"Can't you leave using Miao Ying's body? Aside from the throne, I can give you anything you want."
The emperor's expression was complex, a mixture of joy and sorrow, as he spoke to Ling Xiao.
"cannot"
Ling Xiao withdrew the strange object from his hand, enduring the excruciating pain throughout his limbs and the system's desperate cries in his mind:
"Why pull this stunt? Is the world's consciousness trying to capture us?"
He curled up in a ball, trying his best to block out his and Ling Xiao's presence, feeling utterly helpless and on the verge of tears. What should he do when the host always has to give the system a little stimulation?
Ling Xiao's lips curled into a smile, his expression unreadable under the lamplight, as he stared intently at the emperor and spoke:
"There's no need to dwell on what's already vanished. Doesn't Your Majesty wish for a living, breathing child of Empress Zhangde and yourself?"
"You can bring Yue'er back to life!" the emperor shouted excitedly, turning a question into a statement.
Ling Xiao couldn't even keep up her smile. What kind of thought process was this? When did she say she wanted to resurrect Empress Zhangde?
"Of course not," she rolled her eyes and said bluntly to the emperor.
"When people die, they become ghosts, and their names are recorded in the Book of Life and Death. I don't have the ability to bring people back to life."
However, I possess a Deer-like Elixir. Your Majesty, place the elixir upon the Empress's belongings, absorb its essence, and then find a concubine to consume the elixir. She will then give birth to an offspring bearing the bloodline of Empress Zhangde.”
Although the emperor was disappointed, he was visibly exhausted.
Even so, after hearing what Ling Xiao said, he was clearly tempted.
"On Mount Niuyang, there is a beast that resembles a horse with a white head, has markings like a tiger with a red tail, and cries like a ballad. Its name is Lushu, and wearing it is auspicious for one's descendants."
The Classic of Mountains and Seas records a divine beast called the Deer-Shu, which is beneficial to one's descendants, and the emperor was certainly aware of it.
But there's no such thing as a free lunch, and the emperor became wary:
"How do I know that the child I gave birth to wasn't conceived by a demon? Besides, you've already fulfilled Miaoying's last wish, so why are you still helping me?"
The system replied internally, "The host wasn't lying. With the Fertility Pill and the Bloodline Potion, you can have a child with whomever you want. This is specially provided for players to use as a cover if they mess things up."
Moreover, the host is not working for nothing; leaving behind a child with the mark of the main god may even make him the next emperor, which would greatly benefit the main god's pioneering work.
Plant a child in spring, and the God will reward the host with countless benefits in autumn!
Ling Xiao clapped with a smile:
"Your Majesty is indeed astute and cautious, but rest assured, this child will be no different from any other child after birth."
Moreover, because of the abilities of the deer-like creature, it will perfectly inherit the strengths of Your Majesty and the Empress. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven; how could you not discover whether the child is human or demon?
Moreover, if it were so easy to replace humans with demons, humans wouldn't have become the protagonists of the world.
After Ling Xiao finished speaking, the emperor frowned and pondered for a while before finally deciding to keep the "Deer-Shu Inner Core".
As for the price, in order to maintain credibility, Ling Xiao lied and said that she needed to accumulate merit and that the emperor would build several temples for her.
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There was a stir in the imperial court, with some opportunists preparing to petition the emperor to make Princess Luoyang the crown princess, hoping to gamble on the merit of supporting the emperor's rise to power.
Princess Luoyang has fallen seriously ill and is unable to recover!
"Heavens above! Are they playing a cruel joke on us?" the minister cursed inwardly, praying that Princess Luoyang would not die so easily.
Wealth and glory are right in front of you, hang in there!
Contrary to expectations, Princess Luoyang, who had once been very powerful, passed away not long after.
His Majesty suspended court for half a month, ordered all officials to mourn, and wore mourning clothes himself, actually wearing mourning clothes for his daughter as a father.
No one knew that he was mourning the daughter he never got to see.
The princes were the most conflicted during the mourning period. The mountain that had been weighing on their heads had passed away, so how could they not be happy? But their father was grieving, and they had to be even more heartbroken over their sister's death.
So during the day he would cry and wail, fainting three times a day, and at night he would return to his residence and work late into the night, laughing and discussing with his advisors how to seize the throne.
The emperor was not unaware of his sons' underhanded tactics, but he simply couldn't be bothered to pay attention.
If the second prince was considered outstanding among his sons, it would show that the princes' intelligence and abilities were actually quite limited.
Princess Luoyang was buried in the emperor's own mausoleum with a grand funeral. Empress Zhangde's coffin was already inside, and all that was left was for the emperor to die so that the family of three could be reunited.
The emperor made up his mind to personally send his daughter to her burial. Even if it was just so that his tomb wouldn't be filled with the remains of a concubine by his successor after his death, he had to do it!
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Back in the main god space, he collapsed to the ground with a thud, muttering, "We were so close, we were doomed."
The world consciousness detected the intruder and a bolt of lightning struck, chasing after Ling Xiao and Pi. Luckily, they ran fast.
"Heh, I thought that after switching from the Horror Space, I would never experience this feeling of death being like the wind, always by my side. The Supreme God is truly inhuman!"
Ling Xiao gritted her teeth, like a miserable office worker who was attracted by high pay to switch jobs, only to find that the new company did a good job of putting on a good show, but in reality, it also deducted wages and did not pay social insurance and housing fund.
Before the system could even be surprised that the host had voluntarily revealed his origins, it was drawn to the jingling notification sounds.
Upon opening the panel, a joyful shout erupted: "Host, we've struck gold!"
Ling Xiao leaned over to take a look, and there was a whole list of rewards.
Needless to say, the points directly covered the cost of buying the portable storage space, with some left over.
The item is a Forced Escape Talisman, which allows you to directly end and leave when faced with certain missions that have an extremely low success rate and are life-threatening.
Elevated system privileges allow access to information about parts of the next world, which helps the system select suitable cheats.
Furthermore, the system has opened up more advanced sections in the mall, offering a wider variety of more unique and exotic items.
"Okay, at least the Supreme God has a little bit of conscience left."
Ling Xiao was also very satisfied.
I couldn't wait to use my privileges to check out the next world.
"Qin"
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