185: Concubine Jie

Chapter 184: Consort Jie and Consort Yu

The matter of Zheng Yi taking Dongyun Jie and Dongyun Yu as consorts did not cause much of a ripple throughout the inner palace.

As early as when he took Li Lizhen as Noble Lady Zhen, quite a few people had already guessed something.

And as Dongyun Jie and Dongyun Yu slowly grew up, these suspicions grew more and more numerous.

This was also the reason why, when Li Lizhen went to the Empress a few months ago to choose husbands for the two women, the Empress said to wait a bit longer.

Sure enough, after His Majesty came out of seclusion this time, the first thing he did was to take the two women as consorts.

Empress Lu Liner even smiled and said, "Your Majesty, those two little lasses simply cannot escape your grasp. Why must you make such a grand display of conferring consort titles again?"

"If this matter spreads out, those ministers in the court..."

"What those ministers say, I have no interest in entertaining."

Zheng Yi said indifferently, "I merely want to do some things I wish to do, without being dragged down by others."

Now, throughout the entire imperial palace, besides the ten princesses, there were also two sons.

In addition, Lan Consort, Yuechan, Consort Cui, and Consort Yu were all already pregnant, which meant six sons were waiting to be born.

Sure enough, when Zheng Yi wanted to take the two women Dongyun Jie and Dongyun Yu as consorts, quite a few ministers indeed jumped out to stir up trouble.

Furthermore, several censors shouted and hollered in the court, furiously denouncing the muddle-headed ruler.

Unfortunately, Zheng Yi did not attend court at all, and Liu Chengen handled it.

For a time, the entire imperial court was somewhat chaotic.

However, the few members of the Cabinet did not have any reaction to this matter, and it passed smoothly.

Wang Anshi even said, "This matter is His Majesty's family affair, and His Majesty is wise. They are merely two women, so why must you gentlemen be in such a rush?"

After the consort-conferring ceremony ended, Zheng Yi made both women pregnant simultaneously that very night.

However, still somewhat fond of beauty, he favored them successively for over a month.

Until the two women had obvious pregnancy reactions, he had no choice but to stop.

"Dongyun Jie, Dongyun Yu, I originally thought of bringing the two of you to Cultivate together. Unfortunately, now that you are both pregnant, give birth to an imperial prince for me first, how about that?"

Dongyun Jie and Dongyun Yu blushed and bowed, saying, "This consort obeys Your Majesty's command."

"Right, these two copies are Cultivation Technique Secret Manuals. The two of you take advantage of this time to memorize them thoroughly, and try cultivating them in the future."

Zheng Yi took out two booklets from his bosom and handed them to Dongyun Jie and Dongyun Yu.

These booklets were cultivation manuals taken out from the Zheng Clan Treasure Trove, named the Thousand Billows Decree.

Both women possessed wind-attribute mutant Spiritual Roots, along with a portion of water Spiritual Roots.

The pity was that he simply did not have any Cultivation Technique Secret Manuals related to wind-attribute Spiritual Roots in his hands, only normal Five Elements Secret Manuals.

Having no alternative, he could only use the Thousand Billows Decree as the cultivation manual for the two women to practice.

Compared to the Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture he had obtained, the Thousand Billows Decree was merely a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivation Technique.

It recorded all the Cultivation Technique contents from the Qi Refinement Phase all the way to the Golden Core Stage, and also came with corresponding Spells.

As long as the two women cultivated normally according to this technique and had no Bottleneck restrictions, they could directly reach the Golden Core Stage.

If there were a wind-attribute Cultivation Technique, it would be even better.

The two women took the Secret Manuals and successively bowed, saying, "Many thanks, Your Majesty. We two sisters are endlessly grateful."

Zheng Yi smiled and said, "Alright, I still have matters to process, you all rest first."

"I have already arranged diligent palace maids and Father-in-law, waiting for my two Beloved Consorts to give birth to an imperial prince for me!"

The two women's faces blushed even more, and they quickly said, "Yes, this consort obeys the decree."

"Emperor Brother, rest assured, Dongyun Yu will definitely give birth to an imperial prince for you!"

"No! I want to give birth to two, three...!"

"Are you a pig...!"

"Hahaha..."

Zheng Yi laughed heartily and walked away, leaving behind the bashful two women.

After leaving the Bindi Palace, Zheng Yi returned to White Jade Capital and had other plans.

Right now, there were not a few matters waiting for him: cultivating the Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture, refining the Puppet Xuan Ye, and blood-sacrificing the Reincarnation Nine Infant Fruit. Any single one of these was a project that would consume an immense amount of time.

But the premise was... he had to possess Five Elements Spiritual Roots.

Only after possessing Five Elements Spiritual Roots could he begin cultivating the Great Five Elements Life and Death Scripture.

Over this past month and more of Dual Cultivation with the two women Dongyun Jie and Dongyun Yu, his water-attribute Spiritual Root data skyrocketed.

At the same time, he also acquired a wind-attribute Spiritual Root.

If there were a wind-attribute Cultivation Technique, he could also Cultivate it.

"Chengen."

"Your Majesty, this servant is here."

"How is that Princess Lingyin doing?"

"Replying to Your Majesty, Princess Lingyin still resides in the Lingyin Palace, but her personality is still extremely stubborn at present, and she has already beaten and scolded quite a few palace maids..."

"Beating and scolding palace maids?"

Zheng Yi said indifferently, "It seems she still has not recognized reality. Tell her about the matter of Xu Xuanwu's suicide."

"Understood!"

Lingyin Palace.

"Bang!"

Princess Lingyin, petite in stature, dressed in a yellow skirt, and revealing tender arms and calves, once again pushed all the fruits on the tabletop crashing to the ground.

Her pretty and alluring face was now filled with anger as she gritted her teeth and said, "This princess has said before, this princess is only willing to eat Nanzhao Kingdom's Concubine's Smile. This lychee of yours is obviously Yue Province of Great Yu's March Red!"

"How dare you deceive this palace!"

"Princess, please forgive me!"

The palace maid delivering the fruits hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Nanzhao Kingdom is simply too far from the capital. The carriage delivering the lychee tribute was robbed by bandits halfway, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs had no choice but to..."

"Hmph! This princess doesn't care about this matter. What this princess wants is precisely my Nanzhao Kingdom's Concubine's Smile!"

Princess Lingyin snorted coldly and said, "You, this maid, still dare to quibble. Meicao, slap her mouth for this princess!"

"Yes! Princess Your Highness~"

A tall maid behind her acknowledged the command, walked up to the front, and swung a slap across.

"Slap!"

"Ah!"

"Princess Your Highness, spare my life..."

"Slap!"

"Slap!"

"Alright!"

Right at this moment, a hoarse voice sounded as Liu Chengen was seen leading people in.

Seeing Liu Chengen here, the maid named Meicao still swung a slap across.

"Slap!"

"Hmm?"

Liu Chengen snorted coldly, and immediately two eunuchs walked up from behind, stopping Meicao.

"Father-in-law Liu, this princess is disciplining her servants; it has nothing to do with you, right?"

Liu Chengen's complexion remained amicable as he bowed and said, "Replying to Consort Yin, the matter you entrusted to this servant previously has already been investigated by this servant."

Princess Lingyin, as the princess of Nanzhao Kingdom, had her entire country suppressed single-handedly by Xu Mujun. In the treaty signed between the two countries, she was escorted to the capital to become a consort.

She was designated as 'Consort Yin'.

"Oh?"

Princess Lingyin quickly stood up and asked in pleasant surprise, "Have you found out news about Xu Xuanwu?"

"You all... get out quickly!"

She waved her hand, chasing everyone out, and eagerly asked, "Liu Chengen, speak quickly, how is Xu Xuanwu doing right now?"

"Has he been pardoned by the Great Yu Emperor?"

"Xu Xuanwu's father is the Great Yu War God, yet not a single person in our Nanzhao Kingdom could stop him. If my husband could also be like this..."

Liu Chengen sneered inwardly, but still respectfully said, "Consort Yin, General Xu Xuanwu... committed suicide."

"Hmm? What did you say?"

Princess Lingyin froze, as if unable to believe her own ears, and said in shock, "Xu Xuanwu committed suicide? How is that possible!"

"Xu Xuanwu is an Innate Realm powerhouse, and furthermore a regional feudal lord. His father is even the Great Yu Grand General, and he even promised me he would personally come to marry me. How..."

"Hehehe..."

Liu Chengen sneered and said, "It seems Princess Lingyin still has not recognized reality. You are now His Majesty's consort, yet you endlessly mouth Xu Xuanwu. Are you truly not afraid of His Majesty granting you death!"

"How can a mere Xu Xuanwu compare with His Majesty?"

"Xu Xuanwu committed suicide... No, it's not like that. It's the Great Yu Emperor, it was definitely done by the Great Yu Emperor!"

Princess Lingyin gritted her teeth and said, "It—it was your emperor who killed him. I want to avenge him..."

"Consort Yin!"

Liu Chengen shouted in a low voice, "You must pay attention to your identity. You are His Majesty's consort after all."

"If you let your imagination run wild again, don't blame this servant for being ruthless!"

"There is also... tonight His Majesty flipped your token, prepare yourself well."

"Hehehehe..."

Liu Chengen left, leaving behind Princess Lingyin filled with despair.

"Xu Xuanwu committed suicide, he is dead... H-how is that possible?"

Her face was full of sorrow, her gaze despairing, which was immediately replaced by hatred.

"It—it's the Great Yu Emperor!"

"Damned! It's all him! He killed Xu Xuanwu, I want to avenge him!"

That night.

Zheng Yi's sedan chair arrived at the Lingyin Palace, and more than a dozen figures meandered out from the palace.

"This consort greets Your Majesty."

Princess Lingyin at this moment was obviously meticulously dressed: a brand-new apricot-yellow short skirt, wearing Nanzhao Kingdom's unique head adornment on her head, and her delicate, gorgeous face shimmered with gold powder, full of exotic charm.

"Beloved Consort, rise."

Zheng Yi took Princess Lingyin's small hand, looked her up and down carefully, and only then said, "As expected of Nanzhao Kingdom's number one beauty, I like her dearly."

"Many thanks for Your Majesty's praise."

Led by the small hand by Zheng Yi, Princess Lingyin was brought into the bedchamber.

"Your Majesty, this is the Guishan white wine unique to our Nanzhao Kingdom, brewed personally by this consort. Your Majesty can taste it..."

Zheng Yi once again pressed down Princess Lingyin's small hand, and with a reverse motion picked up her entire body.

"A single moment of the spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Seeing my Beloved Consort so charming and seductive, I cannot wait even a single moment..."

"Ah!"

Princess Lingyin let out a delicate grunt, and her whole body was directly thrown onto the bed by Zheng Yi, who also lunged forward with a hearty laugh.

"Ah...!"

"Don't!"

"Bastard!"

"Muddle-headed ruler!"

"Ah...!"

More than an hour later, Princess Lingyin, whose face was flushed red and who had fallen into a deep sleep, suddenly opened her eyes, and her small hand slowly pulled a sharp hairpin out of her hair accessory.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, she thrust it toward Zheng Yi's neck.

"Slap!"

Who would have thought that while her small hand was still in mid-air, it was grabbed by a powerful and sturdy large hand.

"What is my Beloved Consort trying to do?"

"Bah!"

Princess Lingyin angrily denounced, "Who is your Beloved Consort! I want to avenge Xu Xuanwu..."

"Hehehe..."

Zheng Yi sneered, looked down at her, and said, "You really are big-breasted and brainless. With just you, you also want to assassinate me?"

As he spoke, he started moving again, causing Princess Lingyin to be filled with both shame and rage, her gaze completely filled with murderous intent.

"Princess Lingyin, right? This body of yours is still useful, and I am not yet tired of it temporarily. You will obediently be a consort for me."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, I just love this kind of gaze from you, be even more fierce~!"

"After you give birth to an imperial prince for me, whatever you want to do, go ahead and do it."

Zheng Yi leaned close to Princess Lingyin's ear, his tone resembling a demon's whisper.

"But before that, once you do anything out of line, such as assassinating me or committing suicide, I naturally have ways to retaliate."

"For example, slaughtering all the personal maidservants you brought from Nanzhao Kingdom."

"Or... annihilate your Nanzhao Kingdom!"

"Kill your kingly father and imperial brothers entirely, and send your queen mother and sisters all into the Jiaofang Si, letting them serve the tens of millions of meritorious ministers of our Great Yu."

"How about that?"