Bai Sheng said to Granny Wu, "Master, how about we take that mountain? Since I have space, I can transport all the building materials for the imperial palace up there."
"Alright, it's decided," Granny Wu said with a happy smile.
On the way back, Bai Sheng looked at Yiyi and smiled as she said to Granny Wu, "Master, I think Yiyi has a great talent for divination and deduction. Why don't you take him as your disciple too? I wouldn't mind having my own son as a fellow disciple."
Granny Wu affectionately stroked Yiyi's small head and chuckled, "Sheng'er, I wouldn't dare to take Yiyi as a disciple.
My divination and deduction abilities were acquired through learning, but Yiyi is different. Yiyi is born with strong spiritual awareness. If I were to take him as a disciple and teach him rigid divination techniques, it would only restrict his spiritual nature.
Don't worry, your four little cubs are likely darlings of the Heavenly Dao. They all have the ability to learn and understand on their own. You only need to teach them to read and write, and avoid interfering too much."
"Yes, Master, I understand. I should provide them with a relaxed learning environment and let them grow freely according to their own nature," Bai Sheng smiled.
"Yes, that's exactly it," Granny Wu nodded with a smile, her gaze suddenly deepening as she looked at Bai Sheng. "Sheng'er, I suspect that you and Xiao Ye were definitely not ordinary people in your past lives, otherwise, your space and the few cubs you've had wouldn't be so extraordinary."
Bai Sheng's heart suddenly pounded. She remembered the dream she had when she was unconscious, that her three souls and seven spirits had split in two, with the majority going to modern times to be reborn as a human. After dying in modern times, her soul had returned, becoming a complete soul.
Bai Sheng felt this might be true, because even in modern times, there was the saying of losing one's soul, such as when children get scared and lose their soul, and adults would call back their soul at night with a lantern outside the door.
When she was a child, she was scared by bad kids in the village who used snakes to frighten her, and she was completely stunned. The Bai grandmother who adopted her had called back her soul for her.
But even in modern times, that was her current life. As for past lives, she had never thought in that direction.
"Master, do you believe in past and present lives?" Bai Sheng asked Granny Wu.
Granny Wu chuckled, "In this world, there are always causes and effects, and reincarnation. Only by completing the karma can one offset debts of sin, or good deeds be rewarded. Therefore, I prefer to believe there is."
Bai Sheng nodded, "What Master said makes sense."
"Sheng'er, why don't you and Xiao Ye have another litter?" Granny Wu chuckled slyly.
"A litter?" Bai Sheng stamped her foot and said coquettishly, "Master! How can you say 'litter'?"
"Four, four in one litter! Who can give birth like you two? What else would you call it but a 'litter'?" Granny Wu laughed heartily. "But, Sheng'er, Master is serious. The cubs you and Xiao Ye have are extraordinary. Therefore, I suggest you have more children; it will be beneficial for Qinghuang Kingdom."
Yiyi's eyes lit up, and he hugged Bai Sheng's arm, gently shaking it. "Mother, I want more brothers and sisters. Mother, can you have a litter tomorrow?"
Pfft!
Bai Sheng and Granny Wu burst into laughter, and even Lu Tie, who was driving the carriage at the front, couldn't help but laugh heartily.
Bai Sheng's eyes welled up with tears from laughter. "Since that's the case, then... we'll have them!"
"Tomorrow?" Yiyi was extremely excited.
Bai Sheng pinched his cheek. "Only after your father returns can we have them. Yiyi, having babies isn't that fast. Women need ten months of pregnancy to give birth to a baby."
Yiyi nodded, "Oh, I understand. Aunt Haohao and Aunt Liu were pregnant for ten months."
"That's right," Bai Sheng smiled.
Yiyi counted on his little fingers several times and frowned. "Mother, if you get pregnant tomorrow, then I'll have brothers and sisters in March next year."
Bai Sheng looked at her innocent and pure child and could only smile. She couldn't tell her child that without her father's seed, she couldn't conceive.
The child would then ask a series of questions she couldn't answer.
Therefore, it was better to just "smile" it away.
The location for the imperial palace was confirmed, and Feng Pingyuan immediately led his men to begin planning and surveying, making all necessary preparations.
That evening, Bai Sheng placed all the building materials she had "borrowed" from Great Xia on that mountain.
She then used the Amnesia Pills to transform some of the Great Xia soldiers into labor troops to help Feng Pingyuan build the imperial palace.
The news of Princess Xue Sheng's return to Qinghuang had not yet been officially announced to the Qinghuang people.
Shen Tianjun had Zuo Siming draft a proclamation, announcing the princess's return, the驸马's capture of Fengcheng and his brilliant military achievements, and his inheritance of the position of Protector General. This was all written in the proclamation and then distributed throughout the city and the entire country.
The Qinghuang people lived sparsely, and the local government offices had not yet been officially established. Moreover, many people were illiterate, so for such proclamations, they were mostly delivered by minor officials riding horses, beating gongs, and spreading the word orally.
A few days later, a large group of Qinghuang citizens, estimated to be one to two hundred people, suddenly swarmed the temporary residence Bai Sheng was staying in.
Most of these citizens were in tattered clothes and looked thin and sallow. They gathered at the entrance of the Princess's Mansion, throwing rotten vegetables and mud at the gate, and shouting loudly that the princess was an imposter, a spy sent by Great Xia, and demanded that the princess hand over the Saintess, who was the future Empress of Qinghuang.
Bai Sheng was in the space refining Amnesia Pills with Mei Qing and her aunt when she heard about it from Hengheng. The three of them immediately exited the space.
The main gate was tightly shut, and the sounds of smashing and scolding from outside could be heard clearly.
Uncle Ding, Aunt Ding, and Mian Mian were guarding inside the gate, their expressions worried and uneasy.
Upon seeing Bai Sheng and the others, Uncle Ding immediately walked over, anxiously saying, "Princess, there's a mob of uncivilized people outside insulting you, saying they want you to hand over the Saintess and get out of Qinghuang Kingdom.
Please go back and hide. I've already asked Lu Shui to climb over the wall and notify General Shen and Young Master Jingyu. They should be back soon."
Mei Qing said angrily, "Where did these uncivilized people come from? How can they be so ignorant and foolish!"
Bai Sheng's gaze turned cold. "The common people are indeed ignorant, but most of the people who came today believe they are upholding the interests of Qinghuang Kingdom and are not afraid of power for justice. They don't realize they are being used."
Aunt exclaimed, "Sheng'er, are you saying someone is instigating this from behind the scenes?"
Mei Fei suddenly realized something. "It must be. There must be Northern Qi spies mixed among these common people!"
"Yes, Qing Yi is right. Let's go out and meet them!" Bai Sheng said sternly and walked towards the main gate.
Uncle Ding immediately stepped forward to block her. "Princess, you can't open the door! They are throwing rotten vegetables and mud, it's dangerous."
Bai Sheng smiled, "Uncle Ding, open the door, it's just some mud."
Uncle Ding had no choice but to open the door, then resolutely stood in front of the princess.
Instantly, a shower of rotten vegetables and mud hit Uncle Ding all over, and he cried out, covering his face, "Stop throwing! Stop throwing! If you have something to say, tell it to the princess properly! Don't start by attacking!"
The common people not only did not stop but threw more fiercely, and their scolding grew louder.