When the voice message was over, the room became quiet again, but the person sitting by the table still didn’t move.
In the spring of Stan Star, the priests in charge of the green plants had already made the palace bloom with lush green plants. The wind blew in from the window, and the shell wind chime beside the window shook and sent out a clear and pleasant sound. However, Lu Xingwang’s ear still echoed with gentle words, and Jian Mei’s voice seemed more pleasant than the breeze, blowing away too many worries in too many people’s hearts, and he unconsciously relaxed.
“Your Highness”
The voice of an attendant came from the door.
Lu Xingwang came to his senses, then he turned off the information panel and looked at the maidservant A Ruo, “Come in.”
The maidservant waited at the door of the hall early. After coming in, she saluted and said, “Today is the God Worship Day of every month. The main palace hall has just sent someone to ask if you want to go there.”
Stan Star was a country blessed by gods. Everyone was a believer of gods. The God Worship day was a big day once a month. Ordinary people could only worship god statues at home. Nobles with divine power could go to church to pray and worship, and Stan Star’s royal family could enter the temple to pray and worship devoutly to protect the common people.
Lu Xingwang: “Go.”
A Ruo was worried, “Your Highness’s body has not been fully conditioned, and the temple is far away. If there is an accident in the middle, it will be bad. If His Majesty sees it at that time, he will…”
She couldn’t continue saying anything further.
Of course, even if she didn’t say it, Lu Xingwang guessed it, but was he afraid that his father would want to abandon him even more once he saw how useless his once-proud son was now?
Lu Xingwang said in a low voice, “If I don’t go, Father Emperor won’t know?”
A Ruo: “This……”
“Wait for the body to recuperate?” Lu Xingwang sat by the table. The handsome side of his face was like jade, and the red marks on the other side were terrible. He smiled, “Shall I use my remaining three years for conditioning my body?”
A Ruo’s heart sank and felt some pain, “Your Highness, don’t say that.”
No emotion could be seen on Lu Xingwang’s face, and his voice was calm, “It’s just a fact.”
A Ruo didn’t understand and couldn’t imagine how much pain a child who had just turned 14 would have to face death so calmly. How could he endure the torture of daily occurrence of poison which was not good as death and still be so calm? Anyway, she has never seen Lu Xing lose his temper and collapse. His Highness had been very strong since childhood. He was never willing to show weakness to others, but the more he was like, the more she became worried. If people keep suppressing themselves, one day they would collapse.
But she couldn’t do anything. She couldn’t even say a word of comfort. She came over and said, “Your Highness, yesterday, I sent the clothes you want to wear today and put them in the cloakroom at the back.”
“En.” Lu Xingwang still respected this wet nurse who had been taking care of him, “Thank you.”
A Ruo smiled, “I’ll help Your Highness clean up the table, you go first.”
Lu Xingwang nodded and got up. A Ruo’s eyes fell on some draft paper on the table. It was all some handwritten books left by Lu Xingwang when learning mathematics in the online class. At the moment, they were placed casually, like unnecessary waste paper. In fact, Lu Xingwang was planning to throw them away and wouldn’t use them again.
A Ruo asked a question without thinking, “Does Your Highness need help to throw these out?”
Lu Xingwang paused. He looked back at the paper on the table and couldn’t say what he wanted to say. What emerged in his mind was a series of Jian Mei’s messages and some clumsy and serious voice. He couldn’t say whether he was soft-hearted or moving. The boy stood in place for a moment and finally turned away, “Keep it.”
A Ruo felt a little strange, but still responded: “Yes.”
……
Stan Star, Garuo Mountain
Garuo Mountain was known as the sacred mountain. The mountain was shining all year round. It was surrounded by lush green plants and countless rare and exotic animals. Such a treasure land was also where the temples were located. The temple used to enshrine and worship Stan Star’s gods had been unfailingly flourishing for a long time. Today’s God Worship Day, the royal family traveled with great momentum. In the sky, the golden birds with white feathers, symbolizing the emperor’s emblem, pulled the carriage and flew by, and left cloud traces in the air representing power.
The golden horse had to land near the temple, everyone would walk up to show their respect.
The head of the guards halted, and from there came a man in gold and white attire. His robe was white, with golden tassels on his shoulders and auspicious clouds embroidered. His face was dignified and his posture was solemn. Behind him were several milky white horses landed, and from there came a few figures. The princes in white riding clothes came forward and saluted half on their knees: “I have seen the Father Emperor.”
The emperor’s eyes fell on the children, “Exemption.”
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“Xingwang.” The emperor opened his lips, “Is your body okay?”
Lu Xingwang raised his head slightly and soon lowered his eyes, “It’s much better.”
The emperor nodded, “That’s good.”
The eldest prince on one side seemed to want to find a sense of existence everywhere. Lu Wei looked away and said, “It’s windy on the mountain today, and the third brother is still poisoned. Even the priest asked him to have a good rest. You have to be careful not to catch a cold. Do you want me to have someone to send you a cloak?”
It was like he was afraid that the emperor didn’t know how bad Lu Xingwang’s physical condition was now, and it was like he was afraid that everyone didn’t know enough of how much this elder brother took good care of his brother. Only the parties involved knew what was in each other’s hearts.
Lu Xingwang looked up at Lu Wei, just in front of the man’s proud look, and said in a low voice, “In the past, the ancestor King Yang was an ordinary person. He climbed barefoot and wore thin clothes to climb Garuo Mountain. He knelt in three steps and didn’t touch any water. His sincere heart moved the gods to bring blessing to Stan Star. Even if the ancestor King Yang was able to overcome the difficulties, how dare I climb the mountain in front of the gods?”
Lu Wei’s face was ashen with his words.
His original intention was to make Lu Xingwang look ugly. Who knew that Lu Xingwangs words not only showed his position but also used the ancestor King Yang to suppress him. Wasn’t this implying that he was pretentious and disrespectful to the gods?
Sure enough, the emperor looked at him with some disapproval, “Xingwang is right. We can live today, we should not forget the spirit and teachings of our ancestors. We should have such awe and piety for the gods.”
The crown prince’s cold sweat was about to come down, “Yes, the son knows he’s wrong.”
The empress standing on the side saw that her son was punished. She was distressed and helpless. She looked at Lu Xingwang with some resentment and hurriedly went forward. She smiled and made a round of the scene, “Your Majesty, it’s time to climb the mountain. I look at the time. It’s getting late. It won’t be good if we miss the time for worship in a while.”
The emperor nodded, “Let’s go.”
A group of people went up the mountain quietly. The priests who controlled the natural green plants would open up a path in front and let the branches and vines bypass. The priests who could control the air would make the raptors avoid the path they were taking. The priests in divine robes finally came to the top of the mountain and everyone passed through the path. There stood a towering temple, which was the place where God descended miraculously.
The priest in black robes came out from the inside: “Your Majesty, the Emperor, I welcome your arrival.”
The emperor saluted in return.
Some people come out with white and transparent beads, which were used to purify the energy around people. Before worshipping the gods, they should be used to wash away the negative energy of the body and worship the gods with a calm and peaceful heart.
The emperor was the first to come forward and put his palm on it. The bead lit up a bright yellow light and went dark after wandering around. The priest bowed to him, “Please come in.”
Then the others followed.
The empress had a lavender light, the crown prince was a brilliant red, and the second prince was aqua blue. After all the people left, the priest brought the Qingjing bead to Lu Xingwang and raised it, “Please use it, your highness.”
Lu Xingwang raised his hand and placed it on the crystal bead which was a bit cold. There was no movement or light under his hand, it was as silent as the dead.
The people on the side also noticed the situation, and they turned their heads one after another.
The priest hesitated for a moment before he explained, “His Highness has no divine power, and the Qingjing bead cannot detect energy therefore it cannot work normally. ”
Lu Xingwang’s eyes moved slightly, then he unhurriedly retracted his half-clenched hand.
The empress was near and heard it the most clearly. She harbored hatred for Lu Xingwang. She immediately seized such a good opportunity and secretly rejoiced in her heart, but did not show it on her face. She just pretended to be concerned: “Our Xingwang suffered in an accident not long ago. After using the meridian cleansing pill, the divine power is really gone. If the Qingjing bead cannot be used, then are there any other methods?”
The priest took back the bead: “Replying to the Empress, the Qingjing bead is the world’s purest treasure and best at absorbing dark energy. ”
The Second Prince, Lu Xinci who was innately innocent: “Then, how can the third brother worship God?”
“This……” The priest also felt embarrassed, “If the energy isn’t purified, it would be disrespectful to the gods.”
Everyone heard this and they all looked at the emperor with different expressions.
The emperor stood in front of the temple. Everyone was looking at him while he calmly looked at Lu Xingwang, and his thoughts could not be seen through. His eyes were deep and solemn as he looked at this almost useless son, and didn’t immediately speak.
But on the other hand, the empress softly said, “Your Majesty, the auspicious time to worship God is coming soon.”
The emperor did not look at her, instead, he continued to look at the child in front of him.
Lu Xingwang stood in front of the priest, and cold mountain wind blew the youth’s clothes. Less than a month after the incident, Lu Xingwang had lost a lot of weight. His mother suddenly died, and his divine power had gone in an instant. The person who received the news reported that the palace hall of the Third Prince was always quiet. The priest said that the poison attack was very painful, and ordinary people could not stand it. They could prescribe appropriate pain-relieving potion for him, but the healing priests in the temple had never received any call to make the potion.
The crown prince regretfully said, “The Third Brother finally came here with great difficulty, but did not expect that……”
The wind on the mountain was very strong, and the youth clad in thin clothes stood in place. He hadn’t said any words since earlier, and calmly accepted everyone’s scrutiny and schadenfreude words. For a moment, his dark and calm eyes seemed to be the same as the emperor.
Then, as if he had noticed the emperor’s gaze, he stepped forward, then stood in front of the temple, and knelt without any hesitation.
The emperor’s eyes moved.
Lu Xingwang said in a low voice, “People who have not purified their energy cannot enter the temple and disturb the gods. The son will pray outside to wholeheartedly show my sincerity. Father and older brothers should go in quickly and not delay the time.”
His words were appropriate for the time and place, which was very convincing.
The crown prince’s face changed, while a touch of appreciation flashed across the emperor’s eyes, he nodded and said in a deep voice, “Good.”
The empress understood the character of the emperor the most. When she saw this scene, anger rose in her heart. Lu Xingwang was indeed the ‘good son’ raised by that little hoof, Imperial Consort Lan. Even without the divine power, he could still crush them down. Fortunately, he had only a few years to live, otherwise, he would be the biggest obstacle on Lu Wei’s ascension to the throne.
After everyone went inside, only the priests and soldiers responsible for guarding remained outside the temple.
They have lived on the mountain for a long time, and there is little news from the outside world. At this time, they looked at Lu Xingwang with some doubts and surprise. Everyone knew that every time his His Highness came to worship the God, the golden light in Qingjing bead was rarely seen in thousands of years. Even the current emperor only had an orange light!
But such a proud son of heaven was currently kneeling alone outside the temple. His face was abnormally pale, and the cold aggravated the poison attack in his body, and cold sweat slid on his cold cheeks. Even in this situation, he still knelt perfectly straight without any slight amount of bending his back.
Everyone looked at him with pity and ridicule in their eyes, it was like invisible sharp blades.
There were so many people standing, yet he was kneeling there as if he was the only person in the world. He was desolate and lonely, maybe he was waiting for God to save him, or maybe not.
At night
After worshiping God, everyone returned to the palace.
When worshiping God, who got the God’s blessing, and which prince was praised His Majesty were the topic of their discussion of the people in the palace:
“I heard that the crown prince was blessed by God this time, and his divine power has increased.”
“It seems His Highness, the Crown Prince is indeed the chosen son of heaven and a person who can bear responsibility.”
“Is that true? The Second Prince’s divine power seems to have increased.”
“I will tell you a secret ah! The Third Prince didn’t even enter the door of the temple this time……”
A group of people was gossiping when a stern voice came from behind, “What are you doing?”
A Ruo’s face was cold, “His Majesty strictly forbids talking about the temple in the palace. I see, you guys don’t want to live anymore?”
Although there was a decree that forbade it, most people would talk about it privately, but now they accidentally hit the muzzle of the gun. Several young palace maids panicked, and hurriedly begged for mercy, “Guniang, we were wrong. We will not dare do it anymore.”
A Ruo glared at them, “The next time you dare to do it, especially in front of His Highness, see if I don’t peel your skin!”
The place maid hurriedly answered.
A Ruo let them off and looked at the main hall door not far away. His Highness shut himself in his room since he came back. He had been like this since he was a child. Whenever he was in a bad mood or thinking about an insoluble or insignificant problem, he would stay in his room without any sleep. No one could go in. When the imperial concubine was still there, he still could be persuaded. Now that even his mother was gone, the child could only endure alone even more.
……
Inside the palace hall, the whole atmosphere was dark and gloomy.
The light was turned off, and the young man in majestic black robes was sitting by the table. There were broken pieces of medicine on the ground, but the traces of blood on his lips were quickly wiped off as if he didn’t take poison seriously. After a day’s long kneeling in the afternoon, he was tired and half lay down on the chair, his eyes were slightly squinted as if he was about to sleep, and his pale face was a little sickly red, which was a sign of fever.
“Ding”
A new message prompt tone sounded at this moment.
This was the tone for a special message. Only one person could send a message to him after the Imperial Consort Lan’s death.
The person who had his eyes closed slowly opened his eyes. Lu Xingwang always liked to be alone and didn’t like to be disturbed, but he didn’t feel much disgusted when he heard the sound. He clicked on the message and saw Jian Mei’s greetings: [Good evening.]
Lu Xingwang didn’t react much.
Jian Mei was very excited. He mysteriously said: [I went out to play today. Can you guess where I went?”
Lu Xingwang was not interested, but perhaps because he wanted to divert his attention, he unexpectedly asked: [where]
“I went to the temple.” Jian Mei was very happy: “I went to pray to God and worship the Buddha.”
Such a coincidence.
The poison attack on Lu Xingwang’s body was painful, his fingertips turned white, but he calmly typed: [Really, congratulations.]
A lot of people in this world could ask for God’s blessing, but he couldn’t.
Perhaps he was abandoned by God. If he thought about it, wasn’t it him who was always left behind? Whether it was his mother or the divine power he once had, he was just nothing but a joke.
Jian Mei cheerfully replied, as if he was offering a treasure: “Can you guess what I prayed for?”
A sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of Lu Xingwang’s mouth, and he indifferently asked: [what]
“I asked for the peace talisman for you. I hope you are in good health and everything goes well.” Jian Mei even felt regretful: “Originally, there was a talisman that can make one’s wishes come true. It’s a pity that I can’t give it to you if we’re not together la.”
The smile in Lu Xingwang’s eyes gradually disappeared. He looked at the words on the screen. At that moment, a strange feeling rose in his mind, and the expression on his face became serious without realizing it: [You prayed for me?]
How could there be such a stupid person?
They were obviously not relatives, and they didn’t even know each other.
Jian Mei replied: “Yes, yes. My mother said that the temple was very spiritual.”
[The one listening to your prayers is your God, not mine] Lu Xingwang didn’t know if he was ridiculing Jian Mei or himself: [and my prayers will not be effective]
The person on the other end paused as if he didn’t understand why Lu Xingwang suddenly said this.
After a while, just when Lu Xingwang thought he wouldn’t come back, Jian Mei appeared like a little snail: “Then why don’t I lend you my God for a while?”
“It seems that you are out of luck. My mother always said that my mouth is very auspicious and good at worshipping the god.” Jian Mei was always a buffoon, but his words were always as gentle as his voice: “If your prayers are not effective, I will pray for you next time.”
The information light screen glowed dimly in the darkroom. Lu Xingwang was lying beside the table, and the sound of new messages kept ringing. Jian Mei’s words were always simple and honest, yet it was silly at the same time. The pain of poison attack in his body originally made him feel very painful, but at the moment, the pain seemed to have eased a lot. His eyes half squinted at the words on the information panel. For a moment, he actually felt that the god who was shining in this chaotic world was not in the temple, but in front of him.
The author has something to say:
This is the update today. I had fun and I accidentally wrote a lot. Everyone has been waiting for a long time! I’m sorry ying ying ying!
Translator’s Notes:
This took me a long time to translate, but here’s the update!
Awwww meimei is so cute… He’s really a little shining light in the darkness
Why did I just think of a lightbulb..no! Don’t jinx!
Thank you for the chapter 💖💕💖💕💖
Thanks for the chapter ☺
Gentle and sweet…ah…
Thanks for the chapter ♥️♥️
The end was sweet :3
Thx for the ch (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)
Well if God abandon you then just let him f**k off. That’s all.
Thank you for the chapter
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww thats sooooooooo cuteeeeeeeeeeee
Thank you for the chapter!
Thank you for the chapter 😀
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
Thanks for the chapter! That sweet child is a balm to the soul!
Lu Xingwang’s life hurts my heart….. poor baby i wish for things to improve for him soon😩😭
The gods really did a great job bringing Meimei to our unlucky boy. So even if he couldn’t enter the temple, he still is blessed. 😘
Wahhhhhhhhhhhhh I want a pocket Jian Mei. He’s a precious cutie.
Meimei is so sweet! yes, ah, more prayers for the third prince!
thanks for the chapter <3
Light in the young boy’s heart 😭 so cute.
Thanks for translating! 💞👍
Wait, Lu Xingwang is only 14??? So is a baby too, I imagined him older than Jian Mei x)
Damn what a chapter 😭😭😭
And thank you for the chapters~
Yes, believe in this little god who wears a mortal child’s face 😌❤️
Is this a hint? Huh huh huh. Little puppy is a little Saint. ohhhhhh I can’t wait! That was freaking adorable 😊😇☺️🥲💘
Eu estou quase chorando de emoção 〒▽〒
Aww, this chapter was so sweet.
You haven’t been abandoned by god, and the messages are evidence of that.