Chapter 480 Only one of the two can live!

The two masters returned to the Guanyin Hall, and Que'er and Zhuiyu quickly cleaned up the mess on the ground.

Sparrow: "Hey, Your Highness's mouth is getting more and more talkative."

"I remember he used to be a real sharp-tongued devil, but look how happy he makes the girl now."

Zhuiyu said with a hint of smugness, "This is what it means to meet the right person."

"Perhaps, if our prince had been able to grow up like a normal child under the care of the Imperial Concubine, he wouldn't have turned into the vicious person he became later."

"Is this truly your nature, Your Highness?"

Sparrow: "The same goes for you, Miss."

“The girl used to always seem preoccupied, she rarely cried, and she didn’t laugh much either. I always felt that she lacked a bit of human warmth.”

"It seems she harbors a deep-seated obsession to push all those who bullied her in that mansion to the brink of utter ruin."

"Actually, everything the girl did was to protect herself and the people she cherished."

"But now there is another prince, and those people have received their just deserts. The girl can cry and laugh loudly too."

“Every time I see them holding hands and facing all obstacles and difficulties together, I know that the girl will no longer be alone.”

"Although the girl is very capable now, I still feel sad because no one is protecting her."

"The girl continues to be busy every day and no longer cares about the fate or life and death of those people from before."

"But I always felt that she only completely escaped from the quagmire of being switched at birth a year ago after she woke up."

Zhuiyu: "From then on, the two of them had someone to hold hands with, and they would never be as lonely as before."

Sparrow: "Mmm."

Looking at the little girl beside her nodding her head repeatedly, Zhuiyu felt a warm glow in her heart.

Actually, he was one of them.

Xie Huaiyuan and Zongzheng Zhiyuan searched the entire Ningyuan Temple.

Sure enough, apart from the two of them, there was no other sign of life in the entire temple.

They were truly trapped inside the temple.

Zongzheng Zhiyuan recalled that apart from the bloody meat on the table and the wild vegetables in the pot, there was nothing else to eat in this temple.

Unable to withstand the hunger, cold, and fear, Xie Huaiyuan rushed to the kitchen first, ready to have a hearty meal.

However, when they arrived at the kitchen, there were no pheasants or rabbits to be found.

Even the wild vegetable soup in the pot is gone!

But the stove hole was still clearly warm!

"No, it's all gone. Everything's gone!"

"It must be her doing again. Zongzheng Qingyue is trying to force us to our deaths—"

Zongzheng Zhiyuan could no longer bear it and turned to rush towards the Guanyin Hall.

Upon arriving at the Guanyin Hall, she pointed at the Guanyin statue and began to curse, "Zongzheng Qingyue, I know it's you!"

"You want to force me and Brother Huaiyuan to our deaths, you want revenge, don't you?"

"But since you've been dead for nineteen years, why do you have to do this now?"

"Can't you just leave us alone?"

Xie Huaiyuan caught up with him from behind.

Seeing the empty palace with no response, he inexplicably climbed onto the altar.

He walked behind the Buddha statue and saw that there was nothing there. He suddenly burst into laughter.

"Moon, I knew it, you can't let me go, can you?"

"Otherwise, you wouldn't have killed so many people just to scare me without actually harming me."

Xie Huaiyuan stared at the Guanyin statue with fascination, reaching out to touch Guanyin's face.

Unfortunately, the statue of Guanyin was as tall as the roof, and he couldn't reach it even if he stood on tiptoe.

Seeing this, Zongzheng Zhiyuan grew even angrier: "Xie Huaiyuan, have you gone mad?"

"Even if it's Zongzheng Qingyue's face, she is still Guanyin!"

"Look at you, you're like a madman!"

"Get down here now!"

Xie Huaiyuan kicked over all the offerings next to him.

Then he actually sat down on the spot.

He sat cross-legged in meditation and said coldly, "Crazy?"

So what if he's crazy?

"I've been imprisoned in Ningyuan Temple for over twenty years. Shouldn't I be able to go insane, or shouldn't I?"

"Since Yue'er insists on scaring us, then I'll just sit here and let her do whatever she wants with me."

"As long as she is happy, I would accept it even if I starved to death on this altar."

Zongzheng Zhiyuan then realized that although Xie Huaiyuan was a selfish and wicked person, the only person he loved most in his heart was Zongzheng Qingyue.

She gave a bitter, self-deprecating smile.

He simply asked, "You said you were imprisoned in Ningyuan Temple?"

"Brother Huaiyuan, what exactly is going on?"

Having come this far, Xie Huaiyuan had nothing left to hide.

"Back then, for the sake of the Xie family, I personally sent her to that man's bed."

"In order to preserve her innocence, she immediately shouted that she wanted to go to Daliang to marry a princess."

"Afterwards, in order to get revenge on me, she personally asked that person for an imperial edict, ordering me, Xie Huaiyuan, the eldest son of the Xie family, to come to Ningyuan Temple to become a monk."

"For all eternity, he shall not step out of Ningyuan Temple."

"She was sent to Daliang, while I was trapped in one place for the rest of my life."

"If anyone disobeys, the entire Xie family will be executed because of me!"

"Now, do you understand?"

"The person she hates the most is me, not you, Zongzheng Zhiyuan."

In her heart, you are still her older sister.

Even though you did many things to frame her, she always left you with a glimmer of hope.

"On the contrary, it's you—"

Even if she went to Daliang, you still didn't intend to let her go, did you?

"My fate is what I deserve."

"But what about you? Zongzheng Zhiyuan, is this your fate today?"

As soon as Xie Huaiyuan finished speaking, a curtain fell from the beam and unfolded.

The curtains still hung on the beams, fluttering in the wind.

But the large, blood-red characters above clearly stated: Only one person can leave Ningyuan Temple alive.

one person?

Did they manage to leave Ningyuan Temple alive?

Zongzheng Zhiyuan and Xie Huaiyuan locked eyes instantly.

When exactly was this curtain hung up?

Is it really the ghost of Munemasa Kiyotsuki?

Before Zongzheng Zhiyuan could react, Xie Huaiyuan had already jumped down and reached out to pounce on her.

"Since that's the case, then you might as well die!"

"I don't want to be trapped here anymore."

"I also want to go down the mountain."

"I also want to return to the mortal world and see what it's like."

"I just want to live a normal life—"

"Yuan'er, don't you love me very much?"

"Please grant my wish."

"I promise you, I will visit Changning more often in the future."

“She is our daughter. If I can return to the Xie family, I will repay all the good things I have done for her to make up for it.”

"Let me live! Let me live!"

"Zongzheng Zhiyuan, go to hell—"

Zongzheng Zhiyuan's strength was originally no match for Xie Huaiyuan's.

She was still struggling violently at first.

But as she listened to Xie Huaiyuan's words, she gradually stopped resisting.

Just as her face had turned completely red, turning a deep purplish-red, and her breath was almost gone, a voice suddenly called out "Mother" from the doorway.

"Mother--"

Princess Changning stood at the door, both alarmed and incredulous.

Behind her were the prince consort and a group of servants from the princess's residence.

Not only that, but the dozen or so missing guards also appeared behind her at that moment.

Their faces were filled with shock and disbelief.

The other side was also noisy.

With a loud 'boom'.

A group of people pushed open the side door.

It turned out to be a group of people eagerly peering inside!

Everyone stared blankly at the scene inside the Guanyin Hall, and for a moment, there was no sound.