She became a god

Ye Qingzhou retorted, unconvinced, "I'm still decades away from adulthood!"

"That'll be soon. Take your face off my shoulder, don't force me to do it."

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingzhou moved away, feeling wronged.

A moment later, Ye Qingzhou couldn't help but ask again, "Mother, the people all say that the deceased Empress Xuan'an was your white moonlight, so why are you still able to so rationally scheme against the Iron-Eating Beast Clan? Was she not your white moonlight?"

Upon suddenly hearing a name that none of the living beings around her dared to mention again, Ye Xingming was stunned.

Xuan An…

Ye Qingzhou felt even more flustered after asking the question. "Why are you so curious? Why bring up the one thing I shouldn't have?"

Just as Ye Qingzhou was racking his brains for a way to apologize, Ye Xingming spoke up.

"He is indeed my white moonlight, but so what? I am the emperor, the head of a clan. How can I disregard the greater love for the sake of mere personal feelings?"

"Even if he were still alive, let alone if he had already died and been reincarnated, I would not change my decision."

Ye Qingzhou decisively gave his mother a thumbs up, "Not letting personal feelings hold you back, that's so cool!"

At this point, Ye Xingming looked at Ye Qingzhou with a judgmental gaze, "Tell me the truth, is there any cultivator you like?"

Ye Qingzhou shook his head instantly, "No."

Ye Xingming smiled and said, "That's good. Your father always has grand dreams of restoring the Lu family and wants to match you with Yuantong. I was thinking that if you liked Yuantong, I would bring him in as a concubine. Since you don't like him, that's even better."

"Marriages among the royal family members of every clan are transactions of interest. Your apparent husbands must all be from powerful clans, be helpful to you, and bring benefits to our clan."

Ye Qingzhou frowned, "Your subject has no interest in love at the moment, and please, Mother Empress, do not mention it further."

"If I hadn't warned you sooner, and you had eloped for so-called love like Qingluan did back then, where would that have left my reputation?"

"You are a princess of an imperial clan, supported by all the people. You can't even accept a mere arranged marriage? It's not like you're being forced to marry into the family. If you don't like your marriage partner, you can always take a few more concubines you like. What exactly are you complaining about?"

Ye Qingzhou pursed his lips, "Your subject dares not feel wronged, but Your subject does not think that he will ever experience love between a man and a woman in this life, and cannot imagine spending his life with several strangers."

"Mother Queen, I don't like marriage at all, I don't like taking husbands and concubines. I just want to live my own life. I don't want and don't need any extra cultivators to interfere in my destiny."

Ye Xingming was taken aback. "Ye Qingzhou, do you think you're still a three-year-old? Or are you deliberately saying such childish things to annoy me?"

Ye Qingzhou said seriously, "I'm not a three-year-old. I didn't mean to upset you. I just enjoy living alone."

"You carry the future of an entire community on your shoulders, yet you say you prefer living alone?"

Ye Qingzhou was puzzled, "How does my preference for living alone conflict with my desire to protect my clan?"

Which clan leader doesn't have descendants?

Without hesitation, Ye Qingzhou replied, "Isn't that the Demon Lord?"

"You compare yourself to the Demon Lord? The Demon Lord was already at the peak of the Void Refinement stage at your age."

Ye Qingzhou sighed, "Mother Queen, the Phoenix Clan's starting point was already higher than ours. You can't just look at the starting point. Perhaps in the future, I can reach the same destination as the Demon Lord."

"Hehe, I really raised a good son. He may not be good at anything else, but his ability to talk big is truly surpassed that of his master."

Ye Qingzhou felt wronged. She blinked and wanted to say something more, but Ye Xingming kicked her out of the study.