Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

The last words he said, "self-respect", were the bait for fishing. Zhu Junhuang would keep thinking about this sentence. The contrast between her majestic identity as an empress for thousands of years and this word "self-respect" would erode her psychological defenses bit by bit, making her think about this matter constantly in her head. She would try again and again to prove her innocence to Jiang Li, but when she fell into the urge to prove herself, she was not far from falling into the trap completely.

"Self-proof" itself is a particularly ridiculous thing. When someone says you are a **, you try every means to prove that you are not a "**". The moment you start to defend yourself, you fall into the trap.

It was like the Dark Moon Immortal said he was a beast. If he wanted to defend himself, he would fall into the Dark Moon Immortal's trap. It was meaningless to prove his innocence, so he just admitted it directly.

I am Jiangchu!

These were clearly simple little traps, but Zhu Junhuang's mind was affected because she shared the same blood with Jiang Li, so she fell into the trap easily.

Jiang Li looked at Zhu Taozhi's sleeping face and suddenly felt a little guilty.

This...seems a bit bad.

Jiang Li took off his coat and lay down next to Zhu Taozhi. Zhu Taozhi, who was half asleep, came over and hugged him. Jiang Li also hugged her gently, patted her shoulders, and said softly, "Sleep well."

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The next day.

There is another banquet for the Ice and Snow Festival this evening.

Zhu Taozhi woke up very early. She and Jiang Li were practicing sword in the yard. Zhu Taozhi was bullied by Jiang Li's sword and lost her temper. She pouted her lips slightly and said, "Can't you just let me go?"

Jiang Li had no choice but to give in to her and continued practicing sword. As a result, he was hit on the buttocks several times by Zhu Taozhi with the sword. Jiang Li was not angry, but the guilt in his heart quietly slipped away.

Well, can this be considered as atonement for the sin I committed yesterday?

"I'm going to talk to your mother about something, then go and devour your sister's bad luck, and I'll come back to see you later."

"What do you want to do with my mother?"

"To discuss something."

"Then why can't I join you?"

"When it comes to discussing marriage, if you are present, your mother will use her aura to overwhelm you, and it will be difficult to sort out." Jiang Li pinched Zhu Taozhi's face. Zhu Taozhi was stunned for a moment, and a blush appeared on her cheeks.

She stayed in the yard obediently, while Jiang Li went to Zhu Junhuang's bedroom and informed the maid. However, he never expected that when the maid came back, she said that Zhu Junhuang... didn't want to see him.

Jiang Li thought for a moment and soon had an answer. He then said softly, "Sister, please inform me again. I will wait here for three incense sticks. If His Majesty wants to see me, please summon me."

After Jiang Li finished speaking, he stood there and waited for three incense sticks. The maid came to him again and said, "Your Majesty is willing to see you."

"Then I will go and devour Qiu Tang's bad luck first and then come back to see her."

After Jiang Li finished speaking, he turned around and went to Zhu Qiutang's bedroom. Zhu Qiutang was dancing in the courtyard at the moment. Jiang Li looked at her in a blue dance dress, with her slender and charming figure, "Why are you dancing?"

"Every year during the Ice and Snow Festival, the princess will perform the celebration dance. This has become a custom of the Ice and Snow Festival. In the past few years, when Taozhi was not here, I have been the one performing it."

Zhu Qiutang answered softly. Jiang Li responded softly and stood there quietly watching her dance. After she finished dancing, Jiang Li closed the door and gently pulled Zhu Qiutang into the house. Then he said, "I didn't expect you to be so flexible?"

"Huh?" Zhu Qiutang was stunned.

Jiang Li leaned down slightly, gently grasped one of her ankles, and then lifted it up little by little until it was almost twisted in a straight line with her other leg. Zhu Qiutang was a little unsteady on her feet, and leaned against the wall while putting her hand on his shoulder. He quickly understood what Jiang Li was going to do, and his eyes were slightly annoyed, "You're going too far again."

"It's not the first time that I've gone too far."

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After swallowing up the bad luck for Zhu Qiutang, Jiang Li came to the door of Zhu Junhuang's room again.

When he arrived at the bedroom, Zhu Junhuang was lying on the bed. There was a veil in front of the window. Behind the veil, her graceful figure was lying on her side, and her slender legs and the curve of her waist and hips could be vaguely seen. Jiang Li thought for a moment and said softly, "I am here to apologize to His Majesty."

"Excuse me?"

"I was drunk yesterday and offended Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

The air in the bedroom seemed to freeze for a moment. Jiang Li stood there and waited silently for a few seconds. Then he heard Zhu Junhuang's scolding, "Where is your sincerity?"

Jiang Li raised his eyebrows.

...I advise you not to push your luck.

Jiang Li did not speak, but just looked at the veil in front of him calmly. After waiting for a long time, he heard Zhu Junhuang say, "Yesterday was what I agreed with you. It is understandable that children are ignorant."

Jiang Li thought she was going to push her limits, but she took a step back. He nodded gently, "Then I will not bother Your Majesty any more."

"slow."

Jiang Li stopped and looked back.

"Taozhi and Qiutang, have you made your choice?"

"I never thought about making a choice." Jiang Li's voice was filled with an indescribable calmness. "Either all of them, or none of them."

"You're not willing to go far?"

"I have always been heartless."

"Are you threatening this emperor?"

Jiang Li's meaning was very simple. Since she insisted on forcing Jiang Li to make a choice, he might as well just throw away the pot. By then, the two sisters would hate him and Zhu Junhuang at the same time.

"Don't dare."

"Don't dare? I think you are really brave!"

"Your Majesty has a misunderstanding." Jiang Li still answered calmly, but at this moment he walked a few steps forward, came to Zhu Junhuang's bed, stretched out his hand and gently grasped the veil, he asked, "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

"what?"

"I just heard your Majesty's voice tremble slightly. Is your Majesty feeling a little uncomfortable?" Jiang Li asked calmly, as if he was about to lift the veil, but Zhu Junhuang was silent at this moment. Jiang Li silently counted to five. When he counted to the sixth second, Zhu Junhuang in front of Jiang Li sat up like a female leopard. Her rose-red nightgown was hanging on her arms, and she stretched out her slender white arms at this moment, and her palms tightly pinched Jiang Li's neck, her eyes full of anger.

"What on earth do you have? What kind of magic did you use?!"

"It hurts." Jiang Li lowered his head and looked at her slender arms. Her nails slightly pierced into his flesh, and Zhu Junhuang in front of him already had a ferocious look on his face. "Speak!"

"I didn't use any magic." Jiang Li answered innocently.

The two of them were facing each other like this. After a few seconds, Jiang Li said softly, "A few years ago, I was exploring a secret place and accidentally encountered the remnant soul of the Black Phoenix left over from the ancient times. She gave me two drops of the Black Phoenix ancestor's blood. Perhaps this is why Your Majesty has an inexplicable desire for me."

Zhu Junhuang in front of him widened her eyes. She stared at Jiang Li's face intently, and her mind suddenly became extremely confused. After a long time, Jiang Li heard her say, "You... knew it a long time ago?"

"That is why I came here to apologize to Your Majesty. Your Majesty's blood has a similar attraction to me, so I couldn't control myself yesterday and did something bad to Your Majesty."

Jiang Li's expression was extremely warm and kind. Zhu Junhuang slowly loosened her grip on his neck. She looked at Jiang Li in disbelief and slowly asked, "How pure is your bloodline?"

"I can also transform into a black phoenix."

This is something that neither Zhutaozhi nor Zhuqiutang can do.

"In this world... how could there be the Black Phoenix inheritance..." Zhu Junhuang muttered to herself. She sat on the bed in a daze. The straps on her arms had loosened a little, looking particularly unsightly. Jiang Li hesitated for a moment, then reached out and gently lifted her straps up again. As soon as he lifted them up, the knot on her chest suddenly tightened. Only at this moment did Jiang Li suddenly notice something strange.

The clothes on Zhu Junhuang's chest seemed to be slightly wet.

"Take a look at your incarnation."

“There’s too little space in this room.”

Jiang Li nodded slightly and activated the source blood in his body. His body soon began to twist and turned into the true body of the Black Phoenix floating in the air. He flew out of the bedroom like a residual image. The next moment, his body began to expand. Jiang Li's incarnation of the Black Phoenix soared above the sky, and a moment later, a loud phoenix cry came to his ears.

Another black phoenix followed closely behind, soaring with him in the snow. Jiang Li had no choice but to follow closely behind the Bamboo Phoenix.

Above the sky of the Northern Territory, everyone saw the two black phoenixes circling and dancing in the sky. Jiang Li couldn't keep up with Zhu Jun Huang's speed at first, but gradually he got used to it and things got much better. He followed Zhu Jun Huang all the way to a lake in a mountain forest. His spiritual energy was not enough to support his incarnation for so long, so he changed back, and Zhu Jun Huang's body also changed back, but before Jiang Li could react, she had already hugged him tightly in her arms.

Jiang Li was about to say something, but when he lowered his head, he caught a glimpse of the glistening dew on Zhu Junhuang's eyelashes. He couldn't tell whether it was tears or snow falling on her eyelashes.

"Why didn't you come to the Northern Territory earlier... Do you know that I have been alone for a long, long time..." Zhu Junhuang hugged his body tightly, as if she was about to merge him into her body. Jiang Li didn't know what to say. Just as he lowered his head, his eyes were subconsciously attracted by her slender and delicate collarbone. He heard Zhu Junhuang say, "As long as you stay in the Northern Territory, let alone Taozhi or Qiutang, as long as you stay... Whatever you want, I will give it all to you. Everything in this Northern Territory is yours."

Jiang Li looked at Zhu Junhuang who suddenly became extremely fragile in front of him, with a little confusion in his eyes.

He was just a bastard who couldn't understand the loneliness of a Black Phoenix for thousands of years.

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ps: I don’t know if writing such bastard stuff every day will reduce my merits…

A total of 6 words have been updated this month, which is considered to have completed the daily k updates. The new book "Shuangkai Urban Campus" will be released on December th, and there are five days left to countdown.

If I have a monthly ticket next month, I hope I can keep it and vote for the new book.

I don't know how to ask for votes, but this time it's really important to me.

Jiang Xiaoli in the story is so happy, but He Xuexue outside the story is always sad.

Life is so hard.

Chapter 222: Chapter Broken Defense

Jiang Li always prefers hugging to kissing.

But Zhu Junhuang hugged him too tightly, making him almost breathless. Her body was so hot, and when the distance was so close, Jiang Li felt the blood connection between them even more clearly.

But he really didn't understand why Zhu Junhuang lost her composure like that, nor did he understand why she was crying.

Zhu Junhuang has never been a human. She is the human incarnation of the ancient black phoenix bloodline. She is both the empress and the patron saint of the Northern Territory. She chose to transform into a human form only because her body is so huge and majestic.

But in this huge world, there is not a single person of her race. Over the past thousands of years, there have been people who have been very attentive to her and tried to make her smile, but to her, those actions were like a dog wagging its tail to show its affection to her. How could she fall in love with a dog?

It was because of this that, sensing the same blood aura as Jiang Li, she burst into tears. But Jiang Li could not understand her sadness. He could only hug Zhu Junhuang gently and pat her shoulders gently as if to comfort her. There was nothing else he could do.

"I... want to go back." Jiang Li hesitated and said softly.

"What are you going to do? What could be so important to you in Zhongzhou?"

"There are a lot." Jiang Li answered seriously.

"No...you can't go...you can't leave here...I finally found you, I will never allow you to leave me!" Zhu Junhuang's voice was trembling, and Jiang Li suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

He should have guessed long ago that the blood in his body could make such a noble and proud Zhu Junhuang become so charming, then it would be even more impossible for her to let him go easily at this moment. Now Zhu Junhuang hugged him tightly, he wanted to break free, but he was powerless.

"Aunt Zhu...I'm having a hard time breathing."

Zhu Junhuang finally let go of him in a hurry. The two of them were now standing by a snowy lake. The snow was falling all over the place around them. Jiang Li watched the snowflakes melt in his eyelashes. He said, "I came to the Northern Territory just to devour the bad luck for Qiu Tang. I originally planned to leave in four or five days."

"Don't..." Zhu Junhuang's eyes turned pitiful.

At this moment, tears were falling from the corners of her eyes, and she looked a little sad and beautiful, but Jiang Li was unmoved. His tone gradually became colder, "Aunt Zhu, no matter what, I have to leave."

"I don't allow it!" Zhu Junhuang's tone suddenly increased. She looked a little hysterical at the moment. Jiang Li sighed softly. He felt that he couldn't reason with Zhu Junhuang now, and he didn't know what to say. He could only stare at Zhu Junhuang in front of him in silence.

"What's wrong with staying in the Northern Territory? I won't stand in the way of you, Taozhi, and Qiutang. As long as you want, you will be the new ruler of the Northern Territory in ten years, ruling the entire Northern Territory by yourself, and hundreds of millions of people in the Northern Territory will obey your orders. Everything you want in this world will be within your reach. Why... do you reject me?"

"I know that everything Aunt Zhu wants to give me is good."

Jiang Li looked at Zhu Junhuang, whose tone had become somewhat aggressive. However, she was clearly a tough girl on the outside but a weak one on the inside. For some reason, Jiang Li always felt that she seemed very scared. He seemed to see Zhu Junhuang's body trembling slightly. Her anger was a manifestation of fear. Jiang Li stretched out his hand, gently touched her snow-white cheek with his fingertips, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and finished the second half of the sentence he had not finished just now.

"But I don't want it."

Yes, everything she gave you was good, but you really didn’t want it.

"Then what do you want?" Zhu Junhuang stared into his eyes blankly, her voice becoming more and more crazy, "Do you want Aunt Zhu? Aunt Zhu will give herself to you, and you stay, okay?"

Jiang Li looked strange, "I never thought so. Besides, you are Taozhi's..."

"They are the continuation of my incomplete bloodline, but you are my only one of the same clan. They will always be yours, and I will be yours sooner or later... This is the mission of our Black Phoenix clan. This world is so big, but there are only you and me left. We must not be separated!"

"I... just happened to be lucky and got two drops of Black Phoenix's blood." Jiang Li's hand was still on Zhu Junhuang's cheek. Zhu Junhuang looked up and said, "You have the blood of the Black Phoenix family flowing in your body. Isn't that enough?"

"When you first saw me, didn't you feel close to me? Didn't you have desires for me? Could you not think of Aunt Zhu's body?"

Jiang Li felt that the conversation was becoming increasingly weird, so he turned his face away and said, "No."

"Really?" Zhu Junhuang took a step back from Jiang Li. She stretched out her hand and gently lifted the hem of her rose-red skirt. The hem was lifted up like this, revealing her snowy and slender legs. She stepped on the snow with her bare feet. The wind and snow fell on her hair and on her collarbone. The snowflakes melted on her hot skin and turned into crystal liquid that flowed into her dress. Her hair fluttered gently in the wind. Jiang Li had to admit that the Zhu Junhuang in front of him was almost dazzlingly beautiful in his eyes.

It's not just because Zhu Junhuang's appearance is already like a goddess, but also because he will definitely be affected by his bloodline, but not as seriously as Zhu Junhuang. Even though he has the blood of the Black Phoenix flowing in his body, he still feels that he is a human, and not the Black Phoenix who follows his most primitive desires in everything.

Jiang Li lowered his head hastily, only to see her ask, "If not, then why don't you dare look at me?"

"It's not that I don't dare, I just feel... not good."

"What's wrong?"

"You belong to Taozhi and Qiutang..."

"You and I are no longer human, so why should we follow the etiquette and laws of the human race?"

Jiang Li really couldn't answer this question, but in fact, Jiang Li didn't think so.

Zhu Junhuang herself had no good feelings towards him at all, she only had a good impression of him because of the blood in his body. Even if he really did something to Zhu Junhuang now, he always felt despicable. Even if this was what Zhu Junhuang wanted, he himself felt very uncomfortable.

"If you really have no desire for me, then I will let you leave the Northern Territory, how about that?"