"Haha, Zhuqing, you didn't tell me or your sister in advance that you were coming back, and you didn't even prepare any gifts."
Dai Weisi also said with a smile, looking refined and amiable.
"Aren't the gifts you gave big enough?" Zhu Zhuqing smiled slightly.
Zhu Zhuyun shrugged, not answering Zhu Zhuqing's question. Instead, she looked at Kai and smiled mysteriously: "Isn't this the Holy Son of Spirit Hall? No wonder Zhuqing hasn't been home; she's been with the Holy Son."
"Some homes, you have to be able to return to."
Kai smiled: "Zhuqing is only here to see her family this time. Why don't the two of you step aside?"
"Or should I address you as Crown Prince?"
Kai narrowed his eyes, seemingly smiling, but his tone revealed an invisible pressure. This made Dai Weisi's expression change, then he smiled and shook his head: "Haha, in front of the Holy Son of Spirit Hall, my title of Crown Prince doesn't amount to much."
This was not surprising.
Now, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, for various reasons, no longer had any intention of participating in the imperial struggle.
So, Dai Weisi naturally became the Crown Prince of the Star Luo Empire.
And Zhu Zhuyun became the Crown Prince's Consort.
"Family? Zhuqing, aren't we your family?" Zhu Zhuyun asked with a smile.
"Perhaps."
Zhu Zhuqing replied.
"Please come in, both of you." Dai Weisi also gestured for the two to enter the Imperial Palace.
Kai and Zhu Zhuqing followed Dai Weisi into the Imperial Palace. Once again returning to this familiar yet strange place, Zhu Zhuqing softly said: "I want to see my mother."
"Mother? Oh, of course, she misses you very much, it's just..."
Zhu Zhuyun hesitated, which gave Zhu Zhuqing an ominous premonition. She quickly asked: "What happened to Mother?"
"When you left the Star Luo Empire without permission, there was no news of you. Mother thought you had died outside and fell ill. Now she's bedridden." Zhu Zhuyun's expression showed sadness.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing's face changed drastically, and she said coldly: "Take me to see her."
"Follow me."
Zhu Zhuyun said, about to lead Zhu Zhuqing.
Dai Weisi, who was beside them, said: "Holy Son, since you're in my Star Luo Empire, why don't you come with me to meet my Royal Father? Royal Father heard that both disciples of the current Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall are exceptional individuals and has long wanted to meet them."
Kai naturally understood what Dai Weisi meant and smiled: "Haha, I certainly must meet the King of Star Luo."
"But for now, I want to go see my mother-in-law first. Your Highness, you wouldn't refuse, would you?"
Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun were both stunned.
Zhu Zhuyun looked at Zhu Zhuqing with a complex gaze, thinking to herself: "I didn't expect her to actually be with the Holy Son of Spirit Hall... This way, trying to get rid of her will be difficult..."
At the same time, she also said to Zhu Zhuqing: "By the way, Zhuqing, why didn't you and Mubai come back together?"
Zhu Zhuqing calmly said: "Didn't he come back a long time ago? Perhaps he was afraid that you two wouldn't let him off, so he's been spending all his time in brothels. It seems your information isn't very well-informed."
"You knew I was back immediately, but you didn't know Dai Mubai returned here early?"
Because she was eager to see her mother, Zhu Zhuqing didn't bother to respond to Zhu Zhuyun. Kai followed behind Zhu Zhuqing, and as he passed Dai Weisi, he smiled slightly: "Your Highness, the Soul Saints in your Star Luo Imperial Family truly have a lot of 'water' in them."
"A Soul Saint cultivated by the dignified Imperial Family, whose first spirit ring is only a ten-year spirit ring?"
Kai laughed heartily, then patted Dai Weisi's shoulder and followed Zhu Zhuqing into a room.
After the two entered the room, Zhu Zhuyun's face turned cold and she said: "My sister is truly cunning. She knows that by clinging to Spirit Hall, we can't lay a hand on her..."
"We can't lay a hand on her, but that doesn't mean we can't lay a hand on someone else."
Dai Weisi also said coldly: "Back then, Mubai's Shrek Academy defeated our Star Luo Empire team, which made some short-sighted people think he was qualified to contend with me for the throne."
"What a joke. Now that I'm about to become the Crown Prince, my brother... blame it on your bad luck..."
..."Mother!"
Zhu Zhuqing looked at the pale-faced woman lying on the bed and immediately burst into tears. And as if hearing Zhu Zhuqing's voice, the woman slowly opened her eyes. Upon seeing Zhu Zhuqing, her lifeless eyes seemed to regain their luster.
"Xiaoqing, is that you?"
The woman shed tears, afraid this was a hallucination before death.
"It's me, it's me, Mother, I'm back." Zhu Zhuqing grabbed the woman's hand and choked out.
Kai was stunned. Clearly, Zhu Zhuqing's mother had no vital signs left. This didn't seem like she fell ill from being too sad; it was more like she had been poisoned by something.
"This imperial struggle is truly complicated. Even Zhu Zhuqing's mother can be affected? Isn't this also Zhu Zhuyun's mother? How could they do such a thing?"
Kai walked to Zhu Zhuqing's side, then felt the woman's physical condition, and sighed: "Don't be too sad, Auntie... she is indeed ill, but I can alleviate her symptoms."
"Really?!" Zhu Zhuqing looked up, her eyes red from crying, at Kai.
"Naturally, but I'm not very confident in curing her completely. Afterward, she'll need to return to Spirit Hall with us. Old Poison should be able to cure her." Kai was a bit helpless; after all, he didn't understand medicine.
Indeed, it was a major weakness of being a Transmigrator!
"Xiaoqing, this is..." The woman just looked at Kai, asking with a smile.
"Mother, he is Kai, the current Holy Son of Spirit Hall, and also..." Zhu Zhuqing's voice suddenly became softer as she spoke.
Seeing this, how could the woman not know what Zhu Zhuqing wanted to say?
She looked at Kai, smiled and nodded: "Xiaoqing, Mother trusts your judgment, but you shouldn't stay here any longer. It's too dangerous here. Leave quickly..."
Kai motioned for Zhu Zhuqing and the woman to catch up, while he left the room. After all, it was better to leave some time for the mother and daughter to reunite now.
After waiting for a while.
Two people passed by not far from Kai, and one of them said: "Did you hear? Prince Dai Mubai was killed. I heard he got into a conflict with a Soul Saint in a brothel, had his limbs cut off, and before he died, his Martial Soul was crippled. He was thrown onto the street. He was a dignified Prince, yet he died so miserably..."