My brother is so cunning

Chapter 965 Counterintuitively, Wen Rui is quite devoted.
Wen Rui's reputation for lust has been known to all the gods in Heaven for a long time, to the point that almost no god is unaware of it.

But unlike most deities, the Queen Mother of the West did not take those seemingly plausible rumors seriously.

What is this? Someone raised a mountain of female demons in the mortal realm.

In order to get close to a fairy, he didn't hesitate to smash up the center and open the Heaven and Earth Bath Center.

They have all sorts of perverse fetishes, not even sparing the remains of dead female demons, spending huge sums of money to purchase their bodies, process them into specimens, and preserve them for long-term viewing.

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Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory in every battle. In order to successfully win over Wen Rui at today's banquet, the Queen Mother of the West has conducted in-depth investigations.

She secretly inquired with the immortals who had served in the same sect or the same court as Wen Rui during the Shang Dynasty, and learned about Wen Rui's past experiences during the Investiture of the Gods.

Whether cultivating in the Golden Spirit Immortal Sect or assisting Wen Zhong in serving as an official in the court, Wen Rui never showed the slightest bit of lust. He could even be described as pure and detached from worldly desires, devoting himself wholeheartedly to the Jie Sect and the Shang Kingdom.

They also questioned the fairies who frequented Heaven on Earth during its early years of operation. In fact, Wen Rui had never approached Heaven on Earth. He not only did not harass the fairies, but he also deliberately avoided them as if to avoid suspicion.

Many fairies have visited Heaven on Earth more than a hundred times, but they have never seen the true face of this behind-the-scenes male boss.

The only time many fairies saw Wen Rui at the same time was when Li Jing descended to earth to cause trouble, forcing him to step forward and give him a severe beating.

As for the claim that he kept a mountain of demonesses for his pleasure, the Queen Mother of the West scoffed at it, saying that a bunch of ignorant immortals were spreading rumors. Did they not know the renown of the Old Mother of Lishan?

Even if Wen Rui had the audacity, he wouldn't have the ability to wantonly mess with her disciples under the nose of the Old Mother of Lishan.

Upon closer examination, the Queen Mother only discovered that Wen Rui had two lovers in the mortal realm, one openly and one secretly.

A man named He Lingyun was once a disciple of the Lishan Immortal Sect. After becoming acquainted with him, he was recruited to the Jinling Immortal Sect and is now the current sect leader of the Jinling Immortal Sect.

Another one was called Rakshasa, a princess of the Rakshasa Kingdom in the mortal realm. The goddess Nuwa once wanted to use this Rakshasa princess and Wen Rui's illegitimate son to revive the Zhou Dynasty, but the plan was destroyed after Wen Rui discovered it.

A male immortal who has lived for over six hundred years has only had two Daoist partners. Does that count as being lustful?
Some high-ranking monks in Western religions who constantly proclaim that lust is a knife that scrapes the bone and alcohol is a poison that cuts the gut, have reincarnated several times over, living a combined life of only two or three hundred years. They have also married and had children several times. Aren't they more likely to have had affairs with women, and with far more women, than Wen Rui?
Although the two fairies, Jiangyun and Yueying, appeared to be quite attracted to Wenrui, according to the Queen Mother's divine power, they were still virgins, and the chastity marks on their wrists had not disappeared. Even though Wenrui could easily have his way with them, he had not touched a single hair on their heads.

After this investigation, the Queen Mother of the West was convinced that the rumors could not be believed. After all, Wen Rui was Wen Zhong's son, such an upright person, and his son could not be so despicable.

Despite all her careful planning, even the wisest can make a mistake. The Queen Mother never expected that Wen Rui would have an affair with her married daughter.

This can be considered a case of being blind to one's own shortcomings, because Princess Longji was already married, and the Queen Mother of the West, with her divine power of fertility, detected that she was not a virgin and would not suspect anything.

As for the virginity mark on Princess Longji's wrist, it disappeared hundreds of years ago, so there's no need to cover it up, and she's not afraid of being investigated.

"No, this won't do."

The Queen Mother was nearly driven mad. She no longer had time to ponder how her daughter had been swindled out of money and her virtue by Wen Rui. She was now worried about how to end things in this state. "My own daughter, the epitome of loving marriage, the star of love hanging in the heavens—how could she be a promiscuous woman who serves two fathers?"

Her eyes darted around as she murmured, "Could it be that they really want to issue an imperial edict to separate the Dragon Virtue and Red Phoenix stars, and then issue another imperial edict to grant them marriage? What would that make me? How would all the beings in the Three Realms criticize me? Wouldn't the order of marriage, ethics, and public morals be thrown into chaos?"

Wen Rui only needs to win the heart of the beauty, but the Queen Mother of the West has far too many considerations.

Forcing Longji to marry Hongjin back then was a blatant act of selling out his daughter's freedom of marriage for personal gain.

However, when the interpretation of the Way of Heaven was well done, this ill-fated marriage was described as a decision made by the parents and a matchmaker, and women all over the world were encouraged to follow suit, regarding it as a virtue of womanhood.

But now they've gone back on their word, forcing the so-called "beautiful union" they once blessed to end, and then marrying their daughter off to a more powerful man. No matter how they try to whitewash this shameless behavior, they can't turn black into white and convince the world.

It's like tearing off the fig leaf of feudal marriage ethics, starkly exposing the ugliest side of so-called feminine virtues, and slapping themselves in the face.

Moreover, the Queen Mother of the West is the mother of the world, and every move she makes stirs up the winds and clouds of the world. The impact of each step she takes is far-reaching.

Moreover, the supreme divine authority over marriage that she holds absolutely forbids her from acting recklessly; otherwise, she will surely suffer divine retribution and be subjected to boundless evil.

"Longji, my daughter, you must not make a mistake. If you divorce Longde Xingjun, what will all the wise beings in the world say about you?"

The Queen Mother of the West earnestly advised, "Wen Rui already has a Daoist partner in the mortal realm. He is definitely not sincere towards you; he only lusts after your body and wants to play with and use you!"

These words did indeed have an effect, and Princess Longji hesitated for a moment.

She wasn't easily fooled by love; even if she wasn't very worldly-wise, she had lived for tens of thousands of years and was no longer naive.

Most women in the Three Realms don't know what kind of person Wen Rui is, so how could she not know?

She knew all along that Wen Rui was a bad man. What good man would be so audacious as to defy the world and respond to the demands of the Jade Emperor's daughter, a married woman, without hesitation?

However, upon hearing the Queen Mother reveal that Wen Rui only had two Daoist partners in the mortal realm, she felt inexplicably delighted. She realized she had misjudged him, as she had initially thought he had at least two. In reality, he had far fewer than most capable men in the world.

Longji thought to himself: I didn't realize that this scoundrel was actually quite devoted.

In a supernatural world, it is said that the greater a man's ability, the more women he will have.

Born into an imperial family, Princess Longji was actually quite accepting of men having multiple wives and concubines. The Jade Emperor nominally only had one principal wife, but he kept so many fairies and celestial maidens, eating grapes, drinking wine and watching them dance. Did he not do anything else?

Unless the Jade Emperor has some kind of problem, it doesn't make any logical sense. If he really has no interest in women, what's the point of watching fairies dance? He wouldn't even bother to watch.

(End of this chapter)