The bell tolled softly and endlessly.
As the bells of the Forbidden City rang, bells also echoed from temples throughout the capital.
Emperor Kangxi has passed away!
So many bells were ringing, sending out such a signal.
In fact, Emperor Kangxi did not die.
But when Rong Xi arrived at the Forbidden City again, she was horrified to find that everyone had a look of grief and indignation on their faces!
Even the Fourth Prince looked grief-stricken.
"Your Highness, what has happened?"
Rong Xi had questions in her mind, and naturally she wanted to get to the bottom of them. But her question stirred up a hornet's nest.
The Fourth Prince's face immediately turned cold, and he looked at Rong Xi with icy eyes, saying in a cold voice, "Ulanara clan, how dare you!"
What's wrong with me?
Rong Xi was somewhat bewildered.
"Father Emperor was ambushed by the Xiaoyao Sect and perished together with the sect's Holy Maiden. Consort De also passed away. This is a great tragedy for the country, yet you show no grief whatsoever. Where is your filial piety?!"
"I--"
Rong Xi wanted to argue with the Fourth Prince, but she understood what was going on the moment she opened her mouth. Earlier, when she had just acquired the blessed land of the Imperial Scripture Pavilion, she discovered two people there behaving immorally and expelled them from the pavilion. The result? A huge uproar ensued.
Finally, the head of the Imperial Observatory intervened and erased the memories of those present.
In this situation, damn it, it's the same old routine again!
Rong Xi was truly impressed!
It seems that Emperor Shunzhi also pulled a similar stunt back then!
Damn it, isn't this a scam?
Everyone else is drunk, but I am the only one sober!
As a result of doing so, she became an outcast!
wrong!
This was clearly intentional!
After a brief moment of stunned silence, Rong Xi quickly understood everything. The alteration of everyone's memories must have been Kangxi's idea.
However, she was excluded.
In this way, she, who was already wronged, would no longer be in the right, and might even be seen as disloyal and unfilial.
"Kang Mazi, don't let your aunt see you again, or I'll kill you, kill you!"
Rong Xi understood everything, and the anger in her heart was unimaginable.
But to whom could she vent her anger? Kangxi had fled, and so had Yan Wuyue and Consort De. The Empress Dowager must have known, but she was probably already fed up with her by now.
Moreover, the Empress Dowager is not here either. I wonder if she has returned to Cining Palace to lick her wounds, or if she has gone into seclusion to continue her spiritual practice!
Wait, there's someone!
Rong Xi ignored the Fourth Prince's reprimand, mounted the Taotie, and headed straight for the Imperial Observatory.
The alteration of memories was carried out by the Director of the Imperial Observatory.
So, the Director of the Imperial Observatory could certainly change the memory back.
"Ulanara clan, where are you going?"
Seeing Rong Xi leave, the Fourth Prince became even more impatient. His memory had been altered even more, and he had even forgotten that Rong Xi had once told him his name.
Moreover, at Kangxi's behest, the Fourth Prince had a very poor impression of Rongxi, his primary consort.
Despite Emperor Kangxi's claims to the Empress Dowager that he yearned for a carefree and long life and had no interest in the Qing Dynasty's power, the truth was that, accustomed to controlling the world, he would never relinquish everything unless absolutely necessary. His statement about loving beauty more than the empire was merely a way for him to extricate himself from this quagmire.
Rong Xi's act of ignoring the Fourth Prince and leaving the Forbidden City directly naturally attracted the attention of many people.
When Emperor Kangxi passed away, princes, princesses, nobles, and civil and military officials all gathered here to pay their respects with expressions of grief and indignation. However, Rong Xi, the fourth prince's wife, acted differently, which naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of many people.
The Crown Prince was even more furious!
"Fourth brother, what's wrong with your wife?"
"Does she still have any respect for her father, the Emperor? Does she still have even a shred of loyalty and filial piety?"
The Crown Prince looked at the Fourth Prince and rebuked him sternly.
The Fourth Prince frowned slightly, feeling that Rong Xi's actions were too outrageous. But when the Crown Prince uttered his reprimand, the Fourth Prince's face turned cold.
His instinctive aversion to the Crown Prince led him to coldly reply, "Your Highness need not concern yourself with how my brother's wife is!"
"presumptuous!"
The Crown Prince flew into a rage, “With Father Emperor gone, I am the heir apparent and destined to succeed to the throne! How dare you speak to me like that? Where is your respect?”
"..."
The Fourth Prince stared coldly at the Crown Prince, offering no response.
"Guards, seize the Fourth Princess Consort immediately!"
"Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"
At the Crown Prince's command, imperial guards immediately gave chase in the direction Rong Xi had gone.
...
Rong Xi had no idea what would happen after she left. All she wanted to do now was find the Director of the Imperial Observatory and have him change everyone's altered memories back to normal.
Kangxi wanted to conceal it like this, how wonderful!
If he hadn't tricked her before leaving, Rong Xi might have been magnanimous and forgotten about Kangxi and the Holy Maiden of the Carefree Sect, since they no longer posed a threat to her.
Unfortunately, reality coldly and ruthlessly taught her that being merciful to the enemy was being cruel to oneself.
She spared Kangxi and Yan Wuyue, but Kangxi dug a huge pit for her before he disappeared.
Rong Xi soon arrived at the Imperial Observatory.
However, at this moment, the Imperial Observatory was filled with bloodshed.
The Imperial Observatory suffered a brutal massacre.
Rong Xi sat on the back of the Taotie, looking down at the Imperial Observatory. She quickly found the Director of the Imperial Observatory, Daoist Qianmu, among the pile of corpses. This old Daoist, with his otherworldly demeanor, had died on the spot, his face filled with shock and grief.
Master Qianmu, a member of the Zhengyi sect, has reached the Nascent Soul stage in his cultivation.
But in Rong Xi's view, he didn't even have a chance to resist before he was killed on the spot, along with his nascent soul.
"You audacious Ulanara clansman, how dare you slaughter the Imperial Observatory!"
The imperial guards, who had been ordered by the Crown Prince to pursue the matter, saw the massacre at the Imperial Observatory and, without a second thought, pinned all the blame on Rong Xi.
While the imperial guards pinned the blame on Rong Xi, they also sent out a distress signal.
"That's a good one!"
Rong Xi did not let Taotie take action, but sat there quietly, pondering the whole story.
Those who massacred the Imperial Observatory were either Emperor Kangxi or members of the Xiaoyao faction. What was their purpose? Naturally, it was to cut off any possibility of others regaining their memories.
As for her coming to the Imperial Observatory, it was probably a coincidence.
But one thing is for sure: some people will really enjoy seeing this!
"Baby, take down that person!"
Rong Xi looked at the imperial guard who had first accused her of slaughtering the Imperial Observatory. Regardless of whether the other party was guilty or not, the most important thing was to take him down and prevent him from dying.
The reason why Taotie was not allowed to take action was because they were worried that this person would risk his own life to frame someone again!
Indeed, with Taotie protecting her, Rong Xi could easily leave the capital and travel the world alone.
The problem is, Rong Xi really can't leave. She's taken over Ulanara's body; the karmic ties are intertwined, and she can't leave yet!
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