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The next day, as expected, devils and spirits kept their promises just as they said yesterday. Without informing He You You, they quietly brought Li Ruo Ying into the Pear Blossom Academy.

Qiao still received the news of the evil spirits early in the morning, and after finding an excuse, he sent Xiu Luan away. He then went to the Pear Blossom Academy early, waiting for Li Ruo Ying and the evil spirits to come.

Not long after, Chimei took the lead to enter the inner courtyard. She smiled happily at Qiao Qiao, "Today, Sir has to leave the palace. With four hours, you can properly reminisce with Madam about the old days."

Qiao Qiao still looked towards the direction behind Qi Mei, he saw Li Ruo Ying who was dressed in green slightly creasing her forehead. With her stomach that was not too big, she slowly walked forward, lightly bowed, and said indifferently, "This humble girl pays her respects to the Emperor."

"Stand up. You can call me Miss here." Qiao Qiao still put down the teacup in his hand and gently supported Li Ruo Ying who was kneeling on the ground. He said in a gentle tone, "Now that you are pregnant, don't even try to kneel."

Li Ruo Ying slowly stood up with Qiao Qiao's support. She raised her head slightly, and the light in her eyes faded slightly.

"Chimei, you go down first. When I call for you, you come in and bring Ruo Ying away." Joe continued to instruct her.

"Alright, don't worry. I won't eavesdrop on a girl's words." Chimei smiled as she strode out of the inner courtyard.

When Li Ruo Ying saw that the evil spirit had left, she knelt down on the ground with a 'plop'. Her expression was no longer as calm and collected as it was before. Instead, there was a bit more panic and helplessness.

"What are you doing?" Qiao Qiao still tightly shut the door. When she turned around, she saw Li Ruo Ying kneeling on the ground. She wanted to go forward to help her up, but was lightly avoided by Li Ruo Ying.

"Your Majesty, this subject's daughter requested that Your Majesty help this subject conceal the matter of her child." Li Ruo Ying kowtowed as she greeted him. Shallow tears were already flowing down her small, pale face.

"If I wanted to tell her, wouldn't she already know about this?" Qiao Qiao still gave a faint smile. It turned out that Li Ruo Ying was worried that she would reveal the truth of the father of the fetus in her womb. "Quickly get up, I won't say it."

After saying that, Qiao Qiao once again went forward to support her, but she gently avoided it. This time, her tear-stained face had a hint of guilt and remorse.

"Your Majesty, this subject is useless. She hasn't been given such importance by Your Majesty." After pausing for a long time, she finally got up and continued, "Originally, I thought that with the deal with His Majesty, I would be able to safely leave the Demon Palace after three years and lead a different life. However, I didn't expect that after ten months, the baby would be born in my womb, and at that time I wouldn't be able to give him a father, not to mention that I lived in the Demon Palace for a year and got pregnant unexpectedly, so Demon Lord will definitely not let me off."

Joe still didn't help her, just listened quietly as she finished her sentence.

"Your Majesty, this subject knows that you are the Infernal King's most beloved woman and will be the future Infernal Queen. This subject requests nothing more, but requests that you accept me and my daughter, this subject will definitely not fight for your favor. I only hope that I can find a place in the Infernal Palace for my son's humble father's love after he is born and beg for the Devil Queen's help." Li Ruo Ying begged as she kept kowtowing. Traces of blood could be seen on her forehead. The tear stains on her face were getting deeper and deeper.

Qiao Qiao was still astonished. It seemed that Li Ruo Ying was willing to stay in the demon's palace. Indeed, a woman would be willing to let herself suffer for her child's sake.

"Whatever, you get up first." Perhaps in her heart, she disapproved of Li Ruo Ying's actions, but she did not have a better reason to refute. After all, the gift money that Yan Mo Chen had promised might not be worth a single cent to a child without a father.

"Your majesty, have you agreed to this subject's request?" Li Ruo Ying's eyes flickered with tears as she looked at Qiao Qiao with anticipation.

"Like I said, there's no emperor here. Just call me Miss Qiao." Joe still added his surname to the girl's, simply because she was a little estranged from the woman she had once pitied.

"Huang …" Li Ruo Ying raised her head slightly. Just as she was about to beg again, she saw that Qiao Qiao's indifferent gaze had slowly turned away. "Miss Qiao."

"Since she's already a girl, there's no need to pay her respects." Still pacing, Joe went to the table and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Yes." Li Ruo Ying wiped away the tears on her face and slowly stood up, but she didn't dare sit with Qiao Qiao.

"You must have planned this yourself." Qiao Qiao asked absentmindedly.

Li Ruo Ying's expression changed as she stammered, "I don't know what you mean."

"Don't know?" Qiao once again raised an eyebrow, then he placed the teacup in his mouth and lightly took a sip.

"I …" Li Ruo Ying's eyes flashed, and her voice became softer and softer, "I really don't know."

"Alright, if you say you don't know, then you don't know." Qiao Qiao still did not think of asking any further. She only slowly put down the teacup in her hand and slowly stood up. "Since there's nothing else important, then let's go."

"Miss!" Li Ruo Ying shouted with a heavy tone, "I know that young lady is extremely intelligent, so this matter cannot be hidden from young lady. I admit that I did this on purpose, but … But I also have my own reasons for doing this. If I don't do this, not only will I not be able to escape, I will also be mocked by the people from the Demon Palace. Li Ruo Ying kneeled to the ground, full of guilt, begging while tears streamed down her cheeks.

"So you took advantage of the incident where Yan Mo Chen killed his way into the Magic Palace and made He Ming You Ming become drunk out of anger, and then you tried to poison him?" Qiao Qiao's cold lips were still slightly curled, she had already suspected something when what Chimei said yesterday was true. After all, she had just gotten pregnant, and was then favored by He Ming You and accidentally spared her life, and was then coincidentally discovered to be pregnant. How could there be such a coincidence, at this point in the conversation, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was amiss.

"I …" "I …" Li Ruo Ying stammered in panic.

"It's not your fault that you could do this. I can't blame you for anything, it's just that …" He squinted his eyes and looked at Li Ruo Ying as if he had thought of something, his eyes were filled with reproach, "It's just that you incited the people to fan the flames and make them massacre the palace in front of He You You, in order to gain your survival and the fact that you are pregnant. You used the lives of hundreds of women ministers from the Qiao Country to exchange for the love between mother and son, isn't your heart a little too ruthless?"

Li Ruo Ying's body stiffened and her face was filled with panic. Her body trembled as she mumbled to herself.

"Do you still have anything else to say?" Qiao Qiao's lips were still curled up slowly, a distinct sharp light flashing across his originally beautiful almond-shaped eyes.

"I …" She didn't know how the things she did exposed were seen through by Qiao Yifeng, but no matter what, she definitely could not admit it. Otherwise, with the momentary favor of the Demon Lord, Qiao Yifan would not be able to tolerate her and her son.

I did not mean to incite the Demon Palace and the Imperial Palace, not to mention that I was the only one with a small population, how could I possibly gain the respect of the emperor? When the Regent had killed his way into the Demon Palace, I helped him lure the guards away and gave the map of the Demon Palace to the emperor and the Demon Palace. Although my loyalty is not as good as that of an official from the imperial court, I still treated the emperor and the emperor with the utmost respect.

Qiao Qiao continued to smile as he lightly smiled. He clicked his tongue and said, "Miss Li is indeed like her father, able to speak and argue."

When Li Ruo Ying heard Qiao still mention her father, she couldn't help but smile coldly.

Ever since we first met, after you told me that you were an official of the court, because of the decline of your family, and because of your family background, you were left behind in the street. I pitied you, because you were alone, married the scum, and wanted to find out who your father was, so that your family could be rekindled, but when I looked into it, I clearly saw that there was only one minister in my three generations, the one named Li. Ignoring the shock on Li Ruo Ying's face, Qiao Qiao continued to speak, "Li Xiao Heng, outside of the official territory, a wife and concubine, three children and five daughters, during his reign, they had many times violated and accepted bribes, joining forces with the local officials, bullying the people, seizing the land, and after that the officials of the imperial court colluded with the northern Huns, supporting the Huns in their rebellion and colluding with them …"

When Qiao Qiao's face remained indifferent as before, Li Ruo Ying had a deathly pale face as she sat on the ground. Her eyes were empty as she looked in front of her.

As far as I know, he committed the crime of killing nine clans, and the three children and five women under his name were executed by beheading. As for you, you are the illegitimate daughter that Li Xiao Heng had with the brothel girl outside the sect. Although you did not enter the Li family tree, you are still his sixth daughter, and it was because your mother's status was low that she was unable to enter the Li family. Qiao Qiao's lips were still slightly pursed. Li Ruo Ying probably hadn't seen her father since she was young. Being raised by her mother alone, she probably had a strong hatred towards the Li family.

She didn't expect that Qiao Qiao's unintentional words would be exposed. She smiled sadly, "Yes, my father is indeed Li Xiao Heng, and my mother is also a brothel girl. As the saying goes, I cannot decide my birth.

Qiao Qiao suddenly smiled when she heard this. If she really was so decisive and her heart was light in life and death, then why would she be so despondent today as she begged for her mother and her son to leave a path of survival?

"I was only born not long ago in the Li family's murder case. At that time, the late Emperor was still alive, and he wasn't even able to eliminate the Li family's remnants. Why should I suffer?" However, I will not pursue the matter not because I can tolerate you, but because I need to repay you for luring away the Demon Palace's guard and bestowing the Demon Palace's map to us. I can continue to hide the matter of your child and give you and your mother a way out of this predicament, but from today on, the former friendship between you and I will no longer exist. Qiao Qiao's tone was still indifferent, his eyes shining as he slightly turned to the side and stood with his hands behind his back.

Li Ruo Ying was slightly startled. She didn't expect that Qiao Qiao would still refuse to pursue the matter. In fact, he was even willing to help her conceal the matter regarding her child. "Thank you, Miss." She was filled with gratitude. Seeing that Qiao Qiao still did not respond, she stood up, bowed slightly, turned around and walked out of the room.