Chapter 150
Chapter 150
“There is no need for Your Majesty to doubt it,” Di Xiulan said, enunciating every word. “This is the promise you made with your own mouth. You are not allowed to go back on it.”
Ye Piaoling found herself in a bit of a bind.
No matter how debauched and tyrannical she was, she couldn’t treat appointing a consort as a joke…
Beside her, the Great Enchanter saw that she wanted to back out. He was instantly heartbroken, turning away in dejection, looking as if he might burst into tears at any moment.
The moment Ye Piaoling saw the great beauty throwing a little tantrum, she knew she had to coax him. She hurriedly turned him back around and smiled apologetically. “Be good, don’t be sad. Aside from the position of Demon Consort, I can give you anything else, all right?”
Di Xiulan thought for a moment, then asked her, “Then is Your Majesty willing to give me all the money the shops earn?”
“…”
Ye Piaoling coughed and said, “As for appointing you as consort, allow me to consider it a little longer.”
Di Xiulan curved his lips in a faint smile. “Your Majesty is unwilling to give me your money, yet I am willing to give all of mine to Your Majesty.”
Ye Piaoling: “Hm???”
Di Xiulan said, “As the Divine Venerable, I do have a modest amount of savings. As long as Your Majesty is willing to appoint me as your consort, I am willing to offer all my assets as my dowry and, together with myself, belong entirely to Your Majesty.”
Ye Piaoling couldn’t help asking, “How much dowry could you possibly have?”
Di Xiulan took out a gift list. “This is the dowry list I organized today. Please look it over, Your Majesty.”
Ye Piaoling opened it.
The first line read:
Spirit stones: one billion.
Ye Piaoling: “!!!!!!”
O-one billion?!
Ye Piaoling let out a strangled squawk and nearly collapsed from a sudden heart attack like the Evil Lord.
Spirit stones were the common currency of the Three Realms, and they were even more valuable than gold!
And what kind of concept was one billion?
The Demon Clan loved war. They had spent years campaigning east and west and paid no attention to economic development, so they were poor enough to rattle… Even if they sold the entire Demon Realm now, it wouldn’t be worth one billion!
After a long while…
Ye Piaoling trembled and snapped the gift list shut.
Then she took a deep breath and declared decisively, “Appoint him! I must appoint him!”
Di Xiulan smiled. “Does Your Majesty mean that?”
“Don’t call me Your Majesty!” Ye Piaoling flew into a rage at once. “That sounds far too distant. Call me hubby!”
Di Xiulan: “…”
…
After the Evil Lord was released from confinement, the moment he came out, he heard devastating news-
Her Majesty had already spoiled that Great Enchanter to the heavens. Not only had she let him ride her Divine Donkey, she was even going to appoint him Demon Consort!
The Evil Lord felt dizzy and nearly died on the spot.
The guard beside him hurriedly supported him. “Protector Lord, are you all right?”
The Evil Lord murmured, “Her Majesty has truly gone mad. Mad…”
The consort appointment ceremony was scheduled for tomorrow. The Evil Lord knew that nothing he said would be of any use now. Her Majesty had been completely bewitched and would never listen to his remonstrations again…
At this point, the only plan was to make her realize on her own that Di Xiulan was not of their kind, and those not of our race were sure to have different hearts!
The Evil Lord frowned for a long time before finally coming up with an idea!
He cast a spell, transformed into Di Xiulan’s appearance, and went to the Empress’s study.
The study was a critical location for the Demon Clan, hiding many of the Demon Realm’s secrets. Aside from the Empress, only he, the Grand Protector, was qualified to enter…
He would pretend to be Di Xiulan and steal the Demon Realm’s defense map. This way, the Empress would surely be furious!
In the study, Ye Piaoling was reluctantly reviewing memorials.
Day after day, she really did not want to do all this damn work…
Wearing Di Xiulan’s face, the Evil Lord simply strode in with open insolence.
When Ye Piaoling saw him, she did not reprimand him. She merely said lightly, “You’re here.”
Then she lowered her head and continued working overtime.
The Evil Lord’s heart spasmed.
-Her Majesty actually allowed Di Xiulan to enter her study without permission!
It showed just how great her favor was!
The Evil Lord suppressed the emotions in his heart and deliberately began acting furtive, wandering back and forth through the study.
Ye Piaoling still did not reprimand him.
She let him come and go as he pleased.
The Evil Lord steeled himself and simply asked outright, “Your Majesty, where is the defense map the Demon Realm set up to guard against an invasion from the Heavenly Realm?”
Without lifting her head, Ye Piaoling said, “Second drawer on the left side of the cabinet.”
The Evil Lord: “!!!”
Heavens above!
Her Majesty was actually willing to hand even the defense map over to Di Xiulan. Had she never considered that Di Xiulan might be trying to attack the Demon Realm?
Or was she willing to give away the entire Demon Realm for that man, no matter the cost?
The Evil Lord could bear it no longer. At last, he prompted her in a trembling voice, “Is Your Majesty not at all curious why I entered your study and even want to look at the defense map?”
Ye Piaoling raised her eyes to look at him and said, “What I am curious about is something else.”
The Evil Lord asked, “What is it?”
Ye Piaoling said in confusion, “Xiao Xie, if you wanted to come to the study to look at the defense map, why did you dress up as Di Xiulan?”
The Evil Lord: “…”
…
The eleventh day.
The Demon Realm’s consort appointment ceremony was held as scheduled.
In the end, the Evil Lord failed to stop any of it. He had even sent a message to the Heavenly Realm, saying he was willing to coordinate with them from inside and outside to rescue the Divine Venerable.
But the Heavenly Realm ignored him completely.
Because the Heavenly Realm had already followed Lord Divine Venerable’s command to remain still and absolutely must not send troops against the Demon Realm.
That night, the atmosphere was jubilant, and red candles burned bright.
Inside the wedding chamber, Ye Piaoling lifted Di Xiulan’s veil, then sat with him on the wedding bed and drank the nuptial wine with arms entwined.
After all the rituals were completed, only the two of them remained in the Bedchamber.
The wonderful wedding night began-
Ye Piaoling held Di Xiulan’s hand and said with deep affection, “Great Enchanter, from now on, you are my Demon Consort!”
Di Xiulan gazed at her, a smile resting on his lips. “Thank you.”
“No, I should be thanking you!” Ye Piaoling said, moved. “Because of you, I have one billion.”
Di Xiulan: “…”
Ye Piaoling said, “Don’t worry. For the rest of my life, I will protect you well, and protect your one billion well too.”
The corner of Di Xiulan’s mouth twitched, but he maintained his smile. “All right. Tomorrow, I will take you to collect that one billion.”
Ye Piaoling: Say no more. Applause!!!