When he stood up and walked out, it was not yet time for the morning court session.
The eunuchs serving him were already used to this scene and skillfully began to help His Majesty change his clothes.
The jade pendant that Wei Xia was wearing was obtained by Sa Yu from a Buddhist temple. Apart from the clothes he wore on certain important occasions, they were basically all the clothes that Sa Yu liked back then.
Even Wei Xia himself didn't know what he was doing. After Sa Yu left, he tried to find Sa Yu's shadow in many things.
In the end, he successfully transformed himself into the person he once was, Sa Yu.
Occasionally, his father and father would come back to see him. He didn't know if it was because of the shadow left by that incident, or if his father felt sorry for him, but they stayed in the capital for longer and longer periods of time.
In the end, they simply decided not to leave.
Wei Xia was very happy, and he kept trying to convince himself that, but whenever he dreamed of Sa Yu, he felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.
He was devastated. Sa Yu had killed him personally, but had taken Wei Xia's soul with him.
No matter how well Chu Qing took care of her health, she was still no match for Wei Yutang and passed away at the age of fifty-six.
Dressed in white, Wei Xia numbly dealt with the matter. His father's departure was too sudden, and he seemed to have not yet reacted. He only knew to do everything step by step.
He himself didn't realize it, nor did his father. His father was so calm that Wei Xia couldn't help but wonder if he wasn't sad at all.
Until the very end of the funeral, when her father was about to be sent to the imperial mausoleum, Wei Xia saw that her father, the emperor, had also gone in with him.
A bad feeling suddenly welled up inside her, and she wanted to step forward and stop him, her voice carrying a faint sob and pleading tone.
"Father, you shouldn't have gone in."
Wei Yutang brushed away Xia Xia's hand that was gripping his arm, reached out to tidy his slightly messy hair, and smiled faintly.
"Xiaxia," you know your father's temperament; he's afraid of the cold and the dark. Last time I came back a little late, he threw a tantrum for quite a while."
"How can I keep him waiting too long?"
Xiaxia knew she couldn't sway her father's mind on this matter, so she could only watch helplessly as her father drank a cup of wine and lay down beside her father before the coffin was sealed.
Before losing consciousness completely, Wei Yutang wrapped his arms around Chu Qing's waist, just as he had for the past few decades, and fell asleep holding him.
...
After returning to the system space, Chu Qing had all her emotions and memories erased once again.
Unlike before, when she could accept it calmly, she frowned, clutched her heart, and felt a huge emptiness inside.
"My memory has been erased again, hasn't it?"
"yes."
The system had no intention of hiding anything. It had already told the commander about this before, so it had no guilty conscience whatsoever.
When will I be able to retain these memories?
Chu Qing sat there somewhat lost. He longed to retrieve his past memories, but he also didn't want to be forced to forget everything he had gained in the process of retrieving them, just as he was now.
For him, everything is a memory.
Chu Qing didn't know what she had lost; her heart felt empty, and there was a sense of emptiness that she couldn't quite define.
"Host, when you complete all the missions in the future, not only will the memory you want to retrieve return, but also all the memories you have during the missions will return."
The system dared not tamper with these matters at all, after all, the Marshal had saved his master. If it dared to act recklessly, his master would send it for formatting tomorrow.
"Really?"
The system's answer made Chu Qing breathe a sigh of relief. He didn't want to leave himself with another regret that could never be made up for when he completed this task.
"I think I've forgotten two very important people."
"Host, you will meet them again in the next dimension."
The Commander is definitely the one with the most privileges among all the hosts the system has bound to, and also the one that is the most untouchable.
As long as it doesn't involve some core data, Bai Yuan said she could explain everything to the Commander in order to appease him.
Just like this, whether it's the Marshal or the child he created to save the Commander, it won't change in any world.
"We'll meet again, won't we... So, I'll meet them repeatedly in every world."
Based on the current situation, Chu Qing asked the system, which immediately startled the system, which had been sitting there peacefully. It assured that it had just been completely following what its master had told it.
He had absolutely no intention of revealing these unspeakable things to the host, but the host's words just now made him suddenly shudder.
"Host?"
"You mean I can't know about this? Then I won't ask."
At this moment, Chu Qing had roughly guessed everything that the system could and could not say, and before the system could react, he took the initiative to speak:
"Let's move on to the next mission plane. I won't ask any more questions."
"Yes, host."
The system wasn't sure if it was responsible for the current situation, since it hadn't revealed any illegal content to the host, yet things seemed completely different from what it had expected.
For a moment, I really didn't know what to do, so I just wanted to send the host to the next plane as soon as possible, and then go back and ask my master how to deal with this situation.
Chu Qing closed her eyes and quietly waited for what was about to happen.
He was willing to believe that the system wouldn't deceive him on these matters. He had always been good at simplifying complex things, and since it was too difficult to do it all at once, he would take it one step at a time.
Focus on completing the tasks that need to be done in front of you first; the rest can wait until later.
"Host."
"Um?"
"Which era would you like to go to for your next mission?"
"Can we choose another one?"
Chu Qing had already prepared to leave, but he never expected to hear the system say that. Before this, he had never thought that this thing could actually be chosen.
“Yes, host. Because we are worried that you may not be able to accept it, you can choose whether or not to mix in another world as a transition period.”
To make things easier, the system even proactively showed the host the plot of that dimension first.
If the host already had a tough time in the previous world, then the difficulty of this next world is on another level.
It's not that carrying out the mission is difficult, but seeing certain things can be quite tiring.
Especially in their living environment, the host may not be able to adapt immediately.
"good."
Although Chu Qing felt that she might not need a special dimension to transition her feelings, since the system had already said so, it wasn't impossible to temporarily change her mind.
The system carefully selected a world that the host would like, ensuring that both the host and the baby would live well in this world.
Even as an outsider, the system felt incredibly sorry for the child from the previous world.
That boy was a good child, and also a good emperor. He was worthy of the people, but he failed himself.
It seems like I haven't done anything wrong, but for some reason, everything suddenly seems to be wrong.
Even the system, as an observer, felt sorry for the little one, so it chose a perfect world to ensure the little one could live happily in that world.
As soon as Chu Qing opened his eyes, a small tiger cub, not very big yet, pounced on him.
She rubbed her head against his face with all her might, making a soft, coquettish humming sound as she did so.
Chu Qing opened her eyes and stared at it. She could vaguely see the little tiger's tail wagging very happily, like an exceptionally lively puppy.
After the little tiger realized that his father had woken up, his previously unrestrained affectionate behavior instantly became more reserved.
It obediently ran to the mat on the side and sat down, even its paws were placed properly.
Every now and then, she would glance at her father with anxious eyes, afraid that he would throw her into the trash can outside, just like before.
The little tiger looked so timid and cautious that Chu Qing couldn't help but walk over, take its paw, and gently rub its head.
Before receiving any memories, Chu Qing thought this was a pet that the original owner had kept.
Based on his extensive experience, the original owner of this body was unlikely to be a very good person, so his attitude towards pets was probably just average.
Xiaxia was completely stunned when his father grabbed his paw. When he realized that his father didn't shoo him away as usual or kick him, he sat up excitedly.
"Awoo? Awoo awoo."
The little tiger's ears were drooping slightly, making it look exceptionally cute. As Chu Qing stroked it, its furry ears twitched.
Chu Qing originally wanted to find a quieter place to receive the memories, but she couldn't bear to part with such a well-behaved little tiger, so she simply picked him up and sat down on the sofa next to her.
During this time, the little tiger was not very well-behaved, unlike when he was holding it before.
Every now and then, it would paw at his hand, as if it were urgently asking for something.
"What's wrong? Are you hungry?"
After Chu Qing finished speaking, she subconsciously reached out to test the waters, but only after extending her hand did she realize that this might not be a good idea.
No matter how cute the little tiger in front of him might look, it was still a tiger, and his behavior was somewhat offensive.
Before Chu Qing could regret withdrawing his hand, the little tiger lying on his lap had already very consciously rolled over, revealing its soft belly.
After realizing that her father wasn't doing anything, she even used her little paws to help him move his hand back to where he had just placed it.
After doing all this, it let out a soft, childish "woof" as if urging someone on.
The little tiger roared.
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Chapter 88
Since the little tiger had already extended such a warm invitation, Chu Qing couldn't refuse any longer and gently pressed it with her hand.
"Awoo."
After he pressed down, the little tiger let out a pitiful howl. Chu Qing held him in his arms, stood up, and walked outside, wanting to find something to feed him.