The two returned to the imperial study. Zi Yang wanted to ask the imperial physician but was stopped by the third prince.
"I'm fine. Now hurry out of the palace and find Master Changyun to come back."
Zi Yang was puzzled. Didn’t the two of them meet just yesterday?
Seeing that he was still standing there, the Third Prince said in a deep voice, "Hurry and go."
Watching Ziyang leave, Eunuch Cao picked up the tea and walked to the side of the Third Prince, "Your Majesty, have some tea first."
The Third Prince took the tea and set it aside. "Where is Concubine Xue buried?"
Eunuch Cao was stunned for a moment before replying, "Concubine Xue had no children and was not favored. The Emperor did not posthumously confer a title on her, so naturally she was buried in the Concubine Cemetery. Doesn't the Emperor dislike her? Why is he suddenly asking about her?"
She had no children, was not favored, was never posthumously honored, and was hated.
Every word Eunuch Cao spoke seemed like a knife piercing the Third Prince's heart.
"It's okay," the Third Prince suppressed the suffocating feeling in his heart, stood up, opened a locked drawer, took the long wooden box and left the imperial study, "I'm leaving the palace for a while, don't follow me."
…
The third prince led a horse, carried the box, and left the palace and headed straight for the concubine's cemetery.
When he arrived at the place, he tied his horse aside and found Mu Xue's grave among the graves.
Her grave was small and simple, with a lot of weeds growing on it, and it was obvious that no one had taken care of it for a long time.
Thinking that Marquis Qingyuan was devastated after she left and eventually died of illness, the Third Prince's legs went weak and he knelt directly in front of Mu Xue's grave.
He slowly moved his knees to Mu Xue's tombstone, hugged her tombstone with both hands, and the tears that he had suppressed in the sky prison burst out at this moment.
"I'm sorry, I was too conceited. I thought that even if I didn't see your face clearly and didn't know your name, I would always find you. If I hadn't been so conceited, I wouldn't have let you suffer so much."
The third prince's voice choked with sobs. He straightened up and raised his hand to touch the words on the tombstone. Through the tombstone, he seemed to see the scene when the two met in childhood.
"Axue, this is the first time I call you that, and it will be the last time. I've never believed in fate, but now, I want to believe in it for once. I've asked someone to find Master Changyun. He must have a way to change all this."
"Once I have done everything and trained a suitable emperor for the people of Tianqi, I will go down to accompany you."
At this point, the Third Prince's hand trembled uncontrollably as he touched the tombstone, and he laughed at himself.
"How could I forget that everything you've suffered is caused by my fear. You won't want to see me even if I go down."
He slowly stood up, took out the portrait in his hand and burned it.
"Don't worry, I won't bother you again. If Master Changyun really has a solution, and if people really have an afterlife, I will never let you suffer any injustice again."
Mu Xue watched from the side and raised her hand to wipe away the tears from his face, but she touched nothing.
The person in front of her passed by her, leaving her with only an endlessly sad back.
"Your Highness."
Mu Xue woke up from her dream with a start, and after a gasp, she met Yu Yiluo's bright eyes.
"Little princess, why are you still here?"
Yu Yiluo observed Mu Xue's expression, wishing she could read her mind and know what Mu Xue had just dreamed about.
"You guys," Yu Yiluo pointed at her and the third prince's hands clasped together.
Mu Xue quickly withdrew her hand, feeling a little annoyed as to why their fingers were clasped together.
"Your Highness is still sleeping, I'm going out for a walk."
Mu Xue was still thinking about the scene in her dream and couldn't wait to sort out everything.
[The heroine must have had some kind of dream, otherwise why would she call him "Third Brother"?]
[Forget it, Third Brother is still sleeping, I'll just keep watching.]
The third prince was still sleeping soundly, and his dream was still going on.
After returning from the concubine's cemetery, Ziyang had already invited Master Changyun to the palace.
The two were waiting for him in the imperial study. When they saw him come back, Eunuch Cao said with a worried look on his face, "Your Majesty, where have you been?"
"You guys should step back first. Master Changyun and I have something to talk about."
Zi Yang and Eunuch Cao walked out, and the Third Prince gestured for Master Chang Yun to sit down.
"Your Majesty, you met me yesterday. Tell me what you want to say."
"Everyone says that Master Changyun is very capable. I would like to ask Master Changyun for a favor. I wonder if Master Changyun is willing to do me a favor?"
Master Changyun stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty, you are flattering me like this. Are you trying to find out some secret?"
The Third Prince poured him a cup of tea, pushed it in front of him, and said calmly, "I know your rules, so I won't ask you about any secrets of heaven."
"If it's not a secret, then what is it?"
Master Changyun took a sip of tea and looked at the third prince curiously.
"I would like to ask Master Changyun to grant Mu Xue, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Qingyuan Mansion, an afterlife."
The Third Prince also looked back at Master Changyun, "Master Changyun, do you have any ideas?"
"Your Majesty, do you think I'm a god?"
Master Changyun smiled and said, "Unfortunately, I cannot help the emperor."
"No, you must have a way."
The Third Prince noticed Master Changyun's evasion and said, "I owe her too much."
"Doesn't the Emperor believe in fate?"
"I didn't believe it before, but now I want to believe it for once."
"Are you willing to do this even if it requires you to make sacrifices?"
The Third Prince didn't show any hesitation.
"As long as it doesn't harm the people of Tianqi, any other sacrifice is acceptable."
"Alright," Master Changyun stood up. "Then please ask Your Majesty to go with me to Baiyun Temple. But I've told Your Majesty that the situation is already deadlocked, and even if we try again, it might not change. So don't hold out too much hope."
"As long as there is hope, it is worth my gamble."
Yu Yiluo sat on a small stool, holding her face with her hands and staring at the third prince. When the third prince woke up, he met her round eyes.
"Luo'er, why are you sitting here alone? Where is the princess?"
[I woke up and looked for the heroine, worried that she had run away. I was frowning in my sleep, and it seems that the rope really worked.]
[As clever as I am, I feel like I'll know the answer soon.]
The Third Prince: “…”
It turns out that Luo'er has been waiting here to observe whether the rope is useful. It's really hard for her to sit for so long.
The empty feeling in the dream is still there, but why did I wake up at the critical moment?
Watching the third prince sit up, Yu Yiluo pointed outside.
"Luo'er said the princess went out?"
Yu Yiluo nodded.
[The heroine just called you, and it seems you didn’t sleep well either.]
Mu Xue went for a walk outside. Everything in the dream seemed like a dream and also like something that really happened.
She often couldn’t remember the previous dreams clearly when she woke up, but she still felt that the dream just now was extremely clear.
If it is not a dream, then is it the so-called past life and present life?
Mu Xue suddenly recalled the profound words that Master Changyun said in the Imperial Study that day.
The hard-earned feelings, if the dream is really the previous life, are indeed hard-earned.
But in the dream, His Highness said that Master Changyun must have a way. What is that way?
Mu Xue, who originally planned to leave the palace after the third prince woke up, changed her mind. Perhaps she would be able to find the answer the next time she entered a dream.
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