“I was never someone who meddles in others’ affairs,” Qin Jiu said coldly, without turning back.
The girl could not help but say, “But you did.”
“That’s because she liked it.” Warmth appeared on Qin Jiu’s cold face. “I was only doing what she liked.”
“Who is she?”
“My beloved.”
The girl looked dejected. “Where is she?”
“She’s no longer here.” Qin Jiu gazed at the horizon. A faint smile appeared on his face as he raised his hand and covered his heart. “But she has never disappeared from my heart. She has always lived here. Until the end of my life, she will not vanish.”
The girl finally gave up. “Then she’s very fortunate.”
“No,” Qin Jiu said, holding his sword as he stepped forward. His figure had already moved far away. “I am the fortunate one, for having met her.”
Later, he encountered Fang Yunchi again. Fang Yunchi’s cultivation had been completely destroyed, and he had gone mad.
Fang Tianshi remained by Fang Yunchi’s side. One ghost and one madman made for a strange pair.
Occasionally, Qin Jiu would hear news of Ning Xiangsi and Fang Siyun. Ning Xiangsi had become one of the country’s most renowned philanthropists. She kept a low profile and was widely respected. Fang Siyun later founded a women’s rescue organization dedicated to saving girls who had been abducted.
A hundred years later, the world was filled with sunlight.
Qin Jiu broke through the barrier between the human world and the ghost realm. He searched the ghost realm for a long time and, as expected, found no trace of Tang Guo.
In the end, he went to the Reincarnation Pool of the ghost realm. Under the horrified gazes of numerous ghost cultivators, he smiled and leapt in.
……
Tang Guo examined herself.
From her pale, slender wrist, it was clear that this body was very young.
She lifted the curtain and sat up. A palace attendant was kneeling beside the bed. Seeing her awake, the attendant lowered her head. “Your Majesty, you are awake?”
“Mm.” Tang Guo responded softly. The authority in her voice made the attendant bow even lower. “Would Your Majesty like to have some food?”
“Bring it.”
She was a little hungry. Eating while reviewing the plot would be ideal.
After being dressed and arranged by the attendants, she stood before a mirror and examined the body.
Of course it was beautiful. Because of her young age, her features had not fully matured, leaving her face somewhat youthful.
This body was around fifteen years old. From what the attendant had said earlier, she appeared to be the female emperor of a nation.
What she did not yet know was her current position of power or the state of the court.
When the lavish dishes were set before her, she dismissed everyone and began eating while recalling the plot of this world.
The system appeared excitedly. [Host, no, Your Majesty, this time you’re an empress. I just glanced through the plot. You have a harem, a large one full of beauties.]
Tang Guo paused with her chopsticks. “Many?”
[Very many. I counted roughly thirty to forty. But since this body is only fifteen, it seems you haven’t favored them yet.] The system was secretly thrilled. [Also, this is a matriarchal world.]
Tang Guo raised an eyebrow, not particularly surprised. She took a bite of food before asking, “Is it the kind where men give birth?”
The system froze.
Why was the host’s focus always so unusual?
[No.]
“Oh…”
Her uninterested tone left the system feeling slightly deflated.
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