Chapter 290
Wen Xin could tell that the mermaid girl was genuinely kind and good-tempered, but she didn't make any promises to her regarding what Lin Ran had mentioned earlier.
She can't promise that either!
But Bo Xu almost accidentally hurt her earlier, and Wen Xin felt very sorry. She planned to prepare some gifts for her to apologize later.
Bai Ruiwen stood in the shadows without saying a word until Wen Xin and Lin Ran finished speaking. Then he slowly looked up at her, a gentle smile appearing on his handsome face. "Xiao Xin, congratulations."
Wen Xin's eyes crinkled with joy, filled with the happiness of becoming a new mother. "Thank you, Brother Bai."
Bai Ruiwen said gently, "I don't have anything to give right now. I'll come and give you a gift as your uncle after the baby is born."
Wen Xin stroked her lower abdomen and chuckled, "Baby, did you hear that? Uncle said he'll prepare a gift for you."
Bai Ruiwen's expression softened. It was good. From now on, he would silently protect her as an "older brother" and hope that she and the child could be happy and healthy.
Lin Ran couldn't help but look at the gentle young man beside her, and clearly saw the deep emotional wound hidden in his gentle smile.
Her heart clenched; she felt sorry for him, and also a deep sadness.
Brother Bai really loves His Highness!
She really wanted to tell him that she really liked him.
But she couldn't; that would only cause him trouble.
Lin Ran felt a dull ache in her chest. Neither of them had done anything wrong; it was just that the person they liked happened to have someone else in their heart!
...
The news of Wen Xin's pregnancy caught the mermaids completely off guard.
One major reason why they dared to boldly plot to take a concubine for Bo Xu was that when they first landed on the island, the Second Elder and the others discovered that Bo Xu had not marked the human girl.
The primitive human civilization didn't know what pheromones were, but the emperor couldn't possibly be ignorant of them.
So, does the fact that the emperor didn't mark her mean that his affection for that human girl was just so-so?
Protecting her is merely a passing interest; treating her as one's possession and toy, and making her one's partner, could also be a deliberate act by the emperor to contradict them.
After all, this has happened before.
That's why the mermaids are so persistent.
Who knows...
Holy crap, it's only been half a month, right?
Is the Emperor really that fast?
They've actually gotten a human girl pregnant!!!
The emperor should have difficulty conceiving women!
Could it be that the human girl had an affair with another man?
I heard that Bai Ruiwen and she have a complicated relationship, right?
Wow, if that's the case, that would be great!
How could a cold-blooded and powerful emperor tolerate his woman being with another man? He would probably tear them both to shreds.
Wouldn't that be their opportunity?
However, just as a group of mermaids were excitedly waiting for Bo Xu to slaughter the two humans, Lin Ran brought them devastating news.
Her Majesty the Empress is not only pregnant, but she and the Emperor have also marked each other, making it impossible for anyone else to interfere in their relationship and marriage.
The stronger the mermaid, the stronger their pheromones will be. If the mermaid constitution is disregarded, they can mark multiple female mermaids weaker than themselves as their possessions.
The marked person will be completely devoted to the marked person and will never disobey or betray them again.
Therefore, the strong are always keen to mark the weak, but they will never allow themselves to be marked.
In the Mermaid Empire, even ordinary couples rarely mark each other.
This is also because merfolk from advanced civilizations are not monogamous. On the contrary, many merfolk are extremely promiscuous. Not to mention unmarried merfolk, there are many merfolk who have affairs after marriage.
Judging from their own experience, the Second Elder and the other mermaids simply couldn't believe that a ferocious and powerful mermaid king like Bo Xu would be so devoted to a human girl.
This is simply a fantasy!
But that's just how reality is!
He actually willingly allowed himself to be marked by a lowly human?
Is he crazy? Or are they crazy?
The second elders were truly unwilling to accept this, but they could only dejectedly abandon all their previous plans. It was all for naught; they had invested hundreds of millions only to go bankrupt overnight, and even jumping into the sea couldn't relieve their sorrow.
Many high-ranking mermaids are going crazy over the powerful genes of the Mermaid King!
It was defiled by a human being!
Does the emperor even know what he's doing?
Bo Xu naturally knew what he was doing.
These brain-dead, idiotic fools are the ones who have no self-awareness!
While a group of mermaids were lamenting that their perfect path to conquering the realm of the gods had been cut off, and grumbling about how the Mermaid King was irresponsible and cold-blooded, Bo Xu had somehow taken up the seat of honor at the conference table.
"Am I cold-blooded, ruthless, and irresponsible?"
"Humans are lowly?"
"You still want to kill my wife? Force the mark to disappear?"
"Oh!"
Under the horrified gazes of the mermaids, Bo Xu casually raised his hand and blasted the Fourth Elder, who had been cursing Wen Xin for her lowly and filthy bloodline and calling her a wicked queen who brought disaster to the country and should be killed, into a bloody flower with a "bang".
Blood and severed limbs splattered all over the faces and bodies of the merman executives in the conference hall, instantly turning the upscale meeting room into a living hell and plunging them into a nightmare of death.
Without saying a word, the Second Elder immediately led his men to kneel down and beg Bo Xu for mercy.
Bo Xu's cold gaze swept over the group of trembling mermaids crawling on the ground, his thin lips curving into a bloodthirsty and cruel smile.
"How did I slaughter your Council of Elders and the Council a hundred years ago? It seems you've almost forgotten? Well then, there's nothing I can do but remind you of it today."
The merfolk begged in terror, "Your Majesty, spare our lives! We will never dare to do it again!"
Bo Xu laughed, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "Dare not? I think you dare quite a bit, coveting my genes? If the main system weren't in my body, you probably would have already created a second god-making project, right?"
The merfolk shook their heads in horror, not forgetting the chilling voice that had pierced their eardrums and warned them when Bo Xu had torn apart one merfolk leader after another:
"If there is a next time, I will slaughter the entire mermaid race and wipe them out. Only then will you be able to put away your delusions."
After all, the mermaids are all dead, so any ambition or greed is just a pipe dream.
"Your Majesty, we really dare not, we really dare not!"
The group of mermaids, including the Second Elder, were truly terrified!
Bo Xu used blood and the lives of mermaids to brutally tell them once again that he was no different from the Asura God of Slaughter from a hundred years ago.
A century of seclusion did little to improve his temper; it was just that the Mermaid Empire had been peaceful for a century, and their ambitions had resurfaced.
However, attempting to control Boxu is the most foolish thing to do!
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