283: Welcome to Ruyan

One hour.

Two hours.

Three hours.

Su Li and the other two had been petrified for a full three hours, their minds blank.

The scene before them was too stimulating.

That high and mighty Empress, actually... the world was going downhill!

A thought arose in all three of their minds simultaneously: Shameless, Liu Ruyan was simply shameless.

How was this any different from cuckolding them?

It was unknown how much time had passed.

Liu Ruyan's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes, looking up at Cao Bu.

As she watched, crystal-clear tears slid down silently once more, but this time, they were tears of pure joy.

"I finally found you." She choked, burying her face deep into his chest: "In this life, don't leave me behind again, I beg you!"

Cao Bu was silent for a moment, his arms tightening slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Your injuries... healing your injuries is the priority."

Liu Ruyan shook her head vigorously in his embrace, her arms holding him even tighter: "No, just like this, don't move, let me feel that you are real, and not a dream."

The emotions of Su Li and the other two were complicated to the extreme.

What on earth was this?!

How did Husband... end up like this?

And looking at this, the Empress still appeared so deeply and unrepentantly affectionate?

But they were the ones who were...

A long time passed.

Liu Ruyan's emotions finally calmed down completely, and her tears stopped.

She slowly stood up, not avoiding anything, just like that, with her perfect, flawless body bare, she casually took a dress from her storage ring and put it on.

The neckline was slightly open, revealing exquisite collarbones and a few ambiguous red marks, adding an even more heart-stopping allure.

She walked, barefoot, towards Su Li and the other two, who were still in a state of shock and bewilderment.

The three women immediately looked at her defensively, subconsciously huddling together.

Liu Ruyan bowed solemnly to them.

This action stunned the three women once again.

"Three sisters." Liu Ruyan spoke, her voice still slightly hoarse from the aftermath of passion: "I lost my composure just now. I couldn't restrain my feelings, and I startled you sisters."

She raised her head, her gaze clear and sincere, looking at the three women:

"But my mind is made up. Cao Bu is mine; I will never let go, and I cannot let go."

She paused, then continued: "I do not seek to monopolize him, nor do I wish to make things difficult for you. I only ask for a position."

"From now on, we shall address each other as sisters and serve our husband together. Is that alright?"

Su Li, Leng Yue, and Luo Qingcheng looked at each other again, completely unsure of how to react.

To say this, a dignified Empress, voluntarily asking to be a concubine? And so righteous about it?

There was even a subtle feeling, as if she were the one who came first, and they were the latecomers?

They looked simultaneously at Cao Bu on the stone couch.

Cao Bu had already tidied his clothes and was sitting by the side of the couch, one hand supporting his forehead, with an expression that said, 'I am also very helpless.'

In the end, it was Su Li who was the first to recover from this massive shock.

She took a deep breath, stepped forward, reached out to help Liu Ruyan up, and said with a complex tone: "Sister Ruyan? Welcome to the group."

A smile flashed in Liu Ruyan's eyes, and she nodded: "Thank you, Sister Su."

She turned and walked back to Cao Bu's side, naturally sitting next to him and leaning on his shoulder.

Cao Bu looked at the docile Liu Ruyan in his arms, then at Su Li and the other two, who had various expressions on their faces, and deep in his eyes, a profound light flashed.

The trip to the Myriad Laws Forbidden Abyss had yielded far more than expected.

Not only did he obtain a Treasure Trove of immortal fate that would drive any faction crazy.

He also unexpectedly subdued an Empress with peerless beauty who was devoted to him.

And his own cultivation, because of Cultivating with Liu Ruyan, had advanced another step, reaching the Great Emperor Fifth Level.

A satisfied arc curled at the corner of his mouth.

"My wives, your husband wants children."

As Cao Bu's words fell, the palace fell into a sudden silence.

Su Li, Leng Yue, and Luo Qingcheng were stunned at first, and then red clouds flew onto their pretty faces.

Liu Ruyan raised her eyebrows slightly, her body leaning against Cao Bu's shoulder pressed even closer, and a faint, almost imperceptible smile rose at the corners of her lips.

She had just found Cao Bu again, so naturally, she also wanted to have their own flesh and blood.

Su Li was the first to react.

She bit her lip, walked to the other side of Cao Bu, sat down, and said softly: "Husband, we are all willing."

Leng Yue and Luo Qingcheng also walked over, and although they did not speak, their shy eyes said everything.

"Good!" Cao Bu was in a great mood and laughed heartily: "Then we shall use this place as our Immortal Cave, bring everyone like Yingying out, and we will work hard together."

In the days that followed, the atmosphere in the palace became warm and romantic.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, a year went by.

Su Li, Leng Yue, Luo Qingcheng, and Liu Ruyan were the first batch to become pregnant.

Ye Linglong, Gu Yingying, Gu Yin, Gu Lingshuang, Gu Chuyan, Yan Ruyu, Bai Meier, Jun Muqing, Lin Rou, Mo Yu, Ye Lingxi, Jiu Ling'er, Qin Bingyao, Shen Youye, Huan Ying, Long Qingxin, Feng Nishang, Bai Shuang, and Xuan You were the second batch to become pregnant.

Fang Ruodan, Shen Mengmeng, Ling Suxin, Zhao Wei, Lu Qingwu, Yun Shang, Mu Zining, Tang Shuying, and Li Xinxue were the third batch to become pregnant.

For the first four, including Su Li, five months had passed since they conceived.

That day, Cao Bu called Su Li to his side.

"Husband, what is it?" Su Li asked softly, leaning in Cao Bu's arms.

Cao Bu looked at the group of concubines with big bellies in the distance and sighed with a frown: "Li'er, there are still too few people."

"What is too few?" Su Li didn't react in time.

Cao Bu pointed at Liu Ruyan and the others: "Look, there are only thirty-two people. If it goes on like this, when will my Cao family be able to flourish?"

Su Li then understood and rolled her eyes at him helplessly: "Tell me, who have you taken a fancy to again?"

Cao Bu chuckled: "Tell me, who are the ten beauties of the spirit realm from the last ten generations? Let me pick."

Su Li waved her hand, and ten thick books appeared on the table: "Flip through them yourself."

Cao Bu took the books and nodded with satisfaction: "My Li'er understands me best."

Su Li shook her head helplessly: "You, you only know this."

Cao Bu smiled without saying a word, picked up the books, and started flipping through them.

Soon, his gaze stopped on a few names and portraits.

"War Emperor Chu Kuang's wife, Ice Lotus Empress Leng Ningshuang, who was once the seventh of the ninety-eighth ten beauties of the spirit realm, has a cold temperament and is at the Quasi-Emperor Peak. Her daughter, Chu Yueer, looks more like her, is known as the Little Ice Lotus, and was the third of the one hundred and second ten beauties of the spirit realm..."

"Great Emperor Xuanji's granddaughter, Xuan Linger, was the second of the one hundredth ten beauties of the spirit realm, very smart, good at fortune-telling and deduction, and is also at the Quasi-Emperor Peak..."

"Great Emperor Heavenly Array's wife, Array Spirit Empress Fang Qingying, was the fifth of the ninety-sixth ten beauties of the spirit realm, is herself a master of Formation, and is at the Quasi-Emperor Peak. Her daughter, Fang Waner, was the fourth of the one hundred and first ten beauties of the spirit realm, and her talent for Formation is even more powerful than her mother's..."

Cao Bu closed the book, his eyes bright.

"Husband, do you really want to?" Su Li hesitated.

Although she was used to Cao Bu's philandering, actively looking for the families of Great Emperors who had just lost their husbands felt inappropriate.