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Chapter 4240: Two Lifetimes, No Connection
Evidently, the Crown Princess was deeply wary of their Dragon clan members. No matter what they did or said, the Crown Princess would link it to "tricking her into going to Forgetfulness Sea" or "what is the Dragon clan's objective."
Long Mao couldn't help but sigh, looking up at the silent Crown Princess sitting beside the Crown Prince, contemplating discussing the matter with the Emperor again.
That night, the moon hung like water, and starlight filled the sky.
Qiao Mu lay by the window, head tilted back, gazing at a faint, wavering figure before her.
"Child, is that my child?"
"Child, don't think about revenge. Don't do anything, don't think about anything. Just live well, promise Mother, okay?"
Just as the letter from Long Chuyun she had seen in the inheritance secret realm.
Within Long Chuyun's life lamp projection, there were no accusations of revenge or resentment, only calm, peaceful statements.
She could see that the place in the life lamp projection was the scenery of the inheritance secret realm, now named Chu Yun Star by her.
Long Chuyun spent her last days in the inheritance secret realm.
Qiao Mu watched her slowly walk through the inheritance secret realm, holding the swaddled baby, a faint smile on her pale face.
For the first time, Qiao Mu saw a relatively clear image of Long Chuyun up close. When the faint phantom floated before her, she even instinctively reached out, only to grasp at thin air.
It was impossible not to feel a sense of loss.
The little one expressionlessly returned the phantom to the round jade pendant, stating blandly, "You truly are a fool."
In this man-eat-man world, if you don't move forward, you'll be devoured until not even bone fragments remain.
You broke ties with the Mu family for that Dragon clan, only to end up with nothing from both sides.
Did anyone in the Dragon clan speak well of you?
After the Dragon clan was ambushed in Forgetfulness Sea and recovered, did they ever come looking for you?
Even after three or five years, did they come looking for you?
No!
They did nothing.
A married daughter is like spilled water; they had completely forgotten you long ago.
"Fool," Qiao Mu murmured faintly, her small hand tightly gripping the round jade pendant.
Mother, I miss you a little.
If you were still alive, you would personally teach me martial arts, alchemy, and medicine...
What kind of ill fate was this, to be so profoundly separated across two lifetimes?
When Mo Lian pushed the door open, he saw a moonlight shadow cast upon Qiaoqiao, making her appear somewhat melancholic, flickering between light and shadow in the moonlight.
"Why aren't the lights on?" He quickly walked forward, picked up the little poker-face, and with a flick of his finger, lit all the surrounding candle holders.
The candlelight instantly illuminated both their faces.
Sparks flickered gently within the candle holders, and in an instant, the surroundings seemed to brighten.
Mo Lian gently turned her small head, looking at her seriously. "Don't overthink things, okay? When you're like this, your husband can't do anything; I just want to stare at you all day."
The little poker-face wore a blank expression, her eyelids fluttering slightly as she gave him a listless look.
"Qiaoqiao, I hear there are many lotus flowers in that Pond Lotus Sacred Realm! Red, yellow, green, blue—all kinds you've seen and haven't seen!"
Qiao Mu lifted her small face, gazing at Mo Lian with a bewildered expression.
And then?
"No matter what the Dragon clan is planning, we might as well go along with their wishes, go to Forgetfulness Sea, and refine the Pond Lotus Sacred Realm!"