sjar Chapter 458 The 9th Princess (9)
Chapter 458 The 9th Princess (9)
After listening to Pangu's words, Wangyou could sense that most of what Pangu said was true, but she always felt that there was a hint of deception in it.
What Pangu said is definitely not the most fundamental reason, but accumulating merit should be true.
The rest of the worries were beyond my understanding, so I simply stopped thinking about them and figured I would know when the time came.
However, it seems there's nowhere for her to accumulate merit in this world. The Heavenly Dao is complete, and the world's development is normal. If one had to nitpick, it would be her several love-struck older sisters.
It had been a long time since she had seen them, so she decided to go and see them, and also to see how the Jade Emperor would handle the situation.
When Wangyou came out, she happened to come across a great battle between the two sides. Standing opposite the Jade Emperor was Yinshi King, who had already recovered.
Wangyou feels that this batch of heavenly soldiers and generals is a bit useless. Even though she told them in advance, they still managed to grow stronger.
Her older sisters were a bit unlucky; they were taken into the magic box by the Shadow King.
"You mean this contains my third, fifth, and sixth sisters?" Wangyou said, shaking the magic box in her hand.
"Hmm, we can't open it, Ninth Sister. If we had known, we would have focused on our cultivation. We wouldn't be so helpless now."
"Even when the crisis came, you guys didn't cultivate properly. You're still as useless as ever," Wangyou said irritably.
"Just wait, once Father defeats Yin Shi Wang, it will be resolved." Wang You could naturally resolve it, but why should she? She preferred to watch the spectacle.
The Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of Heaven surrounded the Yin Shi King, and the three fought fiercely. However, it was clear that the Jade Emperor had the upper hand, after all, he had honed his skills by slaying evil creatures over the years.
As for the Queen Mother's fighting power, it was much weaker. Wangyou guessed that it was the result of years of pampered life. Sure enough, but at least her strength was there, so she could still help the Jade Emperor.
As for the other gods, Wangyou said she couldn't bear to watch. The Old Man of the Moon tied a ball with a red thread, and Muzha was defeated in one round. And what about those Thousand-Mile Eyes and Wind-Following Ears? Were they serious about sending their eyes and ears over?
Forget-Me-Not discovered for the first time that fighting could be done this way. In the end, even the Jade Emperor himself was probably exasperated and ordered all the immortals to leave, while he and the Queen Mother fought against the Yin Shi King together.
The result was naturally good; the Yin Shi King was beaten into the shape of a child and suppressed in the cave once again.
With the Shadow King dealt with, the magic boxes naturally lost their effect, and the princesses appeared with their lovers.
The Jade Emperor looked at his seven daughters, all of whom had found partners. However, five of them had married mortals, which nearly made the Jade Emperor lose his mind.
Then, the Jade Emperor looked at his only daughter who hadn't found a partner, Wangyou. After a long while, he turned his head away, feeling exhausted. Even if a powerful being reincarnated, he couldn't stay!
Seeing his seven daughters kneeling on the ground with the husbands they had chosen for them, recounting their past affections, the Jade Emperor knew that these daughters were completely ruined. Although the seals within them had been broken, they didn't seem like they would cultivate properly.
Finally, a successor has emerged, but good heavens, he's a reincarnation of a powerful being. He's unmanageable. The Jade Emperor is pondering who else in the Heavenly Realm can shoulder this heavy responsibility. He won't be staying here for long before he has to return.
"Wangyou, give me some advice!" The Jade Emperor came to Wangyou Pavilion to ask for her advice.
"Just find someone younger with a good background and train them."
"But finding someone with a good background is easier said than done."
"It's easy to find. In the northwest direction, there is a Vermilion Bird egg that is about to hatch. If it is properly trained, there will be no one to inherit the throne of the Heavenly Emperor."
"Could you teach him for me?"
"No, this world isn't of much help to me. I'll leave in a couple of days." Only after regaining her memories did Wangyou realize that she had come to this world purely to make a cameo appearance.
Since her brother had already emphasized the importance of merit and fortune, she certainly couldn't stay any longer. The rules of this world were perfect, and even if she trained a qualified future Heavenly Emperor, the merit would be a drop in the ocean, so there was no need to waste her time.
"We're leaving now."
"Yes, my memory has returned, so you'd better worry about your own affairs!"
"I understand." The Jade Emperor left the Pavilion of Forgetfulness with mixed feelings of worry and joy, and then personally retrieved the Vermilion Bird Egg.
As for the seven princesses, after the Jade Emperor sent people to persuade them repeatedly to no avail, he simply sent them all down to the mortal realm. Since they liked the mortal world so much, let them reincarnate properly there and experience all the eight sufferings of life. If they still didn't regret it, then there was no need to let them remain gods.
Having lived in that place for quite some time, the Jade Emperor knew better than anyone the turmoil that would ensue if deities fell in love. Some small worlds would even restart or disappear entirely because of deities' romantic feelings.
Although the world he lived in was not a great world, he had the ambition to develop it into one. Besides, if the world were to suffer problems because of his daughters' romantic relationships, the karmic consequences would be too great for him to bear.
Wangyou didn't observe their aftermath. During her years of wandering in the mortal world, the most profound truth she understood was that poverty-stricken couples face endless sorrows. She hoped they could endure it.
Wangyou bid farewell to the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother and then left this world.
Wangyou stared blankly at the statue of Pangu for a long time. Afterwards, she transferred half of her own merits to Pangu, hoping it could help them.
Then, Wangyou carefully selected a world, and a wisp of her divine soul entered it.
……
During the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty.
Consort Li, who had been banished to the Cold Palace, gave birth to a daughter with great difficulty, but then died from postpartum hemorrhage.
At this time, Empress Zhangsun revealed that she was one month pregnant. All eyes in the court and the harem were focused on Empress Zhangsun, while the newborn baby in the harem was completely ignored.
Consort Li's head maid, Qingman, held the newborn princess, her eyes filled with heartache. The entire court and harem belonged to Empress Zhangsun; how could their little princess possibly survive?
A palace servant reported the news that Consort Li had given birth to a daughter in the Cold Palace. Emperor Taizong of Tang, showing some fatherly compassion, sent two wet nurses to the palace. Empress Zhangsun, on the other hand, proposed that the eleventh princess be placed under her care for upbringing.
Li Shimin thought about it and refused, on the grounds that Empress Zhangsun was pregnant and should not overwork herself. Seeing this, Empress Zhangsun did not bring up the matter again.
"Princess, be careful, don't fall!" Qingman called out worriedly as she watched Wangyou climbing the tree to pick pears.
"Qingman, I won't fall. Besides, it's not the first time." Wangyou picked a few pears and quickly climbed down from the tree.
Forget-Me-Not has been cared for and loved by anyone all these years. She has never even seen the emperor or empress. In the harem, the princesses, princes, and concubines who are not favored live a very miserable life.
Not to mention that Li Shimin had only been on the throne for a short time and was extremely poor, so the food rations for Wangyou were cut even more severely.