Chapter 82
What happened? He winced in pain and pulled his hand back, looking around. It felt as if he had been burned.
"Your Majesty, is there an assassin?" The guards cautiously surrounded the emperor, but there was no movement around them. They couldn't see a single cat or dog, let alone an assassin, so they dispersed to the side.
Something unusual must be going on. The guards and eunuchs looked at Ye Zhenzhen with suspicion. They had never seen such a beautiful woman in all these years. "Your Majesty, could it be this woman? Is she some kind of fox spirit or some other monster?"
But the emperor, with an air of "I don't care if you're human or demon, I've got you figured out," declared, "I hereby announce: Tomorrow is the wedding day, and I will welcome my new empress into the palace."
The most jealous king in the Six Realms is coming soon, stay tuned!
Chapter 82
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"Report!" A young eunuch suddenly rushed into the main hall in a panic.
"What is it?" the emperor asked.
"Your Majesty, the treasury of our Great Lin Dynasty has been blown up!" The little eunuch knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, fearing that the emperor would be angry and his life would be in danger.
"Whose national treasury was blown up?"
"From our Great Lin Dynasty."
"What of ours was bombed?"
"It's the national treasury! The national treasury has been bombed!"
"What! Our national treasury has been bombed! Take me to see it immediately!" The emperor jumped up in disbelief, preparing to go to the treasury with the eunuch. His eyes lingered on Ye Zhenzhen for a moment, but then he hesitated. "Issue my imperial decree: order the Ministry of Revenue to lead men to salvage the treasury immediately. If any silver is missing from the treasury, he will be held responsible."
"Report!" Before the previous eunuch could leave, another eunuch arrived.
"What is it now?" the emperor asked irritably.
"Your Majesty, our Great Lin Dynasty's granary has been burned down!" The newly arrived eunuch knelt on the ground, not daring to even raise his head.
"Whose granary burned down?"
"From our Great Lin Dynasty."
"What of ours was burned?"
"It's the granary! The granary has burned down!"
"What! What are my concubine and I going to eat next? Quickly, take me to put out the fire!" The emperor was initially very anxious, but after taking a few steps, he calmed down and waved his hand impatiently, "Quickly, send the Minister of Works to put out the fire."
The emperor had thought he could finally discuss the wedding arrangements for tomorrow with his beloved, but the eunuchs kept coming in with reports, one after another, and couldn't stop:
"Report! A strange wind has blown away all the clothes from the Imperial Wardrobe Bureau."
"Report! The flowers and plants in the Imperial Garden have been completely devoured by a flock of crows that suddenly flew in."
"Report! A termite army is attacking the palace and has devoured the wooden beams of many houses."
Immediately afterwards, court officials rushed to advise, "Your Majesty, this woman is surely Demoness, who has brought disaster upon our Great Lin Dynasty for no reason. This Demoness must be executed immediately to restore peace!"
"Kill her? I think killing you all is more appropriate!" The pale-faced emperor, pressured by numerous old ministers, was so angry that his face turned red and green in turns, wishing he could kick all of them out.
Ye Zhenzhen glanced at Ye Qingchuan hiding in the shadows and couldn't help but curse inwardly: [Well, Ye Qingchuan, you really know how to stir up trouble! I'm clearly a fairy, but you've turned me into Demoness!]
Ye Qingchuan curled his lips at her with a smug smile, thinking, "Let's see if that dog emperor dares to marry you again!"
"Your Majesty, we must not allow a Demoness to cloud our judgment and endanger the fate of our Great Lin Dynasty!" The ministers knelt down in unison, and some generals even drew their swords, ready to execute Ye Zhenzhen on the spot.
Unexpectedly, the emperor resolutely stood in front of Ye Zhenzhen, declaring, "If you want to kill her, you must kill me first."
The atmosphere suddenly froze.
A strange gust of wind suddenly arrived, like an invisible behemoth suddenly awakening, plunging the hall into complete darkness, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face.
"Oh no! The Demoness has used her magic and is going to eat us all!"
"Demoness, I'm not afraid of you! Come at me if you dare!"
"Don't eat me, don't eat me, don't eat me..."
In an instant, panic, screams, and shouts of running away filled the air.
When the storm subsided and the palace was filled with light again, the beauty behind the emperor was nowhere to be seen.
"My beauty! My beauty!" The emperor was frantic, sending his guards to search everywhere, but they couldn't find Ye Zhenzhen anywhere. Dejected, he collapsed to the ground, his face filled with the despair of losing his beloved. "Even if you have to turn the entire capital upside down, you must find my beauty for me!"
Not far away, Ye Zhenzhen was being held tightly by the hand by the person who caused the accident, hurrying through the palace. "What are you doing? You're hurting me," she scolded playfully.
Ye Qingchuan glanced at her sideways and squeezed her hand even tighter. "My lady, I've only been back in the Demon Realm handling some business for less than a day, and you're already so eager to come to the Mortal World to have fun with men. How am I supposed to let go of your hand in the future?"
"What do you mean, 'finding men to fool around with'? It's all because of my stunning beauty that the Human Race emperor coveted me and forcibly abducted me in the street!" Ye Zhenzhen lowered her head, feigning annoyance, and said, "If beauty is a sin, then I can only blame myself for being too beautiful."
Ye Qingchuan scoffed, "You, a master of the Void Refinement stage in the Cultivation World, can be held hostage by Human Race? I think you're clearly after that Human Race emperor's good looks and are just throwing yourself at him."
Huh? Your little scheme was seen through so easily by the jealous king?
However, Ye Zhenzhen would never admit that she was bewitched by good looks. "Wanqing and Wanning have never been to the Human Realm, let alone seen the Human Race royal palace. I only went with the Human Race emperor to the palace to broaden their horizons. By the way, where are the two children? Why are they missing?"
The two searched around the palace and finally found the two children in the Imperial Kitchen. They were being served delicious food and drinks, and their little faces were filled with sweet smiles.
"Are you leaving already? Can we stay a few more days?" Ye Wanqing, biting into Peach Blossom Cake and drinking bird's nest porridge, her face filled with reluctance. They had never tasted Human Realm food before, and they never expected it to be so delicious.