My brother is so cunning

Chapter 961 Marry Two, Get One Free
To save face or to save substance? It's a difficult choice.

As the most powerful political couple in the Three Realms, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother made countless compromises throughout their long divine lives. They were not leaders known for their fierceness.

The most recent compromise was when Yang Jian stormed into the Lingxiao Palace.

At that time, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother had enough power to personally kill Yang Jian in front of the palace, but they chose to release Lady Yunhua and even granted Yang Jian the privilege of obeying orders but not summons.

Why compromise when you could have killed them?
The reason is simple: the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

By killing Yang Jian, the Heavenly Court lost a great general, and the Jade Emperor was also branded with the infamy of patricide, which damaged the glorious image of the God-King who loved all under Heaven.

Even if keeping Yang Jian slightly diminishes the emperor's dignity, when it comes to employing people in the future, no matter how arrogant and conceited Yang Jian is, he is still a blood relative of the Jade Emperor. Blood is thicker than water, and he will always have a chance to be useful.

At the same time, it also fulfilled the Jade Emperor's reputation for benevolence.

Although it was difficult, the Queen Mother of the West quickly made a decision, and said with a somewhat stiff smile, "The Little Celestial Venerable has thought things through. It was my oversight. It is a blessing for these two girls to be able to serve the Celestial Venerable together."

"Don't rush, Your Majesty, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Wen Rui raised an eyebrow and said with a half-smile, "Your Majesty is right. Neither pure yang nor pure yin can grow. Marriage is the way of harmony between yin and yang in the universe, and it is necessary for the balance of yin and yang."

"I am the supreme Yang deity of the Three Realms, a righteous god of the Thunder Department, and the son of Wen Zhong, the Heavenly Venerable of Universal Transformation of Thunder in the Nine Heavens. I have also inherited his supreme Yang energy. This solitary Yang is not short, but rather too long..."

At this point, he glanced down at himself with feigned difficulty, a gesture that made the Queen Mother's scalp tingle. She felt deeply offended, but she couldn't vent her anger.

"If you want to harmonize with my unparalleled, towering yang energy, ordinary yin energy is not enough."

The more the Queen Mother listened, the more suspicious she became. Her expression darkened, and she said warily, "What do you mean by this, Little Celestial Venerable? Isn't marrying two Jade Pool fairies enough? What do you intend to do? Are you going to pack up and take away all the fairies of my Jade Pool Wonderland?!"

The "little incident" that just happened outside had already been reported to the Queen Mother by a fairy. Combined with what Wen Rui said, the Queen Mother naturally made an inappropriate connection, as if she had seen through Wen Rui's wolfish ambitions.

"Your Majesty is joking." Wen Rui quickly waved his hand innocently and said, "I am not some lustful demon, how could I possibly have such lewd and unrestrained thoughts?"

The Queen Mother breathed a slight sigh of relief, her expression softening. If Wen Ruizhen had made such an outrageous request, she would have been in a real predicament.

Send it...

Compared to his rebellion, the Fairy of Yaochi is nothing; it's definitely a worthwhile trade.

But from now on, she'll probably be burdened with some strange nickname, and who knows what kind of rumors will spread in the Heavenly Court.

If we don't give it to him, and he suddenly has a bright idea and thinks, "If you won't give it to me, I'll just snatch it," then all will be over.

"The quality of soldiers is more important than the quantity. I will not ask for much more; I will only ask the Queen Mother of the West to marry one more person."

Wen Rui's next words finally put the Queen Mother's mind at ease. She said that if she were to ask for another marriage, as long as that person was not herself, it would be negotiable.

In any case, if more than one fairy from Yaochi marries into the Queen Mother, she will lose face. So, it doesn't matter if there is one more or one less.

"Oh?" The Queen Mother's curiosity was piqued, and she asked in surprise, "I didn't expect that in the midst of his busy schedule, Little Celestial Venerable Wen would find someone he favors in my Jade Pool Wonderland? Could it be one of the two maids who answered the questions outside the hall just now?"

Based on the fairy's report, the Queen Mother felt that she had probably guessed correctly.

The connections between people are so strange. A chance encounter may be the culmination of countless lifetimes of good deeds. Perhaps a casual glance can lead to an eternal bond, a connection that lasts forever.

"Hmm, what kind of maidservant answers questions?"

Wen Rui was taken aback, frowned and thought for a moment before slapping his forehead and shaking his head, saying, "Who spread such a rumor? I almost forgot about it if you hadn't mentioned it. What does it have to do with those two maids? I'm not familiar with them. How could I possibly want to marry them after just one glance!"

"Eh?"

The Queen Mother was also taken aback, never expecting that she had guessed wrong. She asked in astonishment, "Then who does the young Celestial Venerable want to marry?"

"Your Majesty, don't you have a daughter?" Wen Rui asked expectantly. "My family background is so great that ordinary female immortals are not worthy of me. Even immortals have to be good at choosing wives based on social status and yin-yang compatibility. I can only marry your daughter. Others are simply not worthy of my attention."

"You also have a daughter?"

The Queen Mother looked bewildered and murmured, "I do have four goddaughters and one youngest daughter, but unfortunately they fell into the hands of the Blood Demon Ancestor and were corrupted into monsters. Does the Heavenly Venerable intend to rescue them and marry them?"

"No, no, those fairies have been infected by demonic energy, their genes have mutated, and they can't turn back."

Wen Rui shook his head with a regretful expression and said, "You must be a very forgetful person. How could you forget your own daughter so completely when she's right beside you?"

"I have no unmarried daughters."

The Queen Mother looked completely bewildered, then suddenly realized something, and her expression changed. "Could it be that damned bastard outside...?"

"Don't make wild guesses. There might be an illegitimate child though... cough cough, I didn't say anything..."

Wen Rui casually made up a rumor, planting a landmine in the relationship between the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother. He immediately corrected himself: "Your thinking is too rigid. Think about it from the perspective of your married daughter."

"Eh--"

The Queen Mother was shocked and even overlooked the important information that Wen Rui had deliberately let slip: "You...you mean Princess Long...that girl Longji?"

Even with the Queen Mother's composure, she was so shocked by Wen Rui's shameless marriage proposal that she lost her composure.

"She has been married for many years and is a married woman! How could you have such thoughts!"

Her facial expressions were somewhat out of control; the Queen Mother's face was slightly ferocious, her teeth were clenched, and she looked like she wanted to curse Wen Rui but was holding back from saying it.

"Ok?"

Wen Rui tilted her head, her smile vanished, and her eyes sharpened: "Your Majesty, I'm serious. So what if she's a married woman? I'm not a marriage expert, you are. I'll just ask you one question: Is the law of heaven's decree on marital status eternally unchanging? Believe me or not, I can immediately turn her from a married woman into a widowed woman?"

If anyone else had spoken to the Queen Mother of the West like that, she would have been furious and, at best, stormed off, and at worst, summoned the palace guards to tear them to pieces with swords.

The problem is that Wen Rui can now summon a super puppet. He doesn't even need to lift a finger; he can remotely control that puppet to defeat thousands of people and bring down everyone in the entire Yaochi Wonderland.

"Heaven has not established a rule that a woman can only be with one man in her lifetime..."

The Queen Mother said helplessly, "But the Dragon Virtue Star Lord and the Red Phoenix Star Lord are a match made in heaven, a symbol of a beautiful marriage in the world. How can you separate a pair of lovers for your own selfish reasons? Even if you get Longji's body, you won't get her heart. A forced marriage is never sweet. What's the point?"

(End of this chapter)