After Elder Yin finished speaking, he stopped and looked around. Seeing that all the young monks were sitting upright and listening attentively, he nodded in agreement.
Elder Yin stroked his white beard, picked up the small teapot on his desk and took a sip. He then organized his words in his mind before speaking slowly.
"The previous demon king of the demon world was Bai Dijiu of the Qingqiu Fox Clan. While he wasn't known for being diligent and caring for his people, he was still a qualified monarch. He was able to keep the demon world stable, and he didn't take many concubines. After dealing with the demon world's accumulated political affairs, he would either train or go on adventures. Every time he left the palace, he would return with scars all over his body."
"I wonder if all the elders in this world love to boss the younger generation around. After the king had reigned for a hundred years without taking a concubine, several of us elders began to petition him to take one. At the time, we wondered if the king would be more absent from the palace if he had children."
"Although the king respected us elders, he ignored our requests. Just when we were about to give up, the king suddenly called us elders and said he wanted to marry the queen."
Elder Yin paused for a moment, then smiled and explained, "The king and queen of the demon world are like the Taoist couples in your world of immortal cultivation. However, they are kings of the same realm after all, and for the sake of their offspring, it's difficult for them to be together forever. Once a demon king marries a queen, he must obtain her consent if he wants to take any other concubines. The queen also has great power. In the history of the demon world, there have been cases where the queen directly took over the government after the king's death..."
"Well, I won't go into details. When we heard that the king wanted to marry the youngest daughter of the Tushan Fox Clan, we elders all thought he was trying to consolidate his position. After all, the king had just been assassinated not long ago. This time, he wasn't as lucky as before. He was seriously injured and it took a long time to recover. After he recovered, he wanted to do this very thing."
"The Fox Clan is a very ancient and powerful race in our demon world. We elders originally wanted to persuade the king to choose a woman from the Fox Clan to enter the palace. After all, the king's bloodline must be pure, and pure bloodline power is more powerful."
"Look at me, I've strayed off topic again." The fox elder sighed somewhat melancholy and continued, "Anyway, after the king announced his desire to marry the queen, we elders were of course happy to agree. At dusk on the day of the king's wedding, half the demon world's sky was ablaze with crimson, as if even the heavens were blessing the king and queen's wedding."
"At that time we just thought it was a good omen, but we didn't think that it was the beginning of all the misfortunes."
"After the king got married, it was exactly as we elders had imagined. He didn't leave the palace for adventures like he had done before. His focus was on the queen. At that time, we all thought that a new life would soon be born in the palace."
Of course, in the eyes of the long-lived demons, "soon" can be as short as ten years or as long as a hundred years.
When talking about the "Queen", Elder Yin didn't know what he recalled, and a complicated look flashed in his eyes.
"Among the demon tribes, the fox tribe is known for its many beauties, and the queen is particularly stunning. Initially, we elders worried that the king would become obsessed with beauty and neglect government affairs, but after meeting the queen a few times, we dispelled this fear. The queen has a cool and aloof personality, enjoys quietude, loves poetry and books, is well-educated, and exceptionally intelligent..."
"We should be happy and relieved that the king has married such a queen, but the development of things has gradually exceeded everyone's expectations..."
"The king dotes on the queen almost to the point of doting. No matter what it is, as long as the queen glances at it for even a few moments, the king will do his utmost to offer it to her." Elder Yin's face darkened, as if the former demon king was right before him. He said angrily, "I dare say that if the queen sets her eyes on the king's position, the king will immediately abdicate to her. He himself would be so eager to become a male concubine. It's completely irrational!"
Yin Zhanglai angrily slammed the table in front of him, and the teacup in front of him instantly turned into powder. The light red tea scattered and slowly condensed into a small stream that slowly flowed down along the edge of the table, and finally stopped beside the clenched fist of the ruthless Buddhist placed on the table.
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