The Demonic World I designed-Chapter 40 - 38 The Intentions of the Thousand-Faced Fox

40: Chapter 38: The Intentions of the Thousand-Faced Fox

40 -38: The Intentions of the Thousand-Faced Fox

“What nonsense are you talking about?” The expression on the Fox Demon’s face turned cold for the first time.

“Whether it’s nonsense, you know very well…” Chen Qing looked around before lowering his voice and said, “I’m not just curious about how you managed to deceive the Emperor; I’m more curious…

why would you agree to bear Cui Yan’s child?”

In my setting, demons can indeed bear children, especially the Thousand-Faced Fox; children born of them are usually incredibly beautiful and often cause a sensation in history.

But it has to be of the demon’s own free will.

Bearing a child costs the demon greatly, particularly for a Reincarnating Demon, as it lowers the purity of their bloodline.

Few are willing to do so, which made Chen Qing very curious, knowing the rules.

The Fox Demon’s complexion became completely rigid, standing still for a long time, and then she stared at Chen Qing, disbelief flickering in her eyes again, murmuring, “How do you…

know everything?”

“I just know that the Golden Crow Bloodline and you cannot have children.” Chen Qing chuckled, thinking to himself: Otherwise, there must be a bug.

The natural gifts of the Thousand-Faced Fox are already defying heaven.

If it could also merge with the bloodline of other demons, what’s the point for anyone else?

“Then why do you say the child is Cui Yan’s?” the Fox Demon asked, frowning.

“Cui Yan told me…” Chen Qing sighed, a hint of reminiscence flashing in his eyes.

“I remember…

it was shortly after the results were announced, before he was designated as the Imperial Scholar.

That night…

he ran to my room, beaming like a fool, and said he was going to be a father.

He didn’t seem that happy even when he passed his examination…”

The Fox Demon: “…”

“After knowing you are the Thousand-Faced Fox, I initially thought you had deceived Cui Yan.

After all, you killed him just a few days later.

With such a ruthless heart, how could you possibly bear his child?”

“But now that I think about it, it’s strange…” Chen Qing curiously looked at her.

“If you want to fool the Emperor, you must actually be pregnant, and judging by the timeline, only with Cui Yan would you have had the time.”

“But surely you didn’t prepare in advance, because you couldn’t have predicted that later you’d be forced onto the Path of Yin and Yang.

So, I’m very curious, why would you bear Cui Yan’s child?”

“Why not?” The Fox Demon’s eyes held an epiphany, as if reminiscing about something: “We were husband and wife for two years.

You’ve seen for yourself how Cui Yan treated me.

What’s wrong with wanting to have his child?

From your perspective, do we demons…

have no emotions at all?”

“Hah?” Chen Qing laughed.

“Have emotions and still eat one’s heart out?

Those are some emotions I can’t afford to deal with…”

“What do you know?” The Fox Demon suddenly screamed emotionally: “All you humans are the same, always the same!

No matter how nice the words, no matter how you treated me before, as soon as you find out I’m a demon, it’s always like this, always!”

In a daze, she seemed to recall that night, when Cui Yan first learned of her true identity, that unfamiliar expression on his face, and those fearful eyes that pierced her heart…

“You humans, you should all die, all of you!!!”

Chen Qing: “…”

This woman actually has a point?

You deceive someone into marriage, and they’re not allowed to have a reaction when they find out the truth?

In modern times, what would your reaction be if one day your wife suddenly tells you she’s actually a man, having undergone gender reassignment?

That’s not to mention that you’re a demon, which is surely more shocking…

it’s a complete change of species…

Xu Xian was so in love with Lady White and still got knocked out with fear, didn’t he?

“But I was carrying his child, his child!” The Fox Demon’s agitation was so intense she scratched her own skin raw: “Does he know the great cost I bore in carrying a child?

Does he?”

Chen Qing rolled his eyes.

How would he know?

It wasn’t him…

Unwilling to get entangled in this emotional topic with the woman, Chen Qing asked straightforwardly, “So how did you make the Emperor believe the child was the Crown Prince’s?”

The Fox Demon gradually calmed down, looking at Chen Qing with a distant gaze: “I had the Crown Prince’s vital essence, and I adjusted some of the Golden Crow’s power to surround the embryo.

The old man naturally believed it.”

“That simple?” Chen Qing was taken aback.

“Just that simple…” The Fox Demon chuckled.

“Because he’s just like you, thinking that we demons have no feelings, never suspecting that I would bear Cui Yan’s child.

We demons do everything with a purpose, so carrying the Crown Prince’s seed is profitable, isn’t it?”

“I see…” Chen Qing nodded.

The Emperor was clever, but humans can sometimes be too self-assured and indeed overlook things.

“But you can’t hide it for long,” Chen Qing said curiously, tilting his head.

“The ceremony to inherit the Golden Crow Blood happens at three years of age, and with ten months of pregnancy, you can at most delay it for four years.

What’s the point?

Now that you’re under control and can’t do much, why not just reincarnate?”

“I can’t reincarnate anymore.” The Fox Demon shook her head.

“Reincarnating would mean missing it.”

“Missing?” Chen Qing’s eyes lit up.

“It seems there are things you don’t know after all.” The Fox Demon suddenly smiled.

“And here I thought you knew everything, like that King of Qin.”

Chen Qing frowned.

Why do people always love to compare him with that dead guy?

But this was indeed important information.

The Fox Demon was biding her time, seemingly waiting for something; so was the King Hanjiang in the Path of Yin and Yang—it sounded as if something big was about to happen.

What exactly could it be?

Had he missed something?

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“They’re here, they’re here!”

Inside the main hall where Imperial Concubine Dong resided, a few palace maids saw Chen Qing coming to seek an audience from afar, and they promptly ran giggling to Princess Yong’an’s chambers.

“Princess, your Consort Prince is here!”

“Don’t talk nonsense!” Ming Xue’s face turned crimson.

“We haven’t even gotten engaged yet.

If you keep this up, be careful the matrons might slap your mouths!”

The maids immediately stuck out their tongues but still teased the princess with good-natured giggles, evidently, Princess Ming Xue was not harsh on her subjects in normal times.

“Ahem!”

Amidst the playful banter, a somewhat elderly cough resounded, prompting everyone to promptly straighten up.

Siao Mingxue tidied her hair and looked towards the source of the sound, “Nanny, you’ve come?”

“Your Highness…” The newcomer was dressed in dark, luxurious attire, clearly a high-ranking nanny from within the palace.

She glared at the palace maids who were behaving without proper decorum before helplessly turning to the Princess, “Your Highness, if you continue to be this lax with your subordinates, how will you manage to control the servants of your husband’s household after you get married?”

The Princess embarrassingly lowered her head but still weakly said, “I heard from Mother Consort that Chen Qing…

comes from a farming and scholarly family, poor in wealth, so he probably…

doesn’t have any servants, right?”

“Won’t he have them in the future?” The nanny rolled her eyes at her, “Your Consort Prince is favored by His Majesty, directly appointed as a Magistrate, and he also holds the hereditary title of Marquis.

You are a Princess of high status.

Do you plan to go there and, like a country bumpkin, cook and prepare meals yourself?”

The Princess stuck out her tongue and whispered, “It’s not like I can’t…”

“Hmm?”

“I mean, Nanny is right…”

“Hmph!” The nanny sighed helplessly, “You’re the only daughter of Her Majesty, and your dowry will surely be substantial.

When you’re married, you’ll need to manage those estates and shops, so you can’t afford to be lazy as before.”

“Ah, it’s that troublesome?” Siao Mingxue suddenly felt overwhelmed.

“Managing a household after marriage is like that…” The nanny spoke impatiently, “Alright, hurry up and get ready to meet him.

It’s really not according to protocol, but who could refuse when His Majesty and Her Majesty dote on you this much?

Remember not to be rude later on, Your Highness, so as not to be looked down upon by your future in-laws.”

“How could that happen…”

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This…

shouldn’t count as a matchmaking session, right?

Chen Qing, seated in the guest hall with palace maids attending, sipped his tea with a seemingly calm exterior, but inside, to be honest…

he was quite nervous.

This was a reaction from his past life.

As a socially awkward tech nerd, he always viewed matchmaking like facing a formidable enemy.

After transversing to this life, he thought he had changed a lot, but at this moment, Chen Qing suddenly realized that some things in his bones…

seemed to remain the same…

The Emperor, though somewhat immoral, had to be admitted as quite valiant and handsome, and he had seen a few of the imperial concubines, all top beauties.

Their daughter should…

probably be alright, right?

Chen Qing was nervous; he was a pragmatic person.

Setting aside virtues like being kind and wise, being good-looking was the key…

“Is this Lord Chen?”

Chen Qing’s tea cup trembled, scalding his hand red, but still, he attempted to maintain his face, standing up with feigned composure.

“I haven’t assumed my post yet and don’t deserve such an honorific, Your Highness is too kind.”

Indeed, it wasn’t the Princess who had arrived, but Imperial Concubine Dong.

Chen Qing naturally recognized her.

When identifying the Fox Demon, he had smelled all four imperial concubines, and the one before him happened to be the most fragrant…

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“Lord Chen is being modest.” Imperial Concubine Dong glanced at the overturned teacup and chuckled behind her hand, “Even if you have not assumed your position yet, you are now a Marquis by imperial decree, you must not sell yourself short.”

“Your Highness speaks the truth…” Chen Qing bowed even lower.

Her chest was so big, it was indecent to look at her face, but lowering my gaze isn’t ideal either, this is so difficult…

“What’s there to be so tense about?” Imperial Concubine Dong, seeing his careful demeanor, was immediately amused, “Weren’t you quite bold in the Thousand Crane Hall that day?”

“Your Highness forgives me!” Chen Qing hurriedly bowed his head again, “It was an emergency back then; I truly had no choice…”

“There, there, look how scared you are…” giggled Imperial Concubine Dong.

This young man didn’t seem like the sort who had frequented pleasure districts.

It made sense; otherwise, he wouldn’t have become an Imperial Scholar at such a young age.

Hardworking, straightforward, and able to remain composed in crucial moments, it seemed that Ming Xue had perhaps found a good match.

“What about that beautiful concubine bestowed upon you by His Majesty?

Didn’t you bring her to delight me?”

Chen Qing instantly panicked, hastening to explain, “About that…

Your Highness, I don’t know why His Majesty would do such a thing.

I assure you, I will definitely not before the Princess is married off…” But his voice trailed off there.

It seemed that assurance couldn’t be given…

According to the Emperor’s wishes, it looked like I couldn’t avoid becoming a father…

This is such a mess!

Watching Chen Qing’s hesitation, a glint of insight flashed in Imperial Concubine Dong’s eyes, and she thought to herself: There’s definitely something fishy here.

“Don’t trouble yourself…” Imperial Concubine Dong said with a smile, “Just do as His Majesty asks, and take good care of Ming Xue.

As for that beautiful concubine, I will explain it to the Princess.”

“Thank you, Your Highness!” Chen Qing, feeling as if pardoned, breathed a sigh of relief.

“By the way…” Imperial Concubine Dong’s tone suddenly shifted, looking outside the hall and dropping her voice mysteriously, “Did you know that Duke Song died suddenly yesterday?”

Chen Qing: “Ha?”

Really?!?!