Sisi knew who was outside the door, and took a sip of tea calmly.
Zhuque didn't speak either.
Sui Jin stepped in, bowed respectfully to her, and apologized, "Your Majesty, it was my mistake. The wine that Chunyu brought was spilled by me."
"You should tell Chunyu that."
Little Gem rolled her eyes. "Exactly, you've betrayed Chunyu's feelings, not His Highness's."
Sui Jin lowered his eyes, "Yes, it was my fault."
"Just here to deliver rice wine?" Sisi looked at Zhuque, then at him, and understood his purpose for coming.
"minister...."
Sui Jin glanced at Zhu Que, whose gaze had never been on him from beginning to end, her eyes somewhat dim.
"I have come to see Zhuque about some matters."
"I don't have time, you can go."
Suzaku was very aloof.
Sui Jin didn't move, and the two deliberately remained in a stalemate.
Sisi stood up and said slowly, "I just remembered that I haven't gone to see Ayan yet today, so I'll be going now."
As soon as she left, Little Gem couldn't stay still either.
"Your Majesty, I will go with you."
The two stepped out of the palace gate. Zhuque glared at Sui Jin, whose large hand pressed firmly on her shoulder.
"open!"
Sui Jin didn't let go. "Is everything you just said true? You really want to marry that fish?"
"He's not a fish, he's a mermaid!"
He smiled faintly, "It's just fish. Why don't I make him some soup tonight so you won't worry about it?"
Zhuque felt a surge of anger and slapped Sui Jin's hand away. "Enough! Stop pretending!"
"When I was in love with you, when I was waiting for you to return in the Heavenly Palace, what were you doing? You were marrying and having children in the mortal world, living a happy and fulfilling life. When you were lying next to that woman, did you ever think of me for even a moment?"
Suzaku thought she would be very, very sad, but in fact, she felt a sudden sense of relief after saying those words.
Sui Jin sighed helplessly, "If we don't have children, how will the human realm be inherited? Have you ever thought about that?"
"I don't want to think about it, and there's no need to."
Zhuque laughed, "That's fine. You have your reasons, so be it. I don't understand, and I won't care. I'll only go find people who don't have their reasons. What you do is none of my business."
She took a step to leave, but Sui Jin grabbed her arm.
"really?"
"nature!"
"Okay, then I'll go kill him now."
Zhuque's face turned cold, and the conjured sword was pressed against his neck. "If you dare touch him, I'll kill you!"
Sui Jin stared at her intently. "The person you love is clearly me. You shouldn't be with him."
"You're wrong. Right now, I only love him!"
Zhuque's gaze was extremely cold, as if she were looking at a stranger, devoid of any of her former enthusiasm.
Sui Jin paused, then suddenly felt a void in his heart.
He raised his hand and pressed it, then said with a bitter smile, "What did I do wrong? Why are you treating me like this?"
"You still don't know what you did wrong, and you're still asking? It's disgusting!"
Zhuque sneered, "I'm warning you one last time: if you dare touch him, I'll risk my life to kill you, Sui Jin!"
After saying that, she sheathed her sword, turned around, and disappeared before his eyes.
Sui Jin stood there, stunned. Had he really made a mistake?
But if he doesn't do this, to whom should he hand over the empire he has worked so hard to build?
"Why aren't you chatting with Suzaku anymore?"
Zhou Qi watched her walk over with a smirk, then reached out to her. Sisi nestled into his arms and yawned sleepily. "She and Sui Jin have something to talk about."
"If you want to sleep, then take a nap."
"And what about you?"
Zhou Qiyan pointed to the booklet on the table. "Let me take a look at the booklet for you. I can't just stay by your side and do nothing. That would be too tiring for you."
"Can you understand it?"
Sisi randomly picked one; this booklet contained the records of fertility bestowed by the Goddess of Fertility over the past month.
"In this month, only 100,000 children were delivered. The Goddess of Fertility is biased; she didn't even send us one in the first place." He picked up the booklet and threw it far away.
Sisi laughed, "What's the rush? It'll happen sooner or later."
“I’m afraid I was the Demon King back then. Look, when we were in the mortal realm, we were together for so long and you still didn’t get pregnant.” Zhou Qi sighed and nuzzled her head with his chin. “I’m really scared.”
"It will happen, I'm not lying to you."
"Well, it's okay if we don't have one. I'll make a doll to keep us company, or we can adopt one."
Zhou Qiyan thought of the fish in the Vermilion Bird Palace, "Don't merfolk give birth to many children in their lifetime? After the Vermilion Bird's child is born, we'll ask her for one."
Sisi smiled, "Other people's children are also hard to part with, let alone the fact that they're not even married yet."
"I'll go ask Zhuque if he's interested tomorrow."
“Ayan.”
"Um?"
Sisi placed her hand in his large palm, her voice soft and gentle, "It will happen, don't worry."
He gripped it tightly. "Alright, I trust Your Majesty."
On the day of the wedding, the Heavenly Palace was very lively. Almost all the prominent figures in the Six Realms came, and they drank and made merry for a whole day and night.
Just as the two finished their nuptial wine and were about to rest, Sisi suddenly saw Feng Yue standing by the door. He was still dressed in black, with a bone sword at his waist.
What brings you here?
"Naturally, we've come to celebrate His Majesty's wedding."
"Your wedding with Yu Xue didn't go through?"
Feng Yue replied coldly, "I don't like her, so naturally I won't marry her."
"The eldest princess hasn't returned?"
He lowered his eyes. "You're back."
Sisi smiled and said, "Isn't that perfect? Since you like the Princess, you should take the initiative to tell her clearly."
"It's hard to explain. That's just how she is. She came back not long after you left. Fu Yuan wanted her blood, so she gave it to him. She's so stupid."
"Perhaps you could show her Fu Yuan's true colors," Sisi suggested.
Feng Yue shook his head. "It's no use. She's seen it countless times. At most, she'll cry at night, but the next day she'll still go back to look for Fu Yuan as usual. I can't save her anymore."
Sisi wanted to say something more, but Zhou Qiyan pulled her into his arms unhappily and looked coldly at Feng Yue, "Young Master Feng, you should hurry up and leave. We have things to do and don't have time to chat with you."
Feng Yue stared blankly at Sisi, but his feet seemed rooted to the spot. After a long while, he finally turned and left.
Why did he impulsively take the King of Hell's peaches? Was he trying to rush to the Heavenly Palace and steal her away?
I might have had that impulse at the time.
Now when I see her, she's gone.
She shouldn't be with someone like him. She is bright and high above, the one who rules the six realms. She shouldn't be with a ghost king who spends all his time in the darkness.
He couldn't pull her out of the light.
Zhou Qiyan waved his hand, and the palace door was suddenly slammed shut. Sisi was lifted up by the waist, and he gazed at her, his voice hoarse, "Your Majesty, let's rest."
"...You don't need to call me Your Majesty."
Sisi felt that calling her by that name at this time was really strange.
He chuckled softly, "Yes, as you wish."
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