As soon as the Queen finished speaking, a hurricane swept past and dust flew in front of the Announcement Hall. She quickly used her wide sleeves to cover her daughter from the sand and wind, while the Emperor pulled up his sleeves and embraced both his wife and daughter.
Fortunately, this gust of wind passed by very quickly, and the world became clear once more without any clouds.
"Send the Empress back to her Culture Hall first." Xiang Run instructed and said to Siyan, "We will be there shortly."
Siyan nodded. "Your majesty, slow down.
The palace servants clustered around the queen as she slowly left. On top of the roof, the craftsmen had already fixed the statue of the Divine Beast firmly. After cleaning the Jin Wa, they quickly retreated.
Xiang Run clasped his hands and prayed as he recited these words in his heart. The people around him also bowed down, begging the divine beasts to bless the fate of Daqi Nation.
Ling Chaofeng's Immortal Body was within the stone statue. He was looking down at the ground and at the moment, the Emperor was as insignificant as well.
Nine lives in cycle of reincarnation had experienced many different kinds of life. Who would have thought that in the last life, he would be so helpless? The Emperor had killed him, but he was still the guardian of the mountains and rivers for him.
After the ceremony, Xiang Run returned to the Qingming Pavilion. Just as he arrived at the door, someone delivered a secret report to him and went to the inner hall to read it. After finding out that Ling Chaofeng had disappeared into thin air, his heart sank, and he said: "Let his wife and children go, but watch them. Normally speaking, there is no need to make things difficult for them, and no one else is allowed to make things difficult for them. "
He stayed in the Qingming Pavilion for a long time, his heart trembling for no reason.
And at this moment, within the Culture Hall, after the wet nurse carried the little princess over, Siyan didn't look at her normally for a while. Today, she stood blankly by herself in front of the main hall's entrance, the hem of her skirt spread open behind her.
She looked in the direction of the Announcement Hall, staring intently at it.
Announcement Hall, Qingming Pavilion, and Culture Hall; the three halls lined up in a line from south to north with Announcement Hall at the highest level, followed by Qingming Pavilion, with of the middle palace only slightly lacking in comparison to Qingming Pavilion of the middle palace.
Standing there, she could see the golden roof of the Announcement Hall, but it was a pity that the stone statue of the God Beast was blocked by the roof.
"Empress, are you alright?" The mama brought over a bowl of tea and said respectfully, "Last night, the emperor privately asked the servants if there was anything on your mind. If there is, the servants said so; it's not that they're unfaithful to you, it's because they hope for the emperor to enlighten the imperial concubine." However, these servants can't explain why. Empress, if you have any worries, can this servant help you resolve them? "
Siyan smiled gently, "If I had known about this, how would I have hidden it from you, Grandma? I was particularly sad, but I wasn't unhappy, and I worried that my brother wouldn't be like that. It was as if someone close to me was in pain, and I felt the same way. "
Holding her heart, she smiled helplessly. "When did I become such a hypocritical person?" She said to the mama, "I will tell the emperor myself not to talk too much."
The mama hurriedly said, "This servant wouldn't dare."
Two hours later, the emperor finally arrived at the Middle Palace. He hugged his little daughter to tease her for a while, and then told Siyan that his big brother was already on his way to the capital.
Siyan looked at him quietly and said, "It's a good thing that the emperor is concerned about me, but if you have something you want to ask me directly, I will naturally tell you what I should say.
Xiang Run's face slightly darkened, "Yan'er, I was just worried about you."
Siyan smiled, "I know."
The emperor then asked, "Then why have you shed tears in the past two days?"
Siyan told the Emperor what she said to the mama just now. She asked, "Your Majesty, who could it be?"
Xiang Run's heart skipped a beat again, he pretended to hug his daughter to tease her, and avoided his wife's gaze.
Was it Mu Xiaowan, the so called sadness that Empress had sensed, that Mu Xiaowan was crying?
But he heard Siyan say from behind him, "Your Majesty, please be at ease. I won't always be like this, I'm the national mother of Daqi, I must put my heart at ease for the citizens, I should not be so hypocritical anymore."
Xiang Run lowered his heart, and turned to embrace her: "You don't have to suppress your emotions, I hope you can live a carefree life. If there's nothing else you can do, then let us bear all of it."
In a valley thousands of miles away, the Xiaowan had locked herself in her house. In the blink of an eye, three days had passed and she had not eaten a single mouthful.
Mrs. Sun made porridge and stood in front of the door: "Xiaowan, if you don't eat it, what are you going to feed Little Pei?"
Only then did the door open. The person dressed in white, with a dark and pale face, walked out of the room and took the bowl of porridge from Mrs. Sun's hands and gulped it down.
Aunt Zhang was standing in front of her door. After she finished eating the porridge, Aunt Zhang would step forward and hold her hand: "Evening, you must be fine. If anything happens to you again …"
"Aunt, I want to go back to Baisha Town." Xiaowan suddenly said.
"Return to the Baisha Town?" Uncle Biao and Aunt Zhang said in unison, "It's not good to go anywhere, there's no need to go back to that place."
Xiaowan's gaze was cold: "I want to bring Little Pei along and live in an upright and upright manner in this world. I want to do what Hubby has not done yet, to raise Little Pei up, to let those people who think I'm a demon see how good our lives are."
"Grandson …"
"I don't want to hide here, I don't want Little Pei to suffer alongside me." Xiaowan was firm in her decision as she said to Aunt Zhang and Uncle Biao, "Follow me, I don't want you guys to stay here, I can't leave you behind, and neither can you leave me and Little Pei."
Aunt Zhang nodded his head: "Wherever you go, I will go."
Xiaowan looked at Mrs. Sun: "What about you?"
The Mrs. Sun said: "I'm here to farm and rear the sheep. If you guys think it's annoying outside, then come and rest for a few days. No matter what, to be able to hide from the wind and rain, to be able to eat, this is still the hard work of the Manager Ling, isn't it? "
Xiaowan slowly looked at the valley once more. Her husband had made this place a paradise, maybe he really wasn't using it as a place to hide from the world, but to occasionally bring her or his children to play. The next time he came, she hoped that she would be happier.
Although her husband had died and there was nothing in the Xiaowan that was worthy of her laughter, she still had Little Pei. No matter what, she had to bring up her son.
Whether Little Pei was a human or a dragon, a god or a devil, she did not care at all.
They quickly packed their luggage. When they came, they did not bring much, did not stay for long, and did not have much to take with them. Thus, Mrs. Sun stuffed some dry rations and water into the boat.
However, it was very dangerous for the small boat to travel far into the river. It would only be able to land after exiting the valley and rent a carriage to return to Li Prefecture.
Xiaowan brought her son along with Uncle Biao to the place where Ling Chaofeng met with trouble. The bloodstains there had not yet been washed away by the wind and rain, and had already dried to a sinister dark brown.
The Xiaowan ordered Little Pei to swallow the clouds and spit out the water, washing this entire place clean with torrential rain. She then stood on the cliff and scattered the paper money everywhere.
"Master, I'm going to take Little Pei back to the Baisha Town. That's where we get married.
Xiaowan looked at the endless mountain range and the endless sky with tears in her eyes, trying her best to smile.
"Master, when you were by my side, it was always home. But now that you're gone, I don't have the courage to come home from all over the world. Don't laugh at me, there are all the traces you left in the inn, you can make me feel at ease. But Ling Chaofeng, you must remember, in the next life, I will be waiting for you by the river. In the next life, you must come and find me. "
The paper money was like pieces of snow as it fluttered in the air. The thin and weak person stood tall on the cliff, looking miserable and tragic. Xiaowan decisively turned around and called out to her son.
"Time to go home." Little Pei shouted, and ran forward and held onto his mother's hand, running towards Uncle Biao. They got on the carriage, and the Uncle Biao drove the carriage, running all the way to Baisha Town.
Every word that Xiaowan said while standing at the edge of the cliff echoed for over five hundred kilometers.
Furthermore, although Ling Chaofeng would have to stay here and guard the place for a thousand years in the form of a Divine Beast that was guarding the palace, his mana had already recovered.
If not, leaving the stone statue without permission would be a crime, a crime even worse.
The Xiaowan was too far away, and if he were to go to the Xiaowan's side, it was very likely that he would be attacked by demons halfway through her journey. When that time came, her soul would be destroyed, and she would truly be separated from the Xiaowan for eternity.
Unless she came to the capital, which was closer and the atmosphere was solemn under the feet of the Son of Heaven, the demons and ghosts would not be able to come in for a while.
But as long as the Xiaowan had peace for the rest of his life, anywhere was fine. If someone wanted to hurt her, even if they violated the rules, Ling Chaofeng would fly out and protect her with all his might.
The eldest son, Captive Cow, was by his side and said worriedly, "Mother, logically speaking, Third Brother should have ended his life. Even though he still has his memories, he shouldn't have had anything to do with the person in this life, why would he keep thinking about this woman called Mu Xiaowan?"
The Dragon Queen said with a heavy expression: "The bad fate has yet to come, and the future is bumpy. We have forcefully changed his fate, and we have not avoided the final result, this Mu Xiaowan's life is truly hard."
Captive Cow said, "Should we send our son to the Underworld to take a look? How much longevity does she still have? And who is his next life?
Dragon Queen waved his hand: "Love is in your brother's heart, so what if Mu Xiaowan dies? Let them be. Immortals have a unique path, they will never achieve anything in their entire lives. "
When she heard that her brother was entering the palace today, she carried her daughter and stayed outside the Culture Hall, where the palace people ahead of them reported that the Great General had already entered the palace, and wanted to go to the Announcement Hall to report to the Emperor first.
"After the great general sees the emperor, come quickly to Culture Hall and tell him that the little princess and I miss him very much." The empress didn't try to conceal her thoughts as she instructed the court lady, "I ordered him not to change his clothes. He's from his own family, so there's no need to be too particular."
He slowly walked up the stone steps with a solemn expression, the imperial guards went up to take off the sword and armor in his hands, Wei Tengfei advanced again, he was unknowingly shocked. Raising his head, he looked at the Announcement Hall inscribed board, his gaze inadvertently rested on the eaves.
There was a new divine beast guarding the palace, and it was powerful and domineering, causing people to feel reverence towards it. When he was focused on, the palace maid politely told him, "It's just that the new divine beast invited by the Emperor is different from the last time you entered the palace."
Wei Tengfei nodded and continued inside the palace. There were hundreds of civil and military officials in the palace, and the emperor sat on the seat of honor.
He kowtowed to pay his respects, and with a loud voice, he congratulated the Emperor on winning the favor of the princess. After a round of heartless greetings, one of the officials asked, "General Wei, why did you take such a long time to arrive at the capital after just half a month's journey? "If you have any news on the way, this official would like to hear more about it."
Wei Tengfei laughed coldly: "Master has been in the capital for a long time, like a frog in the well, if you want to know about the world, you have to go out and take a look, I've told you, do you understand?"
Everyone was shocked. Didn't he say he was a frog in the well to include the emperor?
Xiang Run looked indifferent, and said disapprovingly: "Imperial Uncle has worked hard, the Empress has missed you so much, go to the Culture Hall and meet the Queen first."
Wei Tengfei accepted the decree to thank him and used his Announcement Hall.
The court ministers were all at a loss. Some of them could not help but say: "Your majesty, General Wei is so angry that he ignores your majesty. This subject cannot tolerate it."
Xiang Run smiled blandly: "Why are you guys asking for humiliation by talking to a soldier? You think you're the smartest when you talk to him? Forget it, all of you can leave. The general has come to reunite with the empress.
In front of the Culture Hall, Siyan paced back and forth, until she finally saw the mighty silhouette of a woman flying towards him. Wei Tengfei was stunned for a moment, but after a moment, she allowed her little sister to hug him.
He said in annoyance, "She doesn't look like the empress at all."
Siyan said in a tender voice, "Big brother, where did you go? You're worried to death."