Origin System, I have a barren mountain

They were like stacked blocks, suddenly shattering into pieces on the ground, and the sounds they made were terrifying to them, their faces contorted in horror.

Zhenying was the most special one among them, being their Empress Dowager, the person they disliked the most.

Because she is the only one who has gotten to where she is today by sheer luck, although she is of the same lineage as the Empress Dowager, a person chosen by heaven with good fortune.

However, the Empress Dowager disliked her very much, so they paid more attention to Zhenying. Therefore, they were surprised to see that Zhenying had escaped from their sight in such a weak state.

If the Empress Dowager and her master found out, their fate would be self-evident. Now that they see themselves in such a dying state, their resentment towards Zhenying has reached a new critical point.

Zhenying originally thought they were in the same boat, and since there was no way to save them, she wouldn't think of kicking them when they were down.

But when they saw her trying to leave, they relentlessly pursued her, clearly wanting her to suffer the same fate as them, which infuriated her.

"Don't you want to know what's in the room next to yours?" Zhenying suddenly pointed to a very exquisite little room next to theirs, which none of them had ever been to, because it was a forbidden place for all of them.

Everyone's eyes instinctively turned to each of them. There was a small hut next to each of them, which had been there since they arrived. It had been said from the beginning that they were not allowed to go in, so they had never been inside. They didn't know why Zhenying was speaking so confidently. Did she go in and see it without any regard for the rules?

"You're talking nonsense. You wouldn't dare go in at all. The Empress Dowager clearly said..." Just as someone was about to say that, someone else couldn't control their curiosity and went into the exquisite little house.

The little house seemed to be playing a joke on them; it was clearly locked with a large padlock, and the padlock was a very cute, cartoonish color.

It looked like a really nice place, but I never imagined it wasn't locked at all and could be opened easily.

Even without the key, they had already realized they might have been tricked.

But deep down they dared not admit it; they all stared at the people whose curiosity had been piqued, at the lovely little house, which contained broken pieces that had been arranged into a very beautiful picture.

There are pictures of all colors, and they are extremely captivating.

However, some people weren't fools; they realized that the smell permeating the air was clearly the smell of bones, and they dared not think whether it was true.

Zhenying looked at Cheng Yunmo, bowed and said, "Master, this servant will go over there."

Cheng Yunmo frowned. What she disliked most was her referring to herself as a servant, but now was not the time to talk about that. She nodded and watched her walk away.

Unlike the others, Zhenying didn't reach out to touch the houses that looked cute. Instead, she used a handkerchief to pry open the doors for everyone else. When people saw this, they thought she was being naive.

However, they suddenly realized something, and when they leaned closer to the doorknobs, they found that they smelled of bones.

"This, how is this possible? Could it be that this is a complete skeleton house?"

"Impossible! Why would someone do such a thing?"

Zhenying looked at them. It wasn't that they couldn't guess the truth, but they were unwilling to think about it. This was the place that had trapped them. Now she was revealing the truth in a bloody way to wake them up.

"Whether you like it or not, everyone here thinks that obedience will guarantee your survival. That's impossible. My master is willing to save me; it's my luck, not yours. You want me to stay? That's impossible," Zhenying said proudly.

All eyes turned to Cheng Yunmo at this moment, noticing that Cheng Yunmo, who was rumored to be on a completely different level from the Empress Dowager, had been alive all along.

"Everyone says that the title of 'Little Imperial Advisor' is just a title. Why is she so powerful?"

“Your ideas are wrong from the start. You think that those lowly, unintelligent people’s so-called ‘Little National Preceptor’ is just a false fantasy. If you hadn’t thought that way earlier, we wouldn’t be in this situation now.”

As their companion said, they gradually realized that this was true.

They weren't unaware of what had happened; all those inferior people from the Xu Kingdom had been rescued, and the one who rescued them was the Junior Grand Preceptor.

They thought this was just a scheme by the Empress Dowager, and that they would be caught sooner or later, but they haven't been caught yet.

Putting aside this young imperial advisor whom no one had a good eye for, she actually came here and was even going to save her most important friend.

Just as she herself said, no one could stop Zhenying.

Those people they considered to be of high status, who might remember them and save them, none of them came. Instead, it was the people they looked down upon who came.

Zhenying had never felt such a joyful sense of relief and delight as she looked at her mistress.

Cheng Yunmo didn't want to say anything at first, but feeling a little embarrassed by that look, she said helplessly, "Why are you looking at me like that? Didn't you ask me for help in your dream? I didn't see who it was at first, but I'm here to save you."

Zhenying was initially happy that her master would come to her rescue, but she didn't expect that her master would think that she had asked for help herself, something she had never done before.

"You're not going to tell me you've never done something like this before, are you?"

Cheng Yunmo looked at her with some shock.

Zhenying felt an indescribable sense of emotion, though she truly didn't.

Even things that one wouldn't dare to even think about, so the fact that the mistress dreamed of such a thing might be because she was so worried about her that she actually dreamed of her real-life situation.

Although some of them were fake, it was precisely because of them that she was rescued.

“None of us here have such a good opportunity, Master. So you care about me a lot.”

Cheng Yunmo, “…”

Suddenly she felt a little embarrassed; her secret, which she didn't want anyone to know, had been revealed.

"Pumpkins, those pumpkins, every time I see a pumpkin, I can't help but think of you."

Cheng Yunmo couldn't help but tear up, realizing she had been too emotional, and turned her head away somewhat awkwardly.

"Could it be that those messy data saved me, and came out of the pumpkin?"