"Mr. Ren? How is the situation outside the city?"
Consort Yuan asked nervously.
"Please rest assured, Consort Yuan, the matter has been resolved."
Shen Zhao calmly sat in the guest seat, fanning himself with a feather fan.
"Wen Yinhu and his henchmen were all executed."
The three were shocked by these words.
Zhang Huai'an pressed further, "Sir, did you really kill Wen Yinhu?"
"Could it be that Deputy Commander Zhang is an old friend of his?"
"What are you saying, sir?"
"Then why do you seem to care about him so much?"
"Sir, you've misunderstood," Zhang Huai'an explained. "I just find it hard to believe."
Wen Yinhu was stronger than Deng Xuan'an, so how could he have died so easily?
"If you don't believe me, Deputy Commander Zhang can personally go out of the city to verify and see if I am lying."
"Since you say so, sir, then I naturally believe you."
Zhang Huai'an's face remained full of worry.
"However, with Deng and Wen dead, it will be difficult to mend our relationship with the Prince of Bashu."
Consort Yuan also said, "Yes, I think we should return to the capital first. The people of Shu probably want to exterminate us right now."
Yuan Feifei remained silent; all she wanted was to see her Brother Xu, nothing else mattered.
Shen Zhao said, "It's too late. Such a commotion..."
The road back is likely to be blocked by officials at all levels in Sichuan; it's too late to escape now.
"What should I do?"
Consort Yuan dared not blame Ren Piaomiao for his eccentric behavior; she could only let out a wail and silently shed tears.
"Princess Consort, do not panic. As long as you trust me, I will ensure your safe return to the capital."
Consort Yuan nodded. Now that things had come to this, she could only rely on Ren Piaomiao.
Zhang Huai'an cupped his hands and asked, "Sir, what are your plans for the next step?"
"Next step?"
Shen Zhao leaned back in his chair, the feather fan pressed against his chest, and closed his eyes in deep thought.
After a long silence, he slowly uttered, "Naturally, we should continue to wait for the next fool to come to us and beg for death."
...
Icefields and snowfields, nameless caves.
Ah~
Yu Xiyan exhaled a breath of stale air and slowly opened her eyes.
After this period of time, with the help of the cold air of this place, she finally successfully transformed the demonic energy she forcibly absorbed from Leng and Yue into Ice Phoenix energy.
As the feeling of backlash from her internal energy subsided, she felt an indescribable comfort throughout her body.
At that moment, a glimmer of light appeared in the void, and the blood-red brilliance on her forehead and eyebrows flickered incessantly.
The next moment, the system's mechanical voice rang in my mind.
"Have you finished weaving your dream?"
"Um!"
The system seemed quite excited after receiving the response.
Are you sure your dream is flawless and without any flaws?
"Can you really bring Shen Zhao back to my side?"
Yu Xiyan did not give a direct answer to the system's question.
System: "Are you doubting my abilities?"
Yu Xiyan: "Also, why are you so determined to bring me and Shen Zhao together without asking for any benefits? What exactly is your purpose?"
"This isn't something you should be worrying about. Quickly hand over your dream to me. As soon as Shen Zhao's memories become disordered..."
He'll just be the same as before, only able to revolve around you, and you can continue treating him like a devoted admirer, just like before.
"I ask you! What is your true purpose?"
Yu Xiyan let out a deep shout, and the blood-red mark on her forehead flashed rapidly, clearly indicating that she was truly enraged.
Upon hearing this, the system sighed softly and began its deceptive rhetoric: "I can only tell you that my interests are closely related to yours and Shen Zhao's."
As long as you can marry Shen Zhao and have his child
You can then be together happily forever, and the fortune that arises from your union with Shen Zhao...
"This will greatly help me recover my physical body, you understand now, right?"
Yu Xiyan remained silent for a long time before finally nodding, indicating that she believed the system's words.
"Okay, I can give you the dream, so what do you want to do?"
"Wait, wait until Shen Zhao is at his weakest, then I will weave another illusion for him to fall into."
Once he falls into a dream and forgets everything, when he wakes up, all he can see and think about is you.
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiyan fell silent.
The system urged, "Hurry up and give me your dream."
Yu Xiyan: "Give me three more days; there are still some details that need to be perfected."
"Okay, check carefully. I'll come back in three days."
After he finished speaking, the system vanished instantly.
Yu Xiyan closed her eyes and sat cross-legged on the spot.
Just then, a sound of footsteps rang in my ears.
The moment I looked up, I saw another version of myself looking at me with a helpless expression.
"You still won't let him go?"
Yu Xiyan frowned: "What do you mean I'm unwilling to let him go? Shen Zhao should have belonged to me in the first place."
He was the man my father and mother arranged for me to marry; I am their most legitimate wife!
"But you hurt him too deeply. What man would accept his wife humiliating and tormenting him in this way?"
Yu Xiyan: "That's because I really care about him too much. I thought that way he could stay by my side forever!"
"A mistake is a mistake. What's the use of saying anything more now? He already has Su Yunying and Song Yanran by his side."
He doesn't need me anymore, this vicious woman who hurt him so badly. Let go, let him go, and let yourself go too.
Yu Xiyan shook her head like a rattle drum: "No, I don't want to. I will make it up to him, I will do everything I can to please him, and I will never be separated from him again."
"But he doesn't care about any of that. He just wants to have nothing to do with you anymore in this life."
Yu Xiyan: "No more connection? Hahaha, is that possible? A lifetime of marriage can't be severed so easily."
"So what method do you plan to use to win him back? You're not planning to transfer everything you did to Lin Feng into his memory?"
Yu Xiyan's pupils shrank: "You are not allowed to mention that name. He is not worthy of being compared with Shen Zhao at all. He is not worthy, not worthy, not worthy!"
Enraged, Yu Xiyan struck out with her palm, causing the mountain wall to shake violently and countless snowflakes to fall.
Once the dust settled, the other self had long since vanished without a trace.
“Shen Zhao, Shen Zhao, Shen Zhao… Ahahaha…”
Her laughter was utterly desolate, tears streaming silently down her cheeks and falling to her feet.
Do you regret it?
I already deeply regret my actions.
Do you hate it?
I hate myself so much that I'm unrecognizable.
All that remained was a stubborn refusal to accept fate.
His obsession with Shen Zhao.
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