I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 290: I Refuse (Five Updates)_1

Chapter 290: Chapter 290: I Refuse (Five Updates)_1

Wu Qiyi’s head was slightly bowed, and a struggle appeared on her face, "Grandma, I know you want what’s best for me, this seems to be my destiny. If I truly can’t escape it, just let me be, as long as I can die by his side, any way is fine!"

"Nonsense!" The old woman’s complexion changed, and her voice hardened, "Er Ya, you should know that you’re not just my granddaughter, you’re also the master of the Luanfeng Pavilion! Your duty and obligation are to carry on the legacy of the Luanfeng Pavilion!"

"Grandma, I’ve said it before, I’m not interested in being the Luanfeng Pavilion Master. You have so many capable people at your disposal, just pick anyone."

"You... you listen to me, this time, you have no choice but to agree!" The old woman’s face suddenly became very stern, and her eyes sharpened, "I have already received one hundred and thirty replies, and have chosen four people from them. Tomorrow, you must choose one of them to marry! By doing so, you could bear a child by next September. Regardless of the child’s gender, he or she will be the next master of the Luanfeng Pavilion."

"I refuse."

Wu Qiyi’s face changed as well.

Unlike the old woman, Wu Qiyi’s expression became indifferent and calm, as if the matter she was discussing had nothing to do with her, as if she was just an outsider.

"On what grounds do you refuse?"

"I have just two years left to live, and my life can only be controlled by me myself!!" Wu Qiyi retorted coldly, her eyes flashing with a chilling light.

"Hmph, two years? What can you do in the remaining two years?"

"There’s a lot I can do, he and I, we can change our own fates together!"

"You two? What can that useless Li family boy do for you? Just sweet-talk you?" The old woman obviously didn’t know enough about him.

Xi Yu, who had been standing behind Wu Qiyi, stepped forward at this point, placed a document on the coffee table in front of the old woman, and said respectfully, "Master, this is the information I have compiled. It details everything I know about Li Muyun. Of course, there is some information that I couldn’t access, including the fact that Li Muyun can reanimate flesh from bones and revive dead plants."

"What?"

Upon hearing Xi Yu’s words, the old woman’s eyes widened, and she immediately picked up the document Xi Yu laid down, and as the maid handed her reading glasses, she began to look over it carefully.

After reading, the old woman, with a furrowed brow, looked at Wu Qiyi and asked, "Do you understand him?"

Wu Qiyi shook her head slightly, "I knew everything about him before, but now, I must admit, I do not understand him."

"Even so, you’re willing to place all your hopes on him?"

"Though I do not understand, I know that whatever I want, he will certainly give me. Trusting him with my life is worth it!"

"My Er Ya, my foolish Er Ya," the old woman’s face showed an expression of disappointment, "you... why are you so stubborn! No man with the surname Li is any good!"

"Grandma, you can’t overgeneralize. I can feel that he truly cares for me, loves me, and he’s already looking for a way. All I have to do now is wait."

"Wait? How long can you wait? One year, two years?"

"Even if it means waiting until death, I won’t give up; even if I die, I will have no regrets, for at least I know that he is wholeheartedly searching for a way to save me."

After all, the old woman was the master of the Luanfeng Pavilion; she quickly regained her composure, pointed to the document in her hand, and asked Wu Qiyi, "It is mentioned here that this young man is very close to a woman named Zhao’er, is that right?"

"Hmm," Wu Qiyi nodded without any hesitation.

"What is their relationship?"

"Lovers," Wu Qiyi replied without a second thought.

"Since they’re lovers, you still trust him? Have you gone mad?"

"I don’t care, I only care about how he sees me, and besides, that has nothing to do with him saving me."

Knowing her granddaughter’s temperament all too well, the old woman knew that a direct approach would get her nowhere, so she started to employ a roundabout strategy, turning to Xi Yu and asking, "What is Zhao’er’s status?"

"I don’t know," Xi Yu shook her head, "Based on the information I have, this Zhao’er is related to the Empress and the Empress Dowager."

"Hmm?" Upon hearing these two titles, the old woman’s face immediately changed, "The Empress, the Empress Dowager?"

"Yes," Xi Yu nodded and continued, "Zhao’er was a body that the Empress had gone to great lengths to find, one that hadn’t decayed for a thousand years; the Empress Dowager used Zhao’er’s body to forcibly conduct the Forbidden Technique of soul transfer, sacrificing the lives of the eight great heads of the Imperial Alliance. Eventually, she successfully housed her soul in Zhao’er’s body and slept under the Wordless Monument at Qian Ling Mausoleum for over a thousand years."

The old woman nodded slightly; she was aware of this information.

"Continue," she said.

Xi Yu glanced at Wu Qiyi and continued, "It’s Li Muyun who awakened her, but as for how he did it, I’m not entirely clear at the moment; he himself is very secretive. However, based on my understanding, it seems to be related to the Xiao Family in Yenjing, since Li Muyun’s mother is the legitimate eldest daughter of the current head of the Xiao Family."

"The Xiao Family? Xiao Zhuru." The old woman snorted softly, "Xiao Zhuru indeed gave birth to a fine daughter, arguably the most remarkable talent the Xiao Family has seen in a thousand years, only that her daughter ran off with some wild boy back then, which has been a constant source of shame for the Xiao Family ever since."

Xi Yu continued, "At first, the Empress Dowager’s soul seemed to be sealed, and it was Zhao’er who woke up."

"Hmm?" The old woman’s eyes widened, instantly shining with sharpness, "Are you saying that the boy didn’t awaken the Empress Dowager, but the thousand-year-old female corpse?"

"Yes," Xi Yu nodded, "However, the ancestor of the Wu Family, Wu Qiuyue, later found Zhao’er and used a special method to wake the Empress Dowager."

"Hmm, the fact that the Empress Dowager has awakened has already spread everywhere. Now the Empress Dowager has completely taken root in Yamato, and even Yamato’s prime minister has to kneel before her."

The old woman nodded her head, then suddenly thought of something and said abruptly, "No! If the Empress Dowager is awake, given her nature, would she let that boy off the hook?"

"Just as the Pavilion Master said, we encountered the Empress Dowager under the Emperor’s Lady Mulberry, in the Underground Palace of the Heavenly Maiden; at that time, the Empress Dowager almost killed Li Muyun."

"The Emperor’s Lady Mulberry? The Heavenly Maiden?" The old woman was suddenly confused and asked with surprise, "Does the Emperor’s Lady Mulberry, such a divine object, really exist in this world? And what’s this about the Heavenly Maiden?"

Xi Yu continued, "The situation at that time was a bit chaotic, but after I sorted it out later, I realized there was a problem. Everything that happened inside the Heavenly Maiden’s Underground Palace seemed to be manipulated by someone behind the scenes."

"Who!?" the old woman asked urgently.

"The Empress, Wu Wuhao."

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