by jealousy, envy, and resentment. He spat fiercely.
After a pause, he continued mockingly, "By the rules of your secular world, as an emperor, having three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two consorts is merely standard. You have already invested four empresses and two consorts, and you have stirred up a pile of romantic entanglements in the Upper Realm. What pure innocence are you pretending at? At worst, treat it as an investment guaranteed to bring profit without loss. Marry her but do not touch her, and forge a good karmic bond!"
"You cannot put it that way... Marriage is marriage. If she awakens someday, what would our relationship be then? If there truly are feelings involved, how could I bear to watch her leave?"
Xiao Ying gave a bitter smile and explained through voice transmission, filled with helplessness and conflict.
Bai Ze shot Xiao Ying an irritated look and coldly rebuked him.
"Secular prejudices! Since we have come this far, if you value feelings so much, then reject her outright!"
While Xiao Ying and Bai Ze conversed through voice transmission...
The atmosphere in the hall was solemn and deathly quiet. Everyone, including Sun Shangxiang, watched Xiao Ying in confusion as he remained silent, his expression visibly changing several times.
This was a major