Chapter 453: For You, One Thing

"Not suitable for women?" Hearing this, Yun Yuqing was stunned. "How could there be such a cultivation method?"

She knew that, in this vast world, some cultivation methods were indeed unsuitable for women, just as others were unsuitable for men. However, the *Phoenix Nirvana Scripture* was too renowned; for a cultivation method that granted immortality to have such a requirement was truly bizarre.

"This is truly for your own good, so don't practice it. If our relationship weren't so intimate, I wouldn't tell you." Zu An embraced her soft waist, a gentle smile on his face.

"Did you give me a fake incantation again?" Yun Yuqing bit her lip and chastised him; she wasn't foolish and quickly realized.

"Of course not fake. I swear every single word in it is true," Zu An said earnestly.

Although every word was true, it lacked the most crucial part: the method of cultivation through being beaten. Furthermore, the order of some incantations had been reversed, leading to entirely different effects.

This was personally altered by the empress sister back then, as she was now inextricably linked with Zu An and couldn't simply abandon him.

Zu An had told her about his plan, so Mi Li devised an adapted version of the *Phoenix Nirvana Scripture* incantations. After all, it would be impossible to deceive an emperor who was a terrestrial immortal with a carelessly fabricated text.

Hearing his solemn assurance, Yun Yuqing was already seventy to eighty percent convinced. She also had her own judgment; the incantations she had just received were indeed profound, vast, and boundless, clearly not on the same level as the previous ones. Zu An's cultivation level surely wouldn't be able to create them.

Her heart warmed, and she looked at Zu An with a complex expression. "I thought you were very shrewd, but I didn't expect you to reveal a life-saving incantation so easily. Do you know that I could kill you in an instant right now?"

Her hands had been tightly embracing the man's broad back, but now a faint glint of cold light appeared on her slender, fair hands behind him. With just a slight poke, she could kill this man who had ruined her purity. Then, no one in the world would know what she had done, everything could return to how it was before, and she could continue to be the noble and elegant princess consort she once was.

Zu An didn't care in the slightest. "If the princess consort were skilled at using her beauty to acquire information, I certainly wouldn't have told you the truth. But from your awkwardness just now, it's clear you've never done such a thing before. Anyway, I'm going to die. To die beneath such a beautiful peony like the princess consort would still make me a romantic ghost. But before I die, could the princess consort promise me one thing?"

"What thing?" Yun Yuqing was filled with curiosity, wondering what he would request.

"Promise me that you won't do such foolish things again in the future, no matter who forces you. A figure like the princess consort, akin to a celestial fairy, should not be mired in the sordid affairs of this world, nor be defiled by common mortals." Zu An looked into her eyes quietly.

Yun Yuqing stared at him blankly. In that instant, she felt as though her heartstrings had been powerfully plucked. This mission had filled her with indignation and sorrow, even leading to a self-destructive mindset. But his single sentence cast a ray of sunshine into her clouded heart, ensuring she wouldn't give up on herself in the future.

Seeing her staring at him, Zu An chuckled, "Why are you staring at me? If you gaze upon my handsome face for too long, you'll inevitably fall in love with me."

"Pah, how shameless!" Yun Yuqing's face flushed, and she quickly spat, but her heart was pounding fiercely.

After a long silence, she softly said, "Thank you."

Zu An secretly sighed, "The women of this world are truly simple and pure. I was the one who enjoyed it, yet she's thanking me in return."

Yun Yuqing hesitated, then said, "Do you want me to help you escape?"

Zu An shook his head. "No need. That would easily implicate you, Princess Consort Wu, and even your clan behind you."

Besides, his plan was to confront the emperor directly and resolve this matter completely. If he were to escape now, the pursuit from various factions would be more than he could handle. For instance, if he encountered that Night Elf assassin in the wilderness, he wouldn't be her match at all.

Yun Yuqing was also aware of this and quickly fell silent.

After a moment, she parted her red lips slightly. "Your current situation is indeed beyond my help. I can only do one thing for you."

Zu An was startled. "What?"

Yun Yuqing's face flushed, and a hint of shyness flickered in her beautiful eyes. She wrapped her arms around his neck, leaned in close to his ear, and softly whispered, "I can... I can bear you a child, to leave you a bloodline."

Zu An was speechless.

He was utterly astonished, never expecting her to say such a thing. She was a high-ranking princess consort, and in the eyes of the world, his status was as different from hers as heaven from earth.

Their intimacy before could be explained by the *Phoenix Nirvana Scripture*, but her willingness to bear him a child now made no sense. Had she truly developed feelings for him?

Yet, it was hard to imagine a demoness, especially one of such noble human status and vast experience, falling so easily.

"Did I mishear?" Zu An asked, somewhat disbelieving.

Yun Yuqing didn't answer. Instead, she gently embraced him, responding with her passion and tenderness.

"Won't King Wu object to this?" Zu An felt his mouth go dry.

"Don't worry about him," Yun Yuqing scoffed. If, at first, this mission was forced upon her and meant to bear a child for King Wu, she now fully accepted it, not for King Wu, but for this man who was willing to die for her and truly cared for her.

A moment later, feeling the stirrings of the man's body, Yun Yuqing's hazy eyes were filled with tenderness. "You don't need to hold back..."

How could Zu An hold back any longer? He let out a low roar, holding her tightly, as if he wanted to meld her entire being into his own.

Who knew how much time had passed? Zu An looked at the beautiful woman, whose skin was flushed, and couldn't help but tease, "I'm human, you're a demon. What do you think our child will be called then? A demon-human or a human-demon?"

Yun Yuqing exhaled a breath. "Pah, that sounds awful. There isn't much physical difference between demons and humans anyway, so why bother distinguishing them so clearly?"

Zu An laughed. "You're right. Either way, whether they resemble you or me, they'll have high attractiveness."

Yun Yuqing gave a helpless smile. This man was always so inexplicably confident, no matter what.

After another long while, a maidservant's knock came from outside the door. "Princess consort, it's almost dawn."

This was a signal that Prince Liang and the others would soon return.

Yun Yuqing languidly sat up from the bed, revealing her graceful curves. As she dressed, she cast a lingering glance back. "After this parting, I wonder if we will ever have the chance to meet again."

Although she said this, she knew in her heart that once Zu An reached the capital, the emperor wouldn't let him live.

Yet Zu An chuckled, "With a beauty like Yuqing worrying about me, how could I bear to die? Don't worry, we'll definitely meet again."

A faint smile appeared on Yun Yuqing's sorrowful face. "I hope so."

She finished dressing and draped the snow-white fox fur around her. After leaving the room, she once again resembled the noble and otherworldly princess consort she was on a daily basis.

Soon after she left with her maidservant, a crisp snapping sound echoed, and all the guards in the courtyard returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

After King Wu escorted Prince Liang and Liu Yao back, he hurried to his study. Along the way, his emotions were extremely complex—a mix of pain and excitement, but mostly anticipation for the *Phoenix Nirvana Scripture*.

Returning to his study, he saw his wife sitting primly at the table as usual, beautiful and dignified, her entire being immaculately pure. Apart from her complexion being a little more rosy and vibrant than usual, there was no difference.

He swallowed with difficulty and tentatively asked, "Yuqing, did you succeed?"