Chapter 1885
The Cowherd 3
The landman explained the reasons for their refusal: "Young Master Liu will be going to the capital to take the imperial examination in a few days and will not have time to get married. Young Master Dong's father has just passed away and he must observe three years of mourning for him. They cannot get married within three years."
The Seventh Princess and Fairy Yulan looked at each other in bewilderment.
Seventh Princess: "Are there such rules in the human world?"
The Magnolia Fairy said she didn't know!
Although the Seventh Princess couldn't be with her sweetheart right away, she wasn't too disappointed.
After all, it's only three years; she can afford to wait.
The Seventh Princess decided to return to heaven for two days.
A day in heaven is a year on earth. Two days later, she will descend to earth again, just in time to discuss marriage with Dong Lang.
Magnolia Fairy, however, did not want to return to heaven.
Young Master Liu is not observing mourning, so he can get married at any time.
What if someone else finds a husband for him?
The Magnolia Fairy expressed her wish to stay in the mortal realm and go to the capital to find Liu Dong.
The Seventh Princess expressed her support for this.
The Seventh Princess loves love stories where lovers are united in marriage and encourages Fairy Magnolia to pursue her own love.
Liu Dong chuckled.
A fairy's admiration? He doesn't care!
Didn't you see he didn't even want his official partner, the Weaver Girl? Why would he want a Magnolia Fairy?
He couldn't be bothered with the Seven Fairies and Dong Yong's side.
Anyway, this pair isn't at a disadvantage.
They are much happier than Princess Yaoji and Yang Tianyou.
The seven fairies were merely captured and taken back to Heaven, but with the protection of the Queen Mother, they did not suffer any punishment.
Dong Yong became the top scholar in the imperial examination, and after the Seven Fairies had a child, they sent it down to earth for him.
Dong Yong can be considered a winner in life.
Compared to Yang Tianyou, who lost his life, and Liu Yanchang, who has been destitute for more than ten years, he can be considered fortunate!
Not long after Liu Dong arrived in the capital, Fairy Yulan followed him.
This girl, relying on her status as a fairy, used her magic to bewitch Liu Tong's neighbor, intending to move into the neighbor's house under the guise of being a relative, and then take advantage of her proximity to Liu Tong to get in touch with him.
Little did they know that the capital was the emperor's territory, protected by the dragon's aura.
Here, neither immortal nor demonic magic can be used without authorization, otherwise one will be devoured by the dragon's energy.
Liu Dong secretly amplified the backlash effect. The magic power of Fairy Yulan was scattered by the dragon energy. For a short period of time, she could no longer use magic and was no different from an ordinary person.
Fortunately, the magic she had used earlier was effective; the neighboring family genuinely believed she was a relative seeking refuge and took her in.
But in reality, the neighbor's family had ulterior motives for taking her in.
When the palace was recruiting maids, a neighboring family, for the sake of money, submitted their daughter's name.
But after submitting the application, I couldn't bear to part with my daughter.
Just then, a pretty girl of similar age came to their door, and they set their sights on her.
Even after entering the palace, Fairy Magnolia was still bewildered, unaware of what had happened.
She was already beautiful and had a good temperament, and coupled with her innocent and naive appearance, she immediately caught the emperor's eye.
The emperor immediately ordered the Fairy Magnolia to serve him in bed that night.
The emperor was already over forty years old, a middle-aged man whose appearance was not as youthful as that of a young person.
How could the Magnolia Fairy agree?
But even if she didn't want to, there was nothing she could do. She had no magic power, so she couldn't escape the palace, let alone escape back to heaven!
In the end, the Magnolia Fairy was raped by the emperor.
She was tainted by the emperor's dragon aura, making it impossible for her to regain her magical powers.
After that, she will gradually lose her immortal body under the erosion of the dragon's energy and become a true mortal.
Liu Dong never expected things to develop this way.
He had originally planned to one day change his appearance and throw Fairy Yulan back to Heaven, but... when Liu Dong entered the examination hall, Fairy Yulan was already pregnant.
Later she gave birth to a son.
Because of the influence of the dragon's energy, her son did not have the bloodline of immortals and was a pure mortal.
Because he was not much older than his brothers, the struggle for the throne among the princes did not affect this young prince.
By the time the young prince had grown into a teenager, the struggle for the throne had already ended.
The young prince was granted the title of a county prince and was allowed to take his mother out of the palace to care for her.
The Magnolia Fairy lived a fairly good life in her later years. After all, she was once a celestial being and was very healthy, living to the age of one hundred.
After her death, Fairy Yulan entered the underworld and tearfully revealed her identity as a fairy.
But it was no use.
Her immortal body was destroyed, and since she descended to the mortal realm without permission, the Queen Mother of the West would not allow her soul to return to Heaven. Therefore, she could only be cast into the cycle of reincarnation, without any chance of advancement, and would only be a mortal for all eternity thereafter.
Getting back to the topic, Liu Dong passed the provincial examination smoothly, and then passed the palace examination smoothly, becoming a second-class Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations).
Instead of staying in the capital to serve as an official, Liu Tong made some arrangements and returned to a neighboring county not far from his hometown to serve as a county magistrate.
When the news reached the village, Old Man Liu was so angry that he lay in bed for two more days and beat up his sister-in-law.
It was Sister-in-law Liu who instigated him to kick Liu Qiu out of the house.
The family remained anxious for several days, only feeling slightly relieved after realizing that Liu Dong completely ignored them.
Liu Tong's job as county magistrate was relatively easy.
There were no major events in the county town; he delegated the most trivial matters to the county magistrate and the registrar.
Liu Dong is not afraid of being sidelined; he has the ability to delegate power and also the ability to take it back.
After Liu Dong became the county magistrate, he brought the old ox back to the county office and had it well taken care of.
Three years passed in this way, and the old ox's life came to an end.
The old ox died, and a golden light flew out of its body and soared into the sky.
Only Liu Dong saw this golden light.
Niu Jinniu returned to Heaven and recalled his experience of descending to the mortal realm, feeling quite confused.
He didn't know that Liu Tong had sealed his divine consciousness and memories, and he wondered which great god he had offended.
After thinking it over and over but still not coming up with a solution, Niu Jinniu had no choice but to put the idea aside for the time being.
He looked at his empty Star Mansion and remembered that he had not yet gathered all his subordinates.
I thought of that young man I had high hopes for when I was in the mortal realm.
Unfortunately, he has now returned to Heaven and is unable to enlighten the Cowherd and bring him to Heaven to serve as his subordinate.
As for the Weaver Girl, should we ask the Queen Mother of the West for her return?
This year, Niu went to Yaochi to see the Queen Mother of the West and explained his purpose.
The Queen Mother of the West has many female immortals under her command, so sending one away is no big deal.
Moreover, the Weaver Girl became a star official under the Taurus, a rank far higher than that of a fairy who weaves cloth.
Since the Weaver Girl is her person, having authority will increase her power in the Heavenly Court.
The Queen Mother of the West readily agreed and sent someone to summon the Weaver Girl.
The Weaver Girl was also the daughter of the Queen Mother of the West, and ranked eighth among the princesses in Heaven.
When the Queen Mother of the West called her, she was with several other princesses.
The other princesses, worried about their little sister, came along with her.
The Queen Mother of the West saw her daughters lined up in a row, but noticed one was missing. She asked, "Where is Xiao Qi?"
The princesses exchanged bewildered glances, inwardly realizing the situation was dire. (End of Chapter)