After Shen Zhao left, Yin Chaomu looked at Su Yunying with evasive eyes.

Having gotten to know her daughter better over the past few days, Yin Chaomu was quite certain that Su Yunying was very shrewd and that nothing could escape her notice.

She was terrified that her own daughter would discover something was amiss.

"Let's go, accompany me to the Heavenly Cold Spirit Pool."

Su Yunying left a message, then conjured up the feathers of a Kunpeng, signaling Yin Chaomu to come up.

"Okay!"

Yin Chaomu nodded obediently, then leaped up and sat down next to Su Yunying.

She was content as long as she could spend enough time with her daughter.

As for the others, we will not consider them for the time being.

...

In front of the ruins of the ancient royal tomb in Bashu, a delicate figure was digging away the collapsed rubble with her bare hands at the tomb entrance.

"Shen Zhao, you must be alright, you absolutely must be alright."

“I’m useless, really useless. In my previous life, I didn’t dare to express my feelings to you. After you died, I didn’t even have the courage to seek justice for you. I’m so useless.”

"In this life, I still don't have the courage to express my feelings to you, but I can't just watch you die like this. Please, nothing bad will happen to you."

Jiang Qingluan's eyes were filled with tears, her pure white dress was covered in dust, and her jade fingers were bleeding from digging through the mud and rocks with her bare hands.

She could have used her spiritual power to blast open the exit, but she was afraid of hurting Shen Zhao inside, so she could only resort to this most foolish method to save her beloved.

"Waaaaah—"

Looking at the endless gravel before her, Jiang Qingluan dug into the soil while sobbing softly.

This scene was witnessed by Shen Zhao, who had rushed over from behind.

He never imagined that a dignified empress would become like this for his sake.

"Azure Phoenix".

With a soft call, Jiang Qingluan's movements seemed to be paused.

Her pupils contracted slightly, and she slowly turned around in disbelief.

"Waaah—"

When she saw Shen Zhao standing alive in front of her, she could no longer hold back and collapsed in front of the ruins, sobbing softly.

It seemed as if they wanted to release and vent all the tension and anxiety they had been feeling these past few days.

"well……"

Shen Zhao could only sigh helplessly at this.

He took out a piece of gauze and slowly walked towards Jiang Qingluan.