Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

Not receiving the filial piety token, Chu Mingkong's dissatisfaction was written all over his face: "Fine, although it won't do you any good even if you see it."

He took off his clothes and lay down on the bed. Baili Mi leaned over and immediately recognized that his injuries had indeed worsened considerably since the last time she saw him.

How did they survive and remain so clear-headed?

There was nothing she could do but gently massage his arm in an attempt to please him.

Chu Mingkong closed his eyes, feeling the beautiful woman's fingers caress him. The slight burning sensation made him feel comfortable. This burning sensation came from her constitution, a burning sensation in the extreme yang sense.

After helping Shangguan Rong detoxify today, he gained a deeper understanding of the extreme yang type of martial arts.

The woman next to her, who possesses the Golden Crow Phoenix Physique, also cultivates extremely Yang-type techniques.

The cultivation level seems to be quite high. If Jin Yu had such a level, Chu Mingkong could have directly invited her to engage in dual cultivation.

Should we arrange for Baili Mi to meet with Jinyu and give her some guidance?

Forget it, Jin Yu can ask her Empress mother to be her teacher, and Shangguan Rong can come over for an evening class on the Extreme Yang Technique.

That doesn't seem appropriate either, since after-school tutoring is illegal now.

"You cultivate an extremely yang technique?"

"......Yes."

"Your level of skill is not low, not bad. With your looks, there is absolutely no way you could be a concubine. Every man would want to have sex with you and have children. Tell me how you deceived your husband. What use is it to keep this virginity? I am very curious about that."

If the secret here is interesting enough, maybe I'll give you a big gift tonight~

Baili Mi couldn't believe such a grand gift...

Given Chu Mingkong's current state of imminent death and unpredictable emotions, what sounds like a heartwarming gift might just be him tearing her robes apart and saying, "I'm giving you a great night of good fortune, Madam," thus ruining her!

"I dare not accept such a generous gift from Your Highness. I am powerless to help Your Highness with your injuries. If I could please Your Highness for a moment with my family's unbearable affairs, I would be content. No gift is needed, no gift is needed..." she said nervously.

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P.S.: Another update will be posted later.

Chapter Fifty-Six: A Woman's Heart

The royal family has always had a secret, a secret known only to a select few who hold the highest positions in the country.

When an emperor governs the country well, it is equivalent to nurturing the dragon vein of the nation, and the dragon vein can in turn nourish the ruler of the country with the ultimate Yang energy.

This is a principle known to all civil officials, and it is often used to advise the emperor to be a wise ruler.

This statement isn't wrong, but that's not the key point.

Only after Pei Mi sat on the throne of Empress did she realize that the Empress was originally a tribute, a sacrificial offering.

The phoenix was used to support the dragon.

Becoming a "phoenix" of a nation means that one's vitality, physique, and spiritual essence will be gradually absorbed by the "dragon."

Changing empresses was a frequent occurrence in the history of the Tianji Empire, because it was necessary to change them, as doing so would lead to problems. Therefore, it was impossible for an emperor to remain faithful to one empress throughout his life.

Pei Mi was not worried that the emperor would take away her virginity. No matter how much he coveted his beautiful wife, he could not touch Pei Mi, because losing her virginity would mean losing the right to be a "phoenix".

Without the phoenix's sustenance, the emperor, the dragon, will soon be devoured.

Unless the emperor has already found a qualified candidate to be the empress in preparation, he will absolutely not touch Pei Mi.

This can also be interpreted as the emperor deciding to have sex with the empress, who was not far from death and a new empress would soon take the throne.

If she hadn't accidentally discovered this secret, she might never have understood why, even until her death.

As for the empress's children, how did they come to be?

Claim that the children the concubines were carrying were Pei Mi's, and then erase the concubines' memories of that time. If that doesn't work, just announce to the public that "a certain concubine died of a cold" or "a certain imperial concubine had a difficult childbirth, and both mother and child died." In reality, those "deceased children" all became the empress's offspring.

This is a royal scandal and cannot be leaked.

Even the emperor, her husband, was helping to cover up the fact that his empress was pregnant. How could anyone else see through it?

"This is the secret to how I preserved my primordial yin body," Baili Mi said.

She modified the real royal family into a sect, the emperor into a sect leader, and so on, explaining the situation to Chu Mingkong without revealing her own identity.

"I see, there are truly all sorts of strange things. You must have been placed under some kind of restriction, forbidding you from revealing secrets or something. How did you manage to tell them so easily?"

“Because my husband is sick, the prohibition has weakened, and there is another prohibition: anyone who hears it will die an unfortunate death.”

Chu Mingkong's mind stirred, and the extreme Yin power within his body surged inexplicably, swallowing a "seed" containing a trace of extreme Yang energy.

"Those who hear the secret will become nourishment for the Yang Soul Flower, but unfortunately it's of no use to me. My body doesn't have the soil to nurture these corpse flowers."

Upon careful consideration of the woman's words, it becomes clear that the situation is not so simple.

The position of the sect leader's wife is so unfortunate, yet she insists on keeping her virginity. She must have some ulterior motive, perhaps as revenge against the sect leader.

So her husband's serious illness... is probably related to her.

Chu Mingkong carefully observed Doctor Baili. This woman was truly beautiful; even a coarse cloth robe couldn't conceal her figure and charm. Her face was exquisitely beautiful, and the phrase "a flower of wealth and beauty" best described this woman.

Even if she were to sit in the royal harem, probably no woman could rival her beauty. I wonder if the empress, whom I've never met, could compete with this woman's looks.

She acted coquettishly in front of him, only wanting to keep her virginity, but she had another side behind the scenes.

How did Fengying come to know this kind of woman?

Could it be that this beautiful woman made the Kazekage do some dirty murder in the past, leaving him with incriminating evidence?

"Your Highness... are you satisfied with my story?"

"Not bad. You can't hear these kinds of interesting stories in the street or at storytelling parlors. Now I want you to serve me pleasure in another way, but without damaging your vital essence. Do you agree?"

Chu Mingkong pinched her cheek, forcing her to look directly at him. The beautiful lady pursed her lips, as if she had compromised after weighing the options, and nodded.

"Anything is fine as long as it doesn't damage your primordial yin!"

Sure enough, her obsession with virginity was not about purity or chastity, but rather about something deeper, like hatred.

"If I were to damage your primordial yin now, take over your body, and destroy the important things hidden in your heart, you would definitely be in great pain, right?"

Won't you think I, as a junior, am...

"Have I been filial to you?"

"???" The beautiful woman's face turned pale, and she looked at him with surprise and uncertainty.

She felt a heavy, deathly aura of fire spirit emanating from Chu Mingkong's palm.

Then, he exerted force with his fingers, pinching her cheeks and pulling them toward his face, bringing Chu Mingkong's handsome but strangely charming face closer and closer to her.

Baili Mi almost held her breath.

Then I heard him chuckle slyly:

"Hehehe, just kidding, I was just kidding."

I was just teasing her. Having masochistic tendencies only means she likes to be passive, but it doesn't mean she'll feel happy when her resolve is destroyed. That's just being a fool.

He felt a connection to this woman's situation and, empathizing with her, decided he no longer wanted to eat Baili Mi.

Unless something else happens.

Baili Mi: "......"

Indeed, after this man used his internal energy to save Jin Yu during the day, his injuries worsened and his personality changed drastically.

He wasn't this out of control when he was forced to meet the Kazekage last time!

We need to find a way to get out of here as soon as possible. Who knows how bad his condition will get in a little while? What if he suddenly becomes aggressive and goes berserk?

Baili Mi's heart was pounding so hard that her breasts were practically shaking from the pounding.

Despite her fear, she also felt a sense of relief, thankful that he hadn't actually attacked her.

[System Treasure has arrived, 300 points of corrupted filial piety!]

Chu Mingkong raised an eyebrow, listening to the notification in his mind with surprise.

What's wrong with this woman? Does she just enjoy playing these coerced roles?

Next time, try rubbing against her without going in; maybe she'll like that.

"Your Highness, may I...may I return tonight?" Baili Mi asked humbly, afraid of angering this madman.

"Okay, let me discuss it with you. You can come back tomorrow and it will offset next month's appointment."

The beautiful woman nodded in agreement:

"I will follow Your Highness's orders... However, I may not be able to come over until the afternoon. I have to spend the morning with my seriously ill husband before I can come to serve Your Highness."

Actually, there is an early morning court session. If the empress doesn't attend and can't be found in the palace, it would be very suspicious.

“Okay.” Chu Mingkong nodded, understanding her situation.

She has roles she needs to play, like when she was bowing and scraping to girls and acting like a lapdog a while ago.

They were all forced to do it.

After responding, Chu Mingkong exchanged a bottle of "Golden Crow Heart Essence" for a corrupted filial piety offering. This "Golden Crow Jade Essence" was of a higher grade than the one he had given Jin Yu during the day, since Jin Yu's bottle had been obtained by exchanging ordinary filial piety offerings.

He already felt a burning sensation when he touched the bottle.

As soon as the bottle was opened, the bedroom was filled with a rich vitality and a rather domineering yang aura. Green vines even grew on his wooden bed frame.

Chu Mingkong is now considered a Yin entity, and naturally dislikes this kind of environment, so he frowned.

He cursed under his breath, channeled his spiritual energy to dispel the extreme yang energy in the room, and tossed the bottle back into his system inventory.

But Baili Mi was stunned, her beautiful eyes sparkling with longing. This was what she hoped for, something that could speed up her plans!

"Your Highness, what was that just now?"

"It was a big gift I was going to give you, but you said you didn't want it, so I'll give it to someone else another day."

Baili Mi suddenly felt like slapping herself.

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Taking Back the Mother