Absolute right or wrong
When I opened Muli's door again, I saw Ah Shi outside looking worried, but his emotions had calmed down considerably.
I walked over and patted Ah Shi on the shoulder: "I want to depose the Crown Prince."
"What?" Ah Shi was so shocked that he was speechless for a moment.
"We'll also push you to sit on the throne."
"What?!" A louder, more shocked voice exclaimed, mouth agape enough to fit an egg: "Auntie, what are you saying?"
"You heard me."
"But, but I am already a person outside the secular world!"
"I'm sorry, you will no longer be able to pursue the path of cultivation."
"Huh?" Ah Shi frowned. "Why, Auntie? This is too sudden."
"That sculpture you see under the pool is a dragon."
"It's a carved dragon!" After a moment, Ah Shi realized, his eyes widening as he whispered, "It is, a dragon?"
"Yes, parts of his body have turned blue and black. It symbolizes the royal lineage, meaning..."
"Is the Crown Prince acting strangely?"
“That’s right. I saw the Crown Prince yesterday. He has been corrupted by resentment and lost his mind. The body inside him is that of the Third Prince who died young. So, I must depose the Crown Prince…” I looked at Ah Shi as I said this: “And in the entire royal family, only you are old enough to compete with the Crown Prince for that position.”
"No way, Auntie? You're kidding, right? I wouldn't know anything about those things! Besides, I'm not... not..."
"But you're still human! You can't let violence become emperor, can you?"
"But, but..." Ah Shi stammered for a long time but couldn't come up with anything.
"No buts. At worst, you can just train other members of the royal family and abdicate sooner."
Ah Shi frowned deeply: "Is there really no other way, Auntie?"
I sighed and shook my head: "No, it's over. I was still hoping that I could extract the malevolent energy from the Crown Prince's body, but... when I whipped him with the bone whip yesterday, his blood was full of blackish-gray malevolent energy. He can't be saved!"
"So, that's why Aunt has been so silent these past two days? And why she broke down like this just now?"
“Hmm,” I nodded, “I really didn’t want to make this decision, but the dragon at the bottom of the pool keeps reminding me that time will not wait for me.”
"Sigh..." Ah Shi sighed along with me, "But we can't get past Father either, can we? Would he agree?"
"I... I'll try to explain as much as possible. Xiaoming is capable; he should understand. After all, the stable continuation of a dynasty is the most important thing; everything else is secondary..."
Ah Shi irritably tugged at his hair: "What kind of mess is this?!"
“Yes, what a mess! But it’s already like this, we can only take it one step at a time,” I patted Ah Shi on the shoulder, “So starting tomorrow, you will go to the Prime Minister’s residence to cram on the ways of being a ruler, and strive to inherit the imperial throne as soon as possible.”
"Good heavens, I was planning to stay with my aunt forever, traveling all over the country with her, helping people and saving lives..."
"It's hopeless... You'll be trapped in this imperial city for the rest of your life..."
"Auntie, now that you've said that, I feel like dying..."
"Don't think like that. If you're gone too, this dynasty will truly be finished..."
"Auntie, can't you go? Wouldn't it be better for you to sit on the throne?"
"What are you talking about!" I tapped his head: "I'm a ghost, the same kind as the prematurely deceased Third Prince. If you hand me over, won't the dynasty collapse?"
"Alright..." Ah Shi finally resigned himself to his fate: "There's really no other way, so this is the only way. Auntie, please remember to come visit me often..."
"Oh dear, you make ascending the throne sound like you're being imprisoned. It's not that exaggerated. You can choose your concubines and have all sorts of beauties accompany you. You'll live a carefree life!"
"Forget it, I'll apply my mother's fate to the other concubines, but I can't... I'm not that magnanimous, I can't be so ruthless..."
"Then you have to learn! Start learning tomorrow!"
"What's wrong!" Ah Shi tugged at his hair in frustration. "I need to go crazy for a bit, Auntie. Let's go back to the Imperial Observatory first!"
“Okay.” I nodded and was about to leave with A-Shi when Mu Li grabbed my hand. His eyes were filled with a glint as he looked at me: “Xu Yi, you have to see me out of the palace.”
"Why?"
"Because we're already together!"
"I did not agree!"
"I agree!"
Ah Shi was even more devastated. He clutched his head and cried out, "Oh my god, Auntie, what's going on with you two? How am I supposed to call you Auntie from now on?"
"Uh..." That was indeed very awkward...
Mu Li was quite casual: "Whatever you want. If you want to call her aunt, then call her aunt. The form of address doesn't matter..."
"He's gone mad... he's gone mad..." Ah Shi clutched his head and ran out of the Imperial Guard's territory in a few steps...
Muli watched with amusement as Ashi hurriedly left, then calmly took my hand and walked out of the palace.
We walked in silence. I looked at the hands that were tightly gripping mine, frowned, and frowned again… I shook them off, but couldn't. I stopped, and Muli stopped as I did, turning back to ask, “What's wrong?”
"I don't want to agree to your proposal at all. Even if I did, you wouldn't be able to get past your parents and grandparents, right? We're destined to have no future together! Shall we start?"
"Of course, I only care about the present. Whether this court can survive is still up for debate. Why think so far into the future? I don't care what others say, I'm going to be with you. It would be best if, even in death, my spirit could remain with you..."
"To be together even in death? Isn't that unnecessary?" I refused.
"It's okay, I'm willing. You'll gradually see how determined I am."
Even if you're willing, I'm not!
I rolled my eyes at Mu Li's retreating figure, but in the end, I still saw him off from the palace.
I don't actually like Muli, but I'm not really resistant to him, probably because he's always been there for me and supported me.
When I returned to the Imperial Observatory, the Director was still sitting under the same eaves, seemingly unaffected by anything in the world. I was truly impressed: "You are so calm!"
"Hmm... Little Xu Yi is back? How is she?"
"Alas... I saw the Crown Prince today. He has been completely corrupted by malevolence and is beyond saving!"
"Oh? So what does Xiao Xuyi plan to do?"
"Well, I've actually been resisting making this decision. Because once it's made, many people will change because of it, and I'm afraid of affecting other people's destinies. But then I thought, the fate of the entire dynasty has already been changed by me, so I might as well just let it go..."
"Well, the biggest changes have already been made, so the other changes don't really matter, right?"
"Yes!" I sighed. "Actually, I did consider ignoring it. The Prime Minister said that the Third Prince, who died young, was more like a crown prince than a human being. But the dragon at the bottom of the pool keeps reminding me that the imperial succession cannot be compromised... Sigh..."
"Oh?" The supervisor took another sip of tea and said calmly, "Hasn't little Xu Yi considered that perhaps the fate of this dynasty was already sealed?"
"What?" I was startled by the supervisor's idea and immediately sat up straight. "No way, supervisor, are you talking about the downfall of an entire dynasty? How can you say it so casually?"
“Look, Xu Yi, when you were alive, you were forced to go to the grasslands for a political marriage because of a pathetic decision by the dynasty. When you set off, there were nearly two hundred people in the entourage, right? In the end, only you and that old official actually made it to the grasslands. Didn’t you realize back then that the dynasty was already rotten?”
"It really is pretty bad..."
"And after you returned to the capital, from His Majesty to powerful ministers, everyone treated you like a disposable tool. Doesn't that show that this dynasty is completely rotten?"
"this……"
"As you said, the Third Prince is more like a crown prince than the current one, but isn't such a capable prince still buried under an unnamed garden? For over a decade, no one has cared or discovered him. You put Ah Shi on the throne, but is Ah Shi even a prince? The heavens of this dynasty have long since rotted beyond repair..."
"So you mean: this dynasty... doesn't need to be saved?"
"Haha, Xu Yi, you're at a crossroads between two extremes. Whichever path you take could lead to the same end. But all you've been thinking about from beginning to end is how to save it, haven't you? You haven't considered the other path at all, and that's your problem!"
"My question?"
"Yes, whether this dynasty falls or not, there's no absolutely right or wrong path. But you've only considered one path, unconsciously erasing the other from your mind. That's what you should be paying attention to... Decisions always have to be made by someone, and the consequences, good or bad, will fall on the shoulders of the decision-maker. This is indeed a difficult point, but it's not the most difficult one for you to overcome..."
"Huh? But if you ask me to sit idly by and let the dynasty fall, I really might not be able to do it!"
"Yes, little Xu Yi, this is the point that you will find difficult to overcome. In this world, there is no absolute right or wrong. I am not saying that the dynasty should be destroyed, but I am warning you not to be one-sided. You are only the thirteenth princess of the dynasty now, and at most you hold the lives of a handful of people in the hands of the dynasty's authorities. If you rise higher in the future, you must think more carefully and never make one-sided decisions because of your own emotions. This is what you should pay attention to."
The supervisor's words were utterly shocking... The downfall of an entire dynasty was summed up in a single sentence: "There is no absolute right or wrong." I felt a chill run down my spine; those thoughts were jumping around in my mind, as if they were about to burst out of my body... Giving me goosebumps all over my body...
But I really didn't understand, and kept asking the supervisor, "So, supervisor, what do you mean, should we save the dynasty or not?"
"This isn't something I should be making a decision about, why are you asking me, Xiao Xuyi?"
"Huh? What were you saying just now, old man?"
The supervisor gave me a disapproving look for the first time, then got up and went back to his room to rest.
Well……
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