Chapter 245: The Empress is Dead!

Before he could figure it out, a guard came inside and said, "Your Majesty, someone revealed the place where our Empress is being held! It's the western temple!"

The Emperor was stunned and immediately rushed to that place. That temple was destroyed earlier by a group of people and was just a historical monument that attracted tourists. The distance between the imperial palace and this monument was just half an hour! Why would the traitors use this place to hide his baby? Liang Deming didn't understand, but the anger in his heart grew at every step he took.

He still couldn't digest the fact that his lover was being held right under his nose, and he didn't even realize it until the end!

But what he didn't know was that after reaching that place, he was going to get the shock of his life. Since the male lead was in character mode, he didn't have any memory, but the feeling that he shouldn't let Tyler go out of his sight remained in his heart, making him feel restless.

He felt that if he would let Tyler out of his sight, his baby might end up disappearing forever. This thought made his heart twist in pain as he continued to run toward the temple. Even though this temple was near to his palace, it was still far away. So after running out of the palace, he quickly climbed on his horse and darted in the temple's direction.

The speed of his horse was faster than ever so much that the soldiers were left behind him. Twenty minutes later, he finally reached that place that was heavily guarded by the soldiers from the traitor's side. Since he had already captured those people, he knew it wouldn't take time in killing these people off.

So without thinking twice, he gripped the handle of the sword on his waist and pulled it out before charging at every soldier as if he was on a killing spree. Blood drops sprayed on his face as his expressions revealed his anger, but no one thought of stopping him. It was as if he had turned into a completely distinct person. If someone would call him a demon, it wouldn't be false.

When every single one of the enemy soldiers was dead, others appeared and were stunned after seeing rows of dead bodies lying on the ground. This sacred temple turned into a hellish abode filled with blood and corpses.

The male lead didn't even turn to look at his soldiers and rushed inside the temple to find his lover. He kicked open every single door he could find inside the big temple, but all of them were empty. Just as he reached near the last corridor inside the temple, he could hear the faint noise of a child crying loudly.

His footsteps paused a little as an awful premonition filled his heart.

Why was a child crying? He didn't dare to think about it. He quickly rushed toward that place and kicked open the door, only to see a horrifying sight before his eyes.

The room was dark, but the light coming from outside brightened up this place. He could see someone's body lying on the ground, and there was a little baby lying between the legs of that person. The ground was covered with blood marks and a few drawings that showed it was a sacred formation for something.

Liang Deming's breath stopped after seeing who this person was!

It was his Empress!

The Emperor's body remained frozen at the door for a long time, watching a certain child crying his eyes out. At first, he had thought that his lover had died after giving birth to the child who shouldn't have been born eight months early! The only thing he could think of that made Tyler forcefully give birth were those wishes that perhaps took his Empress's life.

Hadn't he told He Qiao not to use those wishes?!

Right now, the male lead was feeling complicated. His heart was engulfed with a mixture of sadness and anger.

Did his lover really die just for the sake of giving birth and for his Empire?! Even the Emperor could tell that the victory they attained was too easy, and he realized it was perhaps Tyler who made the wish. And the result of all this fiasco was death!

The male lead gnashed his jaw and walked toward the place where Tyler was lying on the ground. But just as he reached, he saw the ger's fingers moving as Tyler cracked his eyes. His breathing was shallow, and it almost felt like this person was about to close his eyes and fall asleep any minute.

"Yo-You came?"

"Don't talk." The Emperor took Tyler's limp body in his arms and caressed his baby's forehead. Tears appeared in his eyes. "You'll be fine."

Tyler's lips stretched to form a small smile before he coughed while gesturing to the kid crying on the ground. "Make him your successor." Only by doing that Tyler could change the ending of this storyline, which was the primary purpose of coming into this world.

But what the male lead thought behind those words was completely different. He thought his lover was leaving behind his son for the entire Empire and wanted Liang Deming to live happily until the end. Only the male lead knew how much he wanted to stab himself to death at this moment and die with Tyler. But when he remembered the words that his baby just spoke, he took a few deep breaths to calm his boiling emotions and forced a smile.

"Of course, he will be my successor. We will raise him together, right?"

Tyler could tell that his senior had misunderstood him, but he didn't have enough energy to speak again. He only had a few breaths left before he could leave this world. So he glanced at the male lead one last time. It was a lingering stare that stayed for a moment before he turned his head and shut his eyes for eternity in this world.

The male lead could see that Tyler's eyes had closed, but he didn't want to accept this reality. He hugged the person in his arms tightly and said, "We will teach him literary skills, and I'd definitely not let you teach him talking skills. I-If you were to teach our son how to talk, I'm sure he would only stay silent all day long! He would have to grow older, find himself a lover, and keep him safe….unlike me."

His soldiers were standing outside at this moment, but no one dared to say a single word. None of them had seen their Emperor acting like this, but they could justify their reaction. All of them knew how much his majesty loved the Empress. Now when He Qiao closed his eyes forever, leaving behind a child that was supposed to stay in his belly for months, they couldn't help but feel remorse.

After witnessing blood marks across the room that looked like some kind of formation, even they could tell that their Empress was truly blessed, and the rumors spread across the country didn't do any justice to that.

They all lowered their heads and stayed silent until they could see their emperor recovering.

The male lead kept hugging the dead body of his lover tightly and suppressed the emotions in his heart. He knew it wasn't the time to cry like this, but he couldn't help it. He glanced at the child that was still crying and remembered the last words of Tyler before taking a deep breath. Liang Deming knew the soldiers were standing outside, waiting for his command.

So he said, "Take the kid away and find a maid to clean him up. Announce to the world that the Empress used a sacred heavenly ceremony to give birth faster and died. And, leave me alone for a while."

The soldiers followed their Emperor's command and did everything the male lead ordered, but they announced one extra thing secretly the next day: The Emperor stayed at the temple with his Empress's dead body for the entire night. No one knew if he cried inside that dark room or not, but after that, the Emperor's expressions became ten degrees colder and no one ever saw a smile on his face after that.

The only time he looked like he had a trace of warmth in his eyes was when he was glancing at his child, who looked and acted similar to the Empress, just a little naïve. But everyone knew their Emperor was waiting for the child to grow up all this time.

And their thoughts proved right. After twenty years of waiting, as soon as the child took up the throne, Liang Deming left the kingdom. They only knew that he had gone to see the late Empress's tomb before disappearing from the world forever.

After a while, a certain person appeared in a dark room and in front of him was a screen that kept glowing and showed him the percentage of powers Tyler had recovered this time. He was stunned for a moment before he blinked and remembered who he was before letting out a dark chuckle. "Good! That was your revenge for leaving you alone in the ghost world, wasn't it?!"

To say that he wasn't angry wouldn't be an understatement, but he couldn't do a single thing about it. Tyler had always been like this. That cold hearted person never listened to his orders!