Chapter 711: 578. Lin Jingyue: Ancestral Patriarch, what will our child be like? [Second update]_1
"Are you... here to marry me?"
Lin Yi was taken aback, recalling the last few messages sent by Lin Jingyue.
This girl, I treated her as a child, and yet she's thinking about seducing me.
Such a crafty heart.
Lin Yi chuckled lightly, at which point he looked out the window and saw the anxious expressions of the emperor and the maid outside in the courtyard.
After a moment of thought, he nodded and said, "You guessed right, I am here to marry you."
"The second and third ones are married, how could my most well-behaved and sensible fourth one be unwanted? If no one wants you, your Ancestral Patriarch will marry you."
Lin Yi stroked her white hair, revealing a gentle smile on his face, surprised at his own tenderness.
Indeed, he would fulfill any request Lin Jingyue might have now.
Just then, Lin Jingyue pointed at the cabinet behind Lin Yi, which seemed to hold something.
Lin Yi walked over and opened it, finding to his surprise a bridal dress inside, the same one from 240 years ago, because in Lin Yi's timeline only 24 hours had passed, so he remembered it quite clearly.
"Good, Jingyue, put on this wedding dress."
As Lin Yi turned with the dress, he found that she had already sat up from the bed and even agilely got down, hugging Lin Yi excitedly and saying, "Haha, you promised, you can't go back on your word now!"
Her voice was still old, her face was still aged, but her actions and demeanor were still just like the youthful and slightly sly Pirate Empress from hundreds of years ago.
"Weren't you about to die?"
"Yes! But who said a dying person has to lie on the bed gasping for breath? It's just my appearance that's old, my heart isn't aged!"
Lin Jingyue cheerfully said.
Lin Yi was both exasperated and amused, then asked in his mind, "How much life does she have left?"
[Half a day]
The smile on Lin Yi's face suddenly vanished.
Lin Jingyue continued to laugh, saying, "I should be able to live another ten or fifteen days, haha, I really waited for you, because I remembered you would come these days, so I made a deal with the Little Emperor. As soon as he brings you here and knocks four times, I would know the secret signal and pretend to be ill, then deceive you into marriage!"
She clung to Lin Yi, her voice turning wistful, "Ancestral Patriarch, your word is your bond; you must keep your promise and marry me, no going back."
Lin Yi patted her head, "Don't worry, my word is as good as gold."
He continued to ask in his mind, "Are the second and third ones beyond revival? Like the first?"
[Yes, but, Host, you can continue creating life as much as you wish.]
Lin Yi did not respond to the System but asked, "What do I need to do if I want Lin Jingyue to keep living?"
The System, at this point, went silent.
Lin Jingyue kept talking to herself about the events surrounding her during Lin Yi's absence, every word about the deceased second and third ones, and every phrase also about Lin Yi.
Just then, the System offered its response.
[Establish a partner relationship with Lin Jingyue, not a creator-and-creation one. You are the greatest existence in this realm, with infinite life, and as your partner, she naturally has the right to an infinite lifespan, allowing her to accompany you and the small plane forever.]
Lin Yi was initially stunned, and then laughed, "System, you really can't read the room, can you? Didn't I already agree to marry her? Don't you know what to do at this moment?"
[Understood]
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yi watched the white hair turn into strands of black, Lin Jingyue's wrinkled skin becoming soft, delicate, and lustrous again, as she reverted back to her youthful appearance.
Hearing the change in her voice, Lin Jingyue herself was shocked. She looked at the back of her hand, then immediately released Lin Yi and went to face the mirror.
She really had become young again.
Lin Jingyue did not laugh but cried instead, sobbing uncontrollably.
...
"So to enjoy infinite life, one must do this, I'm truly fortunate, and bold, to dare to love you, Ancestral Patriarch. But my second and third sisters..."
Suddenly, Lin Jingyue began to speak with a sense of relief, "My second and third sisters also found the people they truly loved, I should be happy for them, they lived their lives fully and contentedly."
Lin Yiyi ruffled Lin Jingyue's hair and sighed, "That was their fate, including the eldest. Although I possess absolute Divine Power, I still must respect the natural laws here. The operation of a continent must adhere to these natural laws to function properly."
That was also why Lin Yi, despite having absolute Divine Power, could not revive the eldest, the second, or the third sister. Because when a person is dead, they are dead.
If he wanted to cultivate a plane, he had to ensure that the plane followed the basic laws of nature.
In this humble dwelling, the wedding of Lin Yi and Lin Jingyue took place with only two guests in attendance, one was the emperor, the sole son of the third sister, and the other was a Female Immortal, the only daughter of the second sister, whose appearance was the spitting image of her mother's.
The emperor and the Female Immortal, watching their young aunt marry the Ancestral Patriarch, were both overcome with tears, feeling that if their mothers were alive, they would surely be happy for her too.
After the third kowtow, the Little Emperor suddenly knelt down to Lin Jingyue, "Aunt, I'm not cut out to be the emperor, you should take over!"
Lin Jingyue was about to refuse when Lin Yi said, "Promise him. He's inexperienced and unfamiliar with reigning. Besides, I'd feel more at ease if you governed Da Qian. I've seen all the praise you wrote about yourself in the letters."
Lin Jingyue's face tinged slightly red as she nodded in agreement.
Night fell.
Lin Yi was somewhat nervous.
He had initially thought that holding a wedding ceremony was enough to become partners, but the System said that it must be a true partnership, based on fact rather than mere titular recognition.
So...
Damn it, Lin Jingyue, I thought of you as a child, but you're actually serious about this!
I heavily suspect you've bribed the System!
Mainly because he had no experience, Lin Yi was nervous.
However, Lin Yi pretended to be experienced, as Lin Jingyue was too shy to initiate, leaving him in full control.
"Ancestral Patriarch, what... what should I do?"
The bashful Pirate Empress sat on the edge of the bed, nervously fidgeting with her small hands, her red garments and makeup appearing particularly beautiful under the candlelight.
After Lin Yi had explained to her the "strict" conditions of becoming partners, Lin Jingyue had been tense up to this moment.
Lin Yi faintly remembered how among the original four children, only she was surrounded by a purple aura, an emperor's presence. He should have realized it then.
But he must admit, she was a good empress.
"Just let things take their course."
After speaking, Lin Yi pressed down her hand and wrapped his other arm around her slender, soft waist.
"Ancestral Patriarch, what will our child be like?"
Apparently out of nervousness, Lin Jingyue brought up another topic.
She lay on the bed, her cheeks tinted with a light blush, looking up at Lin Yi.
"You've thought this far ahead?"
"I... I'm just worried whether they could live 240 years, to meet you when you return next time."
Lin Yi laughed, "If partners have eternal life, how could my children not?"
Lin Jingyue laughed, "That's true!"
In the warm room, the candle flickered, casting two shadows that danced. Song and laughter filled the night.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone