The Cycle of Reincarnation in the Four-Courtyard House: A Journey Through the Heavens

Truman stared intently at the cars slowly moving down the street below, a look of wistful admiration and envy on his face.

Other countries have already mass-produced this kind of ultra-luxury car with its novel design and excellent performance, while the United States, as the world's former leading industrial country, can't even come up with a design.

Standing to the side, Vivian Sung seemed to have discerned Truman's thoughts. She stepped closer and said, "Your Excellency, according to the arrangements, our Empire will present each of the heads of state attending His Majesty's wedding with a Flying Cloud sedan as a token of our gratitude!"

Truman's eyes lit up immediately. It was impossible not to like such a luxurious and safe car. The technological level of the Longhua Empire was now far ahead of all other countries, to the point that it might take a century to catch up.

If he could acquire such a car, he would bring it back to China and gather all the domestic automotive manufacturing experts to disassemble and carefully study its entire structure, mastering its technology in the shortest possible time.

The convoy slowly drove into Longhua Square, where a red carpet had been laid out from the main entrance of Guotai Building all the way to Min'an Street.

Li Xiao sat down in the lead car. Today he was wearing a magnificent imperial dragon robe. The design of this dragon robe was different from the traditional dragon robe. It was magnificent yet simple, and easy to move in.

The dragon robe is black, but under the sunlight, the black fabric shimmers with a colorful sheen.

On each side of the dragon robe, there is an embroidered five-clawed golden dragon, with several cloud patterns above and below the dragons.

These patterns are all embroidered with pure gold thread, radiating a dazzling golden light under the sun.

With a smile on his face, Li Xiao glanced at the dense crowd around him and the heads of state from various countries on the viewing platform in the distance, and waved his hand with a smile.

The cheers from the surrounding crowd grew even louder, with many people loudly offering their blessings to His Majesty the Emperor. Li Xiao also nodded and greeted the crowd with great kindness.

"Your Majesty, the auspicious hour has arrived!"

At that moment, Prime Minister Lu Yuan walked up to Li Xiao and whispered in his ear.

Li Xiao nodded. Just then, all the doors of the cars behind opened, and the first person to get out was Empress Liu Qianqian.

She wore a crown with nine dragons and four phoenixes and a royal robe embroidered with gold thread. Every step she took was dignified and elegant, exuding the air of an empress.

Following closely behind were fourteen concubines, each with a distinct appearance but all possessing unparalleled beauty: Qin Huairu, Liu Lan, Liang Anna, Liu Yifei, Ren Tingting, Lina, Scarlett, Anya, Laura, Dizzy, Monroe, Catherine, Diana, and Evelyn.

"Whoosh!"

This scene immediately shocked the millions of people present and the thousands of VIPs on the viewing platform.

Prior to this, they were unaware that the Emperor of the Longhua Empire would have as many as fifteen brides.

However, the public and dignitaries from various countries quickly calmed down. As the monarch of the most powerful country in the world, isn't it normal for him to marry several wives?

As the national anthem "Glory of the Empire" played, Li Xiao grasped Liu Qianqian's soft hand, which was adorned with a jade bracelet.

At this moment, he was not the emperor who made decisive decisions on the battlefield, but simply a husband waiting for his wife.

Li Xiao held Liu Qianqian's hand and walked towards the main entrance of Guotai Building, while the other fourteen brides also walked down the red carpet into Guotai Building one by one.

A few minutes later, Li Xiao had already led his brides to the viewing platform on the ninth floor of the Guotai Building.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Just then, a series of salvos rang out from Longhua Square. Ninety-nine cannons were lined up in three neat rows, and the sound of the 99 cannons echoed throughout half of Jinghai City.

After the 99-gun salute concluded, Lu Yuan, as the host, began his speech: "Today, the sky is high and the clouds are clear, and the autumn breeze is refreshing. The Longhua Empire welcomes its most joyous day—His Majesty the Emperor's wedding!"

His voice was clearly heard by the millions of people below through the 3,900 loudspeakers that were spread throughout Longhua Square.

As soon as Lu Yuan finished speaking, the million people below burst into enthusiastic applause.

After the applause subsided, Lu Yuan continued, "Now, I will solemnly introduce today's fifteen brides to all citizens of the Longhua Empire and guests from all countries."

Now it's a new era, and as the women of the emperor, there's no need for them to hide their identities.

Next, Lu Yuan spent about twenty minutes introducing the identities and general experiences of the fifteen brides, including Liu Qianqian, as well as the titles bestowed upon them by Li Xiao.

Lu Yuan naturally couldn't reveal the true experiences of the women who came from parallel worlds; each of them had been given a completely new identity in the main world.

The ceremony for Li Xiao's wedding was basically conducted in accordance with the traditional rites of the Dragon Kingdom. After a series of elaborate and solemn ceremonies, Li Xiao and his fifteen brides waved to the crowd below.

"Long live the Empire!"

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty and the Empresses on your long and happy marriage!"

......

The crowd below expressed their blessings to Li Xiao and the brides with their loudest voices.

Everyone looked up at the sky and saw ninety-nine stealth air-to-space fighters flying in neat formation from east to west, their tails trailing long, nine-colored plumes of smoke, a truly spectacular sight.

After the fighter jets flew by, there were ninety-nine "Kunpeng-class" space destroyers, each 500 meters long.

This was the first time Li Xiao had publicly shown this spaceship to the world. Although the heads of state of those countries had learned through various channels that the Longhua Empire might possess a spaceship like those in science fiction novels, this was the first time they had seen it in person.

Ninety-nine giant ships, each 500 meters long, were flying simultaneously at an altitude of 3,000 meters. The sight was incredibly awe-inspiring to all the spectators below!

With the current level of technology in the world, just one such warship would be enough to sweep across the entire world, yet they have displayed ninety-nine of them at once, and no one knows whether the Longhua Empire has any more such warships.

At this moment, all the leaders below abandoned any remaining glimmer of hope.

They had already made up their minds that they must cling to the Longhua Empire from now on. As long as others leaked some "outdated" technology from under their fingernails, it would be enough for their country's technological level to advance by leaps and bounds.

Finally, a formation of 990,000 small drones began to combine to form various magnificent patterns. Although it was daytime, the lights on the drones made these patterns incredibly dazzling.

Golden dragons soared into the sky, and colorful phoenixes swirled in the air. Each change in the drone formation drew cheers from the crowd below.

This unprecedented form of presentation left the foreign heads of state on the viewing platform of the State Guest House dumbfounded; they felt as if they were living in a dream.

After the wedding ceremony, the banquet hall of Guotai Building was bustling with activity, with more than 5,000 foreign guests gathered there.

All the high-ranking officials of the Longhua Empire were with the guests, and these ministers or bureau chiefs of the empire had become the core of each table.

The grand wedding finally came to a close.

That evening, Li Xiao entered his palace. He used to rest here alone, but today a woman who would spend her life with him was waiting for him here.

Today, Liu Qianqian looked exceptionally beautiful and charming. After the two finished drinking the nuptial wine, Li Xiao embraced Liu Qianqian, whose face was flushed with embarrassment.

"Sissi, do you remember six years ago?"

"Yes, of course I remember. Our village was wiped out by the Japanese devils, and my whole family died under their bayonets. If my mother hadn't hidden me in the woodpile beforehand, I probably wouldn't have met you!"

"I was fleeing famine with my younger brother, sister-in-law, and mother when I happened to pass by your house. When I pulled you out of the pile of firewood, you had already fainted."

Two lines of tears streamed down Liu Qianqian's face. She hugged Li Xiao tightly and buried her head deeply in his chest.

"Brother Xiao, last time you sent troops to wipe out the entire island nation, this can be considered revenge for our whole family!"

The two talked for a long time on their wedding night, until the moon was high in the sky, and then the lights in the bedroom were finally turned off.

Li Xiao's legend continues. With him as an intruder, the future development of this main world will inevitably be completely different from that of the original world.

(The End!)

Li Xiao's story is now finished. Thank you all for your support over the past six months. I am truly grateful!

I'm still working on my next book, and it'll probably still be a time-travel story, possibly about the protagonist traveling from the future back to the present. See you in the next book!