pertwk Chapter 2311 Awakening from a 35-Year Dream
Chapter 2311 Awakening from a 35-Year Dream
Chapter 2311 Awakening from a Thirty-Five-Year Dream
"The old master also has arrangements for you. You have spent thirty-five years in the Heavenly Palace, remaining unmarried and childless throughout your life. Therefore, the Heavenly Palace will ensure that your two younger brothers and their entire family of twenty-five will enjoy lifelong prosperity. If your children are talented, they can be recommended for official positions and will not be buried in obscurity."
Aunt Zeng gratefully said, "Thank you so much, sir!"
"As for you yourself," Lu Yongyan took a medicine bottle from the shrine, poured out three pills, and held them out to Aunt Zeng.
“You have done great work and made great contributions. The old master wants to give you a helping hand and take you to the Kingdom of God.”
Aunt Zeng felt as if she had been struck on the head, and instinctively took two large steps back, exclaiming in a hoarse voice, "No, this is not right!"
She suddenly looked up, glancing both at Lu Yongyan and at the shrine behind him:
"The old master promised me that he would let me return to my hometown!"
At this moment, Xiao Yu and the other two maids understood that the first thing the new master did upon taking office was to order their deaths!
They were so frightened that their legs went weak, and they knelt on the ground, sobbing and begging.
What wrong did they commit that they should be sentenced to death?
“We all come from the divine land, and after traveling in the mortal world, we will naturally return to the divine land.” Lu Yongyan said each word clearly, “The divine land is your hometown. The old master promised to let you return home, and he did not break his promise!”
Aunt Zeng raised her head, and it was unclear whether it was because of tears in her eyes or because the statue in the shrine was blurred by the incense smoke.
In fact, when the old mastermind was recounting those secrets to Lu Yongyan, she had a very bad feeling.
Having spent so many years in the Heavenly Palace, she knew very well the weight of the word "secret." Secrets she didn't know before, she shouldn't know in the future; otherwise, there would be no "future."
Seeing that she did not move, Lu Yongyan continued, "Thunder and rain are all divine blessings. Aunt Zeng, the divine favor that your family has received is a blessing that mortals cannot cultivate for ten lifetimes."
Aunt Zeng was suddenly awakened by the words "family".
She has two younger brothers, and there are twenty-five people in her family. If they can receive God's grace, they must also be able to withstand God's wrath, right?
Besides, this is the Heavenly Palace, what else can she do?
"So be it." She smiled before her tears had even dried. "Returning to the Kingdom of God is the dream of countless believers. Thank you, Master Lu, for making it possible!"
After saying that, she picked up a pill and swallowed it.
In fact, she knew perfectly well that if the old mastermind really wanted to let her go, why didn't he mention it at all just now?
Out of consideration for his lifelong service to the gods, the Holy One might spare her life.
But he didn't.
He knew that compared to the risk of his secret being leaked, the affection he had shown Aunt Zeng for serving him wholeheartedly for thirty-five years was insignificant.
Who can blame us when this is the Heavenly Palace?
Aunt Zeng glanced at Lu Yongyan again.
In the Heavenly Palace, who doesn't know that Aunt Zeng, who serves the old master, holds a high position and wields great power? For the past two years, Lu Yongyan has always greeted her with a smile, both kind and respectful; now that he has just become the master of Duyun, he has already become impartial and selfless, dedicated to the public good.
Aunt Zeng smiled.
Ha, from beginning to end, where did she get any power? The gods could have killed her with just a word.
Thirty-five years have passed; it's time to wake up from this dream.
The medicine took effect incredibly quickly; from swallowing to the onset of symptoms, it took only three to five breaths. Aunt Zeng felt almost no pain before her life came to an end.
This can be considered the old mastermind's final act of mercy towards her.
Xiao Yu and another maid saw her kneeling motionless before slowly collapsing, and they were utterly astonished.
Lu Yongyan looked at them, his expression indifferent: "It's your turn."
……
Tong Yiyi, or rather, Mei Wuniang, listened to the continuous chimes coming from the rooftop and muttered to herself:
Finally died.
For the past six months, that old man has been half-dead, and has been critically ill dozens of times. Each time, the Heavenly Palace, the Star-Picking Tower, and the Royal Court are on high alert, which also exhausts the maids.
She cried wolf so many times that she was completely numb to it all, and then the mastermind behind it all passed away.
She cursed in secret, but outwardly she still had to kneel facing the main building, just like the other maids, not daring to raise her head even once.
Who doesn't know that the Star-Picking Tower is a place shrouded in the will of the gods?
If she showed the slightest disrespect, she would be in deep trouble. Besides, she knew that her group wouldn't be kneeling for long.
Over the years, Mei Wuniang's cultivation has improved significantly, and her hearing has become exceptional; she can hear the chaotic footsteps coming from the Star-Picking Tower. With the old mastermind passing away and a new mastermind taking over, everyone in this tower is going to be extremely busy.
Only a dozen or so breaths later, several servants rushed over:
"Get up, everyone, get to work! Where's Tong Yiyi?"
Mei Wu Niang's heart skipped a beat, but she still had to bite the bullet and answer:
"it's here."
"follow me."
Mei Wu Niang and the maids behind her followed these people higher and higher, all the way up to the third floor.
She had only visited this place less than ten times in total over the past few years.
Because the main altar is on the third floor.
Magnificent, majestic, and desolate, this was the most important place in the entire Heavenly Palace, where the Cloud Envoys listened to the divine pronouncements of the Heavenly Emperors. She had also heard that before the Nine Nether Emperor became the Nine Nether Emperor, he had wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace and stolen extremely important treasures from here.
From then on, the security of the Star-Picking Tower became the strictest in the entire Lingxu City.
Each time she came up, she didn't even dare to expand her divine sense, for fear of being accused of blasphemy.
Only today did she learn that there was a secret room behind the Star-Picking Tower.
There is also a shrine here, with incense smoke rising, and three people lying on the ground.
"Aunt Zeng?!"
These three people were Aunt Zeng, Xiao Yu, and another maid.
Mei Wu Niang rushed over and immediately knelt down beside Aunt Zeng, anxiously asking, "What happened to her? What's wrong with her?!"
The attendant solemnly replied, "Aunt Zeng, mindful of her master, voluntarily followed him into the divine realm."
Mei Wu Niang immediately burst into tears, her tears flowing uncontrollably like a flood.
How is this going!
"Concern for the mastermind"? Bah! That sounds nice. Aunt Zeng clearly said before she came up that she would retire to her hometown and enjoy her old age after Mastermind Du Yun died.
So this so-called "voluntary" is probably just funeral arrangements, right?
Du Yun, that old codger, is no good. He won't even give his loyal servant, who has been loyal to him for over thirty years, a way out.
Hearing her sob more and more sorrowfully, the servant quickly said, "The new master said that Aunt Zeng requested to return her remains to her hometown before she died, and this request must be granted. You are her maid, so you will be responsible for her funeral arrangements."
Mei Wu Niang sobbed, "Yes."
Fearing she would cry uncontrollably, the attendant cautioned her, "This is the abode of the gods. Do not linger too long, and do not disturb them with your crying; that would be a great disrespect!"
Mei Wu Niang said with a wronged expression, "Yes!"
She gradually stopped crying and directed the guards and maids behind her to carry the three corpses away.
She was a senior maidservant to Aunt Zeng, and it was indeed most appropriate for her to handle the aftermath of Aunt Zeng's death.
(End of this chapter)