Chapter 275 - Revealing Queries (1/2)

Eunuch Li stopped with the others and gaped at the blue flame dragon and fiery phoenix in the sky. He quickly shook himself out of it, remembering the unconscious Empress dowager. He swiftly ran over to the Empress dowager's palace expecting to find the head physician still there but he found Song mama alone.

He dropped her on the bed and told Song mama to watch her and swiftly left the room. He sent one of the guards to go find the head physician and then ordered to protect the Empress dowager, then he raced off to go find the Emperor. He honestly had not seen him since they left the ceremony and the situation right now was very perplexing and he was worried about the Emperor.

After Eunuch Li left the room, Song mama went over to the side to bring a bowl of water and cloth to cool the Empress dowager's head. As she returned to the bed, she suddenly went still, frozen in place.

Doctor Lou came out from the corner, passed the frozen inanimate Song mama and went over to the bed and sat down next to the Empress dowager and pat her head, ”If I had known I would have left them alone a bit longer...I'm sorry I looked away, I was just...surprised...and sorry.” Doctor Lou frowned and then let out a weary sigh.

”...But it was good to see you...Did you see your son? Kai...I thought you would like that name. Xiao Kai is a bit too serious, much like his father but he still has some of your humor to him so he's not too dull...” Doctor Lou snickered, ”I taught him a few things as well and as you know I'm a great teacher so he's naturally amazing~...” He smugly said, stroking his beard.

”There's Xing Xing too, she's a lot like her mother so I guess you'll like her but she's too stubborn and unmoving, a bit too cold but she's not too bad. She can be funny and she has an eye for good things too~ Xiao Kai really, really likes her too - Ah, I also found a daughter! Xiao Ying, you'll really like her. She's just like you although these days she's been getting distracted. She's really, really, adorable, naturally, I raised her~ You'll really like her...”

The unconscious Empress dowager naturally did not respond and Song mama remained frozen where she stood.

Doctor Lou solemnly looked at the Empress dowager for a long while before finally letting out another weary sigh, ”...I've always wondered how you've been all this time, but you seemed normal today, like your old self. Perhaps time stopped for you a long time ago, that's good though. I worried you had been suffering alone.”

Doctor Lou sighed again, ”At least now I know I am not wrong, this is the right path...It'll only be a matter of time now and you'll be free...We'll all be free...”

Doctor Lou then lightly placed his fingers on the Empress dowager's forehead and trails of darkness suddenly started slithering up his fingertips and into his arm.

Doctor Lou frowned as beads of sweat formed on his forehead but he focused on the task. After a while, he finally removed his hand and smiled down at her, ”I'm sorry, this is all I can do for now....but it won't be too long ...I promise.” He quietly said and then he was gone.

Song mama resumed her walk over with the basin as the doors opened and the guard came in with the head physician.

***

The blue flame dragon and the fiery red phoenix finished their dance above the capital with the two bursting into a shimmer of colorful fireworks that rained down colorful warm lights around the capital.

The show above was over, but yet the people below remained fixed in place staring up at the now empty dark sky, still in awe.

Ah Jin and Tung Mei reappeared in a clearing in the forest outside the city, with Tung Mei immediately falling to her knees gasping for air, that had been too much for her.

”Are you alright?” Ah Jin asked knitting her brows and crouching down.

”I'm fine...” Tung Mei promptly waved.

Ah Jin frowned and let out a breath, ”This is why I always tell you to -”

”What is happening here?” A voice suddenly asked and Ah JIn and Tung Mei froze and looked at each other, gulped before turning to look at the tall noble-looking white-haired old woman before them.

Ah Jin promptly stood up and bowed in greeting. While Tung Mei just looked up and nervously laughed and went, ”Auntie...”

The old woman frowned and blinked as she looked at Tung Mei and did a double-take, ”Xiao Ying? What are you doing possessing a corpse?”

Tung Mei's eyes shifted and she nervously went, ”I...I...I-”

”Forget that for now, where is your father?” The elder woman asked with a frown. She knew these two were not the culprit she was looking for. She had simply come here following the trail of the dissipating dragon and phoenix expecting to find the person she came hunting for and met these two.

But if these two were here doing something ridiculous, then she knew her brother was definitely not far.

”I'm not sure...” Tung Mei awkwardly responded, looking away suspiciously.

The elder woman obviously did not believe her, as she turned to Ah Jin and asked, ”You answer...Where is your master?”

Ah Jin knit her brows and lowered her eyes, she could not lie to the elder woman but at the same time, she knew if she told the truth, then the elder woman would go there and it would probably be very troublesome for her shifu, Doctor Lou.

”Answer me.” The elder woman demanded with a frown.

”Ah, aunt-”

”You be quiet. I am not even scolding you yet on playing about with a deceased person's body! Does your father know about this? What am I saying? He's probably the one who taught you how? Why does he never think about what he's doing?” She turned her attention back to Tung Mei and went, ”Just because your father is thoughtless doesn't mean you have to be thoughtless too!”

”I asked her for permission first...” Tung Mei mumbled looking off to the side with a pout, ”...and she's not really dead...”

”Qi Yin, stop bullying innocent people...It's unbecoming of your ”status”.” Doctor Lou's voice scolded and the three turned to see him, resting against a tree glaring at the elder woman.

Ah Jin and Tung Mei let out a sigh of relief and Qi Yin's face twitched, how dare he scold her for bullying ”innocent” people when he enjoyed messing with random people for no reason other than”fun”?

Qi Yin took a deep breath, ignored his statement and asked, ”What are you teaching these girls?”