Chapter 99: Chapter 99 : Foiling Xie Jianshen’s Plan

After the heavenly troops safely returned to the Heavenly Realm, the Heavenly Emperor gave three days’ leave to everyone in order to recuperate. Some with heavier injuries were told to stay home until they recovered.

Just as the Heavenly Realm residents settled into a newfound peace, the Eternal Spring Palace had a sad announcement to make. The Empress had unfortunately suffered from a miscarriage. Allegedly, the war between the two realms distressed the Empress so much that it affected the baby in her womb.

"A tragic loss," so most people remarked. "But the Empress is still young. It is not too late to have another baby."

Xie Jianshen scoffed at the remark. The Empress had the choice to give birth to her child and then atone for her sins, but she chose to kill her child and save her skin instead.

In his opinion, the woman did not deserve to be a mother at all.

Now that he eliminated a possible contender for the Dragon Throne position, Xie Jianshen redirected his focus to his younger brother.

He already ran out of his supply of Night To Day Reversal Seeds, so he needed to replenish his stock.

Disguised as a commoner, the Shuiran Palace Mistress slipped out of the Shuiran Palace and mixed among the common folk of the lion clan. He had to wear a hood to hide the roaring dragon sigil that was imprinted on his forehead.

Every month, he agreed to meet the envoy from the Demonic Realm in a secluded corner of one of the Shuiran City’s bustling markets. The envoy traded out several items from the Demonic Realm in exchange for some items that only top-tier Heavenly Realm residents such as himself could get.

Most of these items were distributed by the Golden Dragon Palace to the other palaces. The finest silk made by the Weaver Girl out of clouds. The Jade Rabbit’s elixir of life. There were indeed a lot of things that the demons wanted, just like Xie Jianshen wanted some forbidden items from the Demonic Realm for his personal use.

The envoy was a trader ape who could move between three realms without difficulties thanks to the mixture of demonic and heavenly blood in its body.

The trader ape wandered between the realms to trade items to make a living. This time, he only had items from the Human Realm.

Xie Jianshen furrowed his brows in confusion.

"I don’t need this," he shook his head when the ape offered him a selection of the finest pelt from the mortal realm with bright, hopeful eyes.

"What I want is the Night To Day Reversal Seeds," he said. He pulled out a round, dried-up, grey seed from his sleeves and showed it to the ape.

"Uuuuuuuu... aaaaaaaa..."

The ape shook its head fervently.

"Aaaaaahhh... uuuuuuh..."

Xie Jianshen raised an eyebrow at the ape.

"Are you telling me that you don’t have any?"

The ape nodded vigorously.

"Aaaah!!! Aaaaah!!!"

Xie Jianshen pursed his lips.

"You have been trading the seeds for hundreds of years. This is the first time you run out of the seeds. What happened?"

The ape then ran around on the spot and put both of its arms above its head as if shielding himself from a hailstorm.

"An attack? The garden is destroyed?" Xie Jianshen guessed.

"Aaaaah!!! Aaaaaahhh!!!"

The ape jumped up and down happily while baring its teeth at Xie Jianshen.

Xie Jianshen’s face turned dark.

"What’s with this awful mishap? Who the hell destroyed the garden?"

The ape pointed at Xie Jianshen.

"... It was not me."

The ape stabbed its finger in Xie Jianshen’s direction repeatedly.

"Aaaaaahhh!!! Aaaaaahhh!!!"

And then, Xie Jianshen understood.

"The Heavenly Realm," he said. "The heavenly troops. Don’t tell me that it happened during the last war...?"

"Aaaaaahhh!!! Aaaaahhhh!!!"

The ape grinned at Xie Jianshen and blinked at him many times in an adorable manner.

"Goodness."

Xie Jianshen smacked a hand against his face.

What should he do now?

Xie Jianyu had yet to complete the treatment.

"Find me another source," Xie Jianshen glowered at the ape. "I don’t care how much it costs, I am more than capable to afford it."

The ape gave the omega a thumbs-up.

"When can we meet again?"

The ape raised five fingers and then he drew a circle on the ground.

"Five months."

Xie Jianshen rubbed at the spot between his brows.

"Very well, let’s meet here five months from now."

Dejected, Xie Jianshen left the remote alley and returned to Shuiran Palace. In his head, he performed a complex calculation about the hormone imbalance in Xie Jianyu’s body.

Until Xie Jianyu was successfully converted into an alpha, he must not stop with the treatment. Otherwise, he was going to revert into an omega in no time.

He already had his first heat period, but he had yet to have his second, thanks to the seeds.

Considering that an omega’s heat was largely unpredictable, it was going to affect Xie Jianyu’s performance as the Crown Prince a lot.

One misstep was all it took to destroy the facade that he, his father, and his younger brother had worked on for years!

Xie Jianshen gritted his teeth in resentment as he walked up the stairs to Shuiran Palace’s entrance gate.

If he did not know better, he would think that someone in the heavenly troops tried to sabotage him!

Xie Jianshen’s foul mood was further worsened when he saw the Golden Dragon Palace’s cloud carriage waiting for him in front of the palace entrance.

An eunuch was standing next to the carriage. As soon as he saw Xie Jianshen, he bowed his head and greeted him.

"Shuiran Palace Mistress, the Heavenly Emperor is expecting Your Highness’ arrival at the Golden Dragon Palace. Is it convenient for Your Highness to leave right now?"

Xie Jianshen handed his disguise clothing to his head maid before he climbed into the cloud carriage.

When he arrived at the Heavenly Emperor’s private chamber, his younger brother Xie Jianyu was already waiting for him.

"Ah, Jianshen. Good that you are here," the Emperor spoke. "I gather both of you here to talk about Jianyu’s upcoming wedding."

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