Liu Changning burst out laughing. This little phoenix without memories was both tender and innocent. She wondered if when the old ancestor Pei was playing her like a fiddle back then, he ever imagined he would have such an adorable moment.

She lovingly kissed his lips, then raised her head, changing the subject. She composed her expression and met his gaze, asking, “Shao, who do you think should take the throne of the Jin Feng Dynasty? Do you want it?”

These past two days, they had tacitly avoided mentioning the matters in Jinling City, but no matter how much they didn’t bring it up, there was still a mess of affairs in the court waiting for them to deal with.

Country and family, heaven and earth – only with a country can there be a family!

For Pei Ziyuan, the Pei dynasty was his foundation.

For Liu Changning, creating a peaceful and prosperous era was a promise she had made to the corpses of an entire city in Chun’an County.

Her voice was very soft, as if she was asking about a very ordinary matter, yet every word of the content determined the dynastic change of the Jin Feng Dynasty.

Pei Yuanshao stared at her for a moment, his fingers tapping on the bedcover.

Although Liu Cangyu hadn’t mentioned the situation in Jinling City to him, Hong Lian had already come three times, so he should be fully aware of everything.

Ming Xing had died in the rebellion, leaving the throne vacant.

Although the rebels and traitors had been brought under control one by one, and the situation in Jinling City was gradually stabilizing.

But the people in the city were panicking. A country cannot go a day without a ruler, and the matter of establishing a new emperor couldn’t be delayed for more than a few days. With no leader, the court would not be stable for a single day while the imperial throne remained empty.

Pei Yuanshao narrowed his eyes, remaining silent for a while before raising his head, his dark eyes clear and calm: “Does wife-master want to be above all others? With your status as the top commoner in the world, coupled with the merit of saving the emperor, and if you marry the Long Emperor Qing, even if you ascend the throne, no one in the world could criticize.”

Liu Changning remained noncommittal. She slowly adjusted his collar, her cool face showing no sign of being tempted by the phoenix throne.

Pei Yuanshao’s smile deepened: “Then let’s not. Ascending this throne, there will be many things beyond our control in the future. Cangyu wants the common people to live in peace and prosperity. You and I can cultivate a wise ruler. We only need ten years. When the court is stable, we can also retreat completely.”

His eyes held a transparent calmness: “This power and status are all fleeting clouds. I’ve lived two lifetimes, both confined to the court. I haven’t seen a bit of the magnificence of mountains and rivers. If wife-master accompanies me then, living as free as the clouds and cranes, it would also be carefree and unrestrained.”

He looked at Liu Changning with jealousy: “A few years ago, when Jing Huan impersonated Guangjing, do you know how jealous I was, wife-master? He could cook dishes you liked, sit with you under the old locust tree, listen to you tell stories from story books… While I, because I couldn’t do anything, you never showed me a kind face, never told me stories, never talked about your past…”

Liu Changning lifted her eyelids, covering his chattering lips with her palm. Interrupting him, she said, “Silly boy, how can you believe Jing Huan’s words? How could I have told him stories? I’ve read stories more interesting than storybooks. If Shao wants to hear, your wife can tell you bedtime stories every day from now on, alright?”

Pei Yuanshao nodded, his eyes filled with soft light. He raised his hand to caress Liu Changning’s jade-like face, saying softly, “Keep your word, it’s a deal. In the future, Cangyu will tell stories to me and our… children… Um… I don’t know yet, does wife-master want to give me a child?”

Liu Changning met his clear gaze, opened her mouth, but didn’t speak.

The silence broke the cozy atmosphere in the room.

They couldn’t have children in this life. As long as the demon of passion wasn’t extinguished, any child born to her and Pei Ziyuan would be destined to be a practitioner of the Heartless Way from birth.

Although the Heartless Way could be broken, this path was too difficult to walk. It was so difficult that it required Pei Ziyuan to pay the price of lifetime after lifetime to exchange for one perfect life with her.

Their child shouldn’t have to suffer such hardship!

To defy heaven and change fate, to borrow destiny to be born, the great formation was already complete. If the morning star fell, the destiny would dissolve into the starry sky, the star chart would collapse, the world would fall into chaos. If Pei Ziyuan forcibly defied heaven to change fate, there would only be death awaiting him.

In this life, Jing Huan couldn’t die, nor could he die.

Liu Changning wanted to scheme for Pei Ziyuan’s lifetimes. One perfect life wasn’t enough. They would have children eventually, but not in this life.

She wanted to stay with him through this life and retrieve the Great Sumeru Nine Palace Immortal Formation.

The biggest difficulty was that she had no spiritual power in this world…

She alone did not have the power to activate the immortal formation!

She couldn’t do it, but the demon of passion could… Jing Huan’s demonic body was severely injured. To reshape his demonic body, he must return to the demon pool of the first world.

The star chart was set, and he himself was also in the game. He couldn’t do anything to them, he could only wait for this life to end before he could make a move…

Liu Changning took Pei Yuanshao’s hand and intertwined their fingers. His palm was covered with a fine layer of sweat. He struggled a bit, but surrendered to her tightly clasped fingers.

“If General Liu is unwilling, then forget it!” He licked his dry lips, a trace of disappointment sliding across his eyes.

Liu Changning picked him up and sat him on her lap, wrapping her arms around his slender waist.

She looked at him steadily and said slowly, “It’s not that I’m unwilling, it’s that I can’t. I, Liu Cangyu, am willing to use lifetime after lifetime to accompany Pei Ziyuan alone… I vow to you a white-haired future, to live together in the same garment, to die together in the same coffin!”

Her expression was extremely serious, her tea-colored eyes filled with a guilt he couldn’t understand.

Pei Yuanshao’s initially disappointed heart relaxed a little. If she truly couldn’t bear him children, then so be it… He loved her more than an unborn child, although his heart still felt melancholy…

In life, nine out of ten things don’t go as one wishes. He had obtained the most important person in this life… Perhaps he was asking for too much in this lifetime.

Seeing him nod obediently, raising his face, he should have been extremely concerned, but he pretended to be relaxed, forcing a smile at the corners of his mouth.

Liu Changning narrowed her eyes, pulled down his head, and tenderly pressed her lips to his.

Amidst the soft caress, there was a helpless sigh: “I’m sorry!”

The man being kissed murmured a sound, tightening his fingers intertwined with hers.

On this day, the continuous snow finally stopped.

Outside the house, icicles hung upside down, everything covered in silver. A gust of wind blew, making the wooden window creak.

Inside the room, the charcoal fire was burning brightly, sparks flying.

Liu Changning held the man in red clothes on her body, carefully guiding, grinding, being as gentle as possible.

It seemed as if she wanted to make up for the regret of not being able to bear him a child in this lifetime.

With a sour and heartaching feeling, Liu Changning lowered her eyes. She was determined to activate the formation disk to return to the first world… In the future, they would have countless children.

But then having children might have to be left to the extra chapters, which would be:

Max-level boss returning to play dumb and eat tigers Liu Changning vs scheming ancient mythical beast phoenix Pei Ziyuan, in the cultivation world, the first lifetime, which can also be seen as an independent cultivation world, where they have children in this world