The Heavenly Lord pondered for a moment and realized Liansong made sense. By this calculation, the Bai family was actually coming out ahead, and they would likely agree. Yet the Heavenly Lord hesitated: would this elevate the status of the Nine-tailed Fox tribe too high? The position of future Heavenly Queen meant the Nine-tailed Fox tribe would surpass the Phoenix clan.
The Heavenly Lord thought of his own lawful wife, who had come from the Phoenix clan. But today, the Phoenix clan was largely withered, and it truly would be difficult to find another suitable female of the Phoenix clan to elevate to the throne of the Empress. Looking again at the cracks appearing on Sangji's stubbornly obstinate face, the Heavenly Lord suddenly understood: this son had not genuinely wanted to break off the engagement with Bai Qian; he had merely been playing a game of wits with him, waiting for him to make concessions so that he could both marry Bai Qian and take that little water snake as a concubine.
"Humph!" the Heavenly Lord said. "Since you do not know what is good for you, this marriage shall be taken up by your nephew!"
Chapter 212