The Empress had arrived?
Hearing the voice from outside the hall, Lu Yang raised his brows. The next moment, the doors were pushed open, and a graceful figure draped in rosy clouds and crowned with finery entered.
The woman had willow-leaf brows and almond eyes, a jade-like face suffused with radiance. She wore a long gauze-and-silk gown, overlaid with a wide-sleeved robe woven in gold with cloud, rosy mist, and phoenix motifs. A pearl-and-jade hair ornament swayed gently between her temples as she walked. Lu Yang's gaze traveled over peaks and ridges before finally reaching a tender, snow-white face of a thousand charms.
"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress."
Lu Yang swiftly withdrew his gaze and bowed. Yet the next instant, a heavy muffled bang rang out—it was the sound of the doors closing again.
What was this supposed to mean?
At that moment, the Four Treasuries Dao Canon was utterly silent. Only Lu Yang and the suddenly arrived Empress remained, and even their breaths could be heard with perfect clarity.
Then Lu Yang saw Radiance bloom between the Empress's brows. The previously dim Dao Canon hall suddenly brightened, while the space seemed to expand countless times over, revealing ten thousand acres of fields, flourishing vegetation, and ripening crops arrayed around her at the center.
Amid those Images, a true earthen light emerged, complete and without flaw:
Empress Cisheng Lingsi
Layers of light descended. They appeared formless and intangible, yet when they shone upon Lu Yang, he felt as though mountain after mountain were pressing down upon his Dharma body.
Roadside Earth.
As expected, everything within the imperial palace depended upon Emperor Jiayou. This Empress was no exception. In terms of status, she was not inferior to Crown Prince Longxing.
As Lu Yang pondered, this Empress—who had kept an exceptionally low