Chapter 176: Father, I Seem to Have Had a Wonderful Dream
“The Beast King's Palace? You really know how to make yourself comfortable wherever you go.” Fei Yuan looked at Sang Luo with a meaningful expression.
Sang Luo's face flushed slightly under his gaze, and she coughed softly, “A female can't afford to mistreat herself, no matter who else she might mistreat!”
“……”
Fei Yuan's identity was special. The Eastern and Western Continents rarely interacted, but there were frequent frictions and wars along the connected borders. The relationship between the two regions was somewhat tense. If his origins were to be known, it would likely cause considerable panic.
He restrained his flamboyant aura, suppressing his realm to around a seventh-tier beastman. He found a secluded seat by the window on the second floor of a restaurant and ordered some ordinary wine and dishes.
Fei Yuan tried his best to disguise himself as an ordinary beastman, but his stunningly handsome appearance and luxurious crimson clothes attracted the attention of many.
Many females from noble families blushed when they saw him, eager to strike up a conversation.
Meanwhile, he listened to the various rumors at the table, a hint of amusement in his eyes.
… …
Sang Luo went to the Beast King's Palace.
At seven in the morning, remembering it was the time for the morning court, Duo Tu wasn't in the harem. She transformed into the appearance of a servant and, after inquiring, learned that the little lion lived in Peach Blossom Valley.
Wasn't that her former palace?
After she left, he let her son live there. Duo Tu was quite good at saving manpower and resources.
However, Peach Blossom Valley was indeed well-built, no less impressive than the Beast King's Palace. She had personally overseen the design of the palace's construction, and her son would definitely appreciate her taste.
Sang Luo didn't wander around much and went to Peach Blossom Valley.
As soon as she entered the palace gate, the ancient peach tree amidst a sea of flowers came into view. It was almost unchanged from when she left. It was the season when peach blossoms were in full bloom, and pink petals fell like snow. In an instant, they scattered all over the ground, swirling like a dream.
She passed through the peach tree and entered the palace, where she saw a stone statue.
It was carved from a single piece of nearly ten-meter-high white jade, exquisitely crafted and rare. When she saw who the statue depicted, Sang Luo was suddenly stunned.
She was very familiar with this face. Although it wore a veil, the gentle and beautiful eyes that were revealed… and the swaddling clothes held in its arms, with a newly born little lion stone carving.
A servant who was cleaning passed by and, seeing that she hadn't left for a long time, smiled and said, “I see that you look unfamiliar. Are you new here?”
“Yes.”
Sang Luo looked at the mother and child statue, feeling a little absent-minded.
The servant also followed her gaze and said with emotion, “The Empress's relationship with His Majesty was truly wonderful. It's a pity that the Queen died young, leaving His Majesty and the Little Highness so early. His Majesty personally searched for this precious stone material and spent a year and a half carving it by hand. It was only completed two months ago and moved to this palace. Every time I pass by the statue, I can't help but stop and admire it, just like you.”
Saying that, the person sighed with emotion, “Ah, His Majesty is deeply in love with the Queen. If Her Highness the Queen were still here, there would definitely be much more laughter in this cold palace.”
“…… His Majesty has only been on the throne for two years, and the power within the empire is unstable. I don't know how many people are eyeing this position. Logically speaking, he urgently needs a marriage alliance to consolidate his power. Hasn't he married a new Queen?”
The servant felt that this person's words were a bit strange, but didn't think too much about it, and honestly replied, “The Emperor and Empress were harmonious. After the former Queen died, her body was buried in the imperial mausoleum. His Majesty said that he would be buried with the Queen after his death, and said that the empire only has this one Queen, and he will never marry another female in his lifetime.”
“……”
After chatting for a few words, the servant went to the front yard to clean.
Sang Luo stood in front of the stone statue for a long time, her mood mixed.
She saw a line of words carved under the statue.
She recognized Duo Tu's handwriting. He had carved it himself.
“My eternal love.”
The corners of Sang Luo's lips curled up in mockery. He really knew how to put on a show for outsiders.
It was the same back then, feigning deep affection. If Quan Xiu hadn't intervened, she would have been kept in the dark for the rest of her life.
Sang Luo withdrew her gaze, not looking at it any longer, and teleported to the palace.
It was still early, and the little lion was indeed sleeping in the palace. The layout of the palace was almost the same as before she left, except that the few pots of jade orchids she had kept by the window had withered and been replaced.
Sang Luo tiptoed to the bedside, even slowing her breathing, for fear of waking the cub.
The little lion was quite beautiful, larger than the little wolf cub. Its golden-brown soft fur shone like precious silk in the morning sunlight. It had a pair of pure white wings on its back, which naturally drooped and curled up over its body while it slept, like a white little blanket.
Sang Luo only saw when she got closer that there was a small wooden carving pressed under its thick little paws, its movements a bit like a human baby sleeping with a favorite toy.
Sang Luo looked at the small wooden carving, feeling a little familiar. After a while, she remembered that this wooden figure was carved by her when she was bored while she was about to give birth in the palace.
At that time, she was thinking about the child she was about to give birth to in her belly and wanted to carve a small statue for it, but she didn't know what the cub would look like, so she casually carved one of herself.
The carving was actually very bad. If she didn't say it, no one would definitely be able to tell who it was carved after.
Sang Luo thought that this small wooden carving, which was carved casually, had long been disposed of by the servants, but she didn't expect it to still be there.
Sang Luo gently picked up the little lion in her arms and touched its head, “Little Sun, Mother has come to see you.”
She didn't know what the little lion's name was, so she called it by the nickname she had given it in her heart before.
The little lion rubbed lightly in her arms, faintly waking up.
A mist suddenly rose in Sang Luo's eyes. She wanted it to wake up and see what its birth mother looked like, but she didn't want it to wake up and see her…
In the end, she used an illusion, and the little lion fell into a deep, sweet sleep again.
Sang Luo usually didn't use illusions much, and she didn't know what it dreamed of, but the illusion should allow it to see the things it wanted to see most.
Sang Luo fed the little lion a pill, which melted in its mouth, and a faint golden light radiated from its body…
Click.
The palace door opened.
Sang Luo hurriedly put the little lion back on the bed, covered it with the quilt, and hid her figure.
She saw Duo Tu walking into the palace.
He had just left the morning court, and the straight and gorgeous court clothes on his body hadn't had time to be changed, and his steps were a little hurried.
Golden hair and blue eyes, handsome and profound, tall and straight figure.
His appearance hadn't changed much, but he had lost the casualness of the past and appeared more stable and dignified, like a true monarch.
He usually dealt with government affairs and didn't pay much attention to cultivation, and his strength was still at the True King level, without much change.
Sang Luo's strength had already surpassed him, and Duo Tu couldn't detect her invisibility.
However, when the two brushed past each other, Duo Tu's footsteps still paused, and he turned his head to look towards the window behind her.
Outside the window, peach blossoms were falling one after another, falling on the hair and shoulders of that beautiful stone statue…
A few peach blossoms swirled in the wind and fell into the palace.
An indescribable fragrance brushed past, causing Duo Tu to be lost in thought for a moment.
He raised his hand and caught a petal, but the next second, it was blown away by the wind again.
The fragrance also dissipated with it.
After being stunned for a moment, he summoned a servant,
“Cut down the peach tree in the palace.”
Second update ~ There will be more updates in the evening!
Unified reply to the reason why the second pregnancy is difficult —
It can be simply understood that the egg is more picky and will screen the sperm, only being interested in stronger genes. After giving birth to a child with the highest talent that the beastman can currently reach, it doesn't want to give birth a second time.
The only solution is two ways. Either the beastman is in heat, and that aspect is more fierce, relying on the number of times and intensity to force a pregnancy. Or, after the beastman's strength has greatly improved, he has the ability to allow the heroine to conceive a child with a higher talent, and pregnancy will become easier.
