Demon Lord and His Unknown Child With the Empress

 Chapter 16
I’d Rather Not Be a Heavenly Empress

The next morning

Luo Ruying slowly opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was a handsome face right in front of her.

The sleeping Ning Yechen was very close to her, so close that she could even feel his soft breaths.

One of Ning Yechen’s arms served as a pillow for Luo Hongye, who was sleeping between them, while his other hand rested on Luo Ruying’s hip…

And one of his legs had been draped over her the entire night…!

Luo Ruying frowned slightly, her delicate hand forming a fist, wanting to teach this guy with terrible sleeping habits a lesson.

She couldn’t even count how many times she had moved Ning Yechen’s leg off her last night, only for it to return shortly after!

After tossing and turning, she finally gave up in exasperation.

She could tolerate that, she could endure it.

But this guy’s hand wasn’t honest either!

Luo Ruying hesitated for a moment, her fist clenched, but ultimately, she released it with a sigh.

She would let him off the hook this time…

He was asleep, it wasn’t intentional, so she would let it slide…

Besides, she and her child had rarely slept so soundly…

Luo Ruying gently moved Ning Yechen’s hand and leg away, carefully got out of bed, and sat on the edge of the bed, a hairpin between her teeth as she started to put up her hair.

Ning Yechen secretly opened his eyes, admiring Luo Ruying’s beautiful and slender back, a smile involuntarily spreading across his face.

His wife looked so beautiful when she was putting up her hair…

When Luo Ruying finished and turned around, Ning Yechen quickly closed his eyes again.

Looking at the sleeping Ning Yechen with a smile still lingering on his lips, Luo Ruying felt both curious and amused.

What kind of good dream was this guy having, to be smiling so happily in his sleep…

Luo Ruying looked down and saw that Luo Hongye also had a sweet smile on her face. She couldn’t help but smile as well.

This child was just like her father…

Luo Ruying looked at the two of them on the bed with affection, not making a sound to disturb them. She put on her clothes and went to the kitchen to start preparing breakfast.

Although she could go without food or drink, her child was still young, and Ning Yechen was just a mortal. As a wife and mother, she naturally had to take on the responsibility of caring for them.

While Luo Ruying was busy, Ning Yechen, holding the now-awake Luo Hongye, was squatting by the door, brushing their teeth.

Although Luo Hongye didn’t understand what they were doing, she happily and curiously imitated her father, holding the slender brush and brushing her teeth.

Luo Ruying curiously glanced at the two of them squatting by the door, unsure what they were up to, and shook her head helplessly.

She didn’t know what that guy was teaching their child…

But seeing how happy the father and daughter were, she decided not to interfere.

A while later, Luo Ruying finished preparing a table full of dishes and called out to the two who were still playing outside:

“Time to eat~”

“Hee hee hee, coming, Mommy~”

Luo Hongye walked into the house, riding on Ning Yechen’s shoulders.

There was a flower stuck in Ning Yechen’s hair.

“Ye Ye, don’t be naughty.”

Luo Ruying almost burst out laughing at the sight of Ning Yechen with a flower in his hair. She quickly took Luo Hongye down from his shoulders.

Ning Yechen didn’t mind; in fact, he was quite happy and sat down at the table with a smile.

The dishes on the table were all made with crops and herbs gathered from the heavenly garden.

Perhaps worried that his constitution couldn’t handle the potent effects of heavenly herbs and spirit medicines, Luo Ruying mostly used those with lower potency or varieties that wouldn’t harm mortals.

She was very considerate.

Although it wouldn’t matter even if he ate anything randomly…

Luo Hongye was too small, so she had to sit in Luo Ruying’s lap, her head buried in her bowl as she ate, her face smeared with rice grains.

Luo Ruying lovingly took out a handkerchief to wipe Luo Hongye’s mouth, then started feeding her one bite at a time.

“Here, Ye Ye, eat more~”

“You’ve worked hard too, wife~”

Ning Yechen picked up some food and placed it in Luo Hongye and Luo Ruying’s bowls.

A faint, almost imperceptible smile curved Luo Ruying’s lips. She also picked up some food and offered it to Ning Yechen.

“Here, you too…”

“It might not be that delicious, but try it…”

Luo Ruying intended to put it in Ning Yechen’s bowl, but he leaned forward and ate it directly from her chopsticks.

After finishing, he praised her with a smile:

“Mmm, wife, your cooking is very good~!”

“It exceeded my expectations!”

These were Ning Yechen’s true thoughts.

He hadn’t expected Luo Ruying, a heavenly fairy from the Heavenly Realm, to be quite skilled at cooking…

She already had the makings of a virtuous wife and good mother!

The act of feeding had turned into a personal and intimate gesture, and a faint blush crept onto Luo Ruying’s cheeks.

He even took her chopsticks into his mouth…

Luo Hongye, seeing this, also looked up at Luo Ruying with wide eyes and said in her childish voice:

“Ye Ye wants that too, ah~”

“Okay, okay~”

Luo Ruying smiled gently and picked up some food, feeding it to Luo Hongye.

Ning Yechen also lovingly took turns feeding Luo Hongye.

Luo Hongye accepted everything they offered, her cheeks puffed out with food, a wide smile on her face.

Luo Ruying looked at the peaceful and happy scene of their family of three gathered around the table, a blissful smile appearing on her face.

This was a feeling she had never experienced even as an Empress…

If only they could stay hidden here forever, living a secluded life with him and their child…

She wouldn’t even mind giving up being a Heavenly Empress…!

…

Outskirts of the Demon Realm Forest

Four figures gathered, their eyes fixed on the vast expanse of the Demon Realm Forest.

“Old Gui, are you sure they are hiding in this Demon Realm Forest?”

A man in a green robe, carrying a sword, asked the hunched, spotty-faced old man beside him with a frown.

“Heh heh heh, Immortal Lu, are you doubting my Ghost Puppet Tracking technique?”

Gui Fu said with a sinister smile, holding a terrifying puppet that resembled an infant.

The Ghost Infant Puppet had a strand of hair in its mouth and its eyes were fixed on a distant point within the Demon Realm Forest.

“Who in the world doesn’t know about Old Gui’s Ghost Tracking technique?”

“As long as you obtain a personal belonging from someone, you can track them down from thousands of miles away!”

“It seems that the woman from the Heavenly Realm is indeed hiding in this Demon Realm Forest!”

Another man, bare-chested and burly, said with a boisterous laugh.

“There are countless Demon Kings in the depths of the Demon Realm Forest. If they are truly hiding there, it might not be easy to bring them back.”

A scholarly-looking man said with a slight frown.

“Is the Palace Master of the Scholarly Palace afraid?”

The burly man sneered at Su Sheng.

Su Sheng frowned deeply and glared at the burly man.

“Hmph! If the War God Hall Master isn’t afraid, would my Scholarly Palace be afraid? Ridiculous!”

“So, Palace Master Su wants to spar with me?”

Wu Kuang stared at Su Sheng with a fanatical glint in his eyes, an aggressive aura erupting from his body!

Not to be outdone, Su Sheng also unleashed his aura, no weaker than Wu Kuang’s!

“Enough!”

“The purpose of our gathering here is not to compete!”

“Don’t forget why we came here!”

Lu Jian stepped between Su Sheng and Wu Kuang, his sword drawn, and scolded them with a stern expression.

Hearing this, Su Sheng and Wu Kuang immediately withdrew their auras.

Compared to determining who was stronger, they had a much more important mission here!

To capture the mother and daughter, Luo Ruying and Luo Hongye!

Dead or alive!