"Mother." Song Guangze's voice came from behind.

Xie Jinyun suddenly turned around and saw that Song Guangze was holding a very long and big key in his hand. At this time, she looked at the other end of the anklet.

What restricted her movements was a large golden lock, the same color as the key in Song Guangze's hand.

Her eyes darkened and she asked in a cold tone, "Where is this place?"

"This is the Grand Palace of Chen Kingdom. My mother has been sleeping in this world for nearly two years. During these two years, earth-shaking changes have taken place outside." Song Guangze walked to the other end of the chain and untied the golden lock that trapped her.

Xie Jinyun did not leave immediately. She wanted to figure out how she ended up in the Grand Palace of Chen State. What happened outside after she fell asleep here? "How did I get here? How did you appear here? What are those noises outside? What did you do to the Seventh Prince?"

"Mother, he is not the seventh prince now." Song Guangze told Xie Jinyun truthfully: "He is the emperor now."

emperor!

"Who supported him to become the emperor?" Xie Jinyun asked puzzledly.

Song Guangze said: "Mother, you."

"Me?" Xie Jinyun couldn't remember when she had supported Gu Changning. She had only met Gu Changning once in this world.

This meeting almost cost her half her life. When she woke up again, she arrived at the Grand Palace of Chen State.

Song Guangze quickly helped her solve the puzzle: "He trapped mother, and used her to force Uncle Xie to support him with 100,000 troops, kill King Liang, and seize the throne. Then he used Uncle Two to incite public opinion and let the people of the world support him. Finally, he used Uncle Three's financial resources to launch a war against Chen State and kill and plunder the people of Chen. After he ascended the throne, he named mother the queen. Wherever he went, he would take mother with him. Now the emperor has killed his way to the Thousand Buddha Temple in Chen State. He has used the power of the whole country and almost killed all the monks in the temple. Now it has come to the last stage. Mother, this is the true face of Gu Changning. He is full of killing and only has exploitation in his eyes. When he has used up the Xie family, he will throw you and the people of the Xie family like throwing away rags. Now only mother can kill him. Mother, go and kill him."

Song Guangze took out a dagger.

When Xie Jinyun saw the dagger, he stepped back subconsciously and shouted coldly: "Don't try to seduce me."

"Do you want to watch him kill everyone in your Xie family? Or are you still dreaming that he is the king who only has eyes for you?" Song Guangze walked towards her.

Seeing this, Xie Jinyun said firmly: "I know he is not the same person as before. I also know that he is not my husband Gu Changning. He is cruel and cold-blooded by nature, but this is not an excuse for you to use me to fulfill your greed. If he does evil, he will be punished by heaven. You, a sinner who killed your father and mother, should not control this world. Otherwise, what is the way of heaven!"

Her voice was powerful and her words were clear and resonant.

When the last sentence was uttered, thunder roared outside the hall and lightning flashed across the windowsill, as if God was responding to Xie Jinyun's words.

Song Guangze was frightened by the thunder and stopped, not daring to walk towards Xie Jinyun.

Not only did the thunder not stop, but it continued to roar.

Every bolt of thunder was like an axe, striking Song Guangze's heart heavily.

With a clang, the dagger in Song Guangze's hand fell to the ground, and Song Guangze knelt on the ground and confessed to Xie Jinyun: "Mother..."

"Brother Jing."

Song Guangze paused, then suddenly looked up at her: "What did mother call me?"

Xie Jinyun looked at him expressionlessly: "When will the cycle of revenge end? You were already dead, but you tried to change your fate. What did you get?"

"Assisting a tyrant, the people suffered, the people were homeless, and the blood flowed like a river."

"Since you sincerely repent, why don't you obey fate, let go of your obsessions, and become a pure and kind person, but instead trap me here?"

"Are you regretting killing me? Are you ashamed of me and my kindness in raising you? Or is it because you suddenly remembered your peaceful life in your previous life and couldn't stand the feeling of falling into the mud? So you hope to get the wealth and honor you want through me, and the high position you want?"

"I..." Song Guangze didn't know how to respond to Xie Jinyun's words. He really couldn't stand being in the mud all the time. He wanted to go back to Xie Jinyun. Xie Jinyun was stronger than his biological parents in every way.

"Your obsession is just caused by greed. You are not truly repentant, nor do you want to confess your sin of killing me." Xie Jinyun picked up the dagger that Song Guangze had handed to her when he was not paying attention: "You just can't give up the wealth and glory I can bring you."

"No..." Song Guangze rejected it outright.

However, Xie Jinyun had already circled behind him and stabbed Song Guangze with a knife. Song Guangze's body trembled violently for a few times. He looked back at Xie Jinyun with wide eyes and called out, "Mother, I..."

He spat out a mouthful of blood, and endured the pain of the wound, saying: "I am repenting, I remember your teachings to me, you said that I should not worry about my position being unrespectable, but worry about my morals being unrespectable..."

"You said that this sentence means that a gentleman does not worry about his low status, but only worries about his morality not being perfect. I should be a gentleman with bottom line, morality and profound knowledge. This is also the way to be a human being."

"You also said that self-cultivation comes first, knowledge comes second, and practice comes third. A gentleman's duty is to cultivate himself and bring peace to the world. I remember it all, I remember everything, my mother's good intentions, my mother's teachings to her children, my mother's hope that her son would become a successful person, and my mother's high hopes for her son."

"I just realized it too late."

"You want me to be a gentleman, like my second uncle, who makes friends with students all over the world to discuss academic matters, follows the way of the gentleman, and stays away from villains."

"But they are right beside me, they are my biological parents, how can I refuse them?"

"I'm sorry!" Song Guangze spoke emotionally. When he said "I'm sorry", he was already in tears. Then he knocked his head heavily on the ground and said, "Yan State governs the country with filial piety. Mother, you also taught me to be filial, respect elders, and not disobey elders. So I... dare not disobey every word my biological parents say."

He cried and his words were filled with helplessness and despair. The thunder outside not only did not stop, but became more and more frequent.

Xie Jinyun, who was standing behind Song Guangze, shed tears. She lowered her eyes and looked at Song Guangze who was kneeling in front of her. In the blink of an eye, Song Guangze had grown from ten years old to fifteen or sixteen years old. The knife in his back was still bleeding, but he remained kneeling on the ground and did not get up.

Xie Jinyun slowly placed her hand on his head and said in a trembling voice, "I forgive you."

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