Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law

"Previously at Song Family Slope, when resisting King Chong’s alliance army, I captured an enemy general named Hui Cheng. After investigation, he turned out to be the disciple brother you mentioned to me before," said Chen Mo.

Chang En was shocked and immediately expressed his stance: "Even though Hui Cheng is my disciple brother, he colluded with rebel forces and went down the wrong path. His death would be well-deserved."

He thought Hui Cheng was already dead; after all, King Chong, Prince Huai, and the others had already been deemed rebels.

Could Hui Cheng still be alive?

He felt that His Majesty was asking him this to gauge his opinion on the matter.

"He’s not dead," replied Chen Mo.

"Not dead?" Chang En was shocked again.

"At the time, I merely abolished his cultivation. Upon learning he was your disciple brother, I locked him in the prison. Now that you’re back, I’ll leave his fate to you," Chen Mo entrusted Hui Cheng’s life and death to Chang En.

This was Chen Mo’s method of further drawing in Chang En.

As for Hui Cheng, with his cultivation abolished, whether he lives or dies doesn’t matter to Chen Mo.

Chang En: "..."

Such favor left him somewhat at a loss.

...

Evening.

In Chu Ran’s palace.

The hall was warm, the flames in the hearth were vigorous, and the Qilin auspicious beast-shaped incense burner emitted smoke that masked the faint smell of blood permeating the hall.

Every hour, Wu Mi would check Chu Ran’s pulse, constantly monitoring her condition.

After checking her pulse, Wu Mi intended to instruct those below to prepare a bowl of meat porridge to feed Chu Ran.

At that moment, Chu Ran, who was lying on the bed unconscious, slightly trembled her eyelashes, her pale lips mouthed intermittently, "Water... water..."

Wu Mi leaned in closer to hear the words, quickly poured a cup of water for Chu Ran, and placed it in the boiling water of the iron kettle to warm it before feeding it to her.

After drinking the water, after some time, Chu Ran slowly opened her eyes, her pale face showed discomfort. Upon seeing Wu Mi, she weakly said, "Empress... Your Majesty, why are you here?"

"Lady Jing Fei, you’ve awakened." Wu Mi rejoiced, quickly ensuring Chu Ran stayed still, helped cover her with the quilt, and said, "Lady Jing Fei, you experienced massive bleeding and fainted during childbirth today. It’s His Majesty who called me to take care of you. Now, everything is alright, you need proper rest and should not move rashly."

"Massive bleeding?"

Chu Ran’s face turned even paler, immediately scanning around with panic in her eyes, her lips trembling as she said, "Where is the child? Empress, where is my child? Could... could something have happened to the child?"

Her eyes turned red, she tried to prop herself up, wanting to get out of bed.

Wu Mi quickly stopped her, saying, "Lady Jing Fei, don’t move, the child is fine."

"Then where is the child?"

"Someone, bring the little princess here." To relieve Chu Ran’s worries, Wu Mi instructed to bring the baby girl over.

The baby girl had been taken away by the midwife for feeding. Upon hearing the Empress’s command, the female official waiting outside the hall immediately went over and brought the baby over.

Although Chu Ran had never seen the child she gave birth to, at the moment she saw the baby girl, it was as if her bloodline had awakened, and she immediately knew this was her child.

"Daughter, my daughter, let me see her," Chu Ran raised her hand to hug.

Wu Mi took the baby from the female official’s hands and placed her beside Chu Ran, saying, "Lady Jing Fei, you are physically weak now, just watch her like this to prevent accidentally dropping the child."

Chu Ran nodded, her eyes fixed on the baby, unable to look away, her fingers gently caressing the baby’s little face.

The baby was already asleep.

Chu Ran dared not wake her up, gently caressing for a while before softly asking Wu Mi, "Empress, can you tell me what happened after I fainted?"

"Of course." Wu Mi started narrating.

Listening to it, Chu Ran felt shocked, she couldn’t help but choke with sobs, "Empress, thank you, it’s all thanks to you. Had it not been for you, I fear... I fear I wouldn’t have had the good fortune to see my daughter."

Chu Ran didn’t care much about gender as she knew that she couldn’t compete regardless.

"This is what I should do, besides, gratitude is owed to His Majesty, it was his timely response, otherwise by the time I arrived, it might have been too late," said Wu Mi.

Chu Ran nodded, saying, "But nevertheless, I must thank the Empress."

"As long as Lady Jing Fei is okay." Wu Mi smiled, saying, "It’s late, you must be hungry, I’ll have someone prepare some food for you."

"Thank you, Empress."

Wu Mi had just finished giving instructions.

A female official quickly walked in, softly saying, "Empress, Lady Jing Fei, His Majesty is here."

The faces of both Wu Mi and Chu Ran lit up with joy.

Wu Mi was about to rise to greet, when Chen Mo had already entered, seeing the awakened Chu Ran, unable to conceal his joy, "Lady Jing Fei, you’re awake."

Chen Mo nodded in acknowledgment to Wu Mi, then quickly approached the bed, sat down, and held Chu Ran’s delicate hand, filled with concern, saying, "How do you feel?"

"With the Empress taking care of me, I’m fine," Chu Ran looked at the baby girl, said, "Your Majesty, why don’t you pick a name for our daughter."

"Hmm..." Chen Mo pondered deeply and then said, "How about Huaian? It’s as though she’s been through the gates of death, and I’d hope for her to always be safe and sound."

"Huai... An?" Chu Ran mused, saying, "The meaning is good, but it sounds like a boy’s name."

"Like a boy’s name..." Chen Mo looked at Chu Ran’s paper-like pale complexion, truly stumped for ideas, and turned his gaze to Wu Mi, hoping she could think of something.

Indeed, Wu Mi came up with a wonderful name.

"How about Le’an? ’Le’ represents joy and happiness, while ’An’ means peace and safety, and it also sounds like a girl’s name," Wu Mi smiled.

"Le... Le’an." Chu Ran repeated it several times, her eyes brightened with satisfaction, saying to Chen Mo, "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

Chen Mo nodded, saying, "Excellent."

"Le’an, Chen Le’an." Chu Ran looked at the baby girl, brimming with smiles.

Possibly the sound of talking disturbed Chen Le’an, who woke up crying loudly.

Unable to move due to weakness, Chu Ran watched as Chen Mo and Wu Mi frantically handled the situation, cradling and comforting the child.

After quite some effort calming her down, the three exchanged glances and laughed together, the hall exuded tranquility and warmth.

...

A few days later.

Chen Mo selected several girls from good families to be presented as choices for Chang En.

Chen Mo didn’t expect that Chang En would ultimately choose Zhang Zhu, Zhang River’s daughter.

Due to the matter with Dai Tu, Zhang Zhu had been affected somewhat.

Even though Chen Mo had promised Zhang River to find another husband for her.

But any minister in the Capital with some status, upon learning about Zhang Zhu’s previous engagement to Dai Tu, even though Zhang Zhu was still chaste, somewhat looked down on Zhang Zhu.

Chen Mo couldn’t force it upon anyone, designating a marriage for them.

Even if they married, it wouldn’t last.

Thus Zhang Zhu’s matter was left unresolved.

Chen Mo had Zhang Zhu mingled with the other good family girls for Chang En to meet, merely as a casual gesture; unexpectedly, Chang En truly took a liking to her.

Chen Mo approached Chang En, explaining Zhang Zhu’s situation, told him he could still back out now, or else when things are settled, there would be no turning back.

Chang En hesitated for a while, then said, "She’s quite nice."

Chen Mo realized that Chang En genuinely fell for Zhang Zhu.

This was a good thing for Chen Mo.

Because this meant that Zhang Zhu’s issue was resolved too.

Chen Mo could finally give an account to Zhang River.

A Divine Power Realm Martial Artist as a son-in-law, isn’t this a thousand times better than Dai Tu?

Chen Mo was pleased, planning to personally bestow the marriage on the two.

...

On the other side.

Zhang River, upon learning that her daughter was chosen by Chang En, was ecstatic and nearly overwhelmed with excitement.

Not to speak of Chang En’s own cultivation, just from the appointment bestowed upon him by Your Majesty a few days ago, he was a promising rising star.

The Zhang Family seemed to have climbed a "high branch."

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