Nangong Yu glared at Gao Zhenzhen with disgust in his eyes. "Such a poor excuse! I was deceived by you for so long! I also hurt Ling Xiang many times because of you!"
Gao Zhenzhen knew very well the consequences of admitting she hadn't saved Nangong Yu, and she flatly denied it: "No, Your Majesty, I didn't lie to you! I know I did a lot of things wrong, but I really didn't lie to you about saving you!"
"Okay, I'll give you a chance to prove yourself!" Nangong Yu stood up and walked towards Gao Zhenzhen.
Gao Zhenzhen was surprised, thinking she still had a chance, so she put on a weak look that would best control Nangong Yu, "Your Highness..."
However, before she could say anything, Nangong Yu put his hand on her head and forcibly searched the memories in her soul.
Soul-searching is a sorcery, one of the ten forbidden arts on the Jialing Continent. Not only does it inflict immense pain on the subject, but it also leaves severe aftereffects. The performer also suffers immense backlash, and in severe cases, it can even affect their very foundation, rendering any further progress in their cultivation impossible.
Gao Zhenzhen never imagined that one day, Nangong Yu would search her soul.
"No! Your Highness, this will hurt you! No! I will tell you everything you want to know, please don't hurt yourself!" Gao Zhenzhen still wanted to struggle.
However, Nangong Yu remained unmoved and forcibly searched Gao Zhenzhen's memory.
"ah!"
Gao Zhenzhen fought desperately, but King Ling's soul search was something she could not resist at all.
Nangong Yu saw Gao Zhenzhen's memories bit by bit.
He saw the mountains outside the capital. Gao Zhenzhen took Ling Xiang away quietly while she was looking for food, and tricked him into thinking that she had saved him.
He saw Gao Zhenzhen and Ling Xiang married to him together, Ling Xiang was the principal wife and Gao Zhenzhen was the concubine.
At first, Nangong Yu thought it was Gao Zhenzhen's fantasy, until Gao Zhenzhen's memories became more and more, all of which were about how to deal with Ling Xiang, the princess.
She instigated the doctor to tell him to use Ling Xiang's blood to treat her illness.
In her memory, he saw himself hurting Ling Xiang countless times, saw Ling Xiang covered in scars, and saw Ling Xiang's complexion getting worse day by day.
He saw Gao Zhenzhen being kidnapped, he took Ling Xiang to exchange hostages, he saw Ling Xiang fall off a cliff, he saw Ling Xiang break his leg and hurt his face.
He saw his own indifference and his lack of concern for the disfigured and disabled princess. He saw that he was still abusing Ling Xiang and that the light in Ling Xiang's eyes gradually disappeared.
He saw Ling Xiang voluntarily give up the position of princess, and saw Ling Xiang sitting in a wheelchair, looking heartbroken.
He saw that he finally discovered the truth about the jade pendant and found that Ling Xiang was his savior. He immediately took the jade pendant and dragged Gao Zhenzhen to atone for Ling Xiang, but found that Ling Xiang was lying on the bed and had no breath left.
He saw himself holding Ling Xiang's body and frantically ordered the doctor to save her, but in the end he only got the diagnosis that Ling Xiang was pregnant but had a high fever for several days and died.
She was pregnant with his child and left this world with despair for him after enduring days and nights of pain and suffering from illness.
The soul search continued. He saw Gao Zhenzhen reborn. The first thing she did was to stop him from being with Ling Xiang at the flower viewing banquet. Then everything happened that he was familiar with.
Rebirth? Gao Zhenzhen was actually reborn?
What about Ling Xiang?
She was determined not to marry him from the beginning. Was it because she was hurt too deeply by him in her previous life?
This explains why there is such a huge contrast between Ling Xiang's performance before and after in Gao Zhenzhen's memory.
Living her life over again, she must be extremely disappointed with him, her former husband, right?
Ask yourself, if Ling Xiang really married him as Gao Zhenzhen remembered, would he really have done those excessive things to Ling Xiang...
All her past suffering and this life's ruthlessness were caused by him...
puff!
With his mind in great confusion, Nangong Yu spat out a mouthful of blood. The soul search was forced to stop and both of them fainted.
At the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion, Helian Xiao examined Ling Xiang and immediately pinned her to the bed, scolding her, "Last time, in order to save the princess, your spiritual and mental strength were severely depleted. You haven't recovered much yet, and you dare to resort to violence. You really don't take your body seriously."
Ling Xiang felt wronged: "I didn't want to do that either. The people from the Sirius Temple kidnapped Xiaoyu and Uncle Lian, and even poisoned me to take me away. In order to save them, I could only pretend to be poisoned and wait for the opportunity to act. I just didn't expect things to develop like this..."
"Don't take such risks in the future!" Helian Xiao was furious when he thought about how his apprentice almost lost his life today.
"Oh." Ling Xiang was very obedient and pulled the quilt over herself. "I promise that I will take good care of myself in the mansion recently and will never let Master worry about me!"
Seeing that his disciple was about to break off the engagement with Nangong Yu, but something like this happened, Helian Xiao was very worried about Ling Xiang's mood: "Nangong Yu should be here tomorrow, do you want to see him?"
"I don't want to see you." Ling Xiang said without hesitation, "But, some things need to be cut off immediately. Running away is not the solution to the problem."
Helian Xiao was very pleased: "As long as you understand, no matter how you want to deal with it, do it boldly. Your master supports any decision you make."
"Well, I have a backer now!" Ling Xiang said proudly.
Helian Xiao glanced out the window and left Ling Xiang's room. "Xiang'er, have a good rest. Don't pay attention to irrelevant people."
As soon as Helian Xiao left, the unrelated Xuanyuan Qi climbed in through the window.
Ling Xiang glanced at him and said, "I thought you had learned to go through the main entrance."
Xuanyuan Qi was very serious. He gently took Ling Xiang's hand and examined her: "I received news that you and Nangong Yu were surrounded and attacked by the Heavenly Wolf Hall at Broken Heart Cliff."
Ling Xiang was surprised that Xuanyuan Qi got the news so quickly: "You are so well-informed."
"The Sirius Palace had just withdrawn from the capital when the Prince of Qin's Mansion immediately launched a comprehensive liquidation of Sirius Palace's forces in the capital. The commotion was so large that I think it would be hard not to know."
"So, the King of Qin was a step too late and failed to wipe out the remnants of the Sirius Palace?" Letting the tiger go back to the mountain will cause endless troubles. Ling Xiang began to worry about the safety of the Marquis of Zhenguo's Mansion.
Xuanyuan Qi said domineeringly: "I will take over the forces that the King of Qin cannot destroy! If the Heavenly Wolf Palace dares to target you, then there is no need for them to exist!"
Ling Xiang perked up and sat up: "Count me in!"
Xuanyuan Qi pushed Ling Xiang back onto the bed: "Have you forgotten what you promised your master just now? You should just stay at home and rest."
Ling Xiang curled her lips and said, "Alright, I need to rest. Your Highness, Prince Huai, take care."
Xuanyuan Qi Lao was unhappy: "Ling Xiang, am I really so unpopular with you?"
"That's not the case. It's just that my master just told me not to pay attention to irrelevant people. Can you guess who he was referring to?" Ling Xiang smiled wickedly.
"Who cares who he's talking about? It's not me! I'm here for a serious matter." Xuanyuan Qi, always shameless, automatically ignored the look Helian Xiao gave him before leaving. He took out the jade bottle and poured out the elixir inside for Ling Xiang.
"Eat it."
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