Chapter 29: Two Women Vying for His Affection
“You’ve been reborn, haven’t you, Serpent Queen?”
Yun Xiu’s opening words were a bombshell, stunning the Serpent Queen. However, as the ruler of her people, she quickly regained her composure.
“So you’ve also been reborn, Yun Xiu? No wonder you used some of the Evergreen Sacred Ground’s techniques during our fight yesterday.”
“That was a deliberate hint.”
The Serpent Queen frowned.
“And?”
“Although you were his wife in our past life, he loves me now. I won’t give him up so easily.”
“Heh, stealing your disciple’s fiancé… is that something to be proud of?”
Yun Xiu bit her lip, knowing she couldn’t back down now. The Serpent Queen wouldn’t show any mercy.
“I’ve… decided to marry him… with Wenqing.”
The Serpent Queen was stunned. This was the second time she had been surprised today. Such words, coming from Yun Xiu, were unexpected.
“What kind of joke is this?!”
“You know Wenqing also had deep feelings for him in our past life.”
In their previous life, Huangfu Wenqing had repeatedly urged her to let go of her reservations and marry Yan Zhen, even suggesting, half-jokingly, “If you’re worried about me being alone, Master, then why don’t we both marry him~?” Although it had been a joke, she knew her disciple had harbored such thoughts.
“Don’t be ridiculous. Cloud Heaven Palace would never allow their Sect Master and Young Sect Master to marry the same man.”
“As long as he’s exceptional enough…”
The Serpent Queen was silent. Yun Xiu’s words weren’t entirely unreasonable.
If his achievements had stopped at the Mystic King or Mystic Lord realm, Cloud Heaven Palace wouldn’t have agreed. But in their past life, he had reached the Mystic Sovereign realm before the age of twenty, and ascended to the Emperor’s throne at thirty-three.
Even the Celestial God Clan of the Eighth Continent, knowing he already had a wife and daughter, had still offered their most talented daughter, Zi Xunyi, to him, the then Jiā Lán Sacred Son, forging an alliance with the Jiā Lán Sacred Ground.
If even the Celestial God Clan had done so, then Cloud Heaven Palace, a mere first-rate sect, would certainly not object.
However, she still chuckled coldly.
“If it were that easy, things wouldn’t have turned out the way they did in our past life.”
“I’ve already stopped Wenqing from breaking off the engagement. And I’ve even changed the terms.”
“But it was still someone from Cloud Heaven Palace who caused his father’s disappearance.”
Yun Xiu’s expression turned serious.
“I’ve already launched an investigation. I’ll give him a satisfactory answer before he uncovers the truth himself.”
“It seems you’ve made thorough preparations…”
“I won’t repeat the mistakes of my past life.”
“But don’t think you’ve already won, Yun Xiu.” Her slitted pupils gleamed with a sharp light. “You might have his affection and favor, but I have my own methods!”
“What are you planning?” Yun Xiu frowned. “If you force him, he’ll only resist.”
“Let me tell you a secret. I’m not the only one who has been reborn.”
“What? Who else?”
“You don’t seem very surprised.”
It was because Yun Xiu had also been reborn with Jiu Youyue, but there was no need to reveal that information to her opponent yet. Jiu Youyue would be arriving soon.
“If we can be reborn, then why not others?”
“That’s true, but you’ll never guess who was reborn with me.”
“Could it be… Miss Zi?”
“Zi Xunyi might also be reborn, but I haven’t met her yet, so I can’t be sure.”
“Then who is it?”
Yun Xiu pondered this. The Serpent Queen was a proud and solitary woman. She didn’t have many close friends. Besides Zi Xunyi, there was only that Dragon Girl, who treated Yan Zhen like a brother, always clinging to him.
“Is it the Dragon Girl?”
The Serpent Queen said calmly, “Long Ying, like Zi Xunyi, is at the Sacred Ground Academy. She’s probably still… in her egg at this time.”
Not Zi Xunyi, not the Dragon Girl… then who? Yun Xiu couldn’t figure it out. She remained silent.
The Serpent Queen, seeing her silence, no longer kept her in suspense.
“It’s Yan Yan.”
Yan Yan? It took Yun Xiu a moment to realize who she was referring to, then she was stunned.
“Y-you mean… your daughter, Yan Yan?!”
“Yes.” The Serpent Queen said proudly. “Yan Yan’s consciousness was reborn within me. And she’s been clamoring to see her father.”
“Yan Yan… how is that possible?! She hasn’t even been born yet!”
“If something as unbelievable as rebirth can occur, then anything is possible.” She said, “Yan Yan’s existence means… I can’t lose.”
Yun Xiu said stubbornly, “I don’t believe you! Let her come out and see me!”
“I’ll make you believe.” She chuckled coldly. “Yan Yan, come out. Meet your Aunt Yun.”
Silence.
She frowned.
“Yan Yan?”
No response.
She sensed something was wrong. She closed her eyes, her consciousness entering her sea of consciousness.
It was empty. Her daughter was gone.
She opened her eyes, her face paling, her eyes filled with panic.
“Yan Yan… she’s gone… How could this be?”
Since her rebirth, her daughter had been her constant companion, easing her loneliness and her longing for Yan Zhen. But she had always been worried. Her daughter, not yet born at this time, didn’t truly exist. She could disappear at any moment.
Her queenly composure vanished. She stood up abruptly, desperately searching for her daughter’s aura.
“Yan Yan! Where are you?! Yan Yan!”
“Serpent Queen…”
Yun Xiu had never seen her so distraught. At this moment, she wasn’t a queen, but a mother who had lost her child, her heart filled with panic and regret.
Suddenly, a voice came from outside the window.
“Hey, Mother, I’m over here~~~”
They both froze. The voice was too familiar—it was Yan Zhen’s!
As the words faded, his figure appeared outside the window, his hands gripping the windowsill, his body dangling, then he swung himself inside, landing gracefully, his movements strangely… feminine, making them both cringe.
Under their gazes, he looked at the Serpent Queen, his voice childish and sweet.
“I was playing with Father! What is it, Mother?”
Huh? They were both stunned. The Serpent Queen was the first to recover, her voice filled with surprise.
“Yan Yan, how… how did you get into your father’s body?”
“Yan Zhen,” hands on his hips, his expression haughty, said, “I came to see Father! You told him to leave, so I went to find him myself! Father is the best! He immediately agreed to take me out to play~”
— Unlike Mother, who always makes empty promises and never does anything! As the saying goes, ‘Only a father’s love is true. A child with a father is like a treasure.’
Of course, he, or rather, she, only dared say that in her mind.
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