Chapter 96: Chapter 93: So You May Know the Future Empress’s Name (Double-Length)_2

Chu Wen Ruo was somewhat skeptical, but seeing her daughter, who usually did not get close to others, being particularly well-behaved and intimate with the musician, she couldn’t help but lower her guard a bit.

Chen Kuang casually reassured Chu Wen Ruo.

He suddenly squatted down close to the Little Princess, blinked, and asked rather slyly, "Speaking of which, in the reincarnation of Your Highness, what happened to your mother afterward?"

Little Princess: "..."

So many reincarnations, she almost forgot what she saw in her "childhood," and almost forgot about this guy in front of her... with unclear relations with her mother.

The Little Princess said in a faint voice, "Nothing much, she saw my achievements, felt content, and being just an ordinary mortal herself, grew disheartened, unwilling to partake in the conflicts anymore. So she found a nunnery to seek solace, sixty-four reincarnations, always the same, never changed."

Chen Kuang was taken aback, not expecting Chu Wen Ruo to be in sixty-four rounds of solitude and meditation.

Chu Wen Ruo, inherently gentle but ultimately a queen, it showed in the pampered life she led, her body extremely delicate.

Unexpectedly, even when her daughter became the Empress and pushed back the Zhou Kingdom, she still didn’t wish to enjoy any glory and wealth, it seemed she had seen through everything.

Chen Kuang felt it was a bit strange, but Chu Wen Ruo appeared weak on the outside, yet somewhat firm on the inside, truly having a destiny with Buddhism wasn’t impossible.

He set aside his doubts and first stated his plan:

"In short, our goal is, while replicating reality as much as possible, to find Tie Baiyuan again, obtain the Langhuan Sword fragment from him and reactivate the illusion."

"And through this illusion within the illusion, return to reality, understood?"

Originally, if one wanted to return from this illusion, they had to meet the requirements of the Demon Sword, meaning after significant changes in the illusion different from reality, it would place the host’s consciousness back into reality.

Meanwhile, back to reality comes the consciousness of countless people also affected in the illusion.

Lunar and Solar together in the sky, means that illusion and reality overlap and then reverse.

Another world within the illusion would instantly devour and replace reality.

This creates a true Eternal Purgatory...

Therefore, everything in the illusion must remain unchanged to avoid deeper impacts from the illusion.

Originally doing so meant never escaping the Demon Sword.

But now, because of Tie Baiyuan, there’s a way to manually control it.

Within the illusion, there also exists a Tie Baiyuan, and in his hand is still the Langhuan Sword fragment.

As long as they can get the Langhuan Fragment here.

Then using the real Langhuan Fragment as a lead, reverse the two, and let their consciousness return!

The Little Princess took a deep breath and nodded: "I understand."

That said, everything in the illusion still left her feeling a bit unwilling...

Sixty-four reincarnations, she went through so much, endured many hardships, before finding a way to save the Liang Kingdom.

She had seen so many sights, stood atop peaks supported by thousands, tasted ambition and power.

But in the other reality, it seemed to be a dead end from the start.

Because the one who said he would assist her, Zhang Zhizhou, never chose her from the beginning... and was even killed on the spot by Chen Kuang using his zither.

Thinking of this, the Little Princess suddenly realized.

She almost developed disdain toward Chen Kuang due to the illusion...

She calmed down and quickly figured it out.

In reality, Zhang Zhizhou did not pledge allegiance to her, not because of Chen Kuang.

What truly determined the fate was a question posed by Huo Hengxuan.

At that time, young as she was, she couldn’t comprehend the true meaning within that question, thus missing the opportunity.

In the first reincarnation after entering the illusion, she knew the answer and responded calmly, naturally attracting Zhang Zhizhou’s attention.

Some might think that asking such a question to a little four-year-old child, when adults might not come up with an answer, was pure difficulty...

But the Little Princess was clearly aware within the reincarnations that Zhang Zhizhou was indeed a madman.

He was genuinely observing and testing whether a little girl had the ability or potential to become an emperor...

And in reality, when she naively answered that question as a counting problem, she lost her qualification in his eyes.

Later Zhang Zhizhou’s actions showed he was essentially courting death, quickly ridding this identity...

"This illusion is truly terrifying!"

The Little Princess thought: "I was already unknowingly affected so deeply... almost couldn’t distinguish between real and false, I must be more careful and vigilant in the future."

But, speaking of which.

Given Zhang Zhizhou’s Grandmaster status at this moment, their discussions must have been heard clearly?

"Is what you two said... really true? Am I, now, in an illusory dream?"

The middle-aged Confucian scholar, having listened for quite a while from another nearby cell, couldn’t help but raise this question.

Chen Kuang and the Little Princess froze simultaneously, then exchanged a glance.

"Alas... It’s certainly true."

Chen Kuang sighed with a troubled expression and loudly exclaimed: "Li Hongling, I..."

Before he finished speaking, a streak of lightning flashed before his eyes.

...

In the familiar cell.

Chen Kuang raised his brow, meeting the speechless gaze of the Little Princess, chuckling softly:

"You know, it’s actually pretty useful."

This Li Hongling was useful only for this.

This time, subsequently, both remained silent, proceeding through the predetermined sequence once more without speaking.

Amid this unspoken tacit understanding, there was inevitably a trace of unspoken awkwardness.

Especially the Little Princess, who knew Chen Kuang inside out.

His various probing and acting early on seemed particularly clumsy, quite... laugh-inducing.

But similarly, the Little Princess had to pretend to be the naïve and cute child she once was, making Chen Kuang nearly unable to contain himself.

The Little Princess felt somewhat annoyed and embarrassed, especially during the porridge feeding segment...

Previously, when she was unaware, there was no sense of this.

But now, having to lift her head and open her mouth wide to receive a bowl of hot porridge was inevitably a bit shameful.

Moreover, there was also the act on horseback, jabbing at those two things atop her head.

Which allowed Chen Kuang to grasp... grasp... Chu Wen Ruo’s body!

What on earth did she do during her childhood???

In such mutual awkwardness, where only each was clear-headed and reliant on each other.

Finally, after three mistakes, they left the Imperial City, embarking on their journey to depart.

Chen Kuang carried the Little Princess under one arm and marched forward.

The flames flying in the Imperial City transformed into specks before their eyes, the collision of hot fire and cold wind, the free air was always so nostalgic.

"Your Highness, speaking of which..."

Chen Kuang suddenly asked: "I still don’t know, what is Your Highness’s real name?"

After all, inside this shell was no longer a little brat.

Always calling him Little Garbage Bucket in his heart isn’t quite right.

The Little Princess paused for a moment then said, "Didn’t you know a young lady’s given name isn’t told around, and you can’t ask randomly?"

Asking for one’s name is part of the wedding ceremony custom.

Chen Kuang paused, and said: "I forgot about that, then let’s continue calling you Your Highness."

He always subconsciously overlooked some commonsense of ancient times, that’s his fault.

But at this moment, the Little Princess’s words had a strange subtlety...

After a while.

When approaching separation.

"Su Huaiying."

Chen Kuang suddenly heard the small child tucked under his arm say:

"Letting you know the name of the future Empress."

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