Immortal after a Hundred Reincarnations

Furthermore, I heard you were kind and benevolent, which is why I decided to help.

Remember this when you take the throne.

You must rule the country well and bring peace to its people.

Only then will you not have wasted this humble monk’s assistance.

And only then will what I have done today be a meritorious deed...

...rather than a sin."

"I will remember the Living Buddha’s teachings."

The Crown Prince also said, "If I truly ascend to the throne, I will certainly rule the country well and bring peace to its people."

「The next day.」

The Crown Prince set off for the Capital City with a new face, traveling light.

However, the Crown Princess Consort did not go with him.

After all, her face hadn’t changed, making her too conspicuous.

Following the Crown Prince would only expose him.

That morning, Xu Lei was watching the Crown Prince’s receding figure and was just about to leave.

"Living Buddha!"

Suddenly, the Crown Princess Consort, blushing, hugged Xu Lei from behind. Her delicate hands slid gently across his chest as she asked, "That face from before, was that your real face?

Or is this one?

This current face is even more handsome than the last.

I so want to kiss it.

And then, I wish to request another Charitable Giving!

I beg you to grant me another son!"

"Amitabha Buddha."

Xu Lei said, "Is this... appropriate?"

"I attended to the Crown Prince last night," the Crown Princess Consort explained breathlessly. "So if I were to become pregnant now, there would be no questions."

As she spoke, before Xu Lei could refuse, she moved around to face him.

She kissed him first.

Then, she gently tucked her hair back with one hand and gracefully knelt, her slender legs touching the ground.

"Amitabha Buddha."

Watching her, Xu Lei couldn’t help but take a deep breath. "A sin, a sin."

「Six months later.」

The Crown Princess Consort, now pregnant, had returned to the palace.

The Crown Prince had ascended the throne, and the Second Prince, along with several other princes, had been purged.

As for the Princess and the Fourteenth Prince, one had originally supported the Crown Prince, and the other had been neutral.

So they were not targeted.

In addition, many Court ministers who had associated with the other princes were demoted.

Even many local officials were implicated.

But a new dynasty brought a new atmosphere.

After his ascension, the new Emperor was indeed serious about ruling.

He listened to advice with an open mind and was diligent in his duties.

Even the court officials said that as Emperor, he held the world in greater awe than he had as Crown Prince.

This was only natural, as he now knew that truly powerful experts with Divine Powers existed in the world.

And during this time, Xu Lei, of course, went to see the new Emperor and Empress and took back his Human Skin Mask.

The Emperor also gave Xu Lei a token, allowing him to mobilize authority if he ever needed it.

Xu Lei accepted it.

But he originally thought he would never need to use this power.

After all, King Mu was a king with a different surname, and his domain was far from the Capital City, so he hadn’t participated in the Nine Dragons Struggle for the Throne.

Therefore, the Mu Prince’s Mansion was unaffected.

As for Su Chun, Yiyi, and Xu Yan’er, Xu Lei had been looking after them all these years, personally managing relationships in their local areas, so there were no problems there either.

But unexpectedly, a problem arose with Shen Ling’er.

This was because Zhi Jian and his wife, as well as Shen Ling’er and her fake husband, had all been managing their own connections with the local Government Office.

Xu Lei hadn’t involved himself in this.

Unexpectedly, their official connections belonged to the Second Prince’s faction.

Now that the Second Prince had fallen, their backer had fallen too.

Many powerful figures in the area began to covet the Shen Family’s soap business.

They didn’t just want a simple cut of the profits; they wanted to seize it by force.

They wanted their own shopkeepers to completely swallow up the Shen Family’s enterprise.

The Shen Family naturally wouldn’t have feared fair competition.

But unfortunately, they were being crushed by the other party’s power and influence.

They even wanted to forcibly marry one of the beautiful daughters that Shen Ling’er had borne for Xu Lei.

Of course, when Xu Lei learned of this, he naturally couldn’t sit by and do nothing.

He made slight use of the authority the new Emperor had given him.

The second-in-command of the local Government Office was thrown into the great prison.

The top official, the Lord Governor, even paid a personal visit to show goodwill.

This shocked all the notable figures in the entire prefecture.

They all began to speculate about what great personage was backing the Shen Family.

Thus, the Shen Family’s situation was reversed overnight.

But this repeated switching between heaven and hell left everyone in the Shen Family feeling unsettled.

"Thank you, Martial Uncle."

Zhi Jian knelt and thanked Xu Lei again, saying, "If it weren’t for you, Martial Uncle, our Shen Family would have been finished this time!"

"Thank you, Living Buddha."

The Shen matriarch also said, "To think that our family would need you to save us again!"

"Amitabha Buddha."

Xu Lei said, "Ling’er of your Shen Family has borne this humble monk many children.

Now, this humble monk naturally cannot stand by and do nothing. Get up."

"Martial Uncle!"

At this point, Zhi Jian was very, very old, truly on the verge of death. He added, "You only look to be in your thirties now!

Ling’er, on the other hand, now looks older than you.

Our Shen Family has another young maiden.

She has grown up to be graceful and beautiful as a flower.

Why not let her, like Ling’er, continue to serve you with her body? What do you think?"

Hearing this, before Xu Lei could even speak, the Shen matriarch’s expression changed drastically.

Seeing this, Xu Lei understood. The young woman Zhi Jian was speaking of must be from the bloodline created through Xu Lei’s ’Charitable Giving’ to the Shen Family.

If blood relatives within three or four generations were to couple, their children would have a high probability of being born with deformities.

Xu Lei, of course, would not engage in such incestuous affairs.

Otherwise, if he were to be reincarnated into the body of a deformed descendant in the future, that would be truly terrible.

"Amitabha Buddha."

So Xu Lei shook his head and said, "Zhi Jian, there is no need for that.

Ling’er is enough.

As for this child, let her choose a husband she fancies and live a normal, happy married life."

The Shen matriarch let out a soft sigh of relief.

"Martial Uncle is righteous."

Zhi Jian was slightly taken aback, then nodded and said, "Then we shall do as Martial Uncle says."

That night, Xu Lei went back to stay with Shen Ling’er.

Shen Ling’er had put on a little weight now.