Seeing no response from inside the door, the eunuch outside grew increasingly anxious. Li Hong was the eldest son of the current Empress, and with such a major problem occurring, those who served him would likely lose their heads.
"Golden scales on his body—damn it, the bloodline is awakening so fast! This is bad!"
However, before he could react, Wu Meiniang, who was beside him, had already sprung from the bed like a coiled spring. After quickly throwing on a piece of clothing, she rushed out like the wind, so fast that Li Shimin could barely see her.
"???"
Li Shimin blinked in astonishment, then quickly instructed a palace maid to help him change before he too hurried after her.
Although he still had some doubts in his heart, he was not foolish. This matter must be related to the Empress—or rather, to that dream.
When Li Shimin arrived outside Qiyun Palace with his entourage, he found that all the palace maids, eunuchs, and even imperial physicians had been driven out.
Inside the palace, there were constant rumbling sounds of thunder and lightning, along with sharp, aggrieved dragon roars.
At the same time, there was also Wu Meiniang's sharp, piercing scolding and the slapping sound of a bamboo board:
"Calm down, calm down! Don't let your thoughts run wild. Only by meditating with a clear mind can you change back!!"
"Awoo~, bilibili~~~~"
"Idiot, don't randomly shoot lightning! How are you going to meet people like this!!"
Splat~ splat~ splat~
The sound of the bamboo board swinging rang out.
"Awoo~ Awoo~" "Awoo~"
"Idiot!! You haven't inherited even one ten-thousandth of this old lady's wisdom; you're just like that dead old man!"
Wu Meiniang's scolding rang out again, followed by another round of bamboo board strikes that sounded painful.
Li Erfeng, hearing such disrespectful words from outside the door, immediately felt the veins on his forehead throb and his blood pressure rise sharply.
"That stings, Meiniang, o(╥﹏╥)o"
"What's the situation inside the palace?"
Li Erfeng looked at Chun Tao, the head palace maid kneeling outside Qiyun Palace, and asked her.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. The Imperial Prince, he, he…"
Head palace maid Chun Tao stammered, unsure how to speak.
"You are forgiven. Speak quickly. I want to know the entire process!"
"After the Empress arrived, the Imperial Prince transformed into a golden monster with three heads… a three-headed golden dragon with wings, and he even flew up. Then, the Empress grabbed his foot and pressed him to the ground for a beating, and then… we were all driven out…!"
As the head palace maid, Chun Tao clearly and concisely recounted the entire process.
"Three-headed golden dragon!"
Li Erfeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately thought of what happened in his dream. Could it be that it wasn't a dream, but something that truly happened? Then he motioned for the eunuch to open the door:
"Follow me inside to see!"
"Yes!"
The eunuch hesitated for a few seconds, then pushed open the main door and walked in, shielding Li Shimin.
As soon as Li Erfeng entered, he immediately saw a mini three-headed dragon, half the height of a person, being furiously pressed and rubbed on the ground by Wu Meiniang. Wu Meiniang was wielding a black coiled ruler with impressive force.
At this moment, Li Hong had largely returned to human form; his two extra heads and wings had mostly retracted, and with each strike from Wu Meiniang, he would revert a little more.
However, when Li Hong saw Li Erfeng, his transformation, which had just been compressed, immediately burst forth like a snapped thread.
The immense force directly knocked over Wu Meiniang, who was stepping on him. Then he tearfully bumped into and sent flying several guards who were protecting Li Erfeng before pouncing into Li Erfeng's arms and sobbing.
"Ahhh, what are you doing? Coming in at a time like this—are you trying to cause trouble?!"
Wu Meiniang rubbed her hair in frustration and angrily yelled at Li Erfeng.
Li Erfeng waved his hand, signaling everyone to retreat, then held Li Hong and sat on the edge of the bed, saying to Wu Meiniang:
"Meiniang, have you forgotten to tell me some things? That dream just now, and why Hong'er turned into this!"
"ε=(´ο｀*))) Alas~"
Wu Meiniang sighed and explained:
"It's just as you saw. My race comes from the Titan Divine Beast Clan—one of their kings. Normally, even with three heads, we only use one will.
However, I am very special. Each of my three heads possesses an independent will, and we have telepathy, allowing for instant communication and cooperation.
So, what you saw last night was me—and also my elder brother. We are a trinity; as long as one of us is alive, the other two will never die.
The one you saw last night—he is the middle head, Elder Brother Xiao.
I am the left head… Third Sister!
Before, because Elder Brother was never responsible, always exploiting me and Second Brother to do the work—we handled the tasks, we faced the dangers, and he enjoyed the benefits.
Then, Second Brother and I sealed our memories, powers, and bloodline connections and ran away. But he still found me yesterday.
I was forced to recover my memories and powers, and the power of my bloodline also revived. Li Hong possesses my bloodline, and thus awakened the Titan blood of my clan, which is why he turned into this!"
"Your elder brother is really a piece of trash!"
Li Erfeng's mouth twitched as he listened to Wu Meiniang's explanation, and he couldn't help but curse.
"Right? That bastard—even as a trinity, he deceives himself. He's truly a human scumbag, tsk~~"
Wu Meiniang immediately echoed him.
"Little brother, I am very happy that you can mention me, but I do not like your slandering me!"
Xiao, dressed in ancient attire, suddenly appeared inside Qiyun Palace and reprimanded him.
"Was I wrong?"
Wu Meiniang retorted unhappily.
"Is this Li Hong? Excellent talent—awakening directly as a king bloodline. Among my descendants, this is considered top-tier talent. As expected from being nurtured in the maternal body!"
Looking at Li Hong, who had four claws and two wings upon awakening, Xiao was very pleased and stroked the child's small head.
He had many descendants, but very few could directly awaken as a King Ghidorah; most were ordinary Ghidorah with two wings and two claws.
Perhaps this was the difference brought about by paternal versus maternal nurturing; the bloodline power from maternal nurturing was clearly much stronger.
As Xiao stroked him, Li Hong's form gradually and rapidly transformed from the Ghidorah state into human form, returning to his original appearance—but even more refined and perfect.
"How about the child takes my surname, Xiao? Li is really too unpleasant to hear!"
Xiao suggested.
"Don't even think about it. I am Li Hong's father!!"
Li Erfeng refused without hesitation.
"It doesn't matter. Xiao is a surname, and also a clan name. It's just opening another branch of the Li surname!"
Xiao did not care about Li Shimin's refusal. It was just a surname; he left a few in every world. Developing to this day, there were already thousands. The vast network of bloodlines enveloped all descendants. This was not something a surname could change.
The familial bond of the Xiao Clan was something etched into the bloodline and soul of all descendants; it was not something a surname could alter.
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