I Only Marry Widows

Back then, unable to comprehend the mysteries of time within the Three Realms, her true self decided to leave them behind. With one hand supporting the Ninth Layer Heaven and the other probing into Chaos, she sought to uncover the truth and the path to transcendence from within the Chaos.

What remained in the Divine Court was her Heart Thought.

Even that single thought possessed combat power comparable to the Great Emperor, though it could not last long, it was still an invincible presence in the Three Realms.

The Empress, or rather Zhao Ling'Er, set her gaze upon Lu Chengfeng. Her feelings for this man were complicated, a tangled mix of love and hate.

Though she had been invincible for a hundred thousand years, and had been reincarnated into the mortal world many times, she had never experienced a tribulation of love, nor had she ever been emotionally or affectively entangled with any other man.

Whether her true self or her reincarnated self, both were ice-pure and jade-clean, untouched by any impurity.

But Lu Chengfeng...

It was only the reincarnated self, her true self remained intact.

Yet the most important thing about the first time is not the body, but the memories, the intimate union with a man.

Those bits and pieces of memories were so vivid and lively, so even though her true self's body remained pure, she.

And the one who possessed her was Lu Chengfeng.

The importance lies in the memories behind it and the initial heartbeat.

This was why, even though Zhao Ling'Er could have easily crushed Lu Chengfeng, she chose not to, instead opting to pressure him indirectly.

Love and hate, it's as simple as that.

"Junior Sister, so it's you. Do you know how hard I've been looking for you?" Lu Chengfeng met her gaze without any guilt of being caught, instead, with a justified stance as if thinking, what harm is there in looking at my own woman.

"Do you know that all these years, I've been searching for you? I turned the entire Red County upside down, used all my resources and Divine Secret Techniques to find you, yet I couldn't trace you anywhere."

"Do you know how much I've missed you!"

"Junior Sister..."

As Lu Chengfeng spoke, he couldn't help but move forward, his large hand reaching out to touch the Empress's fair, tender hand.

Yet in the next moment, he flew backward instantly.

He wasn't injured, but he was thrown like a rolling gourd to the ground, looking quite wretched.

"How dare you, who gave you the courage to touch me?" Zhao Ling'Er felt a strange satisfaction watching him being sent sprawling, looking down at him from on high, she reprimanded: "I have suppressed the Ninth Layer Heaven, invincible for a hundred thousand years. How dare you call me Junior Sister? You have quite the audacity."

At this moment, Luo Suyi hurriedly stepped in front of Lu Chengfeng, gently helping him up. She had just seen the Empress's appearance and naturally knew a lot.

"Ling'Er, I know you hate him, but back then, he had his reasons. If you must blame someone, blame me!"

Luo Suyi placed her delicate form in front of Lu Chengfeng, speaking with a touch of sorrow: "I was the one who separated you two. If it weren't for me, you should have been his wife. Childhood sweethearts, innocent and naive..."

As she spoke, she suddenly felt a piercing pain in her heart, as if stabbed by a knife. Although these were facts, speaking them herself made her feel pain to the point of not being able to breathe.

"You, please don't blame him... I can choose to step back and fulfill the two of you."

Zhao Ling'Er was practically fuming, Luo Suyi was the stepmother of her reincarnated self and also the biological mother of her true self. The karma between them was impossible to unravel.

She had never blamed Luo Suyi from beginning to end, and after learning her true identity, there was even less reason to bear any grudges.

If blame was to be placed, it could only be on that damned man, but what did it matter?

Seeing her mother so fervently defending Lu Chengfeng only made her even more infuriated.

More importantly, Luo Suyi's words made her so angry it was as if they were asserting that Zhao Ling'Er simply had to have Lu Chengfeng, like she intended to snatch her man.

She gritted her teeth silently, blaming all of it on Lu Chengfeng, "You damned man, you've caused me and her so much, I wish to cut you into pieces."

Calming her mind with difficulty, Zhao Ling'Er said stiffly: "Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable jests. Lu Chengfeng is originally your husband. You two are mutually devoted, harmonious in music, and have already bowed to heaven and earth. You are a legitimate couple; how could I possibly take your husband."

"Saying such words would only invite ridicule. Don't say it again."

"To outsiders, it might seem like Lu Chengfeng is some rare treasure!"

"With his status, he is not worthy of this Empress."

Upon hearing this, Luo Suyi's previously embattled heart was suddenly filled with joy. She was originally a very simple woman, only wishing to live a straightforward life with her husband.

"Then, Your Majesty, can you no longer trouble him in future?"

"He really is a good man, and he has always held you in his heart. He has been searching for you all these years..."

"Enough, stop talking!" Zhao Ling'Er felt that every word Luo Suyi said was like a slap to her face, leaving her utterly humiliated.

"Cyan Nether Celestial Venerable, it would be better not to speak carelessly. He is your husband, and if these words spread, what would it look like?"

"From now on, you and your husband..." As she spoke to this point, she paused slightly, feeling a strange pang in her heart, Lu Chengfeng her own first man...