When she heard the Little Princess call Houtu "Auntie," the Corpse Consort's whole spirit reeled.
She even gave her the six paths of reincarnation, and she wasn't her biological daughter?!
Was Lady Houtu really that open-minded?
She was actually willing to hand the underworld over to another woman's child!
That was a little too crazy!
But as a servant, she didn't dare pass judgment on her master's family affairs.
All she knew was that Tang Xiaoling, standing before her, was the future ruler of the underworld!
"Little Master, after I died all those years ago, my bones did not decay, but I had yet to gain sentience."
"By a stroke of chance, Lady Houtu awakened me."
"Ever since then, I have stayed by her side and served her as my supreme master!"
The Corpse Consort briefly explained her relationship with Lady Houtu.
Tang Xiaoling more or less understood. This auntie was probably her auntie's nanny, just like Mengmeng.
But what puzzled the little girl was that she couldn't cook because she was too young.
That was why Daddy had hired a nanny to look after her.
But Auntie was already a grown-up. Could she not cook either?
Or perhaps...
"Auntie, is your cooking really yummy?"
Drool trickled from the corner of the little girl's mouth as she asked expectantly.
But the question left the Corpse Consort utterly dumbfounded.
Huh?
My cooking?
Human blood mixed with sugar?
You couldn't eat that anyway, Little Master!
"I..." The Corpse Consort looked rather at a loss, her mind racing as she tried to figure out how to answer.
Because she could tell that the Little Master was probably hungry!
The problem was, she didn't have anything tasty here!
As a drought demon, she usually slept to nurture her corpse and had no need to