The emperor had no choice but to expel the prince from the capital on the grounds that he had "lost virtue" and exiled him to Cangzhou, where he was not allowed to enter the capital without being summoned.
After Pei Ji left the capital, murderous intentions from all sides followed one after another, including assassins sent by the emperor. Pei Ji had anticipated this and had made preparations for it.
However, the strength of one group of assassins was beyond his expectations, and their fighting power far exceeded that of the top masters in the world. Pei Ji was eventually defeated and fell into the rushing river below the cliff with serious injuries.
When the news of Pei Ji's death came, the emperor rested his head, and the second prince and others breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that their biggest rival had been eliminated.
And now, Pei Ji is alive again! He is on his way back to Beijing!
All those who had participated in the conspiracy to frame the Huo family and the prince were terrified.
Back then, there was a queen to restrain the prince, preventing him from making any rash moves. But now, the queen has been burned to death in Fengzhang Palace! Not a single person is left in the Huo family!
In other words, there is no one in this world who can threaten the prince anymore!
It can be predicted that the prince’s return this time will definitely cause a bloody storm.
But before everyone could digest this news, another shocking piece of news came to light!
——The imperial concubine and the imperial teacher were having an affair in the bedroom and were caught by the emperor!
How could such a secret matter spread throughout the capital in just half a day?
This naturally involved Pei Ji's contribution.
Everyone speculated that he would carry out a series of acts of revenge after entering Beijing, but they really underestimated Pei Ji.
He can't wait to go to Beijing.
Exposing the affair between the imperial concubine and the imperial teacher was just a small appetizer he gave to those people.
The best is yet to come.
Following the affair between the Imperial Concubine and the Imperial Preceptor, the Second Prince's background was also questioned...
The sky in the entire capital city changed.
The topic of the prince's resurrection was already explosive enough, but now it has been overshadowed by the even more explosive royal "secrets".
After all, compared to the prince's resurrection, the gossip about the concubine and the imperial teacher having an affair is more exciting.
Some bold businessmen even took the opportunity to publish a number of novels that alluded to the imperial concubine, the imperial teacher, and the emperor, describing the "love" story between the three in a heart-wrenching and erotic way.
Although it is not allowed to criticize the emperor openly, the storybooks are based on hearsay and do not mention any names. Even if everyone knows who the protagonist refers to, no one would be stupid enough to say it out loud, and they would all discuss it secretly.
Even if the bookstores were banned and the storybooks were burned and taken off the shelves, more and more exciting storybooks would appear on the market in the blink of an eye, and there would be nothing left to ban.
Pei Ji, who was secretly stirring up trouble, was in an inn at this time, leisurely drinking the spiritual tea prepared for him by Xue Huan and eating the delicious snacks she made herself. A piece of snow-white letter paper was spread out on the table in front of him, and he was writing on it quickly.
He wrote down three pages of paper, recording what he saw and heard on the way, his thoughts about her, and even the dreams he had at night.
When you love someone, you can't help but share everything around you with him or her.
After the letter dried, he put a very beautiful wild flower he picked on the road between the pieces of letter paper, and put some interesting little gadgets and envelopes he bought along the way into a storage bag.
The storage bag was very small, only the size of a child's palm. It was specially made by Xue Huan for delivering letters.
Pei Ji hung the storage bag around the neck of the spirit pigeon waiting on the windowsill and touched its head. "Go."
This spirit pigeon was a circle larger than the other spirit pigeons Xue Huan had bred, and its eyes were more lively. Because she occasionally fed it spirit beast pills, it was considered the king of the group of spirit pigeons.
It also flies faster, and can easily travel hundreds of miles in a day.
The spirit pigeon spread its wings and flew high into the sky, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Pei Ji put his hands behind his back, looked up at the direction where the spirit pigeon disappeared, and turned back after a long time.
When Xue Huan received the letter, she was searching for the Soul-Nourishing Tree deep in Lingyun Mountain. To be precise, she was heading to the place where the Soul-Nourishing Tree was located under the guidance of the Bodhi tree spirit, Xiao Bodhi.
Before this, she had been lucky enough to find the Water Lotus and put it into the spiritual lake in the space.
As for the Soul-Nourishing Tree, she had no idea. She thought that Little Bodhi was a tree spirit that had lived for five hundred years and was of the same species as the Soul-Nourishing Tree, so he might know some information. So she went to Little Bodhi and asked for its help.
Unexpectedly, Little Bodhi actually knew the whereabouts of the Soul-Nourishing Tree, and that the Soul-Nourishing Tree had lived for at least a thousand years. Because according to Little Bodhi, when it just gained spiritual intelligence three hundred years ago, the Soul-Nourishing Tree was already eight hundred years old and had even visited it.
After systematic training, Little Bodhi can now leave his body and move around outside for a while. Of course, it can't be too long, and he can only be away for three hours at most.
But three hours is enough.
Seeing the spirit pigeon flying towards her, Xue Huan temporarily took off the storage bag hanging around its neck and did not rush to read the letter inside.
After all, little Bodhi has limited time to go out, so it won’t be too late to wait until the soul-nourishing tree is found.
The two of them walked quickly for another half an hour, and then Little Bodhi stopped.
"Sister, it's right in front. But don't rush over there. Do you see those beautiful red flowers on the Soul-Nourishing Tree? Those are not flowers, but Soul-Eating Butterflies, the Soul-Nourishing Tree's companion beasts. Anyone who enters the Soul-Nourishing Tree's territory will have their soul devoured by those Soul-Eating Butterflies."
Soul-devouring Butterfly...
If Xiao Bodhi hadn't reminded her, Xue Huan would have really thought that those were beautiful flowers blooming on the soul-nourishing tree.
The red translucent flowers seemed real and illusory, and were surrounded by a layer of fluorescent light, making them particularly bright in the dark forest. As the saying goes, the more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is. Even if little Bodhi hadn't told her, she would not have approached those flowers casually.
But if she hadn't known in advance that those "flowers" were actually formed by soul-eating butterflies gathered together, she would probably have been caught no matter how careful she was.
Because the Soul-Eating Butterfly can ignore all physical and magical attacks, unless there is a magical weapon specifically designed to protect the soul, it will end up helpless and its soul will be completely devoured.
Xue Huan took out a rabbit from the space and drove it into the range of the soul-nourishing tree.
The next moment, those "flowers" moved, detached from the branches, and turned into translucent butterflies. They flapped their wings and flew towards the rabbit, passing directly through its body.
After a while, the lively rabbit fell to the ground.
From the outside, there was no sign of any harm to it, as if it was just asleep, but Xue Huan knew through her spiritual sense that the soul in its body no longer existed.
Only an empty shell remained.
Witnessing this scene with her own eyes, Xue Huan couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine. If she had stepped in...
Wait, she has practiced the Soul Flame Technique, and a wisp of soul fire has been ignited in her soul body. I wonder if that wisp of soul fire will cause harm to the soul-devouring butterflies when they devour her soul?
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