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

Actually, I secretly practiced my internal energy. Cultivation is all about accumulating knowledge little by little.

"No, didn't you tell me not to use my internal energy? I already promised you, how could I go back on my word?"

"What if... what if I hit the bullseye?" Xiao Zhi couldn't bear to imagine the scene that was flashing through her mind at this moment.

Hit the bullseye.

Chu Mingkongxin said that he had never missed a shot when he was a child, and he could even shoot several arrows at the same time by splitting his urine stream, hitting different bullsiers at the same time.

However, this was not what Xiao Zhi intended to express.

“When I saw you so resolutely say ‘I won’t use my internal energy’ at the beginning, I thought you didn’t care about this.”

Chu Mingkong chuckled wryly. This was indeed a very serious problem; if it really came to that...

He didn't want Xiao Zhi to think he was just joking, so Chu Mingkong suppressed his smile and said seriously:

"Since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it. After my body was partially transformed into the Abyss, I'm no longer a pure human in terms of existence, so the probability of me reproducing is quite low. If I really get infected, can I just not want to?"

Chu Mingkong's attitude reassured Xiao Zhi somewhat, allowing her to regain some composure.

That's true. Since we're here, we might as well make the best of it. If we can't win, we can just use the excuse of going back to the Xiao family's ancestral home to take a look, and then secretly settle down and have the baby in another house in Tianya City. If Yunhan comes back and asks later, we can just say that she was adopted.

Ways are always more difficult than difficult!

Thinking about her emotional state over the past two days, and recalling her previous cold and indifferent self, Xiao Zhi wondered if she might have been possessed. She shook her head self-deprecatingly.

"Mingkong, I feel like I'm becoming less and less like myself. I used to be a very calm and decisive person, but now I'm too emotional, and even the smallest things can make me lose my composure..."

Chu Mingkong thought about it and realized it was true, but could this be considered a bad change?

Chu Mingkong couldn't say he favored either of the two Chu princesses. The former Chu princess, who was prejudiced and indifferent towards him, always looked down on others and was incredibly arrogant. To be shameful, Chu Mingkong did feel a great sense of satisfaction when he tormented her back then, even though he later regretted it more than anything. He couldn't deny that he felt that way at the time.

The current Princess Consort of Chu has become somewhat extreme in her attitude towards him, a kind of yandere-like extreme, but she's not bad either.

Feelings differ depending on one's state of mind.

"It doesn't matter. Now you can also see it as..." Chu Mingkong carefully considered his words. "My little pheasant no longer treats the place where she lives as her territory, but as her home. What's wrong with her throwing a tantrum in her own home? Besides, as long as you're happy like this, then it doesn't matter what you do."

"Hmm..." The plump princess tightened her grip on Chu Mingkong's arm and laughed, "Mingkong, you still have many ways of not having grown up."

That's easy to misinterpret! He's grown so much bigger now than when he was a child!

"How to say?"

"Like a baby, I just want to bury my head in the baby seat and nibble on a steamed bun~"

"That's true!"

Chu Mingkong confessed honestly, even demonstrating the details of the crime, his head lowered, buried between her white and full breasts.

Xiao Zhi's face was flushed like a drunken beauty, her cheeks were white with a hint of red, both dignified and charming. She looked down helplessly at the "big baby" in her arms, took out the jade pendant and glanced at it.

Now, the jade pendant is displaying a dazzling color, but it's still just a "possible" stage. It might disappear in a few days. If it stays this color, then you've really won the lottery.

"If you have any questions, ask Mingkong. If Pei Mi tries to use her status to talk back to me because she has a baby, whose side will you be on?"

Chu Mingkong was happily munching on his steamed bun when he was suddenly hit in the face by this question, leaving him mostly bewildered.

"Uh, Zhi'er, did you and Pei Mi have a fight recently? If Jin Yu sides with you, I'll give her some face, outwardly siding with Pei Mi, but secretly still on your side..."

However, this has one prerequisite: Pei Mi must be pregnant.

"She's pregnant, isn't she? I already know. You don't need to hide it anymore. I don't care anymore. I'll just have to put up with some trouble later."

Xiao Zhi's words were not unfounded; there was a story behind them. She immediately recalled that when she went to the East Sea with the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, she accidentally saw him having sex with the Empress and her daughter, which clearly indicated that he wanted a child.

Later, she even used the jade pendant to verify the truth. For this reason, Xiao Zhi also described the condition of the jade pendant that she had found in the Empress's courtyard and the Empress Dowager's courtyard in the past few days.

"Look, this is the jade pendant Qingse gave me. It's quite a powerful item. Mingkong, you can't fool me."

Chu Mingkong was stunned. He thought to himself, "Zhi'er, why didn't you strictly follow the controlled variable method for your experimental results? Have you considered that both sets of results had Aunt Gu secretly appearing and affecting the test results?"

"Pei Mi probably isn't pregnant; it's Aunt Gu who's pregnant..."

"...?"

Xiao Zhi was stunned. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that Gu Jun Gui might indeed be the culprit, since she had been involved in both incidents.

When did Gu Jun Gui and Ming Kong start dating? How come I didn't notice at all?

So all this time I've been battling wits with myself while Pei Mi is perfectly fine?

Chu Mingkong, fearing she wouldn't believe him, added, "It's true. This afternoon during my break, I secretly went over to Aunt Gu's place and had a couple of bites of Run."

Xiao Zhi was shocked by how clumsy her palace intrigue skills were. How could she have created such an absurd misunderstanding!

She was a little embarrassed and angry, and scooped up the dumpling with both hands to stuff it into Chu Mingkong's mouth, saying with a heartbroken look:

"You still say you can't shut your mouth, huh?"

Chapter 157 The Cat's Backstab (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)

I don't know when Aunt Gu's belly will start to swell. When that time comes, I don't know whether I should take Aunt Gu to live in another mansion.

These things seem far off, but a few months pass in the blink of an eye, and soon we'll have to face them.

Every time Chu Mingkong tasted something moist in Aunt Gu's arms, this sense of urgency about time became even more profound.

Until that day arrives, all Chu Mingkong can do is get used to taking the kids out for walks.

"Kitty, Jiao'er, did Aunt Gu take you to sunbathe in the yard like this last month?"

In the garden of the mansion, Chu Mingkong moved out a grand chair and lay down, with two little maids nestled on his body, warm and cozy like two little stoves, while snowflakes occasionally drifted down.

If it weren't for the girls' fair and rosy skin, it would be hard to tell whether they were two large snowflakes pressing down on him.

The difference between men and women taking care of children may lie in how big their hearts are. The cat and the baby are still young, but their physiques are within the realm of cultivators.

They weren't affected by the temperature outside at all. When Gu Jun Gui was taking care of them, he wished he could dress them up like two little pigs every day.

Now that Chu Mingkong is taking care of the children, he naturally takes out summer clothes for the little girls to wear.

With lighter equipment, the cats and their little ones are much more active now.

"Daddy~"

The cat stretched out its soft, white paws and imitated its mother, Fengying, pinching its cheeks.

"What's wrong?" Chu Mingkong asked, grinning as he gently touched the little guy's hand.

“Tell me a story. Fengying’s mother said she wants to hear a story from you.”

Fengying actually said that to the cat...

He hasn't heard much about children's stories; everyone has their own area of ​​expertise, and he's not familiar with this kind of thing.

I'm in a dilemma...

“Story…” Jiao’er tried to imitate the cat’s speech, but she stuttered and her pronunciation was not very accurate.

Having no other choice, Chu Mingkong had to choose material from similar story departments, so he decided to tell a joke.

He cleared his throat and entered bragging mode:

"One day, your Master Qiuchi took the cat out to eat at a restaurant."

"When?" The cat perked up as soon as it heard about food, revealing its true nature as a little glutton.

Her big, round eyes looked at him expectantly.

"...I'm just telling a story, I'm not really taking you there, but it's not impossible. You can ask your master to take you out to a restaurant later!"

After Chu Mingkong tossed the pot to Zuo Qiuchi, he continued the story from the previous chapter:

"Ahem, let's start the story again, kitty, don't interrupt~"

The cat watched as the chef scooped large shrimp from the tank and put them into the pot.

Cat couldn't bear it, so she asked the chef if the prawns would be sad to be separated from their families.

Your master will tell the cat not to be sad, because the whole family of shrimp went into the pot together, all of them together, and before they even had time to be sad, they were already cooked.

Cat: "..."

Jiao'er: "??"

The atmosphere instantly became awkward, and neither of the two little girls said a word.

Suddenly, the two little girls were lifted off Chu Mingkong by the scruff of their necks and floated into a woman's arms.

The moment that woman appeared, it made people feel that the temperature around them had dropped. It was a visually stunning, aloof beauty, tall and elegant.

Xiao Yunhan gently and lovingly embraced the little girls, seemingly worried that they would catch a cold. She took out her own clothes to wrap them up, and also complained that they were not dressed warmly enough.

The cat and the baby nestled their little heads on Xiao Yunhan's shoulder, looking very well-behaved.

However, it seemed that none of them knew who was holding them, which made Chu Mingkong a little worried. What if they were kidnapped one day? Faced with the older sister's abduction, he should at least use his cultivation to resist.

The cat still remembered Xiao Yunhan: "Sister Yunhan..."

This title was a bit of a stretch for Jiao'er, so she softly called out "Mao Mao," as if to indicate that she wanted to say the same thing as a cat.

Although Xiao Yunhan was holding the baby, her gaze was on her younger brother, observing his expression and reaction, and she felt that he might be putting on a brave face.

If she could, Xiao Yunhan would like to use her senses to find out his condition, but unfortunately, the soul realm is no longer within her reach.

Or rather, ever since Chu Mingkong suffered the extreme Yin injury, she has been unable to help her younger brother much.

"Don't tell children those nonsensical stories."

Faced with his sister's rebuke, Chu Mingkong could only smile helplessly.

"It's because we can't think of a suitable story. We can't exactly tell the little cat, Jiao'er, romantic tales..."

"Speaking of which, Yunhan, were you eavesdropping on the story nearby just now?"

Xiao Yunhan remained noncommittal. In fact, she had originally wanted to reveal her presence, but when she heard Chu Mingkong say that he was telling stories to his daughters, she didn't want to interrupt, so she waited a few more words for him to finish the story.

Now, of course, he regrets it more than anything; he shouldn't have let young girls hear such lame jokes.

"How is the injury to your soul? Are you still eating that bitter herb?" Although the tone was cold, the intention was to show concern.

"I'm fine," Chu Mingkong said truthfully, offering a relaxed and cheerful smile.