I became the demon of the female devil

Chapter 295 is about the Empress's baby, not the Empress's sister-in-law! The Eldest Princess is looking for a husband?!

The square in front of the palace was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Jiang Wangye knelt before Chen Mo, his eyes filled with incomprehension and horror.

Although he wasn't on the Azure Cloud Ranking, his true strength was no less than that of the Ten Heroes. However, faced with that terrifying aura that could destroy everything, he couldn't even muster the thought of resistance! He was like a fish on the chopping block!

"Even if it's an illusion, this is far too exaggerated!"

"And this happened even when I was on guard, he dragged me directly into an illusion... This guy is clearly only a fourth-rank martial artist, how can he have such bizarre methods?!"

Jiang Wangye was completely baffled.

Seeing his surprised and uncertain look, Chen Mo curled up a cold smile.

Actually, it's quite simple. It's just that "Void Dust" was integrated into "Floating Dream". By merely extracting a trace of the original aura, the opponent's psychological defenses were completely destroyed.

This power from a higher level was far beyond his comprehension.

"Isn't Young Master Jiang usually so cheerful? Why aren't you smiling anymore?"

Chen Mo stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at him. "Let's make this clear beforehand: even if you wish me a Happy New Year in advance, I won't give you a red envelope."

Jiang Wangye came to his senses.

Noticing the strange looks from the palace servants around him, his face flushed red and his fists clenched tightly.

He got up from the ground, dusted off his white clothes, but didn't fly into a rage as expected. He just stared intently at Chen Mo, his tone cold:
"I'll remember you. This isn't over."

Having said that, he turned and left.

Chen Mo shook his head and muttered, "That's it? I was waiting for him to make a move. How boring..."

Lady Sun, who was standing to the side, raised her voice and asked, "Does Lord Chen also have a grudge against Young Master Jiang?"

"Not really, we just had a few words exchanged," Chen Mo replied.

Hearing this, Lady Sun became even more puzzled. "Then why did you humiliate him like that just now?"

As an observer, although I don't know exactly what happened, Chen Mo must have used some means to make Jiang Wangye kneel down on the spot out of control.

Killing can only be done with a nod of the head.

This young master Jiang is also an arrogant person. After this incident, it will be difficult to resolve the enmity between the two.

"You can tell from the smug look on his face when he came out that His Highness must have been forced to make concessions on some matters."

Chen Mo said calmly, "Your Highness may have been thinking of the clan's feelings, but I am just a crude warrior, I don't have that many scruples... It's a pity that he held back from making a move in the end, otherwise I could have taught him a more profound lesson."

Lady Sun fell silent.

So it was all just to vent Her Majesty the Empress's anger?
At this moment, a palace servant came out and approached Chen Mo. "Lord Chen, His Highness invites you in."

"it is good."

Chen Mo nodded to Sun Shanggong in greeting, then stepped onto the stone steps and entered the palace.

Looking at that tall, straight back, Sun Shanggong's eyes held a complex expression.

"No wonder His Highness is so infatuated with him; now I can understand it a little better."

"It's ridiculous, really. The old man even asked me to put in a good word for him with His Highness, even though they're already..."

"Ahem, never mind, Your Highness is too shy, let's just pretend we don't know..."

……

……

Chen Mo followed the palace servants into the main hall.

The Empress, dressed in a magnificent bright yellow palace gown, sat before her desk, perusing memorials. Her pretty face remained calm and expressionless, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

"Your Highness, this humble servant greets you." Chen Mo bowed respectfully.

"No need for formalities." The Empress waved her hand without looking up and said, "You may all leave now."

"Yes."

The palace maids on either side withdrew in response.

Only the two of them remained in the empty palace.

Chen Mo knew the Empress was in a bad mood, so he didn't say much. He came behind her and gently massaged her shoulders.

The Empress put down the memorial, leaned back slowly, rested her head on his chest, and whispered, "You had a conflict with Jiang Wangye outside the palace just now?"

Chen Mo said casually, "It was just a minor disagreement. He doesn't like me, and I feel the same way."

"You don't need to do this." The Empress shook her head and said, "Jiang Wangye is a narrow-minded person. If you humiliate him like this today, it will be difficult to resolve things peacefully in the future."

"This humble servant is not that cunning; I act entirely according to my personal likes and dislikes." Chen Mo said with a smile while massaging her shoulders, "Since he has displeased Your Highness, this humble servant will not let him off easily either. It's that simple."

"You're always causing me trouble..."

The queen gently bit her lip, her almond-shaped eyes gazing at him with hazy eyes.

Although Chen Mo's actions were somewhat impulsive and naive, they revealed a burning sincerity. In a world accustomed to intrigue and self-interest, such honesty is all the more precious.

What woman could resist such blatant favoritism?

Chen Mo asked with some curiosity, "So, what brings Jiang Wangye to see Your Highness?"

The Empress sighed and said helplessly, "What else could it be but for Li'er?"

"The eldest princess?"

Chen Mo suddenly realized, "He's here to ask His Highness to grant him a marriage?"

"almost."

The Empress snuggled against him, adjusting to a more comfortable position, and said, "Over the years, Jiang Wangye has always been thinking about Li'er. He has been rejected countless times but has never given up. Now he has set his sights on me, wanting me to act as a matchmaker."

"..."

Chen Mo's expression was somewhat strange.

No wonder Jiang Wangye exploded the moment he mentioned Chu Yanli.

While he was still pleading with the Empress for a marriage, his beloved had already been won over by someone else. Anyone would be devastated in that situation...

"Your Highness has agreed?"

"How could that be? What do you take me for?"

The Empress rolled her eyes at him and said, "This concerns Li'er's lifelong happiness. How can I arrange a marriage for her so casually? Besides, given Li'er's personality, even the Emperor's words don't carry weight, so how could she listen to me?"

"That's true."

Chen Mo nodded.

Based on his understanding of Chu Yanli, as soon as the imperial decree of marriage was issued, he immediately grabbed his weapon and stormed into the Golden Palace.

"Moreover, Jiang Wangye is by no means a good man."

The Empress narrowed her eyes and sneered, "Always pretending to be so infatuated, he's really just after Li'er's military power. If he becomes the prince consort, the Great Yuan Dynasty might really be in chaos!"

Chen Mo asked, "Does Jiang Wangye hold a high position in the Jiang family?"

The Empress said, "The current clan leader's eldest son may seem glamorous, but in reality, he's nothing more than a puppet."

At this point, she paused slightly, a chilling killing intent appearing on her pretty face. "I used to be similar to him, an 'agent' of powerful clans, thinking that everything I did was for the common people... It wasn't until I saw their ugly faces that I realized how wrong I was."

Chen Mo sensed that there was something hidden behind it.

But this is ultimately the Empress's family matter, and unless she herself wants to talk about it, it's not appropriate to ask too many questions.

"When I saw Jiang Wangye come out, he was very excited. I thought Your Highness had compromised..."

"Ha, he took the clan chief's decree and tried to force me to submit. When he saw that I refused to give in, he resorted to the next best thing and proposed that the princess publicly choose a husband."

"Choosing a son-in-law?"

Chen Mo was stunned for a moment.

The Empress explained, "That's normal. It's the proper procedure. As a princess, once she reaches marriageable age, she would usually choose a husband from among noble families and meritorious officials... It's just that the Emperor is seriously ill, and Li'er has been guarding the frontier for many years, which has delayed it."

Chen Mo blinked and said, "Then Your Highness isn't afraid that the Jiang family will actually succeed?"

"impossible."

The Empress dismissed it, saying, "The so-called selection of a son-in-law is just a formality. In the end, it is up to Li'er to decide. There are very few men in the world who can catch her eye, let alone a mere Jiang Wangye."

Chen Mo lowered his head and did not reply.

At this moment, the Empress remembered something, "Oh right, I haven't asked you yet, what brings you to the palace all of a sudden?"

Chen Mo said in a low voice, "Actually, I just went to Changning Pavilion and then came here..."

"What were you doing at Changning Pavilion?" The Empress frowned. "Did Chu Yanli cause you trouble again? I've made myself clear to that girl, but she's still so stubborn and insists on making you her male concubine..."

"This time is different; the Princess did not appoint me as her male concubine..."

"Ok?"

"She wants me to become the prince consort."

"Ok??"

The Empress's expression froze, a look of disbelief appearing on her radiant face.

"The prince consort?!"

"She...she's serious?!"

Chen Mo nodded and said, "It seems so, but Your Highness, please don't rush. Let me finish. The Princess's change of mind this time is actually for another reason..."

The Empress suppressed her surging emotions and said in a deep voice, "She had better give me a reasonable explanation, or I will definitely make her pay!"

Chen Mo cleared his throat and said, "The Princess has discovered our relationship."

?

The Empress didn't immediately understand. "What do you mean?"

"The Princess knows that I and Your Highness have been secretly exchanging gifts, which has crossed the line between ruler and subject... In short, she guessed that we were having an affair."

"..."

The empress suddenly froze, as if she were a wooden statue.

Immediately, a blush spread across her fair skin, and a hint of shyness and panic appeared in her eyes.

Finished!

My worst fears have come true!

"I concealed it very well, but I was still exposed?"

"Although the Emperor and I are not husband and wife in reality, we are still officially married. If my sister-in-law finds out about my affair, I might as well jump into the river..."

The Empress's expression shifted, her mind a jumbled mess.

Chen Mo gently patted her back and comforted her, "Your Highness, there is no need to worry too much. The Princess is only guessing. As long as you are not caught in the act, there will be no problem."

Hearing this, the Empress calmed down a little.

"Wait a minute..."

The Empress asked in confusion, "Now that Li'er knows about our relationship, why do you still want to make you the prince consort?"

"This is the second thing I want to tell you..."

Chen Mo's lips twitched, and he leaned closer to whisper in his ear.

The more the Empress listened, the more her expression changed. Her beautiful eyes widened, her cherry lips parted slightly, and her cheeks turned bright red.

"This is...this is outrageous!"

"What's more fun than my sister-in-law... What on earth is going on in this girl's head?!"

Chen Mo nodded in agreement, "This subordinate also thinks it's inappropriate. It's one thing to casually eat feet, but how could one actually sleep with one's sister-in-law..."

"Ahem, but then again..."

"To some extent, what the eldest princess said is not without reason."

"If I wish to stay with Your Highness forever, I will inevitably encounter many obstacles. Not to mention anything else, the Jiang family alone is troublesome enough."

The Empress paused for a moment upon hearing this, then said, "I have already considered this matter. You don't need to worry about the Jiang family. No matter what difficulties you encounter, as long as you remain steadfast, I will never give up on you."

"Your Highness..."

Hearing that firm tone, Chen Mo felt a surge of warmth in his heart.

As the Crown Princess and the mother of all people, he knew how many shackles bound the Empress. What courage it took to say these words in person.

"But let me make this clear from the start..."

The Empress gritted her teeth, her almond-shaped eyes glaring at him. "You are not allowed to agree to Chu Yanli's proposal, nor are you allowed to participate in the selection of a husband, otherwise I will never again... um..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was silenced.

Chen Mo cradled the empress's head, parted her lips, and the empress's body tensed slightly before she responded gently.

Her long neck was stretched straight, and a blush spread from her ears to her collarbone, her round and plump curves undulating slightly rapidly.

The lips parted for a long time.

The Empress's cheeks looked as if they were painted with the finest rouge, her eyes were hazy, and she weakly slapped him, "You're acting recklessly again, aren't you afraid of being seen..."

Chen Mo's lips curled into a smile as he chuckled, "Does Your Highness not understand my intentions? How could I possibly agree to the Eldest Princess's conditions?"

"Hmph, it's good that you know what you're doing."

The Empress nestled in his arms and sighed softly, "However, if Li'er finds out about this, it will eventually become a hidden danger. It seems I need to find some time to talk to her."

Chen Mo shook his head secretly.

Based on my interactions with Chu Yanli over this period of time, this woman is single-minded and won't turn back even if she hits a brick wall.

It's practically impossible to persuade her to change her mind.

"But how could I possibly say such a thing?"

The Empress pinched the soft flesh of Chen Mo's waist with her slender fingers and said angrily, "It's all your fault! You've made me lose all face! I haven't even dealt with Zhu'er yet, and now there's Li'er too... How am I supposed to live?"

Seeing the Empress's worried expression, Chen Mo muttered to himself, "If you have too many lice, you won't feel itchy. Anyway, whether you stir-fry one or stew two, you might as well just eat them all in one pot..."

"What did you say?!"

"Ahem, nothing..."

……

……

Outside the imperial city, at the Star Observatory.

As the tallest building in Kyoto, it has 59 floors, with each floor arranged in a staggered manner, like a ladder to the sky that pierces the sea of ​​clouds, with no end in sight.

Yet, in this heavily guarded forbidden area, the faint sounds of clinking glasses could be heard, as if people were drinking and making merry.

Located on the platform on the fiftieth floor.

Two figures sat on the ground, with a wine pot, two cups, and several side dishes on a low table between them.

Ling Yishan was still dressed in coarse linen clothes, and his deeply lined face made him look old and frail.

The old man sitting opposite him had white hair and a youthful face, with an air of otherworldly wisdom and a faint silver vertical line between his brows. He was Qi Chengze, the Director of the Imperial Observatory.

"Tsk tsk, what a rare guest." Qi Chengze picked up the wine pot, filled the cup in front of Ling Yishan, and joked, "You old fellow, you stay in the courtyard all day long, you wouldn't even go out if the sky fell, why did you suddenly have the interest to come here today?"

Ling Yishan tapped the table with his finger and said, "It's just that it's been a long time since we last met, and I've been missing my old friend."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Qi Chengze rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Don't I know you? I can't even get you to come here normally, so this sudden visit definitely isn't just to have a drink with me. Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush."

Ling Yishan downed his wine in one gulp, put down the cup, and said, "There is indeed something... Tomorrow is the Emperor's birthday celebration. Will His Majesty make an appearance?"

Qi Chengze shook his head and said, "His Majesty's health is deteriorating day by day. It is said that he can no longer even get off the dragon bed. How can he participate in the sacrificial ceremony? It should be handled by the Secretariat as in previous years."

At this point, he asked with some doubt, "You made a special trip just to inquire about this?"

Ling Yishan hesitated slightly before saying, "I cast a divination a few days ago, and the result was rather strange, as if I had been deceived by someone, so I felt uneasy."

"To conceal the secrets of heaven?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Chengze's smile faded and his expression became serious.

A silver line flashed with light between his brows, and his pupils gradually turned a mercury-like color. He looked up at the clear blue sky, his sharp gaze seemingly able to pierce through the void.

After a long while, he finally looked away, and his eyes returned to normal.

"The stars are hidden and the weather is chaotic, so it is indeed not very clear. However, fate is unpredictable, and it is normal for clouds to sometimes obscure the view."

"Especially in the current situation, with its tangled web of causes and effects, who can predict what will happen in the future?"

Divination is not a panacea, much less a form of prophecy.

It's simply choosing the path with the highest probability from among countless possible trajectories.

The more variables there are now, the more ambiguous one's fate becomes. Even highly skilled diviners cannot predict exactly what will happen.

Ling Yishan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you sure it wasn't done by someone?"

"I'm not sure." Qi Chengze stroked his beard and said, "But looking across the entire Nine Provinces, there are very few people with such methods. Could it be that Dao Venerable from the Heavenly Pivot Pavilion?"

"If it really is her, I'm not so worried..."

"Cough cough!"

Ling Yishan suddenly started coughing violently as he spoke.

His chest resembled a worn-out bellows, and a faint trace of crimson peeked from the corner of his mouth.

Seeing his ashen face, Qi Chengze's expression changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Has your health deteriorated again?"

After a while, Ling Yishan calmed down, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said calmly, "The Eight Desolations Demon-Slaying Formation has just made a breakthrough. We can't afford any mistakes. Even if it takes some effort, it's worth it."

"Are you going to die?!"

Qi Chengze frowned. "Your lifespan was already running out, and you actually forced yourself to use your life force just to see a divination?"

“That’s why. Since I can’t live for more than a few years anyway, I might as well use my lifespan wisely.” Ling Yishan said nonchalantly, “Over the years, I have been suffering from the torment of the Dao Lock. I’ve had enough of living. There are only two things I still can’t let go of.”

"One is my granddaughter, and the other is the Eight Desolations Demon-Slaying Formation."

"Now both of these things depend on one person..."

"Oh?" Qi Chengze's eyes flickered slightly. "So, you've already found a successor? Who's so unlucky?"

"..."

Ling Yishan's eyelids twitched, and he said, "This is another reason why I came to see you. I want you to help me when we're stargazing tomorrow..."

The sound gradually became blurred, as if shrouded in a layer of mist.

Qi Chengze pondered for a moment and said, "You know, this is against the rules."

Ling Yishan said solemnly, "You surnamed Qi, I have never asked anyone for help in my life."

"Never mind, never mind, I'm just too soft-hearted." Qi Chengze waved his hand and said, "But let's make this clear beforehand, whether I can see it clearly or not, I'll only take one look..."

"That's enough."

Ling Yishan smiled broadly, raised his glass, and said, "Let's drink, let's drink."

Qi Chengze snorted coldly, "Old man..."

(End of this chapter)