Splendid clothes, unrivalled in the Spring Breeze, like a shy flower gently drooping.
Beautiful with a frown, unparalleled in the Luo River, like a light cloud, like a fragrant dew in the wind.
When Kuang Lu was born, rain fell from the sky, and the water droplets condensed into dew, stopping in the air for a long time without dissipating. The entire Heavenly Palace was shrouded in smoke for a hundred days, and the dew condensed like pearls fell on the eaves, corridors, stairs, roofs, gardens, paths, pools … and even on every petal and leaf.
The Heavenly Realm had not seen such a grand occasion for a thousand years, and the last time was when the Second Prince Xufeng was born, there were hundreds of birds that came to greet him. The Celestial Ruler personally gave Tai Si's daughter a name: Kuang Lu.
The Celestial Ruler bestowing a name was a great honor. Tai Si's status in the Heavenly Realm was already extraordinary, and countless immortals and saints came to congratulate him. For a time, people came and went in Peng Lan Continent, and there was an endless stream of immortals.
Kuang Lu thought, from her birth to adulthood, although it was only a short two thousand years, she had spent the best years of her life.
For the next thousand years, she followed His Highness Run Yu, and was willing to be his immortal servant, accompanying him, watching him slowly fall in love with someone else, and fall into the abyss of unrequited love …
Kuang Lu sighed.
The "prisoner" that was trapped by the Celestial Ruler was now so far away from her.
She did not regret protecting His Highness Run Yu in that life, but in this life, did she want to repeat the same old path? She needed to think carefully.
"Kuanglu Fairy … Kuanglu Fairy?"
Hearing a few soft calls, Kuang Lu returned to her senses and looked up. She saw the Celestial Ruler and Empress of Heaven looking at her with smiles on their faces. She hurriedly got up and curtsied, "Kuang Lu was distracted, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"It's fine." The Heavenly Empress had a tender smile on her face. "This Empress watched you grow up. This Empress is very fond of you. If I have another son, I will definitely betroth you to him and make you this Empress' daughter-in-law."
"Niang niang must be joking. Kuang Lu absolutely wouldn't dare." The Kuang Lu lowered her head and smiled, but she didn't take it seriously.
That's right! The concubine-born eldest son, His Highness Night God, had already been betrothed to the Celestial Ruler and the Water God. The concubine-born second son, His Highness Fire God, Xufeng, the Heavenly Empress wanted him to marry the Bird Princess Panicularia.
What third son, it was just a mischievous joke. Who would dare to take it seriously?
In her previous life, she had also attended a banquet with her father, Reverend Tai Si. During the banquet, the Heavenly Empress had also said the same thing. At that time, she had believed it and thought that the Heavenly Empress really liked her. Thus, after the banquet ended, she didn't want to immediately return to Peng Lan Continent. Instead, she accepted the Heavenly Empress' invitation and stayed at the Purple Cloud Palace for a short time.
"This Empress is very happy to see Kuang Lu. It's a pity that this Empress has two sons but not a daughter." The Heavenly Empress smiled at Reverend Tai Si, who was sitting at the head of the table, and said, "If Reverend is willing, how about having Kuang Lu stay for a few days to accompany this Empress?"
Reverend Tai Si stood up and bowed, "I am indebted to the Heavenly Empress. If my daughter is willing, this lowly immortal wouldn't dare to refuse."
The Heavenly Empress nodded her head and looked at the delicate girl behind him, "Kuang Lu, are you willing to stay?"
Kuang Lu bowed respectfully, "Many thanks to the Heavenly Empress. Kuang Lu is naturally willing. It's just that my elder brother will be leading troops to the Ruoshui River in a few days. It's hard for the two of us to see each other. Why don't you wait for Kuang Lu to return to Peng Lan Continent to send off my elder brother before returning to the Heavenly Palace to accompany the Heavenly Empress? "
Her rejection was watertight. The Heavenly Empress couldn't even say "no". She could only maintain her smile and say, "If that's the case, how can this Empress be unreasonable and stop you from sending off your elder brother?"
"Many thanks to the Heavenly Empress." Kuang Lu smiled but didn't say anything else.
She really had to thank her for following His Highness Night God for a thousand years in her previous life. She followed him to the imperial court and to the battlefield. From being naive and ignorant to scheming, she immediately guessed the Heavenly Empress' intentions with just a few words.
In her previous life, she was left behind in the Purple Square Cloud Palace. When she sneaked out to play at night, she accidentally saw the real body of Night God Run Jade who was resting with his eyes closed beside the Falling Pond. She was shocked and fell in love with him at first sight.
Later, despite her family's dissuasion, she insisted on going to the Xuanji Palace and became Run Yu's personal immortal servant. She was even more infatuated with him and didn't regret it even in death.
This chain of events may have been deliberately arranged by the Heavenly Empress.
She had always been afraid that Run Yu would really marry the daughter of the Water God and the Wind God. Even though the daughter of the Water God hadn't been born yet, she didn't want to give Run Yu the slightest chance to have more power and become a threat to Xufeng.
Therefore, she sent herself to Run Yu's side and spent time with him day and night, hoping that he would fall in love with her.
Although Tai Si's Immortal Mansion had a high reputation in the Heaven Realm, it was still subordinate to the Heaven Realm. Reverend Tai Si had already faded out of the Ninth Heaven Palace and didn't participate in the imperial court. Even if Run Yu married Kuang Lu, it wouldn't bring much convenience to his expansion of power.
"When Kuang Lu was born, the Heaven Realm was filled with morning dew." The Heavenly Empress smiled and said to the Celestial Ruler: "A thousand years passed in the blink of an eye. Now that I think about it, it's time for Kuang Lu to ascend to the Immortal Realm."
The Celestial Ruler nodded, "The Heavenly Empress is right." He said to Reverend Tai Si: "Kuang Lu isn't an ordinary fairy. Since she wants to descend to the mortal realm, Chance Fairy will personally escort her. What do you think, Reverend?"
Reverend Tai Si hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Kuang Lu could only stand up and salute: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
When she looked up, she saw the meaningful smile on the Heavenly Empress's mouth. She suddenly felt that something was wrong.
The Heavenly Empress was from the Bird Clan.
The Bird Clan's Misty Feather Continent was just a side branch of the Heaven Realm. Because Princess Tu Yao became the Heavenly Empress, their reputation soared and became one of the six realms as famous as the Flower Realm.
For thousands of years, the Bird Realm's power soared day by day. Under Tu Yao's deliberate indulgence, it faintly overshadowed the Flower Realm and caught up with the Immortal Realm. The Celestial Ruler felt the pressure. His heart was burning like a fire. He couldn't sleep every day, thinking about how to balance the Heavenly Empress and the Bird Realm.
The Flower Realm never participated in the affairs of the six realms. Xufeng was carefully cultivated by Tu Yao. Now, after thinking about it, only the eldest son — — Run Yu with the True Dragon body and the overseas Immortal Mountain Peng Lan Continent could be used.
The things that she couldn't see through in her previous life, Kuang Lu could see clearly after her rebirth.
The Heavenly Empress wanted to use Peng Lan Continent to break the marriage between His Highness Night God, Water God, and Wind God. The Celestial Ruler wanted to use Peng Lan Continent and Night God to balance the Heavenly Empress.
It was a pity that she was used by these people in her previous life. She was kept in the dark and didn't know it.
Because she was going to descend to the mortal world to experience the tribulation in a few days, Kuang Lu had no choice but to stay.
Since the Heavenly Empress insisted on her staying, she couldn't refuse even if she used a hundred reasons.
In her previous life, her tribulation was delayed by hundreds of years. In this life, she saw through the Heavenly Empress' intentions and didn't want to do as she wanted. She didn't want to advance her tribulation by so much.
Was it a blessing or a curse?
Kuang Lu sighed.
If only His Highness Night God was here. He would definitely know.
He once said that although the things in the future were unpredictable, it wasn't impossible to calculate.
It was already late at night. Kuang Lu stood by the Cloud Soaring Ladder and looked at the clouds below. She couldn't help but look down the railing.
Speaking of which, in her previous life, she was always by His Highness Night God's side. Even though she lived in the Heavenly Realm, she didn't pay much attention to the surrounding scenery.
She probably got used to it and didn't find it strange.
Her gaze was always on His Highness Night God's body, even if he only gave her the view of his back. Now that she thought about it, when she was focused on one person, she couldn't even see the people and things around her.
Kuang Lu stretched out her hand, wanting to push away the clouds.
What was down there?
If she jumped down from here, would she enter the Gate of Death? Or would she fall into the cycle of reincarnation?
"Be careful!" A hand hugged her waist and pulled her back.
Kuang Lu's scattered heart was pulled back. She turned her head and couldn't help but exclaim: "His Highness Night God?"
"Fairy must be joking." The person smiled gently: "Although I can barely bear the title of 'Highness,' I'm not Night God."
Kuang Lu then remembered that First Highness Run Yu and Second Highness Xufeng had descended to the mortal world together. After the two of them successfully passed the tribulation and returned, they were conferred the titles of "Night God" and "Fire God" respectively.
Now, he had yet to descend to the mortal world to pass the tribulation, so he was only the eldest son of the Heavenly Realm with a title but no real power.
"Kuang Lu misspoke, please forgive me, Your Highness." Kuang Lu took a step back and curtsied, but her gaze was averted.
"This one was rude, please don't blame me." Run Yu was referring to how he had hugged her in a moment of desperation.
Kuang Lu's face was slightly red, but she only shook her head: "Your Highness is joking."
"So it's the Kuanglu Fairy of Tai Si Immortal Mansion." Run Yu smiled: "I've heard of your name for a long time, but seeing is really better than hearing a hundred times."
Kuang Lu remembered that in her previous life, she had also gone to Yuluochi after leaving Zifang Yun Palace and met His Highness Night God's true body. From then on, her heart was secretly in love with him, and she made a vow that even if she couldn't marry him, she would be satisfied to be by his side.
Now, she didn't want to repeat the mistakes of her previous life. She had already chosen the opposite direction from Yuluochi, but she didn't expect to still meet His Highness Night God.
Was all of this just fate? Or was there someone secretly manipulating it?
"It's so late at night, why is Your Highness here?" Kuang Lu kept her head half lowered.
It wasn't that she didn't want to see him, but that she didn't dare to.
In her previous life, she fell in love at first sight, then fell in love again.
Although she didn't regret it, she was also very tired.
Everyone said that Run Yu couldn't get what he loved, so he was extremely lowly. Wasn't she the same?
"I couldn't sleep at night, so I came out for a walk," Run Yu said, "I didn't expect to meet Fairy. It's Run Yu's recklessness that disturbed Fairy's peace."
"Your Highness is too polite." Kuang Lu thought, why hasn't he left yet? Her rejection was already so obvious. With his temperament, it was impossible for him not to see it.
"Since it's late at night, it's better for Fairy to rest early." Runyu said, "Although Fairy is not afraid of the slight cold, you should be careful of the sudden chill of the morning wind, which can chill your heart and mind."
Kuang Lu heard the hidden meaning in his words and raised her head to look at him in surprise. She met his smiling eyes.
In her previous life, she often heard the Fairy talk about His Highness Night God in private. They said that he was the most handsome man in the Heaven Realm, and it wasn't false.
Now, he still had the clear and bright expression of the autumn wind and the moon. His handsome appearance was completely different from the cold and dignified aura he had when he became the Celestial Ruler.
"Thank you for your reminder, Your Highness." Kuang Lu curtsied, "Little Fairy will take her leave."
If she avoided the events of her previous life in this life, she didn't know how the disputes between His Highness Night God, His Highness Fire God and Fairy Jin Mi would play out.
But in this life, she wasn't by His Highness Night God's side. Presumably, when there was no one in the morning, the Xuanji Palace would also be deserted, right?
Kuang Lu, who left in a hurry, couldn't help but look back.
Run Yu stood by the railing, his tall figure as tall and straight as a pine tree. When she turned back, Run Yu smiled and nodded at her. Kuang Lu only felt a cold chill spread from the bottom of her heart.
So he knew …
He had always known that the Celestial Ruler and the Empress of Heaven wanted to keep each other in check and fight for power.
So in her previous life, he allowed her to suffer all kinds of pain, humility, and forbearance, but turned a blind eye to it. He hardened his heart and was unwilling to love her.
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