Feng Bailing and the others were all startled as Emperor Yongye approached, supported by Li Qing.
"Your Majesty, you’re awake."
Both the Empress Dowager and Noble Consort Guo’s faces bead with joy, while Dongfang Mosheng’s face showed little happiness.
Emperor Yongye waved his hand and walked up to Feng Bailing. His beard and hair had already turned grey, making him look even older than the Empress Dowager, yet in his eyes, there still remained a trace of lucidity.
"Bai Ling, you have deceived greatly. You are the dical Buddha, aren’t you?"
This ti, Feng Bailing did not deny it, and everyone around her revealed looks of astonishnt.
Feng Bailing also knew that today, there was no longer any need for her to hide it.
"I don’t mind your cri of deceiving the Emperor. I just want to ask you, can my eyes be transplanted to Mosheng?"
Emperor Yongye slowly turned his gaze towards Dongfang Mosheng. He had so many sons, and yet, in the end, the only one left by his side was Dongfang Mosheng.
How ironic it was, the son he least cared for had resolved the great crisis of Da Chu Country.
"Your Majesty, do you rember the insect I ntioned, the one related to Imperial Consort Dugu? I originally thought you had been infected by the Sound Worm too. But later, I discovered that because you were poisoned by Heartbreak Grass earlier, the Sound Worm couldn’t survive inside you. By a twist of fate, your eyes are indeed usable. However, if we save the Ninth Prince, your condition afterward..."
"I am old, what does it matter whether I can see or not? Besides, though I have had sight throughout my life, my eyes have misjudged many people. Now, with Da Chu Country in need of revival and engulfed in miasma, I am helpless to turn the tide. I have failed the ancestors of Chu Country, it would be better to leave it in the hands of Mosheng. This child is more capable than I ever was."
Emperor Yongye said with a bitter smile, aware upon awakening that his body was already spent, and he wouldn’t live much longer.
Besides, there was no landscape left in this world that he yearned for, so what use would those eyes be, even if he retained them.
"Your Majesty, please, think it over."
The Empress Dowager and Noble Consort Guo cried inconsolably.
"My mind is made up, anyone who opposes, is showing great disrespect."
Emperor Yongye looked at Feng Bailing.
With a sigh, Feng Bailing realized that she had no choice but to go through with the corneal transplant for Dongfang Mosheng.
As demanded by Emperor Yongye, the operation was scheduled for three days later.
After anesthetizing Emperor Yongye, Feng Bailing removed his corneas.
Emperor Yongye remained unconscious before her.
Feng Bailing rose and went behind the sleeping quarters of Emperor Yongye, preparing to anesthetize Dongfang Mosheng and then take him to the dical Cabin for the next surgery.
"Miss Feng, this is a letter from His Majesty."
Li Qing had been waiting outside.
Opening the letter, Feng Bailing paused upon reading the handwriting, then quickly returned to the sleeping chambers to find Emperor Yongye on the bed, breathless, clutching a portrait of Lady Dugu in his hand.
"The Emperor has passed. He took the crane crown red poison when he ingested the anesthesia, as you had ntioned. He said he didn’t want to wait any longer and wished to go to Lady Dugu."
Li Qing, wiping away tears, stepped forward, took the painting, and burnt it in front of Emperor Yongye. This was the last task Emperor Yongye had left for him to carry out.
That woman, in this lifeti, Emperor Yongye could no longer await.
He could only hope that in the next life, he would et her again.
Feng Bailing looked at Emperor Yongye who lay on the couch; his expression was peaceful, the corners of his lips slightly lifted. At this mont, Emperor Yongye might be truly happy.
Feng Bailing, with a heavy heart, went to the side chamber.
Dongfang Mosheng was arranged to stay here, and to avoid affecting Dongfang Mosheng’s mood, Feng Bailing did not share the news of Emperor Yongye’s death with him. She forced a spirited voice and said,
"Crown Prince, I will administer anesthesia to you. It will make you fall asleep, and after that, I will treat your eyes."
Feng Bailing instructed Dongfang Mosheng, everything was ready, and as long as the corneal transplant was completed, Dongfang Mosheng could regain his sight.
"Bai Ling, can I hold your hand?"
As Feng Bailing injected a certain amount of anesthesia, Dongfang Mosheng spoke softly.
Feng Bailing fell silent. Before Dongfang Mosheng lapsed into unconsciousness, her gloved hand held his.
Even through the fabric, Dongfang Mosheng felt that the hand was warm.
He didn’t know how much ti had passed when Dongfang Mosheng slled a pungent odor.
That was the sll of disinfectant.
Before him, everything was darkness.
Dongfang Mosheng did not inquire further; he fell into a dream.
Dongfang Mosheng had a dream.
There was a female doctor with a radiant smile. She bent over and touched the head of a little boy.
"Ah Tian, you must study hard so that in the future you can beco an accomplished dic like ."
"Sister Bai, are you leaving? Don’t go. I heard the front is very dangerous, can’t you stay here at the orphanage with ?"
The little boy had an exceptionally beautiful face and reluctantly clung to the doctor’s hand.
"Ah Tian, this ti I’m not going to the front. I am joining an experint. If it’s successful, I will be able to reunite with my family, and the end tis might disappear. You won’t have to face endless famine and killing in the future. Promise you will persist in exercising and studying. I hope one day you can beco an outstanding scientist, changing this terrible end of the world."
The female doctor waved at him, and the white lab coat gradually vanished from the boy’s sight.
After that departure, the female doctor never returned. The scene shifted.
The boy looked at the textbook in front of him, his fingers trembling slightly. On the textbook was a black-and-white photo.
"Bai Ling, the most outstanding dic in the history of Jiuzhou, recipient of the Azure Dragon dal, a first-class martyred hero. She successfully developed and participated in the experintation of ’Heaven’s Plan.’ The Heaven series dicine allowed the human brain to undergo unprecedented developnt, and the clinical success of ’Divine Sense,’ a biological dicine, had a one in a million chance of giving humans ’Divine Sense.’ Unfortunately, Bai Ling, who participated in the research, never woke up. The ’Heaven’s Plan’ continues, with ’Divine Sense’ being recognized as capable of creating miracles for humanity, attracting waves of scientists to join the plan. The Jiuzhou Supre Council has decided to open the ’Heaven’s Plan’ globally for recruitnt..."
The book closed, and the boy’s eyes filled with tears.
"I want to join Heaven’s Plan."
The scene shifted again, ten years later, the youth and seventeen other boys and girls who participated in ’Heaven’s Plan’ swallowed the biological dicine, and he fell into boundless darkness.
When he opened his eyes, he found that he was no longer the Ah Tian of the 22nd century; he was Tian Jizi...
On the operating table, Dongfang Mosheng suddenly opened his eyes, feeling a cold sensation against him. Even without opening his eyes, Dongfang Mosheng knew it was a dagger.
A sharp dagger, pressed against him.
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