It would be better not to meet again. When Gongsun Zixing and Zongzheng Xiaoting looked into each other's eyes, this was the only feeling left in his heart.

I imagined the meeting countless times, but I still didn't guess it right.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Zong Zheng Xiaoting chose to question Gongsun Zixing. In the eyes of others, it was an intensification of the conflict that they could not tolerate. However, only the tacit understanding between them could understand that it was just a trick.

When Zong Zheng Xiao Ting fainted, the play she was going to perform for others was finally over. But what Zong Zheng Xiao Ting didn't know was that while she was acting like this, Gong Sun Zi Xing, who was cooperating with her, still couldn't hide the pain in his heart.

Gongsun Zixing was in charge of preparing the potions prepared by the imperial physician every day. Those stubborn old ministers wanted to get rid of Zongzheng Xiaoting but they had no way to intervene. Gongsun Zixing quietly made a decision.

How innocent are the people of the world? This is what Zong Zheng Xiaoting said to her, and what she said was also the biggest reason why he was unwilling to send troops and unwilling to give orders. But for the Yunguang Kingdom, everything was already on the verge of being launched.

This accident also made Gongsun Zixing realize that the gap between him and Zongzheng Xiaoting was simply unbridgeable. He could understand that when Zongzheng Xiaoting was pretending to be acting, many of his words were still half true and half false.

Some of the words are really from the heart, while the fake ones are just some extreme actions made to deceive others.

The imperial family is the most ruthless. I am afraid that I can only protect Zong Zheng Wei Mo for a short time. And at this moment, if I retreat, all the loyal old ministers will die without a burial place. The only thing I can do now is to choose a method that has the best of both worlds.

I was afraid that, as she said, she and I were destined to be enemies.

Gongsun Zixing's face darkened and he walked away step by step. After returning to his room, he took the jade seal in his hand and examined it carefully. What kept coming to his mind was the confusion he had about Zongzheng Xiaoting's search for jade that day. At this moment, staring at the jade seal, he had a vague guess.

All along, in order to conceal the jade seal, all the jade stones were hidden in the location where the jade seal was. If this is the case, I am afraid...

"My Lord!" The guard's voice interrupted Gongsun Zixing's thoughts.

"Come in."

"My lord, it is said that there is a countermeasure for Princess Xiaoting's poison." The guard handed Situ Xunxiao's letter to Gongsun Zixing.

When Gongsun Zixing saw Situ Xunxiao's reply, joy flashed in his eyes.

Long before everything went off track, I had already made my choice. Recalling what Zong Zheng Weimo had asked in Yu's study earlier, Gongsun Zixing's eyes were unusually determined. If it were me, why couldn't I give up the whole world for her?

"Has Zong Zheng Wei Mo dealt with it?" Gongsun Zixing stood up, took the letter in his hand to the lampstand and burned it.

"Yes!" The guard bowed his head. "Before Young Master Ziyun took action, it was handled according to the master's wishes. However..."

"Hmm?" Gongsun Zixing smiled bitterly, "The Imperial Concubine is also there, right?"

"Yes! Follow the master's wishes and leave peacefully."

"That's good." Gongsun Zixing nodded.

"My Lord, I don't understand." The guard stopped Gongsun Zixing who was about to leave, and asked hesitantly, "Why did my Lord take action to eliminate Zongzheng Weimo? If so, why didn't you let Young Master Ziyun take action? If you take action, wouldn't you be cutting off your and Princess Xiaoting's escape route?"

"I took action because, unless Zong Zheng and Wei Mo were dead, none of us would be safe. The only difference between Ziyun taking action or me would be whether we died with dignity or not." Gongsun Zixing took a long breath, "But no matter what, it is destined that she and I will not be together."

Gongsun Zixing opened the window of the inner room, and the gentle evening breeze blew in, calming his inner impatience.

"Today, you have also seen clearly that everything in Yingxue Mountain Manor is doomed to fail. If we insist on holding on, only lives will be lost and people will suffer."

"Yes!" The guard nodded and took off his mask. Under the mask was a face similar to Zhou Miao's. "My brother told me that the defeat was already apparent."

"You are one of these people, and only you understand me." Gongsun Zixing smiled slightly.

"You and I are more than just master and servant." Zhou Yan repeated what Gongsun Zixing had said to him ten years ago.

Gongsun Zixing was relieved when he heard this: "Spread some news for me. Say that the royal family suffered heavy casualties and Princess Xiaoting was imprisoned in the palace and forced to marry."

Gongsun Zixing's words startled Zhou Yan, but he immediately nodded and left.

"It's time to let everything calm down." Gongsun Zixing shook his head and rubbed his brows with his fingertips, feeling a sense of relief.

That night, when Zong Zheng Xiaoting appeared at the pavilion in the center of the lake, Gongsun Zixing already knew that this would be the last time they would see each other. The only thing that comforted her was that the jade seal was indeed the thing she had been searching for for a long time.

However, Zong Zheng Xiaoting, who had left, had no idea what would happen next.

In the meeting hall, Gongsun Zixing sat in the main seat, looking at a group of extreme ministers indifferently, letting them vent their anger. Gongsun Ziyun looked at his elder brother quietly, with a calm face, and was a little puzzled.

It was not until everyone present began to realize that something was wrong that they gradually calmed down.

"Are you done?" Gongsun Zixing smiled slightly.

Gongsun Zixing glanced at everyone present and stopped smiling: "Looking at everyone, I am a little worried. If he really is the heir to the throne, who is the puppet?"

Gongsun Zixing's words shocked everyone present and made them stand up and kneel down. However, this time, Gongsun Zixing did not let everyone kneel down like he did in the past, and continued his unfinished words: "The Tianxi Kingdom and the Yunguang Kingdom have already joined forces, and the victory and defeat have been decided. Do you still want to fight to the death? Do you want to fight like a trapped beast again, with your family and people destroyed?"

"If I don't avenge my country, how can I serve my family?" Gongsun Ziyun was the first to speak amid the silence.

"What if the jade seal has been lost?" Gongsun Zixing stood up and looked at everyone calmly, "The fall of the Suli Kingdom is not only due to external forces, but also because the king is not a king and the ministers are not loyal. What do you think, right?"

Gongsun Zixing's words made everyone present turn pale.

Seeing everyone's silence, Gongsun Zixing smiled elegantly: "I have to admit that it is because we gave everyone too much freedom of speech that we have this situation of neither the emperor nor the subjects. And it is also because we respect everyone that we have such a loyal enthusiasm to restore the country. But, aren't we putting the cart before the horse? What is the ultimate purpose of being loyal to the country?"

For the people!

Gongsun Zixing's words shocked everyone present.