"Look at Liu Lanyan, she still knows how to protect the Lord in front of others. And look at you, do you even have the demeanor of a wife?" Yu Jinshuo now finds Liu Lanyan pleasing to the eye, and the more he looks at her, the more he likes her.
Look how much Liu Lanyan protects the Demon God in front of outsiders ever since she became his disciple.
While it seemed that Liu Lanyan was arguing with them, she was actually taking the blame upon herself to prevent the demon god from lowering himself to speak with them.
Yu Jinshuo did not shy away from the fact that the demon god was of higher status than them.
What he truly admired was Liu Lanyan's attitude, her tacit understanding with the Demon God, her courage to stand up for the Demon God, and the wisdom hidden behind her simple words in their conversations.
After looking at Liu Lanyan, and then at Liu Xinrong, he still couldn't understand why he had married this woman in the first place.
"Protect the Lord?" Liu Xinrong smiled sarcastically. "Your Highness, you'd better not even think about it. Liu Lanyan is already the Lord's woman. Just based on the Lord's unparalleled affection for her, do you think you still have a chance? Sooner or later, the Lord will take Liu Lanyan away."
Liu Xinrong's words made Yu Jinshuo laugh. Those low laughs sent chills down Liu Xinrong's spine and made her body tremble uncontrollably.
She understood that this was a prelude to Yu Jinshuo's outburst of rage.
"Liu Xinrong, very good, very good. You really know how to provoke me more and more." Yu Jinshuo slowly squeezed out each word from between his teeth, "It seems that I should teach you how to be a wife properly."
Suddenly, a woman's shrill scream of pain rang out from the main courtyard. The servants and maids cleaning the courtyard seemed not to hear it and continued with their work. They were already used to such scenes.
After the demon god moved into the palace, Yu Xinyi, a carefree man, received the news immediately.
If Liu Jinli or Yu Jinshuo were to hear their confidant recount the events in detail, they would surely be astonished.
Because Yu Xinyi's confidant recounted the events word for word, even describing the expressions of those people at the time.
No matter how hard they racked their brains, they couldn't understand why Yu Xinyi knew so much.
Was it an informant planted, or was there another method?
Regardless of the reason, Yu Xinyi is definitely someone they take very seriously.
Unfortunately, neither Liu Jinli nor Yu Jinshuo knew that while things were happening at Yu Xinyi's residence, they were busy with matters of concern.
After hearing the report from his trusted confidant, Yu Xinyi remained silent for a long time.
Yu Xinyi's trusted subordinates stood by with their hands at their sides, waiting for him to give his thoughts.
After waiting for a while, they suddenly heard Yu Xinyi laugh. His slightly low laughter was full of sarcasm, which confused his trusted subordinates.
“Master, this matter is very strange.” The trusted subordinate had followed Yu Xinyi for a long time, so he could freely express his thoughts.
"Oh? Strange? What's strange about it?" Yu Xinyi asked, but the mocking smile on his face remained, and his eyes and brows still carried a strong sense of ridicule as he questioned his trusted subordinate.
"Is Yu Jinshuo going to join forces with Qin Ming from the Demon Realm to deal with the Demon God?" The trusted subordinate voiced his doubts. "But later, it seems that their alliance ran into some problems."
"What went wrong?" Clearly, Yu Xinyi was in a very good mood today and was not in a hurry to reveal his thoughts, but instead let his trusted subordinates slowly deduce them.
"Qin Ming and Yu Jinshuo got into an argument. Things probably won't go as they planned," the trusted subordinate said after thinking for a moment. "What kind of person is the Lord? No matter how well they plan, he won't cooperate with them. Besides, Liu Lanyan chimed in, disrupting their plans first."
"Can you sense what their plan is?" Yu Xinyi asked with a smile.
The trusted subordinate nodded: "I can probably guess." After a pause, seeing Yu Xinyi's encouraging look, he boldly said, "They want to use Liu Xinya's 'disappearance' to their advantage, to make the Demon God admit that Liu Xinya's 'disappearance' is related to him."
"Then, they might try to smear the Demon God and damage his reputation. Or they might use Qin Ming's power in the Demon Realm to put pressure on the Demon Realm and make the people of the Demon Realm have a bad opinion of the Demon God."
After he finished speaking, his trusted subordinate added uncertainly, "That should be it."
"Yes, that's roughly the idea." Yu Xinyi nodded affirmatively. "Yu Jinshuo has always wanted the position of Demon Lord. However, the Demon God has always protected the Demon Lord. It can be said that as long as the Demon God is alive, there will be no chaos in the succession of the position of Demon Lord in the Demon Realm."
His trusted subordinates nodded repeatedly. If the succession to the position of Demon Lord were to be disrupted, it would mean that someone wanted to usurp or seize the throne.
This will inevitably lead to great chaos in the demon realm.
As the guardian deity of the demon realm, how could the demon god possibly stand by and watch this happen?
Therefore, whether one wants to attack the demon realm or seize the position of demon lord, the first thing to deal with is the demon god.
Since Yu Jinshuo had long coveted the position of Demon Lord, his plan to dethrone the Demon God from the position revered by the world was something he had been scheming for a long time.
Liu Xinya's "disappearance" is a perfect opportunity. As for how much mud she can smear on the Demon God and how much damage she can do to his reputation, that depends on Yu Jinshuo's abilities.
Perhaps it really hurt the demon god, or perhaps it was all for nothing.
However, Yu Jinshuo would never let the opportunity slip by.
Moreover, this time, it wasn't just Yu Jinshuo acting alone; there's probably someone in the Demon Realm supporting him behind the scenes.
“They didn’t have any internal strife, didn’t you notice that the final result was the same?” Yu Xinyi said with a smile.
"The result is the same?" The trusted subordinate frowned in confusion.
“Initially, they probably thought of using the three forces together to force the Lord.” Yu Xinyi slowly analyzed Yu Jinshuo’s plan. “Liu Xinya’s father, Yu Jinshuo, and Qin Ming, the three forces together, forced the Lord to hand over a ‘missing’ person.”
The trusted subordinate wasn't stupid; upon hearing Yu Xinyi's words, he immediately understood. After a moment's thought, he felt something was amiss and asked疑惑地问道, "Master, there are only two factions. Yu Jinshuo has influence in the demon realm, and Qin Ming has influence in the demon world. What influence does that Liu Jinli have?"
It wasn't that he looked down on Liu Jinli, but rather that Liu Jinli's position as Grand Elder was completely undeserved.
If he had truly secured his position as Grand Elder, why would he go to such lengths to win over this person and rely on that person?
It seems that Liu Jinli also understood that his position as the Grand Elder was not very secure, which is why he wanted to unite various forces to consolidate his position.
“Wrong, Liu Jinli is the most powerful among these people,” Yu Xinyi said with a sigh.
"Huh? The strongest?" The trusted subordinate was completely confused. Could it be that Liu Jinli had some hidden power?
Seeing his trusted confidant's conflicted expression, Yu Xinyi laughed: "Liu Lanyan. Liu Jinli is Liu Lanyan's second uncle, and Liu Xinya is Liu Lanyan's cousin. This is the family card that Yu Jinshuo and his group are playing."
"It's because the Lord dotes on Liu Lanyan so much, but..." Yu Xinyi smiled faintly, shaking his head as he smiled, "It seems they miscalculated. Liu Lanyan doesn't seem to have any feelings for Liu Jinli. So, in the end, Liu Jinli became just a supporting character."
“Even a supporting character has its uses. At least inviting Liu Lanyan to the Liu residence and using Liu Jinli as a supporting character is still perfectly legitimate.” Yu Xinyi had a smile on his face, but his heart was ice-cold.
Liu Jinli is utterly shameless for even exploiting family ties.
If Liu Jinli can use Liu Lanyan like this now, it's not hard to imagine what kind of life she lived before the Demon God took her as his disciple.
"They originally wanted to give the Lord a bad reputation. When that failed, Qin Ming immediately transformed into an anxious man who loved his wife. He shouted at the Lord for help, and in desperation, he planned to use his power to force the demon realm."
Yu Xinyi gradually composed herself and continued to analyze the situation that Yu Jinshuo and the others had been in.
"If Liu Xinya's 'disappearance' is attributed to the Lord, it's merely a trivial matter. If it's because of the Lord that a war breaks out between the demon and monster realms..."
Yu Xinyi didn't finish his sentence, but his trusted subordinates, who already understood, interjected, "The Lord will transform from a guardian deity of the demon realm into someone who brings disaster to it."
“That’s right.” Yu Xinyi nodded with a smile. “I have to say that Yu Jinshuo played this move brilliantly, and more importantly, Qin Ming’s ability to adapt to the situation is also extremely strong. He came up with a solution in such a short time, taking their original plan a step further.”
"And then there's Yu Jinshuo's performance back then; he and Qin Ming were truly on the same wavelength," Yu Xinyi chuckled with admiration.
If it weren't for Yu Jinshuo's later "reasonable arguments" for the demon realm, how could Qin Ming have continued acting, and how could things have developed into a five-day deadline?
It was Yu Jinshuo's instigation that gave Qin Ming a reason to send troops to the demon realm if he did not see Liu Xinya five days later.
The two of them were perfectly coordinated at that moment; it was truly a masterpiece.
"I thought Qin Ming was just a reckless fool, but it turns out he's so meticulous." After hearing Yu Xinyi's words, his trusted subordinate was full of admiration.
He had naturally met Qin Ming before, and anyone who had met Qin Ming would immediately think of him as a brute. A brute who only knew how to use force to intimidate others, a brute who didn't know how to restrain his sharpness and only knew how to kill.
He was truly surprised that Qin Ming would react so quickly in that situation.
“How could he not be meticulous?” Yu Xinyi reacted as if it were expected. “To become a warrior in the Demon Realm, he has experienced countless battles. If he only had brute force, he would have died countless times by now.”
Do you think that you can win a war by brute force without using your brain?
"Recklessness is just an act Qin Ming puts on to lower others' guard." Yu Xinyi smiled casually, not finding the matter particularly difficult to understand. "He might be able to fool others, but to fool the Lord... he's far from being capable."
"The Lord has been tricked by them and hasn't reacted at all?" his trusted subordinate asked in surprise. The information he received was that the Lord hadn't shown any intention to do anything. Was he just going to let Yu Jinshuo and the others trick him like this?
This doesn't seem like the Lord's temperament.
"So, this is the true nature of the Lord." Yu Xinyi gave a wry smile. "If the people of the Demon Realm were to really attack the Monster Realm, who do you think would be the most anxious?"
Yu Xinyi's trusted subordinate looked at him with suspicion, his brain working frantically as he considered several candidates.
But something still felt off.
Fortunately, Yu Xinyi did not expect to receive an answer from him, and said to herself, "Demon Lord."
"Ah?" the trusted subordinate exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't it the Lord?"
As the guardian deity of the demon realm, the Lord must be the most anxious when external forces attack.
"What's the rush, Your Excellency?" Yu Xinyi asked with amusement. "With Your Excellency's strength, how could Qin Ming's forces possibly be a match for you? As soon as Your Excellency makes a move, Qin Ming's men will surely suffer a crushing defeat."
“However, everyone has always thought that protecting the demon realm is the Lord’s responsibility. In fact, the people of the demon realm have almost forgotten who their true Lord of the demon realm is… It is my father.” Yu Xinyi sighed softly, his feelings complicated.
In the demon realm today, everyone only knows about the Venerable Lord. His father, the Lord of the Demon Realm, is probably just an empty shell in everyone's eyes, merely a demon lord who is placed in the position of demon lord for show.
They handle the mundane affairs of the demon realm on ordinary days, but for the truly important matters of protecting the demon realm, they all rely on the demon god.
“Yu Jinshuo’s actions are embarrassing my father. Therefore, the person who least wants the Demon Realm to attack the Monster Realm is my father.” Yu Xinyi sighed softly, her sigh filled with helplessness.
"This matter is embarrassing not only the Demon God, but also my father. Yu Jinshuo's ambition is growing ever larger," Yu Xinyi sighed.
The Demon Lord, the dignified ruler of the Demon Realm, couldn't even find a woman, and was forced into battle by the Demon Realm's army. Even when the Demon God intervened to resolve this misfortune, what was left in the end?
The domineering and tyrannical nature of the demon god.
People will more or less retain the impression that the demon god who used to protect them has changed. He has become reckless and will bring disaster to them at any time.
Today, Liu Xinya's disappearance has triggered an attack from the Demon Realm. Even if it is resolved, how many more attacks will there be in the future?
Is it possible for the demon god to resolve the situation every time?
It's better to be safe than sorry. What if there's a time when the demon god can't resolve the situation? What would happen to the demon realm?
Will we become victims of the whims of the demon god?
As long as Yu Jinshuo uses a little manpower and resources to spread rumors among the people, and as long as these rumors gain momentum and tap into the people's anxieties, over time, the status of the Demon God will definitely not be as revered as it is today.
If we launch a few more attacks like this, the god of the demon realm will be brought down from his pedestal, and then it will be much easier to deal with him.
Given the choice between a god revered by all and a rat universally hated, which is easier to deal with? Everyone knows the answer.
Yu Jinshuo was only dealing with the demon god, so he didn't have much of a reaction, only feeling angry.
Dealing with the demon god is tantamount to destroying the protection of the demon realm. For thousands of years, the demon realm has been under the protection of the demon god. If the demon god suddenly falls, what will the demon realm, which does not yet have enough power to defend itself, do?
Yu Xinyi was furious and annoyed that Yu Jinshuo cared only about his own plan to seize the throne and didn't care about the fate of the demon realm.
What angered and pained him even more was that the Demon Lord was also partly to blame for such an attack.
As the ruler of the demon realm, can't you even handle the relationship between the two realms?
Can't he even find a woman?
How could they be so incompetent as to allow war to break out?