Seeing Xuan Yuanlang's grimacing expression, Yuan Qi pulled Tu Shanli away from there.
“Simply saying it like that won’t work. We need to let him see what this woman really is.” Yuan Qi didn’t want to go through all the trouble of making someone see something clearly. Actually, she wanted to just kill Siqi. After all, this was an illusion, not a real person. It was just a character and story from Xuan Yuanlang’s memories.
"Can we just kill Siqi?"
Tu Shanli nodded: "That's fine, but in that case, we might get trapped in the illusion created by Xuan Yuanlang's memories and never be able to get out."
Yuan Qi tilted his head and sighed, "I hate this kind of 'you love me, but I don't love you' drama the most."
Tu Shanli analyzed, "I feel that Siqi was sent by someone to Xuanyuan Lang's side. Siqi approached Xuanyuan Lang in order to take the opportunity to kill him. Obviously, Xuanyuan Lang has fallen deeply in love with Siqi. I think it is not appropriate to start from Xuanyuan Lang. It is unlikely that we can make him realize that Siqi approached him with premeditation. We can only start from Siqi and expose her."
Yuan Qi didn't know where Tu Shanli got the idea that Siqi was suspicious, but she felt the same way. The reason was simple: Xuanyuan Lang's imprisonment in the Sai River for a thousand years was not a simple matter. It must be that Siqi herself was being controlled and did something to Xuanyuan Lang: "Let's do it your way."
She took out her talismans from her bag and found a truth talisman: "Why don't we just use the truth talisman to make Siqi tell the truth?"
Tu Shanli nodded: "That's fine, but it's not the right time yet. Let's keep an eye on this Siqi and see who her mastermind is."
Yuan Qi shook his head: "No, this is Xuan Yuanlang's memory. Could he possibly have any memory of Siqi colluding with others to harm him? If not, wouldn't we have waited all this time for nothing? If you ask me, let's just kill Siqi."
Tu Shanli poked her forehead: "You've always been smart, how come you're so confused today? That's not how you break an illusion. To break an illusion, you have to unlock the inner demons of the illusion's master, do you understand? I've already said it's impossible, but you're still clinging to wishful thinking."
Yuan Qi was deflated: "What a hassle! Okay, okay, I'll do it your way, alright?"
The two of them stayed there for seven days. Xuan Yuanlang stayed at Chun En Lou without leaving, spending money like water and doting on Siqi to the extreme.
Siqi did not do anything unusual.
However, Prince Wu'an brought his men and scolded Xuan Yuanlang, and told him that the emperor planned to adopt him as the crown prince.
Xuanyuan Lang remained unmoved, preferring the beauty to the throne. He exchanged a heated argument with his father, and the Prince of Wu'an stormed off, leaving behind a skilled assassin to keep watch.
Yuan Qi and Tu Shanli once doubted that their judgment was wrong. Could it be that Siqi didn't conspire with others to harm Xuanyuan Lang? Or was it simply that Xuanyuan Lang was madly in love with Siqi?
Although Xuanyuan Lang hadn't been bothered by the two demons these past few days, he was still worried that they might return. He also kept thinking about what the Prince of Wu'an had said: if he didn't go home and continued to be entangled with Siqi, he would kill Siqi.
"Let's leave this place and fly far away?" Xuan Yuanlang said to Siqi.
Yuan Qi and Tu Shan were speechless. This Xuan Yuan Lang was such a love-struck fool! He gave up his positions as the Prince of Wu'an and the Crown Prince to be with a courtesan. He must be out of his mind.
Siqi nodded: "However, you have to redeem me first."
Xuanyuan Lang acted immediately, leaving Chun'en Tower and returning to the Wu'an Prince's Mansion.
The expert left behind by the Prince of Wu'an told the Prince of Wu'an about this matter. Taking advantage of the time when his son returned home to get money, the Prince of Wu'an led his men to Chun'en Tower and, without saying a word, tried to kill Siqi.
Yuan Qi and Tu Shanli repeatedly reminded King Wu'an not to do this.
“Your son is deeply in love with her. If you rashly kill him, he will be heartbroken and may commit suicide. You should think it over carefully.”
"That's right, she's just a woman. The more you try to stop them, the stronger their love will become. If you give in, he might get tired of her after a few months."
"You've been through this yourself, don't you even understand this principle? There's no such thing as a lifelong true love. That's just something out of a storybook. Your Highness, please think it over."
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The two took turns persuading him, and the Prince of Wu'an listened, scolded Siqi, and left.
Yuan Qi asked excitedly, "How did Prince Wu'an come to his senses this time?"
Tu Shanli was utterly disdainful. He had already figured it out: "His son is going to be the crown prince and inherit the throne. How could he not understand that? His son will hate him for the rest of his life. What good will that do him?"
After returning to his residence, Prince Wu'an took the initiative to find Xuan Yuanlang, who was planning to sell his shop and leave, and said, "I agree to let that courtesan enter the house." He also offered to pay for Siqi's redemption.
Xuanyuan Lang was overjoyed and kowtowed to his father several times.
The Prince of Wu'an was speechless. His son was such a romantic; such a person was not suitable to be emperor.
That day, Xuanyuan Lang took Siqi back to the Wu'an Prince's Mansion and settled her in an extremely elegant residence.
The next day, Huixin drank the concubine's tea, and Xuanyuan Lang and Siqi continued to be affectionate day after day. Over the years, they had two sons and a daughter.
However, just as Tu Shanli and Yuan Qi had predicted, as time went on, Xuan Yuanlang's passionate love gradually faded, and he had a child with Huixin.
Just as Yuan Qi and Tu Shanli were plotting how to make Xuan Yuanlang despise Si Qi, the scene before them suddenly changed, and the surrounding river water surged towards them.
"The illusion is broken so easily?" Yuan Qi didn't expect it to be so simple. Siqi was not a spy sent by anyone, and she did not intentionally kill Xuan Yuanlang.
Xuan Yuanlang, still shrouded in black mist, was quite surprised to see that the two had broken the illusion. He planned to set up another barrier to trap them in another illusion.
Yuan Qi and Tu Shanli formed hand seals together, using their magical power as sword energy to shatter Xuan Yuanlang's attack.
The black mist surrounding Xuanyuan Lang immediately thinned out considerably, and he stopped attacking: "Do you know how I died?"
Yuan Qi and Tu Shanli had already guessed it this time: "Your father killed Siqi, and Siqi's ghost came to you and eloped with you. She thought that you were tired of her and wanted to kill her through your father, so she tricked you here and killed you, right?"
Xuanyuan Lang laughed heartily: "You're right, it's just a pity that no one persuaded my father to let us be together back then. Siqi killed me, but I don't resent her. I'd be willing to stay with her even as a ghost. But she abandoned me and went to the underworld to be reincarnated. She hates me! Go die with her, go to the underworld to find her and explain everything to her."
The black mist surrounding Xuanyuan Lang surged once more, attracting all the wandering ghosts and spirits within a hundred miles.
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