Forsaken Immortals

Chapter 21 - The Emperor's Fear

Although Bai Rouyun had hidden herself in the bridal chambers, Li Moyun did not mind it.

He was unaware of her actual identity, but he knew that she was not ordinary. Now that she had the body of a talented young woman, it was only natural for her to cultivate like a madwoman.

He understood that she likely had some enemies who had caused her death, and thus she wanted her to grow stronger much faster so that she would be able to take her revenge.

At first he had worried about her rushing her cultivation, but after observing her cultivating, he could see that she was building a solid foundation, so solid that even his was put to shame.

Li Moyun’s foundations were already immensely solid, but Bai Rouyun was at the point where she was even suppressing her breakthroughs for the sake of further enhancing her foundation.

While she was so busy cultivating, Bai Rouyun was unaware of what Li Moyun had done. He had informed the entire capital about his wife’s mistreatment at home, and he had even started the rumor about being able to cure her.

Although it was merely a rumor now, it would make it much easier to explain her suddenly being healed when they felt it was the opportune moment for her to stop being dumb.

The rumors spread all over the Imperial Capital; they even spread to the ears of other royals and officials.

These officials were gloating in their hearts when they heard that the General’s Estate had gotten on the wrong side of Prince Yun.

The royals, on the other hand, were much more alert and worried about the fact that Bai Rouyun could be healed.

Bai Rouyun had been chosen as Prince Yun’s partner because she would drag him down. She was incapable of cultivating; her entire being was just a waste amongst phoenixes, so she would drag Prince Yun down and make people laugh at him for having such a useless wife.

However, things had already changed. The commoners looked up to Prince Yun. He was the man that most women wanted to marry, but now they found that he was also immensely romantic and treated his wife so well; even though the wife was such a useless person.

Most of the royal family wanted to spit out blood. Even the Emperor was gloomy. They had wanted to cripple Prince Yun’s wings and make him a laughing stock, but now the ones who were laughed at were his loyal generals.

Just as the Emperor was seated in his study and feeling agitated, his favorite son appeared in the doorway, his face also dark as a thundercloud.

"My Royal Father, what is going on with my fourth brother?" he asked, annoyed. He was the one who suggested marrying the dumb girl to Prince Yun, but never would he have imagined that it would be a benefit to him, rather than a misfortune.

"My son, we were too rushed," the Emperor sighed. "We thought that it would be easy to deal with Li Moyun, but it turned out that he is far more cunning than I expected. He was able to make this useless woman onto a saint who is pitied by the entire empire. He even claimed he would try to heal her!

"If he succeeds, then he will be able to become a true hero of the empire. Not despising his wife, even though she is stupid, and even curing her. No one knows what she will be like when she is cured, and thus she will likely become one of his stronger supporters."

The crown prince was silent; he understood that what his father said was correct.

All along, when he had returned victoriously from the battlefield, he had to be rewarded accordingly. Unfortunately, the Crown Prince could not accept giving him a substantial prize for the meritorious deeds he had done, and thus he suggested getting him a dumb, but beautiful, wife. She would not help him with anything, but she was known as a beauty so that she could be regarded as a reward. Barely.

No one would have foreseen the current situation. Li Moyun was too good at making the best out of what he got, and the Emperor was starting to grow uneasy whenever he thought about this younger son of his.

All his sons were easily controlled, all apart from Li Moyun. Li Moyun had never listened to him, and the atmosphere and aura around him were so oppressive that even the Emperor was scared of it.

He feared that Li Moyun wanted his throne. Although Li Moyun had no interest in the mundane world, and he was a part of the upper ranks within the cultivation society, the people of the Richu Empire were unaware of this. Not even the Emperor knew of Li Moyun’s real identity, and thus he thought that this younger son was greedy for power.

It was not only the Emperor who had this thought, the Crown Prince was also worried. He had done everything in his power to cripple Prince Yun’s connections, bribing the officials who were positive about him and so on.

But Li Moyun never fought back. Li Moyun just ignored the many people in the royal palace, officials and royalty alike. He had never had any interest in the position of the Emperor. Still, he was not a man who enjoyed speaking with irrelevant people and ensured that no one knew his real identity, he had never mentioned anything to anyone, apart from the members of the Eternal Shadow Palace.