The real daughter died tragically and was reborn, and the whole family cried and begged for forgiven

"The Grand Tutor said my handwriting was crooked, that I had missed a chapter in class, and that the essays I had just learned to write were incoherent."

"So, I have to rewrite, re-memorize, and re-learn everything in front of the Master."

"But Luo'er, I started holding a brush at the age of two, and my mother taught me every stroke of my calligraphy. My Grand Tutor used to praise my impressive handwriting at such a young age, saying I would achieve great things in the future. How could my handwriting become so crooked one day?"

"I've memorized all my lessons long ago. I remember every word and every line. How could I have missed a chapter?"

"Even my mother said the articles I wrote were excellent, so how could I be completely ignorant?"

"He was deliberately trying to slow me down, but I was too young to notice. I was just so frustrated that I honestly did it all over again."

"When I finally got out of school and followed the eunuch who came to fetch me, I found that everyone in the palace avoided me like a snake or scorpion."

"All the flattery and friendliness in the past turned into cold peeping in an instant."

"Not only did they not dare to approach me, they also pointed and talked about me. I heard a hint from them: Guifu Palace had been burned down by a huge fire."

"At this time, the chief eunuch from the Empress Dowager's palace stopped me on the way and wanted to take me to Ningshou Palace."

"I would rather die than obey, so I struggled and ran towards the fire."

"I saw nothing."

"It's no longer possible to enter Guifu Palace."

"Only Qinyu was carried out unconscious. They said she was still breathing."

"As for the others in Guifu Palace, including my mother, none of them were able to escape the fire."

"But when I dragged my heavy feet and tried to walk in, I was held down by the Queen's men. They pinned me, a six-year-old, to the ground, as if I were a bastard."

"I begged my father for help, asking him to save my mother, but he stared at me with a cold look I had never seen before, as if I was the culprit who killed my mother."

"Everything has changed since then."

Li Qingluo felt something wet on his neck.

Her heart was also in a knot.

Just like in her previous life when she was abandoned by everyone in the dilapidated house, when she realized that she was really dead, she could understand Duan Rongshi's despair and pain.

However, Duan Rongshi was only six years old when he faced all this.

At the age of six, he was still a naive child.

But you are forced to face everything, lose everything, and grow up suddenly overnight.

Watching his beloved mother being killed in that fire.

Accept his father and no longer love him.

And from what Concubine De said today, it seems that the murderer is not just one, but a group of people...

Perhaps there is no one in this palace whose hands are clean from what happened back then.

Li Qingluo felt a dull pain in his heart.

"What about your father? Has he changed too?"

Duan Rongshi: "Yes. Since then, he has become a completely stranger to me who I no longer know."

"It's like someone has taken over his body. I even suspected that he was no longer my father. Unfortunately... after repeated attempts, the result was that he had simply changed."

Li Qingluo suddenly remembered something.

"Your Highness, you once said that the Qinyu of today is not the real Qinyu. What exactly did you mean by this?"

Because of his own experience with Nan Jia, and the existence of soul-transferring techniques in the world, Li Qingluo couldn't help but think of a possibility.

Duan Rongshi gently let go of Li Qingluo and lowered his head to meet her eyes.

"Qinyu was rescued from the fire and has been no longer normal since she woke up."

"She was clearly only three years old, but her eyes had become sophisticated and cunning, and she spoke like an adult."

"That's fine, but she's completely changed her personality and often says things I don't understand."

"She thinks highly of herself. Initially, she treats the servants as equals, but later on, anyone who accidentally crosses her will be met with her insincere revenge."

“She knows a lot of new things.”

"She even started doing business at the age of ten and began to build her own power."

"I do admire her, but as time goes by, I'm more and more certain that the person inside her is no longer my timid and innocent cousin."

"Her soul doesn't belong to our place."

Li Qingluo's heart trembled violently.

Could it be... also rebirth?

Or something else?

From a place where there is gender equality, from a place where there is no class stratification?

She actually felt a little envious of this place.

Li Qingluo shook his head. "So you've been dealing with her all this time just to find out if she actually saw the truth in Guifu Palace back then?"

Duan Rongshi: "...Yes. But I have now recognized the facts. If she really has changed into someone else, I'm afraid she wouldn't even know."

"In that case, there is no need for her to live anymore."

His eyes suddenly froze.

Li Qingluo held his cold hand tightly.

That year, he not only lost his mother, but also his beloved sister.

Over the years, he could only hide in a dark corner and lick his wounds that never healed.

She felt so heartbroken as if she could feel it herself, but she could only look at him and wait for him to continue.

"Over the years, I've found quite a few things."

"Just as Concubine De said, no one in the palace has clean hands. It's even possible that my father is the real murderer who killed my mother."

Li Qingshi was in disbelief.

Looking up at the eerie sky, I felt a sense of sadness in my heart.

"Your Highness, if you seek revenge, I, Li Qingluo, will sacrifice my life for yours."

Duan Rongshi said these words that had been buried in his heart for seventeen years, and the depression in his heart was relieved a lot.

Besides, how could he bear to take her life?

He smiled and caressed her face.

"What do you want with your life?"

"I only ask you to stay with me for a long time, which is the blessing I have received from the gods."

Li Qingluo raised her head with red eyes and kissed his face.

"it is good."

She finally understood why he cut himself and bled to save her life even though she was clearly poisoned by a bloodthirsty poison.

He couldn't hold onto anything else.

Perhaps it is really only me who can allow him to live like a human being.

"Your Highness, may I ask what's going on with those mute slaves?"

"After the Empress's accident, I heard that the entire Guifu Palace was massacred, and then a huge fire burned it all down."

"But those mute servants in Guiyuan look like they used to work in the palace."

Duan Rongshi propped himself up and stood up.

Holding Li Qingluo's hand, he walked back.

After the two entered the palace, he said, "Those mute slaves, the older ones, were my mother's former companions."

"It was two years after my mother's death, when I was eight years old, that they carefully passed the news to me."

"In this world, apart from them, no one else knows that Guiyuan was the house that Concubine Yue bought for them to live in during her lifetime."

Li Qingluo was shocked: "Did the queen buy them when she was alive?"

"Then Madam, didn't you already know..."

Duan Rongshi nodded: "Yes, my mother may have anticipated that she would meet with an unexpected disaster."

"So, when she became alert, she pulled out the tongues of the mute slaves one by one half a month in advance, then gave them fake death drugs and transported them out of the palace to settle down in places where they looked like they had been tortured to death."

"She has been replaced by some new people, all of whom are spies from various palaces."

"The bloodbath at Guifu Palace was simply a purge of spies from various palaces."

Li Qingluo gasped heavily. With such a big move, wouldn't Concubine Yue's last days be infamous as a cruel concubine?

"But since she has the fake death drug...why doesn't she use it on herself?"

Duan Rongshi gripped the edge of the table, exerting great force.

Li Qingluo saw a crack extending along his side and in front of him.

She had a horrified guess.

"As the Princess of Great Chu, Her Majesty cannot simply divorce and escape. She must maintain her dignity and respect as a Princess of Great Chu, so she can only wait for those conspiracies to fly towards her."

"But she still has you..."

"Since she was able to save those old friends she brought from Da Chu, why didn't she think of a way to save herself?"

"So maybe she also took the fake death drug?"

But a big fire burned down the entire Guifu Palace.

Even Concubine Yue was burned to ashes.

What the truth is is unknown.

But Emperor Yan is really a ruthless person.

The person I have loved for six years turned against me in an instant and was more ruthless than anyone else.

This is truly the nature of an emperor.

He seems affectionate, but in fact he is the most heartless person.

Duan Rongshi gently closed his eyes and rubbed the ring on his finger: "Starting from Concubine De, they all took turns to repay my mother's life one by one."

Two days later, Li Qingluo left Guifu Palace.

She followed Ling Fengzi to the previous dynasty and paid a visit to the immortal Yunhe.

"Are you my disciple?"

Immortal Yunhe looked at Li Qingluo with some disdain.

Not only is he small, his face is also ordinary.

Immortal Yunhe was a little disappointed.

However, it was a matter of loyalty to the person who entrusted him with the task, so Immortal Yunhe had to suppress the grievance in his heart and reluctantly accepted it.

"Since you are here, please leave the palace with me today."

After he said this coldly, he turned around and walked ahead holding Fu Chen.

Qingyangzi gave Li Qingluo a look, and the two of them hurriedly followed, one in front and one behind, and climbed onto the carriage.

Halfway along the way, they met Princess Qinyu's sedan chair.

The carriage of the immortal Yunhe was given by Emperor Yan.

It is wide, large and very luxurious.

Even Princess Qinyu's sedan had to pull over and wait for the carriage to pass.

In order not to be an eyesore, Li Qingluo consciously sat cross-legged on the shaft outside the sedan.

She saw Qinyu gently lift a corner of the curtain and look towards them.

It seems that she is completely recovered.

After the two sides had exchanged views, Li Qingluo watched Princess Qinyu's sedan hurriedly leave, so he asked Sha Jiu to find out where Qinyu had gone.

Sha Jiu came back quickly: "He went to the Queen's Palace."

Li Qingluo instantly became alert.

However, she touched her face, which was about to recover, and with some regret, she could only order Sha Jiu: "Go and find out what she wants when she goes to see the queen."

Sha Jiu disappeared on the long street in the blink of an eye.

The Immortal Yunhe in the car half-opened his eyes and said, "You are quite brave."

Soon, they left the palace.

Li Qingluo did not get off the carriage and leave immediately, but followed the master and disciple directly to the National Master's Mansion.

As soon as I entered the door, the young Taoist priest at the gate came over holding a red invitation and said, "Master, we received more than 20 invitations today. Among them, the Pan family, the family of the eldest son-in-law, sent a wedding invitation."

"It is said that Miss Pan is getting married. Please come and have a drink at the wedding if you have time."