The little fox listened to Father Emperor’s endless reminders, rubbed its eyes with its paws, then stretched its body with a big yawn, twisted its butt, and covered its ears as it snuggled into his embrace pretending to sleep.
Ji Lin chuckled and shook his head, carrying his son to the bathroom.
As soon as it heard the pitter-patter of water, the little fox felt that sothing was wrong. It bounced out of Ji Lin’s arms and dashed towards the door, "I don’t want a bath!"
"How co you’re still so reluctant to bathe at your age?" Ji Lin rubbed his temples helplessly. It really was worriso.
Most Fire Beastn aren’t too fond of water, especially the young ones. Every ti the little fox saw itself being scrubbed in the water, turning into a drenched fox, it felt ugly and liked baths even less.
The little fox hadn’t succeeded in running out when "bang~" it collided into a firm embrace, its nose stinging from the impact.
The young man picked it up, teasing, "Why is the little prince in such a hurry, is there a monster chasing you?"
The little fox looked up, mumbling with a grievance, "Uncle Qiu Yang~ Please take away! Don’t let Father Emperor catch !"
This soft baby voice lted Qiu Yang’s heart.
The two adult males exchanged a glance, both helpless and amused.
Ji Lin gave him a look, and Qiu Yang understood, carrying the little prince outside, "Alright, alright, no bath then! Little prince, I’ll take you to the river to play in the water. I heard soone saw colorful little fish there, they’re really pretty."
"Great, great~ Uncle Qiu Yang is the best, Daddy is the worst!" The little fox happily wagged its nine fluffy big tails, golden lotus flowers vividly blooming, unwittingly helping count the money after being sold.
Hmm! No to bathing, yes to playing in water.
The Emperor watched the two leave, smiling softly, then headed to the study to handle state affairs.
Shen Tang watched this warm scene, a smile tugging at the corners of her lips.
Just as she was about to follow, the scene suddenly flashed.
She found herself outside the city.
Soon after, a commotion could be heard in the distance,
"Little prince, stop running! His Majesty instructed not to leave the city! Please co back quickly!"
The little fox impatiently remarked, "Stop following , it’s so annoying. I’m just going out for a bit, I’ll co back soon!"
It had read in a book that this season’s red berries were ripe, and it wanted to pick so fresh ones to see if they tasted as delicious as described.
"No, we can’t, His Majesty told us to watch over you. If you want sothing, you can tell us!"
"I just want to go by myself!" The little fox yelled in frustration, "Father Emperor is so annoying, not letting do this or that. I’m already three, not a child anymore!"
"Oh my, my ancestor, please don’t be angry, co back quickly! Otherwise, His Majesty will be angry again!"
Qiu Yang and a group of Beastn chased the little fox running ahead, complaining endlessly.
They had agreed to play hide and seek, but in the end, the person disappeared.
When they turned around, they realized the mischievous little prince had already run several miles outside the city.
This scared them to death. They didn’t dare to forcefully take him back, fearing they would upset the little prince, so they resorted to coaxing.
The dusk was falling, the forest quiet.
Perhaps it was the long-repressed frustration finally being vented, but the little fox was especially stubborn today and wouldn’t agree to go back no matter what.
Qiu Yang and the others had no choice but to stay and play outside with it.
But unexpectedly, it was precisely this day that trouble ca from the Imperial Palace.
Soone looked towards the direction of the Imperial Palace, with smoke rising, exclaiming, "Oh no, the Imperial Palace seems to be on fire!"
"Hurry! Quick, get back!"
The little fox was also dumbfounded, fearfully trembling as it called out, "Dad... Mom..."
It imdiately started running back to the Imperial Palace.
Qiu Yang and the others hurried to follow.
Shen Tang’s figure wavered, a familiar dizziness returned, and the surrounding scene rippled and blurred like water waves.
She knew it was due to the instability of the Spiritual Illusion Realm, indicating the imminent collapse of the owner’s mind.
Ti was running out.
She had to quickly conduct a ntal soothing on Shen Li’s spirit body!
The scene shifted again, and Shen Tang found herself inside the palace.
At this ti, the Imperial Palace was engulfed in raging flas, surrounded by the panicked cries and footsteps of palace staff and guards, busy trying to extinguish the fire.
But these flas were strangely sinister, impossible to put out with water.
Shen Tang found herself amid the blazing fire, the air distorted, a broken beam above heading straight for her, she hurriedly dodged, thick black smoke rising to the skies, making her cough until tears ca, montarily distorting her spirit body.
The core of the flas was black and red, different from ordinary fire, it was the Destructive Fire!
The Destructive Fire here was filled with wild malice, feeling much stronger than the fire Shen Li possessed, it would destroy everything!
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