I spent a sleepless night amidst the vibrant spring colors that filled the garden.
Zhou Xingdou was sleeping on the ground in the messy farmhouse courtyard, with Ning Yueze, who was in a terrible state, in his arms.
An old tree in spring is just beginning to flourish; aged wine is only now being enjoyed.
Although she is not young, Ning Yue is still like a young woman who has just come out of her boudoir after last night, and her skin has become even more delicate.
"Get out of here! It's already dawn!"
Although Ning Yue was held in Zhou Xingdou's arms, she was already frowning and cold, but there was a hint of the charm of a married woman between her brows.
Zhou Xingdou remained calm and composed. Last night, he had figured out Ning Yueze's true nature; that fierce expression was just an act, and he couldn't actually do anything to him.
"No rush, no rush, let me kiss you again."
After saying that, Zhou Xingdou gently lifted the shoulder that Ning Yueze was using as a pillow and brought Ning Yueze's stern yet slightly rosy cheek to his lips.
Ning Yue glared angrily at Zhou Xingdou, but did not dodge. After being kissed a few times by Zhou Xingdou, she said with extreme impatience:
"Didn't you kiss enough last night? Get out of here, Hanyi will be here soon!"
Zhou Xingdou ignored her completely and took a few more bites from Ning Yue's lips, which she was cursing at.
"It's alright, Hanyi won't mind."
"I mind!"
Ning Yue, seeing Zhou Xingdou's shameless behavior, seemed genuinely enraged:
"You may be shameless, but I am. If you don't get out of here, don't expect me to help you in the future!"
Seeing that Ning Yueze was truly enraged, Zhou Xingdou dared not cause any more trouble. Reluctantly, he let go of Ning Yueze. Just as he was about to get up, he saw that Ning Yueze was still lying on the ground, unable to move. He raised an eyebrow and asked:
"Aunt Ning, do you need me to carry you back to bed?"
Although it was a question, Zhou Xingdou reached out and picked Ning Yueze up before she could answer.
Snap!
Unexpectedly, Ning Yue raised her hand and slapped Zhou Xingdou's hand, her face extremely fierce as she said:
"I just want to lie here! If you don't get out, I'm really angry!"
Zhou Xingdou reluctantly withdrew his hand, understanding that Ning Yue needed time to process their current relationship. If he really angered her, she might refuse to let him touch her again.
He could only blink and kiss Ning Yueze on the lips. Before Ning Yueze could get angry, Zhou Xingdou hurriedly ran away, leaving only his echoing voice reverberating in the courtyard:
"Aunt Ning, please get some rest. I'll come see you again tonight..."
After Zhou Xingdou left, Ning Yue breathed a sigh of relief. Despite her cold and hostile attitude towards Zhou Xingdou, she was secretly filled with shame.
Having been captured by this brat, how could Ning Yue not feel awkward being alone with Zhou Xingdou now that she was awake?
Sigh~
Ning Yue sighed resentfully. She was about to use her arms to help her up from the ground when she felt aches all over her body and almost fell down again.
This is also why she wouldn't let Stephen Chow help her up and told him to get lost.
She's probably barely able to stand right now; if Stephen Chow finds out, she'll be utterly humiliated...
Meanwhile, Zhou Xingdou secretly observed Ning Yueze outside the farmhouse courtyard. Only when Ning Yueze struggled to get up and move herself into the house did Zhou Xingdou feel relieved and leave the farmhouse courtyard.
Stephen Chow knows his own abilities better than anyone.
Even the Holy Mother of the Universe, who once defeated her, now has to beg for mercy, let alone Aunt Ning, a "young girl" who has just left her maiden home?
Zhou Xingdou shook his head and used the Interdimensional Interchange technique to leave the place.
...
Inside the dungeon of the Hall of Stars, a graceful and beautiful woman in a phoenix robe sat blankly in front of her dressing table.
Although it's called a dungeon, it's actually more like a boudoir, with red gauze curtains, jade lamps, and soft beds—furniture that ordinary people can't touch. It's just that the closed stone door and the sealing arrays covering the outside of the house restrict the freedom of the people inside, giving it a bit of a prison feel.
Meanwhile, Zhou Xingdou was outside the dungeon, with the plump and beautiful Princess Iron Fan beside him, who was explaining the situation of the dungeon to him:
"After all, she was the Lord's woman. Although she was guilty, she was not treated harshly. In the past twenty years, she has lived a better life than some disciples of the Eight Great Temples."
As Zhou Xingdou listened to Princess Iron Fan's words, his divine eyes pierced through the layers of sealing formations and walls, looking at the only prisoner in the Zhuxing Palace dungeon, the former Empress of the Great Yan Dynasty, Yue Shuhua.
However, she looked somewhat haggard now, as if she had lost most of her hair. The fiery red phoenix crown did not hold back all her beautiful hair, and strands of hair fell down on both sides of her elegant face, making her look pitiful.
That once noble golden phoenix robe is now somewhat worn and no longer exudes its jewel-like brilliance, as if the treasure has been defiled.
Back then, the Zhou family's subordinates slaughtered the Great Yan Dynasty, leaving only the Great Yan Empress alive to be sent to them. Zhou Xingdou naturally didn't waste her and took her into his own hands.
Unfortunately, not long after planting the Myriad Transformations Slave Seal, during the time she was away from the Tai Shi Dao Domain, Huo Lingtian unexpectedly became the Chosen One, which affected Yue Shuhua and made her a person of great fortune, directly rendering the Myriad Transformations Slave Seal ineffective.
Later, Huo Lingtian tried to escape Zhou Xingdou's control by sending messages through the Luo family, but was instead thrown into the dungeon by Zhou Xingdou.
Before they could deal with it, Zhou Xingdou was transported to the Four Heavens Sacred Domain due to the Xuan Tian Tribulation. No one else dared to bypass Zhou Xingdou to deal with Yue Shuhua, which meant that Yue Shuhua's ordeal lasted for twenty years.
For an ordinary woman, twenty years is a long time; she has long since aged and lost her beauty.
But for Yue Shuhua, even if she was only at the Saint Realm, she could still remain youthful. However, after twenty years of isolation and melancholy, she was extremely haggard.
Zhou Xingdou frowned slightly and said to Princess Iron Fan:
"Open the cell door and see her."
After all, she was a woman who had a relationship with Zhou Xingdou. Even when she was as ruthless as before, she couldn't bring herself to kill her. How much less could she kill Zhou Xingdou now that he has seen himself and his personality has changed drastically?
Princess Iron Fan nodded. She had always managed the Hall of Stars, and all the seals here were her creations. With a wave of her hand, she broke the seals.
Zhou Xingdou stepped forward and pushed open the heavy stone door.
Yue Shuhua, who had been sitting blankly in front of the dressing table, did not react much when the stone door was pushed open. Even when Zhou Xingdou walked into the luxuriously furnished prison cell, Yue Shuhua only turned her head and smiled sadly.
"Have you finally decided to kill me?"
Zhou Xingdou walked over to the dressing table, frowned as he looked at Yue Shuhua, who was giving a bitter, cold laugh, and said:
When did I say I was going to kill you?
He didn't recall ever saying he wanted to kill Yue Shuhua; instead, he said he wanted her to suffer every day.
But Yue Shuhua acted as if she hadn't heard, closed her eyes, raised her head to reveal her smooth, jade-like neck, and smiled sadly:
"Kill me, I have nothing left to live for."
Twenty years of isolation from the world had worn away Yue Shuhua's attachment to anything in the world.
Seeing this, Zhou Xingdou tilted his head and gave a suspicious "hmm":
"Huh? You don't care about your child anymore?"
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