With her heart at ease, Mu Feng fed Yin Er a nourishing soup and put him to sleep. Then she walked out of Long Xun's bedchamber and immediately saw Long Xun sitting on the steps outside the bedchamber, looking at the night sky.

Long Xun had recovered from his initial excitement and, after stepping out of the bedchamber and being exposed to the night breeze, his mind, which had been somewhat aggrieved by Mu Feng's scolding, calmed down a bit. He then belatedly realized that something was amiss.

It seems that Mu Feng reprimanded Yin Er so suddenly because Yin Er still refused to be his empress. Now it is unknown whether Mu Feng can successfully persuade Yin Er.

Although he understood that Mu Feng's words of advice were usually well-received, Long Xun was still a little nervous because it concerned his lover.

The guards and eunuchs surrounding the emperor were completely at a loss. His Majesty had simply sat there motionless after emerging. Should they kneel to pay their respects? His Majesty seemed unwilling to be disturbed. Should they withdraw? His Majesty hadn't given any orders; wouldn't that be abandoning their posts?

Although His Majesty's moon-viewing appearance showed no sign of ferocity or tyranny, but rather a serene and aloof demeanor, with his silver hair complementing his jade-like dragon horns, coupled with his celestial appearance, it was as if he were a beautiful painting... making them reluctant to leave and wanting to take a few more glances.

Mu Feng walked out of the palace gate silently. The head guard and the other guards and eunuchs, who were sweating profusely with nervousness, immediately looked up and looked over warily. They were momentarily dazzled by Mu Feng's handsome face and their minds went blank for a moment before they realized that this was the strange person who had been with His Majesty earlier.

Unexpectedly, after the gems were removed from his body, his face was no longer obscured by the halo, revealing how handsome he was.

Noticing the tension and hidden fear in those people, Mu Feng smiled gently and said to them, "You don't need to stay here. A-Xun will be fine."

The crowd remained motionless, still unsure of who this glittering man was, and naturally wouldn't listen to him.

Long Xun's deep, slightly cool voice rang out calmly: "Go down."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After everyone knelt down to pay their respects, they respectfully dispersed.

Mu Feng walked to the steps, kicked away the long dragon tail that was coiled on the ground with her toes, and then sat down. The tail feathers on her waist bloomed in a stunning fan-like manner as she sat down, and after shaking, they spread out behind her like a skirt.

"Don't worry, Yin Er understands everything," Mu Feng said.

"Um."

When will the coronation ceremony begin?

"Seven days later."

"Oh... what a coincidence." Mu Feng couldn't help but laugh and said, "I've already told Nai Cha, Shao Gong, and those friends you know who have advanced to the point of being able to travel through small worlds about your and Yin Er's good news. They'll be able to attend the coronation ceremony. You don't need to be annoyed; most of them will just offer their congratulations and then leave, so they won't cause you any trouble."

"Um."

"A-Tan and Chunfeng's souls will be complete. Their remaining remnants will be absorbed and merged before they can be reincarnated, and their recovery will be faster and faster. However, they will not be able to keep up with this happy event."

"Um."

"There's one more thing..." Mu Feng hesitated for a moment, carefully observing Long Xun's expression, and slowly said, "Do you have any clues about Bei Chen's whereabouts?"

Upon hearing the name Bei Chen, Long Xun's expression immediately turned cold. His vertical pupils, which had gradually regained some of their clear golden color due to joy, were once again stained dark gold by the surging blackness.

“He once served as prime minister in the Eastern Wu Kingdom, but he had already fled when I went to look for him. So I killed the royal family and ministers of the Eastern Wu Kingdom and returned on my own,” Long Xun said simply.

Bei Chen is cunning and treacherous, yet he has a face that makes him seem trustworthy and indifferent to desires. His calm and restrained demeanor makes it hard to believe that his inner self has been corrupted by ambition and riddled with holes.

He manipulated the Eastern Wu Kingdom's resistance against the Heavenly Dragon Kingdom's offensive, effectively sidelining the emperor. In the later stages of the war, the entire Eastern Wu Kingdom became his personal fiefdom. Long Xun initially paid no attention to the affairs of the Eastern Wu Kingdom, but later, when his secret guards, sent to scout the front lines, reported to him with suspicion that the prime minister bore a striking resemblance to Yin Er, he realized his carelessness.

Long Xun never resorts to scheming or trickery. His straightforwardness makes him act simply and directly towards his goal, which makes him much less oblivious to the machinations of others.

However, Long Xun can see through people's hearts, which means that unless someone has nothing to hide and is completely upright when facing him, he will easily notice their impropriety and they will not be able to scheme against him.

However, Bei Chen is an exception.

Bei Chen has a greedy ambition and will stop at nothing to climb the social ladder. He steals other people's karma and ruins their futures, and is ungrateful and selfish to the extreme.

But he never thought he was wrong. He was fearless, without any guilt or remorse, and took it all for granted.

Bei Chen is the kind of cultivator who is powerful, so he can compete and fight to make himself even stronger. His Dao heart is firm, calm and powerful, which is rare in the world.

Since he felt no guilt or remorse, he naturally wouldn't be afraid or show any unusual behavior when facing Long Xun, and naturally, Long Xun wouldn't be able to see through his heart when he was unaware.

Now that Long Xun knows what kind of person he is, he is determined to kill him, and Bei Chen will be more vigilant and flee at the first sign of trouble.

He's the kind of person who won't give up. In this small world, Bei Chen wouldn't dare do anything to Long Xun, but he would definitely try to kill Yin Er and take his soul to replenish himself.

Yin Er's soul was originally a remnant soul that he had refined, so it would be easy for him to take it back.

Long Xun wasn't very clever. He was worried that Bei Chen might have some kind of conspiracy to lure him away from the mountain, and he didn't want to go too far away from Yin Er. So even though he knew that his enemy had escaped, he couldn't put in a lot of effort to find him.

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