Ruoruo tugged at Tinglan's sleeve, her clear, bright eyes filled with tears: "Ruoruo saw Father looking so sad in the Ziwei Immortal Pavilion. Is Father sick?"
When Tinglan saw that Ruoruo had been personally brought back by Mo Yong, she assumed that Ruoruo already knew many of the truths. She also enjoyed being coaxed by Ruoruo, who was of higher status but did not know any better, and told her everything.
"Your Majesty only has a special training session at the beginning of each month, and there is nothing else to do after the training is over."
The evil poison flares up once a month, requiring the seal to be strengthened each time. If the seal fails even once, allowing the evil poison to break free, the ruler will have no chance of survival.
Ruoruo was a little frightened: "So, Father's eyes were red just now, and he didn't even recognize me, because of the poison?"
Knowing that her attempts to coax him had failed, Tinglan pretended to be loyal and advised, "Your Highness, when His Majesty is cultivating, he cannot recognize the people around him."
You were lucky this time, as you arrived just in time for His Majesty's completion of his cultivation. You were only slightly injured, but His Majesty rescued you. You might not be so lucky next time.
Please heed my advice, and don't sneak off to the Ziwei Immortal Pavilion anymore.
Ruoruo nodded obediently: "Ruoruo was wrong, Ruoruo won't run around anymore."
Next time, you'll definitely run back before you're discovered! But Daddy doesn't know!
She was determined to go to the Ziwei Immortal Pavilion; she needed to find out what was really going on with her father.
Moreover, it seems that her father succeeded after drinking her blood, so perhaps she can be of help to him.
Tinglan had no idea what Ruoruo was thinking, so she casually replied, "It's good that Your Highness knows. Then eat something and go to sleep."
Ruoruo readily agreed.
The next day, the ceremony was held at Zixiao Cloud Palace. Ruoruo was woken up early by Tinglan.
Tinglan helped her change into a peach-colored robe, braided her hair, and tied it into two buns on her head, making Ruoruo look even more beautiful and lovely.
The better she appears on the surface, the less likely anyone will suspect her when she does something later.
"When you and His Majesty depart from Taiwei Palace for the investiture ceremony later, everyone will be watching you. Your Highness, don't be nervous. His Majesty will naturally protect you," Tinglan instructed.
Ruoruo asked curiously, "What exactly is a conferment of titles?"
"The conferment ceremony is to grant you and several other princes fiefdoms," Tinglan explained the significance of the conferment ceremony to Ruoruo.
With fiefdoms, they gained the right to inherit the throne of the gods.
Once the contract between the fiefdom and its inhabitants is witnessed by the Heavenly Dao, they can control the fiefdom, just like the kings in the human realm.
However, every fiefdom in the Immortal Realm has a spirit. After a fiefdom is established, the Heavenly Dao will witness and a contract will be formed with the fiefdom.
The more prosperous and resource-rich their fiefdoms become in the future, the better it will be for their cultivation and the management of their power.
The more barren and resource-scarce a fiefdom is, the more it needs its inhabitants to support and manage it.
Tinglan paused for a moment and said, "You are the only bloodline of the monarch. The other princes are all adopted sons of the monarch from various tribes. Although they are called princes, they do not have fiefdoms, so their status is not very stable."
Therefore, after Ruoruo was found, the various clans were somewhat panicked, fearing that the emperor would exclusively bestow the title of Yan Ruoruo upon her and treat her and the other princes as expendable pawns, and thus they launched a constant barrage of open and covert attacks to test her.
Mo Yong kept all the storms outside the Divine Palace, but the princes inside the Divine Palace had also had some contact with Ruoruo.
Ruoruo finally understood why her brothers didn't seem to like her very much.
They were afraid that their father would abandon them because of them.
The little girl whined, "Father will never abandon them."
She could tell that her father clearly liked her brothers very much too.
Looking at Ruoruo, who was dressed up beautifully and adorably, Mo Yong couldn't help but pinch her cheeks with both hands: "You're still a bit too thin, you should gain some weight."
Ruoruo complained with her eyes full of accusation: "Daddy pinched me so hard, it hurts so much, it'll look bad if it gets red."
She pulled out a small mirror and carefully examined her face.
Mo Yong recalled that even in her beast form, Ruoruo would still adorn herself with ribbons, and a smile appeared in his eyes: "She's not that old, but she's quite vain."
Ruoruo carefully put away the small mirror and declared confidently, "Mommy said that cats are meant to be pretty and cute!"
A beautiful cat needs to be three years old for its dad to be completely enamored with it!
The surrounding fairy servants couldn't help but chuckle at the vain little girl.
The atmosphere in Taiwei Palace was harmonious, and Zixiao Cloud Palace was also bustling with activity, as it was a rare grand event that also involved the imperial family's gossip.
Everyone's gaze, whether intentionally or unintentionally, fell upon the area above the main hall.
"It's strange, the First Prince is still seated first to the side of the Divine Lord, followed by the other princes, and then the several High Gods, but no matter how I count, I can't find where that young prince is," the Rain God muttered.
"Today is the ceremony for the princes to be conferred titles. That young prince is too young to be conferred a title. In addition, she has not been properly educated. Perhaps His Majesty is afraid that she will disrupt the ceremony, so he did not arrange her to have a place at all," said the Thunder God official with certainty.
The Celestial Official of Lightning asked curiously, "Your Majesty is protecting that young prince very closely. It's been three days, and we haven't even seen him once. Do any of you fellow immortals have any news about that young prince?"
"According to the news from the Divine Palace, that young prince is cruel and has a penchant for torturing and killing spirit beasts. He has killed several cranes in just a few days." The Immortal Official Sifeng shook his head helplessly. "Even the cranes of the other princes have fallen victim to his cruelty, yet His Majesty has not restrained him in the slightest."
Si Dian gasped: "So, she is quite favored and indulged by the emperor, then how come she doesn't have a place?"
Si Yu suddenly had an idea and chuckled twice: "It's impossible to sit on the throne with her."
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