Back at the Li family home.
To everyone's surprise, Li Ruiyue's children had all started school.
But they've only been gone for six months, haven't they?
The child was just born when I left!
When Fan Zuan returned to Yu Chi Xiyue's side, he discovered that Yu Chi Xiyue was also accompanied by a boy who looked to be about five years old.
There was nothing unusual when we were at the house.
Long Da was used to seeing cultivators who went to secret realms for training and only returned after several years, so he didn't say anything.
Time passed very slowly inside the torn space, but time in the outside world proceeded normally.
So, while Li Xingran and the others were away for six months, six years passed in the outside world.
It's equivalent to one month or one year.
Now all the children have grown up, and we can take them to explore a wider world.
Luo Bingqian waited and waited in the capital, but Xiao Sheng never returned. In order to be able to go out and train together next time, he trained several capable assistants.
With a lifespan of two hundred years, Prime Minister Wan is fully capable of managing the Southern Chen Kingdom.
Xia Deqing of Xinyue Province is in his prime, and Yu Chi Xiyue manages Xinliang very well.
In the six years since Xiao Sheng and his group left, Nan Chen Kingdom has established trade relations with the West.
Starting that year, Nanchen State began sending students abroad on government scholarships, and has continued to do so every year since.
Even now, every year, students who have studied abroad return to China and dedicate themselves to the development of various undertakings.
The people's lives were no longer plagued by poverty, hunger, cold, or war.
Even though Xiao Sheng is not in Nan Chen Kingdom, the Xiao family will not complain.
Because the Xiao family's regime was as solid as a rock.
Consort Chen retired to the palace, but sometimes she would go out of the imperial city to "Happy Valley" for a few days.
Enjoy the scenery, exercise, and savor life.
Li Ting distributed all the artifacts he obtained in the torn space to everyone.
Xiao Sheng returned to the palace and summoned his ministers.
After listening to the ministers' reports, Xiao Sheng felt that the Nan Chen Kingdom seemed to be functioning quite well even without an emperor.
He can come back and visit whenever he has time. As for the successor, we'll discuss that later!
A minister submitted a memorial suggesting that the emperor should select an empress to produce offspring and ensure the eternal stability of the Nan Chen Kingdom.
Xiao Sheng suppressed the matter and said they would discuss it again.
Li Xingran took some time to tour Nanchen Kingdom, and Xiao Sheng's political achievements were so outstanding that she couldn't help but praise him.
People have acquired skills to make a living. The produce from the farmland can support a family, and they can also earn extra income by working in workshops during the off-season.
The country's social security system allows all school-age children to attend school without any expense.
When they fall ill, the state will cover all medical expenses.
Nowadays, many girls in Nanchen Kingdom can go out to work without being pointed at or gossiped about.
Many women who are unhappy in their marriages dare to pursue their own happiness, and there are many who, after divorcing their husbands, remarry good husbands.
Xiao Sheng accompanied Li Xingran out.
Xiao Sheng remembered Li Xingran's old ramblings, which were romantic.
While in Granada, he made a special trip to understand what romance truly meant.
On the night Li Xingran turned sixteen—no, according to the time of Nan Chen Kingdom, she turned twenty-one—after the banquet at the Li family's residence ended, the guests seemed to have agreed to leave one after another.
The five older brothers of the Li family also found various excuses to return to their respective homes.
Huo Shan, along with his family and Xu Yushan, returned to their own house.
Only Xiao Sheng remained in the main hall.
Li Xingran also planned to study the mental cultivation technique she had obtained last time again.
But Xiao Sheng stopped him.
"Xingran, I have something I want to say to you." Xiao Sheng's eyes were a little scared and he looked away.
Li Xingran noticed Xiao Sheng's predicament.
I have no idea what this man is planning to do.
Xiao Sheng pulled Li Xingran into the courtyard.
"Xingran, stand here." Li Xingran felt that Xiao Sheng's palms were covered in sweat.
Li Xingran watched from there as Xiao Sheng walked to the corner of the corridor.
"Xingran, that day, I heard your heartfelt words right here, and then I dreamt of drinking poison when I got back. My heart ached so much. At that time, it seemed like I grew up overnight."
Later, I tried every means to stay at the Li family's house, just so I could hear more from you. That way, I could save myself and you at the same time.
It can save the common people even more.
"You have no idea how fortunate I am that I came here on the day you were born, even though I was quite reluctant to come beforehand."
But for a long time afterward, I kept cursing myself for being unwilling that day.
I remember every word you said and tried my best to deal with Zhao Yunwan and the others.
I had the help of the Grand Tutor and his wife, the Prime Minister, Bingqian, Consort Chen, and many other kind people. Most importantly, Xingran, I had you.
If it weren't for you, I would have been a wandering ghost long ago, perhaps even imprisoned by Zhao Yunwan's evil magic for eternity.
Li Xingran listened to Xiao Sheng's heartfelt confession with a smile.
"Xingran, do you know? At first, I wanted to treat you like a little sister, but as you grew up, the things you said really struck me like a thunderbolt."
I started to think, and I started to want more.
Therefore, I strive to change the Kingdom of Nanchen.
Xiao Sheng walked step by step towards Li Xingran from the corner of the corridor.
"Xingran, this prosperous era is as you wished. I offer this entire empire as my dowry, and ask that you marry me. Will you?"
Li Xingran thought for a long time but did not answer.
Xiao Sheng was anxious and grasped Li Xingran's hand.
"If you're not willing, I can wait. I'm not in a hurry; I can wait for you, until you can accept me!"
"But I don't know what kind of man you like, this is all I can do."
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