CHAPTER 761: CHAPTER 628: THE SECOND BIRTH CHART

Since Earth Venerate’s face was disfigured, she seldom looked at her own face.

Sometimes, when washing her face, she would inadvertently catch sight of her reflection in the water, which resembled a zombie’s face, and she would instinctively close her eyes.

Last night, when she and Feng Lan were intimate, her hand brushed over Feng Lan’s face.

Covered in sweat, his handsome face was still stunningly beautiful in the dark night.

Earth Venerate hurried away in the morning, partly because she was worried Feng Lan might discover it was her last night.

On the other hand, she feared that Feng Lan might truly recognize her.

She was no longer the Qing Feng of the past; she dreaded that her not-yet-healed face would frighten Feng Lan.

Qing Feng was Feng Xun’s mother; someone who could bear such a handsome son must be beautiful herself. But Ye Lingyue never expected that Qing Feng, after her face was restored, would turn out like this.

In the copper mirror, an image of a beauty emerging from the water was reflected.

An oval face, with rosy cheeks, a pair of clear black and white eyes, diamond-shaped lips, seeming like a young girl yet with a touch of a young wife’s charm.

Where does she look like a woman in her thirties who had a child? She appears to be barely in her twenties. Standing next to Ye Lingyue, she looked more like part of a pair of beautiful sisters.

The copper mirror in Qing Feng’s hand dropped to the ground with a clatter.

This face, it was exactly the same as when she first married Feng Lansui.

How could this be?

She couldn’t tell whether she was joyful or melancholy; for a moment, Earth Venerate was in a daze.

After a while, Earth Venerate touched her face, and when she touched the delicate cheeks, tears suddenly welled up in her eyes.

She stood up, about to kneel to Ye Lingyue, in gratitude for having her face restored.

"Earth Venerate, you must not, you’re making it hard for me," Ye Lingyue exclaimed, quickly backing away in fright.

Seeing Ye Lingyue’s flustered appearance, Earth Venerate couldn’t help but laugh, and she no longer insisted.

"Well, sooner or later, you and I are family. It’s a blessing for our family of three that Xinxin met you," Earth Venerate said these words with heartfelt sincerity.

If it weren’t for Ye Lingyue, let alone a day of recovery for her, last night Feng Lan might have committed a great mistake.

"Earth Venerate, don’t you mind at all about the divination that Heavenly Venerate did? Feng Xun and I are incompatible according to our birth times. Even this incident with the Ancient Dragon Blood, it all started because of me," Ye Lingyue thought of Feng Xun and felt remorseful.

"About the matter with you and Xinxin, I’ve always wanted to find a chance to talk to you. Actually, Feng Xun’s birthdate isn’t as my senior brother imagined..." Earth Venerate hesitated; this matter had also troubled her for a long time, but seeing how much importance Ye Lingyue placed on it, she decided to disclose the truth.

"Actually, when Xinxin was born, it was a difficult delivery..." Earth Venerate recalled the past, with a hint of palpitations in her eyes.

Qing Feng’s mother gave birth prematurely when she had Qing Feng.

It was for this reason Qing Feng had always been weaker than Qingshuang, and Beiqing’s Emperor and Empress had always been more fond of Qing Feng.

Later, when Qing Feng was pregnant with Feng Xun, it coincided with Feng Lan being sent to fight in the war.

She braced herself, supporting the Feng Residence, often laboring late into the night.

When it was time for Qing Feng to give birth, Feng Lan had not yet rushed back from the frontier, and she gave birth in the middle of the night.

By the time the midwife arrived, the baby’s head was already stuck, and both mother and child were in mortal danger.

"All through the night, the child still wasn’t born, and by then, I was in so much pain that I had no strength left, wishing I could just die. In a haze, I heard a voice whispering in my ear. The voice asked me whether to ’save the mother or save the child.’ I thought it was the midwife speaking, and my heart was set on ensuring the Feng Residence lineage continued; no matter what, I had to give birth to Feng Lan’s child. So, instinctively, I chose to save the mother. Then, the voice disappeared. Afterward, I passed out."

Qing Feng thought she had died just like that.

But to her surprise, when she awoke, it was already the next day.

All she could hear were the soft sobs of the maids within the room.

Her child was dead.

Qing Feng felt as if the sky was collapsing.

She held the lifeless infant in her arms, grasped the midwife, and demanded to know why she couldn’t save the child.

The midwife was so frightened that she remained silent.

"I held the body of the child, crying incessantly, and drove out all those who wanted to pry my and Feng Lan’s child from my arms."

As Qing Feng reached this point, she couldn’t help but have tears in her eyes.

She wept intermittently, constantly murmuring why it wasn’t her who died.

She cried until she was exhausted and her throat became hoarse and bitter.

Time passed, and she fell asleep again.

In her sleep, that lingering voice reappeared.

Only then did she clearly hear that it was the same voice that had asked her earlier whether to save the mother or save the child.

"Do you truly have no regrets?"

The voice asked her, as eerie as ever.

"No regrets, as long as you can return my child’s life to me."

"Even if he turns out to be a devil, you won’t have regrets?"

The persistent voice inquired.

"He is my child."

After that, the voice disappeared.

In her dreams, Qing Feng felt as if a Black Sun was shining forth from the infant’s body.

"Later on, I woke up again, still holding the child in my arms. When I came to, I saw Feng Lan; he was by my bedside, looking haggard, pleading with me to let go of the child. Only then did I realize I had been holding the child, in a stupor, for three days and three nights. Everyone thought I had gone mad. But just as Feng Lan was about to take the child from my arms, the child let out a faint cry. Feng Lan and I were ecstatic; he naturally determined that day to be Feng Xun’s birthday. But in fact, only I knew that it was the night that the Black Sun appeared—the night of Feng Xun’s rebirth—that was his true birthdate." As Qing Feng said this, she trembled and pulled out a piece of paper from her clothes.

On that paper was written a different birthdate.

"So, you’re saying Feng Xun has two birthdates?" Ye Lingyue was confused after listening, fearing that even Qing Feng herself couldn’t make sense of what exactly happened.

"The Heavenly Venerate made the calculations for you and Feng Xun based on the birthdate of the day Feng Xun was born, but I always believed this is the true birthdate of Feng Xun," Earth Venerate comforted Ye Lingyue.

"So, this means Feng Xun also knows his true birthdate?" Ye Lingyue inquired, curious why Earth Venerate had not revealed this matter earlier.

"It’s not a good memory, and only a few of us know what happened when he was born, including myself and Feng Lan. As for the Black Sun, even Feng Lan doesn’t know. I’m just telling you this to ease your mind; don’t overthink it," Earth Venerate spoke and then put away the piece of paper with Feng Xun’s birthdate.