"I've considered many people, and I think everyone in the Wei family has a motive to harm me, but I never dared to think it was you."
"Eighteen years, even raising a dog would be hard to bear."
She lowered her head, no longer looking at Yan Qing whose eyes were trembling with fear, and stared blankly at the tip of her boots: "I am someone who has died once. I woke up with the memories of my past life. In order to survive, I made many preparations, made friends with talented people in the martial arts world, and worked hard to cultivate martial arts."
"Now that things have come to this, I have a clear understanding, and I only have one question for you."
She took a deep breath: "If I really die, will you regret killing me?"
"Regret?" Yan Qing's voice was hoarse. "What's done is done, why regret it?"
"I understand." She raised her eyes again, no longer looking at the cold and ruthless woman.
The idea of rebirth is indeed astonishing and extremely rare, but Gu Chenzi has something more important to him.
She held Yan Qing in her arms, trying to warm her with her body heat. Compared to Yan Qing, she looked truly miserable now, with a full head of white hair, and in less than half a month, she looked emaciated.
"etc!"
Gu Chenzi cleared his throat: "Wait a minute, I have something to ask you."
Princess Changyang sat casually in her chair, already guessing what the questioner was asking.
The venerable Elder Xuanyin, who had roamed the martial world for half her life, had lost all her prestige at this moment. She opened her mouth, then bit her lip, and finally asked the question that had been lingering in her heart for many days.
"What you said that day, was it true?"
"It's true."
She took out the leather scroll from her bosom, used her finger as a knife to cut off the secret manual on which the Compassionate Spell was written, leaving the part written at the beginning by the Compassionate Master, and threw it into Gu Chenzi's arms with great accuracy.
Having obtained the leather scroll, Gu Chenzi disregarded his drowsy state in the water prison and looked closely—it was indeed written by Nian Cibei himself.
She dared not misread a single word on it. By the end, her shoulders slumped, and the last glimmer of light in her eyes completely dimmed.
"This is where you two will end up. I will never come here again."
Her Highness rose, dusted off her sleeves, and vanished like the wind.
The water prison returned to a deathly silence.
Upon learning of her true identity, Gu Chenzi felt moved and wanted to shed a couple of tears, but sadly discovered that at her age, she could no longer shed tears.
Since even the bones of the compassionate body have returned to dust, why should we care about her few tears?
She couldn't cry, and Yan Qing couldn't laugh. She stared intently in the direction her adopted daughter had resolutely left, her expression constantly shifting.
A moment later, a familiar sound rang out—the cage sank, and the two were once again plunged into the cold water, where endless torment awaited them once more.
Emerging from the damp water dungeon, the bright spring sunshine generously poured down. Ji Pingxi straightened his back and said, "I can't stay trapped in the past any longer. I need to step out and embrace a better life."
She told Yan Qing and Gu Chenzi about her rebirth without any hesitation.
Those who are destined to die are imprisoned in water dungeons, never seeing the light of day. Even if they shout and scream, people will only think that they have become mentally unstable.
Moreover, both of them were people who would try their best to maintain a semblance of dignity even when they had none.
Returning to Yangchun Palace from the water dungeon, Ji Pingxi felt a sense of relief, as if the past had faded away with the wind, leaving him with no regrets.
It's all in the past now.
She sat on the edge of the bed and kissed Yuzhi's cheek, accidentally waking her up.
He was a scoundrel when it came to love and sex, and rarely showed any tenderness or affection in the present moment. When Yu Zhi woke up and saw those eyes that shone like stars, her heart fluttered, and her toes curled up involuntarily, like a shy little deer.
"Xi Xi?"
"Get up, I'll draw you a picture."
draw?
Yu Zhi thought about many things for a moment, and asked shyly, "Wearing clothes or not?"
The question was so direct that Ji Pingxi was taken aback for a moment before leaning over her, hugging her, and laughing: "What do you want?"
"..."
Of course she wants to wear clothes!
"I like being naked." Princess Changyang toyed with a lock of her concubine's hair, her expression alluring.
How could Yu Zhi, a mere mortal, possibly withstand such a bewitching demeanor from a fairy of such refined beauty?
Ji Pingxi used his beauty to intimidate the other party, making them breathless and flustered, and they agreed to the unprofitable agreement without thinking.
Yu Zhi thought to herself that she was cunning and trying to cheat, but after being pinned down on the bed and given a beating, she finally cried and became obedient.
"Are you convinced?"
Yu Zhi bit her lip, turned away, and ignored her.
She ignored him, but Ji Pingxi had plenty of ways to make her submit. However, she didn't know which method to use at the moment. Her gaze lingered on the small section of the beauty's exposed neck, and she softened her voice: "Are you going to submit or not?"
The scent of agarwood lingered all around, and Yu Zhi's heart pounded like a drum. She tried her best to maintain her pride and resist her tyranny, her face covered by the quilt, and remained silent.
Having spent a year together, the newly appointed Princess Changyang knew her personality perfectly well. She lowered her head and kissed her soft hair: "Spring is just right, would you like to go out of the palace to see your mother?"
Whoosh!
Yu Zhi peeked out from under the covers and cried out that she had been tricked when she saw someone's smug smile. Trying to escape? How could Her Highness give her a chance to escape?
He held the beauty's shoulders and kissed her until she was dizzy and disoriented.
Her face was moist and rosy from the rain, like a peach blossom, and when she looked up, she had become the fragrant color of spring water, which was truly tempting to look at.
"Are you convinced?"
Yu Zhi wrapped her arms around her neck, no longer acting spoiled or denying it, and said coquettishly, "Why do you always ask me if I'm convinced or not?"
That's a very insightful question.
Princess Pingxi's eyes brightened slightly, her voice inexplicably alluring: "Do you admit that you can't last a single round against this princess?"
Her words were loaded with hidden meaning and quite indecent. Yu Zhi's ears turned bright red, and her chest heaved up and down. She didn't know where she got the courage, but she kicked the world's number one martial arts master so hard that he fell off the bed.
...
April is a beautiful time, filled with lovely scenery and kind people.
Accustomed to court life, Yuzhi was taken out by the princess to help out on the south side of Xuanwu Street.
After many years, His Majesty finally restored the glory that the Liu family of Jinghe deserved, bestowing upon them ten thousand taels of gold, granting them a spacious house, posthumously conferring upon Liu Zicheng the title of First-Rank Marquis of Loyalty and Valor, and treating his family members with great respect.
Ji Ying's actions can be summarized as follows: first, to scold Liu Zicheng on the city tower; second, to compensate the Empress Dowager for her ruthless persecution of the Liu family; and third, because her daughter had told a colossal lie about "pretending to be a concubine," hoping that if things were better for Liu Boyan, her daughter would suffer less in the future.
His love for his daughter was profound, so early in the morning, the princess, who had been pampered, was banished from the palace by the emperor and empress, under the pretext of—going to win favor with her mother-in-law.
A cheap mother-in-law is actually not cheap at all.
Ji Pingxi carried things with a resentful look on her face, feeling wronged: after all, she was a princess of the Great Yan Dynasty, while that fake Ji Qingyao could enjoy eighteen years of wealth and honor just by relying on the title of princess, but when it came to her turn, she had to specially leave the palace to help people move.
With the sun high in the sky, Princess Yunzhang didn't lower her voice at all, praising to her mother, "Yan'er, look how filial and majestic His Highness is! He can lift such a big bed with one hand..."
Ji Pingxi, who was supporting the bed with one hand: "..."
This is so embarrassing! How come my royal aunt only has one mouth?
Liu Boyan was not skilled in martial arts and could not imagine the scene of someone lifting an ivory bed with one hand. However, she was touched that her good son-in-law was still willing to condescend to help her under the bright sun. Even though she did not like Ji Rong at the moment, she nodded and said, "Your Highness's fondness for Zhizhi is just a matter of loving the house because of the dog."
Ji Rong smiled so wide her eyes disappeared: "That makes sense."
Upon hearing this, Ji Pingxi instinctively wanted to put down the heavy and large bed—it sounded as if she loved Zhizhi so much.
Just as she was struggling with whether to entrust her with the task or to let her go, Yu Zhi walked over gracefully, took out a handkerchief to wipe her sweat, and looked at her with concern: "Aren't you tired? The Princess is too, how could she let you do such hard work?"
Gentle words are the most comforting. Receiving a word of concern from her felt like eating a cool melon on a hot day, making Ji Pingxi feel refreshed and relieving the heat.
"It's alright." She lowered herself slightly so that Yu Zhi could wipe the sweat from her neck. After wiping it, she smiled with bright eyes: "It'll be over in a moment. Go and keep your mother company."
Yu Zhi obediently returned to her mother's side, only to be bombarded with praise about how wonderful Xi Xi was and how the young couple should live a good life together.
She felt guilty listening to these words. In her mother's eyes, Xi Xi loved her deeply, but only she knew that Xi Xi only liked her color and body.
To maintain a semblance of obedience and gentleness in her bedchamber, that man was quite willing to put on a show of respect for his mother.
She didn't know if this was good or bad, but she always felt that the truth would eventually come out. Her mother was praising Xi Xi at this moment, but if she knew the truth, she would definitely not be able to accept it.
Ji Rong looked at the mother and daughter, then raised her eyebrows and looked at her good niece who was going in and out of the courtyard.
Ji Pingxi was so tired that he stood with his hands on his hips.
With her powerful skills and the title of "the greatest martial arts master in the world," she naturally deserves to be given more responsibilities.
All the large items were loaded onto the long cart used for transporting furniture, and the street outside was crowded with people.
The people seemed to have never seen such a capable princess before, and they all craned their necks to witness the amazing sight of the 'fairy carrying the bed'. Upon seeing it, the princess blushed.
As they boarded the carriage back to the Yu residence, Ji Pingxi was still muttering things like, "Never call me Princess again if something like this happens again," or "The people of the capital are making a fuss over nothing."
Yu Zhi covered her mouth with her handkerchief and laughed.
"Laugh? What's so funny?"
She was furious, and the more she thought about it, the more upset she became, exclaiming that she had been tricked by Ji Yunzhang.
How could she be so easily fooled by a few words?
Ji Rong used the pretext of "filial piety" to coax her good niece into helping with the move out of respect for the favored concubine, which shows that she had a firm grasp on Ji Pingxi's weaknesses.
Princess Changyang was extremely filial at heart. Putting herself in her mother's shoes, she couldn't bear to see Yuzhi lose face in front of her mother and be tricked into joining a treacherous ship.
Yu Zhi leaned closer and kissed her puffed-up cheek: "Thank you, Xi Xi."
Even after receiving a sweet kiss, the princess was still angry. She raised her phoenix eyes and said, "Tonight I want to try what's behind me."
"..."
Yu Zhi turned her face away, pretending not to hear.
Did you hear that?
The beautiful woman pretended to be deaf and dumb, which infuriated everyone.
Princess Pingxi closed her eyes and said, "I'd rather die of anger."