However, despite indulging in this blissful emotion, Lin Mu Ci still had other issues to resolve.
And this issue was extremely important.
She needed to find the remains of his birth mother; only by doing so could she resolve his inner turmoil.
Therefore, Lin Mu Ci looked at the man before her and, after some thought, cautiously brought up the matter.
"Your mother… where exactly was she buried back then?"
"Should we not give her posthumous honors?"
The young man opposite her listened, then remained silent for a moment before Lin Mu Ci heard him say,
"Her remains are right here."
"She is buried right here."
Lin Mu Ci gasped in shock, finding it unbelievable.
"Really?"
"Her remains are buried right here?"
The man opposite nodded.
"Right beneath our feet, buried in the palace's underground chamber. She had no tomb. The Empress, fearing her demonic aura would be difficult to dispel, sought a Daoist priest to suppress it."
"I cannot approach that place either, because I… I am her child. Half of my bloodline is also restricted by that formation. Unless I can find the Daoist priest who set up the formation, I cannot retrieve her remains."
"Unfortunately, I have searched for that Daoist priest for so many years, but his whereabouts remain unknown."
"I even suspect that the Empress killed that Daoist priest immediately after he finished setting up the formation!"
As he spoke, a sneer played on the man's lips. Hearing his indifferent words, Lin Mu Ci suddenly asked,
"But since you cannot approach that place because you are her child and are affected by the formation, then it should be fine for me to go, right?"
She felt this path was viable.
"I'll go and retrieve your mother for you, so you can bury her. How about it?"
The man opposite looked up in shock. He gazed at her face, his expression shifting. She couldn't tell what he was thinking, but his emotions were clearly agitated.
Lin Mu Ci felt her proposal was flawless.
"Didn't you just say that I am your master? Since I am your master, it should be… acceptable for me to retrieve your mother in your stead, right?"
She raised her head, her eyes sparkling. Deep within her gaze, something seemed to shimmer, evoking a sense of deep emotion.
She was sincere.
She had genuinely proposed this suggestion. The man opposite pursed his lips, and after a long pause, he softly replied,
"But… I don't even know what kind of mechanisms that damned woman set up there. You have the baby now… I really don't want you to go."
"Moreover, that place is not suitable for outsiders to enter… because my mother was likely sealed, and her true form should have been revealed."
"This is her secret, and I don't want too many people to see her remains."
"Therefore, I cannot send anyone to protect you either."
After all, this was his greatest secret. Besides Lin Mu Ci, whom he could trust, he couldn't entrust the remains of his mother to even his most trusted subordinates.
Lin Mu Ci, however, didn't think this posed any problem. She waved her hand dismissively, her tone exceptionally confident.
"It's alright, I can go to that place by myself. I don't necessarily need protection; you just need to trust me!"
She was brimming with confidence.
"I guarantee I will complete the mission. I also understand your difficulties; you don't want the secret that your mother was a demon to be discovered."
"So, I'll go alone."
She thought that given his obsession with his mother, he wouldn't hesitate and would agree immediately.
But he still shook his head.
"No."
"Absolutely not now. At least not until you safely give birth… otherwise, I will never feel at ease."
But the young woman retorted,
"But I feel… it's better to resolve this matter as soon as possible. Because you mentioned there's a formation there, perhaps that formation is suppressing your mother's soul day and night. We can't wait that long; that's not good."
The young woman also had her own stubbornness, her own temperament.
She seriously raised her head and looked into his eyes, attempting to persuade him.
"If we are already married, and you have ascended the throne as Emperor, yet your mother continues to suffer in the darkness underground, that would be truly terrible."
Unexpectedly, the other party interrupted her, his tone considerably more assertive, showing no intention of coaxing her!
"No."
He fell silent for a moment, his gaze fixed on her eyes.
"You cannot do this."
The young woman still frowned.
"I really have a way to protect myself…"
But the Emperor opposite simply wouldn't listen to her.
"Get some rest early. There is absolutely no room for negotiation on this matter. I will continue to send out secret guards to search for the whereabouts of that Daoist priest. As soon as that Daoist priest is found, I can personally bring my mother back."
…
Lin Mu Ci feigned sleep. The little system heard her muttering in her mind.
"There must still be a way, right?"
The little system sighed helplessly.
"Host— you've already made up your mind, haven't you?"
Lin Mu Ci hummed in affirmation.
"Of course, I still have to help him resolve his inner turmoil. If you're going to do something, do it completely. This world cannot be left with any regrets. Although I am now the Empress and can retreat from this world, I feel that he has always been bothered by his mother's death."
"Then I naturally want to help him resolve his inner turmoil before leaving."
"This will make me feel better as well."
Lin Mu Ci had made up her mind. She asked the little system,
"Is there really a formation in the underground chamber?"
The little system hummed.
"You know, this world does have Daoist priests and Daoist arts. After all, even fox spirits exist. Ling Qian He's mother in this body was a fox spirit, and her soul is indeed suppressed beneath the palace, enduring torment."
"And that Daoist priest was extremely vicious. He indeed set up a formation using the fox spirit's blood."
"If Ling Qian He were to go down there, he would indeed be injured himself. Moreover, his mother's blood would clash with his, possibly causing his soul to dissipate instantly, and his bones to burn to ashes."
"From this perspective, it is indeed most appropriate for the host to go. No one else can compare to you in the slightest."
Lin Mu Ci took a deep breath and nodded, then said,
"In that case, there's no time to delay."
"Let's wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow, when he goes to the morning court, I will retrieve his mother's remains directly and give him a surprise, resolving his inner turmoil!"
…
However, although she said that, implementing this plan was indeed quite difficult, at least for Lin Mu Ci, it was extremely difficult.
She knitted her brows, a hint of melancholy tinging her expression.
Because the biggest challenge was that she needed to wake up early the next morning!
Otherwise, she would miss Ling Qian He going to the morning court.
He had to wake up early in the morning.
He would also return in the morning to accompany her for breakfast. The little system, however, chided her mercilessly.
"Host— I never expected that your biggest challenge would be waking up early."
"Is waking up early that difficult?"
Lin Mu Ci sighed.
"Of course, it's difficult… I've been living too comfortably lately, I've completely forgotten how to wake up early. It's not like when I was a star and had to get up at dawn to rush to announcements."
She yawned and sighed.
"How about this, you act as my alarm clock and wake me up, okay?"
The little system hesitantly agreed.
"Okay."
…
The next morning, after the little system had called three times, Lin Mu Ci struggled to get up and headed towards the underground chamber. She had already inquired from the elderly palace staff, and with the little system as her cheat, she wouldn't get lost.
But as she descended the stairs and finally stood before that door, her heart began to falter. She couldn't help but ask the little system,
"Can I just push open this door?"
The little system hummed.
"Yes. You can just push open this door."
Lin Mu Ci stared at the door, hesitating, hesitating, and then hesitating again—finally, she chose to push the door open. Then—she felt a rush of wind past her ears, a smell of blood in her nostrils, and dust that had been sealed for a long time puffed into her face.
She took two steps forward but felt as if she had broken through some barrier.
Then she saw—
A little fox sleeping in a block of ice.
The fox was entirely snow-white, a beautiful white fox to an excessive degree. It looked as if it were merely asleep. Although it no longer had breath, it hadn't turned into skeletal remains, but was frozen in a block of ice, astonishingly beautiful.
Lin Mu Ci bowed respectfully, then picked up the cold ice block and walked out.
The little system remarked emotionally,
"Its soul has been trapped for many years. It seems it really wants to thank you."
"It misses its child dearly."
"It wants to see if its child is living well."
"It voluntarily allowed itself to be sealed back then because it never regretted having a child. It hoped its child could live well in the outside world."
"As long as its child could live, it actually had no other greater wishes."
Lin Mu Ci nodded silently, then said in a low voice,
"He is very well."
"He is in the north, a revered God of War, repelling barbarian attacks numerous times."
"He is now Emperor, and he should… be able to be a very good Emperor."
"Don't worry about him anymore. He will live a happy life."
"He will truly be happy."
"I'm not lying."
After the young woman's mumbling, she returned to her palace with the ice block—Ling Qian He was already sitting there. The Emperor had discovered his Empress was missing upon returning from the morning court.
Seeing her walk in from outside the palace, carrying something covered with cloth.
He was stunned for a moment, then felt a tremor in his bloodline!
He suddenly realized what it was.
His entire body began to tremble violently!
She went…
To retrieve his mother's remains for him?