The Demon Lord Forced to Marry the Female Leader

Chu Wan Ning's birthday banquet was a process she had streamlined. The steps that the emperor had ordered the Ministry of Rites to submit were too complicated and could not be completed in three days and three nights. The guests had to be entertained on different days according to their status. Chu Wan Ning was overwhelmed when she saw it. Why was a princess' birthday so extravagant? So she said to her father, the emperor, "As a princess, you should set an example. I heard that the heavy rain a few days ago caused sudden floods in many places, so everything for the birthday banquet will be simple. But it doesn't matter. Father used the money to relieve the disaster. I am willing to share your worries. This is all my intention for my subjects."

The emperor was deeply moved after hearing this and adopted Chu Wanning's suggestion. He used Chu Wanning's identity to transfer money to the disaster area to help them dig a canal to release the flood water. The local subjects were very grateful and built a princess temple for Chu Wanning to commemorate her merits and pray for her.

Chu Wan Ning was deeply moved when she heard this, and she made up her mind to guide Chu Wanjun well and make him a good emperor who loved his people like his own children.

As soon as Chu Wanning's birthday banquet began, she changed into the dress sent by the embroidery room with the help of the palace maid. Although Chu Wanning had allocated all the money to help the people in the disaster area, this dress had been embroidered half a year ago, so it was still a bit extravagant. The dress was custom-made according to the royal specifications, the fabric was expensive and rare, the phoenix embroidered was lifelike, and the material of the dress was embroidered with gold thread, which sparkled under the light, and was extremely noble.

Xiaoyu went to look for her, but before she arrived, her voice was already there: "Are you ready, Ningning? Why haven't you come out yet?"

As soon as Xiaoyu entered the room, the dress was so bright that it blinded her. She covered her eyes in an exaggerated manner and screamed, "Ah, my eyes!"

Chu Wanning kicked her and asked her, "How is it?"

She then looked forward and said, "Well, Your Highness, this dress really fits you well. It's dignified and elegant. Even I, Xiaoyu, would bow down at your feet!" As she spoke, she bowed, like a frivolous scholar!

Chu Wan Ning was amused by her and couldn't stop laughing. She wanted to chase her and hit her, but her clothes were too thick and her headdress was too heavy, so it was inconvenient to chase her and hit her. She just waved her hand and asked Xiao Yu to come over and accompany her out.

It was only then that Xiaoyu noticed that there was a lizard on Chu Wan Ning's shoulder, and she jumped up in fright!

"Wan Ning, you you you, on your shoulder!!!"

Yes, Xiaoyu saw Huanhuan! Huanhuan was also startled by Xiaoyu's shouting, and a pink and purple flame suddenly ignited on the tail, almost jumping up and hitting Xiaoyu's face. Chu Wanning stopped him in time. She had already discovered that Huanhuan's fire had no effect on her. She gently pinched it with two fingers, and the fire went out. Xiaoyu was stunned by this wave of operations.

Chu Wan Ning patiently told Huan Huan, "Huan Huan, this is your sister Xiao Yu, you can't hurt her, she is our good friend!"

Huanhuan nodded and blinked a few times, as if saying sorry to Xiaoyu.

Xiaoyu got goosebumps after seeing this. It seemed that it really understood!

Huanhuan became particularly clingy after recognizing its master. Even though Chu Wanning told it again and again not to follow her, it just wanted to lie on Chu Wanning's shoulder and refused to get down. There was nothing she could do as guests arrived one after another, so she simply let it be.

Chu Wan Ning, accompanied by Xiao Yu, walked to the archway made of peony flowers to salute the guests, accepting their blessings and gifts while expressing her gratitude to them. Then the guests were led by the eunuchs to the seats that had been prepared long ago, and they had some pre-dinner snacks and chatted with each other. Huan Huan also received a lot of attention.

Just when everything was going on in an orderly manner, an uninvited guest suddenly arrived.

Chu Wan Ning knew that Xia Chong would come, but she didn't expect that she would be so high-profile. Xia Chong, the most arrogant daughter of the prime minister's family, was dressed in gorgeous clothes, with gold thread on the edges, and even wore a golden phoenix hairpin. Her hair was full of emerald green, and she was extremely noble. Her delicate little face was even more arrogant. Everyone only knew that her father was a domineering person in the court, but they didn't expect that the daughter he taught would be equally arrogant.

Xia Zhong was followed by several flattering daughters, surrounding her. Birds of a feather, such a big scene, she was even more delicate than Chu Wan Ning. She pretended to salute Chu Wan Ning and said in a delicate voice:

"Today, thanks to Her Royal Highness the Princess, let's go to the Imperial Garden to see what the Princess' birthday banquet looks like."

After that, he casually crushed a blooming peony next to him and threw it on the ground, saying, "It's just that there are too many flowers. This birthday party is nothing special!"

Chu Wan Ning kept everything simple at her birthday party. Naturally, she did not use gorgeous silks to decorate the palace, nor did she use gold, silver, and jewelry to embellish the inner court. Chu Wan Ning's birthday fell during the best season when flowers were in full bloom, so she took advantage of this natural season to hold the party.

Chu Wan Ning was in a good mood today and didn't want to argue with her, so she just said, "Miss Xia, please take a seat." Then she signaled the young eunuch Jinbao next to her to lead them to find a place to sit down.

Jinbao bent down and said respectfully: "Miss Xia, please follow me, your seat is over there..."

Xia Zhong slapped Jin Bao in the face and said contemptuously, "Who are you? You are worthy of talking to me?"

Jinbao lost his balance and was knocked to the ground by Xia Chong.

All the guests stopped talking and looked over here.

Chu Wanning's expression was somewhat ambiguous. She said to Jinbao, "Go down and have a rest. Put some medicine on your face."

Eunuch Jinbao stepped back in response.

At this time, Xia Zhong noticed that there was a palm-sized fire spirit on Chu Wan Ning's shoulder. He was curious and reached out to grab it.

Before Chu Wan Ning could stop him, Xia Zhong grabbed Huan Huan's tail. Huan Huan got angry, and purple fire came out of her tail and mouth, which burned Xia Zhong's palms. Huan Huan was thrown to the ground by her, but she seemed to have no sense of pain. She quickly got up and pouted at Xia Zhong. The small fireball fell on Xia Zhong's dress with a "pop", and Xia Zhong's dress began to catch fire.

Huanhuan jumped back to Chu Wanning's shoulder in a few jumps, but Huanhuan's fire did not hurt Chu Wanning, even Chu Wanning's clothes were not burned by the fire.

Chu Wan Ning knew that it was protecting its master and the fire was under its control. It didn't want to hurt Chu Wan Ning.

The fire was swallowing up Xia Zhong's skirt. Everyone was shouting and using whatever they had on hand to put out the fire. Even the tea in the kettle was spilled on Xia Zhong, and Xia Zhong was immediately covered with tea leaves. However, Xia Zhong didn't care about the embarrassment, and was determined to take off her dress to escape danger.

Coincidentally, Jinbao happened to pass by a well on his way back. When he heard about the fire, he immediately fetched a bucket of water and ran back in a hurry. When he saw that Xia Zhong's clothes were on fire, he immediately poured a bucket of water on her. Xia Zhong's makeup was ruined and she looked very embarrassed. She stared at Jinbao in disbelief and pointed at him: "You...you dare to throw water on me! I will kill you!" After that, she came over and strangled Jinbao's neck.

Jinbao looked at Chu Wanning in panic, and Chu Wanning winked at him to slip away.

Jinbao knelt down and kowtowed: "My lady, I am sorry!"

Xia Zhong's dress had been burned to her knees. When she looked up, Jin Bao saw her white and tender calves. Xia Zhong was so angry that she fainted.

Jinbao quickly took the bucket and ran away nervously.

Actually, Jinbao's bucket of water was not useless. The fire was not as big as before, but it was still eating away at Xia Zhong's dress. The dress was getting shorter and shorter. Chu Wan Ning realized that the fire was not easy to put out. She had to remove all her clothes to avoid being burned. It was not easy to act in public, so she asked a few strong palace maids to carry Xia Zhong to the guest room next door and take off her burning clothes.

She didn't care about what happened afterwards. She just asked the palace maid to get her some change of clothes and put them there, and left the young ladies who came with her to look after her.

Later I heard that Xia Chong woke up after entering the house. She said that she was pretending to faint just now. She was very angry and she was determined to kill the fire spirit with her own hands.

"Chu Wan Ning, just wait for me!"

In the end, the blame was still put on Chu Wan Ning.