Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

Seeing that he didn't speak, Jiang Ruan asked again: "Are you from Kunlun?"

"Ah... yes!" Si Yin suddenly realized what was happening and cursed herself for being blinded by the color. She replied, "I am a disciple of Kunlun Xu Moyuan, the Supreme God."

Although the woman opposite is beautiful, there is no trace of immortal aura around her. She must be the mortal woman who is about to be welcomed as the empress by Emperor Donghua.

She was wearing a blue smoke gauze dress, the material was thin and expensive, but she had only a rosewood hairpin in her tied-up hair, which really didn't match the dress.

Seeing the confusion that flashed across her fair face after hearing the name Kunlun Xu, Si Yin asked, "You don't know Kunlun Xu?"

Jiang Ruan shook his head: "I am not well-informed and don't know."

She knew Kunlun Mountain because she lived in a town at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, but she had never heard of Kunlun Xu.

Si Yin suddenly realized: "It's not that you are ignorant, but the immortals' temples always set up various formations and barriers. Mortals can't enter, so naturally they don't know."

Seeing that the woman opposite understood, Si Yin saluted her with a fan in her arms: "My name is Si Yin, may I know your name, young lady?"

Jiang Ruan returned the greeting: "Jiang Ruan."

Si Yin said, "Are we just going to stand here and talk?"

Jiang Ruan walked out of Taichen Palace. She didn't want people to think that she could control Taichen Palace.

To Si Yin's surprise, the guards at the palace gate did not stop her. She was a free person in the Heavenly Palace.

This is different from the rumor that the emperor forced a mortal woman.

Si Yin was surprised: "Can you come out?"

Jiang Ruan was puzzled: "Why can't I... come out?"

"There are rumors that you didn't come to the Heavenly Palace voluntarily. I thought you couldn't leave Taichen Palace." Si Yin smiled: "It seems that the truth is not so."

Following Si Yin forward, Jiang Ruan sighed and said, "I really didn't come to the Heavenly Palace voluntarily. Now that I'm here, I can't find a way to leave. I'm met with resistance everywhere, which makes me feel very uncomfortable."

Si Yin glanced back and saw a large number of fairies, holding trays and jade artifacts, filing out of Taichen Palace and following behind Jiang Ruan. She counted them and there were exactly thirty-six of them, which was in line with the regulations for the emperor and empress to travel.

"Don't be sad." Unable to bear the sight of the beautiful woman beside him with such sorrow, Si Yin frantically tried to comfort her: "You don't know how many fairies and goddesses in the world envy you for becoming the most noble woman in the world from now on."

"I'm a mortal." Jiang Ruan forced a smile at him. "What I want is an ordinary life, having children with the man I love. Time that passes in the blink of an eye to you is a happiness that is out of reach for me."

Having never experienced love before, Si Yin said "Oh", but suddenly realized: "Do you have someone you like?"

Jiang Ruan didn't say anything.

Si Yin laughed twice, and complained in her heart: This emperor actually tried to force the separation, making it impossible for lovers to get married!

He looked around at the magnificent buildings of the Heavenly Palace and said to Jiang Ruan, "People in the Heavenly Palace don't take love seriously, especially the lineage of the Heavenly Sovereigns. Their marriages are all for the purpose of consolidating the status of the Heavenly Clan. Actually... I want to say that the Emperor has fallen in love with you and wants to take you as his empress. This is already a blessing in disguise for you. If another Immortal Sovereign fell in love with you but couldn't marry you and could only take you as a concubine or a maid, then they would be truly unlucky."

Hearing this kind of talk for the first time, Jiang Ruan was surprised: "Does the Heavenly Palace have three wives and four concubines just like the human world?"

"What else?" Si Yin was used to this kind of thing: "If the emperor's concubines stood in a row in front of you, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to bear the sight of them all for a whole day."

"I know you feel unlucky and have a bad life, but at least you haven't fallen to the worst point yet. So, don't feel sorry for yourself. Maybe things can turn around."

Jiang Ruan: "Your way of comforting people is really unique."

Waving his robe, Si Yin smiled at Jiang Ruan. "I can't just ignore the facts and comfort you. Emperor Donghua's status... even if my master spoke up, it wouldn't change things. If I were more powerful than him, I would definitely help you!"

He thought again: "Besides, you never asked me for help from the beginning until now. If I asked you to take you away, would you..."

Jiang Ruan lowered her eyelids: "You also said that Emperor Donghua has an extraordinary status. I can't implicate you."

"Seventeen."

A gentle voice came, yet it carried an authority that could not be ignored.

Jiang Ruan looked up and saw a man in black clothes, eight feet tall, with his hair tied up in a crown, and a handsome face full of poetic and scholarly air standing in front of him. He was looking at them with a pair of calm and dignified eyes.

Si Yin, who was standing beside him, ran towards the man in front, bowed politely before him, and called him, "Master."

Looking at the smoky blue figure in front of him, his gaze paused for a moment on her beautiful face. Mo Yuan instantly confirmed her identity. Ignoring the strange feeling in his heart, he nodded at her and said to the disciple in front of him, "Let's go, it's time for us to leave."

"Yes." Si Yin glanced at Jiang Ruan and followed Mo Yuan away.

As for Jiang Ruan, she did not pay too much attention to Mo Yuan. Her ears were still echoing with the words that Si Yin whispered and quickly passed over in her ear when she left.

"At the end of the first heaven, remember to find a powerful magical weapon to protect yourself."

These words gave Jiang Ruan hope.

Si Yin was the only person willing to lend a helping hand to her. The corners of her fair eyes flushed with excitement and gratitude, which made Mo Yuan's gaze linger on her for a moment longer before leaving.

On the way back, Mo Yuan asked Si Yin, "Why did you come to the Taichen Palace on the thirteenth level?"

Si Yin rubbed the back of her neck as if she had been caught: "I'm curious about the future emperor and empress."

"Before I saw her, I always thought I was so lucky. But after seeing her... Master, she wasn't willing to do it."

Although his heartstrings were touched for a moment, the Ancient God remained expressionless. Mo Yuan only lowered his eyes slightly and sighed, "It's pitiful."

"The Wing Realm is now beginning to become restless, and the situation is likely to be precarious. Although she is not willing to do so, she can still protect herself by staying in the Heaven Realm."

Si Yin disagreed: "If you are not happy, what's the point of living longer?"

His life is to be lived happily!

Mo Yuan thought for a moment and said, "You're right. But as a person, you must always shoulder your responsibilities, whether you're happy or not."

"But Master..." Si Yin was puzzled. "As a mortal woman, what responsibilities does she have? She's not like a fairy or a god who takes on offerings from the mortal world and needs to repay her with due diligence."

Stunned by his youngest disciple's words, Mo Yuan said gently, "She was saved by Donghua, but the consequences are beyond her control."

When he met Jiang Ruan, Mo Yuan calmly deduced her fate.

Discovering this mortal woman was equivalent to being saved by Donghua twice.

The fate and entanglement involved cannot be explained in just a few words.