If the Empress Dowager still had any emotions, she would have uttered tens of thousands of "MMPs" (a vulgar expression).
Unfortunately, she was no longer able to muster much emotion; at most, she felt some resistance.
But with a few Buddhist prayer beads in her bosom, the Empress Dowager felt extremely comfortable.
Even the speed at which they eat has been controlled, at least allowing them to maintain a relatively elegant posture.
Having received such a great "benefit" in front of others, the Empress Dowager had no choice but to say indifferently, "You do have some filial piety."
"It's only right. You've taken such good care of our young lady. Don't worry, our filial piety is yet to come. Just you wait," Xi Que replied with a sarcastic laugh, then skipped back to Ji Fengyao's side.
The Empress Dowager blinked and ate much faster.
She thought slowly to herself:
This is a threat, a blatant threat!
A dark room in the side courtyard of Hui'ai Pavilion.
Black Owl sat cross-legged on the long couch, doing his best to maintain the seal and resist the effects of the medicine.
A restless energy coursing through his body clouded his mind, and fragments of memories flickered in and out of his head:
Atop a towering mountain, reaching into the clouds, stands a magnificent and imposing immortal gate.
A pristine white staircase leads straight from the foot of the mountain to the Immortal Gate. Hundreds of young men and women are striving to climb the radiant staircase, hoping to reach the Immortal Gate, enter the world beyond, and begin their path to immortality.
Black Owl saw himself standing atop the Immortal Gate, looking down at the young men and women struggling to climb the Heavenly Ladder.
Suddenly, amidst this arduous and distressed crowd...
A young man in crimson robes, who had climbed halfway up the mountain, flipped over and lay back, looking at the black owl standing atop the immortal gate. He winked playfully at the black owl with his extremely beautiful phoenix eyes and transmitted his voice to him, "Which young lady have you taken a fancy to? Why are you sneaking around hiding on the mountain gate?"
The version of himself in the illusion remained silent, but his emotions stirred slightly: "You already possess the roots of immortality, why have you trespassed upon my mountain gate?"
"Such a big event as Han Yu Palace recruiting disciples, I naturally have to come and join in the fun." The young man had a roguish and unserious look on his face and boasted, "I've been to many sects and immortal sects, big and small, and I know a lot of people. Tell me, which young lady have you taken a fancy to, and I'll help you make a selection."
In the "Nonsense" illusion, the black owl coldly scoffed, a hint of anger in his voice.
The boy, however, was not offended at all, and said seriously, "How am I being ridiculous? Your Hanyu Palace is full of people who are as hard as stone. All you know is to shut your doors and cultivate. How would you know the wickedness of people outside? I'm keeping an eye on things for your own good. If you provoke those little vixens outside, you'll be in for a lot of trouble."
Black Owl: "..."
The scene shifts, and he arrives at a bamboo grove beside a hot spring.
A young man in scarlet robes lay half-reclined in his private spiritual spring, holding a long bamboo pole with a spirit beast, already roasted to a golden brown, forked at the end.
"These are my pets," Black Owl heard his own voice in the illusion say angrily.
The boy raised his wet head from the spiritual spring, wiped his beautiful face, his phoenix eyes like stars, and his smile curved like the moon: "I know, you raised this spirit beast very well, it's just the right size, it's perfect to eat now, in a few years, the meat will get too old and won't taste good."
"Get out!" The illusionary version of himself finally erupted in fury.
Black Owl was utterly shocked as he looked at the boy's face, which had finally revealed its full nature—Ji Fengming?!
The boy he had been seeing in his illusions, the boy who ultimately fell in a pool of blood and died tragically before him, was truly Ji Fengming!
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