Chapter 365: Empress: Those Two Brats Are My Children?
Inside the Empress’s bedchamber, Long Yurou held a Blood Demon Mask refined by the Guardian Deity in one hand and a Long Province Blood Demon Mask in the other. She carefully sensed and compared them, discovering that the quality of the Blood Demon Mask refined by the Guardian Deity was much better.
“What is the origin of this new Guardian Deity? To possess such superb refining skills.”
Long Yurou’s heart was filled with shock and doubt.
The Blood Demon Masks of Long Province were brought by the three gods from the God Realm, using the refining methods of the God Realm. It was impossible for ordinary Nine Provinces refiners to surpass the God Realm in the Dao of refining. But this new Guardian Deity had refined a Blood Demon Mask that was far superior to those refined by the three gods. This was simply unbelievable.
“Big Sister, you’re finally back.”
Suddenly, her younger sister Long Yufei’s excited voice came.
Long Yurou looked up and said in surprise, “Yufei, I’ve never seen you so flustered. What could make you so happy?”
Long Yufei said mysteriously, “Big Sister, when you find out, you’ll be even more excited than I am.”
“Oh? Tell me.”
Long Yurou chuckled. Having been Empress for three years, her state of mind was calm. Apart from being infuriated by those two brats to the point of almost losing her composure, nothing had ever made her so flustered.
Even when Long Yusheng brought the Long Province prodigies to force her to abdicate, she remained calm.
Long Yufei smiled and said, “It’s about those two little toddlers.”
“Those two brats?”
Long Yurou’s eyes flashed, and she said, “Although those two brats are indeed infuriating, they have rendered great service to the empire. It is indeed something to be happy about. But it shouldn’t make you this excited, right?”
“Your Majesty!”
Just then, an old woman emerged from a dark corner and said respectfully, “The treasure vault guards sent an urgent message, saying that…”
“Saying what?” Long Yurou frowned and asked in a deep voice.
The old woman hesitated for a moment and said, “Saying that those two brats have emptied the ninth level of the treasure vault.”
“What?”
Long Yurou was furious and roared, “Capture those two brats and behead… imprison them in the Imperial Prison.”
She almost said to behead them, but remembering the power behind those two brats, she changed her words.
“Those two brats are already gone. The guard said they set up an illusion formation in the treasure vault that even Martial Emperors would have difficulty detecting,” the old woman shook her head.
“Chase them! No matter where they run, capture them.”
Long Yurou said angrily.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The old woman received the order and prepared to leave.
“Wait!”
Suddenly, Long Yufei stopped the old woman and looked at Long Yurou, saying, “Big Sister, can you hear me out first?”
“What could be more important than the treasure vault being emptied?”
Long Yurou said coldly, “I allowed them to choose freely, but I didn’t allow them to empty my entire treasure vault.”
Long Yufei’s eyelids twitched. She hadn’t expected those two brats to do such a rebellious thing right in front of her.
However, she took a deep breath and said, “What I’m about to say is more important than the treasure vault being emptied.”
Long Yurou frowned slightly and said, “Tell me.”
Long Yufei glanced at the palace maids around Long Yurou, hesitating to speak.
Long Yurou dismissed all the palace maids, but kept the old woman, who was the person she trusted most in the entire palace besides Long Yufei. Then she looked at Long Yufei and asked doubtfully, “What is it? Why so secretive?”
Long Yufei finally spoke, “Big Sister, didn’t you ask my clone to go to Dàshí Village after finishing the matters in Lánzhōu to check on Big Sister’s Husband and your children?”
“Didn’t you say they were fine? Did you lie to me? Did something happen to them?”
Long Yurou became anxious and asked urgently.
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Seeing her sister’s reaction, Long Yufei felt even more certain that her previous decision was correct.
She hadn’t even said what it was, and her sister was already this anxious. This showed how important Big Sister’s Husband and those two little toddlers were to her sister.
For them, her sister would definitely be willing to give up the throne.
“They’re fine.”
Long Yufei shook her head and smiled, “However, I did deceive you earlier. When I went, they weren’t in Dàshí Village.”
“What?”
Long Yurou was shocked and angry, “Long Yufei, you are the one I trust most in this entire palace, and you deceived me? What happened to them?”
Boom!
A terrifying aura was released from her, pressing down on Long Yufei, a Martial Emperor, causing her to take two steps back.
Big Sister broke through again?
Long Yufei was surprised, then smiled wryly and said, “Big Sister, please hear me out.”
“Speak quickly!”
Long Yurou said in a deep voice.
Long Yufei took a deep breath and said, “Before I went, those two little ones had already snuck out, saying they were coming to the Imperial Capital to find you.”
“Coming to the Imperial Capital to find me?”
Long Yurou’s eyes showed infinite tenderness and emotion. Such good children, only three years old and they already know to come find their mother. They are much more obedient than those two brats.
Wait!
Those two children are only three years old, probably without any cultivation. What if they encounter danger sneaking out like this?
Thinking of this, Long Yurou became anxious again and asked urgently, “Where are they now? Where is my husband? Why didn’t he watch them?”
Long Yufei shook her head, “I didn’t see Big Sister’s Husband. The Village Chief Grandpa said Big Sister’s Husband left even earlier, saying he had something to deal with. Big Sister’s Husband had just left when those two little ones snuck out. But don’t worry, Big Sister, those two little ones are very powerful. They traveled across several provinces to reach the Imperial Capital alone. And, Big Sister, you’ve already met them.”
“When did I meet… them?”
Long Yurou’s words were cut short as the image of those two brats who almost made her lose her composure and emptied the imperial treasury surfaced in her mind.
Those two brats are her children?
She had just thought that her children were more obedient than them, but the reality slapped her in the face so quickly.
But none of that mattered. Her two children had traveled so far to find her. Nothing could make her happier and more touched.
Two three-year-old children, traveling across several provinces alone. She couldn’t imagine how much they had suffered along the way.
Thinking of this, it felt like a boulder was pressing on her heart, making it hard for her to breathe.
“Yufei, where are they? Take them to me. No, take me to them,” Long Yurou urged.
Long Yufei smiled, “They are in Yu Palace right now.”
“Let’s go.”
Long Yurou put the Blood Demon Masks into her Spatial Ring and then directly tore through space and left.
Long Yufei shook her head. This was the first time she had seen her sister so flustered. It seemed that not telling her sister the truth earlier was the right decision. Then, she took a step and tore through space as well.
The old woman remained in place, dumbfounded.
Those two brats are Her Majesty’s children?
So, that mysterious expert who destroyed the ten Martial Emperors with a single palm is Her Majesty’s husband?