The curtain falls without worry

  As soon as Hua Yu Nian finished speaking, Princess Chang's body trembled slightly.

  As for the reaction of the princess, Huā Yèyán thought of her own family in modern times. Unlike the imperial family in ancient times, in modern times, Huā Yèyán had a not-so-whole family. Now, the relationship between her parents was not as harmonious as that of the palace's Taishi and his wife. Although modern times are more free-thinking than ancient times, where marriage is concerned, divorce is still not just a matter for the two people involved. One has to consider elderly parents, one's own job, and the impact on social circles. The higher one's status and position, the less likely they are to get divorced, even if the marriage has reached its end.

  Huā Yù Rǎn in modern times came out to make a living on her own, traveling far from home, and in some ways, it was also because she didn't want to become an excuse for her parents.

  Sometimes a child witnesses a broken family and every day the parents use the child as an excuse to say they can't get divorced, which is actually the biggest harm to this child.

  So, why doesn't Li Ji Yao like the Long Gong Zhu's residence? Why does she always want to run out? Why is it that although others see the Long Gong Zhu and the Fu Ma Ye treating each other with respect, as a model couple who dote on their daughter, Li Ji Yao, this precious pearl in the palm of their hand, why does Li Ji Yao come out and speak ill of her parents, even though she doesn't say anything outright, but the tone of her voice gives people that kind of feeling, clearly expressing all sorts of dissatisfaction with her parents.

  In the past, Hua Yu Yan couldn't understand why in ancient times people thought that Jun Zhu was young and foolish, even a bit willful. Because at that time she had just gotten married, plus the happy and harmonious family environment of the Gong household. As a result, after this round of reincarnation, having gone to modern times for a trip and experiencing another life, towards Li Ji Yao, this Jun Zhu who was criticized by people as being naive and silly like a crazy person, her heart naturally saw through to the essence of the matter.

  Like her parents in modern times, the Grand Princess and the Prince Consort were polite on the surface, a model couple, but behind their backs, they had many discontentments. The one who saw the most and knew the most was their daughter, Li Ji Yao.

  However, Hua Yuexuan would not press Li Jiyao for an answer because of this.

  No need.

  Li Ji Yao is a good girl, and even back in ancient times, I always had a soft spot for her in my heart. Li Ji Yao must have been so lonely that whenever she found someone she could trust a little, she would hold on to them like they were a lifeline.

  Lowering her head to gaze at the few tea leaves floating in the teacup, Hua Xiyuan seemed to see Li Qiaoyao's childish face appear before her eyes.

  The Grand Princess took two deep breaths, and her face gradually calmed down. Her eyes stared at Hua Yu Nian like a sharp needle: "Is the princess trying to frame the prince or destroy our marital relationship? Doesn't the princess know how ridiculous this is? The prince wants to divorce me! Throughout history, which prince has ever divorced a princess? Only princesses can divorce princes!"

  Hua Yu Yan just gave her a faint glance, and then her gaze fell on the Marquis who was curled up in a ball on the chair. Just as she saw that the fingers of the hand held by the Empress suddenly moved. At the same time, the Empress was startled, lowered her head, and saw the Marquis slowly opening his eyes, overjoyed: "Marquis!"

  The husband grasped the princess's hand and sat up, a pair of handsome eyes gazing at the princess with deep affection: "Making you worry is my fault."

  "The prince's body is unharmed, and this princess can finally put her heart at ease." The elder princess said to the prince with tears in her eyes.

  "The Marquis said, 'I believe Your Majesty has misunderstood me and the Princess. Our marriage has always been harmonious and smooth, and we were even praised by the late Emperor with the words "Si Nü Yi Wu" (four characters meaning "as close as the relationship between wet and dry"). Why don't you show those four characters to Her Majesty?'"

  With the words of the prince consort, Princess Chang nodded in agreement, her face becoming even more calm and composed. "Alright," she said, "I will immediately have someone bring it out from the study for Her Majesty to see clearly. The feelings between me and my husband are as clear as heaven and earth."

  "It's all right." Hua Yuexuan interrupted their conversation with just one sentence.

  The Grand Princess and her husband looked at her together, and a flash of light passed through the eyes of the two couples.

  Huā Yù Yán instructed the green Cui beside her. Green Cui immediately walked out. Next, the palace guards escorted two people into the great hall.

  This is a young woman and a four- or five-year-old boy.

  The groom's expression changed almost at the same time as he saw the mother and son.

  "Do you know who they are?" Hua Xiyue smiled and looked at the Crown Princess.

  The princess's face was as stern as iron, and her eyes seemed to want to kill Hua Yexing: "This princess doesn't understand your meaning."

  "How could Your Highness not know? This mother and son were almost thrown into the river by someone beside you."

  As soon as Hua Yexuan spoke, the Crown Prince's gaze, which seemed to devour people whole, locked onto Princess Chang.

  The princess bit her lip: "This princess really doesn't know who the empress is talking about. These two people, this princess doesn't even recognize."

  "Don't you know? Let me tell you, previously, there were about ten boys and girls who died. The prince consort can't possibly be unaware of all this." Hua Xiuyan didn't expect that the number of children killed by the eldest princess would be so many. However, in ancient times, it was not uncommon for a legitimate wife to kill off the children born to her husband by other women in order to protect her position. Not to mention that the eldest princess would never allow the concubine Hongyu to have an affair with someone else.

  As for this number, it was not investigated by her, but after catching the mother and son, the woman said what the husband had told her. So, the husband was aware of all the actions of the Empress Dowager. Facing a ruthless woman who killed her own child, even if she is the legitimate wife, unfortunately, she is the Empress Dowager, how much resentment should be buried in the heart of this husband.

  It's said that if it weren't for the fact that Princess Chang gave birth to her only daughter and soon became infertile, unable to add any more children to the Marquis' family. Princess Chang couldn't possibly take a concubine for the Marquis. The Marquis had no choice but to find women outside to bear him more children.

  "Nonsense! Nonsense!" The Empress Dowager walked over and slapped the young mother's face with her raised palm.

  The boy was frightened and burst into tears, rushing in the direction of the galloping horse: "Dad!"

  The child's innocent shout was like a sword piercing into the heart of Chang Gongzhu.

  The groom was too busy to care about anything else and hastily picked up the child.

  The princess's unsteady figure didn't dare to turn around and look at the scene of the father and son reuniting. Following that, her swaying heels steadied themselves, and with a chuckle, two laughs flew out of the princess's lips: "Empress, do you think I'm a jealous wife? How ridiculous. Ever since I couldn't give birth to any more children for my husband, I haven't been stingy about sending women into his chambers. It was he himself who didn't want them, saying that those women weren't comparable to me. Since today I've come to understand my husband's feelings, I'll immediately let this mother and son enter the manor."

  If they were really brought into the Long Princess's estate, that would be the end of them. The Long Princess could easily have them killed with her status. A hint of panic appeared in the eyes of the husband.

  "What's going on? Didn't the prince tell this child to call him father? Could it be that this child has recognized the wrong father?" The long princess turned her head, her gaze like an arrow off the string, locking onto a target that was not the prince, but rather the child.

  The little boy wailed loudly, like a bursting flood, and couldn't stop at all.

  "The prince, after taking a deep breath, pushed the child away: 'In the prince's heart, there has only been Princess Chang from start to finish. These people are all here to frame the prince and the princess's feelings, I hope the princess won't be deceived. Moreover, the prince doesn't know what kind of intention the empress dowager has, actually finding a mother and son pair like this to frame him!'"

  Right after that, the prince stood up with his hands clasped together in anger: "This prince will immediately enter the palace, meet with His Majesty, and confront the princess face-to-face to clear the name of this prince and the princess."

  What a lovely couple, model husband and wife, but in the end, it's just those poor kids who are being manipulated by their parents and sacrificed when necessary.

  Huā Yùyán's heart ached again when she thought of Lí Jìyáo, that little girl. This ache was like the one she had felt in modern times, as if they were overlapping into one piece.

  The son-in-law seemed full of confidence and strode quickly towards the outside.

  The Empress Hua looked at the Princess Chang: "Princess, actually, I didn't come to expose your affair, but to tell you something else. There is someone in this world who needs Your Highness's protection, and apart from you, there is no one else who can protect her."

  "This princess does not understand what the Empress means. If the Empress intends to continue framing this princess and the Prince Consort, I hope you will stop here." The Grand Princess said.

  "Since Your Highness has made up your mind, don't you even care about the life and death of your own daughter?"

  Astonishment flashed across Princess Chang's beautiful face.

  "You, you——" The long princess's mouth trembled and stuttered, "What did you say?"

  "Her Highness is indeed unaware. That jade pendant Her Highness had prayed for the health and well-being of the Duchess, do you know what it's used for?"

  "That jade pendant is a talisman that I, the princess, obtained from the temple to pray for the safety of my cousin! Is Her Majesty the Empress trying to frame me for plotting against her own biological daughter's life?!"

  "No." Hua Yu Yan said, "This palace believes in the kind heart of the Empress Dowager. The reason why the Empress Dowager does not allow the Prince Consort to take concubines and have children is precisely because she does not want her own flesh and blood to be harmed in the future. Because the Princess's temperament is too naive and innocent, it is easy for her to be deceived by others."

  The Empress's face sank: "You know, Your Majesty."

  The groom had already turned around, looking at Princess Daisi with a terrifying expression. So to speak, this woman, his legitimate wife, really poisoned so many people, her own flesh and blood?

  All because of Li Ji Yao.

  Entering the imperial family was something he couldn't accept willingly. With an imperial edict, no man could defy it. A daughter couldn't compare to a son. He was also the only child in his family; without a son, their ancestral line would be cut off with him. All because of this woman, that Long Princess, who had taken a liking to him, he was ruined for life and failed his ancestors.

  The Marquis's gaze, which had been directed at her, made the Eldest Princess suddenly feel a chill run down her back. She turned around to see the Marquis's pair of handsome eyes looking at her with an icy expression she had never seen before. Her heart skipped a beat and she forced a smile: "Is the Marquis blaming me?"

  The son-in-law didn't say anything.

  The princess's heart skipped a beat: "Husband, don't be deceived by the empress. Husband wants to take a concubine, as long as husband says a word, how can this princess not be willing to please her husband?"

  The imperial son-in-law still didn't speak. Because he knew, he was done for, thoroughly done for. Just now when he said he would go to see the emperor, it was all an act, and he had planned to slip away halfway. But this time, Huayexi had come prepared. Looking around, the entrance of the great hall, the courtyard, were all filled with palace guards. Inside, there were also heavily armed guards with high martial arts skills, and he was trapped, unable to fly even if he grew wings.

  "Princess." At this point, the prince could only softly utter a sentence, "I still hope that Your Highness will forgive me for what I have done."

  "What did you say?" The Empress Dowager's face suddenly changed, as if she had suffered an unprecedented blow. "Husband, what have you done? Don't scare me. You should know that the current Emperor is not like his ancestors!"

  "It's all because... " The prince's eyes flashed with red threads, "That year, my mother passed away, and before she died, she told me that the incense fire must not be cut off in my generation. However, no matter how I think about it, I know that the princess will definitely not allow me to have other children again. I thought and thought, as the empress said, the princess is not without sending women into my room, so it's not for herself, but only for the county lord."

  The Grand Princess's heart was racing violently in her chest, and stars were flashing before her eyes. She stretched out her hand, grabbed the Prince Consort, and fixed him with a deadly stare. "What did you say? What have you done to my daughter?" she spat out, word by word.

  The prince closed his eyes, biting his lips tightly, a thread of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. As he suddenly fell to the ground, the princess suddenly let go, then shook him like crazy: "You can't die, speak! Speak what you did to my daughter!"

  Huā Yùyán closed her eyes, thinking back to that year in modern times. It was the same then too. Her mother shook her father violently: "Are you crazy? Are you out of your mind?! She's your own daughter! You're harming her for the sake of your own status and position! You're worse than a beast!"

  They say women are poisonous scorpions. Men can be poisonous too, but it's hard to describe. A tiger does not eat its own son. It's just a legend after all.

  The pain of that one knife in the heart is a decision for the past, and it's a decision for Li Ji Yao's past.

  It was only because of a certain scent that she noticed the jade pendant on Li Qi Yao's waistband. Sandalwood, it was the same smell as what she had smelled in the Moon Chamber last night. Li Qi Yao had worn it for so long and San Qi had been by her side for so long that they hadn't detected anything unusual. But as soon as she smelled it, she immediately felt a dizzy and uncomfortable feeling. Perhaps it was because of her unstable seven souls and six spirits that she was more sensitive to this smell than anyone else.

  This amulet, if she wasn't mistaken, was something that absorbed a person's vital energy. Fortunately, Li Jiuyao had a good body and wore it for so many years. Due to Li Jiuyao's simple and pure thoughts, she lived a happy life every day, and the thing didn't absorb her vital energy. If it were an ordinary person with some evil intentions, they would have been possessed by this thing long ago and died early. Li Jiuyao was able to hold on for so long, thanks to her naturally silly personality. On the other hand, perhaps the prince had some memories of his father in his heart and didn't plan to let his daughter die so soon.

  For this, she gave Li Jiuyao that sachet, which was some flowers and grasses that were said to have the effect of driving out evil spirits. Moreover, once those flowers and grasses combined with the sandalwood, they would wrap around the sandalwood and return to the practitioner themselves. This point, probably even the opponent did not realize. So, at that time, looking at Empress Dowager and Chen Shi felt familiar eyes, not because their words and deeds or appearance made her feel familiar eyes, but precisely this kind of breath in the sachet she gave Li Jiuyao.

  Now, this Marquis Ye, because he was given the silver cuff sent by her last night, learned that she would go to the Long Gong Zhu's mansion early in the morning, and hastily left the fake Chen Shi's body from the Yongshou Palace and returned to his true form. As a result, the operational ability of this Marquis Ye is far inferior to that big fish, and he was so anxious to operate incorrectly that he ended up vomiting blood and dying.

  It's not that the husband is planning to rebel, but rather that the eldest princess has been driving her own husband to death. The husband who is trapped in the eldest princess's mansion appears to be enjoying wealth and glory on the surface, but in reality, he is like a caged beast being raised by the princess. If there is any husband who is not willing to be controlled by the princess, he will eventually bring about his own downfall.

  The Empress Dowager lay on the body of her son-in-law, wailing in grief: "How can you be so stupid! Even if you wanted to rebel, I could have helped you plead for mercy from the Emperor! Why did you want to harm my daughter? By killing her, aren't you killing your own flesh and blood?! In your heart, do I and my daughter not even occupy a single position?"

  Entered the royal family, how much sorrow, how much blood rain. The wealth and glory of the imperial family, the prosperity of the imperial family, are all built on a pile of white bones.

  Seeing the Empress Dowager crying so sorrowfully, it seemed that no one was not shedding tears. Green Jade stole a glance at her own master, but found that on her master's lips, there was only a hint of coldness.

  In Hua Yuxuan's view, Princess Chang's crying was just a case of "the rabbit dies and the fox grieves". Princess Chang had been a member of the royal family since childhood and understood the affairs within the palace better than anyone. In fact, she knew more clearly than anyone that it was she who had driven her husband to death. But what could be done? She was Princess Chang, and she had to maintain the imperial bloodline; she couldn't let a child born of a woman without imperial blood climb over her own daughter's head.

  Let the husband die if he must. After all, he was just a tool for her to give birth to children. What's more important is that her daughter cannot die. She pinned her hopes on her daughter marrying into a higher social status and bringing her greater glory, formally entering the annals of history.

  "Go back." Hua Yu Yan said softly and stood up.

  Green willow and Auntie Liu followed behind her.

  The Grand Princess's mournful wails echoed from the main hall and reached the entrance of the princess's mansion.

  Huā Yùyán walked to the door, looked up at the two colored lanterns hanging on the door, and said with a pursed lip: "Help the princess take them down. It's not good to hang these now."

  Xiao Wu's bright green eyes smiled meaningfully at her, and in the moment when others were stunned, he had already flown onto the roof, his movements agile, and with a stretch of his hand, he picked up the two colorful lanterns and said to her: "Or, shall I take them back and let the princess play with them in the palace?"

  He immediately gave him a stern look at these words.

  Refugees are refugees.

  Huā Yùyán turned her head, and said to Xiǎo Wǔ with a raised eyebrow: "It's a pity to throw it away, take it back and let the Crown Prince and Huā Gōngzǐ play with it."

  Zhu Ying and Zhui Yue's faces immediately darkened by a shade.

  Xiao Wu hung two colored lanterns directly on her sedan chair.

  Hua Yuezhen sat in the sedan chair, taking this opportunity to catch her breath.

  Greenery accompanied the sedan chair, watching the pale face of Liu Guniang walking in front. Liu Guniang was frightened by Hua Xiyue. Seven or eight years ago, she had not followed this master and did not know her ferocity. After these seven or eight years, suddenly following this master, the longer she followed, the more she felt the master's ferocity, which was beyond comparison to Hu Taifei and Zhang Gongzhu. No wonder, no wonder the emperor said that he would only marry one person in the world, Palace Xiyue.

  After entering the palace gate, the person in front asked: Are you going back to which place? The Moon Chamber Palace or somewhere else?

  Huā Yùyán thought for a moment: "Return to the Moon Palace."

  In the palace, at this moment, there must be layers of heavy troops guarding. The emperor wants to catch a big fish. She has to stay quietly in the Moon Chamber Hall. Otherwise, if she is caught by him, she will be punished again.

  Before leaving the palace to go to the residence of the eldest princess, apart from wanting to help him, what's more important is because of Li Ji Yao. Hoped that even if things were exposed, she could still be by Li Ji Yao's side to comfort this young duchess. But this naive and romantic young duchess, don't know if it was because she was too clever or not, from start to finish didn't appear at the residence of the eldest princess.

  Next, it's up to Empress Dowager Long to decide how to tell her daughter the truth.

  Yongshou Palace

  Jia Chen's body had completely turned into a cold and stiff corpse. Moreover, as time passed, news came from the Long Gongzhu Mansion that the Marquis' soul had returned, and Jia Chen's body no longer looked human, revealing a wooden puppet made of straw underneath the faded magic.

  The palace maid who served the two old empress dowagers was so frightened that her face turned white, shouting "Ghost!" all the way as she rushed out of the Palace of Eternal Longevity.

  Li Shunde received the news and reported it to Li Zimo in Guangyang Hall.

  Li Zimo accompanied his two sons for a night in Guangyang Hall, first instructing the people around him not to tell Hua Xiyuan about the nightmare his son had. Then, he listened to Li Shunde talk about the strange things that happened in Yongsou Palace.

  "Reporting back to Your Majesty, the Yongshou Palace is in a state of panic. The Empress Dowager has yet to awaken. Shall we invite the Imperial Physician to make a visit?" Li Shunde asked for instructions.

  Li Zimo personally listened to the menu reported by the imperial kitchen and said, "The two princes didn't sleep well last night, so let's keep the breakfast light."

  "The slave understands." Zhang Gonggong retreated and let the Imperial Kitchen re-prepare.

  Li Shunde is still waiting with his hands clasped together.

  Li Zimo took over the towel and wiped his hands, then asked: "After the empress returned to the palace, did she go to the Moon Chamber Hall?"

  "Yes, Your Majesty."

  "Pass on My words: let the Empress stay in the Moon Palace and not come out. I will have two young princes go to the Moon Palace to dine with the Empress."

  "I'll have someone send word right away."

  "I want to have breakfast with Yun Zong here. Have someone go and invite Yun Zong."

  Li Shunde replied, "Besides answering your question, I'd like to ask: 'Your Majesty, about the Yongshou Palace...'".

  "Gong Da Ren flew an eagle to send a message, confirming that both of my imperial grandmothers are now at Jing Ci An." Lei Zi Mo said calmly.

  Li Shunde was taken aback.

  "By order of the Emperor, immediately arrest and imprison in a maximum-security cell the two impostors claiming to be My Imperial Grandmothers within the Yongshou Palace."

  Li Shunde was still stunned. This wasn't about that fake Chen family member who had already become a straw man, so why were they being dragged into the big prison?

  "Don't you understand what I'm saying?"

  Li Shunde hastily knocked his head and retreated.

  The residence of a high-ranking official.

  Jin Niangniang slipped out of the back door. Looking left and right, she didn't see anyone else, so she ran desperately from the alley into an inn, knocking on a certain room's door.

  The door opened automatically without anyone opening it.

  The old woman touched her chest and walked in. The door closed automatically behind her, giving her another cold sweat.

  "Have you brought the things?"

  In the dark guest room, Jin Yini could only see one person who seemed to be sitting on the bed, stretching out a hand towards her. The hand was white and slender, with distinct joints, it was a man's hand, yet more delicate than a woman's.

  The old woman took out the jade pendant from her bosom and placed it in the other person's palm, swallowing hard: "This is the one. It was the token of friendship exchanged between the young lady of the Palace and my family's young lady many years ago."

  The man rubbed the jade block with his palm, feeling the flowing energy inside, and said: "Alright, you can go. If you dare to cheat me, be careful of your wife's life and your own dog life."

  "How dare the old slave and his wife deceive Your Excellency?" Just as Jin Lao Tai Tai finished speaking, she received a cold glance from the man, which made her heart skip a beat. She forced a smile and said, "The old slave will leave immediately and not disturb Your Excellency's business."

  The gate opened automatically, and Jin Aiyi fled like a drowned rat.

  The man carefully felt the jade block in his palm again after she left, and when he couldn't feel anything unusual, a cold smile hung on the corner of his lips: "Gong Qiu Suo, you can't kill me for the first time. Let's see if you still have this good luck next time."

  A small jade block was spinning in the pale white fingers of a man, resembling a snake's head. A square-shaped magical array quickly enveloped the jade block.

  After the spell was activated, astronomical talismans appeared on both arms of the man.

  Just as the spell had just been cast for less than a moment, a look of astonishment suddenly appeared on the man's face, followed by a mouthful of blood that involuntarily spurted out of his mouth.

  The man touched his chest, his eyes staring at the blood he spat out in shock and disbelief: "No, how is this possible?"

  Outside the window, in the streets and alleys below, the common people are rushing to tell each other: it is said that two impostors pretending to be the old empress dowager have appeared in the palace. The imperial court has now arrested suspects and the emperor has ordered them to be executed by fire.

  The man jumped down from bed, pulled open the curtains, and a ray of light shot into his eyes, which made him wince.

  Death by burning!

  Only in the center of the square, two gallows were erected on the execution platform. The people could only watch from a hundred feet away, and from afar, they vaguely saw two figures bound to the gallows. With the emperor's order, the executioner ignited the piles of firewood under the gallows. Flames quickly rose up, like two dragons, and soon engulfed the two people on the gallows.

  The man's robe suddenly caught fire. He frantically patted it with his hands, but the flames wouldn't go out.

  "Ancestor, Ancestor!" The man whose body was engulfed in flames knelt down on both knees and shouted towards the sky, "I know I was wrong, save me! Quick, make them stop! I'll be burned to death! Didn't you love my beauty the most, Ancestor? Are you willing to watch my beautiful face being burned?"

  The sky, as if in response to his voice, flashed a bolt of lightning. The tail end of the lightning, like a sharp spearhead, quickly pierced the mask on the man's face.

  The mask cracked and fell to the ground, splitting into two halves. The man's face turned pale with terror as he hastily covered his face with both hands. Underneath his long and beautiful fingers, however, were deep wrinkles that resembled trenches, covering the entire surface of his face.

  A low, muffled dragon voice seemed to come from underground: "I loved the beauty of Empress Hu, so I let her keep her beauty to accompany me in eternal sleep. But Empress Hu insisted on escaping from the coffin. Now, my Empress Hu's beauty has faded, and she may not be able to rest by my side forever."

  After hearing this, the man spat out another mouthful of blood and pressed his palm against his chest: "Lizimiao, you think you can pretend to be my ancestor's voice and deceive me? I am Empress Dowager Hu, you dare to kill me, it is unfilial, and will suffer heavenly punishment."

  "Do you want to kill Our Empress? Shouldn't you be punished by Heaven instead? Or is this punishment already upon yourself?"

  A faint golden light shot in from the window, and as the shadows faded away, a dragon robe appeared before the man.

  The man stared at the curse symbols on his arm, the direction of which represented the object of the curse. Now, these symbols all pointed to himself. The man looked at the jade block in his palm in confusion, this jade block was indeed the one from Gong Xiuxiu, so what was going on that caused the curse to backfire onto himself?

  "This is all thanks to the wisdom of My Empress, who has never been wrong in her judgment. My Empress knows that those she treats with kindness will ultimately treat her with kindness as well."

  Zi Yunyan finally made a choice, taking the jade pendant from Li Jiuyao and connecting it with the jade block that Gong Qiu gave her using a technique, forming a counter-curse array. As a result, as long as a curse is cast on Gong Qiu's jade block to harm him, it will backfire onto the owner of the jade pendant worn by Li Jiuyao.

  "Hahaha." The man laughed loudly, looking up at the sky. "This foolish woman, doesn't she know that by doing this, she's going to kill her own mother? I just need to move a single finger and her mother will die, paying the price for what she did to me!"

  Jin Aya walked halfway, suddenly her eyes turned black, and then her hands and feet started emitting dark smoke. Jin Aya exclaimed in shock, kneeling down: "Miss! Miss, didn't you promise me that you wouldn't harm me and the madam?"

  Who thought they could escape after committing a crime? Qi Yunyan stood by the window, gazing out at her mother's courtyard, where she saw a maid rush out of Madame Qi's chambers, looking frantic and shouting: "Madam, Madam, it's on fire!"

  A debt must be repaid. At first, she had thought of many ways to help her mother repay the debt. However, those small things she did for Madame Wang could not make up for the guilt in her heart.

  What must be repaid will ultimately have to be repaid.

  No one can stop it.

  Qiyun closed her eyes. As she listened to the servant calling out "Master", and her father not hurrying towards her mother's courtyard, she heard Sanqi hastily rushing into the mansion, crying loudly in front of the princess: The husband has passed away!

  Li Jiya stood up, her two eyeballs staring blankly, and finally, the ring-shaped protective amulet tied to her waist by her parents suddenly fell to the ground and split into four or five pieces.

  If one hadn't committed evil deeds oneself, how would one have invited such retribution?

  The Palace of the Imperial Family.

  It was the calmest household in Beijing last night and today amidst the turmoil of the past 24 hours.

  Linglong didn't understand what was wrong with his wife. Everyone outside was talking about how their young mistress had come back to life. But the palace lady showed no reaction at all, as if it wasn't her own daughter who had been revived. Linglong felt anxious about this. Thinking of the situation in the mansion, the eldest young master had gone out on business and hadn't returned, and the old master was being detained by the emperor somewhere and hadn't come home yet. The lady's attitude of not making any decisions at all made everyone in the mansion feel uneasy.

  It wasn't until the morning that news came from the palace, saying that Madame Gong was to enter the palace at noon. Linglong was overjoyed and tearful upon hearing this, knowing that the Emperor wanted Madame Gong and her daughter to have a mother-daughter reunion.

  Linglong received the news from the palace and immediately went into the room to report to her master: "Madam, madam, someone has come from the palace."

  Madam Gong lay quietly on her bed.

  Linglong was frightened, and she went forward to check. She saw that Madame Gong's eyes were tightly closed, her breathing was normal, but she just wouldn't wake up. This was enough to scare her. She hastily turned around, wanting to run out to call a doctor.

  Suddenly, a figure flashed at the door.

  The majestic blue robe sparkled with countless ripples in the sunlight. Linglong, after a moment of surprise, hastily paid her respects: "Cloud Sect Master."

  Yun Chenjing often visited the Gong family since childhood and naturally became familiar with Linglong.

  "Is the lady inside?" Yun Chenjing asked.

  Linglong nodded: "Yes." Hurriedly followed by saying: "The lady seems to be ill."

  She had barely finished speaking when Blue Robe brushed past her and flew to the bedside of Madame Wang.

  Right behind the Cloud Dust Scene, Qing Hu's face looked a bit unsightly, his fists clenched: Afraid, afraid that it was indeed anticipated by the Sect Master. If it were really so, wouldn't the Sect Master... wouldn't he do something for her that would make those old men in the clan furious?

  Huayu Yuese, waiting for her two sons in the Moon Chamber Hall, suddenly twitched her eyelid and panicked, asking: "Isn't the Emperor in the palace?"

  "I'm not clear about it, I'll go ask around." Lü Cuì replied.

  Huā Yùyán touched her chest and said, "Let's ask around again where the Cloud Sect Master went."

  Green nodded and walked out quickly.

  At the door, two sons walked in. The young prince, who had been worried about his brother all night and hadn't slept well, had dark circles under his eyes. However, when he saw Hua Yu Yan, the corners of his elegant lips immediately lifted up, revealing a happy expression. Hua Yu Yan patted him on the head: "Your Highness didn't sleep well last night?"

  The young prince didn't dare say it was because of the nightmare that his younger brother had been kidnapped, and could only nod vaguely.

  "Come and have some breakfast first. Later, I'll tell the Emperor to let you take a nap." Huayu said tenderly to her son.

  Looking back, her gaze fell on her youngest son behind her.

  The little foodie was walking and yawning, seemingly didn't sleep well either.

  Hua Yuanyan thought, perhaps it was all because of the commotion in the palace that both sons couldn't sleep well. So she took one hand and pulled him to sit at the table edge, telling someone to quickly bring up breakfast.

  The little foodie sat on her mother's right side, twisted her body, leaned close to her ear and blew a breath: "Mom, someone told me to tell you that you should know when to let go."

  What is this kid saying? What should be cut off will be cut off?

  Huā Yùyán furrowed her brow and looked down at her son: "Mùmù, who taught you to speak like that?"

  Afraid of being discovered by the young prince, Xiao Chi forced his mother's head down and whispered into her ear the secret words that Hua Lao Tai Jun had taught him.

  The child spoke intermittently with some anxiety. Hua Xiyan listened, and suddenly felt a sense of trepidation. Someone had actually managed to get through the layers of guards at the imperial palace, without their parents' knowledge, and make contact with her son. Fortunately, these people didn't seem to want to harm Xiao Chi. Moreover, they had saved Old Lady Hua's life. However, what Old Lady Hua said just happened to confirm the suspicion that the Evil King's sigh that night had left in her heart.

  The soul of the eldest daughter of the Huahua family, floating on the other side of the river, due to the shame and reluctance in her heart, made it difficult for the eldest daughter of the Huahua family to enter reincarnation.

  A faint, indescribable sense of sorrow floated to the surface of Huajiu's heart. Regardless of whether the young mistress of the Huajia had already been on the verge of death or not, and regardless of whether her fate had already been sealed or not, she had still managed to help Gong Qianyu become a disaster doll before dying. The pain in Old Lady Hua's heart was probably even more unbearable. She had treated her like her own granddaughter and protected her.

  Now, she can only do one thing, let go of the soul of the young lady of the Huahua family and fulfill the unfinished filial piety for the young lady of the Huahua family.

  She stretched out her hand, and the little boy was wrapped in her arms. In the brief moment when she closed her eyes, it seemed as if a voice came from the other side of the river, saying "thank you" to her. As she nodded, that wisp of soul flew across the river. At the same time, a warmth spread through her chest, and something flowed back into her body, accompanied by the harmonious sound of seven souls and six spirits.

  It is Feng Yin, the imperial seal of Empress Dongling, returned to her seven souls and six spirits.

  The matter should have ended there, if it weren't for the sudden news from the Gong family.

  Above the Dongling Imperial Palace, six white silhouettes suddenly appeared.

  The young master's body shook violently, and his surprised eyes stared at the six old men descending from the sky. He knew these people, they were the ones he met when he followed Yun Uncle back to Yun Uncle's territory, the six respected elders of the Yun clan.

  The Yun tribe adopts a patriarchal and elder system. The Yun tribe is ruled by the patriarch, while the Council of Elders assists the patriarch in handling internal affairs, including protecting the patriarch's personal safety.

  These six elders were all old men in the Yunchen Jing elder's cabinet. They wore white robes, had crane hair and childlike faces, with white eyebrows and jade-like standing postures, each having a somewhat different expression.

  Six people stood at the gate of the Moon Chamber Hall, lined up in order, and sent one person as a representative to enter the Moon Chamber Hall first.

  Hua Yuye saw this and immediately stood up, walked out to welcome the noble guest.

  People in the Cloud Clan are mostly used to being like Yun Chenjing, and they won't even give a heads up before coming. It's like falling into clouds and fog, leaving others unaware of their intentions.

  However, when it comes to the centuries-long friendship between the Yun tribe and the Dongling imperial family, these elders will not come over with malicious intentions towards the mother and son.

  As Hua Yuexuan just walked to the door, the first elder who came towards her suddenly flashed and moved away. In the moment when Hua Yuexuan was on high alert and dodged, that elder had already brushed past her side and flew straight to the two young princes.