bayedsolid Chapter 1523 Old Zheng, Your Mother-in-Law Has Mental Problems
Chapter 1523 Old Zheng, Your Mother-in-Law Has Mental Problems
Platinum blonde hair and eyes, almost translucent and delicate skin, and a faint glow emanating from her entire body.
Although the Ten Realms are vast, when Lin Yu looked at the simply dressed woman in front of him and examined her features, he could only recall someone he had met once before.
The two were so similar that even though Lin Yu realized that the guy he had seen couldn't possibly be in this eternal cage, he still almost blurted out a name.
"You are Bai..."
Lin Yu stopped himself abruptly halfway through his sentence.
After calming down and taking a closer look, he belatedly realized that the woman in front of him was different from the "White Moon Princess," the island lord of the sixth island of Wudao, Old Zheng's lover.
The woman in front of me was taller and had a more mature face; her tone of voice was also more lively.
So he changed his question.
"May I ask, what is your relationship with Princess Shirayuki of Kirishima?"
Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, the other person's face lit up with joy.
"Oh my, you actually know Bai Yue?"
"She's still alive? That's wonderful!"
Lin Yu thought to himself, "As expected, with such an unparalleled glow and almost identical facial features, it's impossible for the two to be completely unrelated."
He said, "Yes, she is still alive and still lives in the Kirishima Realm..."
Lin Yu was interrupted halfway through his sentence by this equally dazzling woman—she flashed and appeared in front of Lin Yu, directly grasping his hand.
"Really? Really? You've met her? Or have you seen her portrait or heard about her deeds?"
Lin Yu looked at the woman with burning eyes and an even brighter aura, and calmly broke free from her grasp.
"I have seen her in person, not just through portraits or rumors, so... what exactly is your relationship with her?"
The woman realized the rashness of her actions from Lin Yu's words and actions. She chuckled and took a step back, saying, "Oh dear, I'm sorry... I got a little too excited."
“I hope you can understand, because my identity really makes me so excited when I hear news about her—I am ‘Bai Ying’, someone who is very close to Bai Yue…No matter what identity I am in, I am someone who is very close to her.”
Lin Yu was somewhat curious: "'Regardless of the identity'?"
“It is indeed a bit complicated,” the shimmering platinum-blonde woman named White Nightingale scratched her face. “Could you please not ask around?”
Lin Yu nodded: "Okay."
Bai Ying was very happy: "Thank you, you are such a good person—so, how is Bai Yue doing now?"
Lin Yu shook his head: "I can refrain from inquiring about your relationship with her, but I won't tell you too much until I confirm what your relationship is."
"I'm afraid you'll do something bad to her."
Lin Yu said seriously.
Bai Ying looked troubled, then said, "You clearly wanted to ask that!"
Lin Yu did not deny it.
After all, he really needed to know the specific relationship between the woman in front of him and Princess Baiyue—not only to better formulate a strategy for negotiating with this woman next.
This was also partly preparation for future negotiations with Princess Baiyue—with Lao Zheng's connection, he should be able to meet Princess Baiyue again.
Therefore, Lin Yu looked at the woman in front of him and spoke up to remind her.
"If you're going to tell me, tell me everything at once... I'm very good at spotting lies, so don't deceive or hide anything from me."
After a long silence, Bai Ying finally sighed: "Alright, alright, I'll tell you—I am her teacher, her father's sister, and also her... um, mother."
Clearly, given the woman's reluctance to discuss this, it is a very complex and rare ethical relationship, even within the Kirishima world—at least the previous civilizations of the Kirishima world should not have encouraged consanguineous marriage.
Lin Yu was stunned for a moment after hearing Bai Ying's words, then said, "That's quite normal... So, are you doing this for the sake of pure bloodlines or something?"
Bai Ying quickly shook her head: "No, no, no, you've completely misunderstood. I'm not her biological mother... uh, or rather, I wasn't the one who conceived and gave birth to her. It's just... uh, although in terms of bloodline inheritance, she is indeed my offspring, but how should I put it... her father, my elder brother, who is also our 'King,' is not her biological father... uh, rather than being of pure blood, it's more like we... uh, for the right of succession or something, right?"
Lin Yu watched Bai Ying frantically gesturing wildly and making incomprehensible movements as she spoke, and realized something...
Although the woman in front of her might be Princess Baiyue's elder, she seemed even less mature than Baiyue.
“Calm down, Lady Baiying,” Lin Yu interrupted her. “I think… you should realize one thing: first of all, I am not from that world, and our conversation is not taking place in that world right now—let me ask you this: do you know where we are right now?”
Bai Ying calmed down a bit after hearing Lin Yu's words: "We... are in the 'Eternal Cage,' and I'm 'serving my sentence' here."
Lin Yu nodded: "Yes, so it doesn't matter what secrets Bai Yue's background had back then—first of all, that was probably a long time ago."
Bai Ying calmed down completely. She breathed a sigh of relief and then smiled as she said, "That's true. The United Kingdom has already been destroyed. The people who would care about these 'scandals,' the people who would want to use this opportunity to impeach my brother, the people who would accept us... are all gone."
She gently patted her cheeks and said, "Well, I still hope you can keep this a secret from Bai Yue—in short, Bai Yue doesn't actually have a father in the blood sense, only two mothers."
"She is the child born from the union of my brother's wife and my blood with Her Majesty the Queen."
Lin Yu was stunned by Bai Ying's words.
He had anticipated many complex ethical relationships, but he never expected the reality to be even more explosive than he had imagined.
Then he realized something.
"The Kirishima Realm... or rather, your civilization, possesses the technology for same-sex reproduction?"
“Only women can do it, it’s not like it’s some kind of high-tech thing,” Bai Ying waved her hand. “You came from outside the ‘Eternal Cage,’ right? After all, you don’t look like a prisoner… So, you must have seen quite a few other prisoners—some of them can create a life out of thin air.”
Lin Yu nodded: "So, may I ask for the reason?"
Although it was difficult to speak earlier, Bai Ying answered quite readily, whether she was persuaded by Lin Yu or simply gave up after starting.
"Like I said... inheritance rights."
"Because in order to continue the existence of civilization, my brother transformed his life form through some kind of experiment and became a 'demigod' with a life level higher than that of ordinary people. Only after he married the queen did he discover that he had lost his ability to have children."
"Even with some assisted technologies, there is no way to enable him to have offspring."
“At that time, our civilization was on the verge of collapse, but some fools were still busy fighting among themselves and seizing power. In order to prevent political turmoil from dragging down the overall situation, we had to conceal this news and the fact that he could not produce an heir.”
"Therefore, the queen must become pregnant and give birth to an heir—and it must be an heir of our family bloodline."
"Because my father, the previous king, only had two direct bloodlines, my brother and me, to carry on—and it is much simpler for women to have children than for demigods to have children."
As Bai Ying spoke, Lin Yu nodded: "So it turns out that political considerations played a bigger role... So what is it that you find difficult to talk about?"
Bai Ying's gaze drifted, and the frankness that had just appeared disappeared: "Anyone would find this kind of thing difficult to talk about..."
Lin Yu stared at Bai Ying and said, "I told you, don't hide anything from me."
Bai Ying was silent for a moment, then rubbed her hair: "Are you serious? I thought you were just bluffing... Okay, okay... I'll tell you."
“Hmm…actually, I did fall in love with the Queen during this process,” Bai Ying lowered her head, her two fingers intertwined, the light around her dimmed slightly but the frequency of her flashes increased a lot, “After all, the Queen is the most beautiful woman in the entire Fog Island, and she has a gentle and considerate personality. It’s hard not to like her after spending so much time together, isn’t it?”
Lin Yu was speechless.
The background of Princess Baiyue...
What a life full of twists and turns!
Although I did learn some secrets, it didn't seem to have any effect.
At most, I'll just mention it to Lao Zheng as a topic of conversation.
"Your mother-in-law, or one of your mothers-in-law, is a bit abnormal in every sense of the word."
Oh, by the way, Old Zheng is still in the hands of the God of Shadows...
Lin Yu sighed as he thought about this.
After Bai Ying finished speaking, she quickly overcame her shyness and spoke up.
"Alright, alright, I'm done—your turn!"
"How is Bai Yue now...?"
Lin Yu also spoke up: "She now lives on the sixth island of Kirishima, in a small church, living a very peaceful and stable life with the current residents of Kirishima."
"She saved my life once before."
Hearing Lin Yu's words, Bai Ying breathed a sigh of relief.
"Phew... That's great, letting you in was definitely the right thing to do."
Lin Yu then abruptly asked, "You didn't know I was connected to Princess Baiyue at first, so why did you take the initiative to approach me?"
Bai Ying blinked and said, "That's because you used 'mental power' on it just now... This should be a unique supernatural technology in our world."
“Soul power has similar methods in other worlds, but mental power is indeed unique to our world.”
"What's more... besides the fact that I'm familiar with your extraordinary technology, you also have the residual aura of several people I know on you."