Chapter 731 - 216: The Emperor Passes Away, The Carefree Couple, Enigmatic Imperial Capital, Third Grade Second Realm

Chapter 731: Chapter 216: The Emperor Passes Away, The Carefree Couple, Enigmatic Imperial Capital, Third Grade Second Realm

Xie Wei closed her eyes, gently caressing the man’s strong and solid chest, a trace of tenderness appearing on her face.

"Thank you."

She whispered.

Then, she said, "There was something I couldn’t decide on before, but now... I’ve made up my mind."

"What is it?" Li Yuan asked.

Xie Wei leaned closer, pressing her chest against the man’s, arching her neck like an enchanting swan, and said to Li Yuan, "I... wish to ask Your Majesty to depart this world."

Li Yuan’s expression did not change.

Xie Wei moved back, covered her mouth, and laughed lightly, then patted his chest, saying, "I thought Your Majesty would be startled."

Then, she explained everything in detail.

It turned out that after the Dragon Vein sent the second loyal soul, they also brought a request: to have the false emperor die immediately, as the Dragon Vein could not bear an impure Ji Family bloodline carrying the emperor’s name.

However, since Xie Wei was the mistress while the Emperor was still young, the loyal soul awaited Xie Wei’s decision despite the request.

"So that’s why Yu Chang looked at you so harshly."

Xie Wei paused and continued, "Originally, I didn’t want to part with you because I thought you’d be a powerful ally within the palace, possibly one of my trump cards.

But now, since you’ve been so good to me, I... don’t want you caught up in these turbulent times anymore."

Her expression turned sorrowful, "It’s time for the madness to end; the Emperor must depart this life.

As for you... you should go find Xiaoyu’Er.

The Imperial Capital is a perilous Demon City that devours lives and souls; you should leave."

Without warning, Xie Wei suddenly, like a furious lioness, savagely clutched Li Yuan’s cheeks, kissed him fiercely, and then turned over, heedless of exhaustion, recklessly indulged.

"One last time."

"Last... time..."

The voice echoed loudly in the darkness, as if a storm had erupted.

Li Yuan sighed softly; he understood the empress’s intentions, so he clasped the empress’s hand tightly.

Fingers... intertwined.

...

...

Days later, as the heat began to subside, the Emperor, who had always lacked presence, passed away.

The young Emperor, only four years old, fully took his place on the Dragon Throne.

Beside him, the empress still held power over the court.

The complex, chaotic storm began to stir once more.

The Red Robe specter, in the forbidden domain of the Lianyi House, watched the court indifferently, seemingly anticipating something.

The unimaginable, intricate web of danger woven by human hearts and the Ghost Realm intersected in the Imperial Capital.

Sitting at the heart of this deadly game, Xie Wei picked up a chess piece, ready to play the game.

But Li Yuan leapt out.

He understood Xie Wei’s heart and found no reason to stop her.

By Xie Wei’s side, terrors from behind the scenes had begun to loom.

This meant Xie Wei, despite being the player, was merely a pawn herself.

Li Yuan had said enough to her; with Xie Wei’s intelligence, she naturally understood this.

But even so, she refused to leave.

"Life is so short..."

"So, even knowing the vortex at the center of the storm is filled with deadly threats, still insists on staying.

It’s not only for the family but also for life to shine with a unique light, leaving an indelible name in history.

Whether that name is Worthy Empress or Demon Queen."

Having left the Imperial Capital, Li Yuan was no longer the Emperor.

His identity as Emperor was passively "canceled" from that day.

He became an ordinary young man once more, drinking a bowl of rice wine on the street, buying two taels of beef, with everything he saw and heard related to the turmoil of the Imperial Capital.

He lightly shook his head, went to a secluded mountain stream, shed his garments, washed himself in the stream, then returned to the Xie Family secret chamber in the Mingyue Prefecture of Hanzhou Path, donned his spotless, dustless attire once more, and sat quietly for nearly half a month, his eyes staring into the darkness, lost in thought.

Aside from him,

Sister Yan, Xiaozhao, the Barbarian King, and Xie Wei had all become pieces on the chessboard.

Sister Yan, compelled to seek Great Unity of Yin Yang.

Xie Wei had no choice but to secure her position on the throne.

The Barbarian King had no choice but to campaign against the Central Plains.

Xiaozhao had no choice but to oversee the Divine Tomb...

Every existence had a direction forward, a predetermined purpose, and was destined to change something.

Behind them, the Divine Tomb, Dragon Vein, and East Sea Immortal Realm intertwined as the players from behind the scenes.

Meanwhile, Ping’an, Huayin, Jing Xiang, and Yaojue had also gone to the East Sea Immortal Realm, forced to continue their cultivation to extend their lives to survive.

However, this was already the best choice.

This world truly is like rowing upstream in turbulent waters; one progresses, or one perishes.

Apart from Li Yuan himself, all have been burdened with heavy shackles of fate, embarked on paths with no turning back, much like the rolling wheels of history.

This left Li Yuan feeling somewhat self-mocking, somewhat bitter, somewhat despondent.

Even though the rolling wheels of history had been slightly moved by his own hands,

it was, after all, only slightly.

Finally, on this day, Li Yuan rose from the darkness, came to the door, and activated the mechanism of the secret chamber.

With the sound of clicking chains and metallic gears, the door gradually opened.

A ray of growing light from outside shone in.

He, spotless, stepped out, found the white-clad beauty practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard, then leaned against the archway, watching with a smile.

He had come so lightly and quietly that Xie Yu had not noticed.

Only when she executed a certain stroke did Xie Yu’s gaze follow the sword’s edge and fall upon him.

Xie Yu blinked, and in the next moment, let out an "Ah," like a cat that had its tail stepped on, startled into a leap.