After leaving Changle Palace, Li Mu went to the Consecration Department to take a look.
Before he left, two High Consecrators stopped Li Mu and asked, "Lord Li, there were two strange phenomena in the palace a few days ago. What was that?"
Li Mu answered honestly, "It was a strange phenomenon born from the Talisman of Heavenly Secrets."
The two rubbed their hands and asked nervously, "The two Talismans of Heavenly Secrets …"
Li Mu nodded and said, "That's right. They are for you. Do a good job here. When the time comes, the two Talismans of Heavenly Secrets will be in your hands."
Hearing this, the two heaved a sigh of relief and said solemnly, "Don't worry, Lord Li. Don't worry, Her Majesty. We will do our best and love our job …"
There were still a few years before the two High Consecrators' Talismans of Heavenly Secrets were handed over. The Great Zhou was vast and rich in resources. A few years was enough for the imperial court to gather a few more materials, so there was no need to worry.
For these high-level cultivators, the biggest enemy was their lifespan. Fu Daozi and Sang Gu were in a hurry to take in disciples because they wanted to pass down their mantle and resolve their regrets before their lifespan ran out.
After cultivating to the seventh realm, one's lifespan was only 180 years. Li Mu also felt that it was too short. However, the Empress was right. It was much more meaningful to spend the rest of one's life with one's loved one than to cultivate bitterly for a few years and then come out of seclusion.
Liu Hanyan and Li Qing were not here. There were only Wanwan, Xiao Bai, and a few maids at home.
Li Mu usually did not have much time to accompany them alone. Today, he took the initiative to take them out for a stroll.
He owed Xiao Bai the most. As his spy, Xiao Bai was so sensible that Li Mu's heart ached. She often suffered grievances herself and delivered important information for him. In the end, Li Mu still had another fox by his side. Xiao Bai still did not know.
On the streets of Shen Du, Li Mu was being held by the girls. Xiao Bai and Wanwan were chatting along the way. Suddenly, Li Mu noticed that Wanwan stopped in her tracks and stopped talking.
Li Mu tilted his head and was about to ask her what was wrong when he noticed that Wanwan was looking in a certain direction on the street. Her face was a little pale.
Li Mu followed her gaze and saw a beggar couple begging on the street. The people of Shendu were kind and charitable. Occasionally, passersby would take out one or two copper coins and put them in their bowls.
Wanwan stared at the beggar couple with tears in her eyes.
Li Mu seemed to have realized something. He silently took Wanwan's hand and held it tightly.
The beggar couple begged for dozens of copper coins and walked into a secluded alley.
The beggar couple was clearly very familiar with this alley. After more than ten turns, they finally came to a dilapidated courtyard. The walls of the courtyard were mottled and half collapsed. The courtyard was also overgrown with weeds. Clearly, no one had lived here for a long time. Only some homeless beggars in Shendu would use this place as a temporary residence.
The two walked in through the collapsed wall. In the courtyard, a skinny young man in tattered clothes took the bowls from their hands. He poured the copper coins into his clothes and curled his lips. He said, "They say that the people of Shendu are generous, but this is all there is to it. It took us so long to get this much."
The woman said, "It's already quite a lot to get this in two hours. Don't gamble with it …"
The young man waved his hand and said, "I know, I know. I'll go out for a while. You can go to another place. Shendu is so big, it's enough for us to curry favor for a few months …"
Watching the young man leave, the man said, "I told you not to give the money to him. He went to gamble and lost it again …"
The woman waved her hand and said, "If it's gone, then go ask for more. The people here are so generous, we're not afraid of not getting enough. We only have one son and we'll need him to send us off in the future …"
The man sighed and didn't say anything else.
At this time, the woman said with some regret, "We shouldn't have lost that useless thing. If we had kept him until now, he would have been able to be sold for a high price, at least 100 taels …"
The man waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about this. While it's still early, we can still get some more money today …"
The two walked out of the abandoned courtyard and walked back to the main street. At the entrance of the courtyard, three figures that they couldn't see stood there. Wanwan's face was pale and her eyes were empty. More than ten years ago, she was abandoned once. More than ten years later, she was reunited with her biological parents. More than ten years later, the wound in her heart that had almost healed was torn open again.
Li Mu and Liu Hanyan had always doted on Wanwan like a child and never let her come into contact with cruel things. Li Mu couldn't imagine how much pain her biological parents had caused her.
He took a deep breath and pulled Wanwan into his arms. He said, "Don't forget, you still have me and Miss."
Xiao Bai also hugged her from behind and said, "Me too, me too. We'll always be by your side."
On a street somewhere in Shendu.
"Everyone, please do a good deed …"
"Give us a copper coin to eat."
"Do a good deed, do a good deed …"
…
A beggar couple was begging on the street. Beggars were rare on the streets of Shendu. There were opportunities everywhere. As long as they worked hard, they wouldn't have to beg on the street. Although the people felt that they were reaping without sowing, there would still be people who would be sympathetic and reward them with some money.
The couple stood on the street and were whispering. The people on this street weren't as generous as the people on the previous street. Three figures stopped in front of them.
Standing in the middle was a man, and on either side of him was a beautiful young lady. The three of them were dressed luxuriously, and their auras were extraordinary. Such people were either rich or noble, and the two of them subconsciously bowed.
The girl with an oval face on the right took out a banknote from her sleeve and put it in their bowl.
Her gaze lingered on the beggar couple's faces for a long time. Then, she turned and left, never looking back.
The two of them didn't dare to look at the girl from the beginning to the end. Their eyes were fixed on the banknote of 100 taels in the bowl. Their throats moved and they swallowed hard.
"Did I see wrongly?"
"This is 100 taels …"
Although they heard that the people of Shendu were generous, they didn't expect that someone would be so generous as to give 100 taels to beggars. After coming back to her senses, the woman grabbed the banknote and hid it in her sleeve.
Then, the two of them knelt down in front of the three figures who were already far away. They said joyfully, "Thank you, young master. Thank you, young miss!"
After the three of them walked past them, they didn't turn back to look at them.
Not long after Li Mu, Wanwan, and Xiao Bai returned home, Mr. Mei came to invite them to the palace. The Empress wanted them to eat in the palace today.
Wanwan had always been very enthusiastic about eating in the palace. However, today, she only took the plate of vegetables in front of her. She only ate a few mouthfuls of the rice that she usually ate with three bowls.
Only Ao Chengxin ate happily. Seeing that Wanwan didn't eat much, he took the initiative to take her bowl and said, "You don't like rice? I'll help you eat …"
The Empress obviously also noticed Wanwan's abnormality. After eating, she asked Li Mu to stay in Changle Palace and asked, "What's wrong with Wanwan? Did you bully her?"
Li Mu shook his head and said, "Wanwan met her parents in Shendu today."
Zhou Yi asked doubtfully, "Shouldn't she be happy about this?"
Li Mu told her what happened today. Zhou Yi suddenly stood up and said angrily, "How can there be such parents in this world?!"
Li Mu looked at her. The Empress's parents weren't much better than Wanwan's parents.
The Empress, who felt sorry for Wanwan, went to comfort her. Before she left, she told Li Mu to let Ao Chengxin go. She usually stayed in Shendu and didn't go out. There was no use in keeping this dragon in the palace.
There was indeed no use in keeping him. The only use was that after he entered the palace, the Empress never left behind three meals a day.
Li Mu looked at the little female dragon who was still sitting at the table and said, "You can go back to the South Sea."
Ao Chengxin raised his head. His mouth was still stuffed with food, and he looked at Li Mu with a doubtful gaze.
Li Mu said, "Her Majesty has pardoned your crime. You can go back."
Ao Chengxin swallowed the bulging food in his mouth, and then said, "I can't go back. Our dragon race's promise is worth a thousand gold. We said three years, and it's three years. Not a day less …"
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