0p0 Chapter 173 I don't believe you, you need to write a written agreement.
Chapter 173 I don't believe you, you need to write a written agreement.
Since you're already here, why leave without saying a word? Isn't that just asking for trouble?
Yun Yici cursed the damn system in his heart, but on the surface he respectfully bowed to Emperor Zhao: "Senior Emperor Zhao, I came here because after returning, I realized that my words just now seemed to have been somewhat offensive."
"I feel uneasy and hope you won't hold it against us."
For example, abandoning them and running away on your own.
The emperor did not expect that Yun Yici would come back to him because of the previous argument.
He felt a pang of regret. He had spoken too quickly when he saw her defend Mu Yunjian, but he hadn't expected Yun Yici to hold it against him.
The emperor said, "Sit down. It's a small matter. I just spoke carelessly and I'm not angry."
System: That's not what you just said about your favorability rating.
Relieved, Yun Yici tentatively asked, "When I came in just now, I saw Clan Chief Ling Wan, and she didn't look too well..."
The emperor's relaxed brows immediately hardened, turning icy cold. He asked, "What did she say to you?"
Yun Yici quickly shook her head: "No, I didn't say anything. I just saw that she wasn't in a good state, so I was a little worried about her."
The Emperor decreed: "I asked her to stay because I have some questions for her. It's nothing shameful. She's not in a good state because she did something stupid and is being punished. There's no need to worry about her."
Upon hearing this, Yun Yici, who was already sitting upright, straightened her back even more.
The two of them rarely had the chance to be alone in private, away from Yun Yici's master and senior brother, which initially pleased Di Zhao.
When he saw her being respectful to him like a subordinate, he inexplicably recalled Ling Wan's words about equality of status.
The emperor's eyes flickered slightly, and he said casually, "Don't you want to know what stupid thing she did?"
"She said she would choose a beautiful young female demon from within her tribe to serve me."
Yun Yici subconsciously gasped, "Hiss—"
She hadn't forgotten the Emperor's extraordinary emotional fastidiousness; he even wanted to fry an unhatched bird's egg into a sunny-side-up egg.
Ling Wan really went all out to flatter him this time; no wonder she looked so miserable when we first met.
Little did she know that her reaction pleased the emperor.
The emperor could hardly contain his joy.
His beautiful, upturned phoenix eyes curved slightly, and he said impatiently with a hint of joy, "Don't worry, I didn't agree to her request."
System: "Imperial Edict's favorability +5, currently 75."
Yun Yici: "???"
No, what was she worried about?
The emperor, remembering what he had been worried about, said seriously, "I also have something I want to ask you."
Yun Yici was puzzled, but still replied, "Ask away."
"You shouldn't have formed a Daoist partnership with anyone else in the last hundred years, right?"
Yun Yici: "Huh?"
She thought to herself that the Emperor's decree was really looking for a Phoenix Maiden of the same clan, which probably wasn't what she was thinking. If she answered too much, she would only seem presumptuous.
Various thoughts flashed through Yun Yici's mind, but she said without hesitation, "I probably won't be looking for a Daoist partner for the next hundred years."
Everyone's cultivating immortality, who still cares about romance?
Wouldn't this make things more difficult for someone whose life was already going smoothly?
She's about to form her Golden Core, and if nothing unexpected happens, she'll next advance to the Nascent Soul stage, the Deity Transformation stage, the Body Integration stage... and even, ascension!
Moreover, she still has many things to do: leave a successor for the Lingwei Sect, search for Shen Huaichuan's whereabouts, and find the female protagonist who will appear in less than two hundred years.
These two hundred years are like a countdown hanging over her head; before that happens, she must work hard to cultivate.
If the story is to guide these people who have become her family to their destined destination.
Then she was responsible for bringing them back herself.
The emperor, unaware of Yun Yici's thoughts, was very satisfied with her answer.
But this is not enough.
He chuckled softly, a rare gentleness in his eyes, and pointed a finger at the table, producing paper and pen from who-knows-where.
Then, with a slight push of his fingertips, he pushed the pristine white paper and the magic pen in front of Yun Yici.
"I don't believe you, give me a written agreement."
Yun Yici's eyes immediately widened in horror: "What kind of written agreement? Why?"
The sword spirit of Huaichuan immediately spoke up to remind him: "The Imperial Decree is a divine beast, so never make any oaths to it casually."
Huai Chuan feared that the imperial edict was an attempt to trick Yun Yici into signing a master-servant contract with him.
Ling Wan is a cautionary tale; she had just agreed to a master-servant contract when she was immediately forced into it.
The emperor could not hear Huai Chuan's voice. Seeing Yun Yi Ci looking silly, he patiently explained, "You just said that you would not find a Daoist partner for a hundred years. Words are not enough. You have to write it down."
The system peeked out and said, "I have a feeling that the Emperor might have a thing for you?"
Yun Yici: "I'm begging you, please stop talking. This 'no couple for a hundred years' should include him too, right? I think he's better off being a single dog than a bunch of single dogs."
The system, considering the emperor's capricious and reckless nature, could find no reason to explain his strange behavior.
Perhaps it was because of a previous misunderstanding that he couldn't stand Yun Yici finding a Daoist partner before him.
Alas, its poor host...
System: "Hello host, I am the hundred-year-old single frog that the Emperor ordered for you: Lonely Lonely."
What the hell is this single little frog? In such a tense atmosphere, being stared at by the Emperor's decree, Yun Yici almost couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Yun Yici suppressed a laugh for a long time, but still couldn't bring himself to pick up his pen.
After a moment of preparation, she looked up at the emperor and said solemnly, "This is my private matter. Although you are my elder, you have no right to interfere in or decide my private affairs."
Her own unwillingness to find a Daoist partner and being forced to make a vow not to find one are two different things.
Even if Wen Fuyue were here and asked her to write it, she wouldn't.
When the emperor saw her bowing her head for a long time, he assumed she was organizing her thoughts, but he was surprised to hear her refusal.
His smile faded. "So what you just told me was a lie?"
"If it's the truth, why can't we write it down?"
Yun Yici said, "I genuinely don't want to find a Daoist partner for the time being, but if you make me write it down, the whole thing will take a turn for the worse."
"I ask you, was Senior Emperor's promise to help my senior brother become the Demon King truly sincere?"
"If what you're saying is true, could you write it down for me?"
Having said all that, she was no longer afraid of offending the emperor.
Following the emperor's example, Yun Yici pushed the paper and pen that the emperor had offered back to him.
The imperial edict could not possibly include a promise to help Mu Yunjian become the Demon King; the weight of such a vow was extraordinary.
He glanced down at the blank note that Yun Yici had returned untouched, and seemed to have a better understanding of what Ling Wan meant by respect and equality in relationships.
If he himself is unwilling to do something, then he shouldn't expect his partner to do it either.
Setting aside all identities, cultivation levels, and strength, a conversation between lovers should be a dialogue between two equal souls who admire each other.
The emperor understood, but Yun Yici was still nervous.
To her surprise, the emperor silently put away the paper and pen in front of him and said to her in a kind tone, "I apologize, this was my oversight."
Anyway, he had already heard her words, and he shouldn't even think about finding a Daoist partner within the next hundred years.