I traveled through the Cretaceous period and farmed with the ever-changing dog egg.

"One for me, one for you, one for my eldest brother, one for my second brother, one for Mo Nanfeng... Nie Lianzhou... Zhong Qing, Zhong Yi, Zhong Yue, Mom and Dad..."

Lin Chaoyan carefully kept her own and the extra one separately. She then placed the one that belonged to Ying Zheng into his hand without the slightest hesitation.

"Here you go, you can decide what to do with it!" She no longer made any decisions for him.

She kept only the one for Qiu Shenji and stored the rest in her spatial storage. Lin Chaoyan then prepared to leave the carriage to deliver the elixir to Qiu Shenji, but was tightly embraced by the person behind her.

"Ah Zheng? What's wrong with you?" She was puzzled as to what was wrong with Ying Zheng so suddenly.

Watching her divide the goods, Ying Zheng felt a pang of worry for her. Why was this fool so sincere? Why was she without a trace of greed?

"Ah Yan, do you want something from me? I'm scared of you..." Ying Zheng was scared and felt insecure. Lin Chaoyan's behavior made him feel like she was a saint, not a human being.

What's wrong with this guy now? Lin Chaoyan plopped down on his lap and carefully considered Ying Zheng's unreasonable demands.

"That Zheng~ let me think about it carefully, there's nothing I can gain from you besides yourself! Fame and power, they're useless to me!" Lin Chaoyan raised her head, her beautiful and aloof face extremely serious.

Sigh... Luckily, I can still give you pictures, otherwise I wouldn't know how to keep you.

"Alright, Ayan, we'll be in Xianyang soon. Give it to him then." With that thought, Ying Zheng placed the pearl that belonged to him, including the one from before, in the palm of his hand.

"Keep it for me! I don't mind, Ayan." That way, at least you'll remember me.

...Did I lose? Isn't this the elixir he's been dreaming of? Why did he give it to me to keep? Lin Chaoyan looked down at her palm and thought to herself.

"Isn't this what you've been dreaming of, Zheng? Why don't you eat it?" Do you like to eat the heavy metal that Xu Fu rubbed by hand?

"Silly Ayan, how can I hide this from the world if I eat it? How can I end my mission if I don't die? What I want is not just to be king in the human world, but also to have you as my other half in the future." Power and you together are what make me who I am.

How cheesy! My heart is pounding, and this car is so stuffy. Lin Chaoyan, afraid that Ying Zheng would see her embarrassment, buried her head in her chest and started fiddling with the embroidery on his black robe.

“Ah Zheng…”

"Mmm! I'm here..." Lin Chaoyan's soft, gentle voice drifted into Ying Zheng's heart like a gentle breeze. Her restless little hand made his heart itch.

"Ayan, never use your abilities in front of the world again, and never trust others easily. You are just my wife who bore my children, the Queen of Qin." Be an ordinary person by my side for a while!

"Ah Zheng, we won't have children. Don't force yourself anymore. My period stopped when I was sixteen. You gain some things and you lose others. Don't be so fixated on this..." Having children... Lin Chaoyan understood that this was Ying Zheng's obsession, how hard he had worked for this child.

Is it true that every gain comes with a loss? I'm so unwilling to accept this! Ying Zheng closed his eyes and gently rubbed his chin against Lin Chaoyan's head.

"These past few days have been hard on you, Ayan. We'll have Xu'er from now on!" With her eldest son, no one could challenge her position as empress. However, it seemed the remaining children couldn't come from Ayan's womb. "Ayan, I'll have to have children with other women from now on... Please don't be angry and leave, okay?"

His unreasonable request left Lin Chaoyan speechless; she didn't want to agree.

The silence of the person in his arms put Ying Zheng in a dilemma: for the sake of history, those children had to be born. But this meant that a rift would develop between them.

"Ayan... I won't touch them once the last child is born." He called out gently, but Lin Chaoyan only heard the word "last child."

Lin Chaoyan left his embrace, intending to have a serious talk about this issue. "Then let's get married after your last child is born! I don't care about your past, but I can't help but care about your future." Seven years passed, but seven years meant nothing to Lin Chaoyan.

"I won't wait. Life is only seventy years long. After ten years of ignorance and ten years of old age, only fifty years are left. And half of those fifty years must be taken away from the darkness of night, leaving only twenty-five. Then, how much time is wasted on eating, drinking tea, bathing, changing clothes, busying oneself with government affairs, falling ill, and fighting in the east and west? The days that are truly left to be with you are, if you count them on your fingers, pitifully few."

"Ah Yan, I don't want you to think I'm a smooth-talking philanderer. We've already missed six years. How many six-year periods does one have in a lifetime? How can I miss this one?" He was emotional, wishing he could meld Lin Chaoyan into his body and never be separated again.

She couldn't breathe; was he planning to strangle her to death? Lin Chaoyan's face was flushed red from being strangled.

"It hurts! Let go of me! If you don't let go, you'll strangle me!"

Losing his patience, Lin Chao shoved the person away and then took deep breaths of fresh air.

"Phew~ I almost suffocated..."

"Ask, ask, ask! Aren't you annoying? What exactly do you expect me to agree to? Since you're unhappy if you do what I want, and I'm unhappy if I do what you want, why are you so selfish and insist that I do what you want? This dilemma you're in proves that we shouldn't have been together in the first place, and everything we're in now is a mistake..." Love should be joyful, and if it's not joyful, it shouldn't continue.

"I've been selfish all these years, and you've indulged me all these years. Ah Yan, you shouldn't say such hurtful things." He quickly offered a way out, embracing Lin Chaoyan, whose body was covered in sharp thorns, once again.

Listening to the sound of the carriage wheels rolling over the road and hearing the chatter of passersby, Lin Chaoyan calmed down, realizing she had overreacted. "Are we arriving soon?"

"Yes! We're home!" I've finally brought you back.

The long procession, escorted by Meng Tian, ​​entered Xianyang City. Through the window, Lin Chaoyan saw the city she had not seen for six years once again.

"Is this really alright?" The same secret passage, the same clandestine lead to the palace. Lin Chaoyan didn't know if coming back with him was the right or wrong decision.

"Don't be afraid! I've already arranged your identity." Ying Zheng held Lin Chaoyan's hand tightly and led her inside.

"What about them? Where did my brother and the others go?" Her questioning voice echoed through the long secret passage.

"Qiu Shenji and his three children are temporarily staying at General Meng's mansion. Du Ming, knowing your preferences, has gone to the Qinling Mountains to build the sect with the artisan army." As he spoke, they had already arrived at the exit.

In the rear hall of Xianyang Palace, nothing has changed.

"Come on, Ayan, be careful!!" His tenderness made it seem as if the two were just an ordinary couple, not emperors.

"This servant greets Your Majesty, greets... Miss Lin..." Even though he had already received the news and was waiting here, Zhao Gao was still surprised by Lin Chaoyan's unchanged appearance when they met again.

"Ayan, let's go in!" The two had dinner together. Lin Chaoyan found that the dishes were pretty good. If she hadn't been told not to eat too much, she felt she could have had two more bowls.

"I'm going to take care of some official business. Remember to finish your bird's nest soup later, Ayan. You must be exhausted from traveling all this time, so rest early and don't wait for me." Ying Zheng patiently chatted with Lin Chaoyan.

He kissed her on the lips before leaving, and Lin Chaoyan stared in the direction he left, suddenly wondering why she had been so indulgent towards him.

"I must have owed him something in my past life. Let's go out for a walk to digest..."

"Miss, the King has ordered that those who rise early be accompanied by your subordinates to serve you." Several guards emerged from the darkness; they were all old acquaintances of Lin Chaoyan.

"Do whatever you want!" she said before heading out to digest her food.

Finding a secluded spot, Lin Chaoyan climbed onto the roof and gazed at the setting sun in the distance.

The sunset painted the sky, with beams of light scattering from the clouds in ever-changing patterns. The colors resembled scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and the gentle breeze of the spring evening eased her previously anxious mood considerably.

Just then, a soft, coquettish voice came from the garden in the distance.

From a distance, a woman dressed in blue was seen reprimanding the palace servants around her.

Lin Chaoyan listened curiously for a few moments and found out that it was all about jealousy over Ying Zheng. She saw that the palace servant was bowing her head and remaining silent, which made her feel truly wronged.

"Didn't you say that His Majesty loves Lady Zheng's outfit the most? Then why was His Majesty so angry just now? Why did he forbid me from dressing like this in the future?"

The young palace maid, trembling and looking aggrieved, replied, "My lord, His Majesty does indeed particularly favor Consort Zheng's attire. This servant doesn't know why His Majesty is angry..."

The woman suddenly turned fierce and slapped the palace maid across the face. "You lowly servant, are you saying I'm not even as good as that old woman in the Cold Palace?"