After Pei Yunyi finished speaking, the entire Hall of Mental Cultivation fell into complete silence.
Emperor Guangqi was so angry that he felt dizzy, his vision blurred, and even a metallic taste rose in his throat.
He suddenly stood up, raised the teacup on the table as if to throw it, but all Pei Yunyi left him with were two backs.
Emperor Guangqi was furious. His face turned bright red, and the veins on his neck bulged. He could only roar to the sky, "You unfilial son! This unfilial son!"
Everyone inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation kept their heads down, holding their breath and not daring to even breathe loudly.
Song Xizhi was staggered out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation by Pei Yunyi.
Feeling the warmth and strength of the man's fingertips, she felt a sweet sensation in her heart, but also a lingering fear.
"How dare you speak to the emperor like that?"
Pei Yunyi then slowly stopped and turned to look at her, a hint of a smile in his eyes: "Could it be that when we first met in the bamboo forest, the anger I showed was a lie?"
As he spoke, he slowed his pace and walked beside Song Xizhi with his broad shoulders.
Since those five days, Pei Yunyi now feels that simply holding hands peacefully and walking together is an unparalleled happiness.
"An annoying person will always be annoying, no matter how much time has passed. What he says doesn't represent my opinion, nor does it reflect my thoughts, so don't take it to heart."
Song Xizhi couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips, then turned her head and stared at him intently.
Unexpectedly, after several encounters, his once cold and ruthless mouth now knows how to utter sweet words, and he can even come up with a whole repertoire of them.
Pei Yunyi felt her gaze and stared back at her.
The intense gaze seemed to want to devour her whole, making Song Xizhi feel somewhat embarrassed in front of everyone.
She casually made up a topic: "It's okay, my dad is annoying too."
Pei Yunyi was taken aback when he heard this, and then Song Xizhi explained to him, "Song Juncai, isn't he very annoying?"
Seeing his sudden realization, Song Xizhi smiled and said, "Sometimes you forget that you have a biological father. I used to think that I had few relatives and that my life would just be like this. Now that I know I still have something to hold onto, it feels like a dream."
Pei Yunyi's eyes flickered slightly, as if he had thought of something: "My mother might not be dead either. As long as she's alive, there's always hope."
Upon hearing this, Song Xizhi paused slightly, seemingly lost in thought, and remained silent.
When the two arrived at the palace gate, they ran into Marquis Anding again.
Seeing his haggard appearance, Song Xizhi helped him into the carriage: "Don't be too sad. Lady Yi and the child in her womb need your good care."
As Song Xizhi spoke, each word sounded like a solemn promise: "Leave General He's matter to me. Crown Prince Dianxi and I will do our utmost to find him, just as He Yunze did his utmost to find me back then."
Upon hearing Song Xizhi's words, Marquis An Ding's eyes welled up with tears again. He held Song Xizhi's hand tightly and said, "Zhizhi, now I see you as my own daughter."
Song Xizhi pursed his lips and nodded. Thinking of the recent misfortunes of the Marquis of Anding's mansion, his nose felt a little sore again: "You have done a good job of raising your son."
“You used to worry that He Yunce would cause trouble, but this time… he sacrificed himself for the country and to save me. Both of your sons have done very well in matters of principle, and history will remember them.”
Pei Yunyi also reached out and grasped the hand of Marquis Anding. He Yunze's resolute death surprised and shocked him: "The people of the world will remember this as well."
After bidding farewell to Marquis Anding, Pei Yunyi asked Song Xizhi where he wanted to stay, and Song Xizhi decided to stay temporarily at his own Xianglou shop.
Pei Yunyi was reluctant to part with him, but he was worried about He Jingyan, so he sent Song Xizhi to Pinxianglou before leaving himself.
After Pei Yunyi left, the Divine Physician Rihua, after hearing Song Xizhi's account of what happened at the Hall of Mental Cultivation that day, couldn't help but curse at the emperor: "What a waste of all the medicinal herbs I've used these past few days! What kind of talk was he spouting?"
"What concubine? I think it'll be more appropriate for you to take that kid as your concubine after you inherit my Sun and Moon Mountain and become its lord!"
Song Xizhi sat on the soft couch, feeling exhausted, but he couldn't help but chuckle at the words of the divine physician Rihua:
“I knew from the beginning that the emperor was that kind of person; you could tell from the things he did.”
As Song Xizhi spoke, he slowly raised his head again and looked at the Divine Physician Rihua: "Could it be that Master made a name for himself in the palace, but then returned to Riyue Mountain so quickly because he was tired of the intrigue and ruthlessness in the palace?"
The Divine Physician Rihua nodded. Thinking of how Mingyue had also lost her life because of getting involved in these things, she sighed inwardly, "You're right."
"In that case, Pei Yunyi's ability to say such things in front of the emperor is quite different from that of the people in the palace."
Song Xizhi laughed: "Didn't you say before that he was the tallest among the short?"
The renowned Chinese doctor raised an eyebrow, neither confirming nor denying: "I think so too now."
"In fact, only a ruthless person like the emperor can secure a stable and prosperous empire."
Song Xizhi thought the same thing.
If the emperor hadn't acted decisively, dividing his forces into three groups, demoting the crown prince to the White Horse Temple, and having his pregnant wife feign death with the imperial seal, the empire might have truly been seized by the Empress Dowager.
After the Empress Dowager was executed, he showed no mercy in his treatment of Prince Ning.
Song Xizhi hadn't thought about these things before, but after experiencing this, she had some different thoughts.
Since the palace is treacherous, power attracts countless people, and it is full of deceit and suspicion, why stay there?
Must we repeat everything we experienced in our past lives?
As Song Xizhi chatted with the divine physician Rihua, who noticed her drowsy appearance, he brought her some bedding and quietly left.
In his sleep, Song Xizhi dreamed of someone he hadn't dreamed of in a long time.
He Yunce.
The moonlight was like water, and she saw sorrow and sadness in He Yunce's eyes.
Then, like a butterfly with broken wings, he plummeted from the cliff, crashing to the ground, his flesh mangled and his body vanished without a trace.
Song Xizhi covered his face and wept bitterly, but the last words he left behind echoed in his ears:
[The idol, I think there's something wrong with the idol!]
As Song Xizhi pondered this, he suddenly awoke from the darkness.
She clutched her wildly pounding heart, breathing heavily, and before she could even come to her senses, she noticed out of the corner of her eye that someone was sitting beside her bed.
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