Chapter 700: Moths to Flame
"impossible!"
"That's impossible. I saw you with my own eyes... You can enter and exit the lotus freely. I saw with my own eyes that all the lotuses bowed to you." Lin Jingzhi was so angry that she spat out blood.
She stumbled towards the lotus pond, trying to catch the white lotus that was about to collapse.
"Ah!!" The moment the sparks touched my palm, my entire palm instantly burst into flames.
In the blink of an eye, it was consumed by the fire.
"Ah, Daddy! Save me, save me...ah..." A shrill scream suddenly rang out in the field. Lin Jingzhi's wailing filled people with fear, and everyone retreated.
She fell to the ground, her entire body turned into a human-shaped fire figure, rolling and screaming wildly on the ground.
"Your Majesty! Please save me!" A panicked woman ran out and knelt on the ground begging Your Majesty for help.
Prime Minister Lin picked up a pot of tea and poured it over like a madman.
The moment the ice-cold tea was poured on him, a raging fire instantly ignited.
Prime Minister Lin was so frightened that the teapot in his hand fell and broke into pieces. He looked at his daughter with a pale face, looking more and more miserable.
"Heavenly fire will burn anything it touches until it is destroyed. Water cannot extinguish fire." Lu Chaochao stood in the corner with an indifferent expression.
"Son!" Lin Jingzhi's mother was stopped by someone and watched Lin Jingzhi's voice become weaker and weaker, and gradually she lost her life.
The human-shaped fireball that was originally rolling around has now quietly lay on the ground. The fire is burning loudly, and the air is filled with a disgusting smell.
And a faint lotus fragrance.
The adoptive mother of the Bai family walked to Bai Hehua at some point, holding her daughter's hand with trembling hands. Her eyes were red and she looked at Bai Hehua with trembling lips, but she didn't say a word.
He just held his daughter's hand tightly.
She didn't care about any monster, she just knew that Lotus was her daughter, and that was enough.
When the little child came to me, the first word he uttered was "mother", and the first person he stumbled towards was also me.
Even though he is not even as tall as the stove, he knows how to stand on a stool to cook for his parents.
It snowed heavily in winter, and my little hands were frozen red from washing clothes for my family.
Her lotus was well-behaved and obedient, and she felt only infinite guilt towards her daughter.
I only regret that I am not capable enough to give the lotus some support.
Prime Minister Lin stared blankly at his daughter who had been burned to ashes in front of him. He lowered his head, his shoulders trembling, and he suppressed his tears, which fell in large drops.
"Your Majesty, Jingzhi slandered the Empress and is now being burned by the heavenly fire. It is what Zhier deserves."
"I hope Your Majesty will allow me to collect Zhier's ashes for burial."
Xuan Jichuan said calmly: "Yes."
Mrs. Lin beside her had already collapsed to the ground, her face pale and bloodless. Her daughter...
"You all have seen it, right? Queen, there is nothing wrong with your bloodline!" Xuan Jichuan glanced at the entire audience coldly.
All the ministers knelt down on the ground in a mighty manner: "Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."
"Please punish me, Queen."
Bai Hehua stood beside the emperor, speaking in a gentle and generous manner: "You all are also worried about His Majesty and Dongling's foundation. What's wrong with that?"
This move won the admiration of all the court officials, who immediately praised the Empress for her magnanimity and generosity.
Everyone left the Zhaixing Tower one after another. Bai Hehua looked at the lotus pond with a dazed look in her eyes.
"Hehua, are you okay?" The foster mother's hand, which was holding her, turned white and trembled unconsciously.
"Hehua is fine. Mother, are you frightened by what happened today? Go to the palace and take a rest."
Bai Hehua personally helped her mother into the room, and Xuan Jichuan returned to the front hall after instructing the eunuchs.
The fire from heaven burned everything in the pool clean before gradually dying out.
The entire Zhaixing Tower looks messy and desolate.
"Miss Lin died, but it ruined the queen's wedding."
"You accuse the queen of being a demon for no reason. Are you mentally ill?!"
"It's such a pity to destroy such a nice lotus pond. It just fits the Empress's nickname." The palace servants murmured in a low voice, speaking up for the Empress.
Bai Hehua smiled but didn't say anything.
"Please ask the imperial physician to come and see mother."
"Yes." The palace maid shut up, cleaned up, and called for the imperial physician.
Everything is in order.
"Oh, Your Majesty, look. The lotus we picked early in the morning has withered." The palace maid was a little angry. They had picked fresh lotus early in the morning to welcome the Queen.
It was originally placed in the main hall and was quite beautiful.
Now, it has already withered.
The white lotus frowned slightly and said, "Take it down. There's no need to replace it with fresh flowers. It's better to grow in the soil than in a vase."
Wait for the palace maids to leave.
"Mom, don't worry, Hehua is fine." There was no outsider in the hall, and Bai Hehua held her mother's hand to comfort her.
The adoptive mother looked at her worriedly, then looked at the lotus pond.
The lotus pond was charred black after the fire, and the vibrant lotus leaves had turned into ruins.
"Your Majesty, a lotus seed was found in the center of the lotus pond. The lotus seed is golden in color, and is covered with Sanskrit characters, which look like symbols in a temple." The palace maid entered with a golden lotus seed in both hands.
The golden lotus was glowing with light and covered with swastika symbols, as if it had been baptized by Buddha.
A tear escaped from the corner of Bai Hehua's eyes. She could feel that she had no connection with Lianxin anymore.
"Why not give me this lotus heart? If I'm lucky, maybe I can regenerate it one day."
Lu Chaochao spoke with a smile.
Bai Hehua took a deep breath, suppressed her tears, stood up and bowed to Lu Chaochao.
"Give this to the princess."
Lu Chaochao pinched the lotus heart and was also a little dazed.
There are countless lotus flowers in the Buddhist world. Every day, by listening to the sutras and chanting the Buddha’s name in the Buddhist world, one can be imbued with some Buddhist spirit.
Occasionally, one of them would be held in the mouth of a crane and accidentally fall into the Tianchi Lake in the divine realm and take root.
This is the origin of the white lotus.
Back then, she was unwilling to curry favor with the gods and bloom, so she was noticed by Lu Chaochao, who brought her from Tianchi to Wuwang Mountain. She practiced for a thousand years before her soul was reborn, and thus the white lotus was born.
Now, the golden lotus is back in her hands again.
There is actually a sense of fate.
Lu Chaochao chuckled, pinching Jinlian and not knowing what to say.
"You look like my mother." Lu Chaochao said lightly.
Bai Hehua was surprised: "How can a lotus be like your mother? I wonder, what are the similarities between lotus and Madam?"
Lu Chaochao glanced at her.
"Willing to give up everything for love, like a moth to a flame, not caring about life and death, the spirit is exactly the same." I almost said directly that you two are love-brained.
Lu Chaochao couldn't understand why a dodder would give up a bright future and become a man.
Bai Hehua pursed her lips and smiled. Hearing Sword Master's joke, she felt a lot more relaxed.
"Sword Master is still young, he will understand when he grows up."
Lu Chaochao shook his head: "How can a man be as happy as holding a sword in his hand."
"Even if I want, I won't be the one who depends on me!"
Men's hearts are like the sea, and who knows when they will change their minds.
"If a man is reliable, even an old sow can climb a tree. After all, they are not honest even if they are hung on the wall!"
This is a truth Lu Chaochao understood since she was a child.
Oh, my dad taught me.
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