My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

When Lu Bingchun and his group arrived at Shuanghe Village, quite a few people had already gathered there. These people had all come to see what was happening after hearing the news.

Looking at the bustling crowd in the village, Lu Bingchun couldn't help but remark, "Shuanghe Village looks pretty much the same as before! It doesn't seem like a place that produced an emperor!"

Hu Xing frowned as well.

He somewhat agreed with what Lu Bingchun said.

He had never met the emperor, but when soldiers were recruited, he and his eldest son, Hu Dazhou, both served in the army.

However, he later retired early due to injury and returned to his village.

Although he didn't achieve any great feats in the army, he did get to know some insightful people there. From them, he learned a lot of things he didn't know before.

According to the information he received, the royal family has always been very extravagant.

If Ji Yunshuang becomes the emperor, Shuanghe Village will definitely be garrisoned with troops, making it impossible for anyone to get close!

But the village was noisy and there were no large troops stationed there, so it didn't look like an emperor was here.

He was a little disappointed, but after the initial disappointment, he felt relieved. Thankfully, it was just a rumor, not true. If it were true…

He really did make a mistake back then.

He harmed himself and his whole family...

Lu Bingchun and the others unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a bit lighter in their hearts. Although if Ji Yunshuang wasn't the emperor, their trip would have been in vain, and they wouldn't have had the chance to beg Ji Yunshuang for a chance to rise to prominence together.

But more than that faint hope, they wished Ji Yunshuang would not become empress. They wished she would remain just an ordinary woman.

Just as everyone was unconsciously breathing a sigh of relief, Sister-in-law Hu spoke up: "Husband, you don't need to come with me. Just let the oxcart take me there."

Hu Xing didn't refuse Sister-in-law Hu's suggestion. Since he was already there, he figured he might as well let her go and take a look.

They all got out of the car and asked the driver to take them there.

Before the driver could even get a few steps toward the Lu family's place, villagers shouted for them to come back.

Hu Xing walked over and asked the villagers, puzzled, "Can't we go over there?"

"You all want to see His Majesty the Divine Lord, don't you?" a villager said. "It's no use, you won't get to see him. Who's in that carriage? Your wife? Tell them to come back right now!"

Hu Xing said, "We used to be from the same village as the Lu family. My wife did some things wrong in the past, and I came here to apologize to the Lu family."

“You won’t even get an apology,” the villager said. “Don’t think it’s easy to see the Lu family just because there are no soldiers around. Before His Majesty the Divine Lord returned, you might have had a chance to see the Lu family. Let me tell you, now, you can’t even get close to the Lu family.”

Hu Xing thought to himself, "Could it be that Ji Yunshuang brought a lot of secret guards? Those secret guards are hiding in the shadows, preventing everyone from getting close."

As he was thinking this, he saw a very powerful car stop some distance away from the Lu family's residence.

The cows made a series of mooing sounds.

"See, I told you, you can't even get close to the Lu family now!" the villager who spoke earlier said. "The Lu family is under a spell, and no one can get close."

"Celestial magic?" Hu Xing, Lu Bingchun, and the others exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

“That’s right!” The villager pointed to the returning oxcart lane: “Look, didn’t they come back? It’s just that His Majesty the Divine Lord cast a spell, preventing anyone from getting close to the Lu family.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the oxcart arrived in front of Hu Xing. Hu's wife looked desperate and said, "Husband, I don't know what's going on, we can't get through."

"Of course you can't get through. His Majesty the Divine Lord doesn't want to be disturbed, so he used his magic to block the road to the Lu family."

A villager from Shuanghe Village said, "So many people went to the Lu family before, wanting to see the immortals. The immortals said they only wanted to be with their families and didn't want to be disturbed, so they used their magic."

"Yes, yes, I was there at the time. I only saw her raise her hand, and then it was as if an invisible layer appeared in front of her, covering the entire Lu family. No matter where you came from, you couldn't get close to the Lu family."

"I even took some people to try in the Lu family's backyard, but it still didn't work!"

"Yes, I tried it too!"

"But we don't need to go to the Lu family. We can absorb immortal energy right here, right?"

"Yes, yes, that's fine, we'll just stand far away. We won't disturb the gods."

……

The villagers talked amongst themselves, and Hu Xing and the others finally figured out the whole story from their words.

Lu Bingchun's expression changed several times, and he hurriedly ran towards the Lu family.

Hu Xing followed.

Soon, the two discovered that the villagers were not lying; indeed, as the villagers said, the Lu family's house was blocked by an invisible force.

They had no way of getting close to the Lu family.

This invisible force was vast, completely enveloping the Lu family. Reflecting on his initial thoughts upon arriving in the village, Hu Xing deeply realized his own shallowness.

She could use magic to isolate everyone, so she wouldn't need to bring a large army to protect her like ordinary emperors.

It turns out the rumors were true.

He truly ruined himself and his entire family. He ruined the future generations of the Hu family. Originally, the Hu family and the Lu family should have been related by marriage…

Hu Xing collapsed to the ground, utterly devastated. Lu Bingchun, like Hu Xing, also knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.

They are closer to the Lu family than the Hu family!

He's a true member of the royal family!

But what did he do back then?

They are the ones who are pushing their own blood relatives away!

He knelt on the ground and wept bitterly for a while, then began to kowtow desperately in the direction of the Lu family, hoping that Ji Yunshuang and the others could forgive him.

Seeing Lu Bingchun kowtowing towards the Lu family's direction, Hu Xing belatedly realized what was happening and began to kowtow as well.

The two kowtowed and confessed their sins. They also called their family members to come and kowtow and confess together.

Some villagers, unaware of the truth, thought they were worshipping a Bodhisattva and followed suit, kneeling on the ground. Some even went home to bring incense, candles, and paper money, and started burning incense in the direction of the Lu family's house.

When Prince Rui arrived at Shuanghe Village in his carriage, this was the scene he saw.

A cold smile curled at the corner of his lips. "He certainly has some tricks up his sleeve."

Fu Ci knew that the more he spoke up for Ji Yunshuang, the more displeased his father would become, but he still couldn't help but say, "Father, this must all be the result of these people's own actions. Junior Sister would never stoop to such methods; she doesn't like being worshipped."

As expected, Prince Rui's expression grew even colder after hearing his words.

"Whether she's cunning or not, you'll know just by looking at her."

His calm, wise, and resourceful son has now become a naive young man who has plunged headlong into love. Isn't that the best proof of that?

Thinking of his outstanding son, now ruined, a hint of resentment rose in his eyes. He had truly underestimated her back then.

Seeing that his father was truly angry, Fu Ci became increasingly anxious.

Things didn't go as he hoped; instead, they went in the opposite direction.

This is not what he wanted to see at all.

He was a little anxious, but quickly calmed down.

The reason why the King is so angry now is based on his suspicion that his junior sister used underhanded tactics against him.

If he sees his junior sister in person and finds out that what he said is true and that she is indeed a deity, he will no longer have any objections to her.

At this moment, the guard who had scouted ahead came to report: "Your Highness, the carriage can't go any further... The villagers here say... say..."

"What are you saying? Why are you stammering?" Prince Rui said unhappily.

The guard said, "They say the Lu family has been cursed by a deity, and they cannot pass without the deity's permission."

Fu Ci's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's right, Junior Sister must have used immortal techniques. She used immortal techniques many times before in Jingyang City."

Minister Yan's men, having witnessed her use of magic, quickly decided to submit to her. "Father, now that you've seen it with your own eyes, you no longer believe that Junior Sister used underhanded tactics against me, do you?"

Prince Rui scoffed and strode off the carriage.

He might as well go and see what methods he used.

Fu Ci hurriedly followed.

Prince Rui quickly arrived at the intersection.

Just as the guards had said, there was no way to pass. He reached out, but his hand felt as if it were touching a wall.

But there was nothing in front of him.

His brows furrowed unconsciously.

Fu Ci caught up and said, "Father, did you see that? I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Prince Rui flicked his sleeve and said, "She must have known we were coming, so she prepared in advance."

Fu Ci said, "Father, do you think this can be prepared in advance by manpower?"

Prince Rui said, "There are countless talented and extraordinary people in this world. It is not surprising that she has a group of talented and extraordinary people under her command, or that she has some strange methods of her own."

At this moment, another guard came to report: "Your Highness, we have explored all the other roads, and they are all blocked by something, just like here, and we can't get through them."

“Father…” Fu Ci said, “You heard it, we can’t get through anywhere else either. Besides the immortal techniques used by Junior Sister, what other extraordinary people or individuals have such abilities?”

Prince Rui did not speak, but his expression grew increasingly cold.

"Your Highness... then... what do we do now?" the guard asked cautiously, observing the expressions on the two men's faces.

Prince Rui said coldly, "This is a deliberate attempt to intimidate me!"

Fu Ci said anxiously, "Father, Junior Sister wouldn't do that, it must be a misunderstanding."

Prince Rui scoffed and was about to order his attendants to return when he heard a gasp of surprise from the crowd.

"immortal!"

"Look, it's a deity."

"So the immortal wasn't at the Lu family at all; he went out!"

……

Everyone was talking about it.

Prince Rui looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman of stunning beauty riding on the back of a huge and powerful tiger.

He was stunned for a moment.

He had seen countless beauties in his life and was not easily swayed by physical attractiveness. But the woman he saw now was not simply beautiful.

She possesses a unique quality that most people lack.

For a brief moment, he truly felt as if he had seen a deity.