Emperor Yongchang had no idea he would soon face the choice of saving the mother or the child.
By then, he had largely digested the memories the Empress had left behind and absorbed most of her cultivation. Feeling his strength increase, and recalling her earlier guidance, a child's affection for his mother welled up within him.
Thinking of how he had lost his mother in childhood, and how the Empress was practically his mother, Emperor Yongchang blurted out, "Rest assured, Mother. Your son will not disappoint you."
After that involuntary outburst, Emperor Yongchang regained his senses. His old face instantly reddened, and he wondered why he had been so impulsive just now.
That should not have happened.
As an excellent professional emperor, he had all but discarded his instinctive reactions. Everything should have been governed by his interests.
Besides, he had never displayed a mother complex before. He turned away no woman, and did not even mind if they were unattractive. Age had nothing to do with it.
"To think my feelings toward my teacher were actually so pure. I simply regarded her as my Imperial Consort Mother." Emperor Yongchang discovered something new about himself.
He had thought his heart must be full of thoughts of betraying his teacher and defying his forebears, but the facts proved he was still quite decent.
Emperor Yongchang did not know that, thousands of miles away, a mysterious smile had appeared on the Unborn Venerable Mother's face.
"The Old Mother bestowed good fortune upon you, and you entered my tutelage. You have not lost out."
Of course, the Unborn Venerable Mother had not lost out either. Having forged a karmic bond with the current Human Emperor, she had her own ways of multiplying her gains countless times over.
"One good deed a day. The