Pei Qingfeng laughed with years in his eyes, “You are still young? According to the rules of the Cloud Water Nation, girls can start getting married at 16 years old. Now that you are 18, if you were in a normal family, you might even be the mother of a child!”
Since she wasn"t as good as Pei Qingfeng when it came to taking c.r.a.p, she could only promise him for now. Anyway, she still had a lot of time left to decide on what to do.
Now that they settled their matters in the Ling Yun Sect, they returned to the Cloud Water Nation.
They had no idea the state of chaos the Cloud Water Nation was in...
When Pei Wuchen was placed under house arrest, Pei Rumo turned into the biggest candidate for the throne. Even though many of his subordinates had urged him to ascend the throne quickly, he refused. Instead, he found excuses to reject them as he felt that he would be no different from Pei Wuchen if he were to ascend the throne immediately.
However, many of the senior officials obviously didn"t think of it the same way he did. In their eyes, a nation couldn"t be without a ruler and they begged him to ascend as soon as possible. Pei Rumo eventually gave in under the pressure and picked a date to crown himself as the emperor.
However, Pei Rumo had planned to crown Bai Luochu as the empress when he ascended the throne. But how could anyone agree to that? Back when Bai Luochu had died, it was already absurd to bestow her a position as his consort. Now, instead of marrying the daughter of a high ranking official, he wanted to crown a dead person as his empress. The ensuing argument shook the imperial court and both sides had to take a step back.
Even though Bai Luochu"s t.i.tle didn"t change, Pei Rumo had to take the Su Clan"s daughter as his concubine in order to stabilize the kingdom.
When the edict was announced, everyone felt confused. Wasn"t the daughter of the Su Clan in love with the Second Prince? Why is she getting married to the First Prince?!
However, these discussions only happened privately. After all, they didn"t wish to incur the wrath of their newly appointed emperor.
When Bai Luochu arrived back at the capital, Pei Rumo was already undergoing his coronation ceremony.
The senior officials standing under the stone steps twisted their face when they saw a servant walking forward with a plaque. Originally, they had decided to support him due to his ability to lead. However, after seeing how stubborn he was, they were having second thoughts.
“Mistress, it"s going to get exciting today. The First Prince is holding onto a plaque. He"s planning to announce the ident.i.ty of the new empress!” The moment Bai Luochu arrived at the Palace of Brilliance Resurgence, Ying Lan reported the events that happened in the past few days.
However, Bai Luochu had a nagging feeling that she was related to this matter.
“Whose name is on the plaque?” Pei Qingfeng asked impatiently. He knew that Pei Rumo wouldn"t have done this kind of thing without a reason.
“This…” Ying Lan looked at the two of them awkwardly and didn"t know how he should explain this matter to them.
However, Bai Luochu could more or less guess it from his reaction. “Don"t tell me Pei Rumo wrote my name on the plaque?”
When Bai Luochu thought of such a possibility, she immediately blurted it out. Ying Lan could only nod his head and admit it.
“It"s indeed as you have guessed. Back then when I was still at the Desolate Region, I didn"t know that he made you his consort. Because of this, he had been criticized heavily by others. This time round, in order to crown you as empress, he went against the wishes of the senior ministers. They only agreed because he took a step back by agreeing to marry the daughter of the Su Clan.”
Bai Luochu nearly fainted from shock when she heard the news. She couldn"t imagine the firm and steady Pei Rumo arguing with the ministers to name a dead person his wife. However, she could tell that he really cared for her...
“Is there any way for you to sneak us into the palace?” Bai Luochu turned to ask Pei Qingfeng for his suggestion.
Pei Qingfeng intended on stopping her as she knew what she was planning to do, “You can"t go. What if Pei Rumo discovers that you"re alive and detains you? What am I supposed to do?”
If Pei Rumo wanted to hide her deep inside the palace, he was afraid he wouldn"t be able to find her even if he turned the whole palace inside out.
“I know what you are worried about. We shall enter together.”
In fact, Bai Luochu knew that it was extremely likely for Pei Rumo to keep her in the palace once he found out that she was alive. However, after considering how he had taken care of her in the past, she couldn"t bear to stand by the side and not help him.
In the end, Pei Qingfeng decided to find a way for Bai Luochu to sneak into the palace. He knew that she wasn"t one to watch as one of her friends suffered.
“I know of a hidden tunnel that can bring us directly into the throne room. However, I expect you to stay beside me at all times.”
After seeing Bai Luochu nodding her head solemnly, he brought them to a courtyard.
“This courtyard was designed as an escape route for the Emperor in the face of danger. No one ever thought that someone would use this pa.s.sage to enter the palace…” He could feel the smile on the Jade Emperor"s face in the ninth heaven. They were truly being messed with...
Bai Luochu smiled helplessly and comforted Pei Qingfeng, “There"s no choice. Aren"t we supposed to be dead?” She held Pei Qingfeng"s hands and jumped into the hidden tunnel.
“This tunnel was meant for escaping. There are no traps here.”