Many descendants

"They really did hear us!"

Su Yan met Chu Duo's gaze.

The other party was stunned.

When the Empress saw that Chu Duo ignored her, she began to kowtow forcefully, crying as she did so. She was extremely disheveled, having lost all her usual elegance and grace, and at this moment she was so humble that she was pitiful and heartbreaking.

Little Qi stared intently, "Mom, is this real?"

Su Yan patted her head. "It's true. The Empress must have violated palace rules, or her family has committed a major taboo against imperial authority, so they are pleading for her life."

Chu Duo glanced indifferently at the head eunuch beside him. "Eunuch Pang, help the Empress up and offer her a seat."

The Empress trembled even more, pleading, "Your Majesty, spare my life!"

Anyone who has worked with Chu Duo knows that the more polite he is, the more dangerous he is. The more benevolent his smile, the more ruthless he is!

"Even a day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness. How could I possibly take the Empress's life? Besides, the Empress once saved my life and has rendered great service." Chu Duo's alluring red lips revealed an extremely kind smile.

Su Yan couldn't help but shudder. "This is definitely a ruthless character!"

"He looks a bit like Uncle Wen." Xiao Qi looked at Xiao Fengning. "Doesn't he?"

Xiao Fengning thought for a moment, then nodded, "A little."

Su Yan: "...Really?"

She didn't think so at all, and Wen Jin was much more handsome than him.

"Absolutely not! Not at all like him." If I had to say who he resembles, he does look a bit like Jian.

"..." Xiao Qi glanced at Su Yan, then lowered her head to continue watching the show. Poor Mother, she doesn't even understand her beastly husband.

Xiao Fengning fell silent. His father was a completely different person when he was with his mother compared to when he was with other people. Or rather, his other uncles and aunts also had two different faces.

Chu Duo looked toward the beam.

Su Yan met his gaze again and then blinked.

The Empress noticed Chu Duo's gaze as he looked at the beam, and her face turned ashen. "I am not afraid of dying, but my maternal family is truly innocent. They followed the Emperor in his campaigns, and all ten of them died on the battlefield. What can the orphans and widows left behind do? I beg Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly."

"An orphan and a widow, at least there's an orphan. I, on the other hand, am childless. Before I ascended the throne, I had three pregnant concubines, and after I ascended, I had six concubines on the register. Empress, explain to me why, with so many women, I can't have a single child!" Chu Duo's smile grew even more handsome and alluring.

Unable to bear it any longer, the Empress collapsed and stood up in a daze, then violently rammed her head against a palace pillar!

With a loud thud, the Empress fainted.

Su Yan was horrified.

Xiao Qi was also on edge, "So...so exciting!"

Chu Duo stood up from the dragon throne. He had long legs, a slender waist, and a tall, upright figure. He was indeed quite good-looking.

"Take the Empress away and summon the imperial physician. If the Empress dies, you will all be buried with her."

In short, all the palace servants were trembling with fear and dared not utter a sound. They retreated obsequiously, keeping their eyes fixed on the Empress, or their lives would be in danger.

Chu Duo looked up and met Su Yan's gaze again. "Are you demons?"

Su Yan looked at the two children and did not deny it, "Yes. It takes ten thousand years of cultivation to gain wisdom."

"What should I call you?" Chu Duo asked, his eyes filled with interest.

Su Yan replied, "My name is Su Yan, and these two are my son, Xiao Fengning, and my daughter, Xiao Qi."

Chu Duo smiled, his smile gentle and pleasing to the eye. "Madam Su, may I have the honor of inviting you, your son and daughter, to dine with me?"

“Sure, sure,” Xiao Qi replied immediately.

Xiao Fengning looked at his mother and said, "Mom, I'm hungry too."

"..." They all grew up eating rare and precious foods, how could they possibly swallow food from the human world!

"Okay." Su Yan, holding the two children, jumped down from the beam.

When they landed on the ground, the mother and her two children had all transformed into human form.

Xiao Fengning and Xiao Qi were a perfect couple, and Su Yan was the fairy.

It took Chu Duo a while to react from his shock. "Madam Su is like a goddess descended to earth, her beauty is unparalleled!"

"Your Majesty flatters me," Su Yan replied, then patted the two children's heads. "Greet the Emperor."

"Greetings, Your Majesty. I am Xiao Qi," Xiao Qi replied with a smile.

Xiao Fengning also said, "Greetings, Human Emperor."

The Human Emperor? That's quite a unique title. Chu Duo looked at Su Yan's two children with a hint of envy, then his gaze towards Su Yan deepened with a more meaningful expression.

Su Yan, with her two children, dined with Chu Duo in the Imperial Garden.

Xiao Qi has eaten all kinds of rare and precious delicacies, especially with the help of Zulu and Xiangbo's cooking skills, she has long since become incredibly picky.

So after only a few bites, they indicated they were full and stopped eating.

For Xiao Fengning, who could swallow even the most difficult cooking, this meal was actually quite good, so he kept eating it out of courtesy.

Su Yan, on the other hand, was interested in wine.

Spirit wine and divine wine are wines brewed with rare and precious ingredients, which are the essence of these ingredients and are very nourishing to the body, but it is difficult to describe their taste as good or bad.

The wines of this world are complex and varied, yet they seem to embody all the desires, sufferings, and hardships of human life, leaving an unforgettable aftertaste with every sip.

"Excellent wine," Su Yan praised. "Could you give me some?"

"It is my honor." Chu Duo no longer referred to himself as "I" when speaking to Su Yan.

Xiao Qi finally couldn't hold back any longer, "If Xiao Qi may be so bold as to ask Your Majesty, what mistake has the Empress made?"

That's the real reason they eat!

Su Yan quickly stopped Xiao Qi, "Don't make His Majesty do anything difficult!"

The implication was that, if it wasn't difficult, they would still want to know...

Chu Duo poured Su Yan a glass of wine, then looked at Xiao Qi with genuine tenderness and affection in his eyes, "Xiao Qi, do you want to know the secrets of the palace?"

"Yes, yes!" Xiao Qi nodded immediately, "If His Majesty the Emperor doesn't mind."

Eunuch Pang hurried over and said to Chu Duo, "General Dongfang has arrived and requests an audience with His Majesty."

Chu Duo paused for a moment, then said to Eunuch Pang, "Please come in."

Eunuch Pang bowed and withdrew.

Su Yan looked at the two children and said to them, "General Dongfang, your given name is Yi!"

Xiao Fengning was taken aback. "Huh?"

Su Yan pressed a finger to her lips, "It can't be said."

Xiao Qi blinked, her eyes suddenly brightening. "I want to hear the story of the Great General!"

"Is Xiao Qi no longer interested in palace secrets?" Chu Duo glanced at Su Yan out of the corner of his eye.

“I’m interested in both!” Xiaoqi replied.

Su Yan used her chopsticks to pick up a piece of fish for her, saying, "You should eat properly."

"Okay." Xiaoqi picked up her chopsticks.

Dongfang Yi has arrived.

When he first saw Su Yan, Xiao Qi, and Xiao Fengning, he was quite taken aback.

He then bowed to Chu Duo.

Chu Duo raised his hand, "No need for formalities, sit down and have a meal together."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I have already had my meal. I have important matters to report," Dongfang Yi said respectfully, bowing.

Xiao Qi looked at Dongfang Yi with great interest and even nudged Xiao Fengning quietly, "How similar do you think they are?"

"It'll be one point, two points at most," Xiao Fengning replied.