At this moment, Baixi informed Iris through Consciousness Space, "Mother, Ria knows that you are the Empress of the Shuowang Empire. She requests to see you, the Elven Empress, and is willing to offer her blood as compensation."

Baixi didn't mention it, but she had forgotten that the Elven Empress was still imprisoned. Iris, as the newly crowned Empress, was too busy to care about anything else.

"You can take her to see me. Tonight, I will release the Elven Empress, so the little blood bag doesn't need to worry," Iris replied through Consciousness Space.

"Alright! Mother, don't forget about my reward," Baixi said with a smile.

Iris paused for a moment and then responded, "Of course, I remember."

Remember my foot! How dare she still think about her reward? Iris thought unhappily.

However, Baixi didn't specify what she wanted, so Iris decided to reward her with a Bella.

As for Ria offering her blood as compensation, Iris didn't care at all. She didn't need or want Ria's blood now that she was the Empress of a nation. Before, she had only wanted to taste Ria's blood for the sake of her taste buds. Now, she didn't need Ria's blood to satisfy her palate.

...

"Mother said it's not a problem. Tonight, she will release the Elven Empress. I can take you to see her now," Baixi said, transforming into a dragon and carrying Ria into the sky.

"Thank you, Baixi," Ria sincerely expressed her gratitude.

"No need to thank me. Thank Mother instead. Everything in the Shuowang Empire is decided by her. If she says yes, it's yes. If she says no, it's no. I dare not defy her," Baixi answered truthfully.

Although Baixi said she dared not defy Iris, she didn't care about that in private. For example, some time ago, Iris confiscated a manga book called "Sister x Sister" from Baixi and warned her not to read such things again. However, that night, Baixi went to a manga bookstore called "Ju Li Ju Qi" and bought a manga called "I Can Bend You."

Although Baixi had money, she didn't dare to openly buy a bunch of manga and keep them in her room. If Iris caught her, the consequences would be severe.

Therefore, Baixi would throw each manga book into a trash can outside the palace after reading it, and then go buy a new one. She would repeat this cycle.

Even if she got caught, Baixi would act cute and say she was still young and didn't know any better. This way, the matter would be brushed aside. After all, there was only one manga book in her room, not a dozen.

Three hours later, Baixi brought Ria to the outskirts of the Blood Clan's palace.

The Blood Clan's palace was grand and magnificent, with a red and golden color scheme that exuded luxury and elegance. The red decorations gave a warm visual feeling.

Seeing the magnificent palace before her, Ria couldn't help but marvel, "So grand!"

However, the former Elven palace was no less impressive than the Blood Clan's palace. The Elven residence was filled with ancient Elven trees, each towering over a kilometer high, lush and flourishing.

Lush and verdant, the ancient trees were home to countless Elves.

Due to the Blood Clan's attacks, the Elves suffered heavy casualties, which only strengthened the Blood Clan's power. In order to ensure the safety of her people, the Elven Empress chose to surrender.

Now, Ria was finally able to see her mother, and her heart was filled with excitement.

"Well... I didn't know about the Elven Empress's situation before. Since Mother ascended to the throne, the food in the prison has greatly improved," Baixi said as she led Ria towards the prison.

After all, the prison held Lessi, Xue Youyue, and Dugu, who were all part of their group. Iris naturally wouldn't mistreat them. The remaining prisoners only received this treatment because they were associated with Lessi, Xue Youyue, and Dugu.

"I see," Ria nodded, but in her mind, she couldn't help but wonder, "Night White, this half-blood, turned out to be a pureblood and successfully ascended to the throne as Empress... Wait, isn't Night White a male? Why does he refer to himself as Empress? Could he be a crossdresser?"

The Blood Queen is a crossdresser, what a big news!

Ria couldn't help but imagine in her heart, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and then quickly hid it.

No wonder this guy knew about Mother's situation before. I thought it was because Lilia was not careful and had a child with a human.

But now is not the time to study these, she needs to meet with Mother.

After a while, Baixi led Ria to the front of the prison cell and stopped.

"Here is the Elven Queen, Your Majesty. I will wait here for you. It's almost time. The Elven Queen, Your Majesty, will be released tonight," Baixi said to Ria.

"Thank you." Ria bowed to Baixi and then walked forward, gently knocking on the prison door, "Knock, knock, knock..."

A female elf wearing a white prisoner's uniform and a magic-restraining lock on her hands turned her head and saw Ria standing outside the prison cell. She walked slowly towards her and reached out to touch Ria's cheek, "Daughter..."

Listening to the gentle call from Mother, Ria's nose tingled, tears instantly welled up in her eyes, and dropped onto the hand of the Elven Queen, Your Majesty, Kailan.

"Mother, you have suffered." Due to the barrier of the prison cell, Ria could only hold the hand of the Elven Queen, Your Majesty, with both hands and cried softly.

"Seeing you here, I don't know whether to be happy or worried." The Elven Queen, Your Majesty, Kailan, wiped away the tears from her daughter's face and said softly, "You have grown taller and more beautiful."

"The Blood Queen promised to release you tonight. I believe that soon we can rebuild the Elven Kingdom, and we, mother and daughter, can live together." Ria sniffed and said.

"This..." Kailan hesitated when she heard this. She was very familiar with Lilia. How could this cunning woman easily let her go?

"Be cautious and don't believe the words of those vampires." Kailan looked at her daughter's expression and speculated that all of this was Lilia's scheme. She would definitely harm her daughter in order to obtain the key to the Elven race. She quickly reminded her.

Ria nodded, obviously not taking her mother's words to heart. As long as she could save her mother, it didn't matter who she gave the key to.

"Mother, you will be released tonight, and I will come to pick you up." Ria bid farewell to Kailan.

"Be careful." Kailan reminded.

"I know, Mother." Ria waved her hand at her mother.

Watching her daughter walk away, Kailan had already prepared for the worst. Lilia was likely to kill Ria after obtaining the key.

"I hope my daughter will be safe..." Kailan silently prayed. All she could do now was to pray quietly and hope that her daughter would not fall into the hands of Lilia.

...

Iris and her group arrived at the conference hall of the palace.

"Please, everyone, have a seat." Iris said to the demons, then sat in the main seat, with Yar sitting in the empty seat next to her.

The demons sat down one after another upon hearing her words.

"Your name is Jinghe, right?" Iris turned her gaze to Jinghe and asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty. What can I do for you?" Jinghe respectfully replied.

Iris took out a fiery red heart from her storage space and handed it to Jinghe, saying lightly, "This is what I obtained from Poqi. Now it's returned to its rightful owner."

Jinghe saw the heart that Iris handed over. It was Huangming's heart.

At this moment, Jinghe's heart was filled with too many emotions.

"Huangming, Your Majesty has avenged you. Rest assured, I will be loyal to Your Majesty in your place." Jinghe looked at the heart in her hand and murmured to herself.

She placed Huangming's heart on the left side of her chest, combining her own heart with Huangming's heart. She felt the two hearts beating rapidly, as if they were about to jump out of her chest.

A warm current flowed through her body.

Jinghe felt as if she was in a huge furnace, her whole body burning. This was the burning of blood.

This kind of pain is not something an ordinary person can bear, but Jinghe gritted his teeth and endured it without making a sound.

Iris slowly stood up and walked to Jinghe's side, extending her right hand and gently placing it on Jinghe's heart.

The power of the black flames continuously flowed from Iris's body into Jinghe's body, helping him withstand the burning pain.

After a while, Iris slowly withdrew her right hand and softly said to Jinghe, "Under the nourishment of the black flames, the two hearts have completely merged. Now you have inherited all of Huangming's power. Train well, and one day you will become as powerful as Huangming."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jinghe quickly bowed and saluted Iris.

"No need for formalities." Iris waved her hand and then said to the demons, "If there are any demon generals like Poqi in the future, kill them directly."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The demons all said in unison.

"Dismissed. Demons will take you to rest." Iris said.

The demons agreed and left the meeting room one by one.

Now, only Yar and Iris remained in the meeting room.

"Yar, do you have anything else?" Iris turned to Yar and asked.

Then Yar took out a defensive map of the Shuowang Empire.

Iris took the defensive map and looked at it, her face slightly darkened. "How did you get this border defense map of the Shuowang Empire?"

"Does Your Majesty forget that I am a succubus? For a succubus, obtaining information is too easy." Yar smiled seductively and said, "I seduced a vampire named Victor and had him draw a detailed border defense map of the Shuowang Empire for me. Then, I made improvements to make the defense map more secure."

"Victor?" Iris's pupils suddenly contracted, and an angry expression appeared on her face. "He dared to betray me, damn it!"

"He didn't betray you. How can a vampire resist the charm of a pure white demon? I just used a little charm." Yar said.

"In short, Victor didn't betray. Even if you weren't the Demon Emperor, I would still do this. After all, you and I have a relationship as the ancestors' aunt."

With that, Yar's oval pupils emitted a captivating golden light, like a sun.

"So beautiful..."

Looking at the shining beautiful pupils in front of her, Iris couldn't help but be stunned.

Seeing this, Yar's mouth curled into a seductive smile. "Finally, I successfully charmed the Demon Emperor. I can serve you right away... hehehe." Yar became excited at the thought.

Yar reached out her delicate jade hand and caressed Iris's face, coquettishly saying, "Demon Emperor, Yar is here to serve you."

Yar's cheeks blushed, her eyes shimmering with infinite charm.

She slowly approached Iris's cheek, her cherry-like lips getting closer to Iris's lips.

Just as Yar was about to kiss Iris, Iris felt a burning sensation in her left hand. She immediately woke up from Yar's charm, tilted her head, and avoided Yar's kiss.

"How dare you use charm on me!" Iris's eyes shot out a fierce gaze as she coldly shouted.

Seeing that the Demon Emperor had awakened from the charm, Yar panicked and quickly knelt in front of Iris, bowing her head and saying, "Yar knows her mistake, please punish me, Demon Emperor."

Iris could tell that Yar wanted to be punished, but she didn't want to give Yar what she wanted. So she pretended and said, "Considering that you are my ancestor's aunt, I'll let it go this time."

"Ah?" Yar felt a sense of frustration upon hearing this, but she dared not show it. She could only put on a frightened expression and say, "Yes... Yar knows her mistake."

If the charm had succeeded, Yar would have been able to get close to the Demon Emperor. If it failed, she would be punished by the Demon Emperor. Yar had hoped to become the Demon Emperor's intimate partner.

She never expected that the Demon Emperor would choose to forgive her in this way. She had used charm on the Demon Emperor, which was clearly disrespectful and should have been punished. The Demon Emperor used the excuse of being her ancestor's aunt to evade punishment, which was truly cunning.

"Goo needs to rest, Yar, you can leave," Iris said lightly.

"Yar can provide a knee pillow, massage the legs, rub the shoulders... offer physical services, it's not impossible..." Yar blushed, looking at Iris affectionately, hoping that the Demon Emperor would agree.

"No need, you can go," Iris waved her hand and said.

Seeing the repeated rejections from the Demon Emperor, Yar could only bow and then turn away.

Iris supported her forehead and took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.

She really didn't expect to be charmed. If it weren't for White Flame's reminder, her first kiss would have been taken by Yar.

Iris couldn't do anything about Yar. If she didn't punish him, he would definitely find other ways to express his love next time.

She regretted revealing the Demon Emperor's identity. If only she had known earlier!

Iris sighed and then closed her eyes to rest.