"Greetings, Your Majesty." Li Chen suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and calmly paid his respects to the Demon Empress.
Though the scene was suggestive, the Demon Empress was not deliberately trying to seduce a junior like Hu Ze. Rather, allure was woven into her very bones; the charm she naturally radiated was already enough to turn souls upside down. It was a special gift she had been born with.
He had prepared for this before coming and had more or less guessed that a Great Power of the demon race would possess such abilities. After all, demon foxes were passionate creatures, and tales of their bewitching charms had existed since ancient times. Male or female, they were all exceptionally beautiful and captivating figures.
Fairy Zhang Hua raised her brows and glanced at him. Resting her slender, soft-jade fingers across her red lips, she chuckled. "So you're Hu Ze? I remember your mother was Six-Tailed Su Ji of Creek Mountain. She once traveled with me to the far east, and I even held you when you were born. There's no need to stand on ceremony. Just call me Aunt from now on."
Joy appeared on Hu Ze's handsome face, and he promptly said, "Aunt."
There was no such event in his memories.
Then Fairy Zhang Hua explained, "You were born in beast form, which terrified the midwife. Your mother had no choice but to swap a civet kitten for the crown prince, finding a human infant to fool the Duke of Pingqiu at the time."
Li Chen paused in surprise. "That actually happened?"
Fairy Zhang Hua smiled. "The Duke of Pingqiu knew nothing about it at first. Later, when the time came to appoint his heir, the child couldn't pass the bloodline test, so your mother had to explain