The Lord's Empire (Part 3)

Chapter 1187-1191

Chapter 1187: Promise Me You Won't Die

"Did you find out?" After everyone had left, Zhao Fu looked at Wu Qingniang and felt some heartache and guilt as he walked over to her. Out of all of the women, the one he was attached to the most was Wu Qingniang.

Back when he was still weak, she had done all she could to protect him, even though she had been quite domineering and called him hers.

However, Zhao Fu truly liked Wu Qingniang and felt that he truly did love her. Now that he had been afflicted by Emperor Killer, he did not know when he would die, and he felt a lot of guilt towards Wu Qingniang.

At first, he had tried to hide it from her, but now that most of the higher-ups knew, it was impossible to continue keeping it a secret.

Pa!

A clear slap sounded out as Wu Qingniang slapped Zhao Fu's face, her eyes dancing with tears as she looked at him.

Zhao Fu fell silent and did not know what to say.

"Promise me you won't die," Wu Qingniang sobbed as she looked at Zhao Fu with her beautiful eyes.

"I..." Zhao Fu did not know what to say. Even higher-beings could not get rid of Emperor Killer, so what could Zhao Fu do? He was essentially doomed to die, so he could not make such a promise to Wu Qingniang.

"Are you willing to just die like this? And hand over the Empire you created to someone else? Do you want me to serve another man? Do you want all of your women to belong to someone else?" Wu Qingniang angrily said in a loud voice as tears flowed out of her eyes, gliding across her white face and continuously falling to the ground. As she spoke, she began to sob more.

Zhao Fu felt a piercing pain in his heart; he did not want to die like this and did not want to hand over his Empire to someone else, much less have his beloved women become someone else's.

However, since things were like this, he was powerless to change anything. He stepped forwards, lightly hugged Wu Qingniang, and sighed as he said, "Qingniang, I don't want this either, but there's nothing I can do."

Wu Qingniang angrily pushed Zhao Fu away and shouted, "Are you just going to give up like this? Aren't you Great Qin's terrifying Legatee? You swept across the world with no fears, and look at you now! You're already preparing to die!"

This startled Zhao Fu and he realized that he had become too melancholic and pessimistic. With how big the Heaven Awaken World was, perhaps there would be a way to deal with this. If he only made preparations for his death instead of seeking a way to avoid it, he would definitely die.

Indeed, as his status had risen, Zhao Fu found that he had changed. There were more things that he was afraid of, and he was no longer as driven. He no longer had the domineeringness that made it so that he feared nothing, something that he had started off with.

Thinking about that, Zhao Fu lightly laughed and seemed to become a different person; his mental state was dozens of times better now.

"Qingniang, I promise you, I won't die!" Zhao Fu said earnestly as he gave a warm smile.

Wu Qingniang looked at Zhao Fu and her heart trembled as she leapt into his embrace. She did not cry anymore, and she instead happily hugged him tightly.

After coming out from the palace, Zhao Fu was no longer as low-spirited and disheartened; Li Si and Bai Qi both noticed this, causing them to feel quite happy. Their old Majesty was back.

As Zhao Fu recovered, the Great Qin that seemed to have been covered with gloomy clouds also recovered and became full of life again. Each of the Departments operated efficiently, and Great Qin returned to its domineering and vigorous manner.