vstars Chapter 235 Whisper
Chapter 235 Whisper
After the Emperor and Concubine left, the excitement in the Cining Palace had mostly died down. Empress Dowager Li couldn't help but sigh. Nanny Li gently walked behind Empress Dowager Li and rubbed her temples. Empress Dowager Li sighed again and asked Nanny Li, "Do you think I'm a failure?"
Nanny Li's fingers paused unconsciously. "How could this be? Her Majesty the Queen Mother, the Princess and the Imperial Concubine are pregnant. This is a truly wonderful thing! How many people have wished for this blessing yet haven't had it yet!"
Empress Dowager Li remained expressionless. "You, just keep saying these things to get rid of me—Yuhua has always been stubborn since she was a child, and she's always been against me. And the Emperor's temper is... I really feel that now nothing I do is going well, and everything I do is wrong!"
Nanny Li was terrified when she heard this. "Empress Dowager, why don't you invite the Imperial Concubine back in a couple of days? If the princess knew that she and the Imperial Concubine were pregnant again, she would surely be very happy."
Princess Yuhua was indeed very happy. She wished Lan Qingwu could accompany her every day: "Mammy, the Royal Concubine and I are pregnant again this time. This is our fate and our blessing. I really want the Royal Concubine to accompany me every day!"
Nanny Li smiled and tapped Princess Yuhua's eyebrows: "How childish! Princess, if you want to accompany the Imperial Concubine, it depends on whether His Majesty agrees! Besides, the Empress Dowager won't let you run back and forth."
Princess Yuhua curled her lips and muttered softly, "I knew my mother wouldn't allow it!"
Princess Yuhua was so excited that she didn't notice Empress Dowager Li's unhappy expression at all. She continued, "This princess and the Imperial Concubine are truly destined to be together. The last time we were pregnant together was when the Sixth Prince was born. Later, the Imperial Concubine gave birth to the Seventh Prince. This princess thought she would never get pregnant again, but unexpectedly, the Imperial Concubine and I are pregnant together again this time!"
Princess Yuhua's maid was also beaming with joy, and Nanny Li couldn't help but curl her lips. Then, seeing the calm expression of the Empress Dowager Li, she coughed softly and said, "The Empress Dowager is also very happy!"
It would be a lie for Empress Dowager Li to say she was unhappy. She nodded and said, "You two will be able to reunite in a few days."
In the bedroom of the main hall of Qianzheng Palace, it was a time of warmth and affection.
Lan Qingwu woke up lazily in the arms of the Divine Martial Emperor. She seemed not to be fully awake yet, blinking sleepily, and remained silent for a while.
The Divine Martial Emperor hooked Lan Qingwu's snow-white chin with his bony fingers and said in a low voice, "Awake?"
Lan Qingwu turned around and stretched out his arms to wrap around the muscular waist of the Divine Martial Emperor. "Brother Heng, is Ruoruo pregnant with our child again? I... Ruoruo is a little scared."
Emperor Shenwu thought of their two children. The sixth prince was hit while in his mother's womb, causing Lan Qingwu to have a difficult delivery. When she was pregnant with the seventh prince, Concubine Chen plotted against her, causing the seventh prince to be born prematurely and weak. Not to mention Lan Qingwu, even Emperor Shenwu himself is now worried.
However, Emperor Shenwu showed no emotion at all. He leaned close to Lan Qingwu's ear, his warm breath sprayed on Lan Qingwu's cheek, and he comforted Lan Qingwu with a soft voice. Emperor Shenwu's extremely gentle action soothed Lan Qingwu's mood, and she relaxed more in Emperor Shenwu's arms. There was no gap between them, and they hugged each other tightly.
After a while, the two of them found some books to pass the time, but Lan Qingwu's eyelids gradually became heavy as he read the travelogue.
Emperor Shenwu said quickly: "Ruoruo, you can't sleep anymore now. You need to be alert when it gets dark later."
Lan Qingwu yawned softly: "Brother Heng, then you can show Ruo Ruo some interesting books, and we can read them together."
The Shenwu Emperor thought for a moment, then ordered, "Li Xiang! Go and fetch the Imperial Scroll!"
Li Xiang responded and left.
After a while, the scrolls in the hands of the two people changed their appearance. Lan Qingwu looked at the secret scroll in the hands of Emperor Shenwu curiously. This was the first time she saw the secret record of the royal family. It seemed... there was nothing special about it.
After reading for a while, Lan Qingwu was immersed in it. "Brother Heng, this story of the Human Emperor is really well-written. The Emperor's Scroll says that the Human Emperor did several great things in his life, turning the tide and saving the world from collapse. This is why the three realms could coexist in ancient times."
Lan Qingwu was just speaking from his heart, and he thought that the ancients were not all old-fashioned and pedantic. Look at how innovative the story of the first Dasheng Emperor, the Human Emperor, is!
The deep and magnetic voice of the Emperor of God came: "Weiweiwei doesn't believe it?"
Lan Qingwu was slightly surprised: "Brother Heng, do you believe it?"
"I used to think of it as a story, but now I understand it a little better. Some of the things in it may not be fabricated."
The Shenwu Emperor continued, "The Emperor's Scroll records that the Human Emperor and Empress Zhaoyan once entered a secret realm called the Wuzhou Secret Realm. Time in the Wuzhou Secret Realm is extremely slow, almost stagnant. Thirty years in the secret realm, while only three months pass in the outside world. The two of them spent nearly thirty years together in the Wuzhou Secret Realm."
Lan Qingwu recalled the scenes he had seen in the white passage and whispered, "For those thirty years, the two of them fought together in the secret realm against the extreme dangers that were everywhere. Their cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, and so did their relationship. They had such unwavering trust that they could even stand back to back with each other."
Emperor Shenwu narrowed his eyes. These things were not recorded in the royal scrolls. How did Lan Qingwu know them?
"not only that!"
Emperor Shenwu continued, "After thirty years of close companionship and sharing the same bed, their blood, souls, and spirits have long since merged. Even after emerging from the Wuzhou Secret Realm, it will be impossible for them to be separated again."
Lan Qingwu sighed, "Really?"
As far as she knew, things were not that simple, nor that smooth. Because the true identity of the Human Emperor was exposed between the two, her predecessor who came from the same place resolutely chose another way.
"In ancient times, heaven and earth were in mourning, a world riddled with sorrow. The Human Emperor was born then, as was Empress Zhaoyan. Within the Three Realms, the demon and monster realms were in turmoil, plagued by constant war. The order of the human realm was shaky, and disasters abounded: floods, fires, droughts... and humans! Everywhere was filled with suffering and death. Only the immortal realm struggled to hold on for years. But the human realm was about to collapse. The human realm was the foundation of the Three Realms. Once the human realm collapsed, the immortal realm, the demon realm, and even the entire Three Realms would slowly disappear, until the entire ancient world vanished. As the man of destiny, the Human Emperor was bound to this responsibility. At the age of fourteen, he entered the Immortal Gate to save the Three Realms! However, he had no idea that he would meet a woman at the Immortal Gate whose fate would be linked to his own."