We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real?

Chapter 401: Youll Know When the Time Comes

Time passed like a white horse galloping past a gap.

Before anyone realized it, another half a year had gone by.

The Qin Kingdom’s ruler still had not established a crown prince.

Although the court officials continued to submit memorials without cease, the Qin Kingdom’s ruler merely gave them a cursory glance.

Later on, the Qin Kingdom’s ruler didnʼt even bother to look at those memorials ”urging the establishment of a crown prince.”

Qin Siyao actually felt that it wasnʼt right for her father to keep avoiding the establishment of a crown prince, so she had asked her father, ”Are there any suitable candidates for adoption?”

However, Qin Shengtian only smiled at his daughter and said, ”Those people are all inferior to you.”

Hearing her fatherʼs answer, Qin Siyao simply thought her father was teasing her and didnʼt take it to heart.

In reality, Qin Shengtian was speaking the absolute truth.

In Qin Shengtianʼs heart, he truly felt that those princes recommended by the court officials were not as good as his daughter.
”Alright, you donʼt need to worry about establishing the crown prince, Siyao. I already have a candidate in mind,” the Qin Kingdom’s ruler said with a smile to his daughter.

”Eh? Father already has a candidate in mind? Who is it?” Qin Siyao asked curiously.

”I wonʼt tell you yet, you little girl,” Qin Shengtian said with a smile playing at the corners of his mouth. ”Youʼll know when the time comes.”

”Alright then.”

Having her curiosity piqued, Qin Siyao felt somewhat disappointed, but she didnʼt press further. Instead, she continued sitting to the side, helping her father review the memorials.

In the current imperial study, besides Qin Shengtianʼs desk, he had specially prepared a writing desk for his daughter as well.

Qin Shengtian looked at his daughter not far away, and couldnʼt help but feel some emotion in his heart.

In the past, whenever Qin Shengtian wouldnʼt answer Qin Siyaoʼs questions, she would throw tantrums and insist on getting a clear answer but now, Qin Siyao no longer pressed him. Instead, she seized the time to focus on important matters.

Qin Shengtian knew this was because his daughter was becoming more mature. However, this maturity made Qin Shengtian feel both heartache and guilt.

The sun gradually moved westward.

The sunset had already dyed the horizon red, and gentle sunlight crept through the window sill, falling upon this father and daughter pair in the imperial study.

Soon, another day was about to pass.

”Father, itʼs getting late. Your daughter will return to the Frost Princeʼs manor first.”

After reviewing the memorial in her hands, Qin Siyao lifted her head. Seeing that it was about time, she stood up and took her leave from her father.

”Going to cook for Xiao Mo again, are you?” Qin Shengtian said with a smile.

”Of course! Now I cook for Xiao Mo every evening,” Qin Siyaoʼs tone carried a hint of pride. ”Xiao Mo says the food I make is very delicious.”

”You, cooking for Xiao Mo every day, yet your father hasnʼt even tasted the food you make,” Qin Shengtian sighed.

Qin Siyao couldnʼt help but roll her eyes at her father, ”Siyao wanted to cook for Father before, but Father kept refusing with various excuses, didnʼt he?”

”Ha ha ha,” Qin Shengtian laughed heartily. ”Wasnʼt it because your two brothers were worried about my health being unable to withstand it? So they specifically reminded me not to easily try the food you made. Now that your culinary skills have improved, of course your father must taste it.”

Qin Siyaoʼs eyes curved with joy, ”In that case, Siyao will cook for Father at noon tomorrow.”

”Mm, good,” Qin Shengtian nodded.

”Then Father, your daughter will take her leave. Tomorrow your daughter will prepare a whole table of delicious dishes for Father!” Qin Siyao bowed respectfully, then stepped forward and collected all the memorials on the Qin Kingdom’s rulerʼs desk into her storage pouch before leaving the imperial study.

”This girl.”

Looking at his now somewhat empty desk, Qin Shengtian smiled helplessly.

Ever since her mother passed away, this girl would take away the memorials he hadnʼt finished reviewing every time she left the imperial study.

How could Qin Shengtian not know that she was worried about his health and didnʼt want him to overwork himself?

”Cough, cough, cough.”

After his daughter left, Qin Shengtian finally stopped holding back and began coughing continuously.

”Cough, cough, cough!”

As the coughing intensified, Qin Shengtian picked up a handkerchief and covered his mouth.

When the coughing subsided slightly, Qin Shengtian picked up the teapot beside him and poured himself several cups of tea.

The handkerchief placed on the desk was stained with fresh blood.

Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, Qin Shengtian began to regulate his breathing and used his divine sense to examine his own body internally.

An incense stickʼs worth of time later, Qin Shengtian slowly opened his eyes. Although his expression held helplessness and unwillingness, more than that, it held acceptance in the face of life and death.

”It seems this is as far as I go,” Qin Shengtian said with a smile at the corners of his mouth, as if talking to himself. ”Forget it. To have lived until now is already extraordinarily fortunate. What more can I ask for?”

Putting away the handkerchief, Qin Shengtian deactivated the isolation formation and called out to Eunuch Li, who had been waiting outside the imperial study, ”Come in.”

”Your Majesty.”

Eunuch Li hurriedly entered the imperial study and bowed respectfully.

”Summon Prime Minister Li, Grand Marshal Baili, and Censor-in-Chief Jian Shu. I need to draft an edict,” Qin Shengtian said calmly.

Eunuch Liʼs heart suddenly jolted.

His Majestyʼs health had been growing increasingly weak. Now he was calling the Three Excellencies over just to draft an edict. Could the edict he was drafting be, an imperial testament?

”What are you standing there in a daze for, old fool? Hurry up and go!” Qin Shengtian pointed at Eunuch Liʼs nose and scolded with a smile.

”Yes, Your Majesty. This old servant will go immediately!”

Eunuch Li wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and quickly withdrew, walking swiftly out of the imperial study.

Upon hearing the summons, Prime Minister Li and the others immediately set out for the imperial palace.

The next day, Qin Siyao came to the imperial study again, helping her father review memorials as usual.

As noon approached, Qin Siyao personally prepared dishes for her father in the imperial kitchen.

While his daughter was cooking, the Qin Kingdom’s ruler specifically summoned Xiao Mo to the palace.

At noon, Qin Shengtian ate the food his daughter had made.

Although Qin Shengtianʼs tongue felt that the food Siyao made wasnʼt as good as what the imperial chefs in the imperial kitchen prepared, in his heart, he felt that his daughterʼs cooking surpassed countless delicacies in the world.

”What does Father think? Does Father find the food your daughter made tasty?” Qin Siyao asked expectantly.

”Delicious, truly delicious,” Qin Shengtian nodded. ”Your father never expected to be able to eat food made by you, this girl, in this lifetime. I can truly die without regrets now.”

”Father, why are you saying such inauspicious things?” Qin Siyao personally served her father a bowl of rice. ”If Father wishes to eat it, then your daughter will cook for Father every day.”

”He he he,” Qin Shengtian neither agreed nor refused.

After lunch, Qin Shengtian asked her to go to the Censorate to fetch some documents.

Just after Qin Siyao left, Qin Shengtian handed a letter to Xiao Mo.

”Your Majesty, what is this?” Xiao Mo asked, puzzled.

Qin Shengtian stroked his beard and said with a smile, ”This letter, read it after you return. Remember, donʼt let Siyao see it.”