The palace was some distance from the villa, and it took Xiao Chengci a fast horse an hour to reach it.
Anger filled Xiao Chengci's mind, and he couldn't bear it for even a moment longer.
He rushed into the villa, but was stopped by the Empress Dowager's personal attendants outside her bedroom.
Without wasting words, Xiao Chengci ended the other's life with a single sword strike.
Xiao Chengci barged directly into the Empress Dowager's bedchamber, and coincidentally, the Empress Dowager was not asleep.
Even though it was already late at night, the Empress Dowager was still dressed in full formal attire.
In front of the Empress Dowager was a chessboard, and she was playing chess against herself.
The Empress Dowager saw Xiao Chengci, who was furious and whose sword was still stained with blood.
"Why is the Emperor here so late at night, instead of sleeping, to come and see me?"
Xiao Chengci stepped forward, raised his sword without thinking, and shattered the chessboard in front of the Empress Dowager with a single strike.
The Empress Dowager didn't even blink. "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
"Coming here so late at night, I wonder what my chessboard has done to offend you?"
Xiao Chengci pointed his sword at the Empress Dowager, "Why did you attack her?"
The Empress Dowager reached out and pushed Xiao Chengci's sword away.
The Empress Dowager calmly replied, "I don't understand what Your Majesty is saying."
Xiao Chengci's blood was surging. Looking at his mother, who was so calm in front of him, Xiao Chengci didn't think twice before striking with his sword.
Xiao Chengci didn't hold back and severed the Empress Dowager's arm with a single sword stroke.
Inside the palace, no one expected that His Majesty would actually take action against the Empress Dowager.
They watched as His Majesty stormed in, but this was His Majesty's own mother.
How could His Majesty possibly harm his own mother?
Xiao Chengci's eyes turned sinister. "Mother, why did you harm her?"
The Empress Dowager, however, had long since lost her composure.
The Empress Dowager lay on the ground, crying out in pain.
The servants swarmed forward, but dared not interfere; they could only kneel on the ground and plead with the Empress Dowager.
Xiao Chengci pointed his sword at the Empress Dowager and once again loudly questioned, "Why did you attack her?"
Lying on the ground groaning, the Empress Dowager was too weak to answer Xiao Chengci's question.
Xiao Chengci struck again with his sword, but this time, instead of severing the Empress Dowager's hands and feet, he cut off a large portion of her hair.
"Mother, you'd better pray that she's alright. If anything happens to her, I will definitely make you wish you were dead."
Xiao Chengci dropped his sword and turned to leave.
"Seal off the villa. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Anyone who forces their way in will be executed on the spot!"
Xiao Chengci looked at the guards and said, "If you fail to perform this task, I will exterminate your entire family."
The guards immediately and respectfully accepted the order; none of them dared to slacken their efforts in the slightest.
Xiao Chengci left the royal villa, but he didn't know where to go next.
What should he do?
What can he do?
After learning of Pei Zhi's accident, Xiao Chengci did not go to find her immediately.
It was because Xiao Chengci knew that Shang Huai definitely had enough manpower.
But after such a long time, there has been no news from Shang Huai.
It had been too long, and Xiao Chengci was afraid.
Xiao Chengci was afraid to hear bad news; he dared not face it.
Seeing His Majesty standing dejectedly outside the gates of the royal villa, a palace attendant suggested, "Your Majesty, should we summon all the imperial physicians who are not on duty back?"
“Yes, yes.” Xiao Chengci nodded repeatedly.
If Shang Huai finds Pei Zhi, and if Pei Zhi is still alive, she must be seriously injured. The imperial physicians should be prepared in advance.
Xiao Chengci looked at the palace servants, "What else can I do?"
The palace servants wanted to remind His Majesty that tonight, His Majesty would rush into the villa and cut off the Empress Dowager's arm.
This matter must not be leaked in the slightest, otherwise, His Majesty will surely be scorned by scholars throughout the land.
"Your Majesty, you should hurry and meet up with General Shang now."
"So that I can know about Miss Pei's whereabouts as soon as possible."
Driven by anger, Xiao Chengci stormed into the royal villa.
Upon hearing the palace servant's words, Xiao Chengci nodded repeatedly and tried to mount his horse, but his legs suddenly went weak.
Xiao Chengci was terrified; his heart was trembling with fear.
The palace attendants quickly helped His Majesty onto his horse, and the group rode for another hour.
On the way, Xiao Chengci almost fell off his horse several times.
It should be noted that Xiao Chengci started riding horses at the age of three.
At four years old, he could ride a horse around by himself.
When Xiao Chengci arrived, it was already dusk.
The cliff was surrounded by Shang Huai's soldiers, who prevented anyone from entering or leaving.
When Xiao Chengci arrived, Shang Huai had not yet found any trace of Pei Zhi.
The night was deep, and the cliff was so steep that climbing while searching for people with a torch was extremely difficult.
The cliff is steep, and many people have climbed up only to fall down.
If one of them gets injured, another will step in to help.
Shang Huai crawled at the front, his hands scraped and bleeding, but he didn't have time to care.
After climbing a few meters, Shang Huai shouted Pei Zhi's name several times.
But the empty canyon only echoed, without any response.
Shang Huai continued climbing, when his hand suddenly touched a warm liquid. Holding the faint torch, he saw that it was blood.
Shang Huai's heart pounded. Holding the torch, he looked around and saw what appeared to be a person on a stone wall not far away.
Shang Huai gritted his teeth, stepped on the tree branches, and climbed over. Only when he got closer did he realize that it was a man's corpse.
Shang Huai tested it with his hand and found that there was no breath coming from her nose.
Shang Huaixin immediately felt like she had hit rock bottom.
The person who fell off the cliff is already dead, so is it possible that Pei Zhi is still alive?
Shang Huai gritted his teeth and continued climbing. No matter what, he had to find Pei Zhi.
Meanwhile, Pei Zhi was at the entrance of a cave, feeling her life slipping away.
So cold, so painful, in a daze, all of Pei Zhi's lost memories returned.
It turns out she wasn't from this world; she was a member of the Quick Transmigration Bureau.
She had actually died before.
She came back alive because she had completed her mission.
She had nothing better to do, so she came back to visit and check on her old friends.
Who would have thought that I would end up like this?
With all her memories put together, Pei Zhi, who had been holding on tightly, finally felt a little relieved.
Originally, Pei Zhi didn't want to die; she wanted to live.
There's still so much delicious food, she hasn't had enough.
She's still young, she wants to find a few more gigolos, she hasn't had enough fun yet.
But now that Pei Zhi knows that even if she dies in this world, it won't have any impact on her, her resolve seems to falter.
She's dead, that's all. It's just that she can never come back to this world.
She never wants to come back to this messed-up world.
She was such an innocent and beautiful girl, I don't know who she offended, but she was chased and slashed by more than thirty strong men.
If she hadn't been so resolute and jumped off the cliff herself, she would have been chopped into pieces by now.
The only person I feel sorry for is Shang Huai.
I accidentally provoked him again, and this is the result once again.
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