One hundred thousand miles away from Cuizhu Mountain, a large-scale city is located here. This is Zhuxing City, the imperial capital of the Daqian Dynasty.
Zhuxing City is named after the continent. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Zhuxing Continent. The city has a population of nearly 100 million, and the Daqian Palace is located in Zhuxing City. It is a city within a city.
Zhuxing Palace, the palace where the emperor held court meetings in Daqian Palace, was also the place where the emperor conducted official business.
The splendid hall seemed very quiet at this time. A figure was kneeling in the center of the hall. This person was dressed in black and wore a white mask on his face.
"It turns out they hid so far away. No wonder I couldn't find them after so many years." A soft voice came from above the hall, and the person who heard the voice spoke was a woman.
"Yes, Beizhong and others have been searching for them for five years. By chance, they found out their whereabouts from a commoner who was picking bamboo shoots. However, Beizhong and others did not bother and immediately returned to the capital." The man in black said solemnly.
"Well, you're doing a good job. You can't disturb me. Hey, you've been hiding from me for so many years and I finally found him." The woman sighed slightly.
"Heiichi."
"The humble position is here."
"I plan to go there, what do you think I should prepare?"
I saw a figure slowly appear. It was a beautiful woman with a tall figure, an oval-shaped face, a red rope wiping her forehead, her hair in a high bun, with a pair of dragon hairpins in a golden phoenix crown on her head, and a strand of hair hanging down behind. She is dressed in a set of golden dragon robes, gorgeous and noble, which highlights her sexy and glamorous temperament, but her movements reveal a ruthless determination.
The man in black named Hei Yi quickly lowered his head.
"Your Majesty, this matter must be done with caution."
"What I need is advice, not opinions." A sharp breath suddenly came, and Hei almost fell to the ground under the pressure of the force.
"I know my fault despite my humble position." Hei Yi said quickly.
"snort…"
The woman is none other than the Emperor of Daqian and the only empress of Daqian for thousands of years, Lin Linglong, known as Empress Linglong.
"Okay, please step back. Remember that I will leave the capital in three days." The empress said.
"Yes, I'll make arrangements for my humble position." Upon hearing this, Hei Yi quickly stood up and said, as if he had been granted amnesty, and then bowed and left with his head lowered.
After the people left, the empress waved her hand gently.
A figure instantly appeared in front of him, a woman in white.
"Meet your Majesty." The woman said respectfully.
Looking at the visitor, Empress Linglong's eyes showed a hint of softness.
"How many times have I told you, we are sisters when no one else is around."
"Xiaoxiao doesn't dare." the woman said.
"That's all, it's up to you!" The empress showed a hint of helplessness.
"Did you hear what Heiyi said just now?"
"I heard that," the woman replied.
"It's been ten years. The old guy has been hiding from me for ten years, and I finally found him." Empress Lingling narrowed her eyes slightly, with a hint of dissatisfaction on her face.
"Get up." The Empress continued.
Upon hearing this, the woman slowly stood up.
"What happened back then was not your Majesty's fault. You don't have to worry about it. It was the man's voluntary choice," the woman said.
"That man? He's your brother, so you call him that?" the empress said with a smile.
"I, Lin Xiaoxiao, only have Your Majesty in my heart," the woman said. It turns out that the woman’s name is Lin Xiaoxiao.
"Hey, actually if I insisted not to let him go, maybe he wouldn't have died..."
"Xiao Xiao, am I very cold-blooded? Even though I knew he had a narrow chance of death, I still didn't stop him. She even hoped that he would go." The empress laughed at herself.
"Your Majesty, even if he doesn't go, someone else will go. His life is no different from other people's lives. Besides..." At this point, Lin Xiaoxiao paused.
"Besides what?" the empress asked.
"Besides, His Majesty has kept him in mind all these years, which is enough." Lin Xiaoxiao said softly.
When the empress heard this, her face showed a trace of sadness, and her eyes became blurred, as if she was recalling something.
The two fell into silence at the same time.
"You also come with me. We haven't seen him for ten years. He is your father after all." After a long time, the empress said.
Lin Xiaoxiao raised her head and looked at the empress, her eyes full of respect.
"Yes." Lin Xiaoxiao whispered.
Cuizhu Mountain, within the Taoist temple, the vegetable garden that was originally used by the old man to grow vegetables now has an exquisite cabin.
Everyone walked around the house curiously.
"Master, how did you do it? How did you create an extra room with just a wave of your hand?" Zhu Zhu asked curiously.
"It can't be said, it can't be said." Li Daoyi pretended to be mysterious.
"Mengmeng, come down quickly." At this time, the little dragon girl shouted to Mengmeng who climbed to the roof.
"I don't want it, Taoist brother, I want to go in and play." Mengmeng said coquettishly.
Li Daoyi had no choice but to wave Mengmeng into his hand and walk towards the spiritual time room holding the little girl's back collar.
When he arrived at the door, Li Daoyi turned around and said to everyone.
"Come and take a look, it will definitely surprise you." Li Daoyi said with a smile.
"Ouch..."
Xiao Hei was the first to jump to the door, wagging his tail obediently.
Li Daoyi slowly opened the door, and a white light came from inside the door.
"Hey." The cute little girl disappeared in Li Daoyi's hand in an instant, and jumped in with Xiao Hei in the blink of an eye.
Li Daoyi shook his head and walked in, and several others quickly followed suit.
After the initial discomfort of the white light, a huge white square appeared in front of everyone. The square seemed to be infinite, and the ground was as white as a mirror. Mengmeng and Xiao Hei were seen running happily inside.
"Wow..."
Then there was a sound behind everyone.
"Ah, Master, the door is gone." Zhuzhu shouted in surprise. I saw that the door through which everyone came in had disappeared.
"Sir, why is this place so big? It looks so small from the outside." Old man Lin Xuan said in shock.
Dongfang Bubai and Xiao Longnu also looked at Li Daoyi curiously, wanting to hear what he had to say.
"This is a spiritual time room. Time and space are very different from the outside world. Just treat it as entering another world." Li Daoyi said.
"It's so magical." Zhu Zhu exclaimed.
"Spiritual time room? Time?" At this moment, Dongfang Bubai seemed to hear something, and looked at Li Daoyi with questioning eyes.
"The flow of time here is different from that in the outside world. One year here takes one day outside."
"What?" Everyone was stunned at this moment, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"Brother Taoist, there is delicious energy here, can I eat it?" At this moment, a cute voice came from not far away.
Li Daoyun's scalp went numb for a moment, and he appeared next to Mengmeng in a flash, and hugged Mengmeng first.
The little guy blinked his big eyes and looked at Li Daoyi with an innocent expression, his little mouth pouted, and his little face was chubby.
"Little Ancestor, please don't act recklessly." Li Daoyi said with some fear.
This girl is neither light nor heavy. If the time and energy in this room were sucked by her, wouldn't it be wasted?
"Humph, how stingy." Mengmeng said dissatisfied.
"Little ancestor, I promise you anything, but this won't work." Li Daoyi touched Mengmeng's little head and said.
The little guy rolled his eyes and said immediately.
"Then I want to eat a hundred spiritual peaches."
"Okay." Li Daoyi agreed quickly.
"Yeah...Sister Long, make me juice." Mengmeng cheered.
Li Daoyi wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.
Three days later, in front of the spiritual time room, Li Daoyi looked at Zhu Zhu, the little girl's face was filled with anticipation.
"It won't take long to practice as a teacher this time. If you have time, it can take up to half a month. You can practice the body training techniques I gave you. Every night I will ask Dongfang and the others to prepare a medicinal bath for you until I come out of seclusion. , I will build the foundation for you." After saying that, Li Daoyi touched Zhu Zhu's head.
"Yeah, don't worry, Master." Zhu Zhu nodded obediently.
Then Li Daoyi looked at Dongfang and Xiao Longnu and nodded to them. They already had a tacit understanding with each other and no more words were needed.
Then Li Daoyi turned around and walked into the spiritual time room.
Looking at Zhu Zhu who was a little reluctant to give up, Dongfang Bubai couldn't help but smile.
"What? It's only been half a month. You must know that your master had been in seclusion for at least a year before."
Zhuzhu suddenly blushed.
"Okay, go and practice quickly. Although the body training technique is only the most basic technique, it is just right for you. To build a foundation, you must have a strong body. In the evening, your Aunt Long and I will prepare a medicinal bath for you." Dongfang Bubai said.
"Well, I'll go right away." Zhu Zhu nodded and walked towards the bamboo forest.
"Hey, Zhuzhu has become a lot more cheerful these days." Looking at his granddaughter's back, Lin Xuan couldn't help but sigh.
"Old man Lin, I've only heard you mention Zhu Zhu's father in one song, but why have I never heard you mention her mother?" Dongfang Bubai asked curiously at this time.
I saw a trace of anger on Lin Xuan's originally kind face, and his lips moved, as if it was extremely difficult to speak.
Dongfang Bubai and Xiao Longnu looked at each other with confusion on their faces, wondering what their son and daughter-in-law had to say.
"If you really can't say it, just say it. I just think Zhuzhu is a bit too pitiful." Dongfang Bubai continued.
Lin Xuan smiled bitterly when he heard this.
"It's not that I can't say it. In fact, Zhu Zhuyi has been asking me about this for so many years." Lin Xuan sighed.
"Zhuzhu's biological mother is Emperor Daqian." Lin Xuan said slowly.
"Emperor Daqian?" Dongfang Bubai and the two were suddenly startled, and then showed incredulous expressions.
In the past few days, the two of them had almost learned about the situation of the Daqian Dynasty. This was a very powerful country, but they did not expect that the emperor was actually a woman, and she was also Zhuzhu's mother. In this way, Zhuzhu was still a royal family.
At the same time, a luxurious carriage pulled by a pure white dragon horse with long dragon horns slowly left the capital, escorted by a group of men in black.
After leaving the city gate, the western dragon horse immediately flew into the air.
In the dragon carriage, Empress Linglong looked out the window quietly through the curtains, watching the capital gradually shrinking from the air. Her mind gradually returned to that rainy night ten years ago, and it seemed that there were waves of babies in her ears again. Crying, a tear slipped from the corner of the empress's eye unknowingly.
Lin Xiaoxiao on the side looked at this scene and quickly turned her head away, not daring to look at the weak scene of the empress, but at this time her heart was extremely uneasy.
