Murong Shang smiled slightly after hearing her question and said, "You are my Empress! You are the woman I love most in this life, and you are my only woman. You have a very beautiful name, Xiner."
"Oh, so my name is Xiner!"
"Yes! Now that you've just woken up, you should eat something first."
Upon hearing his words, Luo Bingbing couldn't help but furrow her brows slightly and said, "Wait a minute, why is my mind completely blank? It feels like I've lost something very important."
"This is because you went to play on the rooftop yesterday and accidentally fell down. The Imperial Physician said you hit your head and that's why you have amnesia."
"Can my memory be restored?"
"The Imperial Physician said it depends on fate; it might recover, or it might not recover for a lifetime. However, it doesn't matter if it doesn't recover. After all, your previous memories are insignificant. As long as we live happily every day from now on, that's enough."
For some reason, when Luo Bingbing heard him say that she had gone to play on the rooftop and that her previous memories were insignificant, she immediately felt a sense of aversion, as if that person was not herself at all.
So she simply responded with a light "oh" and did not say anything further.
Seeing that she no longer asked questions, Murong Shang was even happier and quickly picked up the porridge beside him, feeding it to Luo Bingbing spoonful by spoonful.
Luo Bingbing had been unconscious for several days and was already hungry. Seeing the porridge at her lips, she naturally opened her mouth to drink.
However, as she drank, she felt a strange familiarity with someone feeding her, yet her mind was completely blank with no images at all.
Without any memories, she couldn't help but furrow her brows slightly. Murong Shang noticed her frown and immediately asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"No." For some reason, Luo Bingbing just didn't like talking to him, so she only replied with those two words.
But Murong Shang was still worried and immediately checked her pulse. Feeling the power within Luo Bingbing slowly dissipating, he was very happy inside, though his face still showed a concerned expression.
Indeed, the pills he had given Luo Bingbing were the antidote for the Illusion sleeping drug; however, he had added many ingredients of Dissipation Powder into it.
At this moment, the Power within Luo Bingbing was slowly dissipating, and she was completely unaware of it.
"Your Majesty, General Pei requests an audience in the main hall," a eunuch's voice suddenly rang out from outside.
Upon hearing this, Murong Shang couldn't help but raise an eyebrow slightly. He then said to Luo Bingbing, "Xiner, you should rest for a while. I'll be back soon."
Luo Bingbing nodded lightly in response, and then Murong Shang left the palace and headed to the Imperial Study.
There, he summoned the Grand General of the Golden Sun Kingdom, Pei Yijie.
Pei Yijie came to report on the impending war between the Silver Moon Kingdom and the Mohan Kingdom, and his intention was to take advantage of the situation.
After listening to him, Murong Shang immediately agreed. He even specifically set his wedding date for two days later, coinciding with the day the Silver Moon Kingdom and Mohan Kingdom would go to war.
He wanted both kingdoms to celebrate his wedding in a most special way. Once the war began, Dongfang Hao and Yelv Yan would be too busy to disrupt his wedding.
Murong Shang's plan seemed quite clever; however, he was unaware that Dongfang Hao and his companions had already discovered his scheme and were hastily making their way to Jincheng!
Although the Snow Spirit Fox could teleport, it couldn't carry people or items like Luo Bingbing could. Therefore, it instructed Shadowless and Yiziman to ride horses to Jincheng.
Meanwhile, it used secret methods to teleport continuously and soon arrived at Murong Shang's palace. However, upon arrival, it saw Murong Shang beside Luo Bingbing.
To avoid being discovered by Murong Shang, the Snow Spirit Fox had no choice but to suppress its urge to rush in and quietly hid among the flowers outside the palace.
It planned to wait until Murong Shang was gone before entering to rescue its master.
When Murong Shang informed Luo Bingbing that they would be getting married in two days, she asked with great confusion, "Didn’t you say I was your Empress? Why haven’t we gotten married yet?"
"Uh... we were only engaged before; we haven't had the wedding yet, so..."
"Alright, alright, I understand. Since we are not married yet, you can leave for now! I need to rest." Luo Bingbing interrupted him directly and issued an eviction order.
Murong Shang was momentarily taken aback by her words, and upon seeing his stunned expression, Luo Bingbing continued, "Do you want to ruin my reputation?"
Hearing this, Murong Shang was left speechless. He said to Luo Bingbing, "You should rest well," and slowly left the palace.
As soon as he left, the Snow Spirit Fox, who had been hiding in the flowers, quickly slipped into the palace.
The Snow Spirit Fox approached the edge of Luo Bingbing's bed and asked directly, "Master, did that jerk bully you?"
Although Luo Bingbing was surprised by the sudden appearance of the little fox, she felt a strange familiarity with it and wasn't at all surprised that the Snow Spirit Fox could speak.
So she immediately countered, "Are you talking about Murong Shang?"
"Who else could it be? That jerk is the one who kidnapped you here."
"Oh, so you've known me for a while then?"
"Not just known you; I've recognized you as my master since you were six years old and have been following you ever since."
As soon as the Snow Spirit Fox finished speaking, Luo Bingbing said, "Can you tell me about our past?"
The Snow Spirit Fox was quite surprised by her request and asked in confusion, "Master, you haven't lost your memory, have you?"
"Just tell me what I asked! No need for so much nonsense!"
"Yes, yes, but this is Murong Shang's territory. It's easy to be overheard. I'll transmit my memories directly into your mind!" The Snow Spirit Fox then used the secret technique of their Spirit Fox Clan to send all the events that had occurred between them into Luo Bingbing's mind.
Since the Illusory Web had already disappeared, the Snow Spirit Fox's technique could now successfully reach Luo Bingbing's consciousness.
After the Snow Spirit Fox finished transmitting, Luo Bingbing organized the memories in her mind and realized that the people within were indeed herself and the little fox in front of her.
However, there was also a Crimson Phoenix inside, along with many others, including Dongfang Hao, Shadowless, An Ruo Ran, Mink, Snow Spirit Elder, Xuan Ye, and so on.
But Luo Bingbing couldn't recall any of them; the only comforting thought was that she felt those people and things were very familiar.
Seeing that Luo Bingbing still couldn't remember, the Snow Spirit Fox said to her, "It's okay, take your time. I can share some of your experiences with you."
Then, the Snow Spirit Fox began to recount what it knew about Luo Bingbing, including matters related to Dongfang Hao and the quest for Spirit Orbs.
When she heard that she needed to find Spirit Orbs to return to her previous world, a scene suddenly flashed through her mind—quickly and vaguely. Luo Bingbing could only remember a general outline.
It was the most vivid memory she had: when she was very young, playing in the garden of her family's villa with her mommy and daddy.
However, she couldn't clearly recall what those people looked like.
As Luo Bingbing spoke with the Snow Spirit Fox in hushed tones within the palace chamber, they were unaware that outside the chamber, the maids were waiting at the door. It was late at night, so they did not notice the Snow Spirit Fox inside.
The two chatted until deep into the night before the Snow Spirit Fox finally left. However, it departed with the intention of allowing Luo Bingbing to think for herself.
Watching the Snow Spirit Fox leave, she suddenly felt a sense of reluctance but did not call out to stop it. The Snow Spirit Fox understood that it shouldn't push Luo Bingbing too hard all at once; otherwise, it would have the opposite effect. So it obediently left, giving Luo Bingbing space to think and recall.
Luo Bingbing lay quietly on her bed, repeatedly recalling the memories of the Snow Spirit Fox in her mind but still unable to remember anything.
Perhaps her brain was too tired; as dawn approached, she unknowingly fell asleep.
The Snow Spirit Fox knew that its master wouldn't lose her memory for no reason; it must be Murong Shang's doing. Therefore, after leaving the palace chamber, it didn't go far and remained hidden among the nearby flowers.
It planned to wait until Luo Bingbing fell asleep before entering again to let her drink some of its blood. It believed that its blood might help restore Luo Bingbing's memories.
But it waited for a long time, and Luo Bingbing still did not fall asleep. However, just before dawn, it finally got an opportunity.
Feeling that Luo Bingbing had fallen asleep, it quickly slipped into the palace. It leaped onto Luo Bingbing's bed and bit into one of its front legs with force.
Only when the hot blood began to flow from that front leg did it release its grip and quietly placed that leg above Luo Bingbing's mouth.
It let the hot, bright red blood drip drop by drop into Luo Bingbing's mouth.
Since the blood of the Snow Spirit Fox was very sweet, like spring water, and the sleeping Luo Bingbing was unaware of her martial arts and abilities, she did not notice the Snow Spirit Fox beside her. Thus, in her dream, she thought she was drinking water and had no idea she was consuming the blood of the Snow Spirit Fox.
Soon, dawn broke.
At this point, the Snow Spirit Fox was also feeling unsteady. Luo Bingbing thought she was still dreaming of drinking water and kept her mouth open. Seeing this, the Snow Spirit Fox assumed that she had not had enough to drink.
So it continued to raise its paw and let more blood flow into Luo Bingbing's mouth.
Murong Shang had to attend court every morning, so he arrived later than usual. No one else was allowed into the palace besides him, so no one noticed that the Snow Spirit Fox was still inside.
It wasn't until its leg could only release a little blood after a long while that it pulled back its leg and stumbled out of the palace, returning to the flower bush.
As soon as it got back to the flower bush, it fainted.
The poor little fox fainted from excessive blood loss, but no one knew about it—not even Luo Bingbing.
However, once its hot blood entered Luo Bingbing's body, the Dissipation Powder became ineffective, and the Power within Luo Bingbing ceased to dissipate.
Because the Snow Spirit Fox was a Spiritual Connection entity, and its blood was a treasure of the world.
Thus, although its blood could not break the illusion seal, since Luo Bingbing had consumed so much spirit fox blood at once, each time the blood circulated within her body, it would impact the seal that blocked her memories once, leaving behind a faint crack each time.
Slowly, the cracks began to widen, and as the gaps grew larger, memories quietly seeped out. However, Luo Bingbing did not realize that these were her own memories; she merely thought she was still dreaming.
At this moment, she was indeed still in a dream and had not awakened.
After the court session, Murong Shang came to the palace to see Luo Bingbing. As soon as he arrived, the maidservants waiting outside naturally bowed to him.
Hearing their voices, the sleeping Luo Bingbing immediately woke up, and at this point, her memory had partially returned.
Inside her mind were both modern and ancient memories, quite chaotic. However, she was already certain that she had been kidnapped here by Murong Shang.
The person who frequently appeared in her mind wore a white brocade robe, and she had never seen Murong Shang wear such a robe. Although she could not clearly see his face, Luo Bingbing felt that the person who often held her was not Murong Shang.
However, she still had no knowledge of her abilities or powers and retained no memories of them.
When Murong Shang entered the palace, he saw Luo Bingbing sitting on the bed in a daze and asked, “Xiner, what are you thinking about?”
Luo Bingbing had already learned that her name was Luo Bingbing, so she did not react at all to the name "Xiner" that Murong Shang used.
Seeing that Luo Bingbing ignored him, Murong Shang thought she hadn’t heard him and asked again.
At this moment, Luo Bingbing turned to look at him. After slightly furrowing her brows, she retorted, “Do you need something from me?”
Upon hearing her words, Murong Shang couldn’t help but smile slightly and said, “Can’t I come to find you if there’s nothing going on? My Empress.”
Luo Bingbing felt quite annoyed by his words and replied, “You seem to have a lot of free time as an emperor? Don’t you need to issue Imperial Edicts or handle state affairs?”
“Who says I’m free? As an emperor, who doesn’t have to issue Imperial Edicts or handle state affairs? My Imperial Study is piled high with many unapproved Imperial Edicts! However, in my heart, nothing is more important than you.”
“Go away! You haven’t finished your work yet and still have time to chat here. Hurry up and get back to issuing your Imperial Edicts.” Luo Bingbing directly ordered him to leave.
When Murong Shang saw that Luo Bingbing was urging him to leave, he couldn't help but feel puzzled and asked, "What's wrong? What happened? Why are you in such a hurry to send me away?"
In order to avoid raising his suspicions, Luo Bingbing had no choice but to calm him down. "It's nothing. Didn't you say tomorrow is our wedding day? If you don't finish the Imperial Edicts now, are you planning to wait until tomorrow to do it?"
After hearing Luo Bingbing's words, Murong Shang found them very reasonable and replied gently, "Alright, alright, I'll go finish those Imperial Edicts right now. Is that okay?"
Luo Bingbing was eager for him to leave quickly, so she nodded immediately. Soon after, Murong Shang left the palace and went to his Imperial Study to process the Imperial Edicts.
Once Murong Shang left, Luo Bingbing continued to recall and organize the sudden memories that had surfaced in her mind.
However, those sealed memories took a long time to emerge from the cracks, and Luo Bingbing quickly sorted out the memories in her mind.
She soon became anxious but felt helpless. Suddenly, she thought of the Snow Spirit Fox and searched around the room. After finding no trace of the Snow Spirit Fox, she couldn't help but feel disheartened.
Thus, she had no choice but to calm herself and think.
Still, she couldn't help but wish that the Snow Spirit Fox were there or wonder where it might be at that moment. Little did she know that the Snow Spirit Fox was currently unconscious and lying nearby in a flowerbed.
Although the Snow Spirit Fox was in a coma, images of Luo Bingbing kept flashing through its mind, especially from these past few days.
Time passed second by second until the sun set. As the sun went down, night quietly descended.
At this time, Dongfang Hao and his companions had already entered the borders of the Golden Sun Kingdom, while Shadowless and Yiziman were still within Mo Han's territory.
Because the phoenix was carrying four people and was relatively heavy, it flew slower than before. They entered the Golden Sun Kingdom at night, so the people of Golden Sun Kingdom did not notice them in the sky.
After Murong Shang finished processing the Imperial Edicts, it was already late at night. However, before going to bed, he still went outside Luo Bingbing's palace to check. After hearing from a maid that Luo Bingbing had already gone to sleep, he left.
He thought that Luo Bingbing was asleep at that moment; little did he know that she was wide awake and deep in thought.
As night fell, Luo Bingbing thought about the Snow Spirit Fox appearing. However, after waiting for a long time without seeing it, she kept wishing for the Snow Spirit Fox to show up quickly.
Meanwhile, the Snow Spirit Fox, in a deep slumber, kept hearing Luo Bingbing's calls in its mind. Thus, it wanted to wake up immediately and go find her.
After much effort, it finally succeeded in opening its eyes and waking up.
Once awake, it quickly noticed that the wound on its leg had scabbed over, but there were many ants crawling on it.
So, it immediately used its tongue to clean off the ants from its wound.
After taking care of that, it listened carefully to the sounds around the chamber and inside, confirming that there was no one else inside except for Luo Bingbing. It then limped into the chamber.
Luo Bingbing had already remembered some things about the Snow Spirit Fox. As soon as she saw it limping in, she rushed over and held it in her arms.
With great concern, she asked, "Little one, how did you hurt your leg? Who did this? The wound is so deep."
Hearing Luo Bingbing call it "little one" made the Snow Spirit Fox very happy. It hurriedly asked, "Master, has your memory returned?"
Luo Bingbing shook her head slightly and sighed before saying, "Just a little bit has returned, but I remember you."
"Ah! Just a little bit! That must be because there isn't enough blood. It seems I need to let you drink my blood again tonight," the Snow Spirit Fox said excitedly.
At that moment, it was so thrilled that it forgot what it should or shouldn't say.
Upon hearing this, Luo Bingbing was naturally surprised and immediately asked, "Is your leg injured because you bled for me last night?"
"No, no! Master, you're overthinking! I was just saying that casually," the Snow Spirit Fox replied.
Luo Bingbing stared intently at the Snow Spirit Fox and slowly said, "Little one, do you think you can deceive me?"
Upon hearing this, the Snow Spirit Fox immediately wilted and said weakly, "I was just worried about you and wanted you to get better soon!"
"You silly little thing!" Luo Bingbing affectionately stroked the Snow Spirit Fox's fur.
Suddenly, the Snow Spirit Fox remembered that Luo Bingbing's Ability could heal wounds, so it quickly said, "Master, if you use your Ability to touch my leg now, it will be healed right away!"
After hearing the Snow Spirit Fox's words, Luo Bingbing couldn't help but furrow her brows and said, "I know I have a special ability called Ability, but I can't remember how to use it."
"Oh, is that so? Then never mind! Don't frown anymore; hurry and help me find something to eat! I haven't eaten anything for several days just to find you."
After listening to it, Luo Bingbing immediately went to bring some pastries from the room. As soon as the Snow Spirit Fox saw the pastries, it began to devour them hungrily.
Once it was full, Luo Bingbing asked it to recount what had happened in the past few days since it was taken by Murong Shang.
When the Snow Spirit Fox told Luo Bingbing that the Phoenix carrying Dongfang Hao and An Ruo Ran should be arriving at Mo City soon, and how Shadowless almost killed Yelv Yan, Luo Bingbing felt deeply moved.
Then she urged the Snow Spirit Fox to quickly teleport to their side and inform them of her situation, assuring them not to worry too much as she would take care of herself.
Luo Bingbing thought all night and finally remembered that she knew martial arts. However, the Power she had accumulated over more than a hundred years was now reduced to only about fifty or sixty years' worth.
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