Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

After Siming finished speaking, Jiang Ruan sighed softly: "These are not reasons to keep me here."

She didn't know how Emperor Donghua fell in love with her at first sight.

She just wanted to return to the mortal world.

In the mortal world, you can worship your father and mother.

There is Cen Sheng, neighbors, and everything that can make her happy. Although the Heavenly Palace is full of fine clothes and delicious food, as a mortal, she only feels depressed. She is out of tune with this place, not to mention having fairies serving her, which she feels will shorten her life.

Jiang Ruan continued, "I heard that the Star Lord Siming is in charge of the fate and destiny of mortals. I want to ask..."

Siming sighed for the umpteenth time and quickly interrupted, "Even if the young lady asked, I wouldn't dare to answer."

Seeing Jiang Ruan's beautiful face full of sorrow, Siming sighed that the Emperor's love life was bumpy and retreated.

There is no night in the Thirteenth Heaven where Emperor Donghua is. The moon hangs below the foot of the sky, and it is always as bright as day here. But today Jiang Ruan saw night.

Something that had never happened before suddenly happened, which surprised Jiang Ruan.

The fairy who lit the candle said, "This is the order of the Emperor. He wants to make the girl happy."

As she spoke, a fairy came forward to help Jiang Ruan untie her hair.

Jiang Ruan refused: "Don't bother you, I can do it myself."

"The young lady still won't let us serve her closely?" the fairy worried. "Although we are following her, we can only stand."

"It's okay if you don't stay by my side."

"This..." The fairy looked terrified. "If the Emperor knew about this, he would be furious. We are just spirits from the lower realms who have ascended to heaven. If we are not careful in the Heavenly Palace, we will be sent down to the lower realms. I hope the young lady will be kind and have mercy on us!"

Unexpectedly, being a fairy maiden in heaven would be so difficult. Jiang Ruan looked at the fairy maidens who were hanging their heads in fear and said, "I want to rest."

Hearing Jiang Ruan say this, the fairies retreated one by one.

Looking at the warm and bright light that illuminated the small world in the palace, Jiang Ruan stared blankly for a while, then stood up and walked towards the window.

Before Cen Sheng left his hometown to Jian'an to take the imperial examination, and when his father had just arranged a marriage for them, the handsome young man would stand downstairs outside her room and knock on the window with a bamboo pole every few days, then tie the snacks he bought to the pole and hand it to her.

Lotus leaf cake.

I haven't eaten it for a long time.

Su Bai's hand pushed open the window, and in the night, Jiang Ruan saw a purple figure standing outside the window with his back to her.

During the few days she stayed in Taichen Palace, Donghua did not imprison her, nor did he forbid the immortals and gods from approaching her. She also learned the general situation of the Heavenly Palace.

In the Heavenly Palace, there is only one god who wears purple - Donghua Zifu Shaoyang Jun.

Hearing the sound of a window opening behind him, Donghua, his silver hair like flowing light, turned around. His handsome face was dignified and proud, and his eyes, as cold as snow, were filled with tenderness as he looked at her: "Do you still like it?"

Not wanting to see him continue like this, Jiang Ruan advised, "I heard you are the most honorable god in the world, why are you doing this?"

Donghua said, "You know why I am like this."

"Jiang Ruan, you are the only one in the world who can make me do this."

Seeing the woman across the window from him unable to argue with him, Donghua chuckled softly, "How much of what you hear from them is the real me? If you want to know me, why not come and get to know me in person?"

Jiang Ruan: “…”

He took the opportunity to say this, and Jiang Ruan's fair little face turned red with anger: Shameless old immortal!

"I don't want to understand you, and I won't try to understand you." Jiang Ruan said coldly: "I am 18 years old, and you are old enough to be the ancestor of my ancestors. The gap between us is too big, it is absolutely impossible!"

The little girl dislikes her age?

Donghua glanced down at his clothes. "Although I was born 33 years ago, I am still strong and youthful, and my appearance remains handsome. The years ahead are endless, and I don't know how many more years there are. Compared to Cen Sheng, whose body ages in the blink of an eye, won't I be able to stay young for even longer?"

Jiang Ruan: “…”

Hearing him mention Cen Sheng and seeing that he didn't mind Cen Sheng, Jiang Ruan's eyes gradually filled with anticipation as she looked at him.

"Mr. Cen...is he okay?"

"I personally looked at his horoscope and it says he'll have a carefree life. Living to 90 won't be a problem."

Seeing Jiang Ruan relieved, but also worried, Donghua asked her, "Are you relieved?"

Jiang Ruan said nothing and closed the window.

Leaning against the closed window, she didn't know what to feel in her heart. Donghua said that Cen Sheng would live a carefree life and live to 90. She was both happy and sad.

The joy is that Cen Sheng can live long, but the sadness is that her departure is not a sorrow for Cen Sheng.

A tear rolled down her pretty face and Jiang Ruan closed her eyes.

After looking at the closed window in front of him for a long time, Donghua returned to the main hall of Taichen Palace with Siming, who was waiting a few meters behind him.

In the main hall, Sima Ming stopped and stood below, waiting for orders.

Donghua walked to the head of the table and sat lazily, his head supported by one hand as he thought for a long time. He asked Siming, "Have all the engagement invitations been sent out?"

"Yes," Siming replied, "Except for the three Supreme Gods, Mo Yuan, Zhe Yan, and Yao Guang, who were specifically ordered by the Emperor, all the prominent figures in the Four Seas and Eight Desolations have been sent."

Donghua responded, "I will personally deliver them."

Seeing through the Emperor's intention to show off in front of the three single gods, Siming quickly said, "The Emperor and the three gods were classmates at the Water Swamp Academy in the past, and later became comrades. This makes him different from other immortal gods."

He then hesitated for a moment and said, "Emperor, there is something I don't understand."

"What's the matter?" Donghua looked at the ancient book in his hand.

Siming: "Since the Emperor is so in love with Miss Jiang, why did he choose to get married three years from now?"

In fact, it was not just him. All the tribes in the world thought that the Emperor would be eager to let Jiang Ruan ascend to heaven and then get married immediately.

Donghua's voice was lazy. "Jiang Ruan has a grudge against me. Getting married now will only make her more resistant to me. Why not set a date first? Then she won't feel pressured, and I can slowly get closer."

There is also the thunder tribulation of the wedding. If he wants to bear it alone, he will need time to recover the cultivation he lost when sealing Miaoluo.

He secretly sighed that the Emperor was really an old fox, and Sima Ming flattered him: "The Emperor is wise."

"But..." He thought of something else: "Why did the Emperor mention the mortal Cen Sheng in front of Miss Jiang? Could it be that the Emperor doesn't mind..."

Si Ming was startled by Donghua's gaze and felt a tightness in his heart: "Little Immortal, you are too talkative."

"I did mention Mr. Cen on purpose," Donghua said. "Jiang Ruan wanted to know about Mr. Cen's recent situation. You thought I was bothered by him and didn't dare to tell him. Jiang Ruan was even more afraid that I would get angry if he was mentioned."

"A mortal who will never see Jiang Ruan again in this life, if he can make her feel at ease, then he is still of some use."

His actions could make Jiang Ruan gradually let down her guard against him. Slowly, he would be able to get into her heart.

After hearing these words, Siming gradually opened his eyes wide and thought to himself what a good plan!

The Emperor is really good at planning!

Other immortals would be jealous when facing their love rivals, but the Emperor was able to use his love rival to tell Miss Jiang that he was not jealous, but he cared more about her happiness than jealousy.

This is truly a decisive blow that strikes the heart and mind!

That's right. As the former ruler of heaven and earth, although the Emperor is most famous for his military power, it would be really stupid to think that the Emperor is not good at political manipulation.

How can one make the whole world submit if one only has military power but no political strategy?

The Emperor's slightest move was enough to leave Sima Ming confused. One can imagine how panicked the various tribes that were once enemies of the Emperor must be.