Fellow Daoist, your script is really good.

Sifei's face turned deathly pale.

Her once rosy lips seemed to lose their color in an instant.

Sifei's body was trembling incessantly.

The Demon Emperor did not emit any demonic aura or oppressive force.

However, the atmosphere in the Imperial Study was suffocating, as if it would crush Consort Si at any moment!

"I am willing to die."

Consort Si knelt before the Demon Emperor, her skirt spreading out like a flower.

Without offering any explanation or pleading with the Demon Emperor, Consort Si directly admitted her crimes.

"As expected..."

Looking at his beloved concubine, with whom he spent every day, the Demon Emperor sighed softly.

He desperately hoped that Su Li was wrong.

But reality always contradicts his expectations.

"Do you want to explain something?" The Demon Emperor looked at the concubine in front of him indifferently. "Perhaps I will believe you."

Consort Si shook her head, biting her lip: "Since Your Majesty has already discovered it, then Your Majesty knows everything, and I have nothing more to say..."

The Demon Emperor gave Consort Si a complicated look: "If you won't say it, then I'll say it for you. Your master is from the Heavenly Court, and you were trained to enter the palace and come to my side from a young age."

All you have to do, besides finding out what's going on in the palace, is to poison me at the crucial moment.

Then, on the day of departure, I succumbed to the poison and died, plunging the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons into chaos.

Finally, this delays the attack of the Demon Kingdom on the World of Laws, allowing the Heavenly Court to arrive at a suitable time and reap the benefits.

"What I have said, is it true or false?"

Consort Si closed her eyes: "What Your Majesty said is all true, but... how did Your Majesty know...? This is my last curiosity, and I believe I did not give anything away."

"I also want to know how he knew that..."

The Demon Emperor closed his eyes.

He was merely a cultivator from the Myriad Laws World, and had never been to the Myriad Demon Kingdom, yet he knew such a great secret.

How did Su Li find out?

Is he someone who exists in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons, or does he possess some special ability?

"Perhaps I should really let you poison me."

This favor is too great.

It's too late to pay it back...

Looking at the concubine kneeling before him, the Demon Emperor sighed.

When Su Li wanted to make a deal with him, the Demon Emperor had no idea how important the secret Su Li was about to tell him was.

In retrospect, this secret not only saved his own life, but also saved hundreds of millions of people in the Demon Kingdom.

Although this secret was given to me unconditionally by Su Li, without me having to give anything in return.

But I have no choice but to accept and repay this favor.

The Demon Emperor seemed to age a thousand years in an instant, and waved his hand: "Enough, you may leave."

Consort Si suddenly raised her head and then kowtowed deeply: "Your Majesty, I wish to die by your hand. Please grant me your grace!"

In Sifei's view, after the Demon Emperor told her to step down, someone else would come to execute her.

But for Sifei, what she wanted most was for her beloved to do it himself.

"I will not kill you."

The Demon Emperor shook his head.

"But from this day forward, I will announce your death."

You'll be moved to the cold palace for ten years.

"Your Majesty..." Consort Si asked, puzzled.

Sifei was already prepared to die.

But why...?

Why would His Majesty spare me...?

"Let's go."

The Demon Emperor waved his hand.

"I do not wish to see you anytime soon."

Looking at the Demon Emperor, Consort Si bit her thin lips tightly, hesitant to speak.

But in the end, Consort Si simply kowtowed again: "Yes, Your Majesty, I thank you for your grace. I wish Your Majesty a great victory in your campaign. I will pray for Your Majesty day and night in the Cold Palace."

Consort Si stood up, bowed slightly, and turned to leave the Imperial Study.

But just as Consort Si was about to leave the Imperial Study, she turned around and looked at the Demon Emperor: "Your Majesty, I have a question that has been buried in my heart for a long time. I wonder if Your Majesty can answer it for me."

"Go ahead."

The Demon Emperor sounded extremely tired.

Sifei's small hands gripped the hem of her skirt tightly, her eyes gazing intently at her beloved man, as if she wanted to etch his image into her soul forever.

"Your Majesty...did you ever love me...?"

Sifei's voice trembled.

Even if it's just a little bit...

Sifei's words echoed softly in the room, finally settling down like snowflakes falling from the sky and melting quietly on the ground...

"The person I loved is dead," the Demon Emperor said slowly.

Sifei's eyes flickered, and tears quietly blurred her vision.

Sifei felt as if her heart had stopped beating for a moment.

"Your Majesty...I understand..." Consort Si smiled and bowed, forcibly holding back her tears.

Consort Si opened the door to the Imperial Study, then quietly closed it, until the Demon Emperor's gaze disappeared through the crack in the door.

"Therefore... I don't want you to die again..."

Looking at the tightly closed door, the Demon Emperor sighed.

For the Demon Emperor, the thing he hates most is being betrayed by others.

When the Demon Emperor heard that Consort Si was going to poison him, he was filled with disbelief and thought that Consort Si would be completely annihilated.

However, when he heard that Consort Si had committed suicide beside him without any suspicion after his death, the Demon Emperor's heart softened...

And this is the most fundamental reason why the Demon Emperor spared her life.

Looking at the poisoned tea in the teacup on the table, the Demon Emperor casually waved his hand, and the tea and the cup instantly disappeared from the world.

The next instant, the Demon Emperor left the Imperial Study. When he reappeared, he was in a forbidden area of ​​the Imperial Palace.

This forbidden area is a garden, but it is surrounded by magic arrays and guarded by two imperial palace servants of the Immortal Realm.

"His Majesty."

When the palace attendants met the Demon Emperor, they bowed in greeting.

"Ah."

The Demon Emperor nodded, and in another instant, he vanished from the spot.

The Demon Emperor entered the forbidden area and arrived at a courtyard.

In the courtyard, a man was feeding some chickens with some rice.

The man was dressed in hemp clothing, and his hair was somewhat disheveled, making him look like an ordinary commoner.

"I wonder what brings Your Majesty here to see this prisoner?"

The man spoke calmly, continuing to feed the chickens without even glancing at the Demon Emperor.

"Are you comfortable with your stay?" the Demon Emperor asked.

"It's alright, I've gotten used to it over the past tens of thousands of years." The man turned around and calmly looked at the Demon Emperor. "Your Majesty came to see me, is this just to exchange pleasantries?"

"The Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons and the World of Ten Thousand Laws are about to go to war."

The Demon Emperor found a stone bench and sat down without ceremony.

As soon as the Demon Emperor finished speaking, a glint flashed in the man's eyes.

But this glimmer of light quickly dissipated.

"Oh."

The man said nothing more, but turned around and continued feeding the chickens.

"Do me a favor," the Demon Emperor said directly, no longer beating around the bush.

“I’m just a useless person, what can I do to help Your Majesty? Your Majesty has so many people, it’s not my turn.” The man continued scattering rice.

The Demon Emperor shook his head: "They cannot take action. The other party's identity is somewhat troublesome, and they will have to give an explanation in the end. It will be difficult to investigate. I hope you can help me."

"What if I don't want to? Will Your Majesty kill me?" The man's tone was indifferent, showing no panic or fear whatsoever.

"If you are unwilling, then forget it. I will not force you."

The Demon Emperor stood up, his gaze fixed on the hens.

"But our first target will be the sacred land of Penglai."

And Penglai, the sacred site, is the most prominent location.

You are the senior disciple of Penglai Holy Land, and you almost became the local Penglai Holy Lord.

Do you know the character of Penglai Island?

This time, I dare to guarantee it!

The sacred land of Penglai will surely be destroyed!

Just like the last war between humans and transvestites.

If you agree to help me.

I can agree to that.

Once the Penglai Holy Land is breached, I cannot guarantee the fate of those disciples and elders.

But you can save three people.

You can decide on these three spots.

I can guarantee that they will survive from the start of the war to its end.

how is it? "

The Demon Emperor stated his conditions.

The man's hand, which was holding rice, stopped inside the basket.

The Demon Emperor was in no hurry; he simply waited for the man's reply.

At that moment, it was as if time had stood still.

After a long while, time seemed to resume its flow.

"make a deal."

The man scattered the rice in his hand and quietly watched the chickens struggling for food in front of him.

Thank you.

The Demon Emperor did not stay any longer and turned to leave.

That evening, a maid brought the man a knife.