Chapter 2232: Chapter 1922: Bai Qingqing Is Pregnant

Lu Chen came back to his senses and said, "Father, your current health condition might not be suitable for entering the palace."

Hearing these words, Prince Zhen Nan’s wrinkled face showed a gentle smile, the dim candlelight reflecting in his sunken eyes, "For your future, for the Zhen Nan Prince Manor, I must enter the palace even if it means burning my vitality."

This...

Lu Chen’s mind was momentarily stunned.

If vitality is burned to spur the spiritual evil, it will madly devour vitality, and the vitality within Prince Zhen Nan is already scarce. If he truly burns his vitality, upon returning from the Imperial Palace, he will either be consumed by the spiritual evil and turn into something eerie or have his vitality completely exhausted, dying directly.

Lu Chen came back to his senses, and hurriedly said, "Father, you mustn’t. If anything happens to you at this time, the Royal Family will have no more concerns and will certainly send assassins to recklessly kill me."

As long as Prince Zhen Nan lives for another day, the Royal Family will only dare to make small moves, because they too fear Prince Zhen Nan going all out before his death.

But if Prince Zhen Nan were to die, then they would have nothing to worry about, and as long as the Heir of Prince Zhen Nan was killed, the entire Zhen Nan Prince Manor would be dissolved.

Prince Zhen Nan knew what Lu Chen was worried about. He leaned against the bed, his aged face exuding a calmness that comes from seeing through worldly affairs, and he spoke, "Chen’er, don’t worry. I will only go to the Imperial Palace when I feel I can’t hold on anymore."

Prince Zhen Nan also understood that if he dies, the Zhen Nan Prince Manor would likely face extermination, so he would only do what he needs at the last moment.

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief. His current cultivation state was still not high. Although there were many Earth Realm strong persons in the Zhen Nan Prince Manor, without Prince Zhen Nan’s deterrent effect, those forces wanting the Zhen Nan Prince Manor’s demise would inevitably swarm in one wave after another.

Lu Chen still wanted Prince Zhen Nan to live a few more days, at least until he became stronger.

At this time, Prince Zhen Nan said, "It’s late, you should go back and rest."

Lu Chen glanced at the nearing-death Prince Zhen Nan.

That bloodless face appeared increasingly wax yellow under the candlelight, his cracked lips slightly quivering, and then he called to the servants standing by the door, "Attendants."

Upon hearing Lu Chen’s voice, the maid outside immediately pushed the door and entered, while two young women in green dresses bowed their heads and stood by the door.

Prince Zhen Nan continued, "Go back, the rest can be handled by them."

At this moment, Prince Zhen Nan was surrounded by a large amount of dark red blood, which he had just vomited during the spiritual evil’s backlash. The bloodstains spread on the mattress, a shocking sight.

Next, the entire room would certainly need to be cleaned by the maids, and Lu Chen said, "Then Father, rest well, I won’t disturb you."

As his words fell, Lu Chen turned and left Prince Zhen Nan’s room.

After Lu Chen left, Zhao Yu emerged from the shadow of a pillar, walked to Prince Zhen Nan’s bed, and whispered, "My lord, do you really intend to marry Princess Yun’an to the princely heir? Princess Yun’an is the first princess to receive a title, even those princes have yet to receive one, proving how much Emperor Zhou favors Princess Yun’an."

"Given the current state of Zhen Nan Prince Manor, Emperor Zhou will likely not agree to this marriage."

Emperor Zhou’s princes had long been of age to be titled, yet he delayed giving them titles, but gave Ji Yunmeng, a princess, one, showing Emperor Zhou’s profound favor for Ji Yunmeng.

Although Zhao Yu believed Ji Yunmeng admired Lu Chen, their identities were ultimately opposed, as Ji Yunmeng was a Royal Family princess while the Royal Family had consistently wanted the Zhen Nan Prince Manor to disappear.

Prince Zhen Nan leaned against the headboard, speaking indifferently, "If Emperor Zhou is unwilling to marry the princess, then the Zhen Nan Prince Manor has no reason to do anything for him."

Since ancient times, marriage alliances have been the best political statement, and Emperor Zhou simply lifted Ji Yunmeng’s grounding order, intending to leverage the entire Zhen Nan Prince Manor, which certainly would not work.

Hearing Prince Zhen Nan’s words, Zhao Yu sighed, his face showing a hint of worry, and then continued asking, "Do you really intend to burn your vitality at the last moment of life and enter the palace to meet Emperor Zhou?"

Prince Zhen Nan slightly lifted his eyelids, his muddled eyes looking out into the pitch-black night through the window, "Emperor Zhou is now trapped in the palace, only if I go there first can I meet him."

Zhao Yu thought for a moment, paced two steps in front of the bed, and said, "Actually, it may not be necessary for you to enter the palace. Since Princess Yun’an is fond of the princely heir, why don’t we subtly hint to Princess Yun’an to mention this marriage to Emperor Zhou herself?"

"Princess Yun’an is, after all, Emperor Zhou’s daughter, no matter how domineering the Empress Dowager might be, she shouldn’t prevent her from seeing Emperor Zhou."

Prince Zhen Nan shook his head, his emaciated hand pressing against the bed edge, "Emperor Zhou seized power through a coup once, and this time he issued a holy decree to lift Princess Yun’an’s grounding order. In the Empress Dowager’s eyes, Emperor Zhou is clearly restless again, and she will likely stop important people from seeing Emperor Zhou."

He paused, a gleam flashing in his murky eyes, "However, Princess Yun’an can try."

After all, Ji Yunmeng is also a princess, also Emperor Zhou’s daughter. If such a thing as the Empress Dowager preventing father and daughter from meeting spreads, it won’t be good for her reputation.

There are already many in the court dissatisfied with the Empress Dowager, even with the strong presence of the Pei Family, they dare not act recklessly.

...

The cold moonlight streamed through the window into the room, casting over two pale figures, rendering the intertwined bodies on the bed hazy.

After Lu Chen returned, he immediately began dual cultivation with Bai Qingqing.

He was eager to become stronger, as the current situation of the Zhen Nan Prince Manor left him feeling insecure.

The higher the realm of a spirit martial artist, the more difficult it is to nurture offspring, so he must quickly get Bai Qingqing pregnant before his next realm breakthrough, otherwise, once he breaks through to the Spirit Realm, it will be even harder for Bai Qingqing to conceive his child.

He currently desperately needed the system’s rewards, and now he only had a copy of the "Spirit Evil Body Refining Skill," which was too slow for cultivation advancement.

Bai Qingqing seemed to understand Lu Chen’s thoughts, so she had been cooperating with him during this period, yet she still suspected Lu Chen’s identity, always feeling like there was another soul inside Lu Chen’s body.

After another session, Lu Chen let out a deep breath, lowering his gaze to the stunning, flushed jade face—under the moonlight, her brows and eyes were like a painting, with fine beads of sweat still lingering on her forehead and a few strands of hair wet with sweat clinging to her temple.

He wondered when he would succeed, as he was about to report to the Deceit Suppression Bureau, and when he did, this power of his would not be enough.

Although three Earth Realm strong persons secretly protected him, it was, after all, not his own power, leaving Lu Chen feeling uneasy, as only when he himself was strong enough would he feel safe.

As Lu Chen was distracted, suddenly, the system’s prompt sounded in his mind.

"Ding, Congratulations to the host for helping Bai Qingqing conceive an heir, you are awarded the special constitution Netherworld Evil Control Body."

Upon hearing the system prompt, Lu Chen paused, thinking how his wish came true.

For a while, Lu Chen felt extremely excited, and immediately opened the system interface to see what the system had rewarded this time.

[Netherworld Evil Control Body: Special constitution, while absorbing spiritual evil, one can ignore all side effects, and can also induce spiritual evil in others.]"

While staring at the text on the system interface, the system prompt sounded again.

"Do you wish to activate the special constitution Netherworld Evil Control Body?"