Rong Baichuan briefly recounted the events to the emperor, omitting the part where Chaoxi's inner voice could be heard. He used Gu Lin's visit to the capital to explain how he had learned the truth about his mother's murder.
"Are you doing this just to sever ties with the Annan Marquisate?"
The emperor frowned, puzzled. "Why?"
“…” Rong Baichuan lowered his eyes slightly, and a sneer escaped from the corner of his lips.
Then, he took a deep breath, raised his eyes to look at the emperor, and a look of hatred appeared on his face.
"They killed my mother and tortured my child. I want to avenge them!"
Seeing the determination in Rong Baichuan's eyes, the emperor felt a little depressed.
After a moment's silence, the emperor spoke.
"So what after the relationship is severed? How should this matter end?"
"Qianluo is not dead. When the time comes, she will be resurrected." Rong Baichuan said, "Even if she cannot be saved, I have other evidence to prove that her death has nothing to do with the General's Mansion."
"Have you arranged everything?" the emperor asked worriedly.
He didn't want Rong Baichuan to ruin his future because of this matter.
"It's been arranged, Your Majesty, please rest assured." Rong Baichuan nodded affirmatively.
After a moment of silence, the emperor lifted his robe and stood up, "Then let's do this."
"Rong Baichuan."
The emperor walked to the door, raised his hand and placed it on the latch, but did not open it immediately. He said slowly,
"You'd better be absolutely sure, otherwise..."
He lowered his eyes slightly, "I can't protect you either!"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Rong Baichuan said firmly.
"I will protect myself and will continue to protect you. I won't let you down."
Hearing this, the emperor sneered, opened the door and walked out.
After the emperor left, Yanzhu came out from the corner. When he heard the emperor's voice in the room, Yanzhu left and waited aside without eavesdropping on their conversation.
"Madam." Yan Zhu's eyes immediately turned red when he saw Qin Nanjing walking out the door.
"Yanzhu." Qin Nanjing was slightly surprised. "Why are you here?"
"I'm afraid you won't be able to eat well here, so I'll bring you some food."
Yan Zhu welcomed Qin Nanjing into the house and took out the food from the lunch box one by one.
"I also brought your spare clothes." Yan Zhu opened the cloth bag on his shoulder.
Thinking that she was in prison, Yanzhu only brought two plain dresses.
"Madam, please change your clothes quickly."
"Where's mine?" Rong Baichuan looked at the bag and blinked. It looked like there was nothing for him in it.
"General, you are used to a rough life. I don't think you care about details like clothing, so I didn't prepare any for you. I hope the general will forgive me."
Yan Zhu pushed Qin Nanjing into the inner room to change clothes without even looking at Rong Baichuan.
Although Qin Nanjing did not suffer, Yanzhu was still a little annoyed with Rong Baichuan.
Rong Baichuan touched his nose: Okay.
Yan Zhu has always been like this. As long as Qin Nanjing suffered even the slightest injustice from him, she would not give Rong Baichuan a good face.
It has been like this for more than ten years, so it can be said to be consistent.
…
The General's Mansion.
Wutong Courtyard.
At the hour of You, the setting sun falls into the embrace of the mountains, shyly emitting a glimmer of light, dyeing the entire sky and earth red.
A chubby little red figure held onto the door and stepped over the high threshold. When it reached the steps, it stretched its short legs forward and then quickly withdrew them.
The little guy tried all directions on the short stairs, but ultimately failed to come down.
The little guy pursed his lips, a look of distress on his face.
After a moment, she sat down on the ground and then turned over and lay down.
The little guy backed away slowly with his butt sticking out. When he reached the edge of the steps, he tentatively raised one knee, stretched out his short legs, and probed down. Not finding a foothold, he probed down a little further and found the steps.
The little guy stepped down steadily, with his other heel under him.
After doing this twice, he finally landed successfully.
The little girl stood up, patted her gray skirt, and then staggered towards the bald tree in the yard.
[Big Wood, you have to protect the house while I'm away, okay?]
Rong Chaoxi reached out and patted the trunk heavily, as if he was patting a strong arm. He looked at the Phoenix tree with eyes full of trust and assigned it a seemingly impossible task.
The bare branches of the flamboyant tree swayed slightly: Don't be so ridiculous! Human!
I'm just a tree, a tree that has a hard time surviving in winter. Do you think I can protect my family in my half-dead state?
Although the Phoenix Tree showed a hint of intelligence, the spiritual energy in the mortal world was limited, and its intelligence was not complete. It could not communicate with Chaoxi through its spiritual consciousness, and could only shake its branches to express silent protest.
Of course, Rong Chaoxi has never been able to read anyone's expression, including the tree.
"Great job, Big Wood! You've completed your mission well. I'll give you a reward when I get back." Rong Chaoxi gently patted the tree trunk as a token of encouragement.
The little guy looked up at the bare and desolate treetops, raised his eyebrows slightly, and seemed to have an idea.
【I'll come back and give you long hair. 】
Phoenix Tree: You'd better really can!
The scene of being tied up with a flowery quilt for half a month emerged in Da Mu's consciousness. He felt a chill down his spine and felt that getting a reward every day was not a good thing.
Flutter flutter...
At this moment, a group of startled birds suddenly flew in from a distance, some of them landed on the branches of the phoenix tree, and some of them circled above the courtyard, chirping non-stop, inexplicably adding a bit of vitality to the general's mansion which had been silent all day.
"Why are there so many birds today?"
The maid who passed by Wutong Courtyard looked at the birds circling in the sky and murmured to herself,
"Young lady has always been loved by small animals, but today there seem to be more of them."
[I know, I know. Shut up and don’t alarm others.]
Rong Chaoxi glared at the birds in the sky, and they immediately quieted down, flew around twice, and then left.
"Chirp..." A red bunting landed on Rong Chaoxi's head and pecked the ball on the little guy's head twice with its beak.
[Don't worry, nothing will happen...] The little guy raised his hands above his head and took the bunting down.
"Go call the phoenix over and have it hide in the clouds to protect Daddy."
"Chirp." The red bunting nodded, then flapped its wings and flew away from Chaoxi's palm.
…
On a wall in the backyard of the general's mansion, leaning against the mountain.
"Boss, is there anyone here?" A man in black placed one hand flat on his forehead at a 90-degree angle, looking out into the empty backyard filled with only withered flowers, plants, and trees.
"Pockmarked man, are you kidding me?" The man in black with a scar on his left forehead, who was called the boss, slapped the pockmarked man on the head.
"It's dinner time now, who the hell is running to the backyard instead of eating?"
"Then shall we go to the front yard and kidnap someone?" The pockmarked man in black rubbed his head and asked sincerely with his small but innocent and stupid green eyes.
"You must have drunk some fake wine and your gallbladder got poisoned, right?"
The scarred man in black rolled his eyes speechlessly, and his lips, which were so thin that they were almost invisible, were pressed into a line.
"Wait! Wait until it's completely dark."
Scarface, the man in black, took out a map. Four areas on the map were circled in red ink.
"These three places are where the young masters and young ladies live."
He pointed to one of the spots and said, "Just tie up that disabled young master. He's not smart enough to run away."
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