Love is deep but fate is shallow, this beautiful wife has waited for a thousand years

Mu Xiaoqiao never dreamed that he would get to see his mother in person in this life.

Seeing her wearing a red palace dress, with the same hair accessories as the concubines in the palace, hairpins and jewelry all on her head, and her face not damaged at all, looking lifelike, Mu Xiaoqiao felt excited and grateful.

"Mother, I'm Xiao Qiao, I'm here to see you."

Mu Xiaoqiao's tears dripped onto the ice coffin. Zhuo Sheng hurriedly pulled her arm back a little, "Although the ice room is cold enough, try not to get too close to it, so as not to damage the ice coffin with the heat."

Mu Xiaoqiao wiped her tears, nodded, and turned to look at Zhuo Sheng, "How did you do it?"

She pointed at Concubine Li's body. Zhuo Sheng knew what she was asking about and sighed, "Back then, after your mother and I escaped from the palace, we lived in the Changbai Mountain area, where ginseng is abundant. I thought that I could collect more ginseng herbs to completely cure your mother's illness, but I didn't expect that she missed your father so much that she was worried day and night and fell ill. No medicine could cure her. Alas!"

Mu Xiaoqiao's father was the last emperor of the previous dynasty. Although he was not good at governing the country and was cruel and inhumane, he could be considered a good husband emotionally. His harem was not full, and among the limited concubines, only Concubine Li was favored. Concubine Li was also his first concubine. There was no queen in the harem, and it was not an exaggeration to say that the two were a married couple.

Therefore, the only heir in the harem at that time was Mu Xiaoqiao.

Zhuo Sheng, who had been practicing medicine for half his life and saved countless lives, never expected that he could not save the person he wanted to save the most. He guarded Concubine Li's body like a madman and refused to bury it. It was winter and the water near Changbai Mountain had frozen into ice. Concubine Li's appearance had not changed at all after several days of her death!

Zhuo Sheng slowly came to his senses. If it weren't for the young Mu Xiaoqiao who needed taking care of, he would have collapsed and followed Concubine Li. Fortunately, Mu Xiaoqiao cried loudly due to hunger, which woke Zhuo Sheng up and made him finally accept the fact that Concubine Li had passed away.

He then took the black ice from Changbai Mountain that had not melted for thousands of years and made this ice coffin. He first stored it on the top of Changbai Mountain, where the temperature was extremely low all year round. He then spent several years searching for the current place, established the Medical Valley, and specially built this ice room before transporting Concubine Li's body here.

Hearing him casually talking about making an ice coffin and constructing an ice room, Mu Xiaoqiao knew in his heart that these were not easy tasks and they must have taken a lot of effort.

"Thank you." If it weren't for him, she would never have been able to see her mother's remains again in this life.

"I only hope to make up for the mistakes I made back then. If I wasn't so afraid of death..."

"Even ants try to survive, let alone humans?" Mu Xiaoqiao interrupted him, "You have done enough. I thank you on behalf of my mother."

Concubine Li fell ill due to missing her husband. Although Zhuo Sheng did some things at the beginning, he later cured her almost completely. Moreover, he carried the guilt for his whole life and took care of the young Mu Xiaoqiao for several years. In terms of emotion and reason, he had done a lot.

Enough to forgive his sins.

Zhuo Sheng has always felt that he had let Concubine Li and Mu Xiaoqiao down so badly. Now that Mu Xiaoqiao has forgiven him personally, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

He held the ice coffin, looked at Concubine Li's lifelike face, and choked up, "My Lady, Zhuo Sheng finally lived up to your trust and found Xiao Qiao and brought her to you. She looks a lot like you. It would be great if you could see her."

Mu Xiaoqiao took a step forward, knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times to Concubine Li's body, and murmured, "Mother, I'm sorry, Xiaoqiao is late."

It took a long time for the two of them to calm down. Mu Xiaoqiao was too excited just now and didn't feel anything. Now she just felt cold all over. Using her internal force to resist was ineffective. She was afraid that Zhuo Sheng's body couldn't bear it, so she said, "Senior Medical Immortal, you have disturbed my mother for a long time today. Why don't we let her rest?"

"Xiao Qiao, don't worry about me. I've gotten used to this kind of bitter cold over the years. Come over here. Your mother has something left for you."

Zhuo Sheng walked behind the ice coffin, lowered his head and pressed underneath it. There was a noise on the stone wall. Mu Xiaoqiao looked back and saw a hole about half the size of a person.

Zhuo Sheng reached out and took out a box, then handed it to Mu Xiaoqiao. "This is what your mother left for you. She said she would give it to you when you came of age. It is a royal secret, so I have kept it in a secret room. Now, it has finally been returned intact."

Mu Xiaoqiao took the box. It was a box made of pear wood, slightly larger than a palm, with auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes carved on it. It felt heavy in his hand.

"Wait until you return to your room before opening it. I think it must be something very important. Concubine Li has repeatedly warned us that this item is precious and must not fall into the hands of someone with ulterior motives."

Over the years, Zhuo Sheng carefully kept the box and kept it secret. Apart from him, even the wizards didn't know about the existence of this box.

Mu Xiaoqiao nodded solemnly, hugged the box tightly in his arms, and looked at Concubine Li in the ice coffin.

In a trance, she actually felt that the smile on Concubine Li's lips seemed to be a little bigger.

"By the way, when your mother was alive, she once said that she wanted me to be your adoptive father. I wonder if you are willing..."

Zhuo Sheng seemed to be hesitant to speak, as he was afraid that Mu Xiaoqiao would not be willing to acknowledge him as her godfather and that she still had resentment towards him in her heart.

Unexpectedly, Mu Xiaoqiao knelt down without hesitation and bowed, "Godfather, please accept my daughter's greetings."

Zhuo Sheng nodded excitedly and leaned over to help her up. "Okay, okay, good girl, get up quickly."

The two walked out together, and Mu Xiaoqiao said, "Foster father, can you tell me more about my mother?"

"Okay, I'll tell you everything we went through back then..."

Mu Xiaoqiao didn't come out for a whole day after entering the mountain. Ruan Haoyu was guarding the entrance. Although he knew there would be no danger, he still couldn't help but get anxious and kept stretching his neck to look inside.

Occasionally, fellow apprentices would pass by and couldn't help but look after him for a while, then ask in confusion: "Big Brother, are you looking for a master or a wizard? Can't you just go in directly?"

Ruan Haoyu would give him a slap on the face and say, "You have nothing to do, right? Do you want to help Master test some medicine?"

The fellow disciples were all silent and dared not to stay any longer.

As the sky got dark, Mu Xiaoqiao finally came out holding a box. Ruan Haoyu hurried over to her, holding her slightly cool and slender fingers, and asked distressedly, "Are you cold?"

Mu Xiaoqiao shook her head and smiled, "It's not cold, Ayu, I'm so happy."