236: Chapter 236 Luo Family

"Dad!" Ye Xuan said to Ye Qingshan. He knew well that his father had been sneaking around nearby spying just a moment ago, so he didn't expose him.

"You old ghost, what's this about taking more wives? If you dare to take a concubine, I'll split you in two with one palm!"

Catching sight of Ye Qingshan's fawning smile, Mu Qing instantly transformed from the loving mother who had been chatting happily with Ye Xuan moments ago into a shrew, threatening Ye Qingshan fiercely.

"Qing'er, you let little Xuan take several wives, but you won't let me take a concubine and welcome Wu Anran? That's just too unfair!"

The handsome middle-aged uncle Ye Qingshan looked distressed, complaining endlessly to Mu Qing.

"Pah, what did you swear to me back then? Huh? You want to compare yourself to your son?" Mu Qing sneered.

"I wonder what Dad's life destiny is."

Ye Xuan watched Ye Qingshan, who was being scolded by Mu Qing while wearing a fawning smile.

[Name: Ye Qingshan]

[Cultivation: Heaven Profound Realm, First Layer]

[Constitution: High Grade (White)]

[Luck: Cao Thief Disposition (Purple), Human King Disposition (Purple)]

[Destiny: "Fate Cultivator" (Supporting Character), "Nanxuan Empress" (Supporting Character)]

[Affection: 100]

[Life Destiny: Born into the Ye family of the Great Qin Dynasty in the Northwest Great Territory, but with average talent. At age twenty, he met the love of his life, Mu Qing, and at twenty-one, he had a son, Ye Xuan.]

[At age twenty-five, at the request of his son Ye Xuan, he adopted Ye Qingxian, who was a little beggar. That same year, his brother Old Wu fell on the battlefield. Entrusted with his wife and daughter on his deathbed, he met his wife, Wu Anran, and developed a trace of admiration for her.]

[At age forty-seven, he accepted the position of Regent from the Great Qin Emperor...]

[After his daughter Ye Qingxian left, he brought Wu Anran and her daughter back to the imperial palace. His wife, Mu Qing, moved out of the palace in a fit of anger and returned to the Duke Ye Mansion.]

"Sigh, Xuan'er, you should try to persuade your mother." Before Ye Xuan could recover, Ye Qingshan poured out his grievances.

"Uh... Dad, look, on one side is Mom, and on the other is you. Both the palm and the back of the hand are flesh! You should think of a way to coax her yourself!"

Ye Xuan looked helplessly at his father's gaze, which was full of pleading for help. He could only shrug with a bitter smile, putting on an expression of helplessness, and then turned and quietly left.

After moving away from the courtyard, Ye Xuan couldn't help but start thinking: "Come to think of it, there are very few people who have dealings with Dad. So, does the destiny of the "Nanxuan Empress" have something to do with Wu Anran and Wu Yaoyao?" Thinking of this, he decided to go to the Great Qin Dynasty's imperial palace to investigate.

This imperial palace was once the place where the Ye family lived, and his beloved Ye Qingxian had also lived here. With a sense of nostalgia, Ye Xuan leaped into the air and sped towards the Great Qin Dynasty like a flying bird.

Before long, his figure landed amidst the majestic and magnificent palace complex. Everything here was still the same, but the people had changed, which could not help but make one sigh with emotion.

Among the magnificent palace halls of the Great Qin Dynasty, a pavilion built on a small lake was particularly eye-catching. At this moment, a fairy in green, wearing a red glazed fairy dress, with a graceful figure and her face covered by a veil, was sitting opposite a beautiful woman in a white dress, the two silently gazing at each other.

"Mother, why do you still insist on not leaving with your daughter?" the woman in green asked softly, her words revealing a trace of sorrow and confusion.

"Yaoyao, Mom has something to tell you." The stunningly beautiful woman in the white dress, Wu Anran, gazed with loving eyes at her daughter, Wu Yaoyao, who stood before her as graceful as a fairy, and said softly: "I have known your Uncle Ye for many years, and we are of one mind and know each other well. Mom is thinking that I will spend the rest of my life with him and will no longer go with you."

Wu Yaoyao's heart trembled slightly upon hearing this, but seeing the happy smile on her mother's face, she knew her mother's mind was made up. So, suppressing her inner reluctance, she responded with a smile: "Mom, go ahead with peace of mind. Your daughter will take good care of herself. As long as you are happy and joyful, your daughter will be at ease."

Wu Anran gazed at her daughter, her eyes full of doting affection, and couldn't help but exclaim: "I really didn't expect it! My Yaoyao has grown up to be so beautiful and moving, just like a fairy descending to earth!"

In fact, it had been more than two months since Wu Yaoyao returned home, yet even today, Wu Anran was still astonished by her daughter's tremendous changes.

The thin, sickly little girl who used to have two lines of snot hanging from her nose had transformed in the blink of an eye into a woman with a noble temperament, as cold and beautiful as a fairy, which truly made her both happy and surprised.

Wu Anran did not know the details of what Wu Yaoyao had experienced over the years, nor did she have the heart to ask.

The only thing she cared about was that her precious daughter could live a happy and fulfilling life.

And the Luo family, located in the Nanxuan Continent, not only had a vast territory covering tens of millions of miles, but was also one of the hegemonic forces on that continent.

Being able to marry into such a wealthy and powerful family, surely her mother's future days would be smooth and worry-free.

On the famous Shenxuan Continent, there was a mysterious and desirable ranking—the beauty ranking.

The birthplace of this ranking was none other than the legendary Luo family.

Time flew by, and every twenty spring and autumn cycles, the Luo family would carefully organize and update this ranking. Like the turning of the wheel of fate, some would sadly fall off the list, while others would emerge and climb onto it.

...

The place where the Luo family resided was surrounded by clouds and mist, with spiritual energy overflowing. Countless strange peaks and precipitous ridges stood within it, like a dwelling place for immortals.

Everywhere here were exotic flowers and rare herbs, with thousands of precious flowers competing in beauty, decorating the entire Luo family estate like a colorful world of flowers.

A gentle breeze blew, and petals drifted down, like a poem or a painting, breathtakingly beautiful, as if one were in a fairyland.

Amidst a sea of flowers between the many immortal peaks of the Luo family, stood a majestic and magnificent palace.

This palace exuded a faint imperial majesty; it was actually a rare half-step imperial artifact! Its interior was even more magnificent, solemn, and dignified.

At this moment, inside this half-step imperial artifact palace, on a soft couch woven from ten thousand fresh flowers, a woman with a graceful figure and the beauty of a fairy was reclining. She wore a peach-colored fairy dress, the hem of which fluttered with the wind, revealing a pair of long, fair, and jade-like legs.

On that stunningly beautiful face, the skin was whiter than snow, the eyebrows like distant mountains, the eyes like autumn water, the vermilion lips red without makeup, and a head of long, black, glossy hair hung down over her chest like a waterfall.

Her whole person exuded an otherworldly temperament, as if she were a fairy who had walked out of a painting.

This fairy sighed softly: "Yaoyao has been gone for two months. I wonder if she can return before the grand competition of the Shenxuan Continent?"

Her words revealed a trace of worry and longing.

Her voice was crisp and melodious, like the sound of nature, echoing endlessly within the palace.