"Old Ma, hug the wall and move forward. Young Prince, when we reach the fork ahead, you must get down quickly."
"The Black Widow is a notoriously bitter woman in the Imperial City. Her husband died in battle in the Northern Wasteland while you are still alive, so she wants nothing more than to kill you!"
What does her husband dying have to do with me?
In other words, not only do those harmed girls hate me, but even the widows of the soldiers hate me?
What kind of identity have I bloody well transmigrated into?!
I thought I would be living a life of luxury after transmigrating, but who knew I'd be so deeply "resented"!
"Young Master, we'll draw her away!"
Huamei and Xique pulled back the carriage curtain and waved at Ye Tian!
Should I kill her? No, she's a woman. What kind of man am I, bullying a woman? Besides, she's a soldier's widow—I can't touch her!
Feeling deeply depressed, Ye Tian had no choice but to jump down while the carriage was hugging the wall, slipping into another alley.
He tilted his head and glanced toward the mouth of the alley.
Just that one glance made his blood run cold!
What a freezing woman!
She looked to be about twenty-two or twenty-three, dressed entirely in black, wielding a broadsword like a God of Killing!
Forget it, I'll go to my wife's place!
He hurried along, bypassing several alleys, and let out a long breath.
But right at that moment, pitch darkness suddenly descended before his eyes, and a long staff came crashing down.
"Ye Tian, you scoundrel! This old lady has been waiting for you for a long time!"
A fat woman appeared in his field of vision.
A waist like a water barrel and a massive backside!
Her face looked like an oversized pumpkin!
A scoundrel?
Impossible, right? Did my predecessor have such heavy tastes?
If it were those delicate little maidens, fine, but this?
How could he even bring himself to do it?
At least my fiancée back on Blue Star was a campus belle!
Thinking of that campus belle, Ye Tian felt a twinge in his teeth! Didn't he just refuse to buy her a smartphone? Was that any reason to push him straight off the cross-river bridge?
...
No, she did it on purpose. Am I not handsome enough?
I've looked in the mirror; my original self is just as handsome as this body!
One meter eighty, thick eyebrows, big eyes, full of vitality!
Especially that straight bridge of the nose and the slightly upturned corners of the mouth!
As attractive as a person could possibly be!
Hmph, just you wait! Once I find the spacetime tunnel, I'll go back and settle accounts with you!
"Ye Tian, I'm carrying your child. What are you going to do about it?"
The fat woman's staff swung through empty air, her muscles trembling with a force that made the ground shake!
"What?"
Ye Tian felt like vomiting!
Am I crazy?
Is she crazy?
Or is this world crazy?
"You can't run this time!"
Suddenly, the fat woman tossed her thick staff aside and lunged forward like a small mountain!
"Damn it!"
Ye Tian lashed out with a kick!
With a cry of astonishment, the fat woman was sent flying, landing who knows where!
Crack!
Due to the force, the ground beneath his heels suddenly split open, a dense web of cracks instantly spreading outward.
He leaped into the air!
With a boom, the spot where he had stood was enveloped in flying dust and instantly collapsed!
Within dozens of yards around, houses were flattened to the ground!
And Ye Tian!
Whoosh, like a cannonball, he shot straight up into the nine heavens!
Damn!
I just gave a gentle stomp, and it's this terrifying?!
And this is still with the nine realms of the Tribulation Crossing Realm sealed!
As he shuttled through the air, his body pierced space, the sound of tearing silk overlapping with sonic booms.
The air was frictioned so rapidly it even produced a flame!
In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian reached the high clouds, the Imperial City far below long since invisible to the naked eye!
Suddenly, he felt his whole body lighten.
It seemed he was approaching the boundary edge of this realm!
His body was being repelled by a spatial law!
However, his intuition told him that with just a tiny bit of effort, he could shatter the barrier of this world.
The Tribulation Crossing Realm remained invincible in this world!
To hell with spatial laws; they had very little effect on him!
Yet Ye Tian did not act impulsively!
Because the moment he shot into the sky, the System began issuing continuous warnings...
"Master, you must not shatter the realm! Once the realm is opened, spacetime vortices will enter the Daxia nation, and even the entire Tianyan Continent. Billions of commoners will be shredded by the vortices!"
"Therefore, it is recommended that the host use the power of the battle suit. Furthermore, the battle suit has an advantage: no matter how it is used, it consumes no spiritual qi!"
Half an hour later, Ye Tian had grown accustomed to the battle suit.
His application of strength and speed had reached the point of absolute freedom!
Now, I should return to the Prince's Estate!
No, since I'm already out, I'll go to the General's Mansion and check on my wife!
Whoosh!
The next instant, Ye Tian shot down like a shooting star, landing at the back door of the General's Mansion.
I'll just have to use the back door; the front door's blocked by people too!
Already in the air, Ye Tian had opened his divine sense and observed the situation below.
He stepped onto the steps and knocked on the door.
The door opened to reveal an old man's face, which lit up with joy upon seeing Ye Tian.
"Young Prince?"
"Who are you?"
"Young Prince, it's me, Steward Old Su! Have you been so absent-minded these past few days that you've forgotten old me?"
"Uh, I remember now. Is the General in?"
"In, in. Just a moment ago the General was still speaking of you. Please, come in!"
Following behind Old Su, Ye Tian walked toward the study with his hands clasped behind his back!
Along the way, Ye Tian noticed dozens of unfriendly gazes.
Upon seeing him, those people either furrowed their brows or cast looks of contempt, disgust, and anger!
Some even spat fiercely at his back!
Sigh!
It seems my reputation really is terrible!
Just who is it that framed me like this?
Ye Tian had originally thought his predecessor was just too lustful!
But after encountering that fat woman today, a thought popped into his mind: someone had intentionally framed him!
No matter how much his predecessor craved flesh, he wouldn't sink low enough to go after that fat woman, would he?
Inside the study.
Behind the desk sat a girl with her hair tied up in a bun, looking to be around twenty years of age, wearing light yellow tight-fitting clothes that outlined her curvaceous figure.
A pair of riding boots gleamed brightly.
Her delicate face resembled a masterpiece by a master sculptor, flawless.
Hanging on the wall behind her was a set of silver soft armor, along with a long spear!
That was a weapon that had tasted an unknown amount of blood!
It faintly exuded a soul-captivating murderous aura!
Though she wasn't wearing it, an air of dashing heroism radiated from her entire being!
"General, the Young Prince has arrive."
"Mmm!"
Su Chanjuan did not put down the documents in her hand, nor did she shift her gaze.
"Set up a bed in the study for the Young Prince to calm his nerves and rest for a bit!"
"Yes, General!"
Shortly after, Old Su called two estate guards to set up a cot inside the study!
Ye Tian lazily lay down, resting his arms behind his head as he calmly scrutinized Su Chanjuan.
She was very beautiful!
Yet suddenly, a wave of heartache washed over him.
Only twenty years old, yet she had to endure such hardship for the sake of the Daxia nation's rivers and mountains!
Even upon returning home, she still had to review documents!
Sigh!
"I was just about to have someone fetch you, but I didn't expect you to come on your own."
"I heard you haven't slept properly in three days!"
"Don't worry, with me here, no one will harass you!"
Su Chanjuan did not raise her head, but her melodious voice carried a deeply considerate concern!
"Working this hard, aren't you tired?"
Ye Tian couldn't help asking.
"Hard work?"
"You must know that the people of the Northern Wasteland are still eyeing us covetously, and the Shadow Sect and Northern Wasteland Palace could disrupt the political situation at any moment!"
"Perhaps a moment of negligence on my part would leave thirty million Northern Prefecture commoners displaced, with not even their bones left behind!"
Su Chanjuan shook her head slightly!
"I didn't expect that amidst all your busy work, you could still think of me."
Ye Tian said with emotion.
"We are husband and wife, after all. For three years, I have been away campaigning year-round, guarding the Northern Prefecture, and it weighs heavy on my conscience to leave you behind in the Imperial City's Prince's Estate. Now that I'm back, it's only natural that I care for you."
"Actually, you could take me to the Northern Prefecture. I can help share some of the burden!"
Su Chanjuan suddenly raised her head and glanced at him, her eyes holding a deep meaning!
"Do you truly not know what the Empress is thinking? You staying in the Imperial City is my serving as a hostage for the Su and Ye families. How could the Empress ever let you leave?"
Ye Tian was stunned!
I've been placed under house arrest?
"So you're saying the Empress is the one who doesn't want us to be together?"