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But among these countless geniuses, not a single one has ever been able to successfully evolve a ninth tail.

"Who exactly are you?"

Staring at Chen Yuze with complicated eyes, Bai Hua was momentarily at a loss as to how to face him.

"My name is Chen Yuze, and I'm just a doctor who happened to be passing by."

Facing Bai Hua, Chen Yuze smiled slightly. At the same time, the system notification finally sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for helping the Queen of Qingqiu complete her bloodline evolution. Rewards received: 5000 Benevolence Points, 2 Fox Spirit Heart Essence Blood.]

[Fox Spirit's Heart Essence: The heart essence of an ancient fox spirit, which can help fox-type demon beasts correct bloodline defects.]

"Chen Yuze...?"

He remembered the name, but Bai Hua's expression remained complicated.

After all, what had just happened in the palace had a huge impact on her, and it wasn't something she could forget so easily.

Moreover, Bai Hua doesn't seem to want to forget this precious memory.

"Then, are you still... my master?" Taking two steps forward, Bai Hua nervously grabbed Chen Yuze's sleeve.

"Your Majesty, you can't say things like that!"

Chen Yuze quickly stepped forward and covered Bai Hua's mouth: "If other people heard you call me master, they would definitely skin me alive! Besides, Queen, you wouldn't want your prestige to be damaged because of this, right?"

"Then, may I call you master when it's just the two of us?"

Despite Chen Yuze's polite refusal, Bai Hua seemed particularly attached to the title of 'master'.

"Then, then let it be as Your Majesty likes it..."

Thinking that he would probably never see the Queen again after leaving Qingqiu, Chen Yuze agreed after some thought.

But to be honest, Chen Yuze was actually quite tempted by the Queen's suggestion.

After all, it must be a very enjoyable thing to have a queen calling you "master" in private.

But the problem is...

She's Bao Si's adoptive mother! For you to make your sister-in-law's adoptive mother call you "master" is a bit perverted, isn't it?

"Hehe, then please call me Bai Hua, Master. While 'Queen Sister' sounds nice, 'Bai Hua' is definitely more pleasant to hear."

"Good, good."

Chen Yuze nodded again, but his heart was filled with guilt.

After all, the way the Queen turned out is partly his fault.

"By the way, Bai Hua, there's actually something I wanted to ask you for a favor."

Suddenly remembering his sister-in-law's repeated instructions, Chen Yuze quickly used this to change the subject: "Bao Si doesn't seem to really want to be the candidate for Holy Maiden of Qingqiu. Could you please... Bai Hua, retract your decision and give her her freedom?"

“Even if Master hadn’t said anything, I would have done it.”

With a slight smile, Bai Hua suddenly took out a family tree from her storage space: "The reason I made Bao Si a candidate for Holy Maiden was merely to provoke those old bones in the elders' council. Moreover, Bao Si is my aunt's daughter, my cousin. It would be too inappropriate for her to call me godmother again."

"???" My sister-in-law is your cousin?

Doesn't that mean you're my sister-in-law?

No, I just whipped my sister-in-law?!

Chen Yuze's mind was a bit muddled.

However, before he could even recover, Bai Hua had already brought her lips close to his ear: "Next, I will be demonstrating the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox to the people of Qingqiu. I may not be able to stay by my master's side for a while~"

"It's alright, Auntie... Bai Hua, you go ahead and do your work." Chen Yuze nodded in understanding.

Bai Hua is, after all, the Queen of Qingqiu. Now that her bloodline has evolved into the Nine-Tailed Fox, she naturally wants to show it off to her people.

Firstly, doing so would demonstrate her queenly status.

Its power let the people know that the nine-tailed fox they worshipped had returned.

Secondly, it can also let the remnants of the elders know who the true master of Qingqiu is, thus weakening their thoughts of resistance.

Finally, this also sends a message to the outside world—Qingqiu is about to return to its peak!

In particular, we must tell that annoying woman, Tu Shan Mei happy: I completed the evolution of my bloodline before you, you brat!

For the past few thousand years, Qingqiu has been subtly suppressed by Tushan due to the rebellion of its elders. Now, it is time to sound the horn of counterattack and show them Qingqiu's true power.

It's safe to say that Bai Hua will be extremely busy for quite some time to come.

But before that...

Bai Hua hugged Chen Yuze tightly from behind, her eyes somehow returning to the dazed state she had when she was being whipped.

"But I want to hear you scold me one more time before I leave, Master~ Or, Master, you could slap me again, okay?"

Chen Yuze: "???"

No, you mustn't, sister-in-law!!

087. This concludes the discussion.

"So, that's the end of it?"

Outside the royal palace, watching Bai Hua's departing figure, Ruyi couldn't help but reveal a suspicious expression.

For some reason, she always felt that something seemed to have happened between the Qingqiu Empress and Chen Yuze.

Moreover, what happened was something that couldn't be known to outsiders, something that was hard to explain.

However, Ruyi simply couldn't find any evidence to prove this.

Left with no other option, she nudged Chen Yuze with her elbow and tentatively asked:

"What did you whisper in the ear of the Queen of Qingqiu before she left? Why does she look so happy?"

"How did you know she was happy?" Chen Yuze asked, tilting his head.

"Didn't you see how energetic she was walking with those little cat steps? Look at how she wiggles her hips, it makes my hips hurt just watching!" Rolling her eyes, Ruyi continued to urge her on.

"Don't try to change the subject. I advise you to tell the truth."

"Don't you have super hearing?"

"I deliberately didn't listen in to protect your privacy, didn't I?"

glaring angrily at Chen Yuze, Ruyi thought to herself that if she had known he would act this way, she shouldn't have turned off her ears while they were talking.

However, Ruyi's words greatly relieved Chen Yuze.

After all, what he whispered in Bai Hua's ear wasn't exactly kind. Normally, Chen Yuze would never say such things to a girl.

As for what exactly was said...

It's something like, "You lowly, wanton sow, get out of here!"

There's no other way; special requests require special treatment. Since Chen Yuze has already caused such damage, he naturally has to take responsibility.

Moreover, her true identity is that of Daji and Baosi's cousin, which is Chen Yuze's legitimate sister-in-law.

With this relationship in place, it's even less likely that Chen Yuze would abandon Bai Hua after turning her into a masochist.

"Actually, it was nothing, just a few simple pleasantries."

Shrugging, Chen Yuze casually made up an excuse to brush off Ruyi.

Ruyi, of course, didn't believe Chen Yuze's explanation. She wasn't stupid!

However, before Ruyi could ask any further questions, Baosi raised her head and puffed out her chest, pushing her out from next to Chen Yuze.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, could you subtly inquire about the matter I asked you to ask my godmother?" Her eyes gleamed with a hint of anticipation. The matter Bao Si had asked Chen Yuze to ask was naturally about whether she could resign from her position as a candidate for Holy Maiden.

“Yes, Bai Hua agreed.” Chen Yuze nodded. “And you don’t need to call her godmother anymore.”

"Even her status as an adopted daughter and adoptive mother has been revoked?"

Her face darkened, and Bao Si immediately thought to herself that something was wrong. She clearly hadn't expected her adoptive mother to be so ruthless.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Bao Si arrived in Qingqiu around the same time as Daji arrived at the cabin.

But she could definitely feel that Bai Hua genuinely cared about her. All the things Bai Hua did for her were truly for her own good.

Bao Si must have felt somewhat disappointed at losing such a kind and genuine adoptive mother.

On the bright side, however, Bao Si could now live carefree with her sister and brother-in-law. This naturally lessened her sense of loss considerably.

"Don't worry, it's not what you think."

Seeing Bao Si's expression shift from frowning to beaming with joy, Chen Yuze roughly guessed what was on her mind.

However, he didn't rush to tell Bao Si Bai Hua's true identity directly, but instead kept her in suspense for a little while:

"Bai will explain the details to you after the painting is finished, so I won't go into it here."

After calming Bao Si down, Chen Yuze looked around at the girls around him.

"Alright, everyone, stop standing there like idiots. We rushed all the way to Qingqiu and didn't even have time to rest before this coup d'état happened. I'm sure everyone is feeling pretty much..."

"I'm so tired, let's go lie down first."

Having said that, Chen Yuze took out the Frost Flower Key that Bai Hua had given him before leaving and tossed it to Bao Si:

“Bao Si, Bai Hua said she has already prepared a place for us to stay. She also said that as long as we give you the key, you will take us there.”

"Eh?"

Upon seeing the frost-flower key in her hand, Bao Si's pupils trembled violently.

Good heavens, this isn't some kind of destination for them; it's clearly the key to the forbidden area of ​​Qingqiu!

It should be noted that, apart from the queens of past dynasties and the official saintess, only those whom the queen favors are qualified to enter the forbidden area of ​​Qingqiu.

Bao Si was clearly surprised that her brother-in-law had managed to win over the Queen of Qingqiu in such a short time.

Moreover, judging from his brother-in-law's condition, he clearly hasn't realized that he has already been targeted by the Queen of Qingqiu.

Or perhaps the Empress had already confessed her feelings to her brother-in-law, but he rejected her?

"Brother-in-law, are we really going to stay at this place that the Queen of Qingqiu prepared?"

Swallowing hard, Bao Si asked somewhat uncertainly.