"I'm back."
Shen Yangge opened his eyes and answered Chu Xuanzhen, then tipped his head up the next second and kissed his lips.
He raised both arms to embrace Chu Xuanzhen's back. Though they had a thousand things to say, at that moment, everything melted into a silent kiss and embrace.
No matter how rough the road, no matter how thick the thorns, I will cut my way through them to love you.
-Chu Xuanzhen.
To meet you again, even across countless mountains and rivers, across the ends of the earth, I will still come to your side.
-Shen Yangge.
Lord Shen's sudden return from the dead sent shock waves through all of Great Chu. Tens of thousands believed it was a rumor, but when they saw Lord Shen completing the final Prayer Sacrifice ritual, every last one of them went wild.
The reincarnation of the Divine Dragon that protected Great Chu had never truly died, for he had returned.
Absurd though it all was, the common people were delighted. Every day after finishing their work, they would wander past the palace gates, hoping for a glimpse of their beloved Lord Shen. Even if they saw nothing, they never tired of it.
No matter how often they were driven away, they kept coming back. Eventually, the palace guards simply pretended not to see them and turned a blind eye.
When the ministers saw Lord Shen attending court alongside them in his bright red official robes, they nearly fainted from fright.
Quite a few ministers walked in upright but were carried out horizontally. As some were carried away, Imperial Physicians were still pinching the pressure points beneath their noses.
The Imperial Physicians understood why they were so agitated. After all, they had been looking at a corpse for over half