The Scheme

After a short while, still unable to find Sun Wukong, the Demon King said to the Queen:

"Don't worry about anything now. Go back first, I'll be there in a bit."

Upon hearing the Demon King's words, the Demon King immediately clung to Demon King, saying, "Please don't do that! I'm afraid that after you leave, Sun Wukong will come back again."

Upon hearing this, the Demon King quickly embraced the Queen and said to her:

"You must take good care of yourself. That person just now was Sun Wukong. We've been searching this place thoroughly, but he's vanished without a trace, so we're all very uneasy."

After hearing what the Demon King said, the Demon King whispered in his Demon King:

"Since we can't find Sun Wukong anymore, it means Sun Wukong's already gone. Let's go to sleep peacefully."

Upon hearing the Queen's invitation, the Demon King dared not feign strength any longer. He then instructed all the demons to be careful with fire to prevent Sun Wukong from entering, and then led the Queen to the inner palace.

Sun Wukong, disguised as Chunjiao, led a group of servants and said, "Since we can't find Sun Wukong now, I'll pour you two a cup of wine. Drink it and then go to sleep."

Upon hearing Sun Wukong's words, the Demon King and the Queen nodded hurriedly. The Queen then said hastily, "Then why don't you quickly arrange some wine to help the King relieve his fatigue?"

Upon hearing the Queen's words, the Demon King was overjoyed and immediately said to Sun Wukong, "That's right, that's right! Hurry up and bring some wine so the Queen and I can calm our nerves."

Sun Wukong then led the demons, who immediately served wine, meat, and fruit, and laid out chairs. The queen and the Demon King sat in the chairs and drank the nuptial wine together.

At the same time, Sun Wukong, seeing this, quickly said:

"The King and Queen just drank the nuptial wine today, so you two should drink it all up, just to bring them joy."

Upon hearing what Sun Wukong said, the Demon King and Queen were overjoyed and actually finished drinking it.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong immediately continued, "Since you two are so happy now, I'll arrange for some servants to sing and dance for you later."

Just as Sun Wukong finished speaking, some singing suddenly began to be heard. People sang and danced, and then the Demon King and Queen drank a lot more.

After a short while, the Empress summoned all the servants away, leaving only Sun Wukong to pour wine.

The Empress and the Demon King spoke only the words that a husband and wife should say to each other. The Empress's gentle words made the Demon King's legs go weak, but he was simply not lucky enough to touch her.

After a short while, the queen suddenly asked the Demon King, "Your Majesty, is your treasure undamaged?"

Upon hearing the Queen's words, the Demon King smiled confidently and said to her, "This treasure of mine was crafted by immortals; how could it possibly be damaged? It was merely torn open by Sun Wukong, and the cotton inside was burned away."

After hearing what the Demon King said, the Demon King looked at him with a puzzled expression and asked, "So, how do you plan to handle this matter?"

After pondering this for a long time, the Demon King slowly said to the Queen:

"There's no need to do anything about it. I've already put that treasure on my waist; they can only see it if they get close."

Upon hearing the Demon King's words, Sun Wukong immediately plucked three of his hairs and bit them to pieces. With a gentle blow, the three hairs transformed into insects that crawled all over the Demon King's body, biting at his skin.

The Demon King was immediately in unbearable pain, so he reached into his robes and scratched for a long time. Suddenly, he pulled out a few insects and took them to examine them by the candlelight.

Upon seeing this, the empress felt a chill run down her spine and said to the Demon King:

"Your Majesty must have left your clothes unwashed for many days, which is why they've gotten infested with insects. Please don't worry about it."

Upon hearing this, the Demon King suddenly felt extremely embarrassed and ashamed. He slowly said, "I never have insects, but this happened tonight, which is truly embarrassing for me."

Upon hearing this, the Empress smiled and said to the Demon King:

"Why would Your Majesty say that? There's a saying that even the emperor can get bugs. Take off your clothes now, and I'll pick them off for you."

Upon hearing this, the Demon King looked around and actually took off his clothes.

However, Sun Wukong noticed that the Demon King was covered in insects, so many of them that even his Law Treasure was infested with them. Sun Wukong then said to the Demon King:

"Your Majesty, give me the bell first, and I'll help you catch some bugs."

Upon hearing Sun Wukong's words, the Demon King felt both ashamed and flustered, for Demon King was unsure whether they were true or false.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Demon King hesitated for a long time before handing the Law Treasure to Sun Wukong.

After Sun Wukong obtained the Law Treasure, he stared at Law Treasure for a long time. Seeing the Demon King catching insects with his head down, Sun Wukong used his hairs to transform them into three unique bells.

Then Sun Wukong took the bell and placed it next to the candle to examine it. After shaking his body for a while, he gathered all the insects onto his body.

After a short while, the Demon King remembered that his Law Treasure was still on Sun Wukong, and asked Sun Wukong:

"Now that those insects have all disappeared, hurry up and give me the Law Treasure."

Upon hearing what the Demon King said, Sun Wukong immediately handed the fake Demon King Law Treasure to him.

After obtaining the Law Treasure, the Demon King handed it to the empress and said, "You must keep this Law Treasure safe and check it carefully. Don't do it the way you did before."

Upon hearing this, the Empress immediately stood up, took the Law Treasure with both hands, gently opened the box, put the Law Treasure inside, and then locked Law Treasure up with a lock.

Just then, after the queen finished doing all that, she drank a few more cups of wine with the monster and said to the servants around her, "You all hurry up and clean the bed. I want to share a bed with the king."

Upon hearing this, the Demon King glanced at the Empress's clothes, which seemed to radiate golden light. He immediately recalled their former appearance and quickly waved his hand, saying to the Empress:

"Please don't do that! I can't possibly go along with that. I'll take a maid and sleep somewhere else tonight. You should go to sleep first."

After speaking, the Demon King put on his clothes, got up and left, leaving the Queen alone there.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong's eyes darted around, and after a short while, he came to the goddess's side and said to her: