Every 1000 years, systems are released into the world to find the perfect hosts to compete for the top spot on the Void World's Leaderboard. The prize for first place is to have one wish of any kind granted no matter what it may be!
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When she thought of all the times they had done that in the past without a care for protection, the female lead's face turned pale as she finally remembered that she was currently in the body of a thirteen-year old! Not in her former 24-year old one!
This swift change in her facial expression only caused the male lead to become even more worried as he yelled out in frustration, "Where is the Imperial Physician! Wait until I sort you out for being negligent!"
But little did he know that the female lead had just resolved to make the man abstain until she was of the appropriate age...and she couldn't help but internally thank the princess for reminding her--even if Li Feifei hadn't meant to do anything, really. As a doctor herself, the female lead knew that early pregnancies were extremely detrimental to her health and truthfully she could even die in labor with the current lack in technology.
Seeing such an outward display of affection for the first time from his usually cold and stoic younger brother, Li Yun had on an understanding expression as he pulled his "curiously dazed" younger sister out of the room shortly, receiving a thankful glance from the female lead which the male lead noticed and consequently felt jealous. Unfortunately, he wouldn't be able to "punish" her in that way for the next five years or so.
General Long silently followed the royal duo out as he had to leave to report to the Emperor anyway.
"Oh!" Li Feifei exclaimed as she turned from the one being pulled to the one doing the pulling, dragging her brother with her along to the throne room to accompany her fiancé to report to the emperor.
Long Zheng's heart felt inexplicably warm that his fiancée was accompanying him to meet with her father. But he remained outwardly stoic.
When they arrive at the hall, Li Yun and Li Feifei continued on their way to the throne to sit beside their father while General Long knelt on one knee with his palm and fist brought together in salute.
"General Long pays respect to His Majesty, the Emperor."
Emperor Li Yunzhi gently smiled, "General Long may rise. Zhen has told General many times not to kneel. General Long is like zhen's own son, after all."
And even if the Emperor felt sad at the thought of his daughter being stolen away from him, technically, the young man before him was going to be his son in law.
Was.
Unfortunately, he wasn't her devil so Li Feifei couldn't just go through with the marriage or she'd be stuck in bed for the rest of this world.
General Long rose to a straight-backed stand, and his face turned especially solemn as he reported, "Your Majesty, this General has news to report regarding Hua."
The Emperor put his smile away as he also got serious, "En, continue."
"Hua covertly enthroned a new emperor two days ago. The previous monarch had passed away, and his youngest son, the Sixth Prince, took the throne."
He only found out by accidentally overhearing some of the Hua border guards whispering amongst each other about the coronation two weeks ago right before he departed for the capital of Li. They stated that the childish Sixth Prince was to be crowned as the next Emperor of Hua in two weeks--which he was two days ago--as Long Zheng had ordered his hidden forces to investigate.
The hall fell silent as not only was the emperor trying to digest the new information but so were his two favored children beside him.
While Li Yun's eyes sharpened at the news, Li Feifei looked thoughtful.
There were three other kingdoms aside from Li. The mission details focused entirely on Li kingdom so she really didn't know what else went on in the other kingdoms. Maybe her hubby was in one of those three kingdoms. When she thought of it, that seemed to be the most likely scenario.
She initially didn't feel the need to take note of the other three kingdoms because her own share of memories had nothing about them so even if she knew of their situations Li Feifei wouldn't be able to tell what was wrong or different anyway.
Li Feifei wasn't even sure if this enthroning of the youngest prince happened in the original timeline so she couldn't guess if the new Hua emperor was acting out of the plot or not.
When she thought of it even more, maybe there were multiple plots in this mission world--one for each kingdom? As from what she had alone, her plot only dealt with the Li Kingdom but what if there were other hosts in their respective kingdoms having to take care of their own share of missions and scenarios?
Thinking of that made her internally groan as the path to pregnancy seemed to be a long and harsh one.
Because, it was all too obvious that they all shared the same main mission--to rule over the Four Kingdoms.
Before she could get even more lost in her thoughts she was brought out by the emperor's deep voice, "Then zhen will be expecting an ambassador soon."
And if not, then he would be expected to send one to congratulate the young emperor in order to maintain peaceful relations. While he was in power, he preferred to keep his citizens happy and living good lives rather than conquering the world and causing the deaths of his people.
General lowered head, "Yes."
While General Long wanted to reign above the four kingdoms, he knew that now was not the right time. And, there were many ways it could be done whether covertly or flauntingly.
He knew the emperor was not the materialistic nor paranoid type. Nor was he ambitious. All the emperor wanted was for his people to be happy.
This kind of emperor was easy to make use of, and General Long wasn't the only one whose head was full of deeply laid schemes in order to conquer the continent.
Li Feifei knew the emperor would give up his throne at the drop of a bat if someone worthy was offering.
But the most pressing matter was after all, her engagement.
The general also seemed to remember the reason he was called back and initially intended to annul his engagement with her but thought otherwise at the moment.
He hadn't fallen for her yet but felt the need to keep close tabs on her as she seemed to be the sly fox type with many hidden tricks up her sleeves. Look, even her ge and father weren't aware of her dual persona.
And he felt that even if they were they definitely played along with her wants as they sure didn't show that they were aware.
Unfortunately for him, Li Feifei had no desire to keep the play going, "Fei-er has a request to ask of Imperial Father."
That, and making this move would only draw more interest from the almighty general before her so she didn't hesitate,
"Please annul Fei-er's engagement with General Long."
Li Hao
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Actually, this author completely forgot to describe our female lead...Bai Ping. Whoops, maybe I will get to it uh, the next time she's brought up. Which she will, and hopefully Tian Xi will note her features or something.
