A vicious female is trapped in a beastly hell.

Chapter 593 The grudges of wealthy families

After they finished discussing the Cloud Empire, Shen Tang changed the subject and complained, "Ah Xiao, how could you secretly feed them those things? Where did you get them? Won't they get sick from eating them?"

Lu Xiao hadn't expected her to know. He touched his nose, looking unusually embarrassed. "Don't worry, the Lu family has connections all over the country. Although those drugs haven't been legally certified by the Empire, our experience in manufacturing them is quite mature. They're much less harmful to the body than illegal drugs... I only gave them to them during your heat, so it didn't have much of an impact on your bodily functions."

"Besides, they are high-level orcs. Even potent poisons won't kill them. The effects of the medicine will be metabolized by their bodies quickly and won't have much of an impact."

He spoke of it quite frankly.

Shen Tang still had face wash on her face. She leaned closer to him and pouted, "What about you? Have you eaten yet?"

"Ahem... Tangtang, it's still early, why don't you go back to sleep for a while?" Lu Xiao didn't want to answer, so he simply changed the subject.

This reaction said it all. Shen Tang gritted her teeth; she never imagined that Lu Xiao, whom she considered the most honest man, would have such thoughts!
"Hmph, no wonder you haven't dared to see me for the past two weeks!"

Previously, Lu Xiao always said that he was busy with things at the Lu family and hadn't been seen for half a month. He couldn't be found no matter what he looked for. It turned out that it was because he hadn't taken his medicine and was afraid that he might accidentally get her pregnant.

He was quite tolerant, directing all his anger at those two.

After Lu Xiao finished washing her face, he gently dried it with a towel and explained with a hint of helplessness, "It's my responsibility to respect your wishes. You're not ready to have a child yet, and those two are young and impetuous, unable to resist temptation. I had no choice but to do this, otherwise..."

He glanced down at her; if he hadn't done this, given the strength of the other beastmen, she would probably be pregnant with her first child by now.

Shen Tang had no way to say anything to him now.

He certainly considered things more thoroughly.

Xue Yinzhou is usually quite well-behaved, but once she goes into heat, she will definitely take up half of the time.

Needless to say, Xiao Jin was young and impetuous, his mind was always preoccupied with the same old things, and he would get aroused whenever he had the chance.

She really didn't want to have a baby so soon.

They'll just have to make do with it.

Does Xiao Jin know about this?

"He didn't know, and he was eating quite heartily."

"..."

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and the spaceship officially entered the floating city-state, landing on the central floating island where the Azure Sky King's palace was located.

The Azure Sky King had already received the news and was waiting there with his welcoming party.

Shen Tang also saw several familiar figures, including the Cloud Feather General who had once helped the Night Glow Empire. He was wearing white-gold armor and was tall and imposing, standing to the left of the monarch.

On the right are the second prince and the third princess.

The second prince crossed his arms, his face grim, clearly unwilling to greet them.

Especially when he saw Lu Xiao, his eyes immediately became wary, as if he was extremely unwelcoming of his arrival.

This is normal. After the eldest prince was deposed, the second prince, Tianchen, was the most popular choice in the country and the most likely successor.

Lu Xiao's appearance clearly made him feel threatened.

But he was overthinking it.

Lu Xiao had already declined the invitation from the King of the Azure Sky. His ambitions lay elsewhere; he only wanted to manage the Lu family well and take care of the female master. Other things like power and status held no appeal for him.

In contrast, the Third Princess Tianxi was much more accommodating.

Compared to the last time we met, her delicate and beautiful face had matured a bit, making her look even more heroic and noble. You could vaguely see the shadow of the Azure Sky King when he was young. The only thing that hadn't changed was that she still had a lollipop in her mouth.

She greeted him warmly, "Hello, Brother Xiao! Hello, Sister-in-law Tangtang! It's been so long!"

"It has indeed been a long time. I bought some things for you on the way."

Shen Tang knew she loved sweets, so she specially bought a box of exquisitely packaged high-end candies. It wasn't very expensive, but Tianxi happily accepted it. "Hehe, thank you, sister-in-law! You must be tired from your journey. The feast is all prepared, come and have something to eat!"

Tianchen looked at his sister's eager manner, snorted disdainfully, made an excuse and left first, clearly having no interest in entertaining important guests.

King Tianhui of the Azure Sky was somewhat dissatisfied with his second son's attitude, but he couldn't say anything.

Shen Tang didn't care about these formalities; she had important business to attend to.

After the meal, Shen Tang took the opportunity to speak with the Azure Sky King alone, wanting to inquire about the situation on the Sky Rift King's side.

King Cangqiong snorted coldly, "What reason could she have? We've been at odds since childhood, she's just deliberately trying to make me unhappy!"

"How do you say this?"

"Sigh, Xiao Tang, it's my fault for dragging you into this. You've probably heard that the Sky King and I have never gotten along, and there have been many frictions between us over the years. And you are my daughter-in-law. Because of that relationship, how could she easily join the Dawn Alliance? She's using this as an excuse to force me. I'd better go and beg her myself before she'll agree," the Sky King said helplessly.

Shen Tang looked surprised, completely unexpected that this was the reason.

This is truly unexpected.

“If I were younger and had that temper, I definitely wouldn’t have gone to beg her, but now, for your sake, I’m willing to say some nice things… Unfortunately, things have become complicated since then, and even if I went now, she probably wouldn’t agree.” King Cangqiong sighed again as he spoke.

Shen Tang asked curiously, "What happened?"

"Well, this matter has something to do with the third brother."

"Tianxi?"

"King Rift has four children, but unfortunately they are all males and none of them are females. However, her sons are all quite talented. She values ​​her second son, Xingye, the most and originally intended to make him her heir," King Azure Sky recounted. "But recently, during a training trip, Xingye met the Third Heavenly Deity, and the boy fell in love with Deity at first sight."

"There's nothing wrong with two outstanding young people liking each other."

“But according to tradition, males of equal status usually marry into female families. However, Xingye is the heir chosen by the King of Rift, and it is generally customary to choose a female member of the royal family to marry into the royal family. Of course, she did not want her son, who was the heir she chose, to marry into another family. But she did not want to be the bad guy and break them up. So she came to me before and asked me to persuade Tianxi to break off this relationship.”

"But who knew that, although both families tried to stop him, Xingye still couldn't forget Tianxi, saying that he would never marry anyone else in this life, otherwise he would never marry again."

"In the end, King Rift had no choice but to ask me to marry Xi'er to him."

The King of the Azure Sky grew angrier as he spoke, “What kind of logic is there in this world where a royal female marries into the family of a male? Besides, Xi’er is so smart, she’s the apple of my eye, how could I possibly marry her off? In the end, the matter was left unresolved.”

"King Rift had no choice. Just then, news of an alliance came from you, and she wanted to use this to force me to agree to marry Xi'er to her."

Shen Tang was stunned. She never expected there to be such a feud between wealthy families behind it all!
This sounds... a bit tricky indeed!

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