I Only Marry Widows

Lu Chengfeng nodded. This was also what he thought; otherwise, he really couldn’t understand why the Empress would target him without them even meeting.

"The second possibility is related to Kong Mengyun. After all, Kong Mengyun is a fugitive of the Divine Court, and her father was the previous Peacock King. There might be some causal entanglements that inadvertently involved us."

"Of course, this possibility is relatively small. After all, it’s hard to tie Kong Mengyun’s affairs to a great figure like the Empress."

"As for the last possibility, it is the reincarnated body of the Empress."

Qi Lingxi stared intently at Lu Chengfeng, "Before the Master arrived, I had carefully discussed with the sisters and ruled out countless possibilities from the myriad threads."

"In the end, only one seemingly most impossible reason remains..."

"Our Master once told us that the Empress reincarnated into the lower realm, and her reincarnated body might also be in Red County."

"Then, is it possible that you and the Empress’s reincarnated body have some sort of causal connection, which is why the Empress can’t forget about you?"

Qi Lingxi put extra emphasis on the words "can’t forget."

Lu Chengfeng shook his head like a rattle drum, instinctively dismissing this possibility from his mind, "This last one is simply impossible." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Not to mention how unlikely such a coincidence is, even if I had really come into contact with the Empress’s reincarnated body, there wouldn’t be much interaction."

"After all, almost all the women who could have causal ties with me are here."

At this point, he paused instinctively, not knowing why Zhao Ling’Er suddenly came to mind.

"Moreover, the Empress has suppressed the Nine Heavens for ten thousand years, her memory is so vast, a mere few decades of a reincarnated body’s memory is like a drop of water in the ocean, instantly drowned."

"Even if the reincarnated body had some interaction with me, it wouldn’t affect her at all, much less cause her to exert such pressure."

Zhu Yuxian suddenly spoke up, "You once went to great lengths to find your little junior sister, even personally searching, yet found nothing."

"Don’t say you didn’t think of her just now."

Lu Chengfeng was speechless. Although he still felt it was impossible, the thought muddled his mind — what if?

What if Zhao Ling’Er really is the reincarnated body of the Empress?!

Just thinking about it made his teeth ache.

"Whether the Empress’s reincarnated body is your little junior sister is easy to verify — just meet her once." Over the years of cultivation, Zhu Yuxian has yet to touch the threshold of an Immortal.

She originally did not have an Immortal Bone, nor did she cultivate the Sun and Moon Heaven Repairing Scripture, but received the inheritance of the Nanming Lihuo Sword’s Divine Techniques. After some guidance from Yi Hongchen, and due to her exceptional comprehension, her cultivation progressed rapidly.

But the key is that Lu Chengfeng progressed even faster, transforming in just over a year into a terrifying existence with Great Power Combat Power.

Zhu Yuxian’s progress seemed dim by comparison.

Yet her mindset remained calm, her spirit neither arrogant nor impatient, flowing endlessly like water.

Cultivating Fire-Attribute Swordsmanship Divine Techniques, yet her spirit grew more placid — this was indeed an anomaly.

Yi Hongchen then voluntarily spoke, "I also think this is the best approach. Whether or not you and the Empress’s reincarnated body have any causal connection, her suppression of you is an indisputable fact."

"If you cannot resolve the Empress’s animosity towards you, in the Divine Court, you will find it difficult to take a step forward."

"Do not be fooled by your current meteoric rise to the Fourth Grade Venerate; ultimately, this is only due to the support of the Cyan Nether Celestial Venerate."

"Since the Cyan Nether Celestial Venerate can elevate you, the Empress can naturally also press you down."

"Go see the Empress, find a way to resolve this grudge. That is the best choice."

Lu Chengfeng was left speechless, prompting the others to express their own opinions in turn.

The majority of the women, despite differing rhetoric, still hoped for him to resolve the causality with the Empress.

Other women either simply agreed with their master’s direction or claimed ignorance.

Lu Chengfeng felt somewhat weary of their words. The so-called resolution of causality sounded pleasant, but what could a mere insignificant individual like him do against such a deity as the Empress? Aside from bowing in apology?

The thought of it left him feeling stifled.

"The Cyan Nether Celestial Venerate recommended that I gain favor with the Empress, but these women want me to bow and apologize."

He knew that the higher he climbed in the Divine Court, the more important the Empress became.

Were the Empress to show even a hint of animosity, countless others would try to teach him a lesson without the need for her lift a finger.

Lu Chengfeng, seeing they could offer no more, simply waved his hand to dismiss most of the Guardian True Spirits, leaving only a few remaining.

"Today, I publicly decapitated the Black Water Profound Origin True Monarch, which was also to test the Taiyi Demon-Suppressing Celestial Monarch. If he knew about the edict from the Empress against me, he would not let it rest and would definitely make a move against me."

"After all, following the Empress’s will is the greatest political correctness in the Divine Court."

"Now, from the reaction of the Taiyi Demon-Suppressing Celestial Monarch, it appears that the situation is not so dire. He probably does not know of the Empress’s edict."

"Which means, although the Empress is targeting me, she hasn’t spread the news."