In the Empress’s sleeping quarters, Long Yurou held a Guardian God-crafted Blood Demon Mask in one hand and a Longzhou Blood Demon Mask in the other, carefully sensing and comparing the two to find that the Guardian God-crafted Blood Demon Mask was of much superior quality.
"Who exactly is this new Guardian God, possessing such advanced Artifact Refining Methods?"
Long Yurou was filled with shock and confusion.
The Blood Demon Mask of Longzhou had been brought by those three gods from the Divine Realm, a Divine Realm Artifact Refining Method which ordinary Jiuzhou Artifact Refiners could not possibly surpass. However, this new Guardian God had crafted a Blood Demon Mask that was far superior to those crafted by the three gods. It was utterly inconceivable.
"Sister, you’re finally back."
Suddenly, the excited voice of her younger sister, Long Yufei, rang out.
Long Yurou looked up with surprise and said, "Yu Fei, I have never seen you lose your composure like this. What could possibly make you so happy?"
Long Yufei said with a mysterious air, "Sister, if you knew what happened, you would be even more excited than I am."
"Really? Let’s hear it."
Long Yurou laughed helplessly. Having been the Empress for three years, her mind remained undisturbed by trouble or excitement, except when those two troublemaker kids nearly drove her to break furniture in frustration, nothing else could make her lose her composure.
Even when Long Yusheng and the Heavenly Pride of Longzhou tried to force her to abdicate, she remained composed.
Long Yufei cheerfully said, "It’s about those two little ones."
"Those two troublemakers?"
Long Yurou’s eyes flashed as she said, "Though those two troublemakers are indeed infuriating, they have accomplished great deeds for the Empire, which is indeed a happy matter. But surely that’s not enough to excite you this much?"
"Your Majesty!"
Just then, an old crone emerged from a dark corner, respectfully saying, "There’s urgent news from the guards of the Royal Treasury, they say…"
"What do they say?" Long Yurou frowned and asked in a deep voice.
The old crone paused for a moment and said, "They say that those two troublemakers have emptied all the treasures from the ninth floor of the Royal Treasury."
"What?"
Upon hearing this, Long Yurou instantly flew into a rage and roared, "Capture those two troublemakers and throw… lock them up in the Heavenly Prison."
She almost said to execute them, but remembering the power behind those two troublemakers, she changed her statement at the last moment.
"Those two troublemakers have already left. That guard said they set up an Illusion Array in the treasury, which even the Martial Emperor would find hard to detect," the old crone said, shaking her head.
"Pursue them! No matter where they run, bring them back to me."
Long Yurou said, fuming with anger.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The old crone, taking the order, prepared to leave.
"Wait!"
Suddenly, Long Yufei stopped the old crone and looked at Long Yurou, saying, "Sister, may I finish telling you the news I have?"
"What could be greater than the Royal Treasury being emptied out?"
Long Yurou coldly said, "I allowed them to pick as they wished, not to empty out my entire treasury."
Long Yufei’s eyelid twitched; she had not expected those two troublemakers to commit such an audacious and outrageous act right under her watch.
Nevertheless, she took a deep breath and said, "The matter I want to discuss is even bigger than the emptying of the Royal Treasury."
Long Yurou’s brow slightly furrowed as she said, "Let’s hear it."
Long Yufei glanced at the Palace Maid standing beside Long Yurou, hesitating to speak.
Long Yurou dismissed all the Palace Maids around her but retained the old crone, whom she trusted the most in the entire Imperial Palace after Long Yufei. Then she looked at Long Yufei, asking with puzzlement, "What is it then, that you’re being so secretive about?"
It was then that Long Yufei finally began, "Sister, didn’t you ask my incarnation to check on your husband and children in Big Stone Village after finishing the tasks in Lanzhou?"
"Didn’t you tell me before that they were all well? Could it be that you lied to me, something is wrong with them?"
Upon hearing this, Long Yurou instantly became tense and hurriedly asked in a worried voice.
Seeing her sister’s reaction, Long Yufei felt increasingly certain that her previous decision had been the right one.
Without even knowing what the matter was, her sister had already become this nervous, which showed just how important her brother-in-law and those two little ones were to her.
She would completely give up the throne for their sake, if it came to that.
"They are fine."
Long Yufei shook her head, smiling as she said, "However, I indeed deceived you before. When I went there, they were not in Big Stone Village."
"What?"
Long Yurou was greatly shocked and angrily said, "Long Yufei, of all people in the Imperial Palace, I trusted you the most, and you dared to deceive me? What happened to them?"
Boom!
A terrifying aura burst forth from her, so oppressive that even Long Yufei, the Martial Emperor, couldn’t help but take two steps back.
Had her sister made another breakthrough?
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Long Yufei was surprised and then showed a bitter smile, saying, "Sister, at least let me finish."
"Speak quickly!"
Long Yurou said in a grave voice.
Long Yufei took a deep breath and said, "Before I went, those two little guys had already secretly run away, saying they were going to the Imperial City to find you."
"Coming to the Imperial City to find me?"
Long Yurou’s eyes filled with endless tenderness and emotion. Truly good children, only three years old and they already knew to come out and look for their mother. They were so much better behaved than those other wild children.
Wait!
Those children were only three years old. They probably didn’t have any cultivation, and what if they encountered dangers after sneaking out?
Thinking this, Long Yurou became anxious again and asked hurriedly, "Where are they now? And my husband, why didn’t he watch over them?"
Long Yufei shook her head and said, "I didn’t see your husband. The village chief said that your husband left even before those two children, saying he had some matters to attend to. Just after he left, those two little ones sneaked out. But sister, don’t worry—those two little fellows are really impressive. They crossed several provinces to reach the Imperial City by themselves, and moreover, sister, you have already met them."
"When did I meet... Are they the ones?"
Long Yurou hadn’t finished her sentence when she halted, recalling the two rascals who almost drove her mad and emptied the Royal Treasury.
Those two rascals, were they her children?
Thinking about how she had thought earlier that her own children were more well-behaved than them, she hadn’t expected to be proven wrong so swiftly.
However, none of this was important now. Her two children had crossed such a great distance to find her, and nothing could make her happier or more moved.
Two three-year-olds, crossing several provinces by themselves—she dared not think about how much hardship they had endured throughout this journey.
Thinking this, it felt as though a huge boulder was pressing on her chest, making it hard for her to breathe.
"Yufei, where are they? Hurry, bring them to meet me. No, take me to them," urged Long Yurou. Discover hidden tales at freewebnovel
Long Yufei smiled and said, "They are right now in the Rain Palace."
"Let’s hurry."
Long Yurou stored the Blood Demon Mask inside the Sumeru Ring and then directly tore through the sky.
Long Yufei shook her head, seeing her sister lose her composure for the first time—it really affirmed that not telling her the truth before had been the right decision. She then also stepped forward, tearing through the sky.
The old woman was left standing there, utterly bewildered.
Those two rascals were the Empress’s children?
That being the case, was that mysterious powerhouse who obliterated ten Martial Emperors with a single palm strike the Empress’s husband?