Chapter 16 Chapter 16 "Your Highness, can you really swallow this...
Fuxu's true form is a tree, and even his chest is as hard as old bark.
This collision made Jiu Zhao dizzy and dazed.
She covered her nose, tears welling up in her eyes, and staggered back half a step. Her left foot tripped over her right foot, and she was about to fall on her butt on the spot.
His actions were faster than his reason, and Fu Xu reached out and embraced her without thinking.
Immersed in the sharp pain, Jiuzhao's heated body unconsciously drew closer to the youth's embrace, which carried the fragrance of plants and trees. In this moment that should have been charming, yet lacked any, Fuxu's entire body stiffened for a moment, and the tips of his ears faintly flushed.
The red was particularly obvious on Fuxu's cold white skin, like peach blossoms blooming among green leaves in early spring.
So, after taking a few breaths, Jiu Zhao, who had finally recovered, saw his inexplicable reaction and became even angrier.
"Did you do that on purpose?"
She pushed him away angrily, rubbing her nose and asking loudly.
Her face was small and lotus-like, with the same red spot as his, right in the middle of her nose, making her look both pitiful and cute.
Fu Xu realized that his gaze was too rude, and quickly lowered his eyes and bowed: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I didn't mean it."
What's the point of talking to a taciturn person!
Seeing the other man's wooden face, unable to even think of sweet words in his apology, Jiu Zhao felt her skin throb, and a burning sensation spread from the tip of her nose to the depths of her heart. She was already exhausted from the exhaustion of her immortal energy, so she snorted coldly at the words, walked around Fu Xu, and wanted to go into the hall to rest.
Seeing Jiuzhao was about to leave again, Fuxu remembered the purpose of following him all the way.
In a hurry, he grabbed her wrist and said, "Your Highness, I have something to tell you."
Jiu Zhao raised her eyebrows. "What on earth are you trying to say after all this hesitation? Could it be that you want to ask about the gift? Don't let your imagination run wild!"
It seemed like an illusion. As soon as she uttered these words, she suddenly noticed that the light in the young man's eyes dimmed a little.
"Of course I won't be so self-indulgent."
After whispering a few words, Fuxu pursed her beautifully shaped lips and ushered Jiuzhao into the bedroom with force, closing the door with her other hand. "What I want to ask is, Your Highness, have you ever thought about the emperor's true intention in confining you for three months?"
Zhu Yingdu came back early.
It is normal for Fuxu, who is nominally a family member of hers, to know the ins and outs of what is happening in the God King's Palace.
However, from being an unmarried couple to being a married couple, they had been together for a thousand years, but Fuxu had entered her bedroom only a handful of times.
Jiu Zhao was just beginning to wonder at the young man's unusual behavior when his businesslike question suddenly rang in his ears. Without giving it much thought, he blurted out, "What could be his intention? The Northern Divine King's legitimate son was beaten like this by me. Of course, Father God has to show some respect."
However, Fuxu was not satisfied with this answer, and his eyes stared at her without any change.
Jiu Zhao felt a sense of unease creeping up the back of his neck as he stared at her intently.
She wanted to retort what insight the great God Fuxu had, but her mind was caught by the two meaningful glances from the young man, and she couldn't help but wonder what the difference was between the punishment she received this time for causing trouble and bringing trouble to the God Emperor, and what she had received in the past.
The most serious incident in all these years was when she had an argument with the nephew of Princess Dongshen who came to visit her. In a rage, she pushed him into a stone cave with ancient restrictions on a floating island on the edge of Erqingtian. He was locked up for five days and five nights and almost died of exhaustion.
When the matter was exposed, the God Emperor only asked her to apologize in person and punished her by copying the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Rules two hundred times.
The only two times in her life when she stayed indoors for long periods of time were because she felt ashamed and could not face anyone, not because of punishment from anyone.
That Nine-tailed Meng Chu made the mistake first, so she beat him, but it was not as serious as what happened in the past.
So the Father ordered the confinement—
Jiu Zhao's constantly changing expression made Fu Xu see her inner struggle.
He simply pointed out: "Your Highness said that he was lurking in the Divine King's residence to capture the Bird of Paradise to make a gift. This lie fooled the Northern Divine King, but it couldn't be hidden from the Emperor, who knows you well. I think the Emperor mistakenly believed that you were going to participate in the Immortal Examination and went to secretly collect information about your opponent.
"The Emperor has always been quite indulgent towards you, but the promotion to the Immortal Rank cannot be sloppy. This confinement is nominally to give an explanation to the Northern Territory, but in fact, if you calm down and examine it carefully, perhaps the Emperor wants to warn you to participate in the Immortal Examination with dignity and not to violate the Heavenly Order."
The more Jiu Zhao listened, the tighter his brows furrowed.
Ministers are not allowed to arbitrarily speculate on the rules of the monarch. Zhu Yan knows this, so it makes no sense that Fuxu, as a supreme god, would knowingly violate it.
Unless someone wants to use his mouth to speak for themselves.
She stared at Fuxu for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "Did Father God ask you to mention this to me?"
Fu Xu neither nodded nor shook his head.
Sometimes the truth does not necessarily require confirmation, and the answer can be found just by looking at the other person's behavior.
When the Father God visits Fuxu, he may not speak so directly in order to give her face.
That’s just what I mean.
Jiu Zhao slumped his shoulders in frustration and sat down on the bed: "Where did this misunderstanding come from? When did I ever say that I would take the Immortal Examination——"
“The misunderstanding has already occurred, and the Emperor was quite relieved when he delivered the secret message.
"The order for confinement is likely to allow Your Highness to make proper preparations. Does Your Highness intend to disappoint the Emperor?"
With just a few words, Fu Xu portrays the image of a loving old father full of hope.
If Jiu Zhao has any weakness in this world, the father-daughter relationship is the most important one.
In the past, the God Emperor did not encourage her to make progress, so she just lied down and acted like a lazy fish, deceiving herself.
Now that he had been entrusted with the task, Fuxu, who had never known what euphemism meant, simply laid out openly the Divine Emperor's hope that his daughter would become a phoenix.
Jiu Zhao bit her lip, knowing that she was doomed to fail in this immortal test, and it was even more difficult to choose between face and family affection.
However, since Fuxu was ordered to act as a lobbyist, he would not just stop there.
"In fact, Your Highness, have you ever thought that face must be earned by your own ability, rather than hiding in Changxi Palace and pretending that you heard nothing and have never been embarrassed." Good guy, this time it was really a real mockery.
Jiu Zhao was provoked by him and almost exploded immediately: "Why are you so talkative today?!"
Fu Xu dodged her kick and said calmly, "Thousands of years have passed. Your Highness always shows great concern when hearing others mention the past. This sends a signal to those with malicious intentions. As long as they keep holding on to it, Your Highness will be in a state of panic.
"So the one who caused His Highness to lose face was not someone else, but His Highness himself.
"If you don't let yourself go, others will criticize you even more."
Jiu Zhao kicked Fu Xu's clothes several times but couldn't touch them. He jumped up from the bed and was about to pounce on him, "You are noble, you are great, you are so bright and clear! But it's you who ran off to the border of gods and demons less than a month after your marriage, making me lose face again and again!"
After many days of suppressing their emotions and tolerating each other, Fuxu's words became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Jiu Zhao cursed him and chased him to fight, just like he did in the past when they had a disagreement and couldn't convince each other.
The two players are one red and one black, one attacking and one defending.
To be fair, he demonstrated his martial arts skills just like a mortal in this world.
Amidst Jiu Zhao's fierce attack, the young man, whose immortal power had been completely drained, maintained a steady and composed pace, without a single ounce of confusion. "Yes, Lan Qi is the one who brought shame upon Your Highness, and I am also the one who brought shame upon Your Highness. I am still safely serving as your husband, and Lan Qi is still serving as the Lord of Karma in the Burning Sea. Only you, relying on your status as a Divine Concubine and the power of the Emperor's throne, can live your life in vain, unable to truly harm us in the slightest."
"Fu, Xu!!!"
"You don't want to practice diligently. Are you afraid of suffering? Or are you afraid of not being able to withstand the torture of heaven and ultimately losing your life?"
He deliberately left a loophole to give Jiu Zhao hope of hitting him.
And when she excitedly threw a punch, he dodged it with a tricky twist of his body.
Fu Xu, who had seen through the other party's single attack routine, said calmly with a hint of sarcasm, "It seems that face is not as important as you said. It is more important to live in self-deception than to convince others to shut up.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you one thing.
"Even after being beaten so badly by you, Prince Mengchu didn't withdraw from the Immortal Examination and return to the Northern Territory to recuperate. He is still ordering the Medical Immortals to intensify his treatment.
"Looking across the entire Sanqing Heaven, how many people can fully understand the truth of what happened in the Divine King's Residence? Or, how many people really want to know the truth? They will only say, look, the ignorant Jiu Zhao Divine Princess is acting arrogantly again—"
"And the culprit, Prince Meng Chu, was able to gain a good reputation for his resilience despite his disability by insisting on taking the Immortal Examination.
"Your Highness, can you really swallow this?"
After knowing each other for tens of thousands of years, even on their wedding night, Jiu Zhao had never heard Fu Xu speak such a long string of words.
Today, he rarely stopped being so stingy with his words, and his purpose was to mock her—
Mocking her, the wife he had married to him!
Although Fuxu's method of provoking the enemy was crude, Jiuzhao had to admit that it was very effective.
All the concerns about other people's gazes and the safety of one's life were burned away in the surging phoenix blood.
Jiu Zhao screamed, and a pair of huge, translucent, burning red feathers appeared behind her.
Realizing that she disregarded the rules and seemed to want to use her magical powers to attack him who had no power to defend himself, Fu Xu immediately frowned.
"Your Highness, minister——"
"Do you think I'm going to use magic against you?"
Jiu Zhao's eyes flickered like fire, and with a small cluster of fairy light floating on his fingertips, he walked slowly towards him.
Even Fuxu could not predict what irreversible behavior Jiuzhao would do when he was enraged.
His face was as gloomy as the sea, and he involuntarily retreated towards the palace door, trying to attract the attention of the immortal servants outside the palace.
Jiu Zhao suddenly released his immortal light to its brightest, and taking advantage of the gap between Mihua Fuxu's eyes, he punched him hard in the face.
Even without the help of immortal spirits, she was naturally strong and still managed to punch Fuxu so hard that the corner of his lip cracked.
Looking at the other person's embarrassed look, she finally grinned, a fake smile: "All is fair in war, Fuxu Shangshen."
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