Xiao Zhen regretted his actions after his hard-earned cultivation technique was destroyed. He realized that he had been arrogant and thought he would be invincible just by practicing such a technique. He should have listened to Kong Qing and cultivated to the ninth level before seizing the throne. He couldn't understand why he had become so impatient.
He used to be very patient and patient for more than ten years. Why couldn't he hold back recently?
He racked his brains but still couldn't figure out what was going on.
He was so lost in thought and filled with regret that he didn't even hear the emperor asking him a question.
He lay on the ground being interrogated, surrounded by people looking down at him. He felt he had lost all his dignity. Their eyes were filled with contempt and disdain; where was the last bit of respect he once had?
He couldn't bear the contrast and wanted to commit suicide, but all the tendons and veins in his body were severed, so he had no strength and couldn't move.
It's unbelievable that I can't die even if I want to.
He remained silent, so the emperor had no choice but to order a search of the Fifth Prince's residence and imprison him in the imperial jail.
When Jiang Jiulu learned this news from Jiang Juncai, she was shocked. She never expected that her father and brother's so-called revenge was like this. Her father and brother spoiled her too much.
She felt humiliated, and Xiao Zhen was disgraced; this revenge was now complete.
Jiang Juncai was also terrified. He never expected that Xiao Zhen had secretly practiced evil techniques. If the Crown Prince hadn't summoned Yuan Qi in time, he might have died in the Xuanzheng Hall.
He underestimated his opponent and was careless.
Jiang Jiulu went to find Yuan Qi with a relaxed expression, wanting to tell him the news as soon as possible. When she arrived at Shaoyao Residence, Yuan Qi was drawing talismans at the table, very focused, so she didn't disturb him and wandered around the room at her own pace.
Only after Yuan Qi finished drawing and put down his brush did she walk over and ask, "What kind of talisman did Seventh Sister draw?"
Yuan Qi blew the cinnabar ink dry and replied to her, "His Highness the Crown Prince asked me for a few Five Thunder Talismans. The Five Thunder Talismans I use are too powerful, so I specially drew a few less powerful ones for him to use in times of crisis."
Jiang Jiulu picked up a talisman and looked at it. She couldn't understand the runes on it, but she was very curious: "Since it's for His Highness the Crown Prince to use in a crisis, why not give him a more powerful Five Thunder Talisman? What if a weaker one doesn't work?"
Yuan Qi glanced at her and said, "It's not necessarily better the more powerful it is. The Crown Prince's cultivation level is very low. He can't control a powerful talisman. If he's not careful, he'll be struck by lightning himself."
Jiang Jiulu said, "Oh, I see. By the way, did you know that the Fifth Prince's rebellion failed and he was imprisoned in the Imperial Prison?"
Yuan Qi didn't answer her question, but was happy for her: "Right? Now you can finally hold your head high. No one will talk about you anymore, and you can take this opportunity to clear your name."
Jiang Jiulu nodded repeatedly: "That's right, that's what I thought too. I never expected that the Fifth Prince, who seemed like such a good person, would be so vicious. He not only ruined my reputation but also rebelled. He's utterly wicked and deserves to be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison. My elder brother said that the Fifth Prince has been demoted to a commoner and will be exiled soon. I will definitely go to see him off then."
Yuan Qi didn't care about that. She just felt that Xiao Zhen wasn't the type to give up easily. But what could happen now that things had come to this? There was nothing she could do even if she was unwilling to accept it.
While the two were chatting, Feng Caiyi arrived with a gentle smile on her face, and she was wearing the cypress bracelet that Yuan Qi had given her.
"Fifth sister, seventh sister."
Jiang Jiulu politely addressed her as "Sister-in-law" and personally poured tea for Feng Caiyi: "Sister-in-law, are you feeling better these past two days?"
Feng Caiyi replied with a smile, "I'm much better now. Your older brother wouldn't let me do anything or go out, he just wanted me to rest. I was so bored that I came to chat with you all."
Yuan Qi still felt a little reluctant to part with the cliff cypress bracelet.
Feng Caiyi touched the lightning-struck cypress bracelet on her wrist and said, she had long seen through Yuan Qi's thoughts. He was reluctant to part with the bracelet: "Seventh Sister, my grandmother said that this bracelet is a rare treasure in the world. She told me to return it to you in a few days. Maybe you will still have a great use for it. There is no use for me to keep it."
Yuan Qi didn't refuse: "Sister-in-law, there's no need to rush to return it to me. Wear it for another two months. Where's my elder brother? I heard he hasn't been back for several days."
Feng Caiyi sighed and said, "Your eldest brother came back in a hurry the other day, took some clean clothes, and said that the palace's protective array had been struck by heavenly lightning, leaving a huge hole. Unfortunately, the Imperial Preceptor was seriously injured and unable to repair the palace's array. The Emperor thought that your eldest brother could resist ghosts, so he let him stay in the palace for a while. I'm afraid your eldest brother won't be able to come back for some time."
Yuan Qi let out an "oh," as if she had made that big hole.
Well, since the Emperor didn't tell her to fix it, she'd better pretend she didn't know.
Jiang Jiulu stayed for a while, then realized that Feng Caiyi seemed to have something she was embarrassed to say, so she made an excuse to leave.
Sure enough, as soon as she left, Feng Caiyi told her about Feng.
"Seventh Sister, I have something I'd like to ask for your help with," she said, sounding rather hesitant.
Yuan Qi, unaware of the Feng family's affairs, asked curiously, "What is it, sister-in-law? Please don't be shy, just tell me what's on your mind."
Feng Caiyi nodded: "The Feng family seems to be incredibly powerful. The Crown Prince is my cousin, so he has to call my grandfather maternal grandfather. But actually, the Feng family isn't as powerful as it appears on the surface. The Feng family has a problem that has been troubling us for many years. My grandmother even consulted Master Huineng of Wuxiang Temple, but he couldn't solve it. The other day when I returned to my parents' home, my grandmother, father, and mother heard that you have some abilities, so they asked me to talk to you. Perhaps Seventh Sister can come up with a solution to the problem that has been troubling the Feng family for so many years."
Yuan Qi was very curious: "There are still problems that even the old man Huineng couldn't solve?"
Feng Caiyi smiled knowingly, pretending not to have heard the words "Old Man Huineng." However, since her seventh sister said so, she must have a close relationship with Master Huineng. She nodded: "Yes, Master Huineng has visited my house several times. There is nothing wrong with the feng shui of my house. However, in the past five years, many children under the age of ten in the main and collateral branches of the Feng family have died. Moreover, whenever someone becomes pregnant, they either miscarry or have a stillbirth. In the past five years, no younger generation has been born in the Feng family. If it were just one or two deaths, it would be fine, but more than a hundred have died. It is truly a terrible thing."
"So many?" Yuan Qi was quite surprised; there were indeed a lot of deaths.
Feng Caiyi could no longer laugh; her face was full of sorrow: "Not only are the daughters-in-law of the Feng family unable to have children, but even the children born to the married daughters of the Feng family are very weak and die shortly after birth. Seventh sister, do you know what's going on?"
"We'll have to see to know, but if you put it that way, it's very troublesome." Yuan Qi couldn't figure out what went wrong either. Even if there was a problem with the feng shui or the ancestral graves, so many children couldn't have died. There must be a bigger conspiracy.
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