30) Miracles and phenomenons

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"Your highness Siming!" The heavenly court roared in unison, welcoming the Arbiter of Fate once again though their eyes darted past the lady in curiosity. Even the heavenly emperor and his stony-faced husband failed to hide their eagerness as they struggled to stay still. Apparently, their grandkids were already out there playing to release the excitement while the elders had to wait for the lady.

Siming chuckled seeing their lack of patience to meet the newly ascended couple.

"It seems like you all are too eager... Fine fine. I'm an old lady. Who wants to keep me company nowadays anyway?"

"Your highness! That's not-"

"At ease your majesty. I'm just playing with you because I'm also happy. So let's not waste more time then." Not allowing Xie Lian to get on with an unnecessary apology, Siming disturbed him with a small smile before beginning her introduction.

"I already told you, your majesty, that a new pair of Sun and Moon supremes are to ascend when the previous couple faded away and I promised that you will meet them when the time is right. I'm here to fulfill that promise now." With that a silver light descended to the middle of the hall, revealing an all too familiar face to the waiting heavenly officials.

There in the middle of the hall in all his glory stood the infamous Lord Han Wanyue, the son-in-law of the heavenly martial emperor and the ghost city. But it was not only his unexpected appearance that left the heavenly court speechless, it was also his attire and the change of aura that rendered them all speechless.

Yes, he was still in his iconic white and light blue attire but there were silver ascents and finer details that had a higher level of craftsmanship than an attire of a heavenly official. Not to mention his silver crown that had moonstones and sapphires adorning the beautiful moon-crescent in the middle. Even his natural golden eyes had a silver moon-crescent shape rimming them both as his whole presence screamed of power that perfectly matched the aura of the Arbiter of Fate herself.

"Where is she?" Lady Siming asked, not so pleased about her newly acquired niece ruining her ideal grand revelation.

"Outside. With kids." Lan Wangji replied simply.

"Oh." Siming chuckled, knowing fully well to expect something more dramatic than she herself planned earlier. Thus, she said apologetically, "It seems like our new Solar Supreme is just being herself again. I hope she won't cause your majesty much trouble..."

"What does your highness mean? What is going-"

"Niang! A-niang stop!! Wait for us too..." Before Xie Lian could speak any further, a laughing child's voice rang from outside, gaining their attention.

"Nope! Hahaha... Catch me if you can."

That voice...

The heavenly officials collectively looked at their emperor who looked like he just got struck by lightning.

It was a female voice; yes. But Xie Lian knew better. A mother wouldn't fail to recognize their own baby...

"A-Ying..." He called as if in a trance before dashing out of the hall just like he did when Ling Wen announced of that ascension sometime ago. The only difference is, he took off much faster this time. However, he wasn't prepared to witness the scene outside.

There, in front of his eyes was a scene- a scene that he had seen too many times before as a dream. They broke him every single time during the nights he spent half awake-half asleep for the past two decades and he wasn't sure if it was real this time either. But sensing how the whole heavenly court stood behind him just as stricken as he is, Xie Lian believed that it could not be a dream this time. As if to prove that, Lan Wangji stepped forward as he called for the lady in a voice that he would never use for anyone other than his zhiji.

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