Longjing Palace's army excused themselves and returned home in a rush. Liu Yichen did not mind at all. He did not even know that Zhang Fengxi went away with a baby in his arms, with Mingyu and Midwife Chen in tow.
The baby cried non-stop when they arrived at Longjing Palace. His cries gave the supreme general headache.
Zhang Fengxi thus sent the baby along with Midwife Chen to his mother, Lady Song. His mother would know what to do with the little boy.
In Longjing Palace's Justice Hall, Mingyu was forced onto her knees.
"Explain," the master of the palace said as soon as he took a seat on his throne. "How come a son of mine suddenly appears in Fuxi Palace?"
Zhang Fengxi was the only living alpha male descendant of the Longjing Palace at present. The child simply had to be his.
The problem was that he never lay with anyone from Fuxi Palace!
Mingyu did not see any reason to hide the truth from Zhang Fengxi.
"Your Majesty, do you not recall having lain with someone a year ago?"
"..."
He did. Only that once. But he was certain that it was some unnamed male omega from the Golden Dragon Palace. He was most likely one of the entertainers who were asked to perform at the banquet that night.
Heaven knew the arduous effort Zhang Fengxi took to find the omega in question. Alas, it was as if the man was swallowed into the belly of the underworld.
"Are you telling me that the omega became pregnant with my child, and then Xie Jianyu kidnapped him to blackmail me with the child?" Zhang Fengxi asked.
Of course. Xie Jianyu the Crown Prince could do anything, even something as immoral as this.
Mingyu could barely believe what she just heard.
"Kidnap?" she whispered.
"Blackmail?"
"Your Majesty, did Palace Master Xie tell you that he had your child? Did he tell you to back off and leave the Fuxi Palace, otherwise he might kill the child???"
"..."
Xie Jianyu didn't.
"Fine," Zhang Fengxi leaned back to his throne.
"Then, explain where this child came from."
Mingyu shot Zhang Fengxi a pained look.
"Your Majesty, Longjing Palace Master, is it not obvious? Palace Master Xie gave birth to this child barely an hour ago."
Zhang Fengxi clawed into the armrest of his throne.
"I can punish you for slandering your departed master," he shot Mingyu a murderous look.
Mingyu broke into a burst of crazed laughter, not unlike Xie Jianyu's back then.
"Longjing Palace Master, what do I slander my master for? If you do not believe me, please check my master's corpse for any sign of giving birth. Midwife Chen stitched him up just an hour ago!"
"..."
If Zhang Fengxi wanted to, he could rush over to Wuyang Palace to reclaim Xie Jianyu's body, but why should he do that? He was going to be the laughingstock of the entire heavenly realm if he let himself be deceived by this young beta woman!
"It was really the crown prince who gave birth to the baby," Mingyu repeated. "You lay with my master a year ago. The baby is the result of your encounter back then."
Zhang Fengxi recalled the night it happened.
He regretted it the most, because it was the one time he cheated on his beloved Wenyuan.
Although Wenyuan forgave him for his trespass, Zhang Fengxi was unable to forgive himself. It was not only because of his sense of justice. It was also because of the inexplicable attraction that he had toward that male omega.
Zhang Fengxi still remembered the moment his rut kicked in that night.
A slave to his primal instincts, he chased after the beauty who emitted the intoxicating pheromones.
The omega's sweet and alluring scent caused Zhang Fengxi to lose all his senses and become an animal.
After a night of passionate entanglement, Zhang Fengxi awoke to an empty spot next to him.
Only the sweet scent lingered, along with traces of blood and their combined body liquid on the bedsheet.
It was Xie Jianyu, a small voice in Zhang Fengxi's head spoke up. It was Xie Jianyu.
You slept with Xie Jianyu and impregnated him that same night.
He gave birth to your son.
Your son.
Your son!
"But... Xie Jianyu is a male alpha," Zhang Fengxi could feel his head starting to spin. "A male alpha cannot possibly..."
Mingyu's tears rolled down her cheeks as she divulged the secret that the entire Fuxi Palace inhabitants knew but never spoke to anyone else before.
"My master, the Fuxi Palace Master Xie Jianyu, was born as a male omega," she explained with a broken, mournful voice.
At the end of Mingyu's words, Zhang Fengxi leaped from his throne and rushed to Wuyang Palace.
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The Wuyang Palace Master, Grand Chancellor Liu was a ruthless man. He did not even bother to show Xie Jianyu's corpse any form of respect.
"Why would I keep that unlucky corpse here?" he said haughtily when Zhang Fengxi came to inquire about Xie Jianyu's body.
"I already sent the body over to the Execution Tower!"
Zhang Fengxi's face turned pale as soon as he heard the last two words.
Execution Tower, just as the name depicted, was the cursed place where all criminals of the Heavenly Realm realm faced their retribution.
Just like he previously proclaimed, the Grand Chancellor had ordered for Xie Jianyu's body to be cut up into a thousand pieces, burned, and for his ashes to be strewn from the highest level of the tower into the Human Realm.
Zhang Fengxi paced his mount, a giant spiritual tiger, to the Execution Tower as fast as the tiger could carry him.
Unfortunately, he was too late.
By the time Zhang Fengxi arrived at the tower, the white-robed officials with pointy white hats had just finished strewing the ashes. In their hands, they held empty wooden bowls that still smelled like ash.
The only item that remained was a prayer bracelet. Xie Jianyu wore it for almost his entire life.
In his rage, Zhang Fengxi ran amok. He went into such a violent rampage that the Execution Tower almost crumbled into pieces.
Eventually, the God of Punishment, Tai Wang, came to put a stop to Zhang Fengxi.
"Supreme General!" he exclaimed while Zhang Fengxi was busy dismantling the Execution Tower.
"May this god understand what exactly displeases the Supreme General?"
Zhang Fengxi punched through a pillar, sending it crashing to the ground before he turned to look at the old god. With his reddened eyes and bloodied fists, he looked like a mad tiger who would attack just anyone.
Tai Wang clapped both hands in front of his chest and sighed.
"Supreme General, if there is something I can do to help you, I am more than willing to help. Please stop destroying the Execution Tower. I trust that the officials did not do anything wrong."
Indeed.
They did not do anything wrong.
Zhang Fengxi sucked in a deep breath.
Xie Jianyu's dying moment played in his head again and again as he dismantled the tower.
"Fengxi," he had called while caressing Zhang Fengxi's cheek.
He looked so sad at that time.
"Xie Jianyu, what did you really want to tell me?" Zhang Fengxi asked in his heart. Alas, the one who could answer was no longer alive. Even his corpse was gone.
Tai Wang finally understood what happened after a terrified official told him about what the Execution Tower did to Xie Jianyu's corpse.
Tai Wang heaved a deep sigh.
"What was done was done. Unfortunately, this old god is unable to help Supreme General Zhang out," he said.
"Is that it?" Zhang Fengxi asked with a hollow voice.
"What will happen to Xie Jianyu's soul?"
Tai Wang heaved another deep sigh.
Generally, gods and deities did not interfere with the internal feuds among the gods and immortals in heaven. He did not know Xie Jianyu personally, but he had heard good things about the crown prince. Too bad he met a tragic ending and died at such a young age.
"Because His Majesty Crown Prince's corpse was destroyed before seven days pass, unfortunately, his soul has dissipated into the air. He is gone forever."
Zhang Fengxi knew that, of course. Still, he hoped to hear another ending from the old god's mouth.
Tai Wang took the prayer bracelet and put it into Zhang Fengxi's hand.
"Buddha is merciful. Supreme General Zhang, why don't you pray for the fallen crown prince? He will be very happy to know that you grieve his passing."
Grieve his passing?
Him?
Tai Wang would be quite embarrassed if he knew who exactly ended Xie Jianyu's life.
Wordlessly, Zhang Fengxi took the prayer bracelet and dragged his feet back to his palace.
Over at Longjing Palace, Lady Song was busy with the newborn baby. Once she saw the familiar sigil on the babe's forehead, she almost jumped off her chair from joy.
Her first grandchild!
And it was a little boy, too!
Lady Song was there to welcome his son when the latter returned from the Execution Tower.
"Fengxi, where did that wonderful child come from? Oh, he is so beautiful! Where is his mother? When will you bring my daughter-in-law home? Oh, a son-in-law is fine too!" she quickly added when she saw the dark clouds hanging over her son's face.
Zhang Fengxi did not know where to start.
Should he start with the fact that he unknowingly slept with the omega crown prince of the dragon clan? Or the fact that said crown prince was an omega and not an alpha?
That Xie Jianyu became pregnant with his child and he had no idea at all?
That he killed Xie Jianyu with his own hands, shortly after Xie Jianyu gave birth to his son?
Before Zhang Fengxi managed to get the order of his story right, a maid hurried from inside the palace with a piece of ominous news.
"Your Majesty, Lady Song, the baby suddenly contracts a high fever! Please help!!!"
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