The second day of the first lunar month is the day when the son-in-law of Laifeng State accompanies his husband to visit his father's home to meet his mother-in-law and father-in-law.
Early in the morning, Hua Qingcheng took her husband and six servants to the City God Temple in the north of the city.
"Father, Mother, Qingcheng brought Li Ge and Li Zhen to see you!" Hua Qingcheng held three incense sticks in her hands, bowed slightly towards the statues of Su Mutiansheng and Gongsun Muxue, and then inserted them on the incense table.
Mu Lige and Wu Chen, on Hua Qingcheng's left and right sides, also stepped forward to burn incense for their parents.
"Brother Sheng~"
Looking at her two sons and daughter-in-law who were respectfully burning incense for her below, Gongsun Muxue's eyes were slightly moist.
"Xue'er, we should be happy that our daughter-in-law is so filial." Su Mutiansheng patted Gongsun Muxue's hand and comforted her.
Today, Su Mutiansheng and Gongsun Muxue are no longer ghosts trapped in Yaoqin or Moyu, but are now earthly immortals with divine powers. As the City God Temple becomes more prosperous, their divine powers will grow stronger, allowing them to better protect the people of Fengcheng.
Qianye, the god of the underworld, who was hiding in the darkness, opened his narrow and long phoenix eyes and silently looked at Hua Qingcheng, and... the handsome man with a big belly beside her.
"Dong Ming, for her, you're truly willing to sacrifice everything, even your dignity as a man. In this life, for Xingyue, you're actually willing to be a woman-dominated man who can father and raise children..."
Qianye looked at the man devoutly offering incense to the City God and his wife, a trace of melancholy flashing through his heart. Perhaps... this was the difference between him and Dongming. Or perhaps, he didn't love Xingyue as much as he thought. At least compared to Dongming, he seemed nothing...
Dong Ming, the God King of the Temple of Light, was the only one who could rival him, the God King of the Temple of Darkness, and had once ruled the world with him. However, one of them controlled light, and the other controlled darkness.
However, even such a powerful God King could not escape the control of Heaven. Back then, when the demon race harmed the common people, Xingyue, who had lost her memory and became a goddess of the Dark Temple, angrily poured the Netherworld Water over the mortal world. Although she destroyed the demon race, she also violated the laws of Heaven.
Because the Nether Water possessed a dark power capable of destroying heaven and earth, even if the Star-Moon Goddess used all her divine power to protect innocent people, everything on earth would be reduced to ruin. The Heavenly Dao could not tolerate its prestige being challenged, and therefore decided to destroy the Star-Moon Goddess.
To prevent the demise of the goddess Xingyue, punished by Heaven, the God of Light, Dongming, willingly surrendered his divine power to restore the human world, forsaking his divine kingship for her and entering the cycle of reincarnation. Heaven had granted him and Xingyue three chances, and this was their third. If Dongming and Xingyue could not achieve their goal in this lifetime, not only Xingyue but also Dongming would vanish from the world.
Qianye clutched his chest, feeling an inexplicable discomfort there. If Xingyue and Dongming achieved enlightenment, then after this life, they could return to the divine realm. But then, he would also lose Xingyue. Should he continue to prevent them from achieving enlightenment, as he had done in his previous two lives, or help them achieve it? Qianye felt as if he were caught in a dilemma...
Either watching the one he loved fall into the arms of another, or watching the one he loved completely disappear from this world... Qianye closed his eyes slightly, then opened them again, and cast his gaze on Hua Qingcheng again, making a painful decision in his heart...
Hua Qingcheng, who was unaware that she was being watched by the God of the Underworld, after offering incense to Su Mutiansheng and Gongsun Muxue, she took Si Chengfeng to offer incense to Meng Lishi, the civil judge on the left side of the City God.
Qian Ye, who was hiding in the dark, glanced at the men beside Hua Qingcheng in his narrow phoenix eyes. A bitter smile appeared on his face, which was as cold as a glacier that had existed for thousands of years.
Debt from previous life, fate in this life.
Light God King Dong Ming, Dong Ming's brother Wu Ya, Demon Realm Lord Nangong Yue, Human King Xuanyuan Che, Elf Prince Sikong Lian, even Han Bing, the incarnation of Nether Water, and the Holy Lotus that grew beside the Yaotai Mirror in the Temple of Light...
If he had been willing to give up everything for Xingyue back then, would he be one of the men around Xingyue today?
While Qianye's thoughts were drifting, Hua Qingcheng had already left the City God Temple with her husband and six servants. After sending Mu Lige back to the East Palace, Hua Qingcheng and Situ Ye returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion in the city.
Prime Minister Situ Luoyun ordered the central gate to be opened wide, and led his husband Yuwen Tianqi and his daughter Situ Wanqing to the gate to welcome the arrival of the prince's son-in-law and son.
Hua Qingcheng ordered people to unload all the gifts from the carriage, and Old Xu, the housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion, quickly arranged people to put them in order.
Unlike the first time he was greeted with harassment, Yuwen Tianqi, standing at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, looked at the dazzling array of gifts being brought into the mansion from the carriages. He smiled broadly and said, "Your Highness, we are all family. Why are you so polite? Come in and have lunch."
It wasn't that Yuwen Tianqi lacked these things, but rather that his son-in-law had already transformed himself into a princess, a status that was incomparable to the past. Now it was his son who was trying to marry someone of higher status. The princess valued his son so much, which was a huge honor for the Prime Minister's Mansion and a great compliment to him. Naturally, he was overjoyed.
"Dad, this is what I should do." Hua Qingcheng smiled at Yuwen Tianqi, and Yuwen Tianqi felt inexplicably flattered.
Hua Qingcheng didn't take it to heart that Erlang's father had troubled her in the past. After all, as a mother and father, they had to consider their children's future and didn't want their son to marry a poor man and suffer. This was a normal and understandable thought.
Hua Qingcheng received an unprecedentedly warm welcome from Yuwen Tianqi at the Prime Minister's residence. After lunch, she chatted with Prime Minister Situ Luoyun and Situ Ye's sister Situ Wanqing in the study. Unsurprisingly, Situ Luoyun tested their literary talent and their understanding of current affairs.
Then, Hua Qingcheng and Situ Ye chatted with Yuwen Tianqi in the garden. Yuwen Tianqi was extremely satisfied with this increasingly outstanding and considerate son-in-law, of course, the most important reason was that Situ Ye and Hua Qingcheng had a deep affection for each other.
Around 3 p.m., Hua Qingcheng left the Prime Minister's Mansion alone, leaving Situ Ye to spend some time with his family. She then took Si Chengfeng to the General's Mansion in the east of the city.
Hua Qingcheng first took Si Chengfeng to pay a visit to General Feng and Mr. Mu, then had a duel with General Feng Cailan and Feng Qiyan, and then she and Si Chengfeng chatted with Feng Lingyan and Yu Jingyang in the garden of Yueting Nanshe while basking in the sun.
Time passed little by little, and soon it was evening. Hua Qingcheng and Si Chengfeng had dinner with the Feng family, and then took a carriage back to the city. When passing by the Prime Minister's Mansion, Hua Qingcheng picked up Situ Ye, and finally returned to the East Palace.
However, this was not the end. For Sanlang Han Yichen, Silang Yu Xiaotian and Qilang Zuo An who had not returned home from their father's house, Hua Qingcheng set off fireworks in the garden with them and had a lively time for the whole night, finally ending her busy but fulfilling day.
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