Above the source of Tao

An hour later.

Inside the Palace of King Jing, there were many people sitting at a table with many delicacies placed on it, with a total of more than twenty dishes. However, Yun Changan and the other man had no appetite, and they themselves did not need to eat this earthly food anymore.

This worldly food would only bring filth to the two of them.

This is why Yun Changan had to expel the impurities from his body by bathing in spiritual medicine before entering the Qi training realm. If he often ate this kind of food without vitality, it would only accumulate impurities in his body.

At the dining table, everyone was celebrating King Jing Heng's recovery from the poison in his body. He now looked very young, his breath was strong and steady, and he did not look sick at all.

Yun Chang'an and the other person at the end of the table were not very interested in the banquet. They just looked at the food on the table without picking up their chopsticks.

Chu Jiangruan seemed to notice that the two of them hadn't eaten anything, and thought that the food at the banquet was not to their liking, so he said, "Xiaoxiao, Young Master Chang'an, are the dishes not tasty?"

Chu Xiaoxiao was still in a daze, staring blankly at the food in front of her. Yun Changan took over the conversation and spoke first, "No, the food is delicious, but Sister Xiaoxiao and I are fasting, so we can't eat too much. If I have offended you, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

After hearing this, Chu Jiangruan understood what was going on and did not try to persuade them, letting them do as they pleased.

"Grandpa, the person who poisoned us has not been found yet. Now that you have recovered, if the person who poisoned us finds out, he will definitely not show up easily. It is better for you to pretend to be sick and lead him out into the open."

Chu Jiangruan smiled knowingly when he heard his grandson's suggestion. This coincided with his thoughts. Right now the enemy was in the dark and he was in the light. He had fought many battles in his life, but this time he didn't even know who the enemy was. This made him feel very ridiculous.

"Haha, that's exactly what I meant."

Then he looked at the two of them again and said in a low voice, "Young Master Chang'an, Xiao'er, what do you think?"

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Chu Xiaoxiao didn't even raise her head, but just twisted a strand of her hair in her hand and responded to his question.

Chu Kangyuan and his son, who were standing by, didn't know why their father addressed the woman so kindly. Even though she was the one who saved his father's life, she was too kind to him. This was not an expression of treating a benefactor, but more like... treating a family member.

Thinking of this, Chu Kangyuan turned around and looked at Chu Xiaoxiao with confusion, but after staring at her like this, he felt that the person in his eyes looked more and more familiar.

But he couldn't resist his curiosity, so he asked, "Girl, you look familiar to me since the first time I saw you. Have we met before?"

Hearing this question, everyone present showed strange expressions. Only Chu Hanlan knew that he had not told him about Chu Xiaoxiao's life experience, so he covered his mouth and sat aside, laughing.

As if seeing Chu Hanlan's actions, Chu Jiangruan immediately understood, but without saying it clearly, he looked over and scared Chu Hanlan so much that he put away his smile, sat upright with a serious face, and dared not make any other movements.

Then he looked at Chu Xiaoxiao, as if asking for her opinion. Seeing that Chu Xiaoxiao did not react, he said, "Kang Yuan, you don't know yet, this is your sixth sister."

Hearing the word "sixth sister", Chu Kangyuan kept thinking about it in his mind, and finally found a matching figure. He suddenly realized and looked at her, "You are Xiaoxiao, Chu Xiaoxiao? Are you my sixth sister who disappeared when she was six years old?"

Chu Xiaoxiao was only six years old when she left the Chu Dynasty, while Chu Kangyuan was already a teenager at that time. His thoughts kept being pulled back and he finally remembered what happened in his childhood.

It was a sunny afternoon. Chu Kangyuan was just retiring from court. He originally wanted to follow General Ren to lead troops to fight, but his father rejected the proposal. After retiring, he was really angry, so he wanted to find his mother, the current queen, to tell her about his grievances and ask her to persuade his father to agree to go out to fight.

Chu Kangyuan has loved wielding swords and guns since he was a child, and has been keen on studying military tactics. He is a complete war fanatic and has no interest in anything other than leading troops in battle.

He always stuck to Ren Tianchang and asked him to tell about his glorious deeds of leading troops in battle. The more he listened, the more he began to yearn for the life of war. When he heard that there was a rebellion in the north, he wanted to ask Ren Tianchang to take him there. However, if the prince wanted to go to the battlefield, he needed the king's consent. Chu Jiangruan would never agree to such a ridiculous decision.

He rejected this decision in the court and went to the harem in anger, wandering around to kill time. But he didn't know when he walked into a garden in the harem, he saw a group of young princes, who were also his younger brothers, surrounding a girl who was only five or six years old and snatching things from her hands.

The girl was Chu Xiaoxiao. At this moment, a group of little princes pushed her to the ground and tried to snatch the kite that she was holding tightly in her hand. They said in a soft voice, "This is my kite, don't snatch my kite."

But because her voice was so soft and harmless, those people ignored her and did not care about her crying. They just pulled hard at the kite that was about to fall apart.

He even insulted Chu Xiaoxiao who was lying on the ground, "How can a lowly creature like you, born of a commoner, become a highness? It's a shame for us to be associated with a lowly person like you."

As they spoke, they continued to punch and kick the young Chu Xiaoxiao, and the little kite was completely torn apart by their tearing.

Seeing this scene, Chu Kangyuan shouted "Stop!"

When the princes saw someone coming, they didn't even see who it was, so they all fled in all directions like rabbits, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

When Chu Kangyuan came to her, he saw Chu Xiaoxiao, who was beaten black and blue. He couldn't help but feel distressed. He looked at her gently and said, "Are you okay?"

Hearing someone's caring inquiry, the young Chu Xiaoxiao could no longer hold back her tears, "My kite is broken. The kite that my mother made for me is broken. You are all a bunch of bad people!"

The broken kite on the ground had mandarin ducks embroidered on it, and a line of small words on it, with the blessing words "Xiaoxiao, may everything go well" written on it. But it seemed so ridiculous at this moment.

He carefully picked up the broken kite and ran into the palace without looking back, running as fast as if he was trying to escape from this damn place.

Looking at Chu Xiaoxiao who had already run far away, he wanted to check her injuries, but he didn't do that, nor did he stop her, just let her go.

This made him very angry. His younger brothers were so arrogant and domineering in the harem that they bullied a girl younger than them. So he stopped going to his mother and went to the residences of his second, third and fourth brothers, wanting to ask them why they bullied the weak.

Finally, he learned the whole story from his younger brothers. He became even angrier and gave them a severe lesson.

But since then, after persuading his father for a long time, Chu Kangyuan finally got his wish and followed General Ren to the north, and never saw his sixth sister again.