Chapter 138 Lying [Bonus Chapter]
Knowing that Junyuan's attitude towards Gao Huan had reached the point of being mortal enemies, he was willing to risk being crippled to stab the man to death, just to vent his anger.
He had to hate Gao Huan.
There is a scapegoat mentality in human nature, which leads people to blame complex contradictions and personal misfortunes on a morally flawed person in order to vent their frustrations.
Gao Huan, as a villain, perfectly played this role.
Therefore, it is completely impossible for these two people to sit at the same table and have a peaceful conversation.
In this situation, he desperately tried to speak to Gao Huan before he died.
It's not about using foul language.
It's information.
Does this seem right?
Gao Huan stood there for a while, making sure that the other party would not be resurrected like himself, before turning back to report to His Majesty.
"I know you are dead."
"It seems like nothing happened."
Guan Zhiwei stood by the window of the Imperial Study and looked out. The sky was clear and there were very few clouds.
She thought there would be some kind of world collapse, the sky falling and the earth caved in, and a series of codes appearing.
Nothing happened, a silent confirmation that you were wrong.
Zhi Junyuan died lightly, no different from those she had killed in the past.
"Gao Huan, do you think I'm crazy?"
"His Majesty?"
Guan Zhiwei covered her head with one hand, gently pressing her temples, and said with her eyes closed, "What Hundred Lifetimes System? It doesn't exist at all. I'm just an ordinary person with a strong imagination. Everything is a fantasy, including the modern world, including my mother—it's all just my wild imagination. No one is waiting for me to come home! I don't have a home at all!"
She spoke these words calmly, as if it were a casual conversation.
But Gao Huan sensed the cracks beneath the calm surface; she was on the verge of breaking down.
Gao Huan looked around the imperial study, then stepped forward and smashed the teacup on the table to the ground with a loud crack.
Guan Zhiwei was startled by the noise and opened her eyes.
Gao Huan picked up the shards from the ground and smeared them on his neck with great determination. He stabbed deeply, and blood gushed out, staining the entire ground.
He fell backward with a thud, like a building collapsing.
Guan Zhiwei slowly walked forward, squatted down, examined his beautiful face, and then reached out and pulled the fragment off his neck.
The wound is healing little by little.
He fell to the ground, his hair ornament fell off, and his hair was scattered.
Her eyelashes fluttered slightly.
He opened his eyes and said softly, "Your Majesty, I have died and come back to life again. This is illogical, but it all happened in real life. There must be something wrong."
"You're right, thankfully I still have you."
Guan Zhiwei breathed a sigh of relief.
Her name is Guan Zhiwei. She has a family. Her mother needs a daughter. All of this is true.
But then her eyes suddenly turned sharp: "How can you prove you're real?"
Gao Huan touched his neck; even though it had healed, the wound had traveled to his brain, and his brain was still aching.
He smiled bitterly: "How can I prove that I really exist? There's no way to prove that. Even killing me a thousand times or ten thousand times wouldn't prove it."
Guan Zhiwei chuckled: "I was just teasing you."
She reached out and helped him up.
He straightened his clothes, rearranged his hair, and put on a hair crown.
Throughout this process, he kept observing Guan Zhiwei to see if she had settled down.
Guan Zhiwei helped him carry this and that, and even handed him a wooden comb, seemingly no longer immersed in her suspicions.
Gao Huan asked, "Your Majesty, are you calm now? If you are, I still have something to say."
Guan Zhiwei suppressed her anxiety and tried her best to remain normal, smiling as she said, "Go ahead and tell me."
Gao Huan looked solemn, with flashbacks of that time constantly replaying in his mind.
“Zhi Junyuan is very strange. Before drinking the poisoned wine, he looked resentful, but after the poison took effect, he was no longer resentful. Instead, he said strange things in a hurry.”
"What did you say?"
"She lied to me, it was fake, nothing matters. There was a couple more thing I didn't hear clearly."
"It sounds like he hates me for letting him down."
Gao Huan couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he had a feeling it wasn't true, yet he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
He racked his brains, "Your Majesty, could you be a deity? Coming to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation?"
Guan Zhiwei chuckled and pointed to her head, saying, "If my memories here are correct, then becoming a spirit is forbidden after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and becoming an immortal is naturally also forbidden."
Gao Huan didn't quite understand, but when he heard the word "no," he felt a deep sense of regret: "If Your Majesty is an immortal, then I should at least be a page."
“You are indeed a virgin.”
Their eyes met.
"Your Majesty, I am keeping my chastity pure. Please do not play with me."
"Oh dear, this is workplace sexual harassment. I'm sorry."
Guan Zhiwei tapped her head, trying to calm herself down. She didn't want to go crazy, be pessimistic, become irritable, or get overly excited.
She suddenly calmed down and lowered her eyes.
—"Do you remember me? We've met before."
Knowing that Junyuan was definitely problematic, he might have seen something when he was on the verge of death.
He desperately tried to convey this to Gao Huan.
Someone lied.
Who is lying?
The system is very quiet.
Last time she tried to kill Zhi Junyuan, the system jumped in to stop her.
This time, when it was truly killed, it remained silent.
What is it thinking? What is it waiting for? What is it missing?
She looked up, her gaze falling on Gao Huan. Suddenly, she smiled, stepped forward, patted his shoulder, and said gently, "You've worked hard."
He knew the truth perfectly well and immediately pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, I am narrow-minded. In retaliation for the deposed empress, I poisoned someone. I beg Your Majesty to punish me."
"Since you accept the punishment, then I will punish you by suspending your post without pay and not touching any memorials. You will stay in the palace for the time being and read books with me. This will also help you cultivate your character."
"..."
Gao Huan bent down and looked up at her. Her face was full of smiles, but they didn't reach her eyes.
It's possible I misread it, because she was moving very quickly, gesturing wildly as she spoke, her eyes casually lowered.
"I've given up on going home."
"I've put in so much effort to go home, but it's all for nothing in the end."
"Now I'm the emperor, above all others, how wonderful! Why go back to being a beast of burden for three thousand coins?"
"Don't be angry that I'm punishing you; I'm doing this to protect you. I am the symbol of the divine right of kings, and everything I do is legal, orderly, and moral. No one will question a powerful emperor, because that would be tantamount to questioning the legitimacy of the entire dynasty, which would lead to chaos. So they will blame everything on you, which is crucial for the political system."
"I want you to stay with me for a long, long time. I don't want you to become a victim of the system."
"Your Majesty's considerations are very thoughtful." Gao Huan bowed.
A voice inside him sighed: She wants to kill me.
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