The group of six walked for about a quarter of an hour and arrived in the opposite direction of the dense forest.
Everyone looked at the examination room in front of them, which was shrouded in fog and could not see anything inside even though it was so close, and they couldn't help but look at Muchen.
"Everyone, I can only take you here. The third test is within the fog. If you pass the test, you will be directly teleported to the courtyard of an elder or the sect master within the sect. If you fail the test, you will return here again. Everyone, I wish you all good luck."
As Mu Chen spoke, he deliberately glanced at Luo Jiuyan.
The closer he got, the more he realized that Luo Jiuyan looked almost exactly like he did when he was young.
This made him feel unreal.
I used to think it was normal for people to have similarities.
But now he overturned his previous idea and suddenly became curious about Luo Jiuyan.
If such a talented man who looks like him can pass the third test, he will definitely take him as his apprentice, make him his own, and train him well.
Xiao Qingran and the other four walked into the fog at the same time.
As soon as the five people walked into the fog, the scene before them suddenly changed.
Xiao Qingran found herself in the imperial palace where she had attended court in her previous life.
The palace was completely silent at this time. The eunuchs and palace maids who usually guarded outside the main hall were nowhere to be seen.
Xiao Qingran walked around the palace and suddenly heard voices.
She looked in the direction of the sound and her pupils suddenly shrank.
She actually saw her mother punishing Xiao Jiyuan.
Her mother was clutching the little ten-year-old child tightly with both hands, and her eyes flashed with murderous intent: "I can make you the crown prince, or I can make you die immediately."
Seeing the little child's face turning purple, she was unwilling to let go.
"Don't think I can't do anything to you just because she's protecting you. If you die, she'll at most lock me up in the cold palace for a few years. I can still support your brother. If you don't obey, there's always someone who will."
Hearing this, Xiao Qingran's face turned extremely ugly. She couldn't help but think back to her past life, when there were many times when Ji Yuan wore high-necked clothes even though it was so hot.
She always thought Ji Yuan was afraid of the cold, but now she thinks how ironic it is.
Jiyuan has always been well-behaved and smart in front of her, but she didn't expect that he would be abused by her mother behind her back.
"I'll give you one last chance. On the fifteenth of next month, there will be a dinner party in the palace. Take this opportunity to slip this bottle of medicine into her wine glass. As soon as she dies, I will let you inherit the throne immediately. I will never embarrass you again."
Xiao Qingran looked at the familiar small porcelain bottle in her mother's hand and was extremely shocked.
She clearly remembered that at the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner, an envoy came to Fang. In order to express her welcome to this guest from afar, she gave the first glass of wine to this foreign visitor.
However, it was this action of hers that saved her life.
Less than three minutes after drinking the wine, the foreign visitor vomited black blood and died on the spot.
She controlled everyone present and found a small porcelain bottle from a young eunuch, which was exactly the same as the one in her mother's hand. The imperial physician smelled poison from the porcelain bottle.
The young eunuch committed suicide on the spot, and the case was never resolved.
Unexpectedly, there is such a hidden story behind the matter.
The scene flashed, and Xiao Qingran suddenly came back to the fifteenth banquet day.
She saw Xiao Jiyuan take the porcelain bottle to a corner, quietly replace the medicine in the bottle, and then walk back quietly.
When he passed by a little palace maid, he handed the porcelain bottle in his hand to her.
The little palace maid looked around with a guilty conscience, quickly took the porcelain bottle, and ran away as if nothing had happened.
Xiao Qingran followed the palace maid, but saw a sneaky little eunuch.
Xiao Qingran recognized that this man was the eunuch who had found the porcelain bottle on him.
He first secretly knocked the palace maid unconscious, then took out a bottle that was exactly the same as the one the little palace maid had, and exchanged it with the little palace maid's porcelain bottle.
After doing this, he quietly slipped away.
Xiao Qingran followed him and met her mother again.
"Your Highness, as you expected, he has replaced the contents of the bottle."
The young eunuch took out the small porcelain bottle he had exchanged for.
"Hmph, Xiao Jiyuan, what an idiot. Fortunately, I have made two preparations. That evil creature must die tonight."
After reading this, Xiao Qingran still had nothing to understand.
She never expected that for so many years, it was her mother who had been secretly instigating Ji Yuan to harm her.
As long as Jiyuan is unwilling, he will be tortured inhumanly by her mother.
If he wasn't her biological child, Xiao Qingran would not be willing to admit that there was such a vicious mother in this world.
She had already given her mother the wealth and splendor she desired, but her mother was still not satisfied.
He often bossed her around and wanted to put all the people from her family in important positions.
If her mother had not been afraid of the infamy, she would have declared herself emperor.
She had always known that her mother was ambitious, and no matter how far she went, she never killed her. At most, she would be imprisoned in the cold palace for a few years. When the time came, she would be released.
But unexpectedly, because her punishment was too light, she was regarded as aiding and abetting the evil.
Both her death and the final collapse of the dynasty were closely related to her mother.
It seems that even after her death, Jiyuan was unable to escape the constraints of his mother.
A large part of the reason for the fall of the Xiao Kingdom was due to her mother.
If she were given another chance, she would definitely sacrifice her own family for the sake of justice.
The scenery in front of her changed, and Xiao Qingran found that she had come to a familiar palace.
This is her bedroom.
She pushed the door open and saw a figure kneeling in the center of the hall.
There is a portrait of her hanging on the wall of the hall.
At this time, a man wearing a brocade robe and a jade crown was kneeling in front of the portrait.
"Aunt, don't worry. I will take full responsibility for everything I have done. I am waiting for your return in the Ancient Soul Clan. Whether it takes ten years, a hundred years, or even a thousand or ten thousand years, I will wait for you."
Xiao Qingran stepped forward and was about to pull the young man on the ground, but unexpectedly the scene changed again. She came to a hall that was exactly the same as the one before.
The difference is that the former hall is magnificent, while the one in front looks like it has been in disrepair for a long time. The entire hall is gray, as if it would collapse with just a slight poke.
Thinking of what he had seen before, Xiao Qingran walked in resolutely.
Pushing open the door to the main hall, I saw her portrait in the center, which had turned from color to black and white, and the paper had turned yellow. The surrounding furnishings had also lost their original color.
Everything in the hall, except for the old formation, was exactly the same as she had seen before. The only thing missing was the young man kneeling before her portrait.
Xiao Qingran couldn't help but walk forward, stood where the young man was kneeling, and reached out to touch her portrait.
As soon as his hand touched the paper on the portrait, black mist flew out from the portrait and was about to wrap around Xiao Qingran's wrist.
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