These fairies want me to deal with them every day.

"But it's my junior sister, I really have to go this time."

"Just because she's the empress?"

Su Mi seemed to have reverted to her jealous self, pouting her red lips as she looked at Wei Tu with dissatisfaction.

Then she whispered, "What if I said... Senior brother, I'm jealous because I don't want you to see her, and I want you to come back to Yuanjian Sect with me?"

This seems to be a somewhat unreasonable act.

However, Wei Tu knew that things were not as simple as they seemed on the surface; the girl's behavior at this moment was completely out of character.

Simply put, she was jealous when she shouldn't have been.

and so……

"Alright, alright, you're still putting on an act for your senior brother? He's a seasoned actor, do you think he'll fall for your act? You can even pretend to be jealous, huh?"

Wei Tu pinched the girl's cheek.

Su Mi's jealous expression vanished instantly.

She looked at the boy with a somewhat dejected expression.

"Well... I do know my senior brother very well, but he also knows me well."

The boy said softly.

"Isn't this great? This is a level of understanding that many people can't even imagine in their entire lives. You've always known that what I do is something I have to do, so you won't try to stop me too strongly. This time, you just realized that I didn't really want to face it, so you pretended to be jealous and tried to make the choice for me."

Su Mi grumbled in dissatisfaction, "I also kind of don't want you to see her."

"Why? Does that mean that someone as beautiful and unique as me, my junior sister, would be afraid of other women?"

Su Mi snorted coldly, "She's the Empress, you know, and she has a unique identity. Maybe you... have a special feeling for her?"

Wei Tu thought for a moment, "I didn't think so at first, but now that you mention it, it seems... um..."

"You son of a bitch!!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Wei Tu smiled and stood up, gently closing the window.

Then he walked to the door and said softly.

"Okay, I'm going now. I'll be right back, don't worry."

Su Mi thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled broadly and looked at the boy at the door.

"Alright then, if you're back within two hours... I'll take a nice bath and wait for you, senior brother."

Wei Tu's heart skipped a beat. "What if... I can't get back within two hours?"

Su Mi narrowed her eyes, like a cunning little fox.

"Then you can forget about touching me for two years."

I'm not going!

"Pfft...Are you a pervert?!"

Wei Tu was just saying that, of course.

Of course he will still go; this trip is a must. He's not so easily swayed by lust that he would be blinded by greed.

The carriage swayed gently as it entered the palace and proceeded directly to the courtyard in front of the Imperial Study.

The boy calmly alighted from the carriage.

When they arrived at the door of the Imperial Study, the door was open.

The brazier inside was burning with flames.

Wei Tu stepped directly through the door and entered.

Facing her.

She was wearing a dragon robe.

It had been a long time since we last met, yet he had guessed exactly what to say in his first sentence.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

This time, however, the expression on her face as she spoke was not the undisguised joy she had shown when she saw him.

Her expression was somber, making her seem more like a proper emperor.

Wei Tu laughed.

He said the last thing he wanted to say.

"...Attend to Your Majesty."

Fallen leaves drift down and settle into the dust.

A single flower, perched on the upturned eaves, swayed precariously, about to fall.

Even when old friends reunite, things have changed. PS: I've added an extra chapter! But I'm in a really bad mood after coming back from the hospital today, it's so frustrating. Sigh, I wish everyone could stay young forever and never have to face the pressures and hardships of life.

24. Sharing life and death, sharing joys and sorrows.

A female emperor in the human realm, a rare occurrence, perhaps only once every thousand years.

A young prodigy from the Immortal Continent, an unparalleled genius.

It didn't seem like a long time since they last met. At least Wei Tu felt that compared to the many separations in the world, it was already lucky enough that the two of them could meet again at this point in time.

But from Ye Bingluan's expression, he understood that the beauty had come to an end.

He wasn't particularly bitter or resentful, nor did he arrogantly believe that everyone's joys and sorrows in the world were affected by him, nor did he think that everyone's fate should be closely related to his.

A unique empress, indeed unique, but not all uniqueness should belong to her.

So he quickly calmed down.

He did not need to be offered a seat, nor did he kneel; he stood calmly before the empress.

Ye Bingluan looked up at him and listened to his words, which had a special meaning: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

A sense of estrangement arose between the two. One might ask, why did they become estranged? Why did they have to act so distant?

But Ye Bingluan suddenly realized that the life-and-death bond in that story might have been a fragile and unreliable relationship to begin with.

Some people are born only to share hardship, not prosperity.

She didn't want him to be her, but it seems that sometimes a person's unwillingness cannot withstand the changes of fate.

They were facing each other like this now; she wouldn't get up, and he wouldn't kneel down.

"How is the Imperial Advisor doing lately?"

Even her first words sounded hypocritical to herself.

But it seems there are no more opening lines. Seeing this boy's appearance still evokes too many memories. His face, which no man in the world can compare to, and his unique existence, are still unforgettable.

When I see it again, I feel a surge of emotion: I knew he was thinking just like that.

Wei Tu smiled as he looked at Ye Bingluan in front of him. The woman in the dragon robe was becoming more and more suited to the robe.

It also suits her current status.

Wei Tu had said before that for this woman to become a qualified emperor, it was not enough to just experience danger; she needed to mature and mature.

So there were no vows made at the time, even though one could vaguely sense the scent of destiny.

He understood that nothing could change a person more than power, so it was best not to make any promises, but to observe how the other person changed, and then reminisce about the days of sharing wine and life and death together.

"It's alright, just strolling around and observing the local customs, there's really nothing more to do."

He spoke calmly.

Ye Bingluan, however, hesitated to get to the point, and instead smiled and said...

"I heard... the Imperial Advisor was with a woman, one of the women he cherishes?"

Wei Tu chuckled, "Why mention one of them? I'm a good man."

The familiar rhetoric resurfaced, still giving Ye Bingluan the urge to spit out her own words. But now, she was no longer that naive, eccentric, and natural young girl.

It turns out that some changes don't require much time to settle; there will always be a torrent pushing people forward.

"Hehehe... If that's the case, then everyone can climb trees, not to mention that some of those words were said by the Imperial Advisor himself, weren't they?"

"Really? I don't quite remember."

"Yes... the Imperial Advisor seems to never remember what you said, probably because he made too many promises."

A light touch of irony.

However, it could not pull the two people who were standing far apart back to their original positions.

"Heh heh heh... His Majesty summoned me just for this?"

Wei Tu chuckled softly, signaling to the other party that it was time to get down to business.

In fact, Ye Bingluan was somewhat reluctant to get to the point, because she had a premonition that things would be completely different once she uttered her first words.

But how can I not say it?

Some things we have to face eventually, just like hamsters have to face the arrival of winter, and snow has to face the arrival of spring.

Even though the casual conversation just now seemed to bring back memories of that time, now... it's not appropriate.

So she calmly placed her hands on her lower abdomen, leaned back in the chair, and looked at the tall, slender young man standing straight in front of her.

"The Imperial Preceptor stayed in Jiuyang City for a day. Did he encounter anything?"

She asked that question.

Wei Tu laughed. It seemed that she had finally put these words she used to disdain to good use. Although they were still a bit immature, they were already quite impressive.

"What you really want to ask is whether my loss of hands and feet is related to Dugu Xun, right? You can just be more direct. You know I like to be straightforward, how could you forget my temper?"

His relaxed laughter sounded like he was making some trivial joke.