She clutched her neck in pain.
"who?"
Who is it? Who is hiding there?
Leng Qinghan screamed hoarsely, "You'd better... not let this prince know who you are..." Then she fainted.
Shen Su carried the dazed Holy Son to the ground safely.
Leng Qingning Biluo also jumped down.
"You actually know magic?" Shen Su was slightly surprised.
"Is it that strange?" Leng Qingning asked speechlessly.
"I never would have guessed that someone as frail as you possesses such formidable internal strength."
Shen Su was indeed shocked by that internal force.
"What are you saying? What do you mean I am so weak?" Leng Qingning retorted.
This was the first time she had ever heard anyone call her, with such a perfect figure, "slender"—they had no taste!
Besides, shouldn't he be thanking himself for saving him at this point?
Feeling desolate and depressed, well! I shouldn't have meddled in other people's business.
His disdain was blatantly obvious on his face.
"Thank you for your help, Your Highness," Shen Su replied, not wanting to explain his weakness.
"Mm," Leng Qingning replied indifferently.
At that moment, the voice of the guards came from inside the wall.
"Who dares to harm His Highness?"
"search."
The three people outside the wall were in a great hurry.
"Hurry up!" Leng Qingning whispered a reminder.
Shen Su carried the Holy Son on his back, and the group walked around the big tree and disappeared into the night.
In a courtyard on the outskirts of the city, the four people looked at each other in bewilderment.
Biluo was puzzled. "Your Highness, why did we follow you here?"
"Let's watch your show," Leng Qingning said, feigning composure.
They just came along in a moment of panic, do they need a reason?
"oh oh."
Biluo pulled over two benches, and Shen Su and Leng Qingning sat down together.
Leng Qingning sized up the former Holy Son kneeling on the ground, recalling the origins of the Holy Son of Li Kingdom. The Holy Son clearly had a bright future ahead of him...
The people of the Hidden World Continent share a common belief: the Azure Phoenix is considered the creator and the supreme god.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Li Kingdom, the people were in turmoil, so the founding empress promoted the selection of a holy son as the successor of the Azure Phoenix Divine Bird.
The original intention was to appease the people and unite their hearts.
One purpose is to carry on the culture of the Azure Phoenix's creation, and to have the Holy Son represent the Azure Phoenix divine bird to bestow blessings upon the people of Li, with the aim of appeasing the people.
Secondly, the Holy Son is used as a symbol of pure goodness and beauty, representing the divine bird to convey good ideas to people, thereby winning their hearts.
The Holy Son is chosen every fifty years, and the chosen man must be kind, sincere, pure, and handsome in order to be convincing.
When selecting a holy son, one is also required to be proficient in a certain skill, such as medicine or magic...
In short, the more outstanding the better.
Once the Holy Son is selected, he will have a special palace and will be granted military power and official positions. The Li Kingdom has specially created the position of "Holy Teacher" for the Holy Son, whose status is no less prestigious than that of a prince and second only to the Empress, the Sovereign, and the Princess.
The people of Lebanon accept the worship and offerings of incense from all their citizens. They revere the Holy Son as a divine bird, kneeling in the temple to pray for blessings…
Of course, this was the former Holy Son.
With economic development, the status of the Holy Son is not as high as before, but he is still sacred in people's hearts.
It's just that it's no longer limited to bringing blessings to the people.
Therefore, later rulers would send their holy sons as "mascots" representing the Kingdom of Le to other countries for marriage alliances, bestowing upon them the title of selfless devotion to the people.
Or perhaps she would take herself into the harem to produce offspring for the royal family.
The people of Lebanon did not object to this.
The Holy Son enjoys the highest honors, so naturally he should dedicate himself to the nation…
Thinking of this, Leng Qingning couldn't help but sigh.
Since the Holy Son's status plummeted, the Li Kingdom no longer selects a candidate every fifty years, but instead selects one every ten years.
"Why did Your Highness sigh?" Shen Su asked.
Leng Qingning said calmly, "It's nothing." Her gaze then shifted to the kneeling silver-haired man. "What do you plan to do with him?"
"Do you need me to leave?" Leng Qingning asked, feigning politeness.
Shen Su glanced at her posture; she was sitting steadily, clearly ready to listen to the opera.
They showed absolutely no intention of avoiding the issue.
The corners of her mouth, hidden beneath the face mask, couldn't help but curl upwards slightly.
"No need, it's not a secret."
"Oh, alright then, let's begin the interrogation." Leng Qingning leaned back in her chair, completely at ease, as if she were one of them.
Seeing this, Shen Su's smile deepened even further.
He turned to look at the pale, pretty face on the ground.
"Do you know your crime?" Shen Su questioned the Holy Son.
The wounded holy son knelt down, his body trembling with pain, and cried weakly, "Please, young lord, spare my life..."
"Let you go?" Shen Su sneered.
"How dare you betray your country?"
"Do you know how much pressure the Li Kingdom has endured because of your unauthorized escape? And what about me..."
Because of you, I was forced to come to Dayue to marry into a foreign land in your place.
Shen Su remembered that Leng Qingning was right next to him, so he didn't say the rest of his sentence.
"Young Master, I know I deserve to die, but I do not wish to be given away as a gift. Moreover, I..."
"presumptuous."
Shen Su interrupted him directly, "Since you voluntarily participated in the selection of the Holy Son and were chosen, you should fulfill your obligations. The Mother Emperor ordered you to go to Dayue for a political marriage, and you still dare to run away?"
The Holy Son feigned innocence, "But before I participated in the election, I didn't know Your Majesty would send me to Dayue! I thought I could remain in my homeland..."
Some of the Holy Sons have married into other families, but most of them remain in their home country.
They could either live in the temple and enjoy the worship of the people, and still maintain a life of glory after abdication; or they could be taken into the harem by His Majesty or be given to a princess as the rightful ruler.
Either way, it's better than leaving your hometown!
Especially since he had a childhood sweetheart in the Li Kingdom who loved him to the point of madness, he thought that even if he couldn't become the princess's rightful ruler, he could still become his childhood sweetheart's rightful ruler after he abdicated.
Anyway, she'll wait for him.
But these ideas only existed before he came to Dayue…
"From what you're saying, you look down on our Dayue?" Biluo asked loudly.
"I dare not. I simply do not wish to leave the Kingdom of Li. I have someone I love. She is my childhood sweetheart. We grew up together and our bond is extraordinary. So I wish to go back to her. Please, Your Majesty, spare me." The Holy Son pleaded pitifully, trying to appeal to his emotions to gain his sympathy.
"Ridiculous! You have someone you admire, yet you still want to be chosen as the Holy Son? Don't you know that the Holy Son is very likely to enter the palace and become the Empress?"
"That's a complete lie." Shen Su clearly didn't believe his story.
Leng Qingning didn't believe it either. If someone he liked was still running for office, it only meant that he cared more about wealth and status.
Then that makes it even stranger. Isn't Dayue richer and stronger than Li?
"You don't need to put on an act in front of us. If you truly cared about your childhood sweetheart, you wouldn't bow down to power. I remember that the selection of the Holy Son in the Li Kingdom wasn't mandatory!"
The Holy Son's thoughts were exposed by Leng Qingning, and his face paled for a moment.
Leng Qingning continued, "I'm very curious. Since you want power, wouldn't it be a better choice to come to my Dayue? Wouldn't it be better to follow any princess than to stay in Li Kingdom? Why did you refuse the Fourth Princess?"
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