Sisi could tell he was faking it at a glance, so she ignored him and said, "You go to sleep first, I'll go wash up."
Watching that graceful figure recede into the distance, Zhou Qiyan collapsed onto the bed, heartbroken. "My wife doesn't care about me at all."
He hadn't been able to sleep for too long, and he couldn't fall asleep while holding her. He tossed and turned in bed, and Sisi couldn't sleep either.
"Don't move."
Zhou Qiyan stiffened, looking aggrieved. "I can't sleep, Madam. I feel unwell."
Sisi opened her mouth but didn't know what to say. This was too shameful. She was silent for a while, then reached out and snuggled into his arms. This made Zhou Qiyan completely lose control.
As a result, the two of them overslept the next day.
It was snowing lightly outside. Sisi was helped out of bed by Baizhi. When Baizhi saw the dense hickeys on her body, she couldn't help but complain, "Second Master is really something. He doesn't care about Madam at all. You shouldn't have let him have his way."
Sisi smiled and said, "It's nothing."
"Just take his side!" Bai Zhi helped her get dressed, then started rambling on about other things.
"I heard that the carp in Tiandi Pool has disappeared, and the water has become murky. I wonder if someone stole it. This morning, the waiter said that the koi was the guardian of Tiandi Pool. If it dies, the water of Tiandi Pool will flood Miaozhou."
Sisi frowned.
Bai Zhi continued, "However, that's also unlikely. Miaozhou is located on high ground, so it shouldn't be flooded."
No sooner had she finished speaking than a scream came from downstairs. Sisi had a bad feeling. "Go out and see what's going on."
Bai Zhi knew something was wrong and rushed out. When Si Si woke Zhou Qi Yan up and they went out, the street was already submerged by a layer of water, and the water level was still rising. In the time it took to breathe, the water reached their ankles.
"Madam, we're really going to drown!"
Zhou Qiyan's expression was solemn. "Is it because of the koi fish yesterday? I felt unwell after taking a sip of the soup."
"Okay, you take the men to evacuate the people. I'm going to Tiandi Pool. Remember to run up the mountain and be quick."
Don't worry.
At this critical moment, the two of them thought of the safety of the people first. When Sisi arrived at Tiandi Pool, she found that it had changed. The entire pool was now like a tilted pot, pouring water down towards Miaozhou.
A man was standing by the pool.
Sisi used her magic to straighten the entire Heaven and Earth Pool. The man seemed not to have expected anyone to intervene. When he looked over, his face suddenly stiffened, and his knees involuntarily knelt on the ground.
"His Majesty."
"Why flood Miaozhou?"
He was the incarnation of the Heavenly Pool. Sisi was amazed by his ability to hide, as she hadn't even noticed him last time.
The man lowered his head. "It was my fault. I was angry and the koi was harmed. Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I will take back the water from Miaozhou immediately."
Immediately afterwards, the water that had flowed down the mountain seemed to be drawn back into the Heaven and Earth Pool by a tremendous suction force.
Seeing his sincere attitude, Sisi didn't blame him too much. "You are also the guardian of this Miaozhou. Don't harm living beings. In a few hundred years, you can also become an immortal."
"Yes, I will remember." The man remained kneeling on the ground the entire time without raising his head.
As Sisi was leaving, he suddenly spoke up, "Doesn't Your Majesty have someone very important in your heart?"
She turned around and said after a long while, "Of course there is. I know that koi fish is someone very important to you, but it's the law of nature, survival of the fittest, the strong preying on the weak."
He suddenly laughed, "Yes, I understand. I respectfully see Your Majesty off."
Fortunately, the floodwaters were only up to waist level, and the people of Miaozhou were all unharmed. To prevent any unforeseen events, Sisi stayed in Miaozhou for a few more days until things were completely peaceful before leaving.
Zhou Qiyan wanted to go to Lianshan, but Sisi flipped through the book of phenomena and found that Lianshan was a very remote place, more like a mountain isolated from the world.
But if he wants to go, she'll go with him.
The two had only traveled ten miles in the carriage when Miaozhou was flooded, and Tianditan was completely overflowing. Upon hearing this news, Sisi immediately rushed over.
Zhang Yu drove the carriage back towards Miaozhou.
The man stood on the city wall, coldly watching the people in the city wail and suffer, and many even begged him for help, but he remained unmoved.
Suddenly, a white cloud moved across the sky and covered Miaozhou, then sucked all the surging water into the cloud.
The man's expression changed, and just as he was about to move, he was already tightly bound.
"It seems you didn't listen to what I said that day," Sisi said calmly, looking at him.
His eyes were red, and he bared his teeth at her with a contorted expression. Sisi saw his face clearly and was somewhat stunned.
His face was covered in bruises, his eyes were dull and gray, as if he had gone blind, and even the corners of his mouth were cracked.
"I obeyed Your Majesty's words: the strong prey on the weak. I am stronger than these lowly people, so they should be killed by me!"
"Are you seeking revenge for the koi fish? You've come to the wrong person; these are innocent civilians."
"innocent?"
The man burst into laughter, his voice drawing the crowd's attention. Upon seeing his face, they gasped in alarm and tried to flee.
"Look, they are terrified of me. They are not innocent. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have been submerged in the Heaven and Earth Pool for four hundred years. Your Majesty, I am truly freezing."
Blood and tears streamed from his eyes. Below the city wall, an old man knelt on the ground, his lips trembling as he asked, "Are you Yu Qingyuan, the ancestor of the Yu family?"
The man looked at him coldly.
"What a tragedy! What a tragedy!"
The old man suddenly burst into tears, “Our ancestors mentioned that things didn’t turn out the way you think. You contracted the plague, and we had no choice but to drown you on the mountain. Your mother agreed to this, and it was for the sake of the people in the city. If the plague had broken out, none of us would have survived!”
Yu Qingyuan did not react to his words.
The old man pleaded with Sisi, “Immortal, please spare him. He is innocent. If anyone is at fault, it is our ancestors. They passed away at the tender age of forty because of their guilt.”
Sisi looked at Yu Qingyuan, waiting for him to speak. Her expression was serious, and she clearly did not believe the old man's words. Yu Qingyuan suddenly felt his eyes sting.
"They are all liars."
He closed his eyes and began to recount his story with great pain.
“I was chosen by the Heaven and Earth Pool when I was young. I am an excellent swimmer, but I am not popular. My family is very rich, so rich that people are jealous of me. They tricked me into going to the Heaven and Earth Pool, beat me, and demanded money from me. But they didn’t expect that I could control the water. They were so scared that they fell into the Heaven and Earth Pool and died. The people in the city said that I killed them. I am a monster.”
“Even the priests in the city said the same thing. They were united and determined to kill me. They not only poisoned my parents, but also set fire to my house and looted all my money. After beating me until I was covered in wounds, they used peach wood nails to nail me to the bottom of the Heaven and Earth Pool.”
Yu Qingyuan unbuttoned his clothes, revealing the nail holes in his chest. He gave a bitter laugh, “Later I broke free, but a Taoist priest came and released a golden carp into the pool, sealing me completely.”
Sisi seemed to be deep in thought. "So the purpose of you spreading the news was to have someone catch the carp, break the seal, and then you could come out and take revenge."
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