Anyone who enters Your Majesty's residence will have their feathers plucked, simply because the Queen cannot transform and lacks feathers herself. She envies those who do have them and insists on taking some as keepsakes.
The Flying Beasts, who value their wings above all, are naturally unwilling to comply. This leaves the Queen looking sorrowful, contemplating jumping from the Kong Yu Dian where Your Majesty resides. She is not pretending; she truly jumps. Fortunately, Your Majesty transforms just in time to catch her. If he had been a moment slower, she would have become a mere puddle of flesh. From that day on, no one dared to refuse the cruel demand for feather plucking. The expression on Your Majesty's face that day seemed as if he would burn down the entire Kong Yu City.
"What good things have you done today?"
A male voice filled with laughter came from behind her. Before she could turn around, he embraced her possessively from behind, his grip so tight it might suffocate her. Yet, Yun Zhi Yue appeared completely unfazed. After enjoying Yan Lue's embrace for a moment, she turned and kissed his cheek.
She proudly raised a fan made of fiery red feathers. "Look at this! Isn’t it beautiful? It’s made from the feathers of your kin, the Phoenix."
Yan Lue was not angry at all; instead, he playfully pinched her neck. "It’s very beautiful. As long as you like it."
Yun Zhi Yue nodded, her smile growing even brighter as she nestled her small head against Yan Lue's chest.
"Yan Lue, when I jumped that day, I saw that Kong Yu City isn’t really in the air; it’s actually at the peak of a towering mountain. There must be land supporting it below. Where is that?"
His grip on her neck paused slightly, but he still explained patiently. "Below is the Azure Tower Continent. To be precise, we are also on the Azure Tower Continent; we just reside on a high peak where the Beast Clan cannot reach us, which is why it has come to be known as Kong Yu City."
Yun Zhi Yue's smile became even more radiant. "So there are beasts below! Yan Lue, can you take me down to have a look? Once we’ve played around, I’ll try my best to let you imprint me without any objections."
Yan Lue’s fiery red eyes lowered slightly as he gently stroked her eyelashes. "You don’t want to bond with me but want to go down Qing Tower? Have you remembered something?"
Yun Zhi Yue was taken aback. "Did something happen between us before? I can’t recall anything specific. It’s strange that I don’t want to bond with you; you treat me so well that I should like you very much, but..."
She pondered while touching her chin for a moment. "I don’t know why, but whenever you get close to me, I feel disgusted and don’t want to be near you—let alone bond with you."
"Yan Lue, are you really the most important person to me? Have you done something bad to me? The longer I stay with you, the more my bones ache—why is that?"
The emotions swirling in Yan Lue's eyes deepened as he held her tightly in his embrace without uttering a word.
With her small head resting on Yan Lue's shoulder, Yun Zhi Yue clutched the fan made of Phoenix feathers in her fingers, her gaze filled with an icy chill that stripped away any trace of innocence or cuteness.
Yan Lue did not agree to take Yun Zhi Yue down Qing Tower, and she was not anxious about it either. After Yan Lue finished dealing with official matters and left, she took the fan made of Phoenix feathers and wandered outside the palace grounds aimlessly.
The peak of Kong Yu City housed the royal palace; one level down was the Immortal Phoenix Royal Family, with other races ranked according to their status below them. The Queen was an abnormal beastman who could not transform—a fact that had long been rumored widely—and the most dissatisfied were from the Immortal Phoenix Clan.
Many years ago, Your Majesty raised a little bird named Xiao Que, whom you nurtured from a young age. It was surprising that Your Majesty developed feelings for Xiao Que and even crowned her as the queen. How could a lowly sparrow ever be worthy of Your Majesty, the Phoenix?
Taking advantage of Your Majesty's absence, the Immortal Phoenix Clan executed Xiao Que, which caused a rift in the relationship between Your Majesty and the clan that has yet to heal after all these years.
It was believed that as time passed, Your Majesty would eventually choose a true Phoenix female as your consort. However, unexpectedly, another contender named Yun Zhi Yue emerged, turning the Immortal Phoenix Clan into a laughingstock.
Already feeling frustrated and humiliated, that woman had the audacity to play with a fan made from their feathers, boldly wandering outside the palace on Phoenix territory.
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