The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

Yun Yici's guess was correct.

The emperor followed Fengyin into the inner room, and the aloof woman who had been pretending to be strong outside couldn't wait to turn around and hug him.

The emperor instinctively opened his mouth and called out, "Mother..."

Feng Yin burst into tears, soaking his shoulder: "Zhao'er, I'm sorry, we're the ones who are sorry..."

She held on very tightly, and the red robes on the back of the imperial edict were crumpled into a ball from her grip.

The emperor stiffly raised his hand and gently patted her back: "Mother, I'm back..."

Upon hearing this, Fengyin lost all composure and burst into tears, as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances and longing she had endured over the years.

Her life was smooth in the first half, but she never expected to encounter the tragedy of being separated from her child.

She was trapped in the year the imperial edict was lost, day after day, year after year.

In the dead of night, she always dreams that her child has died in some unknown place, and there is nothing she can do about it.

Di Yao froze on the spot upon hearing his partner's cries, and his eyes reddened as he watched the mother and son embracing each other.

He wanted to go forward, but hesitated and stood still.

The emperor helped Fengyin to sit down and took a soft handkerchief from his sleeve to gently wipe her tears.

Fengyin cried for a long time before she could stop. She reached out and touched Di Zhao's profile, tracing his similar features with her fingers.

Fengyin choked up and said, "Your father and I are not by your side. Have you suffered a lot?"

"Why was he born so late?"

The emperor was somewhat hesitant; apart from Yun Yici, he had never been intimate with any other woman.

Although the woman in front of him was his mother, it was the first time they had met. He had not grown up by her side and was still a little unaccustomed to her closeness.

Di Zhao grasped Feng Yin's hand, which rested between his brows, and tried to warm the coolness of her fingertips with his own: "I don't know either."

"In short, I was born in the Demon Realm of the Xuanling Domain."

Feng Yin frowned and asked, "The Demon Realm?"

The gods already looked down on the lower realms, let alone the demon realms; they considered them the lowest of the low.

Di Yao, who was extremely nervous, finally managed to interject: "You were born in the Demon Realm? Did you suffer any injustices?"

After recalling for a while, the Emperor recalled the interesting things and told them to Fengyin and Emperor Yao: "I have Phoenix Fire, which is naturally the bane of the demon race. They are all afraid of me."

"I became a demon lord when I was in my fifties."

"To prevent me from causing them trouble, those demon lords would often offer me lots of delicious food and fun magical artifacts."

"I also have a very beautiful demon palace, where many people cultivate. I have signed a master-servant contract with them, and they serve me as their master. I have always lived a very good life."

Feng Yin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I originally thought the Demon Realm was bad, but after hearing what you said, it's better than some human cultivator picking you up."

He was picked up by a human cultivator and forcibly contracted before he was even born. He was used as a slave beast from a young age and served the human cultivator until his death.

Fengyin had also considered this possibility, and every time she thought about it, she felt like she was living a life worse than death.

What the Emperor's edict said was far better than she had imagined.

Fengyin said, "It's also my fault. I originally planned to go down to the mortal realm to find you."

"But later the Heavenly Pillar was damaged, and I couldn't go down even if I wanted to."

Seeing that Feng Yin's beautiful eyes were filled with tears, the Emperor quickly comforted her, saying, "I'm doing very well in the mortal realm. I haven't suffered any grievances and have made many good friends."

"I... well, I have someone I like, and I want to be her partner."

Feng Yin's beautiful eyes widened suddenly, and she and Di Yao shouted almost simultaneously, "Who is it?"

The emperor hesitated.

He hopes his parents will also approve of the person he likes.

However, he did not intend to let Fengyin Diyao know the true identities of Yun Yici and the others.

But now, if he were to confess that he has fallen in love with a human, and that it is Xiao Ci, Feng Yin would realize that Yun Yi Ci and Xiao Ci are human.

If you only say that he likes Yun Yici without mentioning her true identity, Feng Yin would mistakenly think that he has fallen in love with a woman from the Shen'ao clan.

Moreover, Xiao Ci has never formally responded to his feelings.

Emperor Zhao was worried that his words would cause trouble for Feng Yin and Emperor Yao's attention.

Seeing that he was silent, Fengyin assumed that he was worried about something.

She glanced at Di Yao and said slowly, "When I can't see you, I can't help but think the worst about you."

"Now that I've met you, I realize that what I was worried about didn't happen at all."

“You’ve taken very good care of yourself, a hundred or a thousand times better than I imagined.”

"From beginning to end, my only hope is that you live well."

"I am already extremely grateful that my son and I can see each other again."

"Even if you choose to unite with a demon cultivator from the lower realm, I won't have any objections."

Fengyin's understanding almost brought Emperor Zhao to tears.

Di Yao's thin lips trembled. He hesitated for a moment, but finally swallowed the words of objection that were about to come out of his mouth.

He coughed lightly, reminding Fengyin, "So, how did you two meet?"

The emperor perked up and said happily, "That was probably when I was over a hundred years old."

"I heard in the Demon Realm that there was a phoenix egg in the human world, so I decided to try my luck..."

The emperor now realizes how foolish he was!

How can you just find any egg and assume it's your mate, taking it home to raise?

He didn't make a good impression at their first meeting, which caused him to make no progress despite working hard for two hundred years.

No, he held Xiaoci's hand and kissed her.

Di Yao and Feng Yin both had strange expressions.

Di Yao: "So the premise that you like that human girl is that you mistook her for a phoenix?"

The emperor said somberly, "Well, later I realized that I didn't like Phoenix. I did like her, but she didn't like me at all."

Feng Yin said with heartache, "It's only natural for someone so young to be wandering in the lower realm and wanting to find someone of your kind to keep you company."

Di Yao then said, "Since that cultivator has no interest in you, it's a good thing..."

Emperor Zhao was so angry that he momentarily forgot that Emperor Yao was his biological father. He retorted angrily, "What do you mean by this?"

The esteemed Phoenix Clan Chief was used to being treated coldly by his partner and angered by his nephews and younger relatives; this was the first time he had been contradicted by his own son.

Di Yao was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what was happening, and he...

Choose to look at Fengyin.

Feng Yin glanced at him coldly: "To be reunited today is already a blessing from heaven, why are you looking at me like that?"

Emperor Yao had no choice but to speak politely to Emperor Zhao, saying, "What could I possibly mean?"

“It’s just that you are still young, Zhao’er. Your mother and I were over two thousand years old when we became partners and had you.”

“You’re still a cub in the realm of gods, not old enough to be looking for a mate.”