美公子看看他，再看看正泪眼朦胧看着自己的母亲，有些犹豫。

“怎么了小美?”苏琴看她的表情，顿时心中有些紧张。

美公子道:“妈妈，我、我见到晶凤大妖皇了。”

听她这么一说，苏琴顿时脸色一变，“他要干什么?你、你都知道了?”

唐三在一旁说道:“小美述职之后，我就都告诉她了。总要让她知道的。述职之所以能够顺利，晶凤大妖皇的支持是必不可少的，他不但自己支持了小美，还说服了不死大妖皇。正是有了他们的支持，小美在第二关的时候才能顺利过关。”

苏琴沉默不语，没有开口。

唐三继续说道:“后来，在小美被留在祖庭研修的时候。晶凤大妖皇与不死大妖皇一起找上门来。”

苏琴骤然一惊，下意识的看向唐三。

唐三道:“从他的情绪上我能看得出，他对小美是非常、非常在意的。也特别想要补偿。后来，他就提出，希望让小美能够重新觉醒凤凰血脉。当时白虎冕下也在。

白虎冕下提出，未来等小美皇者述职的时候，哪怕还拥有人类血脉，他们也要无条件支持，在他们答应之后，就选择了让他们为小美觉醒凤凰血脉。这对小美来说，有百利而无一害，所以，我们也没有询问您就答应了。但觉醒的并不是晶凤大妖皇的血脉，而是由不死大妖皇亲自出手，将不死火凤血脉本源注入到小美体内，从而觉醒了不死火凤血脉，拥有了涅槃重生的天赋能力。这对她未来的安全会有很大的好处。

苏琴显得有些呆滞，并没有开口。

“妈妈，对不起，我……”美公子有些忐忑的说道。

苏琴摇摇头，道:“这对你来说是好事。我再怎么恨他，只要对你好的，我也不会不答应的。你们做的没错。他毕竟是你的亲生父亲，再怎么不好，也是当初对我的不好。他并不知道那时候已经有了伱。你也不用恨他。”

“妈妈，您、您……”美公子想要问什么，却没有问出口。

唐三道:“看得出，晶凤大妖皇很后悔当初的事情。”他不会替晶凤大妖皇去辩解什么，只是把自己真实的感受说出来。毕竟，那是美公子这一世的亲生父亲。

苏琴摇摇头，道:“我们之间的事你们就别管了。我会处理的。小美，他毕竟是你的亲生父亲，如果你想要认他，妈妈也不反对。我也相信，他会对你好的。多一个人爱你，妈妈只会高兴。但也请你理解妈妈的心情，我永远都没办法原谅他的。所以，和他之间，我们以后只是陌路。有你在，我甚至可以放下对他的恨意，但要说别的，不可能了。”

她的语气很平淡，但在平淡中，却又充满了坚决的味道。

她曾经受过的苦难实在是太多、太多。在自己最痛苦的时候，只能独自面对。如果不是遇到了孔雀大妖王，她早就已经一尸两命。对于当初林兮墨的舍弃，她内心怎能不恨?对干林兮墨来说，为了种族而成就皇者没什么错。但是，为了种族却抛弃了她，让她在怀孕之后，不得不偷跑离开，以免被自己父亲发现，才造成悲剧险些出现的过程，她却是终身难忘。

美公子轻轻的抱着母亲，她没有劝说什么，她跟晶凤大妖皇也没有什么感情。只要妈妈开心，别难过，她就满足了。

苏琴摸了摸她的俏脸，柔声道:“你们今后不能再冒险，我是救赎组织的圣女，我当然希望你们能够帮助人类真的被救赎。但我也同样是一个母亲，作为母亲来说，我只是希望自己的孩子平安喜乐就足够了。还有你，小唐，你也是一样的。”

“谢谢阿姨。”唐三轻轻的点了点头，道:“您放心，我一定会保护好小美。从今以后，我不会随便离开她身边，会一直守护着她的。”

苏琴道:“你们准备公开关系吗?”

听她这么一问，美公子顿时红了俏脸，“我们、我们公开什么关系啊?”

唐三却是摇摇头，道:“小美才刚刚成为正式的嘉里城城主，还不适合公开我们之间的关系。更何况，修罗已死，现在我的存在祖庭是不知道的。也不能让他们知道。我现在就是小美的贴身侍卫，这就足够了。等什么时候她成皇了，我们到时候再说。”

苏琴道:“具体的你们来决定，你们回来了，也必然要开始忙碌起来了。”

唐三道:“您准备什么时候去见白虎大妖皇，告诉我就行，我带您传送过去。”

苏琴深吸口气，道:“我陪小美三天，然后就去吧。我不想让他老人家再久等了。你们有空的时候，就来看看我们。”

“好。”

美公子回归嘉里城的消息，第一时间被孔雀妖族放了出去。述职成功，正式担任嘉里城城主、孔雀妖族族长。从这一刻开始，她已经真正成为了妖精大陆上的大人物。主城城主之一。

不过，对于祖庭来说，最近还有一件非常重要的事情发生。那就是主城之争，不再是嘉里城。而是在所有主城之中，最为重要的一座，也是最为临近祖庭的一座。水晶城!

曾经水晶大妖皇执掌的所在。水晶大妖皇没有后代，但她乃是一代龙主。所以，水晶城一直都是龙族的天下。

现在水晶大妖皇陨落，龙族之中，就只剩下了暗魔大妖皇这位暗黑魔龙。而他在众位大妖皇之中排名又较为靠后，也有着自己的暗黑城在，自然不可能去执掌水晶城。那么，这座富饶无比，又有着举足轻重地位的主城归属，就要成为祖庭之中最被各方关注的问题了。

不只是天宇帝国这边波涛汹涌，就连日辰帝国那边，也有想要插一手的意思。毕竟，伴随着水晶大妖皇的陨落，两大帝国之间的实力差距被大幅度的拉近了。

祖庭之中，按天狐大妖皇的意思，这件事要先行搁置，他也在修补天狐圣山。但暗中的争夺已经展开。究竟是谁来入驻水晶城就成了最重要的问题。

这么重要的核心主城，必然是要有皇者入驻的。目前没有主城的皇者只有两位，一个是晶凤大妖皇，另一個是剑圣大妖皇。但以他们的排名，显然都不足以镇住水晶城。

除了天狐大妖皇之外，最强的大妖皇就是不死大妖皇了。虽然龙族与凤族之间关系还好，甚至有龙凤呈祥的配合。但这两大强族之间的对抗也同样存在。

所以，龙族虽然只有一位皇者，但龙族整体实力还在。暗魔大妖皇准备就任龙主，龙族也要誓死守住水晶城，不愿放弃。

水晶大妖皇毕竟作为皇者多年，龙族也一直以天宇帝国第一种族自居，强大的大妖干不在少数，就算是祖庭想要拿回水晶城的堂控权，也必须要考虑龙族的态度，所以现在的状态就是僵持住了，至今都还没有一个具体的说法。

天宇帝国至少要保证不能被日辰帝国染指水晶城，龙族又要保住水晶城不能被其他种族获得。凤凰妖族对于水晶城有所觊觎，毕竟，水晶大妖皇一死，现在天宇帝国最强大的势力自然就是凤凰妖族了。

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以下是英文直译：

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Mei Gongzi looked at him, then looked at his mother who was looking at him with teary eyes, and hesitated a little.

“What’s wrong little Mei?” Su Qin looked at her expression, and suddenly there was some tension in her heart.

Mei Gongzi said, “Mom, I, I saw the Great Demon Emperor of Crystal Phoenix.”

Hearing her say so, Su Qin suddenly blushed, “What is he going to do? You, you know all about it?”

Tang San said on the side, “After Xiao Mei’s debriefing, I told her everything. Always let her know. The reason why the debriefing went smoothly was the support of the Great Demon Emperor Jingfeng, who not only supported Xiao Mei himself, but also convinced the Immortal Great Demon Emperor. It was with their support that Xiao Mei was able to pass the second level without any problems.”

Su Qin was silent and did not speak.

Tang San continued: “Later, when Xiao Mei was left to train at the Ancestral Court. The Crystal Phoenix Great Demon Emperor and the Immortal Great Demon Emperor came to the door together.”

Su Qin was suddenly startled and subconsciously looked at Tang San.

Tang San said: “I can tell from his emotions that he cares very, very much about Xiao Mei. Also especially want to compensate. Later, he proposed that he wanted to allow Xiao Mei to reawaken the Phoenix bloodline. At that time, the white tiger coronation was also present.

The White Tiger Coronation offered to let them awaken the Phoenix bloodline for Xiao Mei in the future when Xiao Mei’s imperial debriefing took place, even if she still had human blood, they would support it unconditionally, after they agreed to do so. This has a hundred benefits for Xiao Mei, so we agreed to it without asking you. However, it was not the bloodline of the Great Demon Emperor of the Crystal Phoenix that was awakened, but rather, the Great Demon Emperor of Immortality personally took action and injected the Immortal Fire Phoenix bloodline essence into Xiao Mei, thus awakening the Immortal Fire Phoenix bloodline and possessing the innate ability of Nirvana rebirth. This would be of great benefit to her future safety.

Su Qin looked a little dumbfounded and did not open her mouth.

“Mom, I’m sorry, I …… “Mei Gongzi said with some apprehension.

Su Qin shook her head and said, “It’s good for you. How much more I hate him, as long as it’s good for you, I won’t disagree. You are doing the right thing. After all, he is your real father, no matter how bad, it was also bad for me at first. He didn’t know that there was already you at that time. And you don’t have to hate him.”

“Mom, you, you ……” Mei Gongzi wanted to ask something, but did not ask the question.

Tang San said, “I can see that the Great Demon Emperor of the Crystal Phoenix regrets what happened back then.” He would not defend the Great Demon Emperor of the Crystal Phoenix to justify anything, only to say what he really felt. After all, that was the beautiful Duke’s own father in this life.

Su Qin shook his head and said, “You guys should leave the matter between us alone. I will handle it. After all, he is your real father, if you want to recognize him, mom does not object. I also believe that he will treat you well. One more person to love you, mommy will only be happy. But please also understand mom’s feelings, I can never forgive him. So, between him and us, we are just strangers in the future. With you around, I can even let go of my hatred for him, but to say anything else, it’s impossible.”

Her tone was flat, but in the flatness, it was full of determination.

The sufferings she had suffered were too much, too many. At the time when she was suffering the most, she could only face it alone. If she hadn’t met the Great Peacock Demon King, she would have already died in one body. For the abandonment of Lin Ruimo at the beginning, how could she not hate in her heart? To dry Lin Ruimo, there was nothing wrong with achieving the emperor for the sake of the race. However, for the sake of the race but abandoned her, so that after she was pregnant, she had to sneak away to avoid being discovered by her own father, only to cause the process of tragedy close to appear, she is lifelong unforgettable.

Beauty Gongzi gently hugged her mother, she did not persuade anything, she and the Great Demon Emperor Jingfeng also have no feelings. As long as her mother is happy, don’t be sad, she is satisfied.

Su Qin touched her pretty face and said softly: “You can’t take any more risks in the future, I am the Holy Maiden of the Redemption Organization, of course I hope you can help humans really be redeemed. But I am also a mother, as a mother, I just want my children to be safe and happy is enough. And you, little Don, you are the same.”

“Thank you, Auntie.” Tang San nodded gently and said, “Don’t worry, I will definitely protect Xiao Mei. From now on, I won’t just leave her side, and will always guard her.”

Su Qin said, “Are you ready to disclose your relationship?”

Hearing her ask this, Mei Gongzi suddenly reddened her pretty face, “We, what kind of relationship are we disclosing?”

Tang San, however, shook his head and said, “Xiao Mei has just become the official Jia Li City Lord, it’s not yet appropriate to make our relationship public. What’s more, Shura is dead, and now my existence is unknown to the Ancestral Court. Nor can they be made aware of it. I am now Xiao Mei’s personal guard, and that is enough. When she becomes an emperor, we will talk about it then.”

Su Qin said, “You guys will decide the specifics, you’re back and you’re bound to start getting busy.”

Tang San said, “When are you going to meet the Great White Tiger Demon Emperor, just tell me, I’ll take you to teleport there.”

Su Qin took a deep breath and said, “I’ll stay with Xiao Mei for three days, and then I’ll go. I don’t want to keep his old man waiting any longer. When you guys are free, come and see us.”

“Good.”

The news of Duke Mei’s return to Jiali City was first released by the Peacock Demon Clan. The presentation was successful, and she officially assumed the role of the Jia Li City City Lord and Peacock Demon Clan Chief. From this moment on, she had truly become a big figure on the Goblin Continent. One of the main city lords.

However, for the Ancestral Court, there was another very important thing that had happened recently. That was the battle for the main city, which was no longer Kali City. Rather, it was the most important one among all the main cities and the one closest to the Ancestral Court. Crystal City!

The place where the Great Crystal Demon Emperor once ruled. The Great Crystal Demon Emperor had no offspring, but she was a generation of dragon lord. Therefore, Crystal City had always been the domain of the dragon race.

Now that the Crystal Great Demon Emperor had fallen, among the dragon race, only the Dark Demon Emperor, the Dark Demon Dragon, remained. And he ranked lower among the great demon emperors, also has its own dark city in, naturally can not go to rule the crystal city. Then, this rich, but also has a pivotal position in the main city belongs to, will become the ancestral court in the most concerned about the issue.

Not only the Tian Yu Empire’s side is turbulent, even the Sun Chen Empire’s side, also has the intention to intervene. After all, along with the fall of the Great Crystal Demon Emperor, the gap in strength between the two empires has been significantly narrowed.

In the Ancestral Court, according to the Great Demon Emperor of the Heavenly Fox, this matter should be shelved first, he is also repairing the Heavenly Fox Sacred Mountain. But the secret scramble has already begun. Just who will be in the Crystal City becomes the most important issue.

Such an important core main city, is bound to have the emperor in residence. Currently there are only two emperors without a main city, one is the Crystal Phoenix Great Demon Emperor, and the other is the Sword Saint Great Demon Emperor. But with their rankings, it is clear that neither of them is enough to hold down the Crystal City.

Apart from the Heavenly Fox Great Demon Emperor, the strongest Great Demon Emperor is the Immortal Great Demon Emperor. Although the relationship between the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan is okay, and there is even the cooperation of the Dragon and Phoenix. But the confrontation between these two powerful clans also exists as well.

Therefore, although the dragon tribe has only one emperor, but the overall strength of the dragon tribe is still there. The Dark Demon Great Demon Emperor is ready to assume the position of Dragon Lord, and the Dragon Clan is also sworn to hold on to Crystal City, unwilling to give up.

Crystal Great Demon Emperor after all, as the emperor for many years, the dragon race has also been the first race of the Tian Yu Empire, the powerful great demon stem is not in the minority, even if the ancestral court wants to take back control of the crystal city hall, must also consider the attitude of the dragon race, so the current state is a stalemate, so far there is not a specific statement.

The Tian Yu Empire must at least ensure that the Crystal City cannot be tainted by the Day Star Empire, and the Dragon tribe must keep the Crystal City from being acquired by other races. The Phoenix Demon tribe coveted the Crystal City, after all, the Crystal Demon Emperor died, and now the most powerful force in the Tian Yu Empire is naturally the Phoenix Demon tribe.