Holding the script, I want to give up.

"Wanwan, I'm back!"

"This time, nothing can stop us from moving forward!"

"We're almost through this."

"I can finally let down my guard."

As soon as Mu Rongyi entered the nursery, she walked towards Liu Yunwan and excitedly hugged her.

"Yes, Yi Ke is the best!"

Liu Yunwan hugged him back, gently stroking his back and whispering.

"Yo yo yo~ You're the best~"

Shangguan Zitong rolled her eyes at the young couple showing affection in front of her and whispered sarcastically, which amused Yue Ai who was standing to the side.

"Shangguan Zitong, what's wrong with you?"

"Have you lost your mind?"

"Get treatment as soon as you're sick, don't delay the course of treatment! Otherwise, you might end up with mental impairment..."

Mu Rongyi Ke mocked Shangguan Zitong.

"Alright, alright, Yi Ke, you've just gotten back, can't you say less?"

Liu Yunwan gently slapped Mu Rongyi's shoulder.

"Exactly, exactly! Why do you talk so much? You're like a mosquito, all you do is buzz and annoy people!"

"Alright, alright, now that things are resolved, where am I supposed to stay?"

"I can't stay in Sister Liu's palace forever, I'm starting to feel like I'm in the way."

"It would be best to separate me from the two of you."

"Alright, I'm sleepy. I'm going back to Liu Yunwan's palace to sleep. Please wait until I wake up before we talk."

After rambling on and on, Shangguan Zitong left. She didn't want to stay in this place filled with pink bubbles for even a second longer.

"Wanwan, get ready. There might be a lot going on lately, so I'll have to trouble you."

Mu Rongyi Ke looked at Liu Yunwan apologetically and said that he couldn't take care of himself alone and needed someone to help him. This capable helper was none other than Liu Yunwan.

"I understand, I get it."

"Go take care of other things, don't stay here!"

After Liu Yunwan finished speaking, she pushed Mu Rongyi Ke out of the palace gate, indicating that she could manage on her own and that he could go about his business without worry.

"Then you must take good care of yourself!"

Before leaving, Mu Rongyi called out to Liu Yunwan, and she waved to him to indicate that she knew.

Inside the palace, everyone was busy washing away the bloodstains on the road when a storm suddenly broke out, instantly erasing all traces of the night's battle.

The palace servants busy mopping the floor were happy, but Xu Bin, far away outside the palace, was filled with worry. His anger only grew stronger.

"Like a dog-skin plaster, sticking to me so closely!"

"Young master, it's raining. Please stay in the carriage and don't come out."

"I will take care of these troublesome loose ends."

After Xu Bin finished speaking, he stopped the carriage on the road. The sound of raindrops falling in the woods confused Xu Bin's ability to see and hear where the tails were hiding. He flew up to the top of a tree to observe the surrounding situation.

"Come out, all of you! I've spotted you!"

"If you don't come out now, don't blame me for mercilessly shooting you all with the hidden arrow in my wrist!"

After Xu Bin finished speaking, he patiently waited for a response. When no one answered or appeared, he shot a hidden arrow from his wrist at one of them.

Before the man could react, Xu Bin shot him dead on a tree stump, startling a flock of birds in the trees.

“I said, he is an example.”

"Don't test my patience. After all, I hate rainy days, and if I'm in a bad mood, I'll take it out on you."

Xu Bin addressed the group hidden in the woods. He indicated that his patience was limited, and if they didn't come out soon, they would be ungrateful.

Can you guarantee you won't kill us?

"Let's ask another question! You're all going to die, because you've been sneaking around following us!"

"Then can you kill him?"

"Impossible. I was entrusted with this task, so I have to protect him."

The young guard, hidden deep in the woods, asked, but upon seeing Xu Bin's reply, he had no choice but to reveal himself, fearing that Xu Bin might harm innocent people again. The others, who had been hiding in the shadows, also revealed themselves. Seeing the neatly arranged group in the woods, Xu Bin flew to them.

"Now that you've all shown yourself, I won't say any more! You'd better not follow him! Otherwise..."

"I won't kill you, but you'd better not push your luck!"

Xu Bin addressed the crowd as if he hadn't killed the one hanging in the tree.

"But we're Deadpool! That guy gave us orders to protect him for life!"

The young guard spoke again.

"That man is long gone, you are free now!"

"Go wherever you want, don't follow him anymore!"

Xu Bin earnestly advised him.

"really?"

The guards asked in unison.

"Really, more real than real gold!"

"Also, the people hanging in the trees might survive if you rescue them, so hurry up."

"Take him to see a doctor, or I can't guarantee he'll survive the day if we wait any longer."

Xu Bin impatiently tossed a bag of silver at them, turned and gracefully boarded his carriage, driving away. The group was left looking at each other, bewildered.

The young guard was the first to react. He quickly ran ahead of the guard who had been pierced by the hidden arrow, checked that he was still breathing, removed the arrow, and after a quick stop to the bleeding, carried him towards the city outside the forest. The others also reacted, picked up the money bags on the ground, and followed the young guard into the city.

......

After a series of changes over the past few days, Mu Rongyike successfully ascended the throne without objection, citing the capture of the traitorous Prime Minister and the death of the late Emperor at the Prime Minister's hands. Liu Yunwan was made Empress. While there were slight changes in the number of civil and military officials, they all came to witness the grand ceremony. Shangguan Zitong, already accustomed to these elaborate formalities, stayed in Liu Yunwan's bedchamber, leisurely munching on melon seeds and reading a storybook. Yue Ai, on the other hand, went to watch the ceremony.

"Ugh, it's so boring being alone!"

"Ah Li, are you back?"

Seeing that no one responded, Shangguan Zitong got up and walked towards the nursery, wanting to play with the adorable little baby.

"oi, can you speak?"

"Get up and chat with me."

"I'm so bored!"

Shangguan Zitong looked at the baby in the cradle smiling at her, so she shook the rattle to amuse her.

She was acting like a lunatic, knowing full well that this baby, who was not even a year old, couldn't speak and could only babble, but she still kept babbling on and on with her.

"Yeah~"

"Whoo~"

The baby pouted and babbled.

"Seriously, am I crazy?!"

"What's the point of chatting with someone who can't speak properly?"

Shangguan Zitong patted her head, trying to clear her head. She reached out and gently pinched the baby's face a few times, and a look of joy immediately appeared on her face, her eyes shining!

"Wow, that face is so bouncy and bouncy!"

"They look like dough balls, so cute and cuddly."

Shangguan Zitong stated that she is completely powerless against cute things. It's like a fool staring at a child who hasn't even developed their intelligence yet.

She got tired of playing, so she took a nap on the soft couch.

As evening approached and the ceremony drew to a close, Liu Yunwan returned to her bedchamber and, finding Shangguan Zitong missing, went to the nursery to look for her.

"Zitong, what's wrong with you lately?"

"You seem a bit sleepy! Are you feeling unwell? Should I call the imperial physician to examine you?"

Liu Yunwan walked to Shangguan Zitong's bedside, gently shook her awake, and spoke to her softly.

"...cough...cough...I don't know either."

"Perhaps he was too repressed living in Beiji."

Although Shangguan Zitong said this on the surface, she had a slight suspicion in her heart. Perhaps the system encountered danger and entered a dormant state, and as the host, she would naturally be affected. She couldn't think of anything else besides this conjecture.

"Alright, then you should go back to my palace to rest first. I'll find you a palace after Yi Ke has finished dealing with things."

Liu Yunwan helped her up and whispered something to her.

"Cough...cough, okay."

Shangguan Zitong covered her face and coughed. Her health had been deteriorating lately. She could have lived for another two or three years, but looking at her now, she seemed like she was about to die.

She returned to Liu Yunwan's bedchamber without giving it much thought, and fell asleep immediately, dreaming of a very long dream. A person dressed in snow-white robes stood with their hands behind their back. The scene changed, and the person appeared in fiery red robes, holding a fan and smiling at her. She couldn't see his face clearly; his figure was blurry.

She tried to grab him, but she couldn't; he vanished with a single tap, like a Candy Crush puzzle.

"who are you?"

Shangguan Zitong woke up in the middle of the night, touched the bedside, but found no one. She got up, lit a candle, and sat quietly in front of the candlelight, pondering the person who frequently entered her dreams.

"Hoo~ Who are you? What is this thing that feels so familiar and makes my heart ache?"

Shangguan Zitong scratched her hair, indicating that she had no clue.

......